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1972-73 Minnesota Fighting Saints Roster and Statistics

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38-37-3 (79 points), Finished 4th in WHA West Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Glen Sonmor (28-28-3), Harry Neale (10-9-0)

Goals For: 250 (11th of 12), Goals Against: 269 (6th of 12)
SRS: -0.23 (8th of 12), SOS: 0.01 (6th of 12)

Playoffs:
Lost Division Semi-Finals (4-1) versus Winnipeg Jets
Won Preliminary Round (1-0) versus Alberta Oilers

Team Statistics

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
Team GP W L T PTS PTS% GF GA SRS SOS TG/G PP PPO PP% PPA PPOA PK% SH SHA
Minnesota Fighting Saints 78 38 37 3 79 .506 250 269 -0.23 0.01 6.65 54 300 18.00 48 269 82.16 6 12
League Average 78 37 37 3 78 .500 279 279 0.00 0.00 7.14 55 276 20.00 55 279 80.24 9 9

Roster

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE ▪ Age is on February 1 of given season
No. Player Pos Age Ht Wt S/C Exp Birth Date Summary
Mike Antonovich C 21 5-8 165 L/- R October 18, 1951 20 G, 19 A, 39 P
John Arbour D 27 5-11 195 L/- R September 28, 1945 6 G, 27 A, 33 P
Terry Ball D 28 5-9 160 R/- R November 29, 1944 6 G, 34 A, 40 P
Keith Christiansen C 28 5-6 155 R/- R July 14, 1944 12 G, 30 A, 42 P
Wayne Connelly RW 33 5-10 170 R/- R December 16, 1939 40 G, 30 A, 70 P
Mike Curran G 28 5-9 175 -/R R April 14, 1944 23-17-2, 3.09 GAA
Craig Falkman RW 29 5-11 190 R/- R August 1, 1943 1 G, 5 A, 6 P
Ted Hampson C 36 5-8 173 L/- R December 11, 1936 17 G, 45 A, 62 P
Jim Johnson LW 30 5-9 190 L/- R November 7, 1942 9 G, 14 A, 23 P
Bill Klatt RW 25 5-11 180 R/- R October 16, 1947 36 G, 22 A, 58 P
George Konik D 35 5-11 190 L/- R May 4, 1937 4 G, 12 A, 16 P
Len Lilyholm LW 31 5-8 165 R/- R April 1, 1941 8 G, 13 A, 21 P
Bob MacMillan C 20 5-11 185 L/- R December 3, 1952 13 G, 27 A, 40 P
Jack McCartan G 37 6-1 195 L/- R August 5, 1935 15-19-1, 3.58 GAA
Mike McMahon D 31 5-11 180 L/- R August 30, 1941 12 G, 39 A, 51 P
George Morrison LW 24 6-1 170 L/- R December 24, 1948 16 G, 24 A, 40 P
Dick Paradise D 27 6-0 190 L/- R April 21, 1945 3 G, 15 A, 18 P
Mel Pearson LW 34 5-10 175 L/- R April 29, 1938 8 G, 12 A, 20 P
Terry Ryan C 20 5-10 178 L/- R September 10, 1952 13 G, 6 A, 19 P
Blaine Rydman D 23 6-2 195 L/- R December 16, 1949 0 G, 1 A, 1 P
Frank Sanders D 23 6-3 220 R/- R March 8, 1949 8 G, 8 A, 16 P
Fred Speck C 25 5-9 160 L/- R July 22, 1947 13 G, 16 A, 29 P
Carl Wetzel G 34 6-1 170 -/L R December 12, 1938 0-1-0, 3.00 GAA
Bill Young LW 25 6-1 195 L/- R July 5, 1947 5 G, 6 A, 11 P

