1972-73 New York Rangers Roster and Statistics

Record: 47-23-8 (102 points), Finished 3rd in NHL East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Emile Francis (47-23-8)

Primary Arena: Madison Square Garden (IV)

Goals For: 297 (3rd of 16), Goals Against: 208 (2nd of 16)
SRS: 1.07 (3rd of 16), SOS: -0.07 (14th of 16)

Playoffs:
Lost Semi-Finals (4-1) to Chicago Black Hawks
Won Quarter-Finals (4-1) over Boston Bruins

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Recent Game Results

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78. Apr 1, NYR (47-23) tied with DET, 3-3

Team Statistics

Team Statistics Table
Team	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PTS%	GF	GA	SRS	SOS	GF/G	GA/G	PP	PPO	PP%	PPA	PPOA	PK%	SH	SHA	S	S%	SA	SV%	PDO	SO
New York Rangers	78	47	23	8	102	.654	297	208	1.07	-0.08	3.81	2.67	54	238	22.69	39	250	84.40	5	5	2699	11.0	2117	.902		7
League Average	78	34	34	11	78	.500	256	256					49	261	18.73	49	261	81.27	6	6	2426	10.5	2426	.895		5

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5)

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5) Table
Team	S%	SV%	PDO	CF	CA	CF%	xGF	xGA	aGF	aGA	axDiff	SCF	SCA	SCF%	HDF	HDA	HDF%	HDGF	HDC%	HDGA	HDCO%
New York Rangers
League Average

Roster

Age is on February 1 of given season

Roster Table
No.	Player	Birth	Pos	Age	Ht	Wt	S/C	Exp	Birth Date
20	Curt Bennett	ca CA	C	24	6-3	195	L/-	2	March 27, 1948
17	Jerry Butler	ca CA	RW	21	6-0	180	R/-	R	February 27, 1951
9	Gene Carr	ca CA	C	21	5-11	185	L/-	1	September 17, 1951
24	Ab DeMarco	us US	D	23	6-0	170	R/-	3	February 27, 1949
10	Bill Fairbairn	ca CA	RW	26	5-10	170	R/-	4	January 7, 1947
1	Ed Giacomin	ca CA	G	33	5-11	180	-/L	7	June 6, 1939
7	Rod Gilbert	ca CA	RW	31	5-9	180	R/-	12	July 1, 1941
11	Vic Hadfield (C)	ca CA	LW	32	6-0	190	L/-	11	October 4, 1940
3	Ron Harris	ca CA	D	30	5-10	190	R/-	7	June 30, 1942
23	Bill Heindl	ca CA	LW	26	5-10	175	L/-	2	May 13, 1946
27	Ted Irvine	ca CA	LW	28	6-2	195	L/-	6	December 8, 1944
26	Sheldon Kannegiesser	ca CA	D	25	6-0	198	L/-	2	August 15, 1947
4	Randy Legge	ca CA	D	27	5-11	184	R/-	R	December 16, 1945
12-14	Bruce MacGregor	ca CA	RW	31	5-10	180	R/-	12	April 26, 1941
4	Bert Marshall	ca CA	D	29	6-3	205	L/-	7	November 22, 1943
31	Peter McDuffe	ca CA	G	24	5-9	180	-/L	1	February 16, 1948
14	Mike Murphy	ca CA	RW	22	6-0	190	R/-	1	September 12, 1950
15	Jim Neilson	ca CA	D	32	6-2	205	L/-	10	November 28, 1940
2	Brad Park	ca CA	D	24	6-0	200	L/-	4	July 6, 1948
19	Jean Ratelle	ca CA	C	32	6-1	180	L/-	12	October 3, 1940
5	Dale Rolfe	ca CA	D	32	6-4	210	L/-	6	April 30, 1940
22	Bobby Rousseau	ca CA	RW	32	5-10	178	R/-	12	July 26, 1940
4	Larry Sacharuk	ca CA	D	20	6-0	200	R/-	R	September 16, 1952
6	Glen Sather	ca CA	LW	29	5-11	180	L/-	6	September 2, 1943
16	Rod Seiling	ca CA	D	28	6-0	195	L/-	10	November 14, 1944
21	Pete Stemkowski	ca CA	C	29	6-1	196	L/-	9	August 25, 1943
12	Ron Stewart	ca CA	RW	40	6-1	197	R/-	20	July 11, 1932
18	Walt Tkaczuk	de DE	C	25	6-0	185	L/-	5	September 29, 1947
8	Steve Vickers	ca CA	LW	21	6-0	180	L/-	R	April 21, 1951
30	Gilles Villemure	ca CA	G	32	5-8	185	-/R	5	May 30, 1940
17	Tom Williams	ca CA	LW	21	5-11	187	R/-	1	February 7, 1951

