1972–73 New York Raiders season

1972–73 New York Raiders
Division	6th Eastern
1972–73 record	33–43–2
Home record	23-15-1
Road record	10-28-1
Goals for	303
Goals against	334
Team Information
General Manager	Marvin Milkes
Coach	Camille Henry (32-43-2) Ian Wilkie (1-0-0)
Captain	Norm Ferguson
Alternate captains	Ken Block Mike Laughton Ron Ward
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Average attendance	5,868 (34.0%)
Team Leaders
Goals	Ron Ward (51)
Assists	Ron Ward (67)
Points	Ron Ward (118)
Penalties in minutes	Hal Willis (159)
Wins	Pete Donnelly (22)
Goals against average	Peter Donnelly (3.56)

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The 1972–73 New York Raiders season was the Raiders 1st season in the World Hockey Association (WHA). The Raiders finished 6th in the Eastern Division and did not qualify for the playoffs.

Off-season

Gene Peacosh and Gary Kurt's 1972-73 jerseys.

The Raiders jersey colours for their only WHA season were orange, white and blue with a primarily white home jersey and a primarily orange away jersey. Jersey numbers and names were outlined. Shoulders yolks and three stripes on the arms and body completed the design. The logo on the home jersey featured a roundel containing a hockey-playing Viking against a New York City background with "RAIDERS" at the bottom. The away jersey logo was simply "RAIDERS" spelt out in an arc. Both jerseys had the player's names on the back with no nameplate.

Regular Season

Final Standings

Eastern Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PIM	Pts
New England Whalers	78	46	30	2	318	263	858	94
Cleveland Crusaders	78	43	32	3	287	239	1095	89
Philadelphia Blazers	78	38	40	0	288	305	1260	76
Ottawa Nationals	78	35	39	4	279	301	1067	74
Quebec Nordiques	78	33	40	5	276	313	1354	71
New York Raiders	78	33	43	2	303	334	900	68

