1972-73 • Franchise

1972-73 New England Whalers

Record: 46-30-2, 94 pts
Finish: 1st, East
Playoffs: Won WHA World Trophy Championship
Coach: Jack Kelley

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 12	Philadelphia	4-3	W	1-0-0	2	4-3	40.	Dec 31	@ New York	3-0	W	24-15-1	49	174-136
2.	Oct 16	Chicago	4-1	W	2-0-0	4	8-4	41.	Jan 9	@ Houston	5-7	L	24-16-1	49	179-143
3.	Oct 18	@ Houston	4-1	W	3-0-0	6	12-5	42.	Jan 13	New York •	4-3	W	25-16-1	51	183-146
4.	Oct 19	Quebec	3-4	L	3-1-0	6	15-9	43.	Jan 17	@ Chicago	4-2	W	26-16-1	53	187-148
5.	Oct 21	@ Quebec	4-6	L	3-2-0	6	19-15	44.	Jan 19	@ Winnipeg	2-6	L	26-17-1	53	189-154
6.	Oct 23	Minnesota	5-1	W	4-2-0	8	24-16	45.	Jan 21	@ Winnipeg	7-2	W	27-17-1	55	196-156
7.	Oct 24	@ Cleveland	*3-2	W	5-2-0	10	27-18	46.	Jan 24	Winnipeg	6-1	W	28-17-1	57	202-157
8.	Oct 26	@ New York	6-7	L	5-3-0	10	33-25	47.	Jan 25	@ Ottawa	4-2	W	29-17-1	59	206-159
9.	Oct 28	Alberta •	1-4	L	5-4-0	10	34-29	48.	Jan 27	Quebec •	1-3	L	29-18-1	59	207-162
10.	Nov 1	Chicago •	4-2	W	6-4-0	12	38-31	49.	Jan 29	@ Cleveland	2-3	L	29-19-1	59	209-165
11.	Nov 4	Philadelphia	8-4	W	7-4-0	14	46-35	50.	Jan 30	Cleveland	4-1	W	30-19-1	61	213-166
12.	Nov 6	Winnipeg	6-2	W	8-4-0	16	52-37	51.	Feb 1	@ Houston	*5-4	W	31-19-1	63	218-170
13.	Nov 11	New York	6-5	W	9-4-0	18	58-42	52.	Feb 2	@ Los Angeles	1-3	L	31-20-1	63	219-173
14.	Nov 13	Houston	4-4	T	9-4-1	19	62-46	53.	Feb 4	@ Los Angeles	3-4	L	31-21-1	63	222-177
15.	Nov 17	@ Cleveland	0-3	L	9-5-1	19	62-49	54.	Feb 6	@ Alberta	4-2	W	32-21-1	65	226-179
16.	Nov 18	Ottawa •	3-2	W	10-5-1	21	65-51	55.	Feb 7	@ Alberta	1-3	L	32-22-1	65	227-182
17.	Nov 20	Ottawa	7-5	W	11-5-1	23	72-56	56.	Feb 9	Ottawa •	4-7	L	32-23-1	65	231-189
18.	Nov 22	@ New York	1-3	L	11-6-1	23	73-59	57.	Feb 11	@ Quebec	2-2	T	32-23-2	66	233-191
19.	Nov 24	Alberta •	7-2	W	12-6-1	25	80-61	58.	Feb 13	@ Philadelphia	4-5	L	32-24-2	66	237-196
