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1972–73 Detroit Red Wings season

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.

Offseason

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


Record vs. opponents


Schedule and results

1972–73 regular season[3]
October
Game Result 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
November
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
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
December
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
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
January
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
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
February
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
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
March
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
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
April
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
78 T April 1, 1973 3–3 @ New York Rangers (1972–73) 37–29–12

Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Mickey Redmond RW 76 52 41 93 24 6 15 0 7
Marcel Dionne C 77 40 50 90 21 −4 10 0 6
Alex Delvecchio C/LW 77 18 53 71 13 6 8 0 3
Nick Libett LW 78 19 34 53 56 1 4 1 3
Tim Ecclestone LW 78 18 30 48 28 6 3 1 2
Red Berenson C 78 13 30 43 8 −14 5 0 1
Bill Collins RW 78 21 21 42 44 −1 1 1 6
Al Karlander C 77 15 22 37 25 2 4 0 4
Guy Charron C 75 18 18 36 23 9 0 0 2
Ron Stackhouse D 78 5 29 34 82 22 0 0 0
Gary Bergman D 68 3 28 31 71 10 0 0 0
Henry Boucha C 73 14 14 28 82 −2 0 1 0
Thommie Bergman D 75 9 12 21 70 6 1 0 2
Len Fontaine RW 39 8 10 18 6 −2 1 0 0
Garnet Bailey LW 13 2 11 13 16 2 0 0 0
Larry Johnston D 73 1 12 13 169 6 0 0 1
Leon Rochefort RW 20 2 4 6 2 0 0 0 0
Gary Doak D 44 0 5 5 51 5 0 0 0
Bob Cook RW 13 3 1 4 4 −11 1 0 0
Brian Lavender LW 26 2 2 4 14 2 0 0 0
Ken Murray D 31 1 1 2 36 −1 0 0 0
Bill Hogaboam C 4 1 0 1 2 −1 0 0 0
Serge Lajeunesse D/RW 28 0 1 1 26 −15 0 0 0
Andy Brown G 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Denis DeJordy G 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Roy Edwards G 52 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
Robbie Ftorek C/LW 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Danny Gruen LW 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rick Newell D 3 0 0 0 0 −1 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Roy Edwards 3012 52 27 17 7 132 2.63 6
Denis DeJordy 1331 24 8 11 3 83 3.74 1
Andy Brown 337 7 2 1 2 20 3.56 0
Team: 4680 78 37 29 12 235 3.01 7

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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;

Awards and records

Transactions

Draft picks

Detroit's draft picks at the 1972 NHL Amateur Draft held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal.

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
2 26 Pierre Guite  Canada University of Pennsylvania (ECAC)
3 42 Bob Krieger  United States University of Denver (WCHA)
4 58 Danny Gruen  Canada Thunder Bay Vulcans (TBJHL)
5 74 Dennis Johnson  United States University of North Dakota (WCHA)
6 90 Bill Miller  Canada Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)
7 106 Glen Seperich  Canada Kitchener Rangers (OMJHL)
8 122 Mike Ford  Canada Brandon Wheat Kings (WCHL)
9 138 George Kuzmicz  Canada Cornell University (ECAC)
10 150 Dave Arundel  United States University of Wisconsin (WCHA)

See also

References

  1. ^ "1972–1973 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  2. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "1972-73 Detroit Red Wings Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved April 2, 2025.
  4. ^ "1972-73 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 4, 2009.