1972–73 Philadelphia Blazers season

1972–73 Philadelphia Blazers
Division 3rd Eastern
1972–73 record 38–40–0 (76 pts)
Home record 23–15–0
Road record 15–25–0
Goals for 288
Goals against 305
Team information
General Manager Dave Creighton
Phil Watson
Coach John McKenzie
Phil Watson
Captain Derek Sanderson
Andre Lacroix
Arena Civic Center
Team leaders
Goals Danny Lawson (61)
Assists Andre Lacroix (74)
Points Andre Lacroix (124)
Penalties in minutes Jim Cardiff (185)
Wins Bernie Parent (33)
Goals against average Bernie Parent (3.61)

1973–74 >

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 126076
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
1LOctober 12, 19723–4 @ New England Whalers (1972–73) 0–1–0
2LOctober 15, 19720–5 @ New York Raiders (1972–73) 0–2–0
3LOctober 19, 19722–4 @ Los Angeles Sharks (1972–73) 0–3–0
4LOctober 20, 19721–4 @ Alberta Oilers (1972–73) 0–4–0
5LOctober 22, 19723–6 @ Winnipeg Jets (1972–73) 0–5–0
6LOctober 24, 19723–5 @ Winnipeg Jets (1972–73) 0–6–0
7LOctober 25, 19722–8 Cleveland Crusaders (1972–73) 0–7–0
8WOctober 27, 19725–4 Los Angeles Sharks (1972–73) 1–7–0
9LOctober 28, 19723–5 Ottawa Nationals (1972–73) 1–8–0
10WNovember 1, 19727–5 @ Cleveland Crusaders (1972–73) 2–8–0
11LNovember 2, 19723–6 @ Quebec Nordiques (1972–73) 2–9–0
12LNovember 4, 19724–8 @ New England Whalers (1972–73) 2–10–0
13LNovember 5, 19721–3 @ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1972–73) 2–11–0
14LNovember 12, 19721–2 @ Ottawa Nationals (1972–73) 2–12–0
15WNovember 14, 19724–3 @ Chicago Cougars (1972–73) 3–12–0
16LNovember 18, 19724–5 OT Minnesota Fighting Saints (1972–73) 3–13–0
17LNovember 19, 19720–5 @ New York Raiders (1972–73) 3–14–0
18WNovember 22, 19725–4 OT Alberta Oilers (1972–73) 4–14–0
19LNovember 24, 19724–6 Minnesota Fighting Saints (1972–73) 4–15–0
20LNovember 25, 19723–4 Chicago Cougars (1972–73) 4–16–0
21WNovember 28, 19724–3 Los Angeles Sharks (1972–73) 5–16–0
22WDecember 1, 19725–3 New England Whalers (1972–73) 6–16–0
23LDecember 2, 19722–8 @ Cleveland Crusaders (1972–73) 6–17–0
24LDecember 5, 19723–4 OT Cleveland Crusaders (1972–73) 6–18–0
25WDecember 8, 19723–1 New York Raiders (1972–73) 7–18–0
26WDecember 9, 19727–1 Ottawa Nationals (1972–73) 8–18–0
27LDecember 12, 19722–5 @ Quebec Nordiques (1972–73) 8–19–0
28WDecember 13, 19727–4 Winnipeg Jets (1972–73) 9–19–0
29WDecember 15, 19726–4 Winnipeg Jets (1972–73) 10–19–0
30LDecember 16, 19726–10 New England Whalers (1972–73) 10–20–0
31WDecember 17, 19726–3 @ New England Whalers (1972–73) 11–20–0
32LDecember 19, 19722–7 New York Raiders (1972–73) 11–21–0
33WDecember 20, 19728–5 Chicago Cougars (1972–73) 12–21–0
34LDecember 23, 19723–7 @ Houston Aeros (1972–73) 12–22–0
35LDecember 25, 19720–8 @ Cleveland Crusaders (1972–73) 12–23–0
36WDecember 26, 19726–2 @ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1972–73) 13–23–0
