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The 1972–73 New York Raiders season was the inaugural season for the World Hockey Association (WHA) franchise.[1][2]

Offseason

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

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

[3]

Playoffs

Player stats

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Ron Ward C 77 51 67 118 28 0 12 1 5
Bobby Sheehan C 75 35 53 88 17 0 18 0 5
Wayne Rivers RW 75 37 40 77 47 0 4 0 4
Gene Peacosh LW 67 37 34 71 25 0 10 1 3
Norm Ferguson RW 56 28 40 68 8 0 8 1 5
Ken Block D 78 5 53 58 43 0 0 1 1
Brian Bradley LW 78 22 33 55 20 0 1 2 0
Mike Laughton C 67 16 20 36 44 0 1 0 0
Brian Perry C 74 13 20 33 30 0 3 1 0
Craig Reichmuth LW 73 13 14 27 127 0 0 0 0
Bill Speer D 69 3 23 26 40 0 0 0 0
Hal Willis D 74 3 21 24 159 0 0 0 0
Bob Jones LW 56 11 12 23 24 0 0 1 0
Kent Douglas D 60 3 15 18 74 0 0 0 0
Wally Olds D 61 5 7 12 4 0 0 0 0
Bob Winograd D 52 0 12 12 23 0 0 0 0
Jamie Kennedy RW/C 54 4 6 10 11 0 0 0 0
Garry Peters C 23 2 7 9 24 0 0 0 0
Brian Morenz C 30 7 1 8 23 0 1 2 0
Claude Chartre C 12 2 3 5 0 0 2 0 0
Alton White RW 13 1 4 5 2 0 0 0 0
Ted Scharf RW 29 2 2 4 72 0 0 0 0
Bob Brown D 17 0 4 4 6 0 0 0 0
Jean Gauthier D 31 2 1 3 21 0 0 0 0
Jarda Krupicka RW 30 1 2 3 4 0 0 0 0
Pete Donnelly G 47 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Gary Kurt G 36 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Blaine Rydman D 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
Ian Wilkie G 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Pete Donnelly 2606 47 22 19 2 155 3.57 2
Gary Kurt 1881 36 10 21 0 150 4.78 0
Ian Wilkie 253 5 1 3 0 27 6.40 0
Team: 4740 78 33 43 2 332 4.20 2

[4]

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

Transactions

Farm Team

Long Island Ducks, Eastern Hockey League

See also

References

  1. ^ World Hockey Association (1972). WHA 1972-73 Media Guide. World Hockey Association.
  2. ^ World Hockey Association (1973). WHA 1973-74 Media Guide. World Hockey Association.
  3. ^ "1972–73 New York Raiders Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 29, 2009.
  4. ^ "1972-73 New York Raiders Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 29, 2009.

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