1972–73 California Golden Seals season

1972–73 California Golden Seals
Division	8th West
1972–73 record	16-46-16
Goals for	213
Goals against	323
Team information
General manager	Garry Young Fred Glover
Coach	Garry Young Fred Glover
Captain	Bert Marshall Joey Johnston
Arena	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena
Team leaders
Goals	Joey Johnston (28)
Assists	Walt McKechnie (38)
Points	Walt McKechnie (54)
Penalty minutes	Bob Stewart (181)
Wins	Gilles Meloche (12)
Goals against average	Gilles Meloche (4.06)

The 1972–73 California Golden Seals season was the California Golden Seals' sixth season in the NHL. The Seals were hit particularly hard by defections to the new World Hockey Association, dropping 12 points from the previous year, returning to the basement of the West Division and missing the playoffs.

Off-season

Draft Picks

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team
2	22.	Tom Cassidy	Canada	Kitchener Rangers (OHA)
2	28.	Stan Weir	Canada	Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)
3	38.	Paul Shakes	Canada	St. Catharines Black Hawks (OHA)
4	54.	Claude St. Sauveur	Canada	Sherbrooke Beavers (QMJHL)
5	70.	Tim Jacobs	Canada	St. Catharines Black Hawks (OHA)
6	86.	Jacques Lefebvre	Canada	Shawinigan Bruins (QMJHL)
7	102.	Mike Amodeo	Canada	Oshawa Generals (OHA)
8	118.	Brent Meeke	Canada	Niagara Falls Flyers (OHA)
9	134.	Denis Meloche	Canada	Drummondville Rangers (QMJHL)

Regular Season

Final Standings

West Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Chicago Black Hawks	78	42	27	9	284	225	93
Philadelphia Flyers	78	37	30	11	296	256	85
Minnesota North Stars	78	37	30	11	254	230	85
St. Louis Blues	78	32	34	12	233	251	76
Pittsburgh Penguins	78	32	37	9	257	265	73
Los Angeles Kings	78	31	36	11	232	245	73
Atlanta Flames	78	25	38	15	191	239	65
California Golden Seals	78	16	46	16	213	323	48

