1972–73 Philadelphia Blazers season

1972–73 Philadelphia Blazers
Division	3rd Eastern
1972–73 record	38–40–0
Goals for	288
Goals against	305
Team Information
Coach	John McKenzie
Team Leaders

The 1972–73 Philadelphia Blazers season was the first season of the Blazers' franchise in the World Hockey Association. It would also be the only season of the Blazers in Philadelphia, as the team relocated to Vancouver for the following season. The Blazers finished third and qualified for the playoffs losing in the first round to the Cleveland Crusaders.

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

Playoffs

Goalie Bernie Parent

Player stats

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Lacroix, AndreAndre Lacroix C 78 50 74 124 83 0 16 0 11 Lawson, DannyDanny Lawson RW 78 61 45 106 35 0 20 3 6 McKenzie, JohnJohn McKenzie RW 60 28 50 78 157 0 8 1 7 Campbell, BryanBryan Campbell C 75 25 48 73 85 0 6 0 1 Herriman, DonDon Herriman LW 78 24 48 72 63 0 9 0 4 Plumb, RonRon Plumb D 78 10 41 51 66 0 6 0 0 Burgess, DonDon Burgess LW 74 20 22 42 15 0 1 3 0 O'Donoghue, DonDon O'Donoghue RW 74 16 23 39 43 0 1 0 0 Spencer, IrvIrv Spencer D 54 2 27 29 43 0 0 0 0 Cardiff, JimJim Cardiff D 78 3 24 27 185 0 0 2 0 Plante, MichelMichel Plante LW 70 13 12 25 35 0 0 0 0 Campeau, RychardRychard Campeau D 75 1 18 19 72 0 1 0 0 Migneault, JohnJohn Migneault LW 55 10 8 18 38 0 1 0 0 Boudreau, MichelMichel Boudreau C 33 7 7 14 4 0 1 0 0 Lapierre, CamilleCamille Lapierre D 24 5 9 14 2 0 0 0 0 Bennett, JohnJohn Bennett LW 34 4 6 10 18 0 1 0 0 Sanderson, DerekDerek Sanderson C 8 3 3 6 69 0 0 1 0 Henry, PierrePierre Henry C 19 2 3 5 13 0 0 0 0 Harker, DerekDerek Harker D 27 0 5 5 46 0 0 0 0 Gravel, JohnJohn Gravel D 8 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 Polano, NickNick Polano D 17 0 3 3 24 0 0 0 0 Meloche, DenisDenis Meloche C 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 Hutchison, DaveDave Hutchison D 28 0 2 2 34 0 0 0 0 Paiement, PierrePierre Paiement RW 8 1 0 1 18 0 0 0 0 St. Sauveur, ClaudeClaude St. Sauveur C 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Archambault, YvesYves Archambault G 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Mosdell, WayneWayne Mosdell D 8 0 1 1 12 0 0 0 0 Parent, BernieBernie Parent G 63 0 1 1 36 0 0 0 0 Rouleau, MichelMichel Rouleau C 6 0 1 1 15 0 0 0 0 Brown, BobBob Brown D 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 Chipchase, JackJack Chipchase D 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 Cottringer, TomTom Cottringer G 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Gellard, SamSam Gellard LW 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Golembrosky, FrankFrank Golembrosky RW 8 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 Mavety, LarryLarry Mavety D 4 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 Mott, DarwinDarwin Mott LW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Myers, MurrayMurray Myers RW 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Paille, MarcelMarcel Paille G 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sullivan, DannyDanny Sullivan G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO Parent, BernieBernie Parent 3653 63 33 28 0 220 3.61 2 Paille, MarcelMarcel Paille 611 15 2 8 0 49 4.81 0 Archambault, YvesYves Archambault 260 6 1 3 0 17 3.92 0 Cottringer, TomTom Cottringer 122 2 1 1 0 8 3.93 0 Sullivan, DannyDanny Sullivan 60 1 1 0 0 3 3.00 0 Team: 4706 78 38 40 0 297 3.79 2

Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG McKenzie, JohnJohn McKenzie RW 4 3 1 4 8 1 0 0 Lacroix, AndreAndre Lacroix C 4 0 2 2 18 0 0 0 Lapierre, CamilleCamille Lapierre D 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 Plumb, RonRon Plumb D 4 0 2 2 13 0 0 0 Burgess, DonDon Burgess LW 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 Campeau, RychardRychard Campeau D 4 1 0 1 17 1 0 0 Herriman, DonDon Herriman LW 4 1 0 1 14 1 0 0 Campbell, BryanBryan Campbell C 3 0 1 1 8 0 0 0 Lawson, DannyDanny Lawson RW 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 O'Donoghue, DonDon O'Donoghue RW 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 Archambault, YvesYves Archambault G 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Boudreau, MichelMichel Boudreau C 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cardiff, JimJim Cardiff D 4 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 Hutchison, DaveDave Hutchison D 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Migneault, JohnJohn Migneault LW 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Myers, MurrayMurray Myers RW 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Paille, MarcelMarcel Paille G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Parent, BernieBernie Parent G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Plante, MichelMichel Plante LW 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 Spencer, IrvIrv Spencer D 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO Archambault, YvesYves Archambault 153 3 0 2 11 4.31 0 Paille, MarcelMarcel Paille 27 1 0 1 5 11.11 0 Parent, BernieBernie Parent 70 1 0 1 3 2.57 0 Team: 250 4 0 4 19 4.56 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