1973 WHA Avco Cup Final
New England Whalers defeat Winnipeg Jets 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: 43-31-4, .577
SRS: 0.42 (3rd of 12)
Goals: 285 (5th of 12)
Goals Against: 249 (2nd of 12)
| Game 1, April 29 | ||
| Winnipeg Jets | 2 | Final |
| New England Whalers | 7 | |
| Game 2, May 2 | ||
| New England Whalers | 7 | Final |
| Winnipeg Jets | 4 | |
| Game 3, May 3 | ||
| New England Whalers | 3 | Final |
| Winnipeg Jets | 4 | |
| Game 4, May 5 | ||
| Winnipeg Jets | 2 | Final |
| New England Whalers | 4 | |
| Game 5, May 6 | ||
| Winnipeg Jets | 6 | Final |
| New England Whalers | 9 | |
1972-73 Regular Season Stats
| Monday, Nov 6, 1972 | ||
| Winnipeg Jets | 2 | Final |
| New England Whalers | 6 | |
| Monday, Dec 11, 1972 | ||
| Winnipeg Jets | 3 | Final |
| New England Whalers | 4 | |
| Friday, Jan 19, 1973 | ||
| New England Whalers | 2 | Final |
| Winnipeg Jets | 6 | |
| Sunday, Jan 21, 1973 | ||
| New England Whalers | 7 | Final |
| Winnipeg Jets | 2 | |
| Wednesday, Jan 24, 1973 | ||
| Winnipeg Jets | 1 | Final |
| New England Whalers | 6 | |
| Wednesday, Mar 14, 1973 | ||
| New England Whalers | 7 | Final |
| Winnipeg Jets | 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 | ||||||||||||
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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