1972-73 • Franchise

1972-73 New York Raiders

Record: 33-43-2, 68 pts
Finish: 6th, East
Playoffs: Did not qualify
Coach: Camille Henry (32-43-3), Ian Wilkie (1-0-0)

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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	Winnipeg	4-6	L	0-1-0	0	4-6	40.	Dec 31	New England	0-3	L	21-19-0	42	170-147
2.	Oct 14	Ottawa	8-6	W	1-1-0	2	12-12	41.	Jan 1	Philadelphia	0-3	L	21-20-0	42	170-150
3.	Oct 15	Philadelphia	5-0	W	2-1-0	4	17-12	42.	Jan 4	Ottawa	9-4	W	22-20-0	44	179-154
4.	Oct 17	@ Cleveland	*3-4	L	2-2-0	4	20-16	43.	Jan 8	Quebec	*5-6	L	22-21-0	44	184-160
5.	Oct 19	Cleveland	1-3	L	2-3-0	4	21-19	44.	Jan 10	@ Philadelphia	4-1	W	23-21-0	46	188-161
6.	Oct 21	Houston	3-2	W	3-3-0	6	24-21	45.	Jan 11	@ Ottawa	1-4	L	23-22-0	46	189-165
7.	Oct 22	Minnesota	4-5	L	3-4-0	6	28-26	46.	Jan 13	@ New England	3-4	L	23-23-0	46	192-169
8.	Oct 26	New England	7-6	W	4-4-0	8	35-32	47.	Jan 18	@ Quebec	4-4	T	23-23-1	47	196-173
9.	Oct 28	Los Angeles	*3-4	L	4-5-0	8	38-36	48.	Jan 22	Minnesota	2-3	L	23-24-1	47	198-176
10.	Oct 29	Alberta	7-2	W	5-5-0	10	45-38	49.	Jan 25	@ Chicago	2-9	L	23-25-1	47	200-185
11.	Nov 2	@ Minnesota	4-2	W	6-5-0	12	49-40	50.	Jan 26	@ Los Angeles	*5-4	W	24-25-1	49	205-189
12.	Nov 3	@ Winnipeg	9-6	W	7-5-0	14	58-46	51.	Jan 28	@ Los Angeles	2-9	L	24-26-1	49	207-198
13.	Nov 5	@ Winnipeg	1-3	L	7-6-0	14	59-49	52.	Jan 30	@ Alberta	3-11	L	24-27-1	49	210-209
14.	Nov 7	@ Alberta	2-4	L	7-7-0	14	61-53	53.	Feb 1	@ Alberta	5-8	L	24-28-1	49	215-217
15.	Nov 8	@ Los Angeles	1-2	L	7-8-0	14	62-55	54.	Feb 3	@ Chicago	2-4	L	24-29-1	49	217-221
16.	Nov 11	@ New England	5-6	L	7-9-0	14	67-61	55.	Feb 4	Quebec	5-4	W	25-29-1	51	222-225
17.	Nov 15	@ Quebec	4-7	L	7-10-0	14	71-68	56.	Feb 6	@ Minnesota	4-5	L	25-30-1	51	226-230
18.	Nov 18	Quebec	7-1	W	8-10-0	16	78-69	57.	Feb 8	@ Ottawa	3-2	W	26-30-1	53	229-232
