1972–73 Detroit Red Wings season

1972–73 Detroit Red Wings
Division	5th East
1972–73 record	37–29–12
Goals for	265
Goals against	243
Team information
General manager	Ned Harkness
Coach	Johnny Wilson
Captain	Alex Delvecchio
Alternate captains	Gary Bergman Red Berenson
Arena	Olympia Stadium
Team leaders
Goals	Mickey Redmond (52)
Assists	Alex Delvecchio (53)
Points	Mickey Redmond (93)
Penalty minutes	Larry Johnston (169)
Wins	Roy Edwards (27)
Goals against average	Roy Edwards (2.63)

The 1972–73 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 47th season. The Red Wings finished 5th in the East Division and did not qualify for the playoffs.

Regular Season

Final Standings

East Division

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PIM	PTS
Montreal Canadiens	78	52	10	16	329	184	783	120
Boston Bruins	78	51	22	5	330	235	1097	107
New York Rangers	78	47	23	8	297	208	765	102
Buffalo Sabres	78	37	27	14	257	219	940	88
Detroit Red Wings	78	37	29	12	265	243	893	86
Toronto Maple Leafs	78	27	41	10	247	279	716	64
Vancouver Canucks	78	22	47	9	233	339	943	53
New York Islanders	78	12	60	6	170	347	881	30

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	W	October 7, 1972	5–3	New York Rangers (1972–73)	1–0–0
2	W	October 11, 1972	4–3	Boston Bruins (1972–73)	2–0–0
3	W	October 14, 1972	5–0	Philadelphia Flyers (1972–73)	3–0–0
4	W	October 15, 1972	8–2	Los Angeles Kings (1972–73)	4–0–0
5	W	October 21, 1972	3–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1972–73)	5–0–0
6	W	October 22, 1972	6–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1972–73)	6–0–0
7	L	October 26, 1972	1–2	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1972–73)	6–1–0
8	L	October 28, 1972	3–8	@ St. Louis Blues (1972–73)	6–2–0
9	L	October 29, 1972	1–2	Montreal Canadiens (1972–73)	6–3–0
10	L	November 1, 1972	2–4	Atlanta Flames (1972–73)	6–4–0
11	W	November 4, 1972	4–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1972–73)	7–4–0
12	T	November 5, 1972	1–1	Pittsburgh Penguins (1972–73)	7–4–1
13	L	November 9, 1972	3–8	@ Boston Bruins (1972–73)	7–5–1
14	L	November 12, 1972	1–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1972–73)	7–6–1
15	T	November 14, 1972	3–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1972–73)	7–6–2
16	W	November 15, 1972	4–0	@ California Golden Seals (1972–73)	8–6–2
17	L	November 18, 1972	3–8	@ Los Angeles Kings (1972–73)	8–7–2
18	W	November 22, 1972	6–2	Buffalo Sabres (1972–73)	9–7–2
19	W	November 25, 1972	6–4	Philadelphia Flyers (1972–73)	10–7–2
20	L	November 26, 1972	4–6	California Golden Seals (1972–73)	10–8–2
21	L	November 29, 1972	3–8	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1972–73)	10–9–2
22	W	December 2, 1972	4–1	@ New York Islanders (1972–73)	11–9–2
23	L	December 3, 1972	0–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1972–73)	11–10–2
24	L	December 5, 1972	1–2	@ St. Louis Blues (1972–73)	11–11–2
25	L	December 7, 1972	1–6	@ Buffalo Sabres (1972–73)	11–12–2
26	L	December 9, 1972	0–7	@ Minnesota North Stars (1972–73)	11–13–2
27	T	December 10, 1972	3–3	Vancouver Canucks (1972–73)	11–13–3
28	L	December 13, 1972	0–2	Atlanta Flames (1972–73)	11–14–3
29	W	December 16, 1972	4–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1972–73)	12–14–3
30	W	December 17, 1972	6–4	Minnesota North Stars (1972–73)	13–14–3
31	W	December 20, 1972	4–1	Los Angeles Kings (1972–73)	14–14–3
32	L	December 21, 1972	1–8	@ Boston Bruins (1972–73)	14–15–3
33	W	December 23, 1972	5–1	Vancouver Canucks (1972–73)	15–15–3
34	L	December 24, 1972	0–5	@ New York Rangers (1972–73)	15–16–3
35	T	December 26, 1972	1–1	Pittsburgh Penguins (1972–73)	15–16–4
36	T	December 30, 1972	2–2	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1972–73)	15–16–5
37	T	December 31, 1972	4–4	Minnesota North Stars (1972–73)	15–16–6
38	W	January 4, 1973	4–2	Buffalo Sabres (1972–73)	16–16–6
39	W	January 6, 1973	4–0	@ New York Islanders (1972–73)	17–16–6
40	W	January 7, 1973	4–0	New York Islanders (1972–73)	18–16–6
41	W	January 10, 1973	2–1	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1972–73)	19–16–6
42	W	January 12, 1973	7–1	@ Vancouver Canucks (1972–73)	20–16–6
43	W	January 14, 1973	3–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (1972–73)	21–16–6
44	L	January 17, 1973	4–6	Chicago Black Hawks (1972–73)	21–17–6
45	W	January 20, 1973	4–2	Buffalo Sabres (1972–73)	22–17–6
46	L	January 21, 1973	3–5	Minnesota North Stars (1972–73)	22–18–6
47	T	January 23, 1973	4–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1972–73)	22–18–7
48	W	January 25, 1973	4–2	@ Boston Bruins (1972–73)	23–18–7
49	L	January 27, 1973	3–6	New York Rangers (1972–73)	23–19–7
50	W	January 28, 1973	4–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1972–73)	24–19–7
51	W	February 1, 1973	6–4	California Golden Seals (1972–73)	25–19–7
52	W	February 3, 1973	1–0	Atlanta Flames (1972–73)	26–19–7
53	W	February 4, 1973	8–2	Vancouver Canucks (1972–73)	27–19–7
54	W	February 7, 1973	5–3	@ Atlanta Flames (1972–73)	28–19–7
55	L	February 10, 1973	1–3	@ Minnesota North Stars (1972–73)	28–20–7
56	W	February 11, 1973	5–2	@ Buffalo Sabres (1972–73)	29–20–7
57	T	February 14, 1973	2–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (1972–73)	29–20–8
58	T	February 16, 1973	2–2	@ California Golden Seals (1972–73)	29–20–9
59	T	February 17, 1973	2–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (1972–73)	29–20–10
60	T	February 22, 1973	3–3	Montreal Canadiens (1972–73)	29–20–11
61	L	February 24, 1973	2–4	@ New York Islanders (1972–73)	29–21–11
62	W	February 25, 1973	5–0	St. Louis Blues (1972–73)	30–21–11
63	W	February 28, 1973	6–5	Philadelphia Flyers (1972–73)	31–21–11
64	L	March 3, 1973	3–6	New York Rangers (1972–73)	31–22–11
65	W	March 4, 1973	5–1	New York Islanders (1972–73)	32–22–11
66	W	March 7, 1973	5–2	@ Atlanta Flames (1972–73)	33–22–11
67	L	March 10, 1973	0–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1972–73)	33–23–11
68	W	March 11, 1973	3–1	St. Louis Blues (1972–73)	34–23–11
69	L	March 14, 1973	3–5	Montreal Canadiens (1972–73)	34–24–11
70	L	March 16, 1973	4–5	Boston Bruins (1972–73)	34–25–11
71	W	March 18, 1973	2–0	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1972–73)	35–25–11
72	L	March 21, 1973	3–6	@ St. Louis Blues (1972–73)	35–26–11
73	L	March 24, 1973	3–5	@ Los Angeles Kings (1972–73)	35–27–11
74	L	March 25, 1973	5–8	@ California Golden Seals (1972–73)	35–28–11
75	W	March 27, 1973	8–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1972–73)	36–28–11
76	L	March 29, 1973	4–6	Toronto Maple Leafs (1972–73)	36–29–11
77	W	March 31, 1973	4–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1972–73)	37–29–11
78	T	April 1, 1973	3–3	@ New York Rangers (1972–73)	37–29–12

