1972-73 NHL Debuts

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League Champion: Montreal Canadiens

Vezina Trophy: Ken Dryden (33-7-13, 2.26 GAA)

Hart Memorial Trophy: Bobby Clarke (37 G, 67 A, 104 P)

Calder Memorial Trophy: Steve Vickers (30 G, 23 A, 53 P)

Goals Leaders: Phil Esposito (55)

Assists Leaders: Phil Esposito (75)

Points Leaders: Phil Esposito (130)

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Debuts

Debuts Table
									Scoring						Goalie Stats
Rk	Name	Age	Debut Date	Tm	Birth Date	From	To	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	GP	W	L	T/O	SV%	GAA
1	John Adams	26-114d	1972-11-18	BOS	1946-07-27	1973	1975	G	22	0	0	0	0	2	22	9	10	1	.877	4.32
2	Bill Barber	20-110d	1972-10-29	PHI	1952-07-11	1973	1984	LW	903	420	463	883	312	623
3	Michel Belhumeur	23-074d	1972-11-15	PHI	1949-09-02	1973	1976	G	65	0	4	4	0	12	65	9	36	7	.874	4.62
4	Thommie Bergman	24-302d	1972-10-07	DET	1947-12-10	1973	1980	D	246	21	44	65	-38	243
5	Tom Bladon	19-283d	1972-10-07	PHI	1952-12-29	1973	1981	D	610	73	197	270	134	392
6	Larry Bolonchuk	20-224d	1972-10-07	VAN	1952-02-26	1973	1978	D	74	3	9	12	-43	97
7	Dan Bouchard	21-301d	1972-10-08	ATF	1950-12-12	1973	1986	G	656	0	28	28	0	255	656	286	233	113	.890	3.27
8	Ross Brooks	35-008d	1972-10-25	BOS	1937-10-17	1973	1975	G	54	0	1	1	0	2	54	37	7	6	.903	2.64
9	Bruce Bullock	23-214d	1972-12-09	VAN	1949-05-09	1973	1977	G	16	0	0	0	0	2	16	3	9	3	.854	4.79
10	Ron Busniuk	24-224d	1973-03-25	BUF	1948-08-13	1973	1974	RW	6	0	3	3	-1	13
11	Jerry Butler	21-298d	1972-12-21	NYR	1951-02-27	1973	1983	RW	641	99	120	219	-64	515
12	Jerry Byers	20-192d	1972-10-07	MNS	1952-03-29	1973	1978	LW	43	3	4	7	-12	15
13	Larry Carriere	20-252d	1972-10-08	BUF	1952-01-30	1973	1980	D	366	16	74	90	12	462
14	Rick Dudley	23-251d	1972-10-08	BUF	1949-01-31	1973	1981	LW	309	75	99	174	45	292
15	Steve Durbano	20-300d	1972-10-07	STL	1951-12-12	1973	1979	D	220	13	60	73	-22	1127
16	Rocky Farr	25-272d	1973-01-04	BUF	1947-04-07	1973	1975	G	19	0	0	0	0	2	19	2	6	3	.894	3.50
17	George Ferguson	20-046d	1972-10-07	TOR	1952-08-22	1973	1984	C	797	160	238	398	-46	431
18	Len Fontaine	24-225d	1972-10-07	DET	1948-02-25	1973	1974	RW	46	8	11	19	-4	10
19	Dave Fortier	21-242d	1973-02-14	TOR	1951-06-17	1973	1977	D	205	8	21	29	-2	335
20	Robbie Ftorek	20-359d	1972-12-26	DET	1952-01-02	1973	1985	C/LW	334	77	150	227	0	262
Rk	Name	Age	Debut Date	Tm	Birth Date	From	To	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	GP	W	L	T/O	SV%	GAA
21	Dave Gardner	20-147d	1973-01-17	MTL	1952-08-23	1973	1980	C	350	75	115	190	-62	41
22	Richard Grenier	20-110d	1973-01-06	NYI	1952-09-18	1973	1973	C	10	1	1	2	-2	2
23	John Grisdale	24-059d	1972-10-21	TOR	1948-08-23	1973	1979	D	250	4	39	43	-53	346
24	Danny Gruen	20-192d	1973-01-04	DET	1952-06-26	1973	1977	LW	49	9	13	22	-6	19
25	Jean Hamel	20-165d	1972-11-18	STL	1952-06-06	1973	1984	D	699	26	95	121	-80	766
26	Billy Harris	20-252d	1972-10-07	NYI	1952-01-29	1973	1984	RW	897	231	327	558	-19	394
27	Hugh Harris	24-157d	1972-11-11	BUF	1948-06-07	1973	1973	C	60	12	26	38	8	17
28	Lorne Henning	20-233d	1972-10-12	NYI	1952-02-22	1973	1981	C	543	73	111	184	21	102