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Game Log

Regular Season Results
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 7, 1972	2–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1972–73)	0–1–0
2	L	October 11, 1972	2–5	@ Minnesota North Stars (1972–73)	0–2–0
3	L	October 14, 1972	2–5	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1972–73)	0–3–0
4	W	October 15, 1972	4–1	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1972–73)	1–3–0
5	T	October 20, 1972	3–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1972–73)	1–3–1
6	L	October 22, 1972	2–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1972–73)	1–4–1
7	L	October 24, 1972	0–5	@ Los Angeles Kings (1972–73)	1–5–1
8	L	October 25, 1972	3–4	Atlanta Flames (1972–73)	1–6–1
9	W	October 27, 1972	6–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1972–73)	2–6–1
10	L	November 1, 1972	2–6	New York Islanders (1972–73)	2–7–1
11	T	November 3, 1972	6–6	Boston Bruins (1972–73)	2–7–2
12	T	November 5, 1972	3–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1972–73)	2–7–3
13	L	November 8, 1972	2–5	@ Minnesota North Stars (1972–73)	2–8–3
14	T	November 9, 1972	0–0	@ Buffalo Sabres (1972–73)	2–8–4
15	L	November 11, 1972	2–7	@ New York Rangers (1972–73)	2–9–4
16	L	November 12, 1972	3–8	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1972–73)	2–10–4
17	L	November 15, 1972	0–4	Detroit Red Wings (1972–73)	2–11–4
18	W	November 17, 1972	5–1	Buffalo Sabres (1972–73)	3–11–4
19	L	November 21, 1972	2–4	@ New York Islanders (1972–73)	3–12–4
20	L	November 23, 1972	2–4	@ Boston Bruins (1972–73)	3–13–4
21	L	November 25, 1972	0–11	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1972–73)	3–14–4
22	W	November 26, 1972	6–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1972–73)	4–14–4
23	L	November 29, 1972	1–2	St. Louis Blues (1972–73)	4–15–4
24	T	December 1, 1972	3–3	New York Rangers (1972–73)	4–15–5
25	T	December 6, 1972	4–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1972–73)	4–15–6
26	L	December 9, 1972	1–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1972–73)	4–16–6
27	L	December 10, 1972	4–8	@ Boston Bruins (1972–73)	4–17–6
28	T	December 13, 1972	2–2	Montreal Canadiens (1972–73)	4–17–7
29	L	December 15, 1972	4–9	Chicago Black Hawks (1972–73)	4–18–7
30	L	December 16, 1972	3–4	@ Vancouver Canucks (1972–73)	4–19–7
31	L	December 20, 1972	2–5	Minnesota North Stars (1972–73)	4–20–7
32	W	December 22, 1972	4–2	Buffalo Sabres (1972–73)	5–20–7
33	L	December 24, 1972	3–5	Los Angeles Kings (1972–73)	5–21–7
34	L	December 26, 1972	3–4	@ Vancouver Canucks (1972–73)	5–22–7
35	T	December 27, 1972	2–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1972–73)	5–22–8
36	W	December 29, 1972	5–2	New York Islanders (1972–73)	6–22–8
37	W	January 3, 1973	11–3	Vancouver Canucks (1972–73)	7–22–8
38	L	January 6, 1973	0–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1972–73)	7–23–8
39	L	January 7, 1973	0–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1972–73)	7–24–8
40	W	January 10, 1973	6–5	St. Louis Blues (1972–73)	8–24–8
41	T	January 12, 1973	3–3	Montreal Canadiens (1972–73)	8–24–9
42	T	January 14, 1973	6–6	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1972–73)	8–24–10
43	T	January 17, 1973	3–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1972–73)	8–24–11
44	L	January 19, 1973	0–6	New York Rangers (1972–73)	8–25–11
45	L	January 21, 1973	2–5	@ Boston Bruins (1972–73)	8–26–11
46	L	January 23, 1973	1–8	@ New York Islanders (1972–73)	8–27–11
47	W	January 24, 1973	5–2	@ Atlanta Flames (1972–73)	9–27–11
48	T	January 26, 1973	1–1	St. Louis Blues (1972–73)	9–27–12
49	L	January 28, 1973	3–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1972–73)	9–28–12
50	L	January 31, 1973	1–3	@ New York Rangers (1972–73)	9–29–12
51	L	February 1, 1973	4–6	@ Detroit Red Wings (1972–73)	9–30–12
52	L	February 3, 1973	1–6	@ St. Louis Blues (1972–73)	9–31–12
53	L	February 4, 1973	1–6	Montreal Canadiens (1972–73)	9–32–12
54	L	February 7, 1973	3–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1972–73)	9–33–12
55	L	February 8, 1973	0–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (1972–73)	9–34–12
56	L	February 10, 1973	2–5	@ St. Louis Blues (1972–73)	9–35–12
57	L	February 11, 1973	1–3	@ Atlanta Flames (1972–73)	9–36–12
58	T	February 14, 1973	3–3	Atlanta Flames (1972–73)	9–36–13
59	T	February 16, 1973	2–2	Detroit Red Wings (1972–73)	9–36–14
60	L	February 18, 1973	2–4	Los Angeles Kings (1972–73)	9–37–14
61	L	February 21, 1973	2–6	Boston Bruins (1972–73)	9–38–14
62	W	February 23, 1973	5–3	New York Rangers (1972–73)	10–38–14
63	L	February 25, 1973	0–7	Philadelphia Flyers (1972–73)	10–39–14
64	L	February 28, 1973	3–7	@ Minnesota North Stars (1972–73)	10–40–14
65	W	March 3, 1973	2–1	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1972–73)	11–40–14
66	L	March 4, 1973	2–3	@ Atlanta Flames (1972–73)	11–41–14
67	T	March 7, 1973	2–2	Buffalo Sabres (1972–73)	11–41–15
68	L	March 10, 1973	2–4	@ Los Angeles Kings (1972–73)	11–42–15
69	L	March 11, 1973	1–5	Chicago Black Hawks (1972–73)	11–43–15
70	L	March 14, 1973	2–5	Vancouver Canucks (1972–73)	11–44–15
71	T	March 16, 1973	5–5	Pittsburgh Penguins (1972–73)	11–44–16
72	W	March 18, 1973	2–0	Minnesota North Stars (1972–73)	12–44–16
73	L	March 20, 1973	3–6	@ New York Islanders (1972–73)	12–45–16
74	L	March 21, 1973	2–5	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1972–73)	12–46–16
75	W	March 23, 1973	7–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1972–73)	13–46–16
76	W	March 25, 1973	8–5	Detroit Red Wings (1972–73)	14–46–16
77	W	March 28, 1973	3–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (1972–73)	15–46–16
78	W	March 30, 1973	3–1	Los Angeles Kings (1972–73)	16–46–16

Playoffs

• The Golden Seals did not qualify for the post season.