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 12, 1972	4–6	Winnipeg Jets (1972–73)	0–1–0
2	W	October 14, 1972	8–6	Ottawa Nationals (1972–73)	1–1–0
3	W	October 15, 1972	5–0	Philadelphia Blazers (1972–73)	2–1–0
4	L	October 17, 1972	3–4 OT	@ Cleveland Crusaders (1972–73)	2–2–0
5	L	October 19, 1972	1–3	Cleveland Crusaders (1972–73)	2–3–0
6	W	October 21, 1972	3–2	Houston Aeros (1972–73)	3–3–0
7	L	October 22, 1972	4–5	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1972–73)	3–4–0
8	W	October 26, 1972	7–6	New England Whalers (1972–73)	4–4–0
9	L	October 28, 1972	3–4 OT	Los Angeles Sharks (1972–73)	4–5–0
10	W	October 29, 1972	7–2	Alberta Oilers (1972–73)	5–5–0
11	W	November 2, 1972	4–2	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1972–73)	6–5–0
12	W	November 3, 1972	9–6	@ Winnipeg Jets (1972–73)	7–5–0
13	L	November 5, 1972	1–3	@ Winnipeg Jets (1972–73)	7–6–0
14	L	November 7, 1972	2–4	@ Alberta Oilers (1972–73)	7–7–0
15	L	November 8, 1972	1–2	@ Los Angeles Sharks (1972–73)	7–8–0
16	L	November 11, 1972	5–6	@ New England Whalers (1972–73)	7–9–0
17	L	November 15, 1972	4–7	@ Quebec Nordiques (1972–73)	7–10–0
18	W	November 18, 1972	7–1	Quebec Nordiques (1972–73)	8–10–0
19	W	November 19, 1972	5–0	Philadelphia Blazers (1972–73)	9–10–0
20	W	November 22, 1972	3–1	New England Whalers (1972–73)	10–10–0
21	W	November 25, 1972	4–2	Alberta Oilers (1972–73)	11–10–0
22	L	November 26, 1972	2–6	Los Angeles Sharks (1972–73)	11–11–0
23	W	November 29, 1972	7–6	New England Whalers (1972–73)	12–11–0
24	W	November 30, 1972	5–2	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1972–73)	13–11–0
25	L	December 2, 1972	2–7	Houston Aeros (1972–73)	13–12–0
26	W	December 3, 1972	5–2	Cleveland Crusaders (1972–73)	14–12–0
27	W	December 5, 1972	6–4	@ Houston Aeros (1972–73)	15–12–0
28	L	December 6, 1972	3–4	@ New England Whalers (1972–73)	15–13–0
29	L	December 8, 1972	1–3	@ Philadelphia Blazers (1972–73)	15–14–0
30	L	December 9, 1972	2–4	@ New England Whalers (1972–73)	15–15–0
31	W	December 11, 1972	8–3	Chicago Cougars (1972–73)	16–15–0
32	W	December 13, 1972	9–1	Quebec Nordiques (1972–73)	17–15–0
33	W	December 14, 1972	4–3	@ Ottawa Nationals (1972–73)	18–15–0
34	L	December 17, 1972	3–4	Winnipeg Jets (1972–73)	18–16–0
35	W	December 19, 1972	7–2	@ Philadelphia Blazers (1972–73)	19–16–0
36	L	December 21, 1972	2–6	@ Cleveland Crusaders (1972–73)	19–17–0
37	W	December 22, 1972	7–5	Ottawa Nationals (1972–73)	20–17–0
38	L	December 25, 1972	2–8	New England Whalers (1972–73)	20–18–0
39	W	December 26, 1972	5–2	@ Quebec Nordiques (1972–73)	21–18–0
40	L	December 31, 1972	0–3	New England Whalers (1972–73)	21–19–0
41	L	January 1, 1973	0–3	Philadelphia Blazers (1972–73)	21–20–0
42	W	January 4, 1973	9–4	Ottawa Nationals (1972–73)	22–20–0
43	L	January 8, 1973	5–6 OT	Quebec Nordiques (1972–73)	22–21–0
44	W	January 10, 1973	4–1	@ Philadelphia Blazers (1972–73)	23–21–0
45	L	January 11, 1973	1–4	@ Ottawa Nationals (1972–73)	23–22–0
46	L	January 13, 1973	3–4	@ New England Whalers (1972–73)	23–23–0
47	T	January 18, 1973	4–4	@ Quebec Nordiques (1972–73)	23–23–1
48	L	January 22, 1973	2–3	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1972–73)	23–24–1
49	L	January 25, 1973	2–9	@ Chicago Cougars (1972–73)	23–25–1
50	W	January 26, 1973	5–4 OT	@ Los Angeles Sharks (1972–73)	24–25–1
51	L	January 28, 1973	2–9	@ Los Angeles Sharks (1972–73)	24–26–1
52	L	January 30, 1973	3–11	@ Alberta Oilers (1972–73)	24–27–1
53	L	February 1, 1973	5–8	@ Alberta Oilers (1972–73)	24–28–1
54	L	February 3, 1973	2–4	@ Chicago Cougars (1972–73)	24–29–1
55	W	February 4, 1973	5–4	Quebec Nordiques (1972–73)	25–29–1
56	L	February 6, 1973	4–5	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1972–73)	25–30–1
57	W	February 8, 1973	3–2	@ Ottawa Nationals (1972–73)	26–30–1
58	L	February 10, 1973	4–8	@ Cleveland Crusaders (1972–73)	26–31–1
59	W	February 11, 1973	3–2	Ottawa Nationals (1972–73)	27–31–1
60	L	February 12, 1973	2–8	@ Cleveland Crusaders (1972–73)	27–32–1
61	L	February 16, 1973	2–9	@ Philadelphia Blazers (1972–73)	27–33–1
62	W	February 21, 1973	5–4	Alberta Oilers (1972–73)	28–33–1
63	W	February 25, 1973	9–5	Cleveland Crusaders (1972–73)	29–33–1
64	L	March 1, 1973	1–2	@ Ottawa Nationals (1972–73)	29–34–1
65	L	March 3, 1973	3–4	Cleveland Crusaders (1972–73)	29–35–1
66	L	March 4, 1973	2–4	Philadelphia Blazers (1972–73)	29–36–1
67	T	March 5, 1973	4–4	Chicago Cougars (1972–73)	29–36–2
68	W	March 10, 1973	3–2 OT	Winnipeg Jets (1972–73)	30–36–2
69	L	March 11, 1973	1–6	@ Quebec Nordiques (1972–73)	30–37–2
70	W	March 12, 1973	8–7	Chicago Cougars (1972–73)	31–37–2
71	W	March 14, 1973	5–1	Houston Aeros (1972–73)	32–37–2
72	L	March 15, 1973	2–6	Los Angeles Sharks (1972–73)	32–38–2
73	L	March 17, 1973	3–6	@ Chicago Cougars (1972–73)	32–39–2
74	W	March 18, 1973	3–2 OT	@ Houston Aeros (1972–73)	33–39–2
75	L	March 25, 1973	4–8	@ Winnipeg Jets (1972–73)	33–40–2
76	L	March 27, 1973	3–4	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1972–73)	33–41–2
77	L	March 29, 1973	3–5	@ Houston Aeros (1972–73)	33–42–2
78	L	March 30, 1973	4–5 OT	@ New England Whalers (1972–73)	33–43–2