Playoffs

• The Red Wings did not qualify for the post season.

Player Stats

Regular Season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Redmond, MickeyMickey Redmond	RW	76	52	41	93	24	6	15	0	7
Dionne, MarcelMarcel Dionne	C	77	40	50	90	21	-4	10	0	6
Delvecchio, AlexAlex Delvecchio	C/LW	77	18	53	71	13	6	8	0	3
Libett, NickNick Libett	LW	78	19	34	53	56	1	4	1	3
Ecclestone, TimTim Ecclestone	LW	78	18	30	48	28	6	3	1	2
Berenson, RedRed Berenson	C	78	13	30	43	8	-14	5	0	1
Collins, BillBill Collins	RW	78	21	21	42	44	-1	1	1	6
Karlander, AlAl Karlander	C	77	15	22	37	25	2	4	0	4
Charron, GuyGuy Charron	C	75	18	18	36	23	9	0	0	2
Stackhouse, RonRon Stackhouse	D	78	5	29	34	82	22	0	0	0
Bergman, GaryGary Bergman	D	68	3	28	31	71	10	0	0	0
Boucha, HenryHenry Boucha	C	73	14	14	28	82	-2	0	1	0
Bergman, ThommieThommie Bergman	D	75	9	12	21	70	6	1	0	2
Fontaine, LenLen Fontaine	RW	39	8	10	18	6	-2	1	0	0
Bailey, GarnetGarnet Bailey	LW	13	2	11	13	16	2	0	0	0
Johnston, LarryLarry Johnston	D	73	1	12	13	169	6	0	0	1
Rochefort, LeonLeon Rochefort	RW	20	2	4	6	2	0	0	0	0
Doak, GaryGary Doak	D	44	0	5	5	51	5	0	0	0
Cook, BobBob Cook	RW	13	3	1	4	4	-11	1	0	0
Lavender, BrianBrian Lavender	LW	26	2	2	4	14	2	0	0	0
Murray, KenKen Murray	D	31	1	1	2	36	-1	0	0	0
Hogaboam, BillBill Hogaboam	C	4	1	0	1	2	-1	0	0	0
Lajeunesse, SergeSerge Lajeunesse	D/RW	28	0	1	1	26	-15	0	0	0
Gruen, DannyDanny Gruen	LW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ftorek, RobbieRobbie Ftorek	C/LW	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Newell, RickRick Newell	D	3	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Brown, AndyAndy Brown	G	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
DeJordy, DenisDenis DeJordy	G	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Edwards, RoyRoy Edwards	G	52	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Edwards, RoyRoy Edwards	3012	52	27	17	7	132	2.63	6
DeJordy, DenisDenis DeJordy	1331	24	8	11	3	83	3.74	1
Brown, AndyAndy Brown	337	7	2	1	2	20	3.56	0
Team:	4680	78	37	29	12	235	3.01	7

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus-minus PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts

Awards and Records

• The Red Wings did not win any awards this season.

See Also

• 1972–73 NHL season

References

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Stanley Cups	1936, 1937, 1943, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2008
Affiliates	Grand Rapids Griffins (AHL), Toledo Walleye (ECHL)