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1972-73 Houston Aeros Schedule and Results

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39-35-4 (82 points), Finished 2nd in WHA West Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Bill Dineen (39-35-4)

Goals For: 284 (6th of 12), Goals Against: 269 (6th of 12)
SRS: 0.18 (4th of 12), SOS: -0.01 (9th of 12)

Playoffs:
Lost Division Finals (4-0) versus Winnipeg Jets
Won Division Semi-Finals (4-2) versus Los Angeles Sharks

Regular Season

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GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
1 Thu, Oct 12, 1972 Chicago Cougars W 3 2 1 0 0 W 1
2 Fri, Oct 13, 1972 @ Los Angeles Sharks W 3 2 2 0 0 W 2
3 Sun, Oct 15, 1972 Los Angeles Sharks L 1 5 2 1 0 L 1
4 Wed, Oct 18, 1972 New England Whalers L 1 4 2 2 0 L 2
5 Thu, Oct 19, 1972 Minnesota Fighting Saints W 5 1 3 2 0 W 1
6 Sat, Oct 21, 1972 @ New York Raiders L 2 3 3 3 0 L 1
7 Tue, Oct 24, 1972 @ Quebec Nordiques L 3 5 3 4 0 L 2
8 Thu, Oct 26, 1972 Ottawa Nationals W 7 3 4 4 0 W 1
9 Sun, Oct 29, 1972 @ Winnipeg Jets L 3 5 4 5 0 L 1
10 Tue, Oct 31, 1972 @ Alberta Oilers W 4 3 5 5 0 W 1
11 Fri, Nov 3, 1972 @ Alberta Oilers L 3 4 5 6 0 L 1
12 Sun, Nov 5, 1972 @ Los Angeles Sharks L 0 4 5 7 0 L 2
13 Tue, Nov 7, 1972 @ Chicago Cougars W 3 2 6 7 0 W 1
14 Sat, Nov 11, 1972 @ Quebec Nordiques L 1 3 6 8 0 L 1
15 Mon, Nov 13, 1972 @ New England Whalers T 4 4 6 8 1 T 1
16 Wed, Nov 15, 1972 Los Angeles Sharks L 4 6 6 9 1 L 1
17 Sun, Nov 19, 1972 Cleveland Crusaders W 4 2 7 9 1 W 1
18 Tue, Nov 21, 1972 Winnipeg Jets L 2 4 7 10 1 L 1
19 Thu, Nov 23, 1972 Winnipeg Jets W OT 6 5 8 10 1 W 1
20 Sat, Nov 25, 1972 @ Cleveland Crusaders W 3 1 9 10 1 W 2
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
21 Tue, Nov 28, 1972 @ Cleveland Crusaders W 3 1 10 10 1 W 3
22 Thu, Nov 30, 1972 @ Los Angeles Sharks L 3 6 10 11 1 L 1
23 Sat, Dec 2, 1972 @ New York Raiders W 7 2 11 11 1 W 1
24 Sun, Dec 3, 1972 @ Ottawa Nationals L 4 5 11 12 1 L 1
25 Tue, Dec 5, 1972 New York Raiders L 4 6 11 13 1 L 2
26 Thu, Dec 7, 1972 @ Minnesota Fighting Saints L 0 3 11 14 1 L 3
27 Fri, Dec 8, 1972 @ Winnipeg Jets L 2 6 11 15 1 L 4
28 Tue, Dec 12, 1972 Alberta Oilers W 6 4 12 15 1 W 1
29 Wed, Dec 13, 1972 Alberta Oilers L 2 3 12 16 1 L 1
30 Fri, Dec 15, 1972 @ Minnesota Fighting Saints W 3 2 13 16 1 W 1
31 Sun, Dec 17, 1972 Los Angeles Sharks T 4 4 13 16 2 T 1
32 Tue, Dec 19, 1972 Los Angeles Sharks W 7 5 14 16 2 W 1
33 Sat, Dec 23, 1972 Philadelphia Blazers W 7 3 15 16 2 W 2
34 Tue, Dec 26, 1972 @ Ottawa Nationals T 3 3 15 16 3 T 1
35 Fri, Dec 29, 1972 @ New England Whalers W 4 2 16 16 3 W 1
36 Sat, Dec 30, 1972 @ Cleveland Crusaders L OT 3 4 16 17 3 L 1
37 Mon, Jan 1, 1973 @ Minnesota Fighting Saints T 4 4 16 17 4 T 1
38 Tue, Jan 9, 1973 New England Whalers W 7 5 17 17 4 W 1
39 Thu, Jan 11, 1973 @ Chicago Cougars W 5 0 18 17 4 W 2
40 Sat, Jan 13, 1973 Chicago Cougars W 6 2 19 17 4 W 3
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
