1972-73 Hershey Bears Statistics

American Hockey League (AHL)
Team Record: 42-23-11 - 95 points
in the AHL's Western Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Frank Mathers (42-23-11)
Location: Hershey, Pennsylvania

1972-73 Hershey Bears Roster

The Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League ended the 1972-73 season with a record of 42 wins and 23 losses and 11 ties for 95 points in the AHL's Western Division.

The Bears netted 326 goals and allowed 231. Ron Snell scored 33 goals for Hershey, while Jim Wiley and Jeannot Gilbert tallied 30 or more as well. Jeannot Gilbert accounted for 58 assists, and Paul Hoganson recorded a 2.93 goals against average, leading goalies with significant playing time.

Frank Mathers coached the team. The 1972-73 Hershey Bears lost in the in 1st Round of the playoffs.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	G/PG	A/PG	Pts/PG
Jeannot Gilbert	C	71	31	58	89	8		0.44	0.82	1.25
Jim Wiley	C	71	30	45	75	30		0.42	0.63	1.06
Ron Snell	R	75	33	38	71	90		0.44	0.51	0.95
Ted Snell	R	72	29	35	64	23		0.40	0.49	0.89
Hugh Harvey	L	70	23	27	50	89		0.33	0.39	0.71
Hank Nowak	L	66	25	22	47	77		0.38	0.33	0.71
Robin Burns	L	39	22	25	47	51		0.56	0.64	1.21
Bernie Lukowich	R	69	22	24	46	64		0.32	0.35	0.67
Ron Lalonde	C	60	16	26	42	34		0.27	0.43	0.70
Ralph Keller	D	73	9	33	42	103		0.12	0.45	0.58
Gerry Methe	D	74	14	27	41	140		0.19	0.36	0.55
Steve Cardwell	L	30	16	23	39	20		0.53	0.77	1.30
Yvon Labre	D	72	8	29	37	170		0.11	0.40	0.51
Bob Birdsell	RW	74	12	23	35	13		0.16	0.31	0.47
Jay Babcock	LW	57	10	19	29	77		0.18	0.33	0.51
Jean-Guy Lagace	D	37	7	14	21	54		0.19	0.38	0.57
Larry Bignell	D	54	6	15	21	94		0.11	0.28	0.39
Jack Lynch	D	26	4	17	21	26		0.15	0.65	0.81
Sheldon Kannegiesser	D	36	3	12	15	31		0.08	0.33	0.42
Jim Hrycuik	C	36	3	7	10	22		0.08	0.19	0.28
Joe Noris	C	8	2	5	7	9		0.25	0.63	0.88
Paul Hoganson	G	41	0	2	2	4			0.05	0.05
Brian McKenzie	L	3	0	2	2	16			0.67	0.67
Brian Walker	RW	3	1	0	1	0		0.33		0.33
Denis Herron	G	21	0	0	0	0
Cam Newton	G	19	0	0	0	10
Totals		1257	326	528	854	1255	0

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	SVS
Denis Herron	21	1185				1	0	63	3.19
Paul Hoganson	41	2251				4	3	110	2.93
Cam Newton	19	1121				0	2	53	2.84
Totals	81	4557	0	0	0	5	5	226	2.98	0

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	G/PG	A/PG	Pts/PG
Jeannot Gilbert	C	7	3	8	11	2	0.43	1.14	1.57
Jim Wiley	C	7	1	1	2	6	0.14	0.14	0.29
Ron Snell	R	7	1	5	6	4	0.14	0.71	0.86
Ted Snell	R	6	0	3	3	0		0.50	0.50
Hugh Harvey	L	7	6	2	8	2	0.86	0.29	1.14
Hank Nowak	L	7	2	1	3	8	0.29	0.14	0.43
Bernie Lukowich	R	7	0	2	2	26		0.29	0.29
Ron Lalonde	C	7	1	1	2	0	0.14	0.14	0.29
Ralph Keller	D	7	1	5	6	8	0.14	0.71	0.86
Gerry Methe	D	7	0	1	1	13		0.14	0.14
Steve Cardwell	L	7	5	2	7	22	0.71	0.29	1.00
Yvon Labre	D	7	1	3	4	35	0.14	0.43	0.57
Bob Birdsell	RW	7	2	1	3	2	0.29	0.14	0.43
Jay Babcock	LW	7	0	0	0	16
Larry Bignell	D	7	1	1	2	16	0.14	0.14	0.29
Jack Lynch	D	7	0	1	1	28		0.14	0.14
Sheldon Kannegiesser	D	2	0	1	1	2		0.50	0.50
Paul Hoganson	G	3	0	0	0	0
Denis Herron	G	4	0	0	0	0
Totals		120	24	38	62	190

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	GA	GAA
Denis Herron	4	240	16	4.00
Paul Hoganson	3	179	14	4.69
Totals	7	419	30	4.30

1972-73 Hershey Bears Statistics

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