37LDecember 28, 19723–6 @ Chicago Cougars (1972–73) 13–24–0
38WDecember 31, 19723–1 @ Los Angeles Sharks (1972–73) 14–24–0
39WJanuary 1, 19733–0 @ New York Raiders (1972–73) 15–24–0
40LJanuary 10, 19731–4 New York Raiders (1972–73) 15–25–0
41WJanuary 12, 19734–3 Ottawa Nationals (1972–73) 16–25–0
42WJanuary 13, 19739–4 Quebec Nordiques (1972–73) 17–25–0
43LJanuary 16, 19733–4 Cleveland Crusaders (1972–73) 17–26–0
44WJanuary 19, 19734–2 Ottawa Nationals (1972–73) 18–26–0
45LJanuary 20, 19733–4 Houston Aeros (1972–73) 18–27–0
46WJanuary 24, 19736–4 @ Quebec Nordiques (1972–73) 19–27–0
47WJanuary 25, 19737–4 @ Cleveland Crusaders (1972–73) 20–27–0
48WJanuary 27, 19731–0 OT @ Alberta Oilers (1972–73) 21–27–0
49LJanuary 28, 19732–4 @ Alberta Oilers (1972–73) 21–28–0
50WJanuary 30, 19735–4 OT @ Ottawa Nationals (1972–73) 22–28–0
51LFebruary 2, 19733–5 @ Cleveland Crusaders (1972–73) 22–29–0
52LFebruary 6, 19733–5 @ Ottawa Nationals (1972–73) 22–30–0
53LFebruary 7, 19730–3 @ Quebec Nordiques (1972–73) 22–31–0
54WFebruary 10, 19735–4 OT Quebec Nordiques (1972–73) 23–31–0
55WFebruary 11, 19736–1 Cleveland Crusaders (1972–73) 24–31–0
56WFebruary 13, 19735–4 New England Whalers (1972–73) 25–31–0
57WFebruary 14, 19736–5 Cleveland Crusaders (1972–73) 26–31–0
58WFebruary 16, 19739–2 New York Raiders (1972–73) 27–31–0
59LFebruary 18, 19731–4 Los Angeles Sharks (1972–73) 27–32–0
60WFebruary 20, 19734–2 New England Whalers (1972–73) 28–32–0
61WFebruary 22, 19736–5 @ Ottawa Nationals (1972–73) 29–32–0
62LFebruary 25, 19733–5 @ Winnipeg Jets (1972–73) 29–33–0
63LFebruary 27, 19730–3 @ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1972–73) 29–34–0
64WMarch 4, 19734–2 @ New York Raiders (1972–73) 30–34–0
65LMarch 6, 19731–2 OT @ Chicago Cougars (1972–73) 30–35–0
66WMarch 8, 19732–1 Minnesota Fighting Saints (1972–73) 31–35–0
67WMarch 9, 197311–3 Quebec Nordiques (1972–73) 32–35–0
68LMarch 11, 19732–4 Houston Aeros (1972–73) 32–36–0
69LMarch 12, 19734–6 Quebec Nordiques (1972–73) 32–37–0
70WMarch 13, 19734–3 Houston Aeros (1972–73) 33–37–0
71LMarch 17, 19730–4 @ New England Whalers (1972–73) 33–38–0
72LMarch 19, 19731–5 @ Houston Aeros (1972–73) 33–39–0
73WMarch 21, 19737–3 @ Houston Aeros (1972–73) 34–39–0
74WMarch 23, 19737–3 @ Los Angeles Sharks (1972–73) 35–39–0
75LMarch 28, 19731–2 Alberta Oilers (1972–73) 35–40–0
76WMarch 29, 19732–1 Alberta Oilers (1972–73) 36–40–0
77WMarch 31, 19735–1 Chicago Cougars (1972–73) 37–40–0
78WApril 1, 19734–2 Winnipeg Jets (1972–73) 38–40–0

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Playoffs

Cleveland Crusaders 4, Philadelphia Blazers 0 - Semifinals

# Date Visitor Score Home Record
1 April 4 Philadelphia Blazers 2–3 OT Cleveland Crusaders 0–1
2 April 7 Philadelphia Blazers 7–1 Cleveland Crusaders 0–2
3 April 8 Cleveland Crusaders 3–1 Philadelphia Blazers 0–3
4 April 11 Cleveland Crusaders 6–2 Philadelphia Blazers 0–4

