1972–73 St. Louis Blues season

1972–73 St. Louis Blues
Division	4th West
1972–73 record	32-34-12
Goals for	233
Goals against	251
Team information
General manager	Sid Abel
Coach	Jean-Guy Talbot
Captain	Barclay Plager
Team leaders
Goals	Garry Unger (41)
Assists	Garry Unger (39)
Points	Garry Unger (80)
Penalty minutes	Steve Durbano (231)
Wins	Wayne Stephenson (18)
Goals against average	Bob Johnson (2.68)

The 1972–73 St. Louis Blues season was the St. Louis Blues' 6th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Blues finished 4th in the West Division and lost in the Quarter-finals to the Chicago Black Hawks 4 games to 1.

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

Player Stats

Regular Season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Unger, GarryGarry Unger	C	78	41	39	80	119	7	13	1	5
Egers, JackJack Egers	RW	78	24	24	48	26	1	4	0	4
Sabourin, GaryGary Sabourin	RW	76	21	27	48	30	-5	1	0	2
Murphy, MikeMike Murphy	RW	64	18	27	45	48	13	3	0	3
Roberto, PhilPhil Roberto	RW	77	20	22	42	99	-12	2	0	5
O'Shea, DannyDanny O'Shea	C	75	12	26	38	30	-5	0	2	2
Huck, FranFran Huck	C	58	16	20	36	20	-1	2	0	2
Thomson, FloydFloyd Thomson	LW	75	14	20	34	71	-2	1	0	1
Plager, BarclayBarclay Plager	D	68	8	25	33	102	0	3	0	2
Plager, BobBob Plager	D	77	2	31	33	107	-1	0	0	1
Plante, PierrePierre Plante	RW	49	12	13	25	56	8	0	0	1
St. Marseille, FrankFrank St. Marseille	RW	45	7	18	25	8	-6	3	0	0
Merrick, WayneWayne Merrick	C	50	10	11	21	10	-2	3	0	0
Evans, ChrisChris Evans	D	77	9	12	21	31	-2	0	2	3
Durbano, SteveSteve Durbano	D	49	3	18	21	231	-3	0	0	0
McCord, BobBob McCord	D	43	1	13	14	33	-5	0	0	0
DeMarco, AbAb DeMarco	D	14	4	9	13	2	4	2	1	1
Hamel, JeanJean Hamel	D	55	2	7	9	24	-5	0	0	0
O'Shea, KevinKevin O'Shea	RW	37	3	5	8	31	-13	0	0	0
Dupont, AndreAndre Dupont	D	25	1	6	7	51	-2	0	0	0
Lampman, MikeMike Lampman	LW	18	2	3	5	2	4	0	0	0
Curtis, PaulPaul Curtis	D	29	1	4	5	6	2	0	0	0
Madigan, ConnieConnie Madigan	D	20	0	3	3	25	1	0	0	0
Hughes, BrentBrent Hughes	D	8	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	0
Hamilton, ChuckChuck Hamilton	LW	3	0	2	2	2	4	0	0	0
Picard, NoelNoel Picard	D	16	1	0	1	10	-2	0	0	0
Noris, JoeJoe Noris	C/D	2	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0
Lafreniere, RogerRoger Lafreniere	LW	10	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Johnson, BobBob Johnson	G	12	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0
Caron, JacquesJacques Caron	G	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stephenson, WayneWayne Stephenson	G	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Stephenson, WayneWayne Stephenson	2535	45	18	15	7	128	3.03	1
Caron, JacquesJacques Caron	1562	30	8	14	5	92	3.53	1
Johnson, BobBob Johnson	583	12	6	5	0	26	2.68	0
Team:	4680	78	32	34	12	246	3.15	2

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Huck, FranFran Huck	C	5	2	2	4	0	1	0	0
Roberto, PhilPhil Roberto	RW	5	2	1	3	4	0	0	0
Unger, GarryGarry Unger	C	5	1	2	3	2	0	0	0
Plante, PierrePierre Plante	RW	5	2	0	2	15	0	0	0
DeMarco, AbAb DeMarco	D	4	1	1	2	2	1	0	0
Sabourin, GaryGary Sabourin	RW	5	1	1	2	0	0	0	1
Durbano, SteveSteve Durbano	D	5	0	2	2	8	0	0	0
Plager, BobBob Plager	D	5	0	2	2	2	0	0	0
Egers, JackJack Egers	RW	5	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
Evans, ChrisChris Evans	D	5	0	1	1	4	0	0	0
Merrick, WayneWayne Merrick	C	5	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
Plager, BarclayBarclay Plager	D	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Thomson, FloydFloyd Thomson	LW	5	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
O'Shea, KevinKevin O'Shea	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hamel, JeanJean Hamel	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Curtis, PaulPaul Curtis	D	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Madigan, ConnieConnie Madigan	D	5	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
O'Shea, DannyDanny O'Shea	C	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Caron, JacquesJacques Caron	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stephenson, WayneWayne Stephenson	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Stephenson, WayneWayne Stephenson	160	3	1	2	14	5.25	0
Caron, JacquesJacques Caron	140	3	0	2	8	3.43	0
Team:	300	5	1	4	22	4.40	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

Awards and Records

• The Blues did not win any awards this season.

Draft Picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club Team
1	9.	Wayne Merrick		Canada	Ottawa 67's (OHA)

Gallery

Bobby Orr scores on Jacques Caron, January 4, 1973.

Video

Six minutes of highlights of the Buffalo Sabres last regular season game of the 1972-73 season in which they earn their first playoff berth with a 3-1 win over the St. Louis Blues.

Buffalo Sabres First Trip to the Playoffs (1972-73 )

See Also

• 1972–73 NHL season

References

• 1972–73 St. Louis Blues Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-06.
• Blues on Hockey Database