1972–73 Detroit Red Wings season

1972–73 Detroit Red Wings

Division

5th East

1972–73 record

37–29–12

Team information

General Manager

Coach

Captain

Team leaders

The 1972–73 Detroit Red Wings season was the franchise's 47th season of operation in the National Hockey League, 41st season as the Red Wings. The team placed fifth and missed the playoffs.

Regular season

Final standings

East Division^[1]
		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	Montreal Canadiens	78	52	10	16	329	184	+145	120
2	Boston Bruins	78	51	22	5	330	235	+95	107
3	New York Rangers	78	47	23	8	297	208	+89	102
4	Buffalo Sabres	78	37	27	14	257	219	+38	88
5	Detroit Red Wings	78	37	29	12	265	243	+22	86
6	Toronto Maple Leafs	78	27	41	10	247	279	−32	64
7	Vancouver Canucks	78	22	47	9	233	339	−106	53
8	New York Islanders	78	12	60	6	170	347	−177	30

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 7, 1972	5–3	New York Rangers (1972–73)	1–0–0
2	W	October 11, 1972	4–3	Boston Bruins (1972–73)	2–0–0
3	W	October 14, 1972	5–0	Philadelphia Flyers (1972–73)	3–0–0
4	W	October 15, 1972	8–2	Los Angeles Kings (1972–73)	4–0–0
5	W	October 21, 1972	3–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1972–73)	5–0–0
6	W	October 22, 1972	6–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1972–73)	6–0–0
7	L	October 26, 1972	1–2	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1972–73)	6–1–0
8	L	October 28, 1972	3–8	@ St. Louis Blues (1972–73)	6–2–0
9	L	October 29, 1972	1–2	Montreal Canadiens (1972–73)	6–3–0
10	L	November 1, 1972	2–4	Atlanta Flames (1972–73)	6–4–0
11	W	November 4, 1972	4–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1972–73)	7–4–0
12	T	November 5, 1972	1–1	Pittsburgh Penguins (1972–73)	7–4–1
13	L	November 9, 1972	3–8	@ Boston Bruins (1972–73)	7–5–1
14	L	November 12, 1972	1–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1972–73)	7–6–1
15	T	November 14, 1972	3–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1972–73)	7–6–2
16	W	November 15, 1972	4–0	@ California Golden Seals (1972–73)	8–6–2
17	L	November 18, 1972	3–8	@ Los Angeles Kings (1972–73)	8–7–2
18	W	November 22, 1972	6–2	Buffalo Sabres (1972–73)	9–7–2
19	W	November 25, 1972	6–4	Philadelphia Flyers (1972–73)	10–7–2
20	L	November 26, 1972	4–6	California Golden Seals (1972–73)	10–8–2
21	L	November 29, 1972	3–8	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1972–73)	10–9–2
22	W	December 2, 1972	4–1	@ New York Islanders (1972–73)	11–9–2
23	L	December 3, 1972	0–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1972–73)	11–10–2
24	L	December 5, 1972	1–2	@ St. Louis Blues (1972–73)	11–11–2
25	L	December 7, 1972	1–6	@ Buffalo Sabres (1972–73)	11–12–2
26	L	December 9, 1972	0–7	@ Minnesota North Stars (1972–73)	11–13–2
27	T	December 10, 1972	3–3	Vancouver Canucks (1972–73)	11–13–3
28	L	December 13, 1972	0–2	Atlanta Flames (1972–73)	11–14–3
29	W	December 16, 1972	4–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1972–73)	12–14–3
30	W	December 17, 1972	6–4	Minnesota North Stars (1972–73)	13–14–3
31	W	December 20, 1972	4–1	Los Angeles Kings (1972–73)	14–14–3
32	L	December 21, 1972	1–8	@ Boston Bruins (1972–73)	14–15–3
33	W	December 23, 1972	5–1	Vancouver Canucks (1972–73)	15–15–3