Player Stats

Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes

			Regular Season						Playoffs
Player	#		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Walt McKechnie			78	16	38	54	58		-	-	-	-	-
Hilliard Graves			75	27	25	52	34		-	-	-	-	-
Joey Johnston			71	28	21	49	62		-	-	-	-	-
Craig Patrick			71	20	22	42	6		-	-	-	-	-
Pete Laframboise			77	16	25	41	26		-	-	-	-	-
Stan Weir			78	15	24	39	16		-	-	-	-	-
Reggie Leach			76	23	12	35	45		-	-	-	-	-
Ivan Boldirev			56	11	23	34	58		-	-	-	-	-
Rick Smith			64	9	24	33	77		-	-	-	-	-
Marshall Johnston			78	10	20	30	14		-	-	-	-	-
Darryl Maggs†			54	7	15	22	46		-	-	-	-	-
Gary Croteau			47	6	15	21	8		-	-	-	-	-
Stan Gilbertson			66	6	15	21	19		-	-	-	-	-
Bob Stewart			63	4	17	21	181		-	-	-	-	-
Ted McAneeley			77	4	13	17	75		-	-	-	-	-
Dick Redmond‡			24	3	13	16	22		-	-	-	-	-
Morris Mott			70	6	7	13	8		-	-	-	-	-
Bert Marshall‡			55	2	6	8	71		-	-	-	-	-
Terry Murray			23	0	3	3	4		-	-	-	-	-
Gilles Meloche	27		59	0	2	2	4		-	-	-	-	-
Marv Edwards			21	0	1	1	6		-	-	-	-	-
Pete Vipond			2	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
Brent Meeke			3	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
Del Hall			6	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-

†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Seals. Stats reflect time with the Seals only. ‡Traded mid-season

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); W= Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average

			Regular season									Playoffs
Player	#		GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	SO	GAA		GP	TOI	W	L	GA	SO	GAA
Gilles Meloche	27		59	3473	12	32	14	235	1	4.06		-	-	-	-	-	-	-.--
Marv Edwards			21	1207	4	14	2	87	1	4.32		-	-	-	-	-	-	-.--

Awards and Records

• The Golden Seals did not win any awards this season.

Transactions

The Seals were involved in the following transactions during the 1972–73 season:

Trades

June, 1972	To California Golden Seals Barry Cummins	To Portland Buckaroos (WHL) $15,000
December 5, 1972	To California Golden Seals Darryl Maggs	To Chicago Black Hawks Dick Redmond rights to Bobby Sheehan
March 4, 1973	To California Golden Seals cash future considerations (Dave Hrechkosy & Gary Coalter; May 17, 1973)	To New York Rangers Bert Marshall

Additions and Subtractions

Additions Player Former team Via Marv Edwards Toronto Maple Leafs Reverse Draft (1972–06–08) Ron Huston Spokane Jets (WIHL) free agency (1972–09) Morris Mott Queen's University (OUAA) free agency (1972–10–01)

Subtractions Player New team Via Ernie Hicke Atlanta Flames Expansion Draft (1972–06–06) Norm Ferguson New York Islanders Expansion Draft (1972–06–06) Frank Hughes Atlanta Flames Expansion Draft (1972–06–06) Ken Baird Alberta Oilers (WHA) free agency Gary Jarrett Cleveland Crusaders (WHA) free agency Gary Kurt New York Raiders (WHA) free agency Gerry Pinder Cleveland Crusaders (WHA) free agency Bobby Sheehan New York Raiders (WHA) free agency Paul Shmyr Cleveland Crusaders (WHA) free agency Tom Webster New England Whalers (WHA) free agency

References

• Golden Seals on Hockey Database
• Golden Seals on Database Hockey