1971-72 St. Louis Blues Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 28-39-11 - 67 points
Finishing 3rd in the NHL's West Division
Postseason: 4-7
Lost NHL semi-finals
Quarter-Finals - Defeated Minnesota North Stars 4-3
Semi-Finals - Lost to Boston Bruins 4-0
Coach: Sid Abel (3-6-1)
Coach: Bill McCreary (6-14-4)
Coach: Al Arbour (19-19-6)
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
1971-72 St. Louis Blues RosterTeam Record: 28-39-11 - 67 points
Finishing 3rd in the NHL's West Division
Postseason: 4-7
Lost NHL semi-finals
Quarter-Finals - Defeated Minnesota North Stars 4-3
Semi-Finals - Lost to Boston Bruins 4-0
Coach: Sid Abel (3-6-1)
Coach: Bill McCreary (6-14-4)
Coach: Al Arbour (19-19-6)
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
1971-72 St. Louis Blues Results
The St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League ended the 1971-72 season with a record of 28 wins and 39 losses and 11 ties for 67 points, finishing third in the NHL's West Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 4-7.
The Blues netted 208 goals and conceded 247. Garry Unger scored 36 goals for St. Louis, and Frank St. Marseille recorded 36 assists. Jacques Caron topped the squad with 14 wins and a team-best 2.52 goals against average, leading qualifying goaltenders.
Sid Abel, Bill McCreary and Al Arbour coached the team. The 1971-72 St. Louis Blues 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garry Unger | C | 78 | 36 | 34 | 70 | 104 | -8 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 321 | 11.2 |
| Frank St. Marseille | R | 78 | 16 | 36 | 52 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 228 | 7.0 |
| Jack Egers | R | 63 | 21 | 25 | 46 | 34 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 210 | 10.0 |
| Gary Sabourin | R | 77 | 28 | 17 | 45 | 52 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 236 | 11.9 |
| Mike Murphy | R | 63 | 20 | 23 | 43 | 19 | -4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 176 | 11.4 |
| Terry Crisp | C | 75 | 13 | 18 | 31 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 94 | 13.8 |
| Barclay Plager | D | 78 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 176 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 128 | 5.5 |
| Phil Roberto | R | 49 | 12 | 13 | 25 | 76 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 170 | 7.1 |
| Carl Brewer | D | 42 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 40 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 58 | 3.4 |
| Christian Bordeleau | C | 41 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 6 | -13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 123 | 6.5 |
| Brian Lavender | L | 46 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 54 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 68 | 7.4 |
| Andre Dupont | D | 60 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 147 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 133 | 2.3 |
| George Morrison | L | 42 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 7 | -11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 5.9 |
| Jimmy Roberts | D | 26 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 10.9 |
| Bill Plager | D | 65 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 64 | -15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 63 | 1.6 |
| Bob Plager | D | 50 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 81 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 6.8 |
| Larry Hornung | D | 47 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 10 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 60 | 3.3 |
| Wayne Connelly | R | 15 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 2 | -6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 48 | 10.4 |
| Floyd Thomson | L | 49 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 48 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 69 | 5.8 |
| Curt Bennett | L | 31 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 30 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 9.4 |
| Danny O'Shea | C | 20 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 12.0 |
| Noel Picard | D | 15 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 2.9 |
| Gene Carr | C | 14 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 10.3 |
| Bill Sutherland | L | 9 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 28.6 |
| Gerry Odrowski | D | 55 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 3.3 |
| Michel Parizeau | C | 21 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7.1 |
| Jim Shires | L | 18 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.0 |
| Jim McLeod | G | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ernie Wakely | G | 30 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jacques Caron | G | 28 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Lorentz | C | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.0 |
| Peter McDuffe | G | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gary Veneruzzo | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Norm Dennis | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| John Arbour | D | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.0 |
| Brit Selby | L | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Chris Evans | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevin O'Shea | R | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Wayne Stephenson | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gord Kannegiesser | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Gord Brooks | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1363 | 208 | 319 | 527 | 1138 | -72 | 38 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 28 | 11 | 2557 | 8.1 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacques Caron | 28 | 1619 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 68 | 2.52 | 0 | ||
| Ernie Wakely | 30 | 1614 | 8 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 92 | 3.42 | 0 | ||
| Jim McLeod | 16 | 880 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 3.00 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Stephenson | 2 | 100 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5.40 | 0 | ||
| Peter McDuffe | 10 | 467 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 3.73 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 86 | 4680 | 28 | 39 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 242 | 3.10 | 0 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garry Unger | C | 11 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 35 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Frank St. Marseille | R | 11 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Egers | R | 11 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Sabourin | R | 11 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Murphy | R | 11 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Terry Crisp | C | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Barclay Plager | D | 11 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Phil Roberto | R | 11 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 29 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Brian Lavender | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Andre Dupont | D | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Plager | D | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Plager | D | 11 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Hornung | D | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Curt Bennett | L | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Danny O'Shea | C | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gerry Odrowski | D | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ernie Wakely | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jacques Caron | G | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Peter McDuffe | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chris Evans | D | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kevin O'Shea | R | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 197 | 27 | 42 | 69 | 232 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacques Caron | 9 | 499 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 3.13 | 0 | ||
| Ernie Wakely | 3 | 113 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6.90 | 0 | ||
| Peter McDuffe | 1 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7.00 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 13 | 672 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 4.11 | 0 |
