1972–73 New York Rangers season

1972–73 New York Rangers
Division	3rd East
1972–73 record	47–23–8
Goals for	297
Goals against	208
Team information
Coach	Emile Francis
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Jean Ratelle (41)
Assists	Rod Gilbert (59)
Points	Jean Ratelle (94)
Penalty minutes	Dale Rolfe (74)
Wins	Ed Giacomin (26)
Goals against average	Peter McDuffe (1.00)

The 1972–73 New York Rangers season was the Rangers' 47th season.

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 Schedule

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

Player Stats

Regular Season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Ratelle, JeanJean Ratelle	C	78	41	53	94	12	24	11	0	4
Gilbert, RodRod Gilbert	RW	76	25	59	84	25	12	6	0	4
Tkaczuk, WaltWalt Tkaczuk	C	76	27	39	66	59	35	6	1	7
Fairbairn, BillBill Fairbairn	RW	78	30	33	63	23	36	5	2	5
Hadfield, VicVic Hadfield	LW	63	28	34	62	60	13	9	0	4
Stemkowski, PetePete Stemkowski	C	78	22	37	59	71	28	2	0	1
Vickers, SteveSteve Vickers	LW	61	30	23	53	37	35	2	0	5
Park, BradBrad Park	D	52	10	43	53	51	31	4	0	1
Rousseau, BobbyBobby Rousseau	RW	78	8	37	45	14	1	2	0	3
Seiling, RodRod Seiling	D	72	9	33	42	36	43	1	1	2
Rolfe, DaleDale Rolfe	D	72	7	25	32	74	41	1	0	0
MacGregor, BruceBruce MacGregor	C	52	14	12	26	12	14	0	0	4
Sather, GlenGlen Sather	LW	77	11	15	26	64	16	1	1	2
Irvine, TedTed Irvine	LW	53	8	12	20	54	4	1	0	1
Neilson, JimJim Neilson	D	52	4	16	20	35	22	0	0	0
Carr, GeneGene Carr	C	50	9	10	19	50	-4	1	0	1
DeMarco, AbAb DeMarco	D	51	4	13	17	15	16	1	0	2
Harris, RonRon Harris	D	46	3	10	13	17	2	1	0	0
Murphy, MikeMike Murphy	RW	15	4	4	8	5	-5	0	0	1
Legge, RandyRandy Legge	D	12	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0
Giacomin, EdEd Giacomin	G	43	0	2	2	6	0	0	0	0
Heindl, BillBill Heindl	LW	4	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
Butler, JerryJerry Butler	RW	8	1	0	1	4	1	0	0	0
Sacharuk, LarryLarry Sacharuk	D	8	1	0	1	0	-1	0	0	0
Kannegiesser, SheldonSheldon Kannegiesser	D	3	0	1	1	4	3	0	0	0
Williams, TomTom Williams	LW	8	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
Stewart, RonRon Stewart	RW	11	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bennett, CurtCurt Bennett	LW	16	0	1	1	11	-2	0	0	0
Marshall, BertBert Marshall	D	8	0	0	0	14	-3	0	0	0
McDuffe, PeterPeter McDuffe	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Villemure, GillesGilles Villemure	G	34	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Giacomin, EdEd Giacomin	2580	43	26	11	6	125	2.91	4
Villemure, GillesGilles Villemure	2040	34	20	12	2	78	2.29	3
McDuffe, PeterPeter McDuffe	60	1	1	0	0	1	1.00	0
Team:	4680	78	47	23	8	204	2.62	7

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Tkaczuk, WaltWalt Tkaczuk	C	10	7	2	9	8	1	0	1
Vickers, SteveSteve Vickers	LW	10	5	4	9	4	0	0	0
Ratelle, JeanJean Ratelle	C	10	2	7	9	0	1	0	0
Fairbairn, BillBill Fairbairn	RW	10	1	8	9	2	0	0	0
Park, BradBrad Park	D	10	2	5	7	8	1	0	1
Gilbert, RodRod Gilbert	RW	10	5	1	6	2	0	0	1
Stemkowski, PetePete Stemkowski	C	10	4	2	6	6	1	0	1
Rousseau, BobbyBobby Rousseau	RW	10	2	3	5	4	0	0	0
Rolfe, DaleDale Rolfe	D	8	0	5	5	6	0	0	0
Hadfield, VicVic Hadfield	LW	9	2	2	4	11	0	0	1
MacGregor, BruceBruce MacGregor	C	10	2	2	4	2	0	0	0
Irvine, TedTed Irvine	LW	10	1	3	4	20	1	0	0
Neilson, JimJim Neilson	D	10	0	4	4	2	0	0	0
Harris, RonRon Harris	D	10	0	3	3	2	0	0	0
Carr, GeneGene Carr	C	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Marshall, BertBert Marshall	D	6	0	1	1	8	0	0	0
Kannegiesser, SheldonSheldon Kannegiesser	D	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Sather, GlenGlen Sather	LW	9	0	0	0	7	0	0	0
Murphy, MikeMike Murphy	RW	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Villemure, GillesGilles Villemure	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Giacomin, EdEd Giacomin	G	10	0	0	0	4	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Giacomin, EdEd Giacomin	539	10	5	4	23	2.56	1
Villemure, GillesGilles Villemure	61	2	0	1	2	1.97	0
Team:	600	10	5	5	25	2.50	1

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 NHL season

References

• 1972–73 New York Rangers Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-06.
• Rangers on Hockey Database

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