29	Denis Herron	20-118d	1972-10-14	PIT	1952-06-18	1973	1986	G	462	0	9	9	0	89	462	146	203	76	.889	3.71
30	Phil Hoene	23-281d	1972-12-21	LAK	1949-03-15	1973	1975	LW	37	2	4	6	-4	22
31	Bill Hogaboam	23-064d	1972-11-08	ATF	1949-09-05	1973	1980	C	332	80	109	189	-87	100
32	Terry Holbrook	22-130d	1972-11-18	MNS	1950-07-11	1973	1974	RW	43	3	6	9	-7	4
33	Ron Homenuke	20-281d	1972-10-12	VAN	1952-01-05	1973	1973	RW	1	0	0	0	-3	0
34	Garry Howatt	20-051d	1972-11-16	NYI	1952-09-26	1973	1984	LW	720	112	156	268	40	1836
35	Dave Hudson	22-284d	1972-10-07	NYI	1949-12-28	1973	1978	C	409	59	124	183	-103	89
36	Bob Johnson	24-019d	1972-12-01	STL	1948-11-12	1973	1975	G	23	0	0	0	0	8	23	9	9	1	.881	3.73
37	Kerry Ketter	25-017d	1972-10-07	ATF	1947-09-20	1973	1973	D	41	0	2	2	-6	58
38	Orest Kindrachuk	22-056d	1972-11-09	PHI	1950-09-14	1973	1982	C	508	118	261	379	125	648
39	Neil Komadoski	20-337d	1972-10-07	LAK	1951-11-05	1973	1980	D	502	16	76	92	-33	632
40	Don Kozak	20-248d	1972-10-07	LAK	1952-02-02	1973	1979	RW	437	96	86	182	-39	480
Rk	Name	Age	Debut Date	Tm	Birth Date	From	To	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	GP	W	L	T/O	SV%	GAA
41	Dave Kryskow	20-330d	1972-11-19	CBH	1951-12-25	1973	1976	LW	231	33	56	89	-33	174
42	Moe L'Abbe	25-161d	1973-01-20	CBH	1947-08-12	1973	1973	RW	5	0	1	1	1	0
43	Ron Lalonde	19-343d	1972-10-07	PIT	1952-10-30	1973	1979	C	397	45	78	123	-104	106
44	Yvon Lambert	22-243d	1973-01-18	MTL	1950-05-20	1973	1982	LW	683	206	273	479	142	340
45	Mike Lampman	22-174d	1972-10-11	STL	1950-04-20	1973	1977	LW	96	17	20	37	-15	34
46	Walt Ledingham	22-108d	1973-02-11	CBH	1950-10-26	1973	1977	LW	15	0	2	2	-4	4
47	Rich LeDuc	21-140d	1973-01-11	BOS	1951-08-24	1973	1981	C	130	28	38	66	-31	69
48	Bryan Lefley	23-355d	1972-10-07	NYI	1948-10-18	1973	1978	D/LW	228	7	29	36	-83	101
49	Randy Legge	26-339d	1972-11-19	NYR	1945-12-16	1973	1973	D	12	0	2	2	0	2
50	Don Lever	19-328d	1972-10-07	VAN	1952-11-14	1973	1987	LW	1020	313	367	680	-248	593
51	Barry Long	23-278d	1972-10-07	LAK	1949-01-03	1973	1982	D	280	11	68	79	-57	250
52	Ron Low	22-122d	1972-10-21	TOR	1950-06-21	1973	1985	G	382	0	8	8	0	45	382	102	203	38	.869	4.29
53	Joe Lundrigan	24-047d	1972-10-29	TOR	1948-09-12	1973	1975	D	52	2	8	10	1	22
54	Jack Lynch	20-132d	1972-10-07	PIT	1952-05-28	1973	1979	D	382	24	106	130	-196	336
55	Connie Madigan	38-125d	1973-02-06	STL	1934-10-04	1973	1973	D	20	0	3	3	1	25
56	John Marks	24-199d	1972-10-07	CBH	1948-03-22	1973	1982	LW	657	112	163	275	38	330
57	Ted McAneeley	21-335d	1972-10-07	CGS	1950-11-07	1973	1975	D	158	8	35	43	-64	141
58	Jim McElmury	23-036d	1972-11-08	MNS	1949-10-03	1973	1978	D	180	14	47	61	-76	49
59	Bruce McIntosh	23-337d	1973-02-17	MNS	1949-03-17	1973	1973	D	2	0	0	0	0	0
60	Dave McLelland	20-125d	1973-03-25	VAN	1952-11-20	1973	1973	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	.857	5.00
Rk	Name	Age	Debut Date	Tm	Birth Date	From	To	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	GP	W	L	T/O	SV%	GAA
61	Gord McRae	24-294d	1973-01-31	TOR	1948-04-12	1973	1978	G	71	0	0	0	0	6	71	30	22	10	.885	3.50
62	Bryan McSheffrey	20-016d	1972-10-11	VAN	1952-09-25	1973	1975	RW	90	13	7	20	-45	44
63	Brent Meeke	20-249d	1972-12-15	CGS	1952-04-10	1973	1977	D	75	9	22	31	-25	8
