1972-73 New York Islanders Statistics

National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 12-60-6 - 30 points
Finishing 8th in the NHL's East Division
Coach: Phil Goyette (6-38-4)
Coach: Earl Ingarfield (6-22-2)
Location: New York, New York

1972-73 New York Islanders Roster
1972-73 New York Islanders Results

The New York Islanders of the National Hockey League ended the 1972-73 season with a record of 12 wins and 60 losses and 6 ties for 30 points, finishing eighth in the NHL's East Division.

The Islanders scored 170 goals, worst in the league and conceded 347, most in the circuit. Billy Harris netted 28 goals for New York, while Ed Westfall contributed 31 assists. Billy Smith topped the squad with 7 wins and a team-best 4.16 goals against average, pacing goalies with significant playing time.

Phil Goyette and Earl Ingarfield coached the team.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	GTG	SOG	SG%
Billy Harris	R	78	28	22	50	35	-44	6	0	2	1	196	14.3
Ed Westfall	R	67	15	31	46	25	-42	4	0	1	0	160	9.4
Germain Gagnon	L	63	12	29	41	31	-24	3	1	1	0	126	9.5
Brian Spencer	L	78	14	24	38	90	-47	0	0	2	1	163	8.6
Craig Cameron	R	72	19	14	33	27	-38	2	0	2	1	144	13.2
Dave Hudson	C	69	12	19	31	17	-39	4	0	0	0	111	10.8
Tom Miller	C	69	13	17	30	21	-29	2	0	1	0	92	14.1
Lorne Henning	C	63	7	19	26	14	-28	0	0	0	0	101	6.9
Terry Crisp	C	54	4	16	20	6	-22	0	1	0	1	72	5.6
Don Blackburn	L	56	7	10	17	20	-33	1	0	1	0	65	10.8
Bob Cook	R	33	8	6	14	14	-9	1	0	0	0	83	9.6
Ralph Stewart	C	31	4	10	14	4	-11	0	0	0	0	68	5.9
Jim Mair	D	49	2	11	13	41	-38	0	0	0	0	134	1.5
Brian Lavender	L	43	6	6	12	47	-42	2	0	0	1	74	8.1
Arnie Brown	D	48	4	8	12	27	-47	1	0	0	0	50	8.0
Gerry Hart	D	47	1	11	12	158	-18	0	0	0	0	72	1.4
Bill Mikkelson	D	72	1	10	11	45	-54	0	0	0	0	39	2.6
Bryan Lefley	D	63	3	7	10	56	-39	0	0	0	0	39	7.7
Brian Marchinko	C	36	2	6	8	0	-10	0	0	1	0	19	10.5
Neil Nicholson	D	30	3	1	4	23	-22	0	0	0	0	51	5.9
Ron Stewart	C	22	2	2	4	4	-17	2	0	0	1	11	18.2
Ken Murray	D	39	0	4	4	59	-21	0	0	0	0	20	0.0
Jean Potvin	D	10	0	3	3	12	-3	0	0	0	0	18	0.0
Ron Smith	D	11	1	1	2	14	-8	0	0	0	0	10	10.0
Richard Grenier	C	10	1	1	2	2	-2	0	0	1	0	18	5.6
Bob Nystrom	R	11	1	1	2	10	-11	0	0	0	0	12	8.3
Garry Howatt	L	8	0	1	1	18	-5	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Dave Pulkkinen	D	2	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0
Billy Smith	G	37	0	0	0	42	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gerry Desjardins	G	44	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gerry Gray	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ernie Hicke	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Totals		1317	170	290	460	871	-704	28	2	12	6	1952	8.7

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS
Billy Smith	37	2122	7	24	3	147	4.16	0
Gerry Desjardins	44	2498	5	35	3	195	4.68	0
Gerry Gray	1	60	0	1	0	5	5.00	0
Totals	82	4680	12	60	6	347	4.45		0