1972–73 Minnesota Fighting Saints season

1972–73 Minnesota Fighting Saints
Division	4th Western
1972–73 record	38–37–3
Goals for	250
Goals against	269
Team Information
Coach	Glen Sonmor
Team Leaders

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Regular season

Final standings

Western Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PIM	Pts
Winnipeg Jets	78	43	31	4	285	249	757	90
Houston Aeros	78	39	35	4	284	269	1363	82
Los Angeles Sharks	78	37	35	6	259	250	1477	80
Minnesota Fighting Saints	78	38	37	3	250	269	843	79
Alberta Oilers	78	38	37	3	269	256	1134	79
Chicago Cougars	78	26	50	2	245	295	811	54

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

Game log

Regular season schedule
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 13, 1972	3–4	Winnipeg Jets (1972–73)	0–1–0
2	W	October 15, 1972	3–2	Chicago Cougars (1972–73)	1–1–0
3	L	October 17, 1972	1–5	Los Angeles Sharks (1972–73)	1–2–0
4	L	October 19, 1972	1–5	@ Houston Aeros (1972–73)	1–3–0
5	T	October 20, 1972	1–1	@ Winnipeg Jets (1972–73)	1–3–1
6	W	October 22, 1972	5–4	@ New York Raiders (1972–73)	2–3–1
7	L	October 23, 1972	1–5	@ New England Whalers (1972–73)	2–4–1
8	L	October 26, 1972	4–5	@ Quebec Nordiques (1972–73)	2–5–1
9	W	November 1, 1972	3–0	Winnipeg Jets (1972–73)	3–5–1
10	L	November 2, 1972	2–4	New York Raiders (1972–73)	3–6–1
11	W	November 5, 1972	3–1	Philadelphia Blazers (1972–73)	4–6–1
12	W	November 10, 1972	5–1	@ Winnipeg Jets (1972–73)	5–6–1
13	W	November 14, 1972	5–3	Cleveland Crusaders (1972–73)	6–6–1
14	W	November 16, 1972	5–4	Quebec Nordiques (1972–73)	7–6–1
15	W	November 18, 1972	5–4 OT	@ Philadelphia Blazers (1972–73)	8–6–1
16	L	November 19, 1972	3–4	Chicago Cougars (1972–73)	8–7–1
17	W	November 21, 1972	4–3 OT	Alberta Oilers (1972–73)	9–7–1
18	W	November 23, 1972	4–3	Los Angeles Sharks (1972–73)	10–7–1
19	W	November 24, 1972	6–4	@ Philadelphia Blazers (1972–73)	11–7–1
20	W	November 26, 1972	3–1	New England Whalers (1972–73)	12–7–1
21	L	November 28, 1972	2–3 OT	@ Ottawa Nationals (1972–73)	12–8–1
22	L	November 30, 1972	2–5	@ New York Raiders (1972–73)	12–9–1
23	W	December 1, 1972	6–4	@ Alberta Oilers (1972–73)	13–9–1
24	L	December 3, 1972	1–5	@ Winnipeg Jets (1972–73)	13–10–1
25	L	December 5, 1972	2–3 OT	Chicago Cougars (1972–73)	13–11–1
26	W	December 7, 1972	3–0	Houston Aeros (1972–73)	14–11–1
27	L	December 8, 1972	3–4 OT	@ Chicago Cougars (1972–73)	14–12–1
28	W	December 10, 1972	4–3 OT	Cleveland Crusaders (1972–73)	15–12–1
29	T	December 12, 1972	3–3	@ Los Angeles Sharks (1972–73)	15–12–2
30	W	December 14, 1972	6–3	@ Chicago Cougars (1972–73)	16–12–2
31	L	December 15, 1972	2–3	Houston Aeros (1972–73)	16–13–2
32	W	December 17, 1972	4–2	Chicago Cougars (1972–73)	17–13–2
33	W	December 19, 1972	7–5	New England Whalers (1972–73)	18–13–2
