1972–73 Minnesota Fighting Saints säsong

1972–73 Minnesota Fighting Saints
Division	4:e västra
Rekord 1972–73	38–37–3
Hemmarekord	24-14-1
Vägrekord	14-23-2
Mål för	250
Mål mot	269
Laginformation
General manager	Glen Sonmor
Tränare	Glen Sonmor (28–28–3) Harry Neale (10–9–0)
Kapten	Ted Hampson
Suppleant kaptener	Wayne Connelly John Arbor Mike McMahon
Arena	St. Paul Auditorium (20 matcher) St. Paul Civic Center (19 matcher)
Genomsnittlig närvaro	5 855 (48,9 %)
Lagledare
Mål	Wayne Connelly (40)
Assist	Ted Hampson (45)
Poäng	Wayne Connelly (70)
Straffminuter	Dick Paradise (189)
Vinner	Mike Curran (23)
Mål mot snitt	Mike Curran (3.09)

Minnesota Fighting Saints-säsongen 1972–73 var deras första verksamhetssäsong i det nyskapade World Hockey Association (WHA).

Vanlig säsong

Slutställning

Västra divisionen

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PIM	Pts
Winnipeg Jets	78	43	31	4	285	249	757	90
Houston Eros	78	39	35	4	284	269	1363	82
Los Angeles Sharks	78	37	35	6	259	250	1477	80
Minnesota Fighting Saints	78	38	37	3	250	269	843	79
Alberta Oilers	78	38	37	3	269	256	1134	79
Chicago Cougars	78	26	50	2	245	295	811	54