34	L	December 24, 1972	0–5	@ New York Rangers (1972–73)	15–16–3
35	T	December 26, 1972	1–1	Pittsburgh Penguins (1972–73)	15–16–4
36	T	December 30, 1972	2–2	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1972–73)	15–16–5
37	T	December 31, 1972	4–4	Minnesota North Stars (1972–73)	15–16–6
38	W	January 4, 1973	4–2	Buffalo Sabres (1972–73)	16–16–6
39	W	January 6, 1973	4–0	@ New York Islanders (1972–73)	17–16–6
40	W	January 7, 1973	4–0	New York Islanders (1972–73)	18–16–6
41	W	January 10, 1973	2–1	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1972–73)	19–16–6
42	W	January 12, 1973	7–1	@ Vancouver Canucks (1972–73)	20–16–6
43	W	January 14, 1973	3–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (1972–73)	21–16–6
44	L	January 17, 1973	4–6	Chicago Black Hawks (1972–73)	21–17–6
45	W	January 20, 1973	4–2	Buffalo Sabres (1972–73)	22–17–6
46	L	January 21, 1973	3–5	Minnesota North Stars (1972–73)	22–18–6
47	T	January 23, 1973	4–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1972–73)	22–18–7
48	W	January 25, 1973	4–2	@ Boston Bruins (1972–73)	23–18–7
49	L	January 27, 1973	3–6	New York Rangers (1972–73)	23–19–7
50	W	January 28, 1973	4–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1972–73)	24–19–7
51	W	February 1, 1973	6–4	California Golden Seals (1972–73)	25–19–7
52	W	February 3, 1973	1–0	Atlanta Flames (1972–73)	26–19–7
53	W	February 4, 1973	8–2	Vancouver Canucks (1972–73)	27–19–7
54	W	February 7, 1973	5–3	@ Atlanta Flames (1972–73)	28–19–7
55	L	February 10, 1973	1–3	@ Minnesota North Stars (1972–73)	28–20–7
56	W	February 11, 1973	5–2	@ Buffalo Sabres (1972–73)	29–20–7
57	T	February 14, 1973	2–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (1972–73)	29–20–8
58	T	February 16, 1973	2–2	@ California Golden Seals (1972–73)	29–20–9
59	T	February 17, 1973	2–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (1972–73)	29–20–10
60	T	February 22, 1973	3–3	Montreal Canadiens (1972–73)	29–20–11
61	L	February 24, 1973	2–4	@ New York Islanders (1972–73)	29–21–11
62	W	February 25, 1973	5–0	St. Louis Blues (1972–73)	30–21–11
63	W	February 28, 1973	6–5	Philadelphia Flyers (1972–73)	31–21–11
64	L	March 3, 1973	3–6	New York Rangers (1972–73)	31–22–11
65	W	March 4, 1973	5–1	New York Islanders (1972–73)	32–22–11
66	W	March 7, 1973	5–2	@ Atlanta Flames (1972–73)	33–22–11
67	L	March 10, 1973	0–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1972–73)	33–23–11
68	W	March 11, 1973	3–1	St. Louis Blues (1972–73)	34–23–11
69	L	March 14, 1973	3–5	Montreal Canadiens (1972–73)	34–24–11
70	L	March 16, 1973	4–5	Boston Bruins (1972–73)	34–25–11
71	W	March 18, 1973	2–0	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1972–73)	35–25–11
72	L	March 21, 1973	3–6	@ St. Louis Blues (1972–73)	35–26–11
73	L	March 24, 1973	3–5	@ Los Angeles Kings (1972–73)	35–27–11
74	L	March 25, 1973	5–8	@ California Golden Seals (1972–73)	35–28–11
75	W	March 27, 1973	8–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1972–73)	36–28–11
76	L	March 29, 1973	4–6	Toronto Maple Leafs (1972–73)	36–29–11
77	W	March 31, 1973	4–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1972–73)	37–29–11
78	T	April 1, 1973	3–3	@ New York Rangers (1972–73)	37–29–12