Scoring Regular Season

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
Rk Player Pos Age GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI OPS DPS PS
1 Wayne Connelly RW 33 78 40 30 70 30 16 30 10 0 6
2 Ted Hampson C 36 77 17 45 62 22 20 13 4 0 2
3 Bill Klatt RW 25 78 36 22 58 26 22 24 12 0 5
4 Mike McMahon D 31 75 12 39 51 17 87 8 4 0
5 Keith Christiansen C 28 64 12 30 42 15 24 10 2 0
6 George Morrison LW 24 70 16 24 40 15 20 7 9 0
7 Bob MacMillan C 20 75 13 27 40 15 48 12 1 0
8 Terry Ball D 28 78 6 34 40 13 66 5 1 0
9 Mike Antonovich C 21 75 20 19 39 16 46 19 1 0
10 John Arbour D 27 76 6 27 33 11 186 5 1 0
11 Fred Speck C 25 47 13 16 29 12 52 8 5 0
12 Jim Johnson LW 30 33 9 14 23 9 12 9 0 0
13 Len Lilyholm LW 31 77 8 13 21 8 37 8 0 0
14 Mel Pearson LW 34 70 8 12 20 8 12 8 0 0
15 Terry Ryan C 20 76 13 6 19 9 13 6 1 6
16 Dick Paradise D 27 77 3 15 18 6 189 3 0 0
17 Frank Sanders D 23 76 8 8 16 7 94 7 1 0
18 George Konik D 35 54 4 12 16 6 34 4 0 0
19 Bill Young LW 25 23 5 6 11 4 20 3 2 0
20 Craig Falkman RW 29 45 1 5 6 2 12 1 0 0
21 Mike Curran G 28 43 0 1 1 0 26 0 0 0
22 Blaine Rydman D 23 29 0 1 1 0 65 0 0 0
23 Jack McCartan G 37 38 0 0 0 0 19 0 0 0
24 Carl Wetzel G 34 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Total 78 250 406 656 1120 190 54 6 13

Goalies Regular Season

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
Rk Player Pos Age GP W L T/O GA SA SV SV% GAA SO PIM MIN GPS
1 Mike Curran G 28 43 23 17 2 131 1437 1306 .909 3.09 4 26 2540
2 Jack McCartan G 37 38 15 19 1 129 1181 1052 .891 3.58 1 19 2160
3 Carl Wetzel G 34 1 0 1 0 3 35 32 .914 3.00 0 0 60
Team Total 78 38 37 3 263 2653 2390 .901 3.32 5 4760

Scoring Playoffs

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
Rk Player Pos Age GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1 Mike McMahon D 31 5 0 5 5 2 0 0 0 0
2 Ted Hampson C 36 5 3 1 4 0 3 0 0 0
3 Wayne Connelly RW 33 5 1 3 4 0 1 0 0 0
4 Bill Klatt RW 25 5 1 3 4 5 0 1 0 0
5 Jim Johnson LW 30 5 2 1 3 2 2 0 0 0
6 Terry Ball D 28 5 1 2 3 4 0 1 0 0
7 Bob MacMillan C 20 5 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0
8 Mike Antonovich C 21 5 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
9 Mel Pearson LW 34 5 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
10 George Morrison LW 24 5 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 0
11 Bill Young LW 25 5 1 1 2 4 1 0 0 1
12 Terry Ryan C 20 5 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
13 Keith Christiansen C 28 5 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
14 Len Lilyholm LW 31 5 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
15 John Arbour D 27 5 0 1 1 12 0 0 0 0
16 Jack McCartan G 37 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
17 Dick Paradise D 27 5 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
18 Frank Sanders D 23 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
19 Mike Curran G 28 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Blaine Rydman D 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Total 5 16 26 42 33 14 2 0 1

Goalies Playoffs

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
Rk Player Pos Age GP W L T/O GA SA SV SV% GAA SO PIM MIN
1 Jack McCartan G 37 4 1 2 14 130 116 .892 3.94 0 0 213
2 Mike Curran G 28 2 0 2 9 61 52 .852 6.00 0 0 90
Team Total 5 1 4 23 191 168 .880 4.55 0 303