1973 WHA West Division Finals
Winnipeg Jets defeat Houston Aeros 4-0
W-L: 39-35-4, .526
SRS: 0.18 (4th of 12)
Goals: 284 (6th of 12)
Goals Against: 269 (6th of 12)
W-L: 43-31-4, .577
SRS: 0.42 (3rd of 12)
Goals: 285 (5th of 12)
Goals Against: 249 (2nd of 12)
| Game 1, April 20 | ||
| Houston Aeros | 1 | Final |
| Winnipeg Jets | 5 | |
| Game 2, April 22 | ||
| Houston Aeros | 0 | Final |
| Winnipeg Jets | 2 | |
| Game 3, April 24 | ||
| Winnipeg Jets | 4 | Final |
| Houston Aeros | 2 | |
| Game 4, April 26 | ||
| Winnipeg Jets | 3 | Final |
| Houston Aeros | 0 | |
1972-73 Regular Season Stats
| Sunday, Oct 29, 1972 | ||
| Houston Aeros | 3 | Final |
| Winnipeg Jets | 5 | |
| Tuesday, Nov 21, 1972 | ||
| Winnipeg Jets | 4 | Final |
| Houston Aeros | 2 | |
| Thursday, Nov 23, 1972 | ||
| Winnipeg Jets | 5 | Final |
| Houston Aeros | 6 | OT |
| Friday, Dec 8, 1972 | ||
| Houston Aeros | 2 | Final |
| Winnipeg Jets | 6 | |
| Wednesday, Feb 7, 1973 | ||
| Winnipeg Jets | 2 | Final |
| Houston Aeros | 5 | |
| Thursday, Feb 8, 1973 | ||
| Winnipeg Jets | 3 | Final |
| Houston Aeros | 1 | |
| Friday, Feb 16, 1973 | ||
| Houston Aeros | 0 | Final |
| Winnipeg Jets | 7 | |
| Sunday, Feb 18, 1973 | ||
| Houston Aeros | 2 | Final |
| Winnipeg Jets | 4 | |
HSA Scoring Regular Season
| Scoring | Goals | Assists | Ice Time | Point Shares | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Age | Pos | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | EV | PP | SH | S | S% | TOI | ATOI | OPS | DPS | PS |
| 1 | Gord Labossiere | 33 | C | 78 | 36 | 60 | 96 | 56 | 26 | 10 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Ted Taylor | 30 | RW | 73 | 34 | 42 | 76 | 103 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Murray Hall | 32 | RW | 76 | 28 | 42 | 70 | 84 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 7 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Larry Lund | 32 | C | 77 | 21 | 45 | 66 | 120 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 5 | Poul Popiel | 29 | D | 73 | 16 | 48 | 64 | 158 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 6 | Don Grierson | 25 | RW | 78 | 22 | 22 | 44 | 83 | 17 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Duke Harris | 30 | RW | 75 | 30 | 12 | 42 | 14 | 21 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Frank Hughes | 23 | RW | 77 | 22 | 19 | 41 | 41 | 18 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 9 | Brian McDonald | 27 | RW | 71 | 20 | 20 | 40 | 78 | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 10 | Ed Hoekstra | 35 | RW | 78 | 11 | 28 | 39 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 11 | Larry Hale | 31 | D | 68 | 4 | 26 | 30 | 65 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 12 | Cleland Mortson | 38 | C | 67 | 13 | 16 | 29 | 95 | 11 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 13 | Dunc McCallum | 32 | D | 69 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 112 | 7 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 14 | John Schella | 25 | D | 77 | 2 | 24 | 26 | 239 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 15 | Jack Stanfield | 30 | LW | 71 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 16 | Brian Smith | 32 | LW | 48 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 17 | Ray Larose | 31 | D | 68 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 18 | Gord Kannegiesser | 27 | D | 45 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 19 | Bill Prentice | 22 | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 20 | Bill Hughes | 25 | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170 | 56:40 | ||||||||||
| 21 | Don McLeod | 26 | G | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2410 | 58:47 | ||||||||||
| 22 | Wayne Rutledge | 31 | G | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2163 | 60:05 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 78 | 284 | 463 | 747 | 1363 | 224 | 50 | 10 | 16 | ||||||||||||||
HSA Goalies Regular Season
