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28-39-11 (67 points), Finished 3rd in NHL West Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary
Scored 208 goals, Allowed 247 goals, SRS: -0.46 (10th of 14)
Coached by Sid Abel (3-6-1), Bill McCreary (6-14-4) and Al Arbour (19-19-6)
Playoffs:
Lost Semi-Finals (4-0) to Boston Bruins
Won Quarter-Finals (4-3) over Minnesota North Stars
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1971-72 Statistics / Games
| Team | GP | W | L | T | PTS | PTS% | GF | GA | SRS | TG/G | PPG | PPO | PP% | PPGA | PPOA | PK% | SHG | SHGA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Blues | 78 | 28 | 39 | 11 | 67 | .429 | 208 | 247 | -0.46 | 5.83 | 38 | 270 | 14.07 | 65 | 280 | 76.79 | 13 | 11 |
| League Average | 78 | 32 | 32 | 13 | 78 | .500 | 239 | 239 | 0.00 | 6.13 | 52 | 269 | 19.38 | 52 | 269 | 80.62 | 8 | 8 |
Click on the Player for career statistics and accomplishments.
| 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 | Garry Unger | C | 5-11 | 170 | 24 | 78 | 36 | 34 | 70 | 0.90 | 29 | 0.37 | 96 | 28 | 83 | 7 | -8 | 104 | 21 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 321 | 4.12 | 11.2 | ||
| 2 | Frank St. Marseille | RW | 5-11 | 180 | 32 | 78 | 16 | 36 | 52 | 0.67 | 20 | 0.25 | 67 | 15 | 48 | 1 | 5 | 32 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 228 | 2.92 | 7.0 | ||
| 3 | Jack Egers | RW | 6-1 | 175 | 23 | 63 | 21 | 25 | 46 | 0.73 | 19 | 0.30 | 70 | 21 | 45 | 1 | 5 | 34 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 210 | 3.33 | 10.0 | ||
| 4 | Gary Sabourin | RW | 5-11 | 180 | 28 | 77 | 28 | 17 | 45 | 0.58 | 20 | 0.25 | 63 | 13 | 48 | 1 | 3 | 52 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 236 | 3.06 | 11.9 | ||
| 5 | Mike Murphy | RW | 6-0 | 190 | 21 | 63 | 20 | 23 | 43 | 0.68 | 18 | 0.28 | 74 | 20 | 59 | 1 | -4 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 176 | 2.79 | 11.4 | ||
| 6 | Terry Crisp | C | 5-10 | 180 | 28 | 75 | 13 | 18 | 31 | 0.41 | 12 | 0.16 | 45 | 4 | 75 | 41 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 94 | 1.25 | 13.8 | ||
| 7 | Barclay Plager | D | 5-11 | 175 | 30 | 78 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 0.37 | 11 | 0.14 | 105 | 21 | 118 | 40 | 6 | 176 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 128 | 1.64 | 5.5 | ||
| 8 | Phil Roberto | RW | 6-1 | 190 | 23 | 49 | 12 | 13 | 25 | 0.51 | 10 | 0.21 | 40 | 3 | 44 | 6 | -1 | 76 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170 | 3.47 | 7.1 | ||
| 9 | Carl Brewer | D | 5-9 | 180 | 33 | 42 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 0.43 | 6 | 0.15 | 54 | 12 | 62 | 14 | -6 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 58 | 1.38 | 3.4 | ||
| 10 | Christian Bordeleau | C | 5-8 | 172 | 24 | 41 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 0.41 | 7 | 0.17 | 27 | 7 | 47 | 14 | -13 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 123 | 3.00 | 6.5 | ||
| 11 | Brian Lavender | LW | 6-0 | 174 | 24 | 46 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 0.35 | 6 | 0.13 | 24 | 1 | 28 | 3 | -2 | 54 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 68 | 1.48 | 7.4 | ||
| 12 | Andre Dupont | D | 6-0 | 200 | 22 | 60 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 0.22 | 5 | 0.08 | 63 | 1 | 66 | 15 | 11 | 147 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 133 | 2.22 | 2.3 | ||
| 13 | George Morrison | LW | 6-1 | 170 | 23 | 42 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 0.31 | 5 | 0.11 | 21 | 9 | 23 | 0 | -11 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 0.81 | 5.9 | ||
| 14 | Bill Plager | D | 5-9 | 175 | 26 | 65 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 0.18 | 4 | 0.06 | 40 | 3 | 66 | 14 | -15 | 64 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 63 | 0.97 | 1.6 | ||
| 15 | Jimmy Roberts | D/RW | 5-10 | 185 | 31 | 26 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 0.46 | 5 | 0.18 | 28 | 5 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 46 | 1.77 | 10.9 | ||
| 16 | Bob Plager | D | 5-11 | 195 | 28 | 50 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 0.22 | 4 | 0.09 | 49 | 2 | 72 | 24 | -1 | 81 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 1.18 | 6.8 | ||
| 17 | Larry Hornung | D | 6-0 | 190 | 26 | 47 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 0.23 | 4 | 0.08 | 37 | 5 | 50 | 17 | -1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 60 | 1.28 | 3.3 | ||
| 18 | Wayne Connelly | C | 5-10 | 170 | 32 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 0.67 | 4 | 0.28 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 0 | -6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 3.20 | 10.4 | ||
| 19 | Floyd Thomson | LW | 6-0 | 190 | 22 | 49 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 0.20 | 4 | 0.08 | 22 | 1 | 30 | 0 | -9 | 48 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 69 | 1.41 | 5.8 | ||
| 20 | Curt Bennett | LW | 6-3 | 195 | 23 | 31 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0.26 | 3 | 0.10 | 12 | 0 | 16 | 0 | -4 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 1.03 | 9.4 | ||
| 21 | Danny O'Shea | C | 6-1 | 190 | 26 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0.30 | 2 | 0.12 | 8 | 0 | 18 | 6 | -4 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1.25 | 12.0 | ||
| 22 | Noel Picard | D | 6-1 | 185 | 33 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0.40 | 2 | 0.14 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 2.27 | 2.9 | ||
| 23 | Gene Carr | C | 5-11 | 185 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.33 | 2 | 0.14 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1.93 | 10.3 | ||
| 24 | Bill Sutherland | C | 5-10 | 160 | 37 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.56 | 2 | 0.22 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0.78 | 28.6 | ||
