1973 WHA West Division Semi-Finals
Houston Aeros defeat Los Angeles Sharks 4-2
| Game 1, April 5 | ||
| Los Angeles Sharks | 2 | Final |
| Houston Aeros | 7 | |
| Game 2, April 7 | ||
| Los Angeles Sharks | 4 | Final |
| Houston Aeros | 2 | |
| Game 3, April 11 | ||
| Houston Aeros | 2 | Final |
| Los Angeles Sharks | 3 | |
| Game 4, April 13 | ||
| Houston Aeros | 3 | Final |
| Los Angeles Sharks | 2 | OT |
| Game 5, April 15 | ||
| Los Angeles Sharks | 3 | Final |
| Houston Aeros | 6 | |
| Game 6, April 17 | ||
| Houston Aeros | 3 | Final |
| Los Angeles Sharks | 2 | |
1972-73 Regular Season Stats
| Friday, Oct 13, 1972 | ||
| Houston Aeros | 3 | Final |
| Los Angeles Sharks | 2 | |
| Sunday, Oct 15, 1972 | ||
| Los Angeles Sharks | 5 | Final |
| Houston Aeros | 1 | |
| Sunday, Nov 5, 1972 | ||
| Houston Aeros | 0 | Final |
| Los Angeles Sharks | 4 | |
| Wednesday, Nov 15, 1972 | ||
| Los Angeles Sharks | 6 | Final |
| Houston Aeros | 4 | |
| Thursday, Nov 30, 1972 | ||
| Houston Aeros | 3 | Final |
| Los Angeles Sharks | 6 | |
| Sunday, Dec 17, 1972 | ||
| Los Angeles Sharks | 4 | Final |
| Houston Aeros | 4 | |
| Tuesday, Dec 19, 1972 | ||
| Los Angeles Sharks | 5 | Final |
| Houston Aeros | 7 | |
| Tuesday, Jan 30, 1973 | ||
| Los Angeles Sharks | 5 | Final |
| Houston Aeros | 2 | |
| Wednesday, Mar 7, 1973 | ||
| Houston Aeros | 3 | Final |
| Los Angeles Sharks | 1 | |
| Friday, Mar 9, 1973 | ||
| Houston Aeros | 1 | Final |
| Los Angeles Sharks | 5 | |
HSA Scoring Regular Season
| Scoring | Goals | Assists | Ice Time | Point Shares | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Age | Pos | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | EV | PP | SH | S | S% | TOI | ATOI | OPS | DPS | PS |
| 1 | Gord Labossiere | 33 | C | 78 | 36 | 60 | 96 | 56 | 26 | 10 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Ted Taylor | 30 | RW | 73 | 34 | 42 | 76 | 103 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Murray Hall | 32 | RW | 76 | 28 | 42 | 70 | 84 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 7 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Larry Lund | 32 | C | 77 | 21 | 45 | 66 | 120 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 5 | Poul Popiel | 29 | D | 73 | 16 | 48 | 64 | 158 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 6 | Don Grierson | 25 | RW | 78 | 22 | 22 | 44 | 83 | 17 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Duke Harris | 30 | RW | 75 | 30 | 12 | 42 | 14 | 21 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Frank Hughes | 23 | RW | 77 | 22 | 19 | 41 | 41 | 18 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 9 | Brian McDonald | 27 | RW | 71 | 20 | 20 | 40 | 78 | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 10 | Ed Hoekstra | 35 | RW | 78 | 11 | 28 | 39 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 11 | Larry Hale | 31 | D | 68 | 4 | 26 | 30 | 65 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 12 | Cleland Mortson | 38 | C | 67 | 13 | 16 | 29 | 95 | 11 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 13 | Dunc McCallum | 32 | D | 69 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 112 | 7 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 14 | John Schella | 25 | D | 77 | 2 | 24 | 26 | 239 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 15 | Jack Stanfield | 30 | LW | 71 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 16 | Brian Smith | 32 | LW | 48 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 17 | Ray Larose | 31 | D | 68 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 18 | Gord Kannegiesser | 27 | D | 45 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 19 | Bill Prentice | 22 | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 20 | Bill Hughes | 25 | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170 | 56:40 | ||||||||||
| 21 | Don McLeod | 26 | G | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2410 | 58:47 | ||||||||||
| 22 | Wayne Rutledge | 31 | G | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2163 | 60:05 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 78 | 284 | 463 | 747 | 1363 | 224 | 50 | 10 | 16 | ||||||||||||||
HSA Goalies Regular Season
| Goalie Stats | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Age | GP | GS | W | L | T/O | GA | SA | SV | SV% | GAA | SO | MIN | QS | QS% | RBS | GA%- | GSAA |