20.	Nov 26	@ Minnesota	1-3	L	12-7-1	25	81-64	59.	Feb 15	Los Angeles •	6-5	W	33-24-2	68	243-201
21.	Nov 27	Cleveland	3-0	W	13-7-1	27	84-64	60.	Feb 17	@ Quebec	6-4	W	34-24-2	70	249-205
22.	Nov 29	@ New York	6-7	L	13-8-1	27	90-71	61.	Feb 20	@ Philadelphia	2-4	L	34-25-2	70	251-209
23.	Dec 1	@ Philadelphia	3-5	L	13-9-1	27	93-76	62.	Feb 23	Alberta •	4-2	W	35-25-2	72	255-211
24.	Dec 2	Quebec	7-2	W	14-9-1	29	100-78	63.	Mar 4	@ Minnesota	2-4	L	35-26-2	72	257-215
25.	Dec 4	Ottawa	7-2	W	15-9-1	31	107-80	64.	Mar 7	Cleveland	*1-0	W	36-26-2	74	258-215
26.	Dec 6	New York	4-3	W	16-9-1	33	111-83	65.	Mar 9	Cleveland •	5-4	W	37-26-2	76	263-219
27.	Dec 7	@ Ottawa	4-2	W	17-9-1	35	115-85	66.	Mar 10	Minnesota •	3-1	W	38-26-2	78	266-220
28.	Dec 9	New York	4-2	W	18-9-1	37	119-87	67.	Mar 13	@ Chicago	*4-3	W	39-26-2	80	270-223
29.	Dec 11	Winnipeg	4-3	W	19-9-1	39	123-90	68.	Mar 14	@ Winnipeg	7-5	W	40-26-2	82	277-228
30.	Dec 13	@ Chicago	3-6	L	19-10-1	39	126-96	69.	Mar 16	Minnesota •	7-4	W	41-26-2	84	284-232
31.	Dec 14	@ Los Angeles	5-2	W	20-10-1	41	131-98	70.	Mar 17	Philadelphia •	4-0	W	42-26-2	86	288-232
32.	Dec 16	@ Philadelphia	10-6	W	21-10-1	43	141-104	71.	Mar 20	Los Angeles •	4-1	W	43-26-2	88	292-233
33.	Dec 17	Philadelphia	3-6	L	21-11-1	43	144-110	72.	Mar 22	@ Ottawa	2-4	L	43-27-2	88	294-237
34.	Dec 19	@ Minnesota	5-7	L	21-12-1	43	149-117	73.	Mar 23	Chicago •	3-1	W	44-27-2	90	297-238
35.	Dec 21	@ Alberta	4-5	L	21-13-1	43	153-122	74.	Mar 26	@ Cleveland	5-7	L	44-28-2	90	302-245
36.	Dec 24	Los Angeles	3-5	L	21-14-1	43	156-127	75.	Mar 27	Houston •	1-6	L	44-29-2	90	303-251
37.	Dec 25	@ New York	8-2	W	22-14-1	45	164-129	76.	Mar 29	@ Ottawa	2-5	L	44-30-2	90	305-256
38.	Dec 28	@ Quebec	5-3	W	23-14-1	47	169-132	77.	Mar 30	New York •	*5-4	W	45-30-2	92	310-260
39.	Dec 29	Houston •	2-4	L	23-15-1	47	171-136	78.	Apr 1	Quebec •	8-3	W	46-30-2	94	318-263

