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]
^"1972–73 Philadelphia Blazers Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-29.
^"1972-73 Philadelphia Blazers Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-29.
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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 1972 73 Philadelphia BlazersDivision3rd Eastern1972 73 record38 40 0 76 pts Home record24 15 0Road record14 25 0Goals for288Goals against305Team informationGeneral managerDave CreightonPhil WatsonCoachJohn McKenziePhil WatsonCaptainDerek SandersonAndre LacroixAlternate captainsBryan Campbell unconfirmed Jim Cardiff unconfirmed Andre LacroixDerek SandersonArenaCivic CenterTeam leadersGoalsDanny Lawson 61 AssistsAndre Lacroix 74 PointsAndre Lacroix 124 Penalty minutesJim Cardiff 185 WinsBernie Parent 33 Goals against averageBernie Parent 3 61 1973 74 Contents 1 Offseason 2 Regular season 2 1 Final standings 2 2 Game log 3 Playoffs 3 1 Cleveland Crusaders 4 Philadelphia Blazers 0 Semifinals 4 Player stats 5 Awards and records 5 1 Awards 6 Transactions 6 1 Trades 7 Draft picks 8 Farm teams 9 See also 10 References 11 External linksOffseason Edit The template below Empty section is being considered for deletion See templates for discussion to help reach a consensus This section is empty You can help by adding to it July 2010 Regular season EditFinal standings Edit Eastern Division GP W L T GF GA PIM PtsNew England Whalers 78 46 30 2 318 263 858 94Cleveland Crusaders 78 43 32 3 287 239 1095 89Philadelphia Blazers 78 38 40 0 288 305 1260 76Ottawa Nationals 78 35 39 4 279 301 1067 74Quebec Nordiques 78 33 40 5 276 313 1354 71New York Raiders 78 33 43 2 303 334 900 68Game log Edit Regular season scheduleNo R Date Score Opponent Record1 L October 12 1972 3 4 New England Whalers 1972 73 0 1 02 L October 15 1972 0 5 New York Raiders 1972 73 0 2 03 L October 19 1972 2 4 Los Angeles Sharks 1972 73 0 3 04 L October 20 1972 1 4 Alberta Oilers 1972 73 0 4 05 L October 22 1972 3 6 Winnipeg Jets 1972 73 0 5 06 L October 24 1972 3 5 Winnipeg Jets 1972 73 0 6 07 L October 25 1972 2 8 Cleveland Crusaders 1972 73 0 7 08 W October 27 1972 5 4 Los Angeles Sharks 1972 73 1 7 09 L October 28 1972 3 5 Ottawa Nationals 1972 73 1 8 010 W November 1 1972 7 5 Cleveland Crusaders 1972 73 2 8 011 L November 2 1972 3 6 Quebec Nordiques 1972 73 2 9 012 L November 4 1972 4 8 New England Whalers 1972 73 2 10 013 L November 5 1972 1 3 Minnesota Fighting Saints 1972 73 2 11 014 L November 12 1972 1 2 Ottawa Nationals 1972 73 2 12 015 W November 14 1972 4 3 Chicago Cougars 1972 73 3 12 016 L November 18 1972 4 5 OT Minnesota Fighting Saints 1972 73 3 13 017 L November 19 1972 0 5 New York Raiders 1972 73 3 14 018 W November 22 1972 5 4 OT Alberta Oilers 1972 73 4 14 019 L November 24 1972 4 6 Minnesota Fighting Saints 1972 73 4 15 020 L November 25 1972 3 4 Chicago Cougars 1972 73 4 16 021 W November 28 1972 4 3 Los Angeles Sharks 1972 73 5 16 022 W December 1 1972 5 3 New England Whalers 1972 73 6 16 023 L December 2 1972 2 8 Cleveland Crusaders 1972 73 6 17 024 L December 5 1972 3 4 OT Cleveland Crusaders 1972 73 6 18 025 W December 8 1972 3 1 New York Raiders 1972 73 7 18 026 W December 9 1972 7 1 Ottawa Nationals 1972 73 8 18 027 L December 12 1972 2 5 Quebec Nordiques 1972 73 8 19 028 W December 13 1972 7 4 Winnipeg Jets 1972 73 9 19 029 W December 15 1972 6 4 Winnipeg Jets 1972 73 10 19 030 L December 16 1972 6 10 New England Whalers 1972 73 10 20 031 W December 17 1972 6 3 New England Whalers 1972 73 11 20 032 L December 19 1972 2 7 New York Raiders 1972 73 11 21 033 W December 20 1972 8 5 Chicago Cougars 1972 73 12 21 034 L December 23 1972 3 7 Houston Aeros 1972 73 12 22 035 L December 25 1972 0 8 Cleveland Crusaders 1972 73 12 23 036 W December 26 1972 6 2 Minnesota Fighting Saints 1972 73 13 23 037 L December 28 1972 3 6 Chicago Cougars 1972 73 13 24 038 W December 31 1972 3 1 Los Angeles Sharks 1972 73 14 24 039 W January 1 1973 3 0 New York Raiders 1972 73 15 24 040 L January 10 1973 1 4 New York Raiders 1972 73 15 25 041 W January 12 1973 4 3 Ottawa Nationals 1972 73 16 25 042 W January 13 1973 9 4 Quebec Nordiques 1972 73 17 25 043 L January 