1972-73 Los Angeles Sharks Statistics
Team Record: 37-35-6 - 80 points
in the WHA's Western Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Terry Slater (37-35-6)
The Los Angeles Sharks of the World Hockey Association ended the 1972-73 season with a record of 37 wins and 35 losses and 6 ties for 80 points in the WHA's Western Division.
The club potted 259 goals and allowed 250. Gary Veneruzzo scored 43 goals for the squad, while J.P. LeBlanc contributed 50 assists. George Gardner topped the team with 19 wins, plus Russ Gillow added 15 or more wins, too. Russ Gillow recorded a 2.91 goals against average, pacing goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Terry Slater coached the team. The 1972-73 Los Angeles Sharks lost in the in 1st Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gary Veneruzzo | L | 78 | 43 | 30 | 73 | 34 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 5 |
J.P. LeBlanc | C | 77 | 19 | 50 | 69 | 49 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Bart Crashley | D | 70 | 18 | 27 | 45 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Joe Szura | C | 73 | 13 | 32 | 45 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Alton White | R | 57 | 20 | 17 | 37 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Tom Serviss | C | 73 | 11 | 26 | 37 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Gerry Odrowski | D | 78 | 6 | 31 | 37 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Mike Byers | R | 56 | 19 | 17 | 36 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Tom Gilmore | L | 71 | 17 | 18 | 35 | 191 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Earl Heiskala | L | 70 | 12 | 17 | 29 | 150 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Niekamp | D | 78 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 155 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Bill Young | L | 50 | 14 | 12 | 26 | 46 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Peter Slater | R | 73 | 12 | 12 | 24 | 87 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Ralph MacSweyn | D | 78 | 0 | 23 | 23 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ted McCaskill | C | 73 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 150 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Jim Watson | D | 75 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 123 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Steve Sutherland | L | 44 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 98 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fred Speck | C | 28 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Hyndman | R | 19 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Bernie MacNeil | L | 42 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Jones | L | 20 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Howie Heggedal | L | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Jarda Krupicka | R | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Larry Mavety | D | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
George Gardner | G | 49 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Russ Gillow | G | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Jakubo | C | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Perreault | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jerry Zrymiak | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 1395 | 259 | 402 | 661 | 1421 | 0 | 51 | 8 | 8 |
Goaltenders:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
George Gardner | 49 | 2713 | 19 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 149 | 3.30 | 1238 | 1089 | .880 |
Russ Gillow | 38 | 1982 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 96 | 2.91 | 851 | 755 | .887 |
Bob Perreault | 1 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.00 | 17 | 15 | .882 |
Totals | 88 | 4755 | 37 | 35 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 247 | 3.12 | 2106 | 1859 | .883 |
Postseason - Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gary Veneruzzo | L | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
J.P. LeBlanc | C | 6 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bart Crashley | D | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Joe Szura | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Alton White | R | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Tom Serviss | C | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gerry Odrowski | D | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Tom Gilmore | L | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Earl Heiskala | L | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Niekamp | D | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Peter Slater | R | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ralph MacSweyn | D | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ted McCaskill | C | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Watson | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Steve Sutherland | L | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fred Speck | C | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Hyndman | R | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bernie MacNeil | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Howie Heggedal | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
George Gardner | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bench | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Russ Gillow | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jerry Zrymiak | D | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 114 | 16 | 27 | 43 | 83 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
George Gardner | 3 | 116 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5.69 | 68 | 57 | .838 |
Russ Gillow | 5 | 247 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2.91 | 127 | 115 | .906 |
Totals | 8 | 363 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 3.80 | 195 | 172 | .882 |