1972–73_Philadelphia_Blazers_season

1972–73 Philadelphia Blazers
1972–73 Philadelphia Blazers
Division	3rd Eastern
1972–73 record	38–40–0 (76 pts)
Home record	24–15–0
Road record	14–25–0
Goals for	288
Goals against	305
Team information
General manager	Dave Creighton; Phil Watson
Coach	John McKenzie; Phil Watson
Captain	Derek Sanderson; Andre Lacroix
Alternate captains	Bryan Campbell (unconfirmed); Jim Cardiff (unconfirmed); Andre Lacroix; Derek Sanderson
Arena	Civic Center
Team leaders
Goals	Danny Lawson (61)
Assists	Andre Lacroix (74)
Points	Andre Lacroix (124)
Penalty minutes	Jim Cardiff (185)
Wins	Bernie Parent (33)
Goals against average	Bernie Parent (3.61)
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1972–73 Philadelphia Blazers season

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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.^[1]^[2]

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World Hockey Association (1972). WHA 1972-73 Media Guide. World Hockey Association.

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World Hockey Association (1973). WHA 1973-74 Media Guide. World Hockey Association.

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"1972–73 Philadelphia Blazers Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 29, 2009.

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"1972-73 Philadelphia Blazers Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 29, 2009.

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	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

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

#	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

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)

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

1972–73_Philadelphia_Blazers_season

1972–73 Philadelphia Blazers season

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Game log

Playoffs

Cleveland Crusaders 4, Philadelphia Blazers 0 - Semifinals

Player stats

Awards and records

Awards

Transactions

Trades

Draft picks

Farm teams

See also

References

External links

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Round	Player	Position	Team
P	Bernie Parent	Goaltender	Toronto Maple Leafs (NHL)
P	Jude Drouin	Center	Minnesota North Stars (NHL)
P	Derek Sanderson	Center	Boston Bruins (NHL)
P	Bill White	Defense	Chicago Black Hawks (NHL)
1	Mike Bloom	Left Wing	St. Catharines Black Hawks (OHA)
2	Terry Caffery	Center	Cleveland Barons (AHL)
3	Neil Komadoski	Defense	Springfield Kings (AHL)
4	Yvon Lambert	Left Wing	Nova Scotia Voyageurs (AHL)
5	Bryan McSheffrey	Forward	Ottawa 67's (OHA)
6	Wayne Merrick	Center	Ottawa 67's (OHA)
7	Jean Potvin	Defense	Philadelphia Flyers (NHL)
8	Phil Russell	Defense	Edmonton Oil Kings (WCHL)
9	Carol Vadnais	Defense	California Golden Seals (NHL)
10	Rene Villemure	Forward	Shawinigan Bruins (QMJHL)
11	Michel Archambault	Left Wing	Dallas Black Hawks (CHL)
12	Rick Dudley	Left Wing	Cincinnati Swords (AHL)
13	Denis Dupere	Left Wing	Toronto Maple Leafs (NHL)
14	George Ferguson	Center	Toronto Marlboros (OHA)
15	Rick Foley	Defense	Philadelphia Flyers (NHL)
16	Don Martineau	Right Wing	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
17	Jim Nichols	Forward	Cincinnati Swords (AHL)
18	Simon Nolet	Right Wing	Philadelphia Flyers (NHL)
19	Paul Shmyr	Defense	California Golden Seals (NHL)
20	Claude St. Sauveur	Center	Sherbrooke Castors (QMJHL)