19.	Nov 19	Philadelphia	5-0	W	9-10-0	18	83-69	58.	Feb 10	@ Cleveland	4-8	L	26-31-1	53	233-240
20.	Nov 22	New England	3-1	W	10-10-0	20	86-70	59.	Feb 11	Ottawa	3-2	W	27-31-1	55	236-242
21.	Nov 25	Alberta	4-2	W	11-10-0	22	90-72	60.	Feb 12	@ Cleveland	2-8	L	27-32-1	55	238-250
22.	Nov 26	Los Angeles	2-6	L	11-11-0	22	92-78	61.	Feb 16	@ Philadelphia	2-9	L	27-33-1	55	240-259
23.	Nov 29	New England	7-6	W	12-11-0	24	99-84	62.	Feb 21	Alberta	5-4	W	28-33-1	57	245-263
24.	Nov 30	Minnesota	5-2	W	13-11-0	26	104-86	63.	Feb 25	Cleveland	9-5	W	29-33-1	59	254-268
25.	Dec 2	Houston	2-7	L	13-12-0	26	106-93	64.	Mar 1	@ Ottawa	1-2	L	29-34-1	59	255-270
26.	Dec 3	Cleveland	5-2	W	14-12-0	28	111-95	65.	Mar 3	Cleveland	3-4	L	29-35-1	59	258-274
27.	Dec 5	@ Houston	6-4	W	15-12-0	30	117-99	66.	Mar 4	Philadelphia	2-4	L	29-36-1	59	260-278
28.	Dec 6	@ New England	3-4	L	15-13-0	30	120-103	67.	Mar 5	Chicago	4-4	T	29-36-2	60	264-282
29.	Dec 8	@ Philadelphia	1-3	L	15-14-0	30	121-106	68.	Mar 10	Winnipeg	*3-2	W	30-36-2	62	267-284
30.	Dec 9	@ New England	2-4	L	15-15-0	30	123-110	69.	Mar 11	@ Quebec	1-6	L	30-37-2	62	268-290
31.	Dec 11	Chicago	8-3	W	16-15-0	32	131-113	70.	Mar 12	Chicago	8-7	W	31-37-2	64	276-297
32.	Dec 13	Quebec	9-1	W	17-15-0	34	140-114	71.	Mar 14	Houston	5-1	W	32-37-2	66	281-298
33.	Dec 14	@ Ottawa	4-3	W	18-15-0	36	144-117	72.	Mar 15	Los Angeles	2-6	L	32-38-2	66	283-304
34.	Dec 17	Winnipeg	3-4	L	18-16-0	36	147-121	73.	Mar 17	@ Chicago	3-6	L	32-39-2	66	286-310
35.	Dec 19	@ Philadelphia	7-2	W	19-16-0	38	154-123	74.	Mar 18	@ Houston	*3-2	W	33-39-2	68	289-312
36.	Dec 21	@ Cleveland	2-6	L	19-17-0	38	156-129	75.	Mar 25	@ Winnipeg	4-8	L	33-40-2	68	293-320
37.	Dec 22	Ottawa	7-5	W	20-17-0	40	163-134	76.	Mar 27	@ Minnesota	3-4	L	33-41-2	68	296-324
38.	Dec 25	New England	2-8	L	20-18-0	40	165-142	77.	Mar 29	@ Houston	3-5	L	33-42-2	68	299-329
39.	Dec 26	@ Quebec	5-2	W	21-18-0	42	170-144	78.	Mar 30	@ New England	*4-5	L	33-43-2	68	303-334

