
1972-73 Los Angeles Sharks Statistics
Team Record: 37-35-6 - 80 points
Finishing 3rd in the WHA's WHA West Division
Postseason: 2-4
Lost AVCO Cup quarter-finals
Division Semi-Finals - Lost to Houston Aeros 4-2
Coach: Terry Slater (37-35-6)
Location: Los Angeles, California
1972-73 Los Angeles Sharks Results
The Los Angeles Sharks of the World Hockey Association ended the 1972-73 season with a record of 37 wins and 35 losses and 6 ties for 80 points, finishing third in the WHA's WHA West Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-4.
The Sharks potted 259 goals and allowed 250. Gary Veneruzzo scored 43 goals for Los Angeles, while J.P. LeBlanc contributed 50 assists. George Gardner topped the squad with 19 wins, plus Russ Gillow added 15 or more wins, too. Russ Gillow recorded a 2.91 goals against average, pacing goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Terry Slater coached the team. The 1972-73 Los Angeles Sharks lost in the AVCO Cup quarter-finals.
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Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gary Veneruzzo | L | 78 | 43 | 30 | 73 | 34 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
J.P. LeBlanc | C | 77 | 19 | 50 | 69 | 49 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
Bart Crashley | D | 70 | 18 | 27 | 45 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Joe Szura | C | 73 | 13 | 32 | 45 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Alton White | R | 57 | 20 | 17 | 37 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tom Serviss | C | 73 | 11 | 26 | 37 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Gerry Odrowski | D | 78 | 6 | 31 | 37 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mike Byers | R | 56 | 19 | 17 | 36 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tom Gilmore | L | 71 | 17 | 18 | 35 | 191 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Earl Heiskala | L | 70 | 12 | 17 | 29 | 150 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Niekamp | D | 78 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 155 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bill Young | L | 50 | 14 | 12 | 26 | 46 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Peter Slater | R | 73 | 12 | 12 | 24 | 87 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ralph MacSweyn | D | 78 | 0 | 23 | 23 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ted McCaskill | C | 73 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Watson | D | 75 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 123 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Steve Sutherland | L | 44 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 98 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Fred Speck | C | 28 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mike Hyndman | R | 19 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bernie MacNeil | L | 42 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bob Jones | L | 20 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Howie Heggedal | L | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Larry Mavety | D | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jarda Krupicka | R | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
George Gardner | G | 49 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Russ Gillow | G | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jerry Zrymiak | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bob Perreault | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mike Jakubo | C | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 1395 | 259 | 402 | 661 | 1421 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
Goaltenders:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
George Gardner | 49 | 2713 | 19 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 149 | 3.30 | 1238 | 1089 | .880 |
Russ Gillow | 38 | 1982 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 96 | 2.91 | 851 | 755 | .887 |
Bob Perreault | 1 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.00 | 17 | 15 | .882 |
Totals | 88 | 4755 | 37 | 35 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 247 | 3.12 | 2353 | 2106 | .895 |
Postseason - Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gary Veneruzzo | L | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
J.P. LeBlanc | C | 6 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bart Crashley | D | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Joe Szura | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Alton White | R | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Tom Serviss | C | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Gerry Odrowski | D | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Tom Gilmore | L | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Earl Heiskala | L | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jim Niekamp | D | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Peter Slater | R | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ralph MacSweyn | D | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ted McCaskill | C | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jim Watson | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Steve Sutherland | L | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Fred Speck | C | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Mike Hyndman | R | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bernie MacNeil | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Howie Heggedal | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
George Gardner | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Russ Gillow | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jerry Zrymiak | D | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 108 | 16 | 27 | 43 | 83 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
George Gardner | 3 | 116 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5.69 | 57 | 46 | .807 |
Russ Gillow | 5 | 247 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2.91 | 115 | 103 | .896 |
Totals | 8 | 363 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 3.80 | 195 | 172 | .882 |