1972-73 Los Angeles Sharks Statistics

World Hockey Association (WHA)
Team Record: 37-35-6 - 80 points
in the WHA's Western Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Terry Slater (37-35-6)

1972-73 Los Angeles Sharks Roster

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	13	0	5
J.P. LeBlanc	C	77	19	50	69	49	2	1	3
Bart Crashley	D	70	18	27	45	10	7	0	0
Joe Szura	C	73	13	32	45	25	3	0	0
Alton White	R	57	20	17	37	22	2	0	0
Tom Serviss	C	73	11	26	37	32	0	3	0
Gerry Odrowski	D	78	6	31	37	89	0	1	0
Mike Byers	R	56	19	17	36	20	2	0	0
Tom Gilmore	L	71	17	18	35	191	6	0	0
Earl Heiskala	L	70	12	17	29	150	2	0	0
Jim Niekamp	D	78	7	22	29	155	0	1	0
Bill Young	L	50	14	12	26	46	6	0	0
Peter Slater	R	73	12	12	24	87	3	0	0
Ralph MacSweyn	D	78	0	23	23	39	0	0	0
Ted McCaskill	C	73	11	11	22	150	0	2	0
Jim Watson	D	75	5	15	20	123	1	0	0
Steve Sutherland	L	44	11	6	17	98	0	0	0
Fred Speck	C	28	3	13	16	22	0	0	0
Mike Hyndman	R	19	8	7	15	11	1	0	0
Bernie MacNeil	L	42	4	7	11	48	0	0	0
Bob Jones	L	20	2	7	9	8	1	0	0
Howie Heggedal	L	8	2	1	3	0	1	0	0
Jarda Krupicka	R	6	1	0	1	2	0	0	0
Larry Mavety	D	2	1	0	1	2	1	0	0
George Gardner	G	49	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
Mike Jakubo	C	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Perreault	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jerry Zrymiak	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Russ Gillow	G	38	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
Totals		1395	259	402	661	1421	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	GWG
Gary Veneruzzo	L	6	3	0	3	4	1	1
J.P. LeBlanc	C	6	0	5	5	2	0	0
Bart Crashley	D	6	0	2	2	2	0	0
Joe Szura	C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alton White	R	6	1	0	1	0	1	0
Tom Serviss	C	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gerry Odrowski	D	6	1	2	3	6	0	1
Tom Gilmore	L	5	1	3	4	2	0	0
Earl Heiskala	L	5	1	1	2	4	1	0
Jim Niekamp	D	6	2	1	3	10	0	0
Peter Slater	R	6	0	0	0	2	0	0
Ralph MacSweyn	D	6	1	2	3	4	0	0
Ted McCaskill	C	6	2	3	5	12	0	0
Jim Watson	D	4	0	1	1	2	0	0
Steve Sutherland	L	6	0	2	2	8	0	0
Fred Speck	C	6	3	2	5	2	1	0
Mike Hyndman	R	6	0	3	3	17	0	0
Bernie MacNeil	L	3	0	0	0	4	0	0
Howie Heggedal	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
George Gardner	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jerry Zrymiak	D	2	1	0	1	2	0	0
Bench		6	0	0	0	0	0	0
Russ Gillow	G	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		114	16	27	43	83	4	2

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
George Gardner	3	116	1	2	11	5.69	68	57	.838
Russ Gillow	5	247	1	2	12	2.91	127	115	.906
Totals	8	363	2	4	23	3.80	195	172	.882

1972-73 Los Angeles Sharks Statistics

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