1972-73 Chicago Black Hawks Statistics

National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 42-27-9 - 93 points
Finishing 1st in the NHL's West Division
Postseason: 10-6
Lost Stanley Cup finals
Quarter-Finals - Defeated St. Louis Blues 4-1
Semi-Finals - Defeated New York Rangers 4-1
Stanley Cup Finals - Lost to Montreal Canadiens 4-2
Coach: Billy Reay (42-27-9)
Location: Chicago, Illinois

1972-73 Chicago Black Hawks Roster
1972-73 Chicago Black Hawks Results

The Chicago Black Hawks of the National Hockey League ended the 1972-73 season with a record of 42 wins and 27 losses and 9 ties for 93 points, finishing first in the NHL's West Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 10-6.

The Black Hawks scored 284 goals and yielded 225. Jim Pappin netted 41 goals for Chicago, while Cliff Koroll and Dennis Hull tallied 30 or more as well. Pit Martin contributed 61 assists. Tony Esposito earned 32 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 2.51 goals against average, pacing goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.

Billy Reay coached the team. The 1972-73 Chicago Black Hawks lost in the Stanley Cup finals.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	GTG	SOG	SG%
Jim Pappin	R	76	41	51	92	82	25	7	2	4	2	182	22.5
Dennis Hull	L	78	39	51	90	27	28	8	0	7	0	263	14.8
Pit Martin	C	78	29	61	90	30	27	4	0	3	2	185	15.7
Stan Mikita	C	57	27	56	83	32	31	7	1	5	2	177	15.3
Cliff Koroll	R	77	33	24	57	38	17	6	1	6	1	151	21.9
Bill White	D	72	9	38	47	80	30	1	0	2	0	176	5.1
Lou Angotti	C	77	15	22	37	26	-3	4	1	4	0	91	16.5
Chico Maki	R	77	13	19	32	10	5	1	2	1	0	118	11.0
Pat Stapleton	D	75	10	21	31	14	19	2	0	2	1	128	7.8
J.P. Bordeleau	R	73	15	15	30	6	7	0	1	2	0	113	13.3
Dan Maloney	L	57	13	17	30	63	11	5	0	4	1	104	12.5
Dick Redmond	D	52	9	19	28	4	2	3	0	1	0	140	6.4
Jerry Korab	D	77	12	15	27	94	5	0	1	1	0	127	9.4
Phil Russell	D	76	6	19	25	156	31	1	0	0	0	119	5.0
Keith Magnuson	D	77	0	19	19	140	24	0	0	0	0	64	0.0
John Marks	L	55	3	10	13	21	5	1	0	0	0	45	6.7
Doug Jarrett	D	49	2	11	13	18	9	1	0	0	0	74	2.7
Ralph Backstrom	C	16	6	3	9	2	0	0	1	0	0	36	16.7
Brian Ogilvie	C	12	1	2	3	4	-2	1	0	0	0	12	8.3
Tony Esposito	G	56	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Kryskow	L	11	1	0	1	0	-1	0	0	0	0	4	25.0
Moe L'Abbe	R	5	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Walt Ledingham	L	9	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	7	0.0
Gary Smith	G	23	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
Daryl Maggs	D	17	0	0	0	4	-1	0	0	0	0	10	0.0
Totals		1332	284	477	761	860	270	52	10	42	9	2330	12.2

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS
Tony Esposito	56	3340	32	17	7	6	4	140	2.51	0
Gary Smith	23	1340	10	10	2	0	0	79	3.54	0
Totals	79	4680	42	27	9	6	4	219	2.81		0

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Jim Pappin	R	16	8	7	15	24	1	0	1
Dennis Hull	L	16	9	15	24	4	4	0	1
Pit Martin	C	15	10	6	16	6	4	0	1
Stan Mikita	C	15	7	13	20	8	1	1	2
Cliff Koroll	R	16	4	6	10	6	0	0	0
Bill White	D	16	1	6	7	10	0	1	0
Lou Angotti	C	16	3	4	7	2	0	0	2
Chico Maki	R	16	2	8	10	0	0	0	0
Pat Stapleton	D	16	2	15	17	10	1	0	0
J.P. Bordeleau	R	14	1	0	1	4	1	0	0
Dick Redmond	D	13	4	2	6	2	0	0	2
Jerry Korab	D	15	0	0	0	22	0	0	0
Phil Russell	D	16	0	3	3	49	0	0	0
Keith Magnuson	D	7	0	2	2	4	0	0	0
John Marks	L	16	1	2	3	2	1	0	1
Doug Jarrett	D	15	0	3	3	2	0	0	0
Ralph Backstrom	C	16	5	6	11	0	0	1	0
Tony Esposito	G	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Kryskow	L	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	0
Gary Smith	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Len Frig	D	4	1	1	2	0	1	0	0
Totals		278	60	99	159	155	14	3	10

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS
Tony Esposito	15	895	10	5	2	1	46	3.08	0
Gary Smith	2	65	0	1	0	0	5	4.62	0
Totals	17	960	10	6	2	1	51	3.19		0