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1972-73 Los Angeles Sharks

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37-35-6 (80 points), Finished 3rd in WHA West Division (Game Results)
WHA Season Summary

Scored 259 goals, Allowed 250 goals, SRS: 0.11 (6th of 12)
Coached by Terry Slater (37-35-6)

Playoffs:
Lost Division Semi-Finals (4-2) to Houston Aeros

1972-73 Statistics ▪ Games

Team Statistics

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Team GP W L T PTS PTS% GF GA SRS TG/G PPG PPO PP% PPGA PPOA PK% SHG SHGA
Los Angeles Sharks 78 37 35 6 80 .513 259 250 0.11 6.53 51 259 19.69 59 315 81.27 8 11
League Average 78 37 37 3 78 .500 279 279 0.00 7.14 55 276 20.00 55 279 80.24 9 9

Player Statistics

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Skaters Regular Season

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1 Gary Veneruzzo W 5-8 165 29 78 43 30 73 0.94 31 0.40 34 30 13 0
2 J.P. LeBlanc C 5-10 170 26 77 19 50 69 0.90 26 0.33 49 16 2 1
3 Joe Szura C 6-3 185 34 73 13 32 45 0.62 17 0.23 25 10 3 0
4 Bart Crashley D 6-0 180 26 70 18 27 45 0.64 18 0.25 10 11 7 0
5 Alton White RW 5-9 175 27 57 20 17 37 0.65 15 0.27 22 18 2 0
6 Gerry Odrowski D 5-10 185 34 78 6 31 37 0.47 13 0.17 89 5 0 1
7 Tom Serviss C 5-10 185 24 73 11 26 37 0.51 14 0.19 32 8 0 3
8 Mike Byers RW 5-10 185 26 56 19 17 36 0.64 15 0.27 20 17 2 0
9 Tom Gilmore LW 5-11 190 24 71 17 18 35 0.49 14 0.20 191 11 6 0
10 Jim Niekamp D 6-1 185 26 78 7 22 29 0.37 11 0.14 155 6 0 1
11 Earl Heiskala LW 6-0 185 30 70 12 17 29 0.41 11 0.16 150 10 2 0
12 Bill Young LW 6-1 195 25 50 14 12 26 0.52 11 0.22 46 8 6 0
13 Peter Slater RW 5-9 170 25 73 12 12 24 0.33 10 0.14 87 9 3 0
14 Ralph MacSweyn D 5-11 190 30 78 0 23 23 0.29 7 0.10 39 0 0 0
15 Ted McCaskill C 6-1 195 36 73 11 11 22 0.30 9 0.12 150 9 0 2
16 Jim Watson D 6-2 186 29 75 5 15 20 0.27 7 0.10 123 4 1 0
17 Steve Sutherland LW 5-11 172 26 44 11 6 17 0.39 7 0.17 98 11 0 0
18 Fred Speck C 5-9 160 25 28 3 13 16 0.57 6 0.20 22 3 0 0
19 Mike Hyndman RW 6-1 205 27 19 8 7 15 0.79 6 0.33 11 7 1 0
20 Bernie MacNeil LW 5-11 190 22 42 4 7 11 0.26 4 0.10 48 4 0 0
21 Bob Jones LW 6-1 185 27 20 2 7 9 0.45 3 0.16 8 1 1 0
22 Howie Heggedal LW 6-0 185 23 8 2 1 3 0.38 1 0.17 0 1 1 0
23 Jarda Krupicka RW 5-9 165 26 6 1 0 1 0.17 1 0.08 2 1 0 0
24 Larry Mavety D 5-11 185 30 2 1 0 1 0.50 1 0.25 2 0 1 0
25 Jerry Zrymiak D 6-1 195 24 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 0 0
26 Mike Jakubo C 6-0 190 25 7 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 0 0
Team Total 78 259 402 661 8.47 259 3.32 259 51 250 59 17 1421 200 51 8

Goalies Regular Season

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP MIN W L T/OT PTS PTS% SO GA GAA SOG SV SV% G A PTS PIM
1 George Gardner G 5-8 165 30 49 2713 19 22 4 42 .467 1 149 3.30 1238 1089 .880 0 1 1 2
2 Russ Gillow G 5-10 165 32 38 1982 17 13 2 36 .563 2 96 2.91 851 755 .887 0 0 0 6
3 Bob Perreault G 5-8 170 42 1 60 1 0 0 2 1.000 0 2 2.00 17 15 .882 0 0 0 0
Team Total 78 4755 37 35 6 3 247 3.12 2106 1859 .883

Skaters Playoffs

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP G A PTS PTS/G +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1 Ted McCaskill C 6-1 195 36 6 2 3 5 0.83 12 0
2 J.P. LeBlanc C 5-10 170 26 6 0 5 5 0.83 2 0
3 Fred Speck C 5-9 160 25 6 3 2 5 0.83 2 0
4 Tom Gilmore LW 5-11 190 24 5 1 3 4 0.80 2 0
5 Mike Hyndman RW 6-1 205 27 6 0 3 3 0.50 17 0
6 Gerry Odrowski D 5-10 185 34 6 1 2 3 0.50 6 1
7 Gary Veneruzzo W 5-8 165 29 6 3 0 3 0.50 4 1
8 Ralph MacSweyn D 5-11 190 30 6 1 2 3 0.50 4 0
9 Jim Niekamp D 6-1 185 26 6 2 1 3 0.50 10 0
10 Steve Sutherland LW 5-11 172 26 6 0 2 2 0.33 8 0
11 Bart Crashley D 6-0 180 26 6 0 2 2 0.33 2 0
12 Earl Heiskala LW 6-0 185 30 5 1 1 2 0.40 4 0
13 Jerry Zrymiak D 6-1 195 24 2 1 0 1 0.50 2 0
14 Alton White RW 5-9 175 27 6 1 0 1 0.17 0 0
15 Jim Watson D 6-2 186 29 4 0 1 1 0.25 2 0
16 Joe Szura C 6-3 185 34 2 0 0 0 0.00 0 0
17 Peter Slater RW 5-9 170 25 6 0 0 0 0.00 2 0
18 Tom Serviss C 5-10 185 24 6 0 0 0 0.00 0 0
19 Howie Heggedal LW 6-0 185 23 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0
20 Bernie MacNeil LW 5-11 190 22 3 0 0 0 0.00 4 0
Team Total 6 16 27 43 7.17 83 2

Goalies Playoffs

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP MIN W L T/OT PTS PTS% SO GA GAA SOG SV SV% G A PTS PIM
1 George Gardner G 5-8 165 30 3 116 1 2 2 .333 0 11 5.69 0 0 0 0
2 Russ Gillow G 5-10 165 32 5 247 1 2 2 .333 0 12 2.91 0 0 0 0
Team Total 78 363 2 4 0 23 3.80