1972-73 New England Whalers Statistics

World Hockey Association (WHA)
Team Record: 46-30-2 - 94 points
in the WHA's Eastern Division
Won League Championship
Coach: Jack Kelley (46-30-2)

1972-73 New England Whalers Roster

The New England Whalers of the World Hockey Association ended the 1972-73 season with a record of 46 wins and 30 losses and 2 ties for 94 points in the WHA's Eastern Division.

The team paced the circuit with 318 goals. The team surrendered 263 goals. Tom Webster scored 53 goals for the squad, while Tim Sheehy, Terry Caffery and Larry Pleau each netted 30 or more, too. Terry Caffery contributed 61 assists. Al Smith earned 31 wins in front of the net for the team, plus Bruce Landon added 15 or more wins, too. Al Smith earned a 3.18 goals against average, pacing regular goalies.

Jack Kelley coached the team. The 1972-73 New England Whalers won the League Championship.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Tom Webster	R	77	53	50	103	89	0	12	0	6
Terry Caffery	C	74	39	61	100	14	0	9	1	7
Larry Pleau	C	78	39	48	87	42	0	10	0	4
Tim Sheehy	R	78	33	38	71	30	0	5	0	4
Jim Dorey	D	75	7	56	63	95	0	0	1	1
John French	C/L	74	24	35	59	43	0	2	0	3
Ted Green	D	78	16	30	46	47	0	2	0	0
Kevin Ahearn	L	78	20	22	42	18	0	1	0	0
Brit Selby	L	65	13	29	42	48	0	2	0	0
John Danby	C	77	14	23	37	10	0	1	0	0
Brad Selwood	D	75	13	21	34	114	0	1	0	0
Tommy Williams	C	69	10	21	31	14	0	2	0	0
Rick Ley	D	76	3	27	30	108	0	0	0	0
Tom Earl	R/C	77	10	13	23	4	0	0	4	0
Mike Hyndman	R	59	4	14	18	21	0	0	0	0
Paul Hurley	D	78	3	15	18	58	0	1	0	0
Dick Sarrazin	R	35	4	7	11	0	0	1	0	0
Mike Byers	R	19	6	4	10	4	0	0	0	0
John Cunniff	L	33	3	5	8	16	0	0	0	0
Guy Smith	R	22	3	3	6	6	0	0	0	0
Ric Jordan	D	34	1	5	6	12	0	0	0	0
Al Smith	G	51	0	1	1	39	0	0	0	0
Bruce Landon	G	30	0	1	1	8	0	0	0	0
Bench		78	0	0	0	18		0	0	0
Totals		1490	318	529	847	858	0	49	6	25

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Al Smith	51	3059	31	19	1	1	3	162	3.18	1535	1373	.894
Bruce Landon	30	1671	15	11	1	0	1	100	3.59	888	788	.887
Totals	81	4730	46	30	2	1	4	262	3.32	2423	2161	.892

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Tom Webster	R	15	12	14	26	6	3	0	0
Terry Caffery	C	8	3	7	10	0	0	0	0
Larry Pleau	C	15	12	7	19	15	4	1	2
Tim Sheehy	R	15	9	14	23	13	2	0	3
Jim Dorey	D	15	3	16	19	41	1	0	0
John French	C/L	15	3	11	14	2	0	0	1
Ted Green	D	12	1	5	6	25	0	0	0
Kevin Ahearn	L	14	1	2	3	9	0	0	0
Brit Selby	L	13	3	4	7	13	1	0	1
John Danby	C	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brad Selwood	D	15	3	5	8	22	0	0	0
Tommy Williams	C	15	6	11	17	2	2	0	1
Rick Ley	D	15	3	7	10	24	1	0	0
Tom Earl	R/C	15	2	3	5	10	0	0	2
Paul Hurley	D	15	0	7	7	14	0	0	0
Mike Byers	R	12	6	5	11	6	0	0	2
John Cunniff	L	13	1	1	2	2	0	0	0
Guy Smith	R	11	2	0	2	4	0	0	0
Ric Jordan	D	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Al Smith	G	15	0	1	1	12	0	0	0
Bench		15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		275	70	120	190	220	14	1	12

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Al Smith	15	909	12	3	0	0	0	49	3.23	479	430	.898
Totals	15	909	12	3	0	0	0	49	3.23	479	430	.898

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