1971-72 NHL Births

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League Champion: Boston Bruins

Calder Memorial Trophy: Ken Dryden (39-8-15, 2.24 GAA)

Hart Memorial Trophy: Bobby Orr (37 G, 80 A, 117 P)

Vezina Trophy: Tony Esposito (31-10-6, 1.77 GAA), Gary Smith (14-5-6, 2.42 GAA)

Points Leaders: Phil Esposito (133)

Goals Leaders: Phil Esposito (66)

Assists Leaders: Bobby Orr (80)

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Listing births between Sept. 1 before the season began, and Aug. 31 following the season's end.

Births

Births Table
							Scoring						Goalie Stats
Rk	Name	Birth Date	Death Date	From	To	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	GP	W	L	T/O	SV%	GAA
1	Peter Ambroziak	1971-09-15		1995	1995	LW	12	0	1	1	-1	0
2	Magnus Arvedson	1971-11-25		1998	2004	LW	434	100	125	225	109	241
3	Scott Bailey	1972-05-02		1996	1997	G	19	0	0	0	0	0	19	6	6	2	.876	3.42
4	Jan Benda	1972-03-28		1998	1998	C	9	0	3	3	1	6
5	Drake Berehowsky	1972-01-03		1991	2004	D	549	37	112	149	-48	848
6	Sergei Berezin	1971-11-05	2024-06-26	1997	2003	LW	502	160	126	286	29	54
7	Brad Bombardir	1972-05-05		1998	2004	D	356	8	46	54	-5	127
8	Zac Boyer	1971-10-25		1995	1996	RW	3	0	0	0	0	0
9	Donald Brashear	1972-01-07		1994	2010	LW	1025	85	120	205	-93	2634
10	Aris Brimanis	1972-03-14		1994	2004	D	113	2	12	14	-20	57
11	Martin Brodeur	1972-05-06		1992	2015	G	1266	2	45	47	0	122	1266	691	397	154	.912	2.24
12	Craig Conroy	1971-09-04		1995	2011	C	1009	182	360	542	98	603
13	John Craighead	1971-11-23		1997	1997	RW	5	0	0	0	0	10
14	Mariusz Czerkawski	1972-04-13		1994	2006	RW	745	215	220	435	-54	274
15	Kimbi Daniels	1972-01-19		1991	1992	C	27	1	2	3	-6	4
16	Jeff Daw	1972-02-28		2002	2002	C	1	0	1	1	0	0
17	Ivan Droppa	1972-02-01		1994	1996	D	19	0	1	1	4	14
18	Ted Drury	1971-09-13		1994	2001	C	414	41	52	93	-66	367
19	Mike Dunham	1972-06-01		1997	2007	G	394	0	5	5	0	16	394	141	178	44	.908	2.75
20	Karl Dykhuis	1972-07-08		1992	2004	D	644	42	91	133	8	495
Rk	Name	Birth Date	Death Date	From	To	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	GP	W	L	T/O	SV%	GAA
21	Joe Dziedzic	1971-12-18		1996	1999	LW	130	14	14	28	-11	131
22	Mikko Eloranta	1972-08-24		2000	2003	LW	264	32	44	76	-24	186
23	Dmitri Filimonov	1971-10-14	2024-08-01	1994	1994	D	30	1	4	5	-10	18
24	Mike Fountain	1972-01-26		1997	2001	G	11	0	0	0	0	2	11	2	6	0	.880	3.49
25	Scott Fraser	1972-05-03		1996	1999	C	71	16	15	31	-7	24
26	Doug Friedman	1971-09-01		1998	1999	LW	18	0	1	1	0	34
27	Bruce Gardiner	1972-02-11		1997	2002	RW	312	34	54	88	-10	263
28	Brent Gretzky	1972-02-20		1994	1995	C	13	1	3	4	-2	2
29	Ravil Gusmanov	1972-07-25		1996	1996	LW	4	0	0	0	-3	0
30	Derian Hatcher	1972-06-04		1992	2008	D	1045	80	251	331	74	1581
31	Bryan Helmer	1972-07-15		1999	2009	D	146	8	18	26	7	135
32	Darby Hendrickson	1972-08-28		1995	2004	C	518	65	64	129	-109	370
33	Corey Hirsch	1972-07-01		1993	2003	G	108	0	3	3	0	8	108	34	45	14	.896	3.13
