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1972-73 New England Whalers

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46-30-2 (94 points), Finished 1st in WHA East Division (Game Results)
WHA Season Summary

1972-73 Avco Cup Champions

Scored 318 goals, Allowed 263 goals, SRS: 0.63 (1st of 12)
Coached by Jack Kelley (46-30-2)

Playoffs:
Won Avco Cup Finals (4-1) over Winnipeg Jets
Won Division Finals (4-1) over Cleveland Crusaders
Won Division Semi-Finals (4-1) over Ottawa Nationals

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
New England Whalers 78 46 30 2 94 .603 318 263 0.63 7.45 49 272 18.01 45 234 80.77 6 6
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 Tom Webster RW 5-10 170 24 77 53 50 103 1.34 42 0.54 89 41 12 0
2 Terry Caffery C 5-9 165 23 74 39 61 100 1.35 38 0.51 14 29 9 1
3 Larry Pleau C 6-1 190 26 78 39 48 87 1.12 34 0.44 42 29 10 0
4 Tim Sheehy RW 6-1 185 24 78 33 38 71 0.91 28 0.36 30 28 5 0
5 Jim Dorey D 6-1 190 25 75 7 56 63 0.84 20 0.27 95 6 0 1
6 John French C/LW 5-10 165 22 74 24 35 59 0.80 23 0.30 43 22 2 0
7 Ted Green D 5-10 200 32 78 16 30 46 0.59 17 0.22 47 14 2 0
8 Kevin Ahearn LW 5-10 160 24 78 20 22 42 0.54 17 0.21 18 19 1 0
9 Brit Selby LW 5-10 175 27 65 13 29 42 0.65 15 0.23 48 11 2 0
10 John Danby C 5-10 165 24 77 14 23 37 0.48 14 0.18 10 13 1 0
11 Brad Selwood D 6-1 200 24 75 13 21 34 0.45 13 0.17 114 12 1 0
12 Tommy Williams RW 5-11 180 32 69 10 21 31 0.45 11 0.16 14 8 2 0
13 Rick Ley D 5-9 190 24 76 3 27 30 0.39 10 0.13 108 3 0 0
14 Tom Earl RW/C 6-0 172 25 77 10 13 23 0.30 9 0.12 4 6 0 4
15 Mike Hyndman RW 6-1 205 27 59 4 14 18 0.31 6 0.11 21 4 0 0
16 Paul Hurley D 5-11 185 26 78 3 15 18 0.23 6 0.08 58 2 1 0
17 Dick Sarrazin RW 6-0 185 27 35 4 7 11 0.31 4 0.12 0 3 1 0
18 Mike Byers RW 5-10 185 26 19 6 4 10 0.53 4 0.22 4 6 0 0
19 John Cunniff LW 5-9 175 29 33 3 5 8 0.24 3 0.09 16 3 0 0
20 Ric Jordan D 6-3 200 22 34 1 5 6 0.18 2 0.06 12 1 0 0
21 Guy Smith RW 6-1 185 23 22 3 3 6 0.27 2 0.11 6 3 0 0
Team Total 78 318 529 847 10.86 318 4.08 318 49 263 45 51 840 263 49 6

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 Al Smith G 6-1 200 27 51 3059 31 19 1 63 .618 3 162 3.18 1535 1373 .894 0 1 1 39
2 Bruce Landon G 5-10 175 23 30 1671 15 11 1 31 .574 1 100 3.59 888 788 .887 0 1 1 8
Team Total 78 4730 46 30 2 4 262 3.32 2423 2161 .892

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 Tom Webster RW 5-10 170 24 15 12 14 26 1.73 6 0
2 Tim Sheehy RW 6-1 185 24 15 9 14 23 1.53 13 3
3 Larry Pleau C 6-1 190 26 15 12 7 19 1.27 15 2
4 Jim Dorey D 6-1 190 25 15 3 16 19 1.27 41 0
5 Tommy Williams RW 5-11 180 32 15 6 11 17 1.13 2 1
6 John French C/LW 5-10 165 22 15 3 11 14 0.93 2 1
7 Mike Byers RW 5-10 185 26 12 6 5 11 0.92 6 2
8 Terry Caffery C 5-9 165 23 8 3 7 10 1.25 0 0
9 Rick Ley D 5-9 190 24 15 3 7 10 0.67 24 0
10 Brad Selwood D 6-1 200 24 15 3 5 8 0.53 22 0
11 Brit Selby LW 5-10 175 27 13 3 4 7 0.54 13 1
12 Paul Hurley D 5-11 185 26 15 0 7 7 0.47 14 0
13 Ted Green D 5-10 200 32 12 1 5 6 0.50 25 0
14 Tom Earl RW/C 6-0 172 25 15 2 3 5 0.33 10 2
15 Kevin Ahearn LW 5-10 160 24 14 1 2 3 0.21 9 0
16 Guy Smith RW 6-1 185 23 11 2 0 2 0.18 4 0
17 John Cunniff LW 5-9 175 29 13 1 1 2 0.15 2 0
18 John Danby C 5-10 165 24 8 0 0 0 0.00 0 0
19 Ric Jordan D 6-3 200 22 4 0 0 0 0.00 0 0
Team Total 15 70 120 190 12.67 220 12

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 Al Smith G 6-1 200 27 15 909 12 3 24 .800 0 49 3.23 0 1 1 12
Team Total 78 909 12 3 0 49 3.23