1972-73 Minnesota Fighting Saints Roster and Statistics

Next Season

Record: 38-37-3 (79 points), Finished 4th in WHA West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Glen Sonmor (28-28-3), Harry Neale (10-9-0)

Captain:

Goals For: 250 (11th of 12), Goals Against: 269 (6th of 12)
SRS: -0.23 (8th of 12), SOS: 0.01 (6th of 12)

Playoffs:
Lost Division Semi-Finals (4-1) versus Winnipeg Jets
Won Preliminary Round (1-0) versus Alberta Oilers

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Recent Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month

1. Oct 13, MFS vs. WNJ
2. Oct 15, MFS vs. CHC
3. Oct 17, MFS vs. LAS
4. Oct 19, MFS at HSA
5. Oct 20, MFS at WNJ
6. Oct 22, MFS at NYW
7. Oct 23, MFS at NEW
8. Oct 26, MFS at QBN

9. Nov 1, MFS vs. WNJ
10. Nov 2, MFS vs. NYW
11. Nov 5, MFS vs. PHB
12. Nov 10, MFS at WNJ
13. Nov 14, MFS vs. CLC
14. Nov 16, MFS vs. QBN
15. Nov 18, MFS at PHB
16. Nov 19, MFS vs. CHC
17. Nov 21, MFS vs. ALO
18. Nov 23, MFS vs. LAS
19. Nov 24, MFS at PHB
20. Nov 26, MFS vs. NEW
21. Nov 28, MFS at OTN
22. Nov 30, MFS at NYW

23. Dec 1, MFS at ALO
24. Dec 3, MFS at WNJ
25. Dec 5, MFS vs. CHC
26. Dec 7, MFS vs. HSA
27. Dec 8, MFS at CHC
28. Dec 10, MFS vs. CLC
29. Dec 12, MFS at LAS
30. Dec 14, MFS at CHC
31. Dec 15, MFS vs. HSA
32. Dec 17, MFS vs. CHC
33. Dec 19, MFS vs. NEW
34. Dec 21, MFS vs. WNJ
35. Dec 23, MFS at CLC
36. Dec 26, MFS vs. PHB
37. Dec 28, MFS at LAS
38. Dec 29, MFS at LAS

39. Jan 1, MFS vs. HSA
40. Jan 7, MFS vs. WNJ
41. Jan 9, MFS vs. LAS
42. Jan 11, MFS vs. CLC
43. Jan 12, MFS vs. QBN
44. Jan 14, MFS vs. OTN
45. Jan 16, MFS at WNJ
46. Jan 18, MFS at OTN
47. Jan 20, MFS at QBN
48. Jan 22, MFS at NYW
49. Jan 25, MFS vs. HSA
50. Jan 26, MFS vs. OTN
51. Jan 30, MFS at CHC

52. Feb 1, MFS at QBN
53. Feb 3, MFS at HSA
54. Feb 5, MFS at HSA
55. Feb 6, MFS vs. NYW
56. Feb 8, MFS at LAS
57. Feb 9, MFS at ALO
58. Feb 11, MFS at ALO
59. Feb 15, MFS vs. OTN
60. Feb 17, MFS at CLC
61. Feb 18, MFS vs. CHC
62. Feb 25, MFS at HSA
63. Feb 27, MFS vs. PHB

64. Mar 1, MFS vs. LAS
65. Mar 4, MFS vs. NEW
66. Mar 6, MFS vs. ALO
67. Mar 8, MFS at PHB
68. Mar 10, MFS at NEW
69. Mar 11, MFS vs. ALO
70. Mar 15, MFS at CHC
71. Mar 16, MFS at NEW
72. Mar 20, MFS at ALO
73. Mar 22, MFS at CHC
74. Mar 24, MFS at CLC
75. Mar 25, MFS at OTN
76. Mar 27, MFS vs. NYW
77. Mar 29, MFS vs. QBN
78. Mar 30, MFS vs. ALO

Roster

Age is on February 1 of given season

Roster Table
Player	Flag	Pos	Age	Ht	Wt	S/C	Exp	Birth Date
Mike Antonovich	us	C	21	5-8	165	L/-	R	October 18, 1951
John Arbour	ca	D	27	5-11	195	L/-	R	September 28, 1945
Terry Ball	ca	D	28	5-9	160	R/-	R	November 29, 1944
Keith Christiansen	us	C	28	5-6	155	R/-	R	July 14, 1944
Wayne Connelly	ca	RW	33	5-10	170	R/-	R	December 16, 1939
Mike Curran	us	G	28	5-9	175	-/R	R	April 14, 1944
Craig Falkman	us	RW	29	5-11	190	R/-	R	August 1, 1943
Ted Hampson	ca	C	36	5-8	173	L/-	R	December 11, 1936
Jim Johnson	ca	LW	30	5-9	190	L/-	R	November 7, 1942
Bill Klatt	us	RW	25	5-11	180	R/-	R	October 16, 1947
George Konik	ca	D	35	5-11	190	L/-	R	May 4, 1937
Len Lilyholm	us	LW	31	5-8	165	R/-	R	April 1, 1941
Bob MacMillan	ca	C	20	5-11	185	L/-	R	December 3, 1952
Jack McCartan	us	G	37	6-1	195	L/-	R	August 5, 1935
Mike McMahon	ca	D	31	5-11	180	L/-	R	August 30, 1941
George Morrison	ca	LW	24	6-1	170	L/-	R	December 24, 1948
Dick Paradise	us	D	27	6-0	190	L/-	R	April 21, 1945
Mel Pearson	ca	LW	34	5-10	175	L/-	R	April 29, 1938
Terry Ryan	ca	C	20	5-10	178	L/-	R	September 10, 1952
Blaine Rydman	ca	D	23	6-2	195	L/-	R	December 16, 1949
Frank Sanders	us	D	23	6-3	220	R/-	R	March 8, 1949
Fred Speck	ca	C	25	5-9	160	L/-	R	July 22, 1947
Carl Wetzel	us	G	34	6-1	170	-/L	R	December 12, 1938
Bill Young	ca	LW	25	6-1	195	L/-	R	July 5, 1947

Scoring Regular Season

Players on this team's active roster in bold

Scoring Regular Season Table
					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

Goalies Regular Season

Players on this team's active roster in bold

Goalies Regular Season Table
			Goalie Stats
Rk	Player	Age	GP	GS	W	L	T/O	GA	SA	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN	QS	QS%	RBS	GA%-	GSAA	GAA	GPS
1	Mike Curran	28	43		23	17	2	131				3.09	4	2540				83	26.67
2	Jack McCartan	37	38		15	19	1	129				3.58	1	2160				100	0.58
3	Carl Wetzel	34	1		0	1	0	3				3.00	0	60
	Team Total				38	37	3	263				3.32	5	4760				92

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