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Redmond, MickeyMickey Redmond	RW	76	52	41	93	24	6	15	0	7
Dionne, MarcelMarcel Dionne	C	77	40	50	90	21	-4	10	0	6
Delvecchio, AlexAlex Delvecchio	C/LW	77	18	53	71	13	6	8	0	3
Libett, NickNick Libett	LW	78	19	34	53	56	1	4	1	3
Ecclestone, TimTim Ecclestone	LW	78	18	30	48	28	6	3	1	2
Berenson, RedRed Berenson	C	78	13	30	43	8	-14	5	0	1
Collins, BillBill Collins	RW	78	21	21	42	44	-1	1	1	6
Karlander, AlAl Karlander	C	77	15	22	37	25	2	4	0	4
Charron, GuyGuy Charron	C	75	18	18	36	23	9	0	0	2
Stackhouse, RonRon Stackhouse	D	78	5	29	34	82	22	0	0	0
Bergman, GaryGary Bergman	D	68	3	28	31	71	10	0	0	0
Boucha, HenryHenry Boucha	C	73	14	14	28	82	-2	0	1	0
Bergman, ThommieThommie Bergman	D	75	9	12	21	70	6	1	0	2
Fontaine, LenLen Fontaine	RW	39	8	10	18	6	-2	1	0	0
Bailey, GarnetGarnet Bailey	LW	13	2	11	13	16	2	0	0	0
Johnston, LarryLarry Johnston	D	73	1	12	13	169	6	0	0	1
Rochefort, LeonLeon Rochefort	RW	20	2	4	6	2	0	0	0	0
Doak, GaryGary Doak	D	44	0	5	5	51	5	0	0	0
Cook, BobBob Cook	RW	13	3	1	4	4	-11	1	0	0
Lavender, BrianBrian Lavender	LW	26	2	2	4	14	2	0	0	0
Murray, KenKen Murray	D	31	1	1	2	36	-1	0	0	0
Hogaboam, BillBill Hogaboam	C	4	1	0	1	2	-1	0	0	0
Lajeunesse, SergeSerge Lajeunesse	D/RW	28	0	1	1	26	-15	0	0	0
Brown, AndyAndy Brown	G	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
DeJordy, DenisDenis DeJordy	G	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Edwards, RoyRoy Edwards	G	52	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
Ftorek, RobbieRobbie Ftorek	C/LW	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gruen, DannyDanny Gruen	LW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Newell, RickRick Newell	D	3	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Edwards, RoyRoy Edwards	3012	52	27	17	7	132	2.63	6
DeJordy, DenisDenis DeJordy	1331	24	8	11	3	83	3.74	1
Brown, AndyAndy Brown	337	7	2	1	2	20	3.56	0
Team:	4680	78	37	29	12	235	3.01	7

^[2]

Note: 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;

References

↑ "1972–1973 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
↑ "1972-73 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-04.

Detroit Red Wings

Founded in 1926 Based in Detroit, Michigan

Franchise	Team General Managers Coaches Players Captains Draft picks Seasons Current season

History	History Original Six Records Award Winners

Personnel	Owner Ilitch Holdings (Mike Ilitch, chairman) General manager Ken Holland Head coach Jeff Blashill Team captain Henrik Zetterberg Current roster

Arenas	Windsor Arena Olympia Stadium Joe Louis Arena Detroit Events Center

Rivalries	Chicago Blackhawks

Culture and lore	Victoria Cougars 2009 NHL Winter Classic 2014 NHL Winter Classic Al the Octopus Grind Line Hockeytown Legend of the Octopus Production Line Red Wings–Avalanche brawl Hakan Andersson "Stanley's Cup" (South Park) Russian Five Karen Newman Budd Lynch London Lions 1938 European tour 1954 prison game

Stanley Cup championships	1936 1937 1943 1950 1952 1954 1955 1997 1998 2002 2008

Retired numbers	1 5 7 9 10 12 19

General managers	Duncan Adams Abel Harkness Delvecchio Lindsay Skinner Devellano Murray Devellano and Bowman Holland

Head coaches	Duncan Keats Adams Ivan Skinner Abel Gadsby Harkness Barkley J. Wilson Garvin Delvecchio L. Wilson Kromm Lindsay Maxner Dea Polano Neale Park Demers Murray Bowman Lewis Babcock Blashill

Affiliates	AHL Grand Rapids Griffins ECHL Toledo Walleye

Media	TV Fox Sports Detroit Ken Daniels Mickey Redmond Radio WXYT-FM WXYT-AM Ken Kal Paul Woods

Detroit Red Wings seasons

1920s	1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30

1930s	1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40

1940s	1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50

1950s	1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60

1960s	1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70

1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

1972–73 NHL season

East	Boston Buffalo Detroit Montreal NY Islanders NY Rangers Toronto Vancouver

West	Atlanta California Chicago Los Angeles Minnesota Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

See also	Amateur Draft Expansion Draft Summit Series All-Star Game Stanley Cup Finals

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1972–73 Detroit Red Wings season

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Player statistics

Regular season

See also

References