Playoffs

• The Raiders did not qualify for the post season.

Player Stats

Regular Season
Scoring
# Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG 6 Ward, RonRon Ward C 77 51 67 118 28 0 12 1 5 7 Sheehan, BobbyBobby Sheehan C 75 35 53 88 17 0 18 0 5 12 Rivers, WayneWayne Rivers RW 75 37 40 77 47 0 4 0 4 25 Peacosh, GeneGene Peacosh LW 67 37 34 71 25 0 10 1 3 9 Ferguson, NormNorm Ferguson RW 56 28 40 68 8 0 8 1 5 17 Block, KenKen Block D 78 5 53 58 43 0 0 1 1 14 Bradley, BrianBrian Bradley LW 78 22 33 55 20 0 1 2 0 18 Laughton, MikeMike Laughton C 67 16 20 36 44 0 1 0 0 19 Perry, BrianBrian Perry C 74 13 20 33 30 0 3 1 0 11 Reichmuth, CraigCraig Reichmuth LW 73 13 14 27 127 0 0 0 0 24 Speer, BillBill Speer D 69 3 23 26 40 0 0 0 0 5 Willis, HalHal Willis D 74 3 21 24 159 0 0 0 0 Jones, BobBob Jones LW 56 11 12 23 24 0 0 1 0 21 Douglas, KentKent Douglas D 60 3 15 18 74 0 0 0 0 4 Olds, WallyWally Olds D 61 5 7 12 4 0 0 0 0 2 Winograd, BobBob Winograd D 52 0 12 12 23 0 0 0 0 16 Kennedy, JamieJamie Kennedy RW/C 54 4 6 10 11 0 0 0 0 8 Peters, GarryGarry Peters C 23 2 7 9 24 0 0 0 0 15 Morenz, BrianBrian Morenz C 30 7 1 8 23 0 1 2 0 22 Chartre, ClaudeClaude Chartre C 12 2 3 5 0 0 2 0 0 10 White, AltonAlton White RW 13 1 4 5 2 0 0 0 0 20 Scharf, TedTed Scharf RW 29 2 2 4 72 0 0 0 0 Brown, BobBob Brown D 17 0 4 4 6 0 0 0 0 3 Gauthier, JeanJean Gauthier D 31 2 1 3 21 0 0 0 0 28 Krupicka, JardaJarda Krupicka RW 30 1 2 3 4 0 0 0 0 Rydman, BlaineBlaine Rydman D 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 Wilkie, IanIan Wilkie G 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 Kurt, GaryGary Kurt G 36 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 23 Donnelly, PetePete Donnelly G 47 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO Donnelly, PetePete Donnelly 2606 47 22 19 2 155 3.57 2 Kurt, GaryGary Kurt 1881 36 10 21 0 150 4.78 0 Wilkie, IanIan Wilkie 253 5 1 3 0 27 6.40 0 Team: 4740 78 33 43 2 332 4.20 2

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

Awards and Records

• Ron Ward, Center, WHA Second Team All-Star

Farm Teams

• Long Island Ducks, Eastern Hockey League

Gallery

Brian Morenz and Gerry Cheevers, October 2, 1972.

Ted Green and Kent Douglas, December 9, 1972.

Ron Ward and Wayne Carleton in 1972-73 season action.

Bobby Hull, Wally Olds, Dunc Rousseau, Pete Donnelly in 1972-73 season action.

Brian Bradley, Frank Hughes, Bill Speer and Pete Donnelly in 1972-73 season action.

Ken Block and Gary Kurt in 1972-73 season action.

See Also

• 1972–73 WHA season