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1972-73 Ottawa Nationals Roster and Statistics

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Record: 35-39-4 (74 points), Finished 4th in WHA East Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Billy Harris (35-39-4)

Goals For: 279 (7th of 12), Goals Against: 301 (9th of 12)
SRS: -0.27 (9th of 12), SOS: 0.01 (5th of 12)

Playoffs:
Lost Division Semi-Finals (4-1) versus New England Whalers

Team Statistics

Team GP W L T PTS PTS% GF GA SRS SOS TG/G PP PPO PP% PPA PPOA PK% SH SHA
Ottawa Nationals 78 35 39 4 74 .474 279 301 -0.27 0.02 7.44 59 321 18.38 51 278 81.65 6 7
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

Age is on February 1 of given season
No. Player Pos Age Ht Wt S/C Exp Birth Date Summary
Mike Amodeo 20 5-10 190 L/- R June 22, 1952 1 G, 14 A, 15 P
Les Binkley 38 6-0 175 -/R R June 6, 1934 , 3.72 GAA
Frank Blum 20 6-0 180 -/R R June 29, 1952 , 6.43 GAA
Mike Boland 23 5-10 183 R/- R December 16, 1949 1 G, 15 A, 16 P
Wayne Carleton 26 6-3 212 L/- R August 4, 1946 42 G, 49 A, 91 P
Bob Charlebois 28 6-0 175 L/- R May 27, 1944 24 G, 40 A, 64 P
Ron Climie 22 5-11 185 L/- R March 5, 1950 12 G, 19 A, 31 P
Brian Conacher 31 6-3 197 L/- R August 31, 1941 8 G, 19 A, 27 P
Rick Cunningham 21 5-11 180 R/- R March 3, 1951 9 G, 32 A, 41 P
John Donnelly 24 6-0 190 L/- R September 28, 1948 1 G, 1 A, 2 P
Brian Gibbons 25 6-3 190 L/- R July 7, 1947 7 G, 35 A, 42 P
Jack Gibson 24 6-0 185 L/- R August 18, 1948 22 G, 13 A, 35 P
Gilles Gratton 20 5-11 160 -/L R July 28, 1952 , 3.71 GAA
Merv Haney 23 6-0 195 L/- R August 13, 1949 0 G, 1 A, 1 P
Steve King 24 5-9 170 R/- R September 8, 1948 18 G, 34 A, 52 P
Gavin Kirk 21 5-10 165 L/- R December 6, 1951 28 G, 40 A, 68 P
Bob Leduc 28 5-10 185 L/- R May 24, 1944 22 G, 33 A, 55 P
Tom Martin 25 5-9 170 R/- R October 16, 1947 19 G, 27 A, 46 P
Chris Meloff 20 5-11 180 L/- R May 7, 1952 1 G, 6 A, 7 P
Ron Riley 24 5-10 170 L/- R July 20, 1948 0 G, 5 A, 5 P
Dick Sentes 26 6-0 185 L/- R January 10, 1947 22 G, 19 A, 41 P
Tom Simpson 20 5-9 190 R/- R August 15, 1952 10 G, 7 A, 17 P
Ken Stephanson 31 6-0 190 L/- R November 13, 1941 3 G, 16 A, 19 P
Guy Trottier 31 5-8 165 R/- R April 1, 1941 26 G, 32 A, 58 P
Steve Warr 22 5-11 185 R/- R January 5, 1951 3 G, 8 A, 11 P

Scoring Regular Season

Rk Player Pos Age GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW EV SH PP S S% TOI ATOI OPS DPS PS
1 Wayne Carleton 26 75 42 49 91 36 42 35 6 1 4
2 Gavin Kirk 21 78 28 40 68 26 54 22 6 0 2
3 Bob Charlebois 28 78 24 40 64 24 28 18 5 1 5
4 Guy Trottier 31 72 26 32 58 23 25 15 11 0 1
5 Bob Leduc 28 78 22 33 55 21 71 16 6 0
6 Steve King 24 69 18 34 52 19 28 11 3 4
7 Tom Martin 25 74 19 27 46 18 27 13 6 0
8 Brian Gibbons 25 73 7 35 42 13 62 5 2 0
9 Dick Sentes 26 74 22 19 41 17 78 20 2 0
10 Rick Cunningham 21 78 9 32 41 14 121 7 2 0
11 Jack Gibson 24 59 22 13 35 16 48 19 3 0
12 Ron Climie 22 31 12 19 31 12 2 8 4 0
13 Brian Conacher 31 69 8 19 27 10 32 8 0 0
14 Ken Stephanson 31 77 3 16 19 6 93 2 1 0
15 Tom Simpson 20 57 10 7 17 7 44 10 0 0
16 Mike Boland 23 41 1 15 16 5 44 1 0 0
17 Mike Amodeo 20 61 1 14 15 4 77 1 0 0
18 Steve Warr 22 72 3 8 11 4 79 1 2 0
19 Chris Meloff 20 28 1 6 7 2 40 1 0 0
20 Ron Riley 24 22 0 5 5 1 2 0 0 0
21 John Donnelly 24 15 1 1 2 1 44 1 0 0
22 Gilles Gratton 20 51 0 1 1 0 10 0 0 0
23 Merv Haney 23 7 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 0
24 Les Binkley 38 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 Frank Blum 20 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Total 279 466 745 1055 214 59 6 12

Goalies Regular Season

Rk Player Pos Age GP W L T/O GA SA SV SV% GAA SO MIN GPS
1 Les Binkley 38 30 106 900 794 .882 3.72 0 1709
2 Frank Blum 20 2 3 17 14 .824 6.43 0 28
3 Gilles Gratton 20 51 187 1591 1404 .882 3.71 0 3021
Team Total 296 2508 2212 .882 3.73 0 4758

Scoring Playoffs

Rk Player Pos Age GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW EV SH PP S S% TOI ATOI
1 Wayne Carleton 26 3 3 3 6 4 2 1 0 0
2 Gavin Kirk 21 5 2 3 5 12 2 0 0 0
3 Tom Martin 25 5 0 5 5 2 0 0 0 0
4 Dick Sentes 26 5 3 1 4 2 2 1 0 0
5 Brian Conacher 31 5 1 3 4 4 1 0 0 0
6 Brian Gibbons 25 5 1 2 3 12 1 0 0 0
7 Guy Trottier 31 5 1 2 3 0 1 0 0 1
8 Bob Charlebois 28 5 1 1 2 4 1 0 0 0
9 Rick Cunningham 21 5 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 0
10 Ken Stephanson 31 5 1 1 2 8 0 1 0 0
11 Bob Leduc 28 5 0 2 2 4 0 0 0 0
12 Ron Climie 22 4 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 0
13 Jack Gibson 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
14 Tom Simpson 20 5 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
15 Mike Amodeo 20 5 0 1 1 10 0 0 0 0
16 Steve King 24 5 0 1 1 7 0 0 0 0
17 Les Binkley 38 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Mike Boland 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Gilles Gratton 20 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Ron Riley 24 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Steve Warr 22 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Total 17 26 43 73 12 5 0 1

Goalies Playoffs

Rk Player Pos Age GP W L T/O GA SA SV SV% GAA SO MIN
1 Les Binkley 38 4 17 146 129 .884 4.57 0 223
2 Gilles Gratton 20 2 7 73 66 .904 4.88 0 86
Team Total 24 219 195 .890 4.66 0 309