16 1973 3 4 Cleveland Crusaders 1972 73 17 26 044 W January 19 1973 4 2 Ottawa Nationals 1972 73 18 26 045 L January 20 1973 3 4 Houston Aeros 1972 73 18 27 046 W January 24 1973 6 4 Quebec Nordiques 1972 73 19 27 047 W January 25 1973 7 4 Cleveland Crusaders 1972 73 20 27 048 W January 27 1973 1 0 OT Alberta Oilers 1972 73 21 27 049 L January 28 1973 2 4 Alberta Oilers 1972 73 21 28 050 W January 30 1973 5 4 OT Ottawa Nationals 1972 73 22 28 051 L February 2 1973 3 5 Cleveland Crusaders 1972 73 22 29 052 L February 6 1973 3 5 Ottawa Nationals 1972 73 22 30 053 L February 7 1973 0 3 Quebec Nordiques 1972 73 22 31 054 W February 10 1973 5 4 OT Quebec Nordiques 1972 73 23 31 055 W February 11 1973 6 1 Cleveland Crusaders 1972 73 24 31 056 W February 13 1973 5 4 New England Whalers 1972 73 25 31 057 W February 14 1973 6 5 Cleveland Crusaders 1972 73 26 31 058 W February 16 1973 9 2 New York Raiders 1972 73 27 31 059 L February 18 1973 1 4 Los Angeles Sharks 1972 73 27 32 060 W February 20 1973 4 2 New England Whalers 1972 73 28 32 061 W February 22 1973 6 5 Ottawa Nationals 1972 73 29 32 062 L February 25 1973 3 5 Winnipeg Jets 1972 73 29 33 063 L February 27 1973 0 3 Minnesota Fighting Saints 1972 73 29 34 064 W March 4 1973 4 2 New York Raiders 1972 73 30 34 065 L March 6 1973 1 2 OT Chicago Cougars 1972 73 30 35 066 W March 8 1973 2 1 Minnesota Fighting Saints 1972 73 31 35 067 W March 9 1973 11 3 Quebec Nordiques 1972 73 32 35 068 L March 11 1973 2 4 Houston Aeros 1972 73 32 36 069 L March 12 1973 4 6 Quebec Nordiques 1972 73 32 37 070 W March 13 1973 4 3 Houston Aeros 1972 73 33 37 071 L March 17 1973 0 4 New England Whalers 1972 73 33 38 072 L March 19 1973 1 5 Houston Aeros 1972 73 33 39 073 W March 21 1973 7 3 Houston Aeros 1972 73 34 39 074 W March 23 1973 7 3 Los Angeles Sharks 1972 73 35 39 075 L March 28 1973 1 2 Alberta Oilers 1972 73 35 40 076 W March 29 1973 2 1 Alberta Oilers 1972 73 36 40 077 W March 31 1973 5 1 Chicago Cougars 1972 73 37 40 078 W April 1 1973 4 2 Winnipeg Jets 1972 73 38 40 0 3 Playoffs EditCleveland Crusaders 4 Philadelphia Blazers 0 Semifinals Edit Date Visitor Score Home Record1 April 4 Philadelphia Blazers 2 3 OT Cleveland Crusaders 0 12 April 7 Philadelphia Blazers 7 1 Cleveland Crusaders 0 23 April 8 Cleveland Crusaders 3 1 Philadelphia Blazers 0 34 April 11 Cleveland Crusaders 6 2 Philadelphia Blazers 0 4Player stats EditRegular seasonScoringPlayer Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWGAndre Lacroix C 78 50 74 124 83 0 16 0 11Danny Lawson RW 78 61 45 106 35 0 20 3 6John McKenzie RW 60 28 50 78 157 0 8 1 7Bryan Campbell C 75 25 48 73 85 0 6 0 1Don Herriman LW 78 24 48 72 63 0 9 0 4Ron Plumb D 78 10 41 51 66 0 6 0 0Don Burgess LW 74 20 22 42 15 0 1 3 0Don O Donoghue RW 74 16 23 39 43 0 1 0 0Irv Spencer D 54 2 27 29 43 0 0 0 0Jim Cardiff D 78 3 24 27 185 0 0 2 0Michel Plante LW 70 13 12 25 35 0 0 0 0Rychard Campeau D 75 1 18 19 72 0 1 0 0John Migneault LW 55 10 8 18 38 0 1 0 0Michel Boudreau C 33 7 7 14 4 0 1 0 0Camille Lapierre D 24 5 9 14 2 0 0 0 0John Bennett LW 34 4 6 10 18 0 1 0 0Derek Sanderson C 8 3 3 6 69 0 0 1 0Pierre Henry C 19 2 3 5 13 0 0 0 0Derek Harker D 27 0 5 5 46 0 0 0 0John Gravel D 8 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0Nick Polano D 17 0 3 3 24 0 0 0 0Denis Meloche C 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0Dave Hutchison D 28 0 2 2 34 0 0 0 0Pierre Paiement RW 8 1 0 1 18 0 0 0 0Claude St Sauveur C 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0Yves Archambault G 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0Wayne Mosdell D 8 0 1 1 12 0 0 0 0Bernie Parent G 63 0 1 1 36 0 0 0 0Michel Rouleau C 6 0 1 1 15 0 0 0 0Bob Brown D 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0Jack Chipchase D 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0Tom Cottringer G 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Sam Gellard LW 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Frank Golembrosky RW 8 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0Larry Mavety D 4 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 0Darwin Mott LW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Murray Myers RW 