Player stats

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Lacroix, AndreAndre Lacroix C 78 50 74 124 83016011
Lawson, DannyDanny Lawson RW 78 61 45 106 3502036
McKenzie, JohnJohn McKenzie RW 60 28 50 78 1570817
Campbell, BryanBryan Campbell C 75 25 48 73 850601
Herriman, DonDon Herriman LW 78 24 48 72 630904
Plumb, RonRon Plumb D 78 10 41 51 660600
Burgess, DonDon Burgess LW 74 20 22 42 150130
O'Donoghue, DonDon O'Donoghue RW 74 16 23 39 430100
Spencer, IrvIrv Spencer D 54 2 27 29 430000
Cardiff, JimJim Cardiff D 78 3 24 27 1850020
Plante, MichelMichel Plante LW 70 13 12 25 350000
Campeau, RychardRychard Campeau D 75 1 18 19 720100
Migneault, JohnJohn Migneault LW 55 10 8 18 380100
Boudreau, MichelMichel Boudreau C 33 7 7 14 40100
Lapierre, CamilleCamille Lapierre D 24 5 9 14 20000
Bennett, JohnJohn Bennett LW 34 4 6 10 180100
Sanderson, DerekDerek Sanderson C 8 3 3 6 690010
Henry, PierrePierre Henry C 19 2 3 5 130000
Harker, DerekDerek Harker D 27 0 5 5 460000
Gravel, JohnJohn Gravel D 8 1 3 4 00000
Polano, NickNick Polano D 17 0 3 3 240000
Meloche, DenisDenis Meloche C 4 1 1 2 00000
Hutchison, DaveDave Hutchison D 28 0 2 2 340000
Paiement, PierrePierre Paiement RW 8 1 0 1 180000
St. Sauveur, ClaudeClaude St. Sauveur C 2 1 0 1 00000
Archambault, YvesYves Archambault G 6 0 1 1 00000
Mosdell, WayneWayne Mosdell D 8 0 1 1 120000
Parent, BernieBernie Parent G 63 0 1 1 360000
Rouleau, MichelMichel Rouleau C 6 0 1 1 150000
Brown, BobBob Brown D 4 0 0 0 20000
Chipchase, JackJack Chipchase D 4 0 0 0 20000
Cottringer, TomTom Cottringer G 2 0 0 0 00000
Gellard, SamSam Gellard LW 5 0 0 0 00000
Golembrosky, FrankFrank Golembrosky RW 8 0 0 0 90000
Mavety, LarryLarry Mavety D 4 0 0 0 140000
Mott, DarwinDarwin Mott LW 1 0 0 0 00000
Myers, MurrayMurray Myers RW 7 0 0 0 00000
Paille, MarcelMarcel Paille G 15 0 0 0 00000
Sullivan, DannyDanny Sullivan G 1 0 0 0 00000
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 8100
Lacroix, AndreAndre Lacroix C 4 0 2 2 18000
Lapierre, CamilleCamille Lapierre D 4 0 2 2 0000
Plumb, RonRon Plumb D 4 0 2 2 13000
Burgess, DonDon Burgess LW 4 1 0 1 0000
Campeau, RychardRychard Campeau D 4 1 0 1 17100
Herriman, DonDon Herriman LW 4 1 0 1 14100
Campbell, BryanBryan Campbell C 3 0 1 1 8000
Lawson, DannyDanny Lawson RW 4 0 1 1 0000
O'Donoghue, DonDon O'Donoghue RW 4 0 1 1 0000
Archambault, YvesYves Archambault G 3 0 0 0 0000
Boudreau, MichelMichel Boudreau C 2 0 0 0 0000
Cardiff, JimJim Cardiff D 4 0 0 0 11000
Hutchison, DaveDave Hutchison D 3 0 0 0 0000
Migneault, JohnJohn Migneault LW 4 0 0 0 0000
Myers, MurrayMurray Myers RW 2 0 0 0 0000
Paille, MarcelMarcel Paille G 1 0 0 0 0000
Parent, BernieBernie Parent G 1 0 0 0 0000
Plante, MichelMichel Plante LW 4 0 0 0 2000
Spencer, IrvIrv Spencer D 4 0 0 0 4000
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

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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