34	W	December 21, 1972	3–0	Winnipeg Jets (1972–73)	19–13–2
35	L	December 23, 1972	1–3	@ Cleveland Crusaders (1972–73)	19–14–2
36	L	December 26, 1972	2–6	Philadelphia Blazers (1972–73)	19–15–2
37	W	December 28, 1972	4–2	@ Los Angeles Sharks (1972–73)	20–15–2
38	L	December 29, 1972	2–5	@ Los Angeles Sharks (1972–73)	20–16–2
39	T	January 1, 1973	4–4	Houston Aeros (1972–73)	20–16–3
40	L	January 7, 1973	2–6	Winnipeg Jets (1972–73)	20–17–3
41	L	January 9, 1973	3–4 OT	Los Angeles Sharks (1972–73)	20–18–3
42	L	January 11, 1973	3–4	Cleveland Crusaders (1972–73)	20–19–3
43	W	January 12, 1973	3–2	Quebec Nordiques (1972–73)	21–19–3
44	W	January 14, 1973	3–2 OT	Ottawa Nationals (1972–73)	22–19–3
45	L	January 16, 1973	1–3	@ Winnipeg Jets (1972–73)	22–20–3
46	L	January 18, 1973	3–6	@ Ottawa Nationals (1972–73)	22–21–3
47	W	January 20, 1973	10–5	@ Quebec Nordiques (1972–73)	23–21–3
48	W	January 22, 1973	3–2	@ New York Raiders (1972–73)	24–21–3
49	L	January 25, 1973	2–5	Houston Aeros (1972–73)	24–22–3
50	W	January 26, 1973	4–2	Ottawa Nationals (1972–73)	25–22–3
51	L	January 30, 1973	2–4	@ Chicago Cougars (1972–73)	25–23–3
52	L	February 1, 1973	2–4	@ Quebec Nordiques (1972–73)	25–24–3
53	L	February 3, 1973	1–7	@ Houston Aeros (1972–73)	25–25–3
54	W	February 5, 1973	6–3	@ Houston Aeros (1972–73)	26–25–3
55	W	February 6, 1973	5–4	New York Raiders (1972–73)	27–25–3
56	L	February 8, 1973	1–3	@ Los Angeles Sharks (1972–73)	27–26–3
57	L	February 9, 1973	0–6	@ Alberta Oilers (1972–73)	27–27–3
58	L	February 11, 1973	5–7	@ Alberta Oilers (1972–73)	27–28–3
59	W	February 15, 1973	3–0	Ottawa Nationals (1972–73)	28–28–3
60	W	February 17, 1973	7–3	@ Cleveland Crusaders (1972–73)	29–28–3
61	W	February 18, 1973	7–5	Chicago Cougars (1972–73)	30–28–3
62	L	February 25, 1973	1–4	@ Houston Aeros (1972–73)	30–29–3
63	W	February 27, 1973	3–0	Philadelphia Blazers (1972–73)	31–29–3
64	L	March 1, 1973	1–4	Los Angeles Sharks (1972–73)	31–30–3
65	W	March 4, 1973	4–2	New England Whalers (1972–73)	32–30–3
66	W	March 6, 1973	4–3 OT	Alberta Oilers (1972–73)	33–30–3
67	L	March 8, 1973	1–2	@ Philadelphia Blazers (1972–73)	33–31–3
68	L	March 10, 1973	1–3	@ New England Whalers (1972–73)	33–32–3
69	W	March 11, 1973	2–1	Alberta Oilers (1972–73)	34–32–3
70	W	March 15, 1973	7–4	@ Chicago Cougars (1972–73)	35–32–3
71	L	March 16, 1973	4–7	@ New England Whalers (1972–73)	35–33–3
72	L	March 20, 1973	3–5	@ Alberta Oilers (1972–73)	35–34–3
73	W	March 22, 1973	2–1 OT	@ Chicago Cougars (1972–73)	36–34–3
74	W	March 24, 1973	2–1 OT	@ Cleveland Crusaders (1972–73)	37–34–3
75	L	March 25, 1973	1–6	@ Ottawa Nationals (1972–73)	37–35–3
76	W	March 27, 1973	4–3	New York Raiders (1972–73)	38–35–3
77	L	March 29, 1973	3–5	Quebec Nordiques (1972–73)	38–36–3
78	L	March 30, 1973	3–5	Alberta Oilers (1972–73)	38–37–3