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Marcel Paille G 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Danny Sullivan G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0GoaltendingPlayer MIN GP W L T GA GAA SOBernie Parent 3653 63 33 28 0 220 3 61 2Marcel Paille 611 15 2 8 0 49 4 81 0Yves Archambault 260 6 1 3 0 17 3 92 0Tom Cottringer 122 2 1 1 0 8 3 93 0Danny Sullivan 60 1 1 0 0 3 3 00 0Team 4706 78 38 40 0 297 3 79 2PlayoffsScoringPlayer Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWGJohn McKenzie RW 4 3 1 4 8 1 0 0Andre Lacroix C 4 0 2 2 18 0 0 0Camille Lapierre D 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 0Ron Plumb D 4 0 2 2 13 0 0 0Don Burgess LW 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0Rychard Campeau D 4 1 0 1 17 1 0 0Don Herriman LW 4 1 0 1 14 1 0 0Bryan Campbell C 3 0 1 1 8 0 0 0Danny Lawson RW 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0Don O Donoghue RW 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0Yves Archambault G 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Michel Boudreau C 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Jim Cardiff D 4 0 0 0 11 0 0 0Dave Hutchison D 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0John Migneault LW 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Murray Myers RW 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Marcel Paille G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Bernie Parent G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Michel Plante LW 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0Irv Spencer D 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0GoaltendingPlayer MIN GP W L GA GAA SOYves Archambault 153 3 0 2 11 4 31 0Marcel Paille 27 1 0 1 5 11 11 0Bernie Parent 70 1 0 1 3 2 57 0Team 250 4 0 4 19 4 56 0 4 Note Pos Position 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 Awards and records EditAwards Edit League awards and honors Award or honor RecipientAll Star Game representative Danny LawsonJohn McKenzieBill Hunter Trophy Andre LacroixWHA First All Star Team Andre Lacroix C Danny Lawson RW WHA Second All Star Team Bernie Parent G Transactions EditTrades Edit Date DetailsFebruary 12 1972 To Philadelphia Blazers futures To Cleveland Crusaders Paul ShmyrMarch 1 1972 To Philadelphia Blazers Andre Lacroix To Quebec Nordiques cashMay 1 1972 To Philadelphia Blazers John McKenzie To Quebec Nordiques futuresMay 1 1972 To Philadelphia Blazers Bill Youngcashfutures To Minnesota Fighting Saints Rick SmithMay 1 1972 To Philadelphia Blazers Bryan Campbell To Chicago Cougars cashJune 1 1972 To Philadelphia Blazers Marcel Paille To Chicago Cougars futuresJune 1 1972 To Philadelphia Blazers Don O Donoghue To New England Whalers cashJune 1 1972 To Philadelphia Blazers futures To New England Whalers Terry CafferyOctober 1 1972 To Philadelphia Blazers Larry Mavety To Los Angeles Sharks cashNovember 1 1972 To Philadelphia Blazers John GravelBrit Selby To Quebec Nordiques Frank GolembroskyMichel RouleauNovember 1 1972 To Philadelphia Blazers Bob Brown To New England Whalers Brit SelbyNovember 1 1972 To Philadelphia Blazers Roger CoteDerek Harker To Alberta Oilers cashNovember 7 1972 To Philadelphia Blazers cash To Chicago Cougars Larry MavetyDraft picks EditPhiladelphia s picks at the WHA General Player Draft which was held in Anaheim California on February 12 13 1972 The team participated in the draft as the Miami Screaming Eagles Players drafted by the Miami Screaming Eagles in the General Player Draft Round Player Position TeamP 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 Farm teams EditThe Roanoke Valley Rebels in the EHL See also Edit1972 73 WHA seasonReferences Edit World Hockey Association 1972 WHA 1972 73 Media Guide World Hockey Association World Hockey Association 1973 WHA 1973 74 Media Guide World Hockey Association 1972 73 Philadelphia Blazers Games Hockey reference com Retrieved 2009 06 29 1972 73 Philadelphia Blazers Statistics Hockey Reference com hockey reference com Retrieved 2009 06 29 External links Edit Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1972 73 Philadelphia Blazers season amp oldid 1107694266, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