34	Kevin Hodson	1972-03-27		1996	2003	G	71	0	1	1	0	6	71	17	18	10	.893	2.76
35	Jonas Höglund	1972-08-29		1997	2003	LW	545	117	145	262	-4	112
36	Ryan Hughes	1972-01-17		1996	1996	C	3	0	0	0	0	0
37	Jaromír Jágr	1972-02-15		1991	2018	RW	1733	766	1155	1921	322	1167
38	Pauli Jaks	1972-01-25		1995	1995	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.920	3.00
39	Craig Johnson	1972-03-18		1995	2004	LW	557	75	98	173	-33	260
40	Steve Junker	1972-06-26		1994	1994	LW	5	0	0	0	0	0
Rk	Name	Birth Date	Death Date	From	To	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	GP	W	L	T/O	SV%	GAA
41	Mike Kennedy	1972-04-13		1995	1999	C	145	16	36	52	-1	112
42	Dan Kesa	1971-11-23		1994	2000	RW	139	8	22	30	-24	66
43	Alexander Khavanov	1972-01-30		2001	2006	D	348	27	75	102	15	233
44	Trevor Kidd	1972-03-26		1992	2004	G	387	0	13	13	0	36	387	140	162	52	.901	2.84
45	Marko Kiprusoff	1972-06-06		1996	2002	D	51	0	10	10	-3	12
46	Mike Knuble	1972-07-04		1997	2013	RW	1068	278	270	548	76	641
47	Espen Knutsen	1972-01-12		1998	2004	C	207	30	81	111	-61	105
48	Vyacheslav Kozlov	1972-05-03		1992	2010	LW	1182	356	497	853	96	704
49	Jean-François Labbé	1972-06-15		2000	2003	G	15	0	0	0	0	2	15	3	6	0	.889	3.44
50	Sasha Lakovic	1971-09-07	2017-04-25	1997	1999	RW	37	0	4	4	-1	118
51	Mark Lawrence	1972-01-27		1995	2001	RW	142	18	26	44	-30	115
52	John Lilley	1972-08-03		1994	1996	RW	23	3	8	11	2	13
53	Jamie Linden	1972-07-19		1995	1995	RW	4	0	0	0	-1	17
54	Neil Little	1971-12-18		2002	2004	G	2	0	0	0	0	10	2	0	2	0	.838	3.86
55	Brian Loney	1972-08-09		1996	1996	RW	12	2	3	5	2	6
56	Chris Marinucci	1971-12-29		1995	1997	C	13	1	4	5	-3	2
57	Steve Martins	1972-04-13		1996	2006	C	267	21	25	46	-36	142
58	Mike Matteucci	1971-12-27		2001	2002	D	6	0	0	0	-1	4
59	Brad May	1971-11-29		1992	2010	LW	1041	127	161	288	-21	2248
60	Chris McAlpine	1971-12-01		1995	2003	D	289	6	24	30	7	245
Rk	Name	Birth Date	Death Date	From	To	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	GP	W	L	T/O	SV%	GAA
61	Sandy McCarthy	1972-06-15		1994	2004	RW	736	72	76	148	-81	1534
62	Darren McCarty	1972-04-01		1994	2009	RW	758	127	161	288	61	1477
63	Dan McGillis	1972-07-01		1997	2006	D	634	56	182	238	40	570
64	Scott McKay	1972-01-26		1994	1994	C	1	0	0	0	0	0
65	Dale McTavish	1972-02-28		1997	1997	C	9	1	2	3	-4	2
66	Boris Mironov	1972-03-21		1994	2004	D	716	76	231	307	-57	891
67	Ian Moran	1972-08-24		1996	2007	D	489	21	50	71	-43	321
68	Dave Morissette	1971-12-24		1999	2000	LW	11	0	0	0	1	57
69	Evgeny Namestnikov	1971-10-09		1994	2000	D	43	0	9	9	-2	24
70	Petr Nedvěd	1971-12-09		1991	2007	C	982	310	407	717	-21	708
71	Jeff Nielsen	1971-09-20		1997	2001	RW	252	20	27	47	-26	70
72	Owen Nolan	1972-02-12		1991	2010	RW	1200	422	463	885	-40	1793
73	Mattias Norström	1972-01-02		1994	2008	D	903	18	147	165	8	661
74	Sean O'Donnell	1971-10-13		1995	2012	D	1224	31	198	229	87	1809
75	Sandis Ozoliņš	1972-08-03		1993	2008	D	875	167	397	564	-44	638
76	Žigmund Pálffy	1972-05-05		1994	2006	RW	684	329	384	713	83	322