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	Jean Ratelle*	32	C	78	41	53	94	24	12	30	11	0	4	39	14	0	241	17.0			7.6	1.6	9.2
2	Rod Gilbert*	31	RW	76	25	59	84	12	25	19	6	0	4	42	17	0	183	13.7			5.6	1.2	6.8
3	Walt Tkaczuk	25	C	76	27	39	66	34	59	20	6	1	7	32	5	2	264	10.2			4.2	1.9	6.2
4	Bill Fairbairn	26	RW	78	30	33	63	37	23	23	5	2	5	27	4	2	174	17.2			4.2	2.0	6.2
5	Vic Hadfield	32	LW	63	28	34	62	14	60	19	9	0	4	27	7	0	214	13.1			4.6	1.1	5.7
6	Pete Stemkowski	29	C	78	22	37	59	28	71	20	2	0	1	33	3	1	200	11.0			3.2	1.7	4.9
7	Steve Vickers	21	LW	61	30	23	53	35	37	28	2	0	5	21	2	0	131	22.9			4.1	1.8	5.9
8	Brad Park*	24	D	52	10	43	53	30	51	6	4	0	1	34	9	0	142	7.0			4.1	4.5	8.6
9	Bobby Rousseau	32	RW	78	8	37	45	1	14	6	2	0	3	17	20	0	150	5.3			0.9	0.9	1.8
10	Rod Seiling	28	D	72	9	33	42	43	36	7	1	1	2	26	6	1	155	5.8			2.8	6.3	9.0
11	Dale Rolfe	32	D	72	7	25	32	41	74	6	1	0	0	22	3	0	159	4.4			1.8	6.1	7.9
12	Bruce MacGregor	31	RW	52	14	12	26	14	12	14	0	0	4	11	1	0	85	16.5			1.0	1.0	2.0
13	Glen Sather*	29	LW	77	11	15	26	18	64	9	1	1	2	15	0	0	69	15.9			-0.4	1.4	1.1
14	Ted Irvine	28	LW	53	8	12	20	4	54	7	1	0	1	11	1	0	91	8.8			0.0	0.7	0.7
15	Jim Neilson	32	D	52	4	16	20	22	35	4	0	0	0	12	4	0	99	4.0			1.0	4.0	4.9
16	Gene Carr	21	C	50	9	10	19	-3	50	8	1	0	1	8	2	0	65	13.8			0.1	0.5	0.5
17	Ab DeMarco	23	D	51	4	13	17	16	15	3	1	0	2	11	2	0	104	3.8			0.7	3.5	4.3
18	Ron Harris	30	D	47	3	10	13	2	17	2	1	0	0	10	0	0	73	4.1			0.4	2.5	2.9
19	Mike Murphy	22	RW	15	4	4	8	-5	5	4	0	0	1	4	0	0	35	11.4			0.3	0.0	0.3
20	Ed Giacomin*	33	G	43	0	2	2	0	6				0	2			0		2576	59:54	0.0	0.0	8.3
21	Randy Legge	27	D	12	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	10	0.0			-0.1	0.6	0.5
22	Jerry Butler	21	RW	8	1	0	1	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	9.1			-0.2	0.1	-0.1
23	Bill Heindl	26	LW	4	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	16.7			0.0	0.1	0.1
24	Larry Sacharuk	20	D	8	1	0	1	-1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	11.1			0.0	0.3	0.3
25	Curt Bennett	24	C	16	0	1	1	-2	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	13	0.0			-0.6	0.1	-0.5
26	Sheldon Kannegiesser	25	D	3	0	1	1	2	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0.0			0.0	0.3	0.3
27	Ron Stewart	40	RW	11	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	8	0.0			-0.4	0.1	-0.3
28	Tom Williams	21	LW	8	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0.0			-0.3	0.1	-0.1
29	Bert Marshall	29	D	8	0	0	0	-3	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0			-0.2	0.2	0.1
30	Peter McDuffe	24	G	1	0	0	0	0	0				0	0			0		60	60:00	0.0	0.0	0.4
31	Gilles Villemure	32	G	34	0	0	0	0	2				0	0			0		2035	59:51	0.0	0.0	8.4
	Team Total			78	297	516	813	366	757	238	54	5	47	410	100	6	2699	11.0			44.4	44.7	106.2

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	adjGAA	GPS
1	Ed Giacomin*	33	43		26	11	6	125	1228	1103	.898	2.91	4	2576				98	2.8	2.70	8.3
2	Gilles Villemure	32	34		20	12	2	78	859	781	.909	2.30	3	2035				87	11.4	2.12	8.4
3	Peter McDuffe	24	1		1	0	0	1	26	25	.962	1.00	0	60						1.00	0.4
	Team Total				47	23	8	204	2113	1909	.903	2.62	7	4671				93	15.8	2.43	17.0