1972-73 Denver Spurs Statistics

Western Hockey League (WHL)
Team Record: 27-32-13 - 67 points
in the WHL
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Jean-Guy Talbot (3-6)
Coach: Milan Marcetta (2-0-1)
Coach: John Choyce (22-26-12)
Location: Denver, Colorado

1972-73 Denver Spurs Roster

The Denver Spurs of the Western Hockey League ended the 1972-73 season with a record of 27 wins and 32 losses and 13 ties for 67 points in the WHL.

The Spurs scored 264 goals and yielded 275. Murray Keogan and Mike Lampman netted 34 goals for Denver each, while Don Borgeson tallied 30 or more, too. Norm Dennis contributed 50 assists. Chris Worthy and Bob Johnson topped the squad with 10 wins each, and Bob Johnson recorded a 3.44 goals against average, best among goalies with significant playing time.

Jean-Guy Talbot, Milan Marcetta and John Choyce coached the team. The 1972-73 Denver Spurs 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
Norm Dennis	R	72	27	50	77	35		0.38	0.69	1.07
Don Borgeson	L	71	31	41	72	66		0.44	0.58	1.01
Murray Keogan	C	72	34	35	69	51		0.47	0.49	0.96
Jack Borotsik	C	71	24	38	62	15		0.34	0.54	0.87
Mike Lampman	L	49	34	19	53	88		0.69	0.39	1.08
Milan Marcetta	C	52	18	22	40	14		0.35	0.42	0.77
Doug Smith	C	53	9	29	38	40		0.17	0.55	0.72
Chuck Hamilton	R	47	7	25	32	64		0.15	0.53	0.68
Roger Lafreniere	D	53	9	20	29	100		0.17	0.38	0.55
Joe Noris	C	35	10	18	28	14		0.29	0.51	0.80
Glenn Patrick	D	72	5	21	26	125		0.07	0.29	0.36
Claude Laforge	L	25	8	11	19	12		0.32	0.44	0.76
Wayne Merrick	C	22	6	13	19	6		0.27	0.59	0.86
Kevin O'Shea	R	16	11	7	18	29		0.69	0.44	1.13
Dale Yutsyk	LW	38	4	14	18	28		0.11	0.37	0.47
Mike Stevens	D	69	3	15	18	41		0.04	0.22	0.26
Jim Shires	L	32	10	7	17	45		0.31	0.22	0.53
Dave Roberts	D	45	5	9	14	10		0.11	0.20	0.31
Bernie Gagnon	F	32	3	10	13	15		0.09	0.31	0.41
Larry O'Connor	D	40	0	12	12	106			0.30	0.30
Andre Aubry	C	42	2	9	11	65		0.05	0.21	0.26
Butch Williams	R	13	2	5	7	15		0.15	0.38	0.54
Jean Hamel	D	13	0	6	6	22			0.46	0.46
Wayne Gibbs	D	20	2	3	5	2		0.10	0.15	0.25
Bob McCord	D	6	0	1	1	2			0.17	0.17
Larry Giroux	D	2	0	1	1	2			0.50	0.50
Bob Johnson	G	30	0	1	1	16			0.03	0.03
Luc Simard	LW	6	0	0	0	0
Brian Coughlin	D	4	0	0	0	2
Michel Cormier	L	1	0	0	0	0
Chris Worthy	G	37	0	0	0	4
Jim Watt	G	15	0	0	0	0
Totals		1155	264	442	706	1034	0

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Jim Watt	15	791	7	6	1		53	4.02	461	408	.885
Bob Johnson	30	1589	10	10	7	2	91	3.44	854	763	.893
Chris Worthy	37	1929	10	16	5		131	4.07	1016	885	.871
Totals	82	4309	27	32	13	2	275	3.83	2331	2056	.882

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	G/PG	A/PG	Pts/PG
Norm Dennis	R	5	4	1	5	0	0.80	0.20	1.00
Don Borgeson	L	5	2	3	5	2	0.40	0.60	1.00
Murray Keogan	C	5	0	2	2	7		0.40	0.40
Jack Borotsik	C	5	1	1	2	0	0.20	0.20	0.40
Mike Lampman	L	5	0	3	3	0		0.60	0.60
Milan Marcetta	C	5	2	2	4	2	0.40	0.40	0.80
Chuck Hamilton	R	5	0	0	0	4
Roger Lafreniere	D	5	0	2	2	8		0.40	0.40
Joe Noris	C	5	1	2	3	7	0.20	0.40	0.60
Glenn Patrick	D	5	0	1	1	0		0.20	0.20
Dale Yutsyk	LW	5	1	2	3	0	0.20	0.40	0.60
Mike Stevens	D	5	0	5	5	0		1.00	1.00
Larry O'Connor	D	5	0	0	0	22
Butch Williams	R	5	1	2	3	2	0.20	0.40	0.60
Bob Johnson	G	4	0	0	0	0
Luc Simard	LW	3	2	0	2	0	0.67		0.67
Brian Coughlin	D	2	0	0	0	2
Chris Worthy	G	1	0	0	0	0
Totals		80	14	26	40	56

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	GA	GAA
Bob Johnson	4	245	1	3	16	3.92
Chris Worthy	1	59	0	1	5	5.08
Totals	5	304	1	4	21	4.14

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