| Goalie Stats | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Age | GP | GS | W | L | T/O | GA | SA | SV | SV% | GAA | SO | MIN | QS | QS% | RBS | GA%- | GSAA |
| 1 | Wayne Rutledge | 31 | 36 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 110 | 3.05 | 0 | 2163 | 84 | 20.8 | |||||||
| 2 | Don McLeod | 26 | 41 | 18 | 20 | 1 | 143 | 3.56 | 1 | 2410 | 106 | -8.0 | |||||||
| 3 | Bill Hughes | 25 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3.88 | 0 | 170 | |||||||||
| Team Total | 39 | 35 | 4 | 264 | 3.34 | 1 | 4743 | ||||||||||||
WNJ Scoring Regular Season
| Scoring | Goals | Assists | Ice Time | Point Shares | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Age | Pos | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | EV | PP | SH | S | S% | TOI | ATOI | OPS | DPS | PS |
| 1 | Bobby Hull* | 34 | LW | 63 | 51 | 52 | 103 | 37 | 35 | 14 | 2 | 7 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Norm Beaudin | 31 | RW | 78 | 38 | 65 | 103 | 15 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Christian Bordeleau | 25 | LW | 78 | 47 | 54 | 101 | 12 | 38 | 6 | 3 | 7 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Larry Hornung | 27 | D | 77 | 13 | 45 | 58 | 28 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 5 | Danny Johnson | 28 | C | 76 | 19 | 23 | 42 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Ab McDonald | 36 | LW | 77 | 17 | 24 | 41 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Milt Black | 23 | RW | 75 | 18 | 16 | 34 | 31 | 17 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Wally Boyer | 35 | C | 69 | 6 | 28 | 34 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 9 | Dunc Rousseau | 27 | LW | 75 | 16 | 17 | 33 | 75 | 14 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 10 | Cal Swenson | 24 | C | 77 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 11 | Jean-Guy Gratton | 25 | RW | 71 | 15 | 12 | 27 | 37 | 14 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 12 | Joe Zanussi | 25 | D | 73 | 4 | 21 | 25 | 53 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 13 | Bill Sutherland | 38 | LW | 48 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 34 | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 14 | Garth Rizzuto | 25 | C | 61 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 32 | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 15 | Steve Cuddie | 22 | D | 77 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 121 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 16 | Bob Ash | 29 | D | 76 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 17 | Freeman Asmundson | 29 | D | 76 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 54 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 18 | Brian Cadle | 24 | LW | 56 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 39 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 19 | Bob Woytowich | 31 | D | 62 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 20 | Joe Daley | 29 | G | 29 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1718 | 59:14 | ||||||||||
| 21 | John Shmyr | 28 | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 22 | Gordon Tumilson | 21 | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 138 | 46:00 | ||||||||||
| 23 | Ernie Wakely | 32 | G | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2894 | 59:04 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 78 | 285 | 454 | 739 | 745 | 221 | 57 | 7 | 21 | ||||||||||||||
WNJ Goalies Regular Season
| Goalie Stats | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Age | GP | GS | W | L | T/O | GA | SA | SV | SV% | GAA | SO | MIN | QS | QS% | RBS | GA%- | GSAA |
| 1 | Ernie Wakely | 32 | 49 | 26 | 19 | 3 | 152 | 3.15 | 2 | 2894 | 98 | 2.8 | |||||||
| 2 | Joe Daley | 29 | 29 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 83 | 2.90 | 2 | 1718 | 97 | 2.2 | |||||||
| 3 | Gordon Tumilson | 21 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4.35 | 0 | 138 | |||||||||
| Team Total | 43 | 31 | 4 | 245 | 3.09 | 4 | 4750 | ||||||||||||
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