77	Pavel Patera	1971-09-06		2000	2001	C	32	2	7	9	-9	8
78	Brent Peterson	1972-07-20		1997	1999	LW	56	9	1	10	-8	6
79	Dan Plante	1971-10-05		1994	1998	RW	159	9	14	23	-31	135
80	Keith Primeau	1971-11-24		1991	2006	C	909	266	353	619	124	1541
Rk	Name	Birth Date	Death Date	From	To	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	GP	W	L	T/O	SV%	GAA
81	Martin Procházka	1972-03-03		1998	2000	RW	32	2	5	7	-2	8
82	Mikael Renberg	1972-05-05		1994	2004	RW	661	190	274	464	54	372
83	Mike Ricci	1971-10-27		1991	2007	C	1099	243	362	605	-20	974
84	Marc Rodgers	1972-03-16		2000	2000	RW	21	1	1	2	-3	10
85	Geoff Sanderson	1972-02-01		1991	2008	LW	1104	355	345	700	-100	511
86	Terran Sandwith	1972-04-17		1998	1998	D	8	0	0	0	-4	6
87	Andy Schneider	1972-03-29		1994	1994	LW	10	0	0	0	-6	15
88	Paxton Schulte	1972-07-16		1994	1997	LW	2	0	0	0	1	4
89	Scott Scissons	1971-10-29		1991	1994	C	2	0	0	0	0	0
90	Brandy Semchuk	1971-09-22		1993	1993	RW	1	0	0	0	0	2
91	Pierre Sévigny	1971-09-08		1994	1998	LW	78	4	5	9	1	64
92	Steve Shields	1972-07-19		1996	2006	G	246	0	2	2	0	78	246	80	104	40	.907	2.67
93	Roman Šimíček	1971-11-04		2001	2002	C	63	7	10	17	-8	59
94	Chris Simon	1972-01-30	2024-03-18	1993	2008	LW	782	144	161	305	28	1824
95	Todd Simon	1972-04-21		1994	1994	C	15	0	1	1	-3	0
96	Andrei Skopintsev	1971-09-28		1999	2001	D	40	2	4	6	-10	32
97	John Slaney	1972-02-07		1994	2004	D	268	22	69	91	-26	99
98	Bryan Smolinski	1971-12-27		1993	2008	C	1056	274	377	651	46	606
99	Turner Stevenson	1972-05-18		1993	2006	RW	644	75	115	190	-9	969
100	Cam Stewart	1971-09-18		1994	2001	LW	202	16	23	39	-15	120
Rk	Name	Birth Date	Death Date	From	To	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	GP	W	L	T/O	SV%	GAA
101	Jozef Stümpel	1972-07-20		1992	2008	C	957	196	481	677	47	245
102	Darryl Sydor	1972-05-13		1992	2010	D	1291	98	409	507	21	755
103	Chris Taylor	1972-03-06		1995	2004	C	149	11	21	32	-5	48
104	Chris Therien	1971-12-14		1995	2006	D	764	29	130	159	130	585
105	Keith Tkachuk	1972-03-28		1992	2010	LW	1201	538	527	1065	33	2219
106	Mike Torchia	1972-02-23		1995	1995	G	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	3	2	1	.895	3.30
107	Marko Tuomainen	1972-04-25		1995	2002	RW	79	9	9	18	-12	84
108	Nick Vachon	1972-07-20		1997	1997	C	1	0	0	0	-1	0
109	Jarkko Varvio	1972-04-28		1994	1995	RW	13	3	4	7	2	4
110	Andrei Vasilyev	1972-03-30		1995	1999	LW	16	2	5	7	-1	6
111	Tony Virta	1972-06-28		2002	2002	RW	8	2	3	5	0	0
112	Vladimír Vůjtek	1972-02-17		1992	2003	LW	110	7	30	37	-15	38
113	Ray Whitney	1972-05-08		1992	2014	LW	1330	385	679	1064	-79	465
114	Johan Witehall	1972-01-07		1999	2001	LW	54	2	5	7	-5	16
115	Dody Wood	1972-03-18		1993	1998	C	106	8	10	18	-11	471
116	Juha Ylönen	1972-02-13		1997	2002	C	341	26	76	102	8	90
117	Dmitry Yushkevich	1971-11-19		1993	2003	D	786	43	182	225	-21	659
118	Brad Zavisha	1972-01-04		1994	1994	LW	2	0	0	0	-2	0

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