Spellogg

Ordinarie säsongsschema
Nej.	R	Datum	Göra	Motståndare	Spela in
1	L	13 oktober 1972	3–4	Winnipeg Jets ( 1972–73 )	0–1–0
2	W	15 oktober 1972	3–2	Chicago Cougars ( 1972–73 )	1–1–0
3	L	17 oktober 1972	1–5	Los Angeles Sharks ( 1972–73 )	1–2–0
4	L	19 oktober 1972	1–5	@ Houston Eros ( 1972–73 )	1–3–0
5	T	20 oktober 1972	1–1	@ Winnipeg Jets ( 1972–73 )	1–3–1
6	W	22 oktober 1972	5–4	@ New York Raiders ( 1972–73 )	2–3–1
7	L	23 oktober 1972	1–5	@ New England Whalers ( 1972–73 )	2–4–1
8	L	26 oktober 1972	4–5	@ Quebec Nordiques ( 1972–73 )	2–5–1
9	W	1 november 1972	3–0	Winnipeg Jets ( 1972–73 )	3–5–1
10	L	2 november 1972	2–4	New York Raiders ( 1972–73 )	3–6–1
11	W	5 november 1972	3–1	Philadelphia Blazers ( 1972–73 )	4–6–1
12	W	10 november 1972	5–1	@ Winnipeg Jets ( 1972–73 )	5–6–1
13	W	14 november 1972	5–3	Cleveland Crusaders ( 1972–73 )	6–6–1
14	W	16 november 1972	5–4	Quebec Nordiques ( 1972–73 )	7–6–1
15	W	18 november 1972	5–4 OT	@ Philadelphia Blazers ( 1972–73 )	8–6–1
16	L	19 november 1972	3–4	Chicago Cougars ( 1972–73 )	8–7–1
17	W	21 november 1972	4–3 OT	Alberta Oilers ( 1972–73 )	9–7–1
18	W	23 november 1972	4–3	Los Angeles Sharks ( 1972–73 )	10–7–1
19	W	24 november 1972	6–4	@ Philadelphia Blazers ( 1972–73 )	11–7–1
20	W	26 november 1972	3–1	New England Whalers ( 1972–73 )	12–7–1
21	L	28 november 1972	2–3 OT	@ Ottawa Nationals ( 1972–73 )	12–8–1
22	L	30 november 1972	2–5	@ New York Raiders ( 1972–73 )	12–9–1
23	W	1 december 1972	6–4	@ Alberta Oilers ( 1972–73 )	13–9–1
24	L	3 december 1972	1–5	@ Winnipeg Jets ( 1972–73 )	13–10–1
25	L	5 december 1972	2–3 OT	Chicago Cougars ( 1972–73 )	13–11–1
26	W	7 december 1972	3–0	Houston Eros ( 1972–73 )	14–11–1
27	L	8 december 1972	3–4 OT	@ Chicago Cougars ( 1972–73 )	14–12–1
28	W	10 december 1972	4–3 OT	Cleveland Crusaders ( 1972–73 )	15–12–1
29	T	12 december 1972	3–3	@ Los Angeles Sharks ( 1972–73 )	15–12–2
30	W	14 december 1972	6–3	@ Chicago Cougars ( 1972–73 )	16–12–2
31	L	15 december 1972	2–3	Houston Eros ( 1972–73 )	16–13–2
32	W	17 december 1972	4–2	Chicago Cougars ( 1972–73 )	17–13–2
33	W	19 december 1972	7–5	New England Whalers ( 1972–73 )	18–13–2
34	W	21 december 1972	3–0	Winnipeg Jets ( 1972–73 )	19–13–2
35	L	23 december 1972	1–3	@ Cleveland Crusaders ( 1972–73 )	19–14–2
36	L	26 december 1972	2–6	Philadelphia Blazers ( 1972–73 )	19–15–2
37	W	28 december 1972	4–2	@ Los Angeles Sharks ( 1972–73 )	20–15–2
38	L	29 december 1972	2–5	@ Los Angeles Sharks ( 1972–73 )	20–16–2
39	T	1 januari 1973	4–4	Houston Eros ( 1972–73 )	20–16–3
40	L	7 januari 1973	2–6	Winnipeg Jets ( 1972–73 )	20–17–3
41	L	9 januari 1973	3–4 OT	Los Angeles Sharks ( 1972–73 )	20–18–3
42	L	11 januari 1973	3–4	Cleveland Crusaders ( 1972–73 )	20–19–3
43	W	12 januari 1973	3–2	Quebec Nordiques ( 1972–73 )	21–19–3
44	W	14 januari 1973	3–2 OT	Ottawa Nationals ( 1972–73 )	22–19–3
45	L	16 januari 1973	1–3	@ Winnipeg Jets ( 1972–73 )	22–20–3
46	L	18 januari 1973	3–6	@ Ottawa Nationals ( 1972–73 )	22–21–3
47	W	20 januari 1973	10–5	@ Quebec Nordiques ( 1972–73 )	23–21–3
48	W	22 januari 1973	3–2	@ New York Raiders ( 1972–73 )	24–21–3
49	L	25 januari 1973	2–5	Houston Eros ( 1972–73 )	24–22–3
50	W	26 januari 1973	4–2	Ottawa Nationals ( 1972–73 )	25–22–3
51	L	30 januari 1973	2–4	@ Chicago Cougars ( 1972–73 )	25–23–3
52	L	1 februari 1973	2–4	@ Quebec Nordiques ( 1972–73 )	25–24–3
53	L	3 februari 1973	1–7	@ Houston Eros ( 1972–73 )	25–25–3
54	W	5 februari 1973	6–3	@ Houston Eros ( 1972–73 )	26–25–3
55	W	6 februari 1973	5–4	New York Raiders ( 1972–73 )	27–25–3
56	L	8 februari 1973	1–3	@ Los Angeles Sharks ( 1972–73 )	27–26–3
57	L	9 februari 1973	0–6	@ Alberta Oilers ( 1972–73 )	27–27–3
58	L	11 februari 1973	5–7	@ Alberta Oilers ( 1972–73 )	27–28–3
59	W	15 februari 1973	3–0	Ottawa Nationals ( 1972–73 )	28–28–3
60	W	17 februari 1973	7–3	@ Cleveland Crusaders ( 1972–73 )	29–28–3
61	W	18 februari 1973	7–5	Chicago Cougars ( 1972–73 )	30–28–3
62	L	25 februari 1973	1–4	@ Houston Eros ( 1972–73 )	30–29–3
63	W	27 februari 1973	3–0	Philadelphia Blazers ( 1972–73 )	31–29–3
64	L	1 mars 1973	1–4	Los Angeles Sharks ( 1972–73 )	31–30–3
65	W	4 mars 1973	4–2	New England Whalers ( 1972–73 )	32–30–3
66	W	6 mars 1973	4–3 OT	Alberta Oilers ( 1972–73 )	33–30–3
67	L	8 mars 1973	1–2	@ Philadelphia Blazers ( 1972–73 )	33–31–3
68	L	10 mars 1973	1–3	@ New England Whalers ( 1972–73 )	33–32–3
69	W	11 mars 1973	2–1	Alberta Oilers ( 1972–73 )	34–32–3
70	W	15 mars 1973	7–4	@ Chicago Cougars ( 1972–73 )	35–32–3
71	L	16 mars 1973	4–7	@ New England Whalers ( 1972–73 )	35–33–3
72	L	20 mars 1973	3–5	@ Alberta Oilers ( 1972–73 )	35–34–3
73	W	22 mars 1973	2–1 OT	@ Chicago Cougars ( 1972–73 )	36–34–3
74	W	24 mars 1973	2–1 OT	@ Cleveland Crusaders ( 1972–73 )	37–34–3
75	L	25 mars 1973	1–6	@ Ottawa Nationals ( 1972–73 )	37–35–3
76	W	27 mars 1973	4–3	New York Raiders ( 1972–73 )	38–35–3
77	L	29 mars 1973	3–5	Quebec Nordiques ( 1972–73 )	38–36–3
78	L	30 mars 1973	3–5	Alberta Oilers ( 1972–73 )	38–37–3

Slutspel

Oilers och Minnesota Fighting Saints var oavgjort i slutet av säsongen. De hade lika många segrar och poäng, och de hade båda vunnit fyra matcher mot varandra. Därefter bestämdes det att de två lagen skulle spela ett slutspel för en match för att avgöra den sista platsen i slutspelet, som ska spelas i Calgary.