• Home games, played at the Boston Arena.

Player Scoring

pos.	#	Player	gp	g	a	pts	pim	ppg	shg	gp	g	a	pts	pim
LW	14	Ahearn, Kevin	78	20	22	42	18	1	0	14	1	2	3	9
RW	21	Byers, Mike	19	6	4	10	4	0	0	12	6	5	11	6
C	7	Caffery, Terry	74	39	61	100	14	9	1	8	3	7	10	0
LW	17	Cunniff, John	32	3	5	8	16	0	0	13	1	1	2	2
C	12	Danby, John	77	14	23	37	10	1	0	8	0	0	0	0
D	10	Dorey, Jim	75	7	56	63	95	0	1	15	3	16	19	41
RW	27	Earl, Tom	76	10	13	23	4	0	4	15	2	3	5	10
LW	11	French, John	74	24	35	59	43	2	0	15	3	11	14	2
D	6	Green, Ted	78	16	30	46	47	2	0	12	1	5	6	25
D	5	Hurley, Paul	78	3	15	18	58	1	0	15	0	7	7	14
RW	21	Hyndman, Mike	59	4	14	18	21	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
D	20	Jordan, Ric	34	1	5	6	12	0	0	7	0	0	0	6
G	30	Landon, Bruce	30	0	1	1	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
D	2	Ley, Rick	76	3	27	30	108	0	0	15	3	7	10	24
C	4	Pleau, Larry	78	39	48	87	42	10	0	15	12	7	19	15
RW	16	Sarrazin, Dick	35	4	7	11	0	1	0	-	-	-	-	-
LW	18	Selby, Brit	65	13	29	42	48	2	0	13	3	4	7	13
D	3	Selwood, Brad	75	13	21	34	114	1	0	15	3	5	8	22
RW	15	Sheehy, Tim	78	33	38	71	30	5	0	15	9	14	23	13
G	1	Smith, Al	51	0	3	3	39	0	0	15	0	1	1	12
RW	19	Smith, Guy	22	3	3	6	6	0	0	11	2	0	2	4
RW	8	Webster, Tom	77	53	50	103	89	12	0	15	12	14	26	6
C	9	Williams, Tom	69	10	21	31	14	2	0	15	6	11	17	2

Goaltending

Goaltender	gp	min	ga	en	so	w-l-t	gaa	sog	sv%	gp	min	ga	w-l	gaa
Landon, Bruce	30	1671	100	0	1	15-11-1	3.59	888	0.887	-	-	-	-	-
Smith, Al	51	3059	162	1	3	31-19-1	3.18	1535	0.894	15	909	49	12-3	3.23

Transactions

• Larry Pleau signed to contract, Apr 1972
• Brad Selwood, Tim Sheehy, Bruce Landon, Dick Sarrazin, Tom Earl and Terry Caffrey signed to contracts, May 1972
• Rick Ley, John Cunniff, Mike Hyndman, John French, Bob Brown, Ric Jordan, Tom Webster, John Danby, Paul Hurley and Kevin Ahearn signed to contracts, Jun 1972
• Jim Dorey, Ted Green, Al Smith and Guy Smith signed to contracts, Aug 1972
• Tommy Williams signed to contract, Sep 1972
• Bob Brown traded to Philadelphia for Brit Selby, Nov 1972
• Dick Sarrazin sold to Chicago, Jan 1973
• Mike Hyndman traded to Los Angeles for Mike Byers, Feb 1973

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

opponent	overall	gf-ga	home	gf-ga	away	gf-ga
Alberta	3-3-0	21-18	2-1-0	12-8	1-2-0	9-10
Chicago	5-1-0	22-15	3-0-0	11-4	2-1-0	11-11
Cleveland	5-3-0	23-20	4-0-0	13-5	1-3-0	10-15
Houston	2-3-1	21-26	0-2-1	7-14	2-1-0	14-12
Los Angeles	3-3-0	22-20	2-1-0	13-11	1-2-0	9-9
Minnesota	3-3-0	23-20	3-0-0	15-6	0-3-0	8-14
New York	7-3-0	47-36	5-0-0	23-17	2-3-0	24-19
Ottawa	5-3-0	33-29	3-1-0	21-16	2-2-0	12-13
Philadelphia	4-4-0	38-33	3-1-0	19-13	1-3-0	19-20
Quebec	4-3-1	36-27	2-2-0	19-12	2-1-1	17-15
Winnipeg	5-1-0	32-19	3-0-0	16-6	2-1-0	16-13
October	5-4-0	34-29	3-2-0	17-13	2-2-0	17-16
November	8-4-1	56-42	8-0-1	48-26	0-4-0	8-16
December	11-7-0	84-65	5-3-0	34-27	6-4-0	50-38
January	6-4-0	39-30	3-1-0	15-8	3-3-0	24-22
February	5-6-1	42-45	2-1-0	14-14	3-5-1	28-31
March	10-5-0	55-49	8-1-0	33-21	2-4-0	22-28
April	1-0-0	8-3	1-0-0	8-3	0-0-0	0-0

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