41 Mon, Jan 15, 1973 Chicago Cougars W 5 4 20 17 4 W 4
42 Wed, Jan 17, 1973 Cleveland Crusaders L 0 5 20 18 4 L 1
43 Thu, Jan 18, 1973 @ Chicago Cougars W 8 3 21 18 4 W 1
44 Sat, Jan 20, 1973 @ Philadelphia Blazers W 4 3 22 18 4 W 2
45 Sun, Jan 21, 1973 Ottawa Nationals W 5 2 23 18 4 W 3
46 Tue, Jan 23, 1973 Ottawa Nationals W 11 3 24 18 4 W 4
47 Thu, Jan 25, 1973 @ Minnesota Fighting Saints W 5 2 25 18 4 W 5
48 Sun, Jan 28, 1973 Chicago Cougars W 4 3 26 18 4 W 6
49 Tue, Jan 30, 1973 Los Angeles Sharks L 2 5 26 19 4 L 1
50 Thu, Feb 1, 1973 New England Whalers L OT 4 5 26 20 4 L 2
51 Sat, Feb 3, 1973 Minnesota Fighting Saints W 7 1 27 20 4 W 1
52 Mon, Feb 5, 1973 Minnesota Fighting Saints L 3 6 27 21 4 L 1
53 Wed, Feb 7, 1973 Winnipeg Jets W 5 2 28 21 4 W 1
54 Thu, Feb 8, 1973 Winnipeg Jets L 1 3 28 22 4 L 1
55 Sat, Feb 10, 1973 @ Chicago Cougars L 0 3 28 23 4 L 2
56 Tue, Feb 13, 1973 @ Alberta Oilers L 3 5 28 24 4 L 3
57 Thu, Feb 15, 1973 @ Alberta Oilers W 5 3 29 24 4 W 1
58 Fri, Feb 16, 1973 @ Winnipeg Jets L 0 7 29 25 4 L 1
59 Sun, Feb 18, 1973 @ Winnipeg Jets L 2 4 29 26 4 L 2
60 Thu, Feb 22, 1973 Quebec Nordiques W 4 1 30 26 4 W 1
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
61 Sun, Feb 25, 1973 Minnesota Fighting Saints W 4 1 31 26 4 W 2
62 Tue, Feb 27, 1973 Alberta Oilers W 5 4 32 26 4 W 3
63 Wed, Feb 28, 1973 Alberta Oilers W OT 3 2 33 26 4 W 4
64 Sat, Mar 3, 1973 Quebec Nordiques L 3 4 33 27 4 L 1
65 Sun, Mar 4, 1973 Quebec Nordiques L 3 6 33 28 4 L 2
66 Wed, Mar 7, 1973 @ Los Angeles Sharks W 3 1 34 28 4 W 1
67 Fri, Mar 9, 1973 @ Los Angeles Sharks L 1 5 34 29 4 L 1
68 Sun, Mar 11, 1973 @ Philadelphia Blazers W 4 2 35 29 4 W 1
69 Tue, Mar 13, 1973 @ Philadelphia Blazers L 3 4 35 30 4 L 1
70 Wed, Mar 14, 1973 @ New York Raiders L 1 5 35 31 4 L 2
71 Sun, Mar 18, 1973 New York Raiders L OT 2 3 35 32 4 L 3
72 Mon, Mar 19, 1973 Philadelphia Blazers W 5 1 36 32 4 W 1
73 Wed, Mar 21, 1973 Philadelphia Blazers L 3 7 36 33 4 L 1
74 Sun, Mar 25, 1973 Cleveland Crusaders L 2 4 36 34 4 L 2
75 Tue, Mar 27, 1973 @ New England Whalers W 6 1 37 34 4 W 1
76 Thu, Mar 29, 1973 New York Raiders W 5 3 38 34 4 W 2
77 Sat, Mar 31, 1973 @ Quebec Nordiques L 1 5 38 35 4 L 1
78 Sun, Apr 1, 1973 @ Ottawa Nationals W 6 3 39 35 4 W 1

Playoffs

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GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
1 Thu, Apr 5, 1973 Los Angeles Sharks W 7 2 1 0 0 W 1
2 Sat, Apr 7, 1973 Los Angeles Sharks L 2 4 1 1 0 L 1
3 Wed, Apr 11, 1973 @ Los Angeles Sharks L 2 3 1 2 0 L 2
4 Fri, Apr 13, 1973 @ Los Angeles Sharks W OT 3 2 2 2 0 W 1
5 Sun, Apr 15, 1973 Los Angeles Sharks W 6 3 3 2 0 W 2
6 Tue, Apr 17, 1973 @ Los Angeles Sharks W 3 2 4 2 0 W 3
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
7 Sun, Apr 22, 1973 @ Winnipeg Jets L 1 5 4 3 0 L 1
8 Tue, Apr 24, 1973 @ Winnipeg Jets L 0 2 4 4 0 L 2
9 Thu, Apr 26, 1973 Winnipeg Jets L 2 4 4 5 0 L 3
10 Sun, Apr 29, 1973 Winnipeg Jets L 0 3 4 6 0 L 4