Player stats

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Connelly, WayneWayne Connelly C 78 40 30 70 16 0 10 0 6 Hampson, TedTed Hampson C 77 17 45 62 20 0 4 0 2 Klatt, BillBill Klatt RW 78 36 22 58 22 0 12 0 5 McMahon, MikeMike McMahon D 75 12 39 51 87 0 4 0 0 Christiansen, KeithKeith Christiansen C 64 12 30 42 24 0 2 0 0 Morrison, GeorgeGeorge Morrison LW 70 16 24 40 20 0 9 0 0 MacMillan, BobBob MacMillan RW 75 13 27 40 48 0 1 0 0 Ball, TerryTerry Ball D 78 6 34 40 66 0 1 0 0 Antonovich, MikeMike Antonovich C 75 20 19 39 46 0 1 0 0 Arbour, JohnJohn Arbour D 76 6 27 33 186 0 1 0 0 Speck, FredFred Speck C 47 13 16 29 52 0 5 0 0 Johnson, JimJim Johnson C 33 9 14 23 12 0 0 0 0 Lilyholm, LenLen Lilyholm RW 77 8 13 21 37 0 0 0 0 Pearson, MelMel Pearson LW 70 8 12 20 12 0 0 0 0 Ryan, TerryTerry Ryan C 76 13 6 19 13 0 1 6 0 Paradise, DickDick Paradise D 77 3 15 18 189 0 0 0 0 Sanders, FrankFrank Sanders D 76 8 8 16 94 0 1 0 0 Konik, GeorgeGeorge Konik D/LW 54 4 12 16 34 0 0 0 0 Young, BillBill Young LW 23 5 6 11 20 0 2 0 0 Falkman, CraigCraig Falkman RW 45 1 5 6 12 0 0 0 0 Curran, MikeMike Curran G 43 0 1 1 26 0 0 0 0 Rydman, BlaineBlaine Rydman D 29 0 1 1 65 0 0 0 0 McCartan, JackJack McCartan G 38 0 0 0 19 0 0 0 0 Wetzel, CarlCarl Wetzel G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO Curran, MikeMike Curran 2540 43 23 17 2 131 3.09 4 McCartan, JackJack McCartan 2160 38 15 19 1 129 3.58 1 Wetzel, CarlCarl Wetzel 60 1 0 1 0 3 3.00 0 Team: 4760 78 38 37 3 263 3.32 5

Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG McMahon, MikeMike McMahon D 5 0 5 5 2 0 0 0 Hampson, TedTed Hampson C 5 3 1 4 0 0 0 0 Connelly, WayneWayne Connelly C 5 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 Klatt, BillBill Klatt RW 5 1 3 4 5 1 0 0 Johnson, JimJim Johnson C 5 2 1 3 2 0 0 0 Ball, TerryTerry Ball D 5 1 2 3 4 1 0 0 MacMillan, BobBob MacMillan RW 5 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 Antonovich, MikeMike Antonovich C 5 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 Pearson, MelMel Pearson LW 5 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 Morrison, GeorgeGeorge Morrison LW 5 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 Young, BillBill Young LW 5 1 1 2 4 0 0 1 Ryan, TerryTerry Ryan C 5 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 Christiansen, KeithKeith Christiansen C 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 Lilyholm, LenLen Lilyholm RW 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 Arbour, JohnJohn Arbour D 5 0 1 1 12 0 0 0 McCartan, JackJack McCartan G 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 Paradise, DickDick Paradise D 5 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 Sanders, FrankFrank Sanders D 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 Curran, MikeMike Curran G 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rydman, BlaineBlaine Rydman D 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO McCartan, JackJack McCartan 213 4 1 2 14 3.94 0 Curran, MikeMike Curran 90 2 0 2 9 6.00 0 Team: 303 5 1 4 23 4.55 0

Note: Pos = Position; 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;

See also

• 1972–73 WHA season