Awards

League awards and honors
Award or honor Recipient
All-Star Game representative Danny Lawson
John McKenzie
Bill Hunter Trophy Andre Lacroix
WHA First All-Star Team Andre Lacroix (C)
Danny Lawson (RW)
WHA Second All-Star Team Bernie Parent (G)

Transactions

Trades

Date
Details
February 12, 1972 To Philadelphia Blazers
futures
To Cleveland Crusaders
Paul Shmyr
March 1, 1972 To Philadelphia Blazers
Andre Lacroix
To Quebec Nordiques
cash
May 1, 1972 To Philadelphia Blazers
John McKenzie
To Quebec Nordiques
futures
May 1, 1972 To Philadelphia Blazers
Bill Young
cash
futures
To Minnesota Fighting Saints
Rick Smith
May 1, 1972 To Philadelphia Blazers
Bryan Campbell
To Chicago Cougars
cash
June 1, 1972 To Philadelphia Blazers
Marcel Paille
To Chicago Cougars
futures
June 1, 1972 To Philadelphia Blazers
Don O'Donoghue
To New England Whalers
cash
June 1, 1972 To Philadelphia Blazers
futures
To New England Whalers
Terry Caffery
October 1, 1972 To Philadelphia Blazers
Larry Mavety
To Los Angeles Sharks
cash
November 1, 1972 To Philadelphia Blazers
John Gravel
Brit Selby
To Quebec Nordiques
Frank Golembrosky
Michel Rouleau
November 1, 1972 To Philadelphia Blazers
Bob Brown
To New England Whalers
Brit Selby
November 1, 1972 To Philadelphia Blazers
Roger Cote
Derek Harker
To Alberta Oilers
cash
November 7, 1972 To Philadelphia Blazers
cash
To Chicago Cougars
Larry Mavety

Draft picks

Philadelphia's picks at the WHA General Player Draft, which was held in Anaheim, California on February 12–13, 1972. The team participated in the draft as the Miami Screaming Eagles.

Players drafted by the Miami Screaming Eagles in the General Player Draft
Round Player Position Team
P Parent, BernieBernie Parent Goaltender Toronto Maple Leafs (NHL)
P Drouin, JudeJude Drouin Center Minnesota North Stars (NHL)
P Sanderson, DerekDerek Sanderson Center Boston Bruins (NHL)
P White, BillBill White Defense Chicago Black Hawks (NHL)
1 Bloom, MikeMike Bloom Left Wing St. Catharines Black Hawks (OHA)
2 Caffery, TerryTerry Caffery Center Cleveland Barons (AHL)
3 Komadoski, NeilNeil Komadoski Defense Springfield Kings (AHL)
4 Lambert, YvonYvon Lambert Left Wing Nova Scotia Voyageurs (AHL)
5 McSheffrey, BryanBryan McSheffrey Forward Ottawa 67's (OHA)
6 Merrick, WayneWayne Merrick Center Ottawa 67's (OHA)
7 Potvin, JeanJean Potvin Defense Philadelphia Flyers (NHL)
8 Russell, PhilPhil Russell Defense Edmonton Oil Kings (WCHL)
9 Vadnais, CarolCarol Vadnais Defense California Golden Seals (NHL)
10 Villemure, ReneRene Villemure Forward Shawinigan Bruins (QMJHL)
11 Archambault, MichelMichel Archambault Left Wing Dallas Black Hawks (CHL)
12 Dudley, RickRick Dudley Left Wing Cincinnati Swords (AHL)
13 Dupere, DenisDenis Dupere Left Wing Toronto Maple Leafs (NHL)
14 Ferguson, GeorgeGeorge Ferguson Center Toronto Marlboros (OHA)
15 Foley, RickRick Foley Defense Philadelphia Flyers (NHL)
16 Martineau, DonDon Martineau Right Wing New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
17 Nichols, JimJim Nichols Forward Cincinnati Swords (AHL)
18 Nolet, SimonSimon Nolet Right Wing Philadelphia Flyers (NHL)
19 Shmyr, PaulPaul Shmyr Defense California Golden Seals (NHL)
20 St. Sauveur, ClaudeClaude St. Sauveur Center Sherbrooke Castors (QMJHL)

See also

References

  1. "1972–73 Philadelphia Blazers Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-29.
  2. "1972-73 Philadelphia Blazers Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-29.

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