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1972-73 Buffalo Sabres Roster and Statistics

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Record: 37-27-14 (88 points), Finished 4th in NHL East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Joe Crozier (37-27-14)

Captain: Gerry Meehan

Primary Arena: Buffalo Memorial Auditorium

Goals For: 257 (7th of 16), Goals Against: 219 (3rd of 16)
SRS: 0.46 (6th of 16), SOS: -0.03 (11th of 16)

Playoffs:
Lost Quarter-Finals (4-2) to Montreal Canadiens

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78. Apr 1, BUF (37-27) beat STL, 3-1

Team Statistics

Team Statistics Table
Team	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PTS%	GF	GA	SRS	SOS	GF/G	GA/G	PP	PPO	PP%	PPA	PPOA	PK%	SH	SHA	S	S%	SA	SV%	PDO	SO
Buffalo Sabres	78	37	27	14	88	.564	257	219	0.46	-0.03	3.29	2.81	52	270	19.26	36	241	85.06	5	5	2486	10.3	2269	.903		6
League Average	78	34	34	11	78	.500	256	256					49	261	18.73	49	261	81.27	6	6	2426	10.5	2426	.895		5

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5)

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5) Table
Team	S%	SV%	PDO	CF	CA	CF%	xGF	xGA	aGF	aGA	axDiff	SCF	SCA	SCF%	HDF	HDA	HDF%	HDGF	HDC%	HDGA	HDCO%
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Roster

Age is on February 1 of given season

Roster Table
No.	Player	Birth	Pos	Age	Ht	Wt	S/C	Exp	Birth Date	Summary
19	Steve Atkinson	ca CA	RW	24	5-11	170	R/-	3	October 16, 1948	9 G, 9 A, 18 P
24	Ron Busniuk	ca CA	D	24	5-11	180	R/-	R	August 13, 1948	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
23	Larry Carriere	ca CA	D	21	6-1	190	L/-	R	January 30, 1952	2 G, 8 A, 10 P
1	Roger Crozier	ca CA	G	30	5-8	165	-/R	9	March 16, 1942	23-13-7, 2.76 GAA
9	Butch Deadmarsh	ca CA	LW	22	5-11	186	L/-	2	April 5, 1950	1 G, 1 A, 2 P
30	Dave Dryden	ca CA	G	31	6-1	186	-/L	6	September 5, 1941	14-13-7, 2.65 GAA
17	Rick Dudley	ca CA	LW	24	6-0	190	L/-	R	January 31, 1949	0 G, 1 A, 1 P
28	Rocky Farr	ca CA	G	25	5-10	175	-/R	R	April 7, 1947	0-1-0, 6.25 GAA
23-24	John Gould	ca CA	LW	23	5-11	197	L/-	1	April 11, 1949	0 G, 1 A, 1 P
9-14	Norm Gratton	ca CA	LW	22	5-11	165	L/-	1	December 22, 1950	6 G, 5 A, 11 P
21	Hugh Harris	ca CA	LW	24	6-1	195	L/-	R	June 7, 1948	12 G, 26 A, 38 P
5	Larry Hillman	ca CA	D	35	6-0	185	L/-	18	February 5, 1937	5 G, 24 A, 29 P
2	Tim Horton	ca CA	D	43	5-10	180	R/-	22	January 12, 1930	1 G, 16 A, 17 P
8	Jim Lorentz	ca CA	RW	25	6-0	190	L/-	4	May 1, 1947	27 G, 35 A, 62 P
20	Don Luce	ca CA	C	24	6-2	185	L/-	3	October 2, 1948	18 G, 25 A, 43 P
7-9	Rick Martin	ca CA	LW	21	5-11	179	L/-	1	July 26, 1951	37 G, 36 A, 73 P
24	Ray McKay	ca CA	D	26	6-4	183	L/-	4	August 22, 1946	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
15	Gerry Meehan (C)	ca CA	C	26	6-2	200	L/-	3	September 3, 1946	31 G, 29 A, 60 P
12	Larry Mickey