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
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1972-73 Statistics ▪ Games
| 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 |
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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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |