1972-73 St. Louis Blues Statistics
Team Record: 32-34-12 - 76 points
Finishing 4th in the NHL's West Division
Postseason: 1-4
Lost NHL quarter-finals
Quarter-Finals - Lost to Chicago Black Hawks 4-1
Coach: Al Arbour (2-6-5)
Coach: Jean-Guy Talbot (30-28-7)
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
1972-73 St. Louis Blues Results
The St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League ended the 1972-73 season with a record of 32 wins and 34 losses and 12 ties for 76 points, finishing fourth in the NHL's West Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-4.
The Blues scored 233 goals and allowed 251. Garry Unger netted 41 goals for St. Louis and contributed 39 assists. Wayne Stephenson topped the squad with 18 wins and a team-best 3.03 goals against average, leading goalies with significant playing time.
Al Arbour and Jean-Guy Talbot coached the team. The 1972-73 St. Louis Blues lost in the NHL quarter-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 | 41 | 39 | 80 | 119 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 342 | 12.0 |
Jack Egers | R | 78 | 24 | 24 | 48 | 26 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 240 | 10.0 |
Gary Sabourin | R | 76 | 21 | 27 | 48 | 30 | -5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 240 | 8.8 |
Mike Murphy | R | 64 | 18 | 27 | 45 | 48 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 182 | 9.9 |
Phil Roberto | R | 77 | 20 | 22 | 42 | 99 | -12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 275 | 7.3 |
Danny O'Shea | C | 75 | 12 | 26 | 38 | 30 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 110 | 10.9 |
Fran Huck | C | 58 | 16 | 20 | 36 | 20 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 82 | 19.5 |
Floyd Thomson | L | 75 | 14 | 20 | 34 | 71 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 98 | 14.3 |
Barclay Plager | D | 68 | 8 | 25 | 33 | 102 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 131 | 6.1 |
Bob Plager | D | 77 | 2 | 31 | 33 | 107 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 117 | 1.7 |
Pierre Plante | R | 49 | 12 | 13 | 25 | 56 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 90 | 13.3 |
Frank St. Marseille | R | 45 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 8 | -6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 119 | 5.9 |
Wayne Merrick | C | 50 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 10 | -2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 81 | 12.3 |
Chris Evans | D | 77 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 31 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 138 | 6.5 |
Steve Durbano | D | 49 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 231 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 3.6 |
Bob McCord | D | 43 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 33 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 2.4 |
Ab DeMarco | D | 14 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 7.8 |
Jean Hamel | D | 55 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 24 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 3.6 |
Kevin O'Shea | R | 37 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 31 | -13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 7.7 |
Andre Dupont | D | 25 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 51 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 2.6 |
Mike Lampman | L | 18 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 11.1 |
Paul Curtis | D | 29 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 2.7 |
Connie Madigan | D | 20 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 |
Brent Hughes | D | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6.3 |
Chuck Hamilton | R | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
Noel Picard | D | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5.3 |
Wayne Stephenson | G | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Joe Noris | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jacques Caron | G | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bob Johnson | G | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Roger Lafreniere | D | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
Totals | 1363 | 233 | 386 | 619 | 1191 | -24 | 37 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 32 | 12 | 2659 | 8.8 |
Goaltenders:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wayne Stephenson | 45 | 2535 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 128 | 3.03 | 0 | ||
Jacques Caron | 30 | 1562 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 92 | 3.53 | 0 | ||
Bob Johnson | 12 | 583 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 2.68 | 0 | ||
Totals | 87 | 4680 | 32 | 34 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 246 | 3.15 | 0 |
Postseason - Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Garry Unger | C | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jack Egers | R | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Gary Sabourin | R | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Phil Roberto | R | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Danny O'Shea | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Fran Huck | C | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Floyd Thomson | L | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Barclay Plager | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bob Plager | D | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Pierre Plante | R | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Wayne Merrick | C | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Chris Evans | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Steve Durbano | D | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ab DeMarco | D | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jean Hamel | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Kevin O'Shea | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Paul Curtis | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Connie Madigan | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Wayne Stephenson | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jacques Caron | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 88 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 51 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wayne Stephenson | 3 | 160 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 5.25 | 0 | ||
Jacques Caron | 3 | 140 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3.43 | 0 | ||
Totals | 6 | 300 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 4.40 | 0 |