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)
Penalty minutes	Dale Rolfe (74)
Wins	Ed Giacomin (26)
Goals against average	Peter McDuffe (1.00)

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

October: 6–3–1 (Home: 5–0–1; Road: 1–3–0)

November: 9–4–1 (Home: 5–1–0; Road: 4–3–1)

December: 8–5–1 (Home: 5–3–0; Road: 3–2–1)

January: 11–1–1 (Home: 5–1–0; Road: 6–0–1)

February: 7–3–2 (Home: 4–0–2; Road: 3–3–0)

March: 6–7–1 (Home: 2–3–1; Road: 4–4–0)

April: 0–0–1 (Home: 0–0–1; Road: 0-0-0)

Playoffs

Key: Win Loss

1973 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Quarter-finals: vs. Boston Bruins – New York Rangers win series 4–1
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Series
1	April 4	New York Rangers	6–2	Boston Bruins		New York Rangers lead series 1–0
2	April 5	New York Rangers	4–2	Boston Bruins		New York Rangers lead series 2–0
3	April 7	Boston Bruins	4–2	New York Rangers		New York Rangers lead series 2–1
4	April 8	Boston Bruins	0–4	New York Rangers		New York Rangers lead series 3–1
5	April 10	New York Rangers	6–3	Boston Bruins		New York Rangers win series 4–1

Semi-finals: vs. Chicago Black Hawks – Chicago wins series 4–1
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Series
1	April 12	New York Rangers	4–1	Chicago Black Hawks		New York Rangers lead series 1–0
2	April 15	New York Rangers	4–5	Chicago Black Hawks		Series tied 1–1
3	April 17	Chicago Black Hawks	2–1	New York Rangers		Chicago leads series 2–1
4	April 19	Chicago Black Hawks	3–1	New York Rangers		Chicago leads series 3–1
5	April 24	New York Rangers	1–4	Chicago Black Hawks		Chicago wins series 3–2

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Jean Ratelle	78	41	53	94	12
Rod Gilbert	76	25	59	84	25
Walt Tkaczuk	76	27	39	66	59
Bill Fairbairn	78	30	33	63	23
Vic Hadfield	63	28	34	62	60
Pete Stemkowski	78	22	37	59	71
Steve Vickers	61	30	23	53	37
Brad Park	52	10	43	53	51
Bobby Rousseau	78	8	37	45	14
Rod Seiling	72	9	33	42	36
Dale Rolfe	72	7	25	32	74
Bruce MacGregor	52	14	12	26	12
Glen Sather	77	11	15	26	64
Ted Irvine	53	8	12	20	54
Jim Neilson	52	4	16	20	35
Gene Carr	50	9	10	19	50
Ab DeMarco^‡	51	4	13	17	15
Ron Harris^†	46	3	10	13	17
Mike Murphy^†	15	4	4	8	5
Randy Legge	12	0	2	2	2
Bill Heindl	4	1	0	1	0
Jerry Butler	8	1	0	1	4
Larry Sacharuk	8	1	0	1	0
Sheldon Kannegiesser^†	3	0	1	1	4
Tom Williams	10	0	1	1	0
Ron Stewart^‡	11	0	1	1	0
Curt Bennett^‡	16	0	1	1	11
Bert Marshall^†	8	0	0	0	14

Playoffs
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Steve Vickers	10	5	4	9	4
Bill Fairbairn	10	1	8	9	2
Walt Tkaczuk	10	7	2	9	8
Jean Ratelle	10	2	7	9	0
Brad Park	10	2	5	7	8
Pete Stemkowski	10	4	2	6	6
Rod Gilbert	10	5	1	6	2
Dale Rolfe	8	0	5	5	6
Bobby Rousseau	10	2	3	5	4
Jim Neilson	10	0	4	4	2
Ted Irvine	10	1	3	4	20
Bruce MacGregor	10	2	2	4	2
Vic Hadfield	9	2	2	4	11
Ron Harris	10	0	3	3	2
Bert Marshall	6	0	1	1	8
Gene Carr	1	0	1	1	0
Sheldon Kannegiesser	1	0	0	0	2
Mike Murphy	10	0	0	0	0
Glen Sather	9	0	0	0	7

Goaltenders

Regular Season
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Ed Giacomin	43	2580	26	11	6	125	2.91	4
Gilles Villemure	34	2040	20	12	2	78	2.29	3
Peter McDuffe	1	60	1	0	0	1	1.00	0

Playoffs
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Ed Giacomin	10	539	5	4	23	2.56	1
Gilles 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;

Transactions

The Rangers defense lost their gifted-defenseman, Brad Park due to a knee injury that occurred on 11/15/72 against the Flyers, which forced him out of the lineup for the next 18 games. Looking to plug that hole, they searched around the league for another talented-defenseman but prospects were sparse. So, on 11/28/72, they settled on veteran defenseman Ron Harris of the Flames who had minimal offensive skills but played a physical checking game. A 26-year-old forward, by the name of Curt Bennett was still scoreless with the Rangers while mostly sitting on the bench, so he was sent to the Flames in exchange. Both guys ultimately paid dividends for their new teams. Harris was instrumental in winning key games for the Rangers in different ways such as: against the rival-Bruins in game #2 of the 1973 playoffs, he threw a legal, rolling, hip-check at Phil Esposito which injured him, thus, sinking the hopes of the Bruins since they lost that playoff series; plus then, in a key 1974 playoff game against the Canadians, Harris scored the game-winning goal in overtime which eventually sparked the Rangers in winning that playoff series. Likewise, the Flames cashed in on Curt Bennett since he finally and quickly matured with them by becoming an excellent goal-scorer and their toughest fighter.

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)

References

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

"1972–73 New York Rangers Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.
Rangers on Hockey Database

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[standings-div-1] "1972–1973 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.

[2] "1972–73 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Retrieved 2010-08-08.

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