1973 WHA East Division Semi-Finals
New England Whalers defeat Ottawa Nationals 4-1
W-L: 46-30-2, .603
SRS: 0.63 (1st of 12)
Goals: 318 (1st of 12)
Goals Against: 263 (5th of 12)
W-L: 35-39-4, .474
SRS: -0.27 (9th of 12)
Goals: 279 (7th of 12)
Goals Against: 301 (9th of 12)
| Game 1, April 7 | ||
| Ottawa Nationals | 3 | Final |
| New England Whalers | 6 | |
| Game 2, April 8 | ||
| Ottawa Nationals | 3 | Final |
| New England Whalers | 4 | OT |
| Game 3, April 10 | ||
| New England Whalers | 2 | Final |
| Ottawa Nationals | 4 | |
| Game 4, April 12 | ||
| New England Whalers | 7 | Final |
| Ottawa Nationals | 3 | |
| Game 5, April 14 | ||
| Ottawa Nationals | 4 | Final |
| New England Whalers | 5 | OT |
1972-73 Regular Season Stats
| Saturday, Nov 18, 1972 | ||
| Ottawa Nationals | 2 | Final |
| New England Whalers | 3 | |
| Monday, Nov 20, 1972 | ||
| Ottawa Nationals | 5 | Final |
| New England Whalers | 7 | |
| Monday, Dec 4, 1972 | ||
| Ottawa Nationals | 2 | Final |
| New England Whalers | 7 | |
| Thursday, Dec 7, 1972 | ||
| New England Whalers | 4 | Final |
| Ottawa Nationals | 2 | |
| Thursday, Jan 25, 1973 | ||
| New England Whalers | 4 | Final |
| Ottawa Nationals | 2 | |
| Friday, Feb 9, 1973 | ||
| Ottawa Nationals | 7 | Final |
| New England Whalers | 4 | |
| Thursday, Mar 22, 1973 | ||
| New England Whalers | 2 | Final |
| Ottawa Nationals | 4 | |
| Thursday, Mar 29, 1973 | ||
| New England Whalers | 2 | Final |
| Ottawa Nationals | 5 | |
NEW 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 | Tom Webster | 24 | RW | 77 | 53 | 50 | 103 | 89 | 41 | 12 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Terry Caffery | 23 | C | 74 | 39 | 61 | 100 | 14 | 29 | 9 | 1 | 7 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Larry Pleau | 26 | LW | 78 | 39 | 48 | 87 | 42 | 29 | 10 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Tim Sheehy | 24 | C | 78 | 33 | 38 | 71 | 30 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 5 | Jim Dorey | 25 | D | 75 | 7 | 56 | 63 | 95 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 6 | John French | 22 | C | 74 | 24 | 35 | 59 | 43 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 7 | Ted Green | 32 | D | 78 | 16 | 30 | 46 | 47 | 14 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Kevin Ahearn | 24 | LW | 78 | 20 | 22 | 42 | 18 | 19 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 9 | Brit Selby | 27 | LW | 65 | 13 | 29 | 42 | 48 | 11 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 10 | John Danby | 24 | C | 77 | 14 | 23 | 37 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 11 | Brad Selwood | 24 | D | 75 | 13 | 21 | 34 | 114 | 12 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 12 | Tommy Williams | 32 | C | 69 | 10 | 21 | 31 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 13 | Rick Ley | 24 | D | 76 | 3 | 27 | 30 | 108 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 14 | Tom Earl | 25 | RW | 77 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 15 | Mike Hyndman | 27 | RW | 59 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 16 | Paul Hurley | 26 | D | 78 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 58 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 17 | Dick Sarrazin | 27 | RW | 35 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 18 | Mike Byers | 26 | RW | 19 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 19 | John Cunniff | 29 | LW | 33 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 20 | Guy Smith | 23 | RW | 22 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 21 | Ric Jordan | 22 | D | 34 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 22 | Bruce Landon | 23 | G | 30 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1671 | 55:42 | ||||||||||
| 23 | Al Smith | 27 | G | 51 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3059 | 59:59 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 78 | 318 | 529 | 847 | 840 | 263 | 49 | 6 | 25 | ||||||||||||||
NEW 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 | Al Smith | 27 | 51 | 31 | 19 | 1 | 162 | 3.18 | 3 | 3059 | 96 | 6.4 | |||||||
| 2 | Bruce Landon | 23 | 30 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 100 | 3.59 | 1 | 1671 | 103 | -2.6 | |||||||
| Team Total | 46 | 30 | 2 | 262 | 3.32 | 4 | 4730 | ||||||||||||
OTN 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 | Wayne Carleton | 26 | LW | 75 | 42 | 49 | 91 | 42 | 35 | 6 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Gavin Kirk | 21 | C | 78 | 28 | 40 | 68 | 54 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Bob Charlebois | 28 | LW | 78 | 24 | 40 | 64 | 28 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Guy Trottier | 31 | RW | 72 | 26 | 32 | 58 | 25 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 5 | Bob Leduc | 28 | C | 78 | 22 | 33 | 55 | 71 | 16 | 6 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Steve King | 24 | C | 69 | 18 | 34 | 52 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Tom Martin | 25 | RW | 74 | 19 | 27 | 46 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Brian Gibbons | 25 | D | 73 | 7 | 35 | 42 | 62 | 5 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 9 | Dick Sentes | 26 | LW | 74 | 22 | 19 | 41 | 78 | 20 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 10 | Rick Cunningham | 21 | D | 78 | 9 | 32 | 41 | 121 | 7 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 11 | Jack Gibson | 24 | LW | 59 | 22 | 13 | 35 | 48 | 19 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 12 | Ron Climie | 22 | LW | 31 | 12 | 19 | 31 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 13 | Brian Conacher | 31 | C | 69 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 14 | Ken Stephanson | 31 | D | 77 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 93 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 15 | Tom Simpson | 20 | RW | 57 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 44 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 16 | Mike Boland | 23 | RW | 41 | 1 | 15 | 16 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 17 | Mike Amodeo | 20 | D | 61 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 77 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 18 | Steve Warr | 22 | D | 72 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 79 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 19 | Chris Meloff | 20 | D | 28 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 20 | Ron Riley | 24 | LW | 22 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 21 | John Donnelly | 24 | D | 15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 22 | Gilles Gratton | 20 | G | 51 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3021 | 59:14 | ||||||||||
| 23 | Merv Haney | 23 | D | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 24 | Les Binkley | 38 | G | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1709 | 56:58 | ||||||||||
| 25 | Frank Blum | 20 | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 14:00 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 78 | 279 | 466 | 745 | 1055 | 214 | 59 | 6 | 12 | ||||||||||||||
OTN 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 | Gilles Gratton | 20 | 51 | 25 | 22 | 3 | 187 | 3.71 | 0 | 3021 | 107 | -12.4 | |||||||
| 2 | Les Binkley | 38 | 30 | 10 | 17 | 1 | 106 | 3.72 | 0 | 1709 | 107 | -7.3 | |||||||
| 3 | Frank Blum | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6.43 | 0 | 28 | |||||||||
| Team Total | 35 | 39 | 4 | 296 | 3.73 | 0 | 4758 | ||||||||||||
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