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

Recent Game Results

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

Roster Table
Player	Flag	Pos	Age	Ht	Wt	S/C	Exp	Birth Date	Summary
Mike Antonovich	us	C	21	5-8	165	L/-	R	October 18, 1951	20 G, 19 A, 39 P
John Arbour	ca	D	27	5-11	195	L/-	R	September 28, 1945	6 G, 27 A, 33 P
Terry Ball	ca	D	28	5-9	160	R/-	R	November 29, 1944	6 G, 34 A, 40 P
Keith Christiansen	us	C	28	5-6	155	R/-	R	July 14, 1944	12 G, 30 A, 42 P
Wayne Connelly	ca	RW	33	5-10	170	R/-	R	December 16, 1939	40 G, 30 A, 70 P
Mike Curran	us	G	28	5-9	175	-/R	R	April 14, 1944	23-17-2, 3.09 GAA
Craig Falkman	us	RW	29	5-11	190	R/-	R	August 1, 1943	1 G, 5 A, 6 P
Ted Hampson	ca	C	36	5-8	173	L/-	R	December 11, 1936	17 G, 45 A, 62 P
Jim Johnson	ca	LW	30	5-9	190	L/-	R	November 7, 1942	9 G, 14 A, 23 P
Bill Klatt	us	RW	25	5-11	180	R/-	R	October 16, 1947	36 G, 22 A, 58 P
George Konik	ca	D	35	5-11	190	L/-	R	May 4, 1937	4 G, 12 A, 16 P
Len Lilyholm	us	LW	31	5-8	165	R/-	R	April 1, 1941	8 G, 13 A, 21 P
Bob MacMillan	ca	C	20	5-11	185	L/-	R	December 3, 1952	13 G, 27 A, 40 P
Jack McCartan	us	G	37	6-1	195	L/-	R	August 5, 1935	15-19-1, 3.58 GAA
Mike McMahon	ca	D	31	5-11	180	L/-	R	August 30, 1941	12 G, 39 A, 51 P
George Morrison	ca	LW	24	6-1	170	L/-	R	December 24, 1948	16 G, 24 A, 40 P
Dick Paradise	us	D	27	6-0	190	L/-	R	April 21, 1945	3 G, 15 A, 18 P
Mel Pearson	ca	LW	34	5-10	175	L/-	R	April 29, 1938	8 G, 12 A, 20 P
Terry Ryan	ca	C	20	5-10	178	L/-	R	September 10, 1952	13 G, 6 A, 19 P
Blaine Rydman	ca	D	23	6-2	195	L/-	R	December 16, 1949	0 G, 1 A, 1 P
Frank Sanders	us	D	23	6-3	220	R/-	R	March 8, 1949	8 G, 8 A, 16 P
Fred Speck	ca	C	25	5-9	160	L/-	R	July 22, 1947	13 G, 16 A, 29 P
Carl Wetzel	us	G	34	6-1	170	-/L	R	December 12, 1938	0-1-0, 3.00 GAA
Bill Young	ca	LW	25	6-1	195	L/-	R	July 5, 1947	5 G, 6 A, 11 P

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