| 1 | Wayne Rutledge | 31 | 36 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 110 | 3.05 | 0 | 2163 | 84 | 20.8 | |||||||
| 2 | Don McLeod | 26 | 41 | 18 | 20 | 1 | 143 | 3.56 | 1 | 2410 | 106 | -8.0 | |||||||
| 3 | Bill Hughes | 25 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3.88 | 0 | 170 | |||||||||
| Team Total | 39 | 35 | 4 | 264 | 3.34 | 1 | 4743 | ||||||||||||
LAS Scoring Regular Season
| Scoring | Goals | Assists | Ice Time | Point Shares | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Age | Pos | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | EV | PP | SH | S | S% | TOI | ATOI | OPS | DPS | PS |
| 1 | Gary Veneruzzo | 29 | RW | 78 | 43 | 30 | 73 | 34 | 30 | 13 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 2 | J.P. LeBlanc | 26 | C | 77 | 19 | 50 | 69 | 49 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Bart Crashley | 26 | D | 70 | 18 | 27 | 45 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Joe Szura | 34 | C | 73 | 13 | 32 | 45 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Alton White | 27 | RW | 57 | 20 | 17 | 37 | 22 | 18 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Tom Serviss | 24 | C | 73 | 11 | 26 | 37 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Gerry Odrowski | 34 | D | 78 | 6 | 31 | 37 | 89 | 5 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Mike Byers | 26 | RW | 56 | 19 | 17 | 36 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 9 | Tom Gilmore | 24 | LW | 71 | 17 | 18 | 35 | 191 | 11 | 6 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 10 | Earl Heiskala | 30 | RW | 70 | 12 | 17 | 29 | 150 | 10 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 11 | Jim Niekamp | 26 | D | 78 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 155 | 6 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 12 | Bill Young | 25 | LW | 50 | 14 | 12 | 26 | 46 | 8 | 6 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 13 | Peter Slater | 25 | C | 73 | 12 | 12 | 24 | 87 | 9 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 14 | Ralph MacSweyn | 30 | D | 78 | 0 | 23 | 23 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 15 | Ted McCaskill | 36 | C | 73 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 150 | 9 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 16 | Jim Watson | 29 | D | 75 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 123 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 17 | Steve Sutherland | 26 | LW | 44 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 98 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 18 | Fred Speck | 25 | C | 28 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 19 | Mike Hyndman | 27 | RW | 19 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 20 | Bernie MacNeil | 22 | LW | 42 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 48 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 21 | Bob Jones | 27 | LW | 20 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 22 | Howie Heggedal | 23 | C | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 23 | Jarda Krupicka | 26 | RW | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 24 | Larry Mavety | 30 | D | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 25 | George Gardner | 30 | G | 49 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2713 | 55:22 | ||||||||||
| 26 | Russ Gillow | 32 | G | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1982 | 52:09 | ||||||||||
| 27 | Mike Jakubo | 25 | LW | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 28 | Bob Perreault | 42 | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 60:00 | ||||||||||
| 29 | Jerry Zrymiak | 24 | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Team Total | 78 | 259 | 402 | 661 | 1421 | 200 | 51 | 8 | 8 | ||||||||||||||
LAS Goalies Regular Season
| Goalie Stats | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Age | GP | GS | W | L | T/O | GA | SA | SV | SV% | GAA | SO | MIN | QS | QS% | RBS | GA%- | GSAA |
| 1 | George Gardner | 30 | 49 | 19 | 22 | 4 | 149 | 3.30 | 1 | 2713 | 110 | -13.2 | |||||||
| 2 | Russ Gillow | 32 | 38 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 96 | 2.91 | 2 | 1982 | 103 | -2.6 | |||||||
| 3 | Bob Perreault | 42 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 60 | |||||||||
| Team Total | 37 | 35 | 6 | 247 | 3.12 | 3 | 4755 | ||||||||||||


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