64	Wayne Merrick	20-167d	1972-10-07	STL	1952-04-23	1973	1984	C	774	191	265	456	23	303
65	Lyle Moffat	24-350d	1973-03-04	TOR	1948-03-19	1973	1980	LW	97	12	16	28	-27	51
66	Morris Mott	26-135d	1972-10-07	CGS	1946-05-25	1973	1975	RW	199	18	32	50	-49	49
67	Terry Murray	22-083d	1972-10-11	CGS	1950-07-20	1973	1982	D	303	4	76	80	-20	199
68	Rick Newell	24-251d	1972-10-26	DET	1948-02-18	1973	1974	D	7	0	0	0	-2	0
69	Neil Nicholson	20-211d	1972-12-03	NYI	1949-09-12	1973	1978	D	39	3	1	4	-18	23
70	Bob Nystrom	20-029d	1972-11-08	NYI	1952-10-10	1973	1986	RW	900	235	278	513	110	1248
71	Fred O'Donnell	22-307d	1972-10-08	BOS	1949-12-06	1973	1974	RW	115	15	11	26	6	98
72	Chris Oddleifson	22-034d	1972-10-11	BOS	1950-09-07	1973	1981	C	524	95	191	286	-17	464
73	Brian Ogilvie	20-251d	1972-10-07	CBH	1952-01-30	1973	1979	C	90	15	21	36	-23	29
74	Randy Osburn	19-316d	1972-10-07	TOR	1952-11-26	1973	1975	LW	27	0	2	2	-5	0
75	Dave Pulkkinen	23-217d	1972-12-21	NYI	1949-05-18	1973	1973	LW/D	2	0	0	0	-1	0
76	Jacques Richard	20-000d	1972-10-07	ATF	1952-10-07	1973	1983	LW	556	160	187	347	-77	307
77	Bob Richer	21-339d	1973-02-07	BUF	1951-03-05	1973	1973	C	3	0	0	0	0	0
78	Larry Robinson	21-220d	1973-01-08	MTL	1951-06-02	1973	1992	D	1384	208	750	958	722	793
79	Doug Rombough	22-211d	1973-02-04	BUF	1950-07-08	1973	1976	C	150	24	27	51	8	80
80	Randy Rota	22-090d	1972-11-14	MTL	1950-08-16	1973	1977	C/LW	212	38	39	77	-83	60
Rk	Name	Age	Debut Date	Tm	Birth Date	From	To	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	GP	W	L	T/O	SV%	GAA
81	Phil Russell	20-078d	1972-10-07	CBH	1952-07-21	1973	1987	D	1016	99	325	424	47	2038
82	Larry Sacharuk	20-084d	1972-12-09	NYR	1952-09-16	1973	1977	D	151	29	33	62	-25	42
83	Jim Schoenfeld	20-034d	1972-10-08	BUF	1952-09-04	1973	1985	D	719	51	204	255	236	1132
84	Gregg Sheppard	23-188d	1972-10-28	BOS	1949-04-23	1973	1982	C	657	205	293	498	129	243
85	Steve Shutt	20-098d	1972-10-07	MTL	1952-07-01	1973	1985	LW	930	424	393	817	394	410
86	Dale Smedsmo	21-297d	1973-02-14	TOR	1951-04-23	1973	1973	LW	4	0	0	0	0	0
87	Ron Smith	19-323d	1972-10-07	NYI	1952-11-19	1973	1973	D	11	1	1	2	-7	14
88	Morris Stefaniw	24-271d	1972-10-07	ATF	1948-01-10	1973	1973	C	13	1	1	2	-3	2
89	Don Tannahill	23-229d	1972-10-07	VAN	1949-02-21	1973	1974	LW	111	30	33	63	-26	25
90	Wayne Thomas	25-097d	1973-01-14	MTL	1947-10-09	1973	1981	G	243	0	7	7	0	41	243	103	93	34	.891	3.34
91	Vic Venasky	21-215d	1972-10-07	LAK	1951-03-06	1973	1979	C	430	61	101	162	-16	66
92	Steve Vickers	21-169d	1972-10-07	NYR	1951-04-21	1973	1982	LW	698	246	340	586	57	330
93	Pete Vipond	23-005d	1972-12-13	CGS	1949-12-08	1973	1973	LW	3	0	0	0	0	0
94	Jimmy Watson	20-185d	1973-02-20	PHI	1952-08-19	1973	1982	D	613	38	148	186	295	492
95	Stan Weir	20-204d	1972-10-07	CGS	1952-03-17	1973	1983	C	642	139	207	346	-83	183
96	Barry Wilcox	24-250d	1972-12-29	VAN	1948-04-23	1973	1975	RW	33	3	2	5	-10	15
97	Jim Wiley	22-278d	1973-01-31	PIT	1950-04-28	1973	1977	C	63	4	10	14	-17	8
98	Murray Wilson	20-357d	1972-10-29	MTL	1951-11-07	1973	1979	LW	386	94	95	189	74	162
99	John Wright	23-333d	1972-10-07	VAN	1948-11-09	1973	1975	C	127	16	36	52	-21	67

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