1972-73 • Franchise

1972-73 Minnesota Fighting Saints

Record: 38-37-3, 79 pts
Finish: 4th-tie, West
Playoffs: Lost in first round to Winnipeg
Coach: Glen Sonmor (28-28-3), Harry Neale (10-9-0)

Game Log ... (@ away game, * overtime)

no.	Date	Opponent	Score		w-l-t	pts	gf-ga	no.	Date	Opponent	Score		w-l-t	pts	gf-ga
1.	Oct 13	Winnipeg	3-4	L	0-1-0	0	3-4	40.	Jan 7	Winnipeg	2-6	L	20-17-3	43	130-132
2.	Oct 15	Chicago	3-2	W	1-1-0	2	6-6	41.	Jan 9	Los Angeles	*3-4	L	20-18-3	43	133-136
3.	Oct 17	Los Angeles	1-5	L	1-2-0	2	7-11	42.	Jan 11	Cleveland	3-4	L	20-19-3	43	136-140
4.	Oct 19	@ Houston	1-5	L	1-3-0	2	8-16	43.	Jan 12	Quebec	3-2	W	21-19-3	45	139-142
5.	Oct 20	@ Winnipeg	1-1	T	1-3-1	3	9-17	44.	Jan 14	Ottawa	*3-2	W	22-19-3	47	142-144
6.	Oct 22	@ New York	5-4	W	2-3-1	5	14-21	45.	Jan 16	@ Winnipeg	1-3	L	22-20-3	47	143-147
7.	Oct 23	@ New England	1-5	L	2-4-1	5	15-26	46.	Jan 18	@ Ottawa	3-6	L	22-21-3	47	146-153
8.	Oct 26	@ Quebec	4-5	L	2-5-1	5	19-31	47.	Jan 20	@ Quebec	10-5	W	23-21-3	49	156-158
9.	Nov 1	Winnipeg	3-0	W	3-5-1	7	22-31	48.	Jan 22	@ New York	3-2	W	24-21-3	51	159-160
10.	Nov 2	New York	2-4	L	3-6-1	7	24-35	49.	Jan 25	Houston	2-5	L	24-22-3	51	161-165
11.	Nov 5	Philadelphia	3-1	W	4-6-1	9	27-36	50.	Jan 26	Ottawa	4-2	W	25-22-3	53	165-167
12.	Nov 10	@ Winnipeg	5-1	W	5-6-1	11	32-37	51.	Jan 30	@ Chicago	2-4	L	25-23-3	53	167-171
13.	Nov 14	Cleveland	5-3	W	6-6-1	13	37-40	52.	Feb 1	@ Quebec	2-4	L	25-24-3	53	169-175
14.	Nov 16	Quebec	5-4	W	7-6-1	15	42-44	53.	Feb 3	@ Houston	1-7	L	25-25-3	53	170-182
15.	Nov 18	@ Philadelphia	*5-4	W	8-6-1	17	47-48	54.	Feb 5	@ Houston	6-3	W	26-25-3	55	176-185
16.	Nov 19	Chicago	3-4	L	8-7-1	17	50-52	55.	Feb 6	New York	5-4	W	27-25-3	57	181-189
17.	Nov 21	Alberta	*4-3	W	9-7-1	19	54-55	56.	Feb 8	@ Los Angeles	1-3	L	27-26-3	57	182-192
18.	Nov 23	Los Angeles	4-3	W	10-7-1	21	58-58	57.	Feb 9	@ Alberta	0-6	L	27-27-3	57	182-198
