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1972-73 New England Whalers Schedule and Results

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Record: 46-30-2 (94 points), Finished 1st in WHA East Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Jack Kelley (46-30-2)

1972-73 Avco Cup Champions

Goals For: 318 (1st of 12), Goals Against: 263 (5th of 12)
SRS: 0.63 (1st of 12), SOS: -0.07 (12th of 12)

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


WHA Champions

Regular Season

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

Playoffs

GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
1 Sat, Apr 7, 1973 Ottawa Nationals W 6 3 1 0 0 W 1
2 Sun, Apr 8, 1973 Ottawa Nationals W OT 4 3 2 0 0 W 2
3 Tue, Apr 10, 1973 @ Ottawa Nationals L 2 4 2 1 0 L 1
4 Thu, Apr 12, 1973 @ Ottawa Nationals W 7 3 3 1 0 W 1
5 Sat, Apr 14, 1973 Ottawa Nationals W OT 5 4 4 1 0 W 2
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
6 Wed, Apr 18, 1973 Cleveland Crusaders W 3 2 5 1 0 W 3
7 Thu, Apr 19, 1973 Cleveland Crusaders W 3 2 6 1 0 W 4
8 Sat, Apr 21, 1973 @ Cleveland Crusaders W 5 4 7 1 0 W 5
9 Sun, Apr 22, 1973 @ Cleveland Crusaders L 2 5 7 2 0 L 1
10 Thu, Apr 26, 1973 Cleveland Crusaders W 3 1 8 2 0 W 1
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
11 Sun, Apr 29, 1973 Winnipeg Jets W 7 2 9 2 0 W 2
12 Wed, May 2, 1973 @ Winnipeg Jets W 7 4 10 2 0 W 3
13 Thu, May 3, 1973 @ Winnipeg Jets L 3 4 10 3 0 L 1
14 Sat, May 5, 1973 Winnipeg Jets W 4 2 11 3 0 W 1
15 Sun, May 6, 1973 Winnipeg Jets W 9 6 12 3 0 W 2