
1972-73 Philadelphia Flyers Statistics
Team Record: 37-30-11 - 85 points
Finishing 2nd in the NHL's West Division
Postseason: 5-6
Lost NHL semi-finals
Quarter-Finals - Defeated Minnesota North Stars 4-2
Semi-Finals - Lost to Montreal Canadiens 4-1
Coach: Fred Shero (37-30-11)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1972-73 Philadelphia Flyers Results
The Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League ended the 1972-73 season with a record of 37 wins and 30 losses and 11 ties for 85 points, finishing second in the NHL's West Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 5-6.
The Flyers netted 296 goals and yielded 256. Rick MacLeish scored 50 goals for Philadelphia, while Bill Flett, Gary Dornhoefer, Bill Barber and Bobby Clarke each tallied 30 or more also. Bobby Clarke contributed 67 assists. Doug Favell topped the squad with 20 wins and a team-best 2.83 goals against average, pacing regular goalies.
Fred Shero coached the team. The 1972-73 Philadelphia Flyers lost in the NHL semi-finals.
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Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bobby Clarke | C | 78 | 37 | 67 | 104 | 80 | 32 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 231 | 16.0 |
Rick MacLeish | L | 78 | 50 | 50 | 100 | 69 | 15 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 279 | 17.9 |
Gary Dornhoefer | R | 77 | 30 | 49 | 79 | 168 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 187 | 16.0 |
Bill Flett | R | 69 | 43 | 31 | 74 | 53 | 31 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 283 | 15.2 |
Bill Barber | L | 69 | 30 | 34 | 64 | 46 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 214 | 14.0 |
Ross Lonsberry | L | 77 | 21 | 29 | 50 | 59 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 205 | 10.2 |
Tom Bladon | D | 78 | 11 | 31 | 42 | 26 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151 | 7.3 |
Simon Nolet | R | 70 | 16 | 20 | 36 | 6 | -3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 146 | 11.0 |
Bill Clement | C | 73 | 14 | 14 | 28 | 51 | -11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 132 | 10.6 |
Joe Watson | D | 63 | 2 | 24 | 26 | 46 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 72 | 2.8 |
Andre Dupont | D | 46 | 3 | 20 | 23 | 164 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 103 | 2.9 |
Don Saleski | R | 78 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 205 | -20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 158 | 7.6 |
Bob Kelly | L | 77 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 238 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 125 | 8.0 |
Dave Schultz | L | 76 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 259 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 63 | 14.3 |
Barry Ashbee | D | 64 | 1 | 17 | 18 | 106 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 1.6 |
Brent Hughes | D | 29 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 32 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 5.0 |
Jean Potvin | D | 35 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 10 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 11.1 |
Ed Van Impe | D | 72 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 76 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 1.5 |
Wayne Hillman | D | 74 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 33 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 0.0 |
Terry Crisp | C | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5.6 |
Pierre Plante | R | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
Doug Favell | G | 44 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bobby Taylor | G | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Michel Belhumeur | G | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jimmy Watson | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
Willie Brossart | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
Larry Wright | C | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
Orest Kindrachuk | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 1406 | 296 | 474 | 770 | 1744 | 154 | 74 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 37 | 11 | 2623 | 11.3 |
Goaltenders:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Doug Favell | 44 | 2419 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 114 | 2.83 | 0 | ||
Michel Belhumeur | 23 | 1117 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 3.22 | 0 | ||
Bobby Taylor | 23 | 1144 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 78 | 4.09 | 0 | ||
Totals | 90 | 4680 | 37 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 252 | 3.23 | 0 |
Postseason - Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bobby Clarke | C | 11 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Rick MacLeish | L | 10 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Gary Dornhoefer | R | 11 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Bill Flett | R | 11 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Bill Barber | L | 11 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ross Lonsberry | L | 11 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Tom Bladon | D | 11 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Simon Nolet | R | 11 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bill Clement | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Joe Watson | D | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Andre Dupont | D | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Don Saleski | R | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bob Kelly | L | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Dave Schultz | L | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Barry Ashbee | D | 11 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ed Van Impe | D | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Wayne Hillman | D | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Terry Crisp | C | 11 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Doug Favell | G | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Michel Belhumeur | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jimmy Watson | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 199 | 27 | 40 | 67 | 205 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Doug Favell | 11 | 669 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 2.60 | 0 | ||
Michel Belhumeur | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.00 | 0 | ||
Totals | 12 | 679 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 2.65 | 0 |