1972–73 New York Rangers season

1972–73 New York Rangers
Division 3rd East
1972–73 record 47–23–8
Goals for 297
Goals against 208
Team information
General Manager Emile Francis
Coach Emile Francis
Captain Vic Hadfield
Alternate captains Rod Gilbert
Brad Park
Arena Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals Jean Ratelle (41)
Assists Rod Gilbert (59)
Points Jean Ratelle (94)
Penalties in minutes Dale Rolfe (74)
Wins Ed Giacomin (26)
Goals against average Peter McDuffe (1.00)
<1971–72 1973–74>

The 1972–73 New York Rangers season was the 47th season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL).

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

1972-73 Game Log

Playoffs

Key:      Win      Loss

1973 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season
Player GP G A Pts PIM
Ratelle, JeanJean Ratelle 78 41 53 94 12
Gilbert, RodRod Gilbert 76 25 59 84 25
Tkaczuk, WaltWalt Tkaczuk 76 27 39 66 59
Fairbairn, BillBill Fairbairn 78 30 33 63 23
Hadfield, VicVic Hadfield 63 28 34 62 60
Stemkowski, PetePete Stemkowski 78 22 37 59 71
Vickers, SteveSteve Vickers 61 30 23 53 37
Park, BradBrad Park 52 10 43 53 51
Rousseau, BobbyBobby Rousseau 78 8 37 45 14
Seiling, RodRod Seiling 72 9 33 42 36
Rolfe, DaleDale Rolfe 72 7 25 32 74
MacGregor, BruceBruce MacGregor 52 14 12 26 12
Sather, GlenGlen Sather 77 11 15 26 64
Irvine, TedTed Irvine 53 8 12 20 54
Neilson, JimJim Neilson 52 4 16 20 35
Carr, GeneGene Carr 50 9 10 19 50
DeMarco, AbAb DeMarco 51 4 13 17 15
Harris, RonRon Harris 46 3 10 13 17
Murphy, MikeMike Murphy 15 4 4 8 5
Legge, RandyRandy Legge 12 0 2 2 2
Heindl, BillBill Heindl 4 1 0 1 0
Butler, JerryJerry Butler 8 1 0 1 4
Sacharuk, LarryLarry Sacharuk 8 1 0 1 0
Kannegiesser, SheldonSheldon Kannegiesser 3 0 1 1 4
Williams, TomTom Williams 10 0 1 1 0
Stewart, RonRon Stewart 11 0 1 1 0
Bennett, CurtCurt Bennett 16 0 1 1 11
Marshall, BertBert Marshall 8 0 0 0 14

Playoffs
Player GP G A Pts PIM
Vickers, SteveSteve Vickers 10 5 4 9 4
Fairbairn, BillBill Fairbairn 10 1 8 9 2
Tkaczuk, WaltWalt Tkaczuk 10 7 2 9 8
Ratelle, JeanJean Ratelle 10 2 7 9 0
Park, BradBrad Park 10 2 5 7 8
Stemkowski, PetePete Stemkowski 10 4 2 6 6
Gilbert, RodRod Gilbert 10 5 1 6 2
Rolfe, DaleDale Rolfe 8 0 5 5 6
Rousseau, BobbyBobby Rousseau 10 2 3 5 4
Neilson, JimJim Neilson 10 0 4 4 2
Irvine, TedTed Irvine 10 1 3 4 20
MacGregor, BruceBruce MacGregor 10 2 2 4 2
Hadfield, VicVic Hadfield 9 2 2 4 11
Harris, RonRon Harris 10 0 3 3 2
Marshall, BertBert Marshall 6 0 1 1 8
Carr, GeneGene Carr 1 0 1 1 0
Kannegiesser, SheldonSheldon Kannegiesser 1 0 0 0 2
Murphy, MikeMike Murphy 10 0 0 0 0
Sather, GlenGlen Sather 9 0 0 0 7

Goaltenders
Regular Season
Player GP TOI W L T GA GAA SO
Giacomin, EdEd Giacomin 43 2580 26 11 6 125 2.91 4
Villemure, GillesGilles Villemure 34 2040 20 12 2 78 2.29 3
McDuffe, PeterPeter McDuffe 1 60 1 0 0 1 1.00 0
Playoffs
Player GP TOI W L GA GAA SO
Giacomin, EdEd Giacomin 10 539 5 4 23 2.56 1
Villemure, GillesGilles Villemure 2 61 0 1 2 1.97 0

Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Rangers. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.
Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.

[2]

Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Draft picks

New York's picks at the 1972 NHL Amateur Draft in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Round # Player Position Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 10 Al Blanchard LW  Canada Kitchener Rangers (OHA)
1 15 Bob MacMillan C  Canada St. Catharines Black Hawks (OHA)
2 21 Larry Sacharuk D  Canada Saskatoon Blades (WCHL)
2 31 Rene Villemure LW  Canada Shawinigan Bruins (QMJHL)
3 47 Gerry Teeple C  Canada Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)
4 63 Doug Horbul LW  CAN Calgary Centennials (WCHL)
5 79 Marty Gateman D  Canada Hamilton Red Wings (OHA)
6 95 Ken Ireland C  Canada New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
7 111 Jeff Hunt D  Canada Winnipeg Jets (WCHL)
8 127 Yvon Blais D  Canada Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)
9 137 Pierre Archambault D  Canada Saint-Jerome Alouettes (QMJHL)

See also

References

  1. "1972–1973 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  2. "1972-73 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Retrieved 2010-08-08.

External links

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