1973 WHA West Division Semi-Finals
Winnipeg Jets defeat Minnesota Fighting Saints 4-1
W-L: 38-37-3, .506
SRS: -0.23 (8th of 12)
Goals: 250 (11th of 12)
Goals Against: 269 (6th of 12)
W-L: 43-31-4, .577
SRS: 0.42 (3rd of 12)
Goals: 285 (5th of 12)
Goals Against: 249 (2nd of 12)
| Game 1, April 6 | ||
| Minnesota Fighting Saints | 1 | Final |
| Winnipeg Jets | 3 | |
| Game 2, April 8 | ||
| Minnesota Fighting Saints | 2 | Final |
| Winnipeg Jets | 5 | |
| Game 3, April 10 | ||
| Winnipeg Jets | 4 | Final |
| Minnesota Fighting Saints | 6 | |
| Game 4, April 11 | ||
| Winnipeg Jets | 3 | Final |
| Minnesota Fighting Saints | 2 | OT |
| Game 5, April 15 | ||
| Minnesota Fighting Saints | 5 | Final |
| Winnipeg Jets | 8 | |
1972-73 Regular Season Stats
| Friday, Oct 13, 1972 | ||
| Winnipeg Jets | 4 | Final |
| Minnesota Fighting Saints | 3 | |
| Friday, Oct 20, 1972 | ||
| Minnesota Fighting Saints | 1 | Final |
| Winnipeg Jets | 1 | |
| Wednesday, Nov 1, 1972 | ||
| Winnipeg Jets | 0 | Final |
| Minnesota Fighting Saints | 3 | |
| Friday, Nov 10, 1972 | ||
| Minnesota Fighting Saints | 5 | Final |
| Winnipeg Jets | 1 | |
| Sunday, Dec 3, 1972 | ||
| Minnesota Fighting Saints | 1 | Final |
| Winnipeg Jets | 5 | |
| Thursday, Dec 21, 1972 | ||
| Winnipeg Jets | 0 | Final |
| Minnesota Fighting Saints | 3 | |
| Sunday, Jan 7, 1973 | ||
| Winnipeg Jets | 6 | Final |
| Minnesota Fighting Saints | 2 | |
| Tuesday, Jan 16, 1973 | ||
| Minnesota Fighting Saints | 1 | Final |
| Winnipeg Jets | 3 | |
MFS 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 | Wayne Connelly | 33 | RW | 78 | 40 | 30 | 70 | 16 | 30 | 10 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Ted Hampson | 36 | C | 77 | 17 | 45 | 62 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Bill Klatt | 25 | RW | 78 | 36 | 22 | 58 | 22 | 24 | 12 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Mike McMahon | 31 | D | 75 | 12 | 39 | 51 | 87 | 8 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Keith Christiansen | 28 | C | 64 | 12 | 30 | 42 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | George Morrison | 24 | LW | 70 | 16 | 24 | 40 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Bob MacMillan | 20 | C | 75 | 13 | 27 | 40 | 48 | 12 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Terry Ball | 28 | D | 78 | 6 | 34 | 40 | 66 | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 9 | Mike Antonovich | 21 | C | 75 | 20 | 19 | 39 | 46 | 19 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 10 | John Arbour | 27 | D | 76 | 6 | 27 | 33 | 186 | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 11 | Fred Speck | 25 | C | 47 | 13 | 16 | 29 | 52 | 8 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 12 | Jim Johnson | 30 | LW | 33 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 13 | Len Lilyholm | 31 | LW | 77 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 37 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 14 | Mel Pearson | 34 | LW | 70 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 15 | Terry Ryan | 20 | C | 76 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 16 | Dick Paradise | 27 | D | 77 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 189 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 17 | Frank Sanders | 23 | D | 76 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 94 | 7 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 18 | George Konik | 35 | D | 54 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 19 | Bill Young | 25 | LW | 23 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 20 | Craig Falkman | 29 | RW | 45 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 21 | Mike Curran | 28 | G | 43 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2540 | 59:04 | ||||||||||
| 22 | Blaine Rydman | 23 | D | 29 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 23 | Jack McCartan | 37 | G | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2160 | 56:51 | ||||||||||
| 24 | Carl Wetzel | 34 | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 60:00 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 78 | 250 | 406 | 656 | 1120 | 190 | 54 | 6 | 13 | ||||||||||||||
MFS 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 | Mike Curran | 28 | 43 | 23 | 17 | 2 | 131 | 3.09 | 4 | 2540 | 83 | 26.7 | |||||||
| 2 | Jack McCartan | 37 | 38 | 15 | 19 | 1 | 129 | 3.58 | 1 | 2160 | 100 | 0.6 | |||||||
| 3 | Carl Wetzel | 34 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 60 | |||||||||
| Team Total | 38 | 37 | 3 | 263 | 3.32 | 5 | 4760 | ||||||||||||
WNJ 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 | Bobby Hull* | 34 | LW | 63 | 51 | 52 | 103 | 37 | 35 | 14 | 2 | 7 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Norm Beaudin | 31 | RW | 78 | 38 | 65 | 103 | 15 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Christian Bordeleau | 25 | LW | 78 | 47 | 54 | 101 | 12 | 38 | 6 | 3 | 7 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Larry Hornung | 27 | D | 77 | 13 | 45 | 58 | 28 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 5 | Danny Johnson | 28 | C | 76 | 19 | 23 | 42 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Ab McDonald | 36 | LW | 77 | 17 | 24 | 41 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Milt Black | 23 | RW | 75 | 18 | 16 | 34 | 31 | 17 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Wally Boyer | 35 | C | 69 | 6 | 28 | 34 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 9 | Dunc Rousseau | 27 | LW | 75 | 16 | 17 | 33 | 75 | 14 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 10 | Cal Swenson | 24 | C | 77 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 11 | Jean-Guy Gratton | 25 | RW | 71 | 15 | 12 | 27 | 37 | 14 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 12 | Joe Zanussi | 25 | D | 73 | 4 | 21 | 25 | 53 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 13 | Bill Sutherland | 38 | LW | 48 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 34 | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 14 | Garth Rizzuto | 25 | C | 61 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 32 | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 15 | Steve Cuddie | 22 | D | 77 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 121 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 16 | Bob Ash | 29 | D | 76 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 17 | Freeman Asmundson | 29 | D | 76 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 54 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 18 | Brian Cadle | 24 | LW | 56 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 39 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 19 | Bob Woytowich | 31 | D | 62 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 20 | Joe Daley | 29 | G | 29 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1718 | 59:14 | ||||||||||
| 21 | John Shmyr | 28 | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 22 | Gordon Tumilson | 21 | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 138 | 46:00 | ||||||||||
| 23 | Ernie Wakely | 32 | G | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2894 | 59:04 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 78 | 285 | 454 | 739 | 745 | 221 | 57 | 7 | 21 | ||||||||||||||
WNJ 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 | Ernie Wakely | 32 | 49 | 26 | 19 | 3 | 152 | 3.15 | 2 | 2894 | 98 | 2.8 | |||||||
| 2 | Joe Daley | 29 | 29 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 83 | 2.90 | 2 | 1718 | 97 | 2.2 | |||||||
| 3 | Gordon Tumilson | 21 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4.35 | 0 | 138 | |||||||||
| Team Total | 43 | 31 | 4 | 245 | 3.09 | 4 | 4750 | ||||||||||||
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