Datum	Besökare	Göra	Hem	Spela in
4 april	Minnesota Fighting Saints	4–2	Alberta Oilers	1–0

Winnipeg Jets 4, Minnesota Fighting Saints 1

#	Datum	Besökare	Göra	Hem	Spela in
1	6 april	Minnesota Fighting Saints	1–3	Winnipeg Jets	0–1
2	8 april	Minnesota Fighting Saints	2–5	Winnipeg Jets	0–2
3	10 april	Winnipeg Jets	4–6	Minnesota Fighting Saints	1–2
4	11 april	Winnipeg Jets	3–2 OT	Minnesota Fighting Saints	1–3
5	15 april	Minnesota Fighting Saints	5–8	Winnipeg Jets	1–4

Spelarstatistik

Målsättning för
ordinarie säsong
Spelare Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Wayne Connelly C 78 40 30 70 16 0 10 0 6 Ted Hampson C 77 17 45 62 20 0 4 0 2 Bill Klatt RW 78 36 22 58 22 0 12 0 5 Mike McMahon D 75 12 39 51 87 0 4 0 0 Keith Christiansen C 64 12 30 42 24 0 2 0 0 George Morrison LW 70 16 24 40 20 0 9 0 0 Bob MacMillan RW 75 13 27 40 48 0 1 0 0 Terry Ball D 78 6 34 40 66 0 1 0 0 Mike Antonovich C 75 20 19 39 46 0 1 0 0 John Arbor D 76 6 27 33 186 0 1 0 0 Fred Speck C 47 13 16 29 52 0 5 0 0 Jim Johnson C 33 9 14 23 12 0 0 0 0 Len Lilyholm RW 77 8 13 21 37 0 0 0 0 Mel Pearson LW 70 8 12 20 12 0 0 0 0 Terry Ryan C 76 13 6 19 13 0 1 6 0 Dick Paradise D 77 3 15 18 189 0 0 0 0 Frank Sanders D 76 8 8 16 94 0 1 0 0 George Konik D/LW 54 4 12 16 34 0 0 0 0 Bill Young LW 23 5 6 11 20 0 2 0 0 Craig Falkman RW 45 1 5 6 12 0 0 0 0 Mike Curran G 43 0 1 1 26 0 0 0 0 Blaine Rydman D 29 0 1 1 65 0 0 0 0 Jack McCartan G 38 0 0 0 19 0 0 0 0 Carl Wetzel G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Målvakt
Spelare MIN GP W L T GA GAA SÅ Mike Curran 2540 43 23 17 2 131 3.09 4 Jack McCartan 2160 38 15 19 1 129 3,58 1 Carl Wetzel 60 1 0 1 0 3 3.00 0 Team: 4760 78 38 37 3 263 3,32 5

Slutspelspoäng
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Spelare Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG Mike McMahon D 5 0 5 5 2 0 0 0 Ted Hampson C 5 3 1 4 0 0 0 0 Wayne Connelly C 5 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 Bill Klatt RW 5 1 3 4 5 1 0 0 Jim Johnson C 5 2 1 3 2 0 0 0 Terry Ball D 5 1 2 3 4 1 0 0 Bob MacMillan RW 5 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 Mike Antonovich C 5 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 Mel Pearson LW 5 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 George Morrison LW 5 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 Bill Young LW 5 1 1 2 4 0 0 1 Terry Ryan C 5 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 Keith Christiansen C 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 Len Lilyholm RW 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 John Arbor D 5 0 1 1 12 0 0 0 Jack McCartan G 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 Dick Paradise D 5 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 Frank Sanders D 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 Mike Curran G 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Blaine Rydman D 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Målvakt
Spelare MIN GP W L GA GAA SÅ Jack McCartan 213 4 1 2 14 3,94 0 Mike Curran 90 2 0 2 9 6.00 0 Team: 303 5 1 4 23 4,55 0

Obs: Pos = Position; GP = Spelade spel; G = Mål; A = Assist; Pts = Poäng; +/- = plus/minus; PIM = Straffminuter; PPG = Power-play-mål; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Matchvinnande mål MIN = Spelade minuter; W = Vinster; L = Förluster; T = Slipsar; GA = Mål-mot; GAA = Mål-mot snitt; SO = Avstängningar;

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