19.	Nov 24	@ Philadelphia	6-4	W	11-7-1	23	64-62	58.	Feb 11	@ Alberta	5-7	L	27-28-3	57	187-205
20.	Nov 26	New England	3-1	W	12-7-1	25	67-63	59.	Feb 15	Ottawa	3-0	W	28-28-3	59	190-205
21.	Nov 28	@ Ottawa	*2-3	L	12-8-1	25	69-66	60.	Feb 17	@ Cleveland	7-3	W	29-28-3	61	197-208
22.	Nov 30	@ New York	2-5	L	12-9-1	25	71-71	61.	Feb 18	Chicago	7-5	W	30-28-3	63	204-213
23.	Dec 1	@ Alberta	6-4	W	13-9-1	27	77-75	62.	Feb 25	@ Houston	1-4	L	30-29-3	63	205-217
24.	Dec 3	@ Winnipeg	1-5	L	13-10-1	27	78-80	63.	Feb 27	Philadelphia	3-0	W	31-29-3	65	208-217
25.	Dec 5	Chicago	*2-3	L	13-11-1	27	80-83	64.	Mar 1	Los Angeles	1-4	L	31-30-3	65	209-221
26.	Dec 7	Houston	3-0	W	14-11-1	29	83-83	65.	Mar 4	New England	4-2	W	32-30-3	67	213-223
27.	Dec 8	@ Chicago	*3-4	L	14-12-1	29	86-87	66.	Mar 6	Alberta	*4-3	W	33-30-3	69	217-226
28.	Dec 10	Cleveland	*4-3	W	15-12-1	31	90-90	67.	Mar 8	@ Philadelphia	1-2	L	33-31-3	69	218-228
29.	Dec 12	@ Los Angeles	3-3	T	15-12-2	32	93-93	68.	Mar 10	@ New England	1-3	L	33-32-3	69	219-231
30.	Dec 14	@ Chicago	6-3	W	16-12-2	34	99-96	69.	Mar 11	Alberta	2-1	W	34-32-3	71	221-232
31.	Dec 15	Houston	2-3	L	16-13-2	34	101-99	70.	Mar 15	@ Chicago	7-4	W	35-32-3	73	228-236
32.	Dec 17	Chicago	4-2	W	17-13-2	36	105-101	71.	Mar 16	@ New England	4-7	L	35-33-3	73	232-243
33.	Dec 19	New England	7-5	W	18-13-2	38	112-106	72.	Mar 20	@ Alberta	3-5	L	35-34-3	73	235-248
34.	Dec 21	Winnipeg	3-0	W	19-13-2	40	115-106	73.	Mar 22	@ Chicago	*2-1	W	36-34-3	75	237-249
35.	Dec 23	@ Cleveland	1-3	L	19-14-2	40	116-109	74.	Mar 24	@ Cleveland	*2-1	W	37-34-3	77	239-250
36.	Dec 26	Philadelphia	2-6	L	19-15-2	40	118-115	75.	Mar 25	@ Ottawa	1-6	L	37-35-3	77	240-256
37.	Dec 28	@ Los Angeles	4-2	W	20-15-2	42	122-117	76.	Mar 27	New York	4-3	W	38-35-3	79	244-259
38.	Dec 29	@ Los Angeles	2-5	L	20-16-2	42	124-122	77.	Mar 29	Quebec	3-5	L	38-36-3	79	247-264
39.	Jan 1	Houston	4-4	T	20-16-3	43	128-126	78.	Mar 30	Alberta	3-5	L	38-37-3	79	250-269