| 25 | Jim Shires | LW | 6-0 | 180 | 26 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.17 | 1 | 0.05 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 1 | -13 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.78 | 0.0 | ||
| 26 | Michel Parizeau | C | 5-10 | 165 | 23 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.14 | 1 | 0.05 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | -1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.67 | 7.1 | ||
| 27 | Gerry Odrowski | D | 5-10 | 185 | 33 | 55 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.05 | 1 | 0.02 | 7 | 0 | 33 | 25 | -1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 0.55 | 3.3 | ||
| 28 | Jim Lorentz | C/RW | 6-0 | 190 | 24 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.08 | 0 | 0.03 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | -8 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1.33 | 0.0 | ||
| 29 | Kevin O'Shea | RW | 6-2 | 205 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.75 | 0.0 | ||
| 30 | Chris Evans | D | 5-9 | 180 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| 31 | Norm Dennis | C | 5-10 | 175 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 | 0.0 | ||
| 32 | Brit Selby | LW | 5-10 | 175 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1.17 | 0.0 | ||
| 33 | Gary Veneruzzo | W | 5-8 | 165 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.50 | 0.0 | ||
| 34 | Gord Brooks | RW | 5-8 | 168 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.00 | 0.0 | ||
| 35 | Gord Kannegiesser | D | 6-0 | 190 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.00 | 0.0 | ||
| 36 | John Arbour | D | 5-11 | 195 | 26 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 1 | -4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.82 | 0.0 | ||
| Team Total | 78 | 208 | 319 | 527 | 6.76 | 208 | 2.67 | 208 | 38 | 247 | 65 | -12 | 1126 | 157 | 38 | 13 | 28 | 2557 | 32.78 | 8.1 |
| 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 | Jacques Caron | G | 6-2 | 185 | 31 | 28 | 1619 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 33 | .611 | 1 | 68 | 2.52 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2 | Ernie Wakely | G | 5-11 | 160 | 31 | 30 | 1614 | 8 | 18 | 2 | 18 | .321 | 1 | 92 | 3.42 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 3 | Jim McLeod | G | 5-8 | 170 | 34 | 16 | 880 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 16 | .500 | 0 | 44 | 3.00 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 4 | Wayne Stephenson | G | 5-9 | 175 | 27 | 2 | 100 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 9 | 5.40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 5 | Peter McDuffe | G | 5-9 | 180 | 23 | 10 | 467 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 29 | 3.73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Team Total | 78 | 4680 | 28 | 39 | 11 | 2 | 242 | 3.10 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | PTS/G | +/- | PIM | ESG | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SOG/G | SPCT | TOI | ATOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phil Roberto | RW | 6-1 | 190 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 1.18 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| 2 | Garry Unger | C | 5-11 | 170 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0.82 | 35 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| 3 | Frank St. Marseille | RW | 5-11 | 180 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0.73 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 4 | Gary Sabourin | RW | 5-11 | 180 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0.55 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 5 | Bob Plager | D | 5-11 | 195 | 28 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0.45 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 6 | Barclay Plager | D | 5-11 | 175 | 30 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0.45 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| 7 | Mike Murphy | RW | 6-0 | 190 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.45 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 8 | Jack Egers | RW | 6-1 | 175 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0.45 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 9 | Terry Crisp | C | 5-10 | 180 | 28 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.36 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 10 | Kevin O'Shea | RW | 6-2 | 205 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.27 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| 11 | Larry Hornung | D | 6-0 | 190 | 26 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 12 | Danny O'Shea | C | 6-1 | 190 | 26 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.20 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 13 | Chris Evans | D | 5-9 | 180 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 14 | Andre Dupont | D | 6-0 | 200 | 22 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.09 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 15 | Gerry Odrowski | D | 5-10 | 185 | 33 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 16 | Bill Plager | D | 5-9 | 175 | 26 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 17 | Brian Lavender | LW | 6-0 | 174 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 18 | Curt Bennett | LW | 6-3 | 195 | 23 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Team Total | 11 | 27 | 42 | 69 | 6.27 | 230 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 4 |
| 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 | Jacques Caron | G | 6-2 | 185 | 31 | 9 | 499 | 4 | 5 | 8 | .444 | 0 | 26 | 3.13 | ||||||||
| 2 | Peter McDuffe | G | 5-9 | 180 | 23 | 1 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 7 | 7.00 | ||||||||
| 3 | Ernie Wakely | G | 5-11 | 160 | 31 | 3 | 113 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 13 | 6.90 | ||||||||
| Team Total | 78 | 672 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 46 | 4.11 |