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1972-73 Philadelphia Blazers Statistics
Team Record: 38-40 - 76 points
Finishing 3rd in the WHA's WHA East Division
Postseason: 0-4
Lost AVCO Cup quarter-finals
Division Semi-Finals - Lost to Cleveland Crusaders 4-0
Coach: John McKenzie (1-6)
Coach: Phil Watson (37-34)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1972-73 Philadelphia Blazers Results
The Philadelphia Blazers of the World Hockey Association ended the 1972-73 season with a record of 38 wins and 40 losses for 76 points, finishing third in the WHA's WHA East Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-4.
The Blazers netted 288 goals and yielded 305. Danny Lawson scored 61 goals for Philadelphia, while Andre Lacroix tallied 30 or more, too. Andre Lacroix contributed 74 assists. Bernie Parent earned 33 wins for the squad and a team-best 3.61 goals against average, best among regularly-used goaltenders.
John McKenzie and Phil Watson coached the team. The 1972-73 Philadelphia Blazers 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% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Andre Lacroix | C | 78 | 50 | 74 | 124 | 83 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
Danny Lawson | R | 78 | 61 | 45 | 106 | 35 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
John McKenzie | R | 60 | 28 | 50 | 78 | 157 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
Bryan Campbell | C | 75 | 25 | 48 | 73 | 85 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Don Herriman | L | 78 | 24 | 48 | 72 | 63 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
Ron Plumb | D | 78 | 10 | 41 | 51 | 66 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Don Burgess | L | 74 | 20 | 22 | 42 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Don O'Donoghue | R | 74 | 16 | 23 | 39 | 43 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Irv Spencer | D | 54 | 2 | 27 | 29 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Cardiff | D | 78 | 3 | 24 | 27 | 185 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Michel Plante | L | 70 | 13 | 12 | 25 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Rychard Campeau | D | 75 | 1 | 18 | 19 | 72 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
John Migneault | L | 55 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Michel Boudreau | C | 33 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Camille Lapierre | D | 24 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
John Bennett | L | 34 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Derek Sanderson | C | 8 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Pierre Henry | C | 19 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Derek Harker | D | 27 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
John Gravel | D | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Nick Polano | D | 17 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Denis Meloche | C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dave Hutchison | D | 28 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Claude St. Sauveur | L | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Pierre Paiement | R | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Michel Rouleau | C | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Wayne Mosdell | D | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bernie Parent | G | 63 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Yves Archambault | G | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Frank Golembrosky | R | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bob Brown | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Darwin Mott | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Murray Myers | R | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Danny Sullivan | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Marcel Paille | G | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jack Chipchase | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tom Cottringer | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Larry Mavety | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Sam Gellard | L | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 1273 | 288 | 486 | 774 | 1238 | 0 | 71 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
Goaltenders:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bernie Parent | 63 | 3653 | 33 | 28 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 220 | 3.61 | 1936 | 1716 | .886 |
Marcel Paille | 15 | 611 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 49 | 4.81 | 377 | 328 | .870 |
Danny Sullivan | 1 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3.00 | 34 | 31 | .912 |
Tom Cottringer | 2 | 122 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3.93 | 65 | 57 | .877 |
Yves Archambault | 6 | 260 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3.92 | 122 | 105 | .861 |
Totals | 87 | 4706 | 38 | 40 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 297 | 3.79 | 2831 | 2534 | .895 |
Postseason - Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Andre Lacroix | C | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Danny Lawson | R | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
John McKenzie | R | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bryan Campbell | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Don Herriman | L | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ron Plumb | D | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Don Burgess | L | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Don O'Donoghue | R | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Irv Spencer | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jim Cardiff | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Michel Plante | L | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Rychard Campeau | D | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
John Migneault | L | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Michel Boudreau | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Camille Lapierre | D | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Dave Hutchison | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bernie Parent | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Yves Archambault | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Murray Myers | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Marcel Paille | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 67 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 95 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bernie Parent | 1 | 70 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2.57 | 42 | 39 | .929 |
Marcel Paille | 1 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11.11 | 21 | 16 | .762 |
Yves Archambault | 3 | 153 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4.31 | 66 | 55 | .833 |
Totals | 5 | 250 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 4.56 | 148 | 129 | .872 |