Player Scoring

pos.	#	Player	gp	g	a	pts	pim	ppg	shg	gp	g	a	pts	pim
C	12	Antonovich, Mike	75	20	19	39	44	1	0	5	2	0	2	0
D	17	Arbour, John	76	6	27	33	188	1	0	5	0	1	1	12
D	21	Ball, Terry	76	6	34	40	66	1	0	5	1	2	3	4
C	6	Christiansen, Keith	64	12	30	42	24	2	0	5	1	0	1	0
RW	7	Connelly, Wayne	78	40	30	70	16	10	0	5	1	3	4	0
G	1	Curran, Mike	43	0	1	1	26	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
RW	16	Falkman, Craig	44	1	5	6	12	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
C	10	Hampson, Ted	77	17	45	62	20	4	0	5	3	1	4	0
C	20	Johnson, Jim	33	9	14	23	12	0	0	5	2	1	3	2
RW	8	Klatt, Bill	78	36	22	58	22	12	0	5	1	3	4	5
LW	19	Konik, George	54	4	12	16	34	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
LW	15	Lilyholm, Len	77	8	13	21	37	0	0	5	1	0	1	0
RW	14	MacMillan, Bob	75	13	27	40	48	1	0	5	0	3	3	0
G	30	McCartan, Jack	38	0	0	0	19	0	0	4	0	1	1	0
D	23	McMahon, Mike	75	12	39	51	87	4	0	5	0	5	5	2
LW	9	Morrison, George	70	16	24	40	20	9	0	5	1	1	2	2
D	2	Paradise, Dick	77	3	15	18	189	0	0	5	0	1	1	2
LW	26	Pearson, Mel	70	8	12	20	12	0	0	5	2	0	2	0
D	18	Ryan, Terry	76	13	6	19	13	1	6	5	0	2	2	0
D	22	Rydman, Blaine	29	0	1	1	65	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
D	4	Sanders, Frank	78	8	8	16	94	1	0	4	0	1	1	0
C	11	Speck, Fred	47	13	16	29	52	5	0	-	-	-	-	-
G	35	Wetzel, Carl	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
LW	24	Young, Bill	23	5	6	11	20	2	0	5	1	1	2	4

Goaltending

Goaltender	gp	min	ga	en	so	w-l-t	gaa	sog	sv%	gp	min	ga	w-l	gaa
Curran, Mike	43	2540	131	3	4	23-17-2	3.09	1437	0.908	2	90	9	0-2	6.00
McCartan, Jack	38	2160	129	3	1	15-19-1	3.58	1181	0.890	4	213	14	1-2	3.94
Wetzel, Carl	1	60	3	0	0	0-1-0	3.00	35	0.914	-	-	-	-	-

Transactions

• Dick Paradise signed to contract, Jun 1972
• Ted Hampson signed to contract, Aug 1972
• Blaine Rydman purchased from New York, Jan 1973
• Fred Speck to Los Angeles for Bill Young, Jan 1973
• Carl Wetzel signed to contract, Jan 1973

Splits versus opposing teams, home and away, and by month

opponent	overall	gf-ga	home	gf-ga	away	gf-ga
Alberta	4-4-0	27-34	3-1-0	13-12	1-3-0	14-22
Chicago	6-4-0	39-32	3-2-0	19-16	3-2-0	20-16
Cleveland	4-2-0	22-17	2-1-0	12-10	2-1-0	10-7
Houston	2-5-1	20-31	1-2-1	11-12	1-3-0	9-19
Los Angeles	2-5-1	19-29	1-3-0	9-16	1-2-1	10-13
New England	3-3-0	20-23	3-0-0	14-8	0-3-0	6-15
New York	4-2-0	21-22	2-1-0	11-11	2-1-0	10-11
Ottawa	3-3-0	16-19	3-0-0	10-4	0-3-0	6-15
Philadelphia	4-2-0	20-17	2-1-0	8-7	2-1-0	12-10
Quebec	3-3-0	27-25	2-1-0	11-11	1-2-0	16-14
Winnipeg	3-4-1	19-20	2-2-0	11-10	1-2-1	8-10
October	2-5-1	19-31	1-2-0	7-11	1-3-1	12-20
November	10-4-0	52-40	7-2-0	32-23	3-2-0	20-17
December	8-7-1	53-51	5-3-0	27-22	3-4-1	26-29
January	5-7-1	43-49	3-4-1	24-29	2-3-0	19-20
February	6-6-0	41-46	4-0-0	18-9	2-6-0	23-37
March	7-8-0	42-52	4-3-0	21-23	3-5-0	21-29

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