Player Scoring

pos.	#	Player	gp	g	a	pts	pim	ppg	shg	gp	g	a	pts	pim
D	17	Block, Ken	78	5	53	58	43	0	1	-	-	-	-	-
LW	14	Bradley, Brian	78	22	33	55	20	1	2	-	-	-	-	-
D	26	Brown, Bob	17	0	4	4	6	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
C	22	Chartre, Claude	12	2	3	5	0	2	0	-	-	-	-	-
G	23	Donnelly, Pete	47	0	0	0	2	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
D	21	Douglas, Kent	60	3	15	18	74	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
RW	9	Ferguson, Norm	56	28	40	68	8	8	1	-	-	-	-	-
D	3	Gauthier, Jean	31	2	1	3	21	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
LW	10	Jones, Bob	56	11	12	23	24	0	1	-	-	-	-	-
RW	16	Kennedy, Jamie	52	4	6	10	11	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
RW	28	Krupicka, Jarda	30	1	2	3	4	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
G	30	Kurt, Gary	36	0	1	1	2	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
C	18	Laughton, Mike	67	16	20	36	44	1	0	-	-	-	-	-
C	15	Morenz, Brian	32	7	1	8	23	1	2	-	-	-	-	-
D	4	Olds, Wally	61	5	7	12	4	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
LW	25	Peacosh, Gene	67	37	34	71	25	10	1	-	-	-	-	-
C	19	Perry, Brian	74	13	20	33	30	3	1	-	-	-	-	-
C	8	Peters, Garry	23	2	7	9	24	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
LW	11	Reichmuth, Craig	73	13	14	27	127	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
RW	12	Rivers, Wayne	75	37	40	77	47	4	0	-	-	-	-	-
D	27	Rydman, Blaine	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
RW	20	Scharf, Ted	29	2	2	4	72	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
C	7	Sheehan, Bobby	75	35	53	88	17	18	0	-	-	-	-	-
D	24	Speer, Bill	69	3	23	26	40	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
C	6	Ward, Ron	77	51	67	118	28	12	1	-	-	-	-	-
RW	10	White, Alton	13	1	4	5	2	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
G	1	Wilkie, Ian	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
D	5	Willis, Hal	74	3	21	24	159	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
D	2	Winograd, Bob	52	0	12	12	23	0	0	-	-	-	-	-

Goaltending

Goaltender	gp	min	ga	en	so	w-l-t	gaa	sog	sv%	gp	min	ga	w-l	gaa
Donnelly, Pete	47	2606	155	1	2	22-19-2	3.57	1328	0.883	-	-	-	-	-
Kurt, Gary	36	1881	150	1	0	10-21-0	4.78	1034	0.854	-	-	-	-	-
Wilkie, Ian	5	253	27	0	0	1-3-0	6.40	172	0.843	-	-	-	-	-

Transactions

• Peter Donnelly signed to contract, May 1972
• Rights to Wayne Rivers acquired in trade with Ottawa, Jul 1972
• Brian Bradley signed to contract, Jul 1972
• Craig Reichmuth signed to contract, Aug 1972
• Rights to Hal Willis acquired from Houston for 1974 draft pick, Aug 1972
• Rights to Bobby Sheehan acquired in trade with New England for 1973 draft picks, Aug 1972
• Blaine Rydman signed to contract, Aug 1972
• Jean Gauthier signed to contract, Sep 1972
• Alton White traded to Los Angeles for Bob Brown and Jarda Krupicka, Nov 1972
• Blaine Rydman sold to Minnesota, Jan 1973
• Bob Brown purchased from Philadelphia, 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	26-31	3-0-0	16-8	0-3-0	10-23
Chicago	2-3-1	27-33	2-0-1	20-14	0-3-0	7-19
Cleveland	2-6-0	29-40	2-2-0	18-14	0-4-0	11-26
Houston	4-2-0	22-21	2-1-0	10-10	2-1-0	12-11
Los Angeles	1-5-0	15-31	0-3-0	7-16	1-2-0	8-15
Minnesota	2-4-0	22-21	1-2-0	11-10	1-2-0	11-11
New England	3-7-0	36-47	3-2-0	29-19	0-5-0	17-23
Ottawa	6-2-0	36-28	4-0-0	27-17	2-2-0	9-11
Philadelphia	4-4-0	26-22	2-2-0	12-7	2-2-0	14-15
Quebec	4-3-1	40-31	3-1-0	26-12	1-2-1	14-19
Winnipeg	2-4-0	24-29	1-2-0	10-12	1-2-0	14-17
October	5-5-0	45-38	5-4-0	42-34	0-1-0	3-4
November	8-6-0	59-48	6-1-0	33-18	2-5-0	26-30
December	8-8-0	66-61	4-4-0	36-33	4-4-0	30-28
January	3-8-1	40-62	1-3-0	16-16	2-5-1	24-46
February	5-6-0	44-59	4-0-0	22-15	1-6-0	22-44
March	4-10-1	49-66	3-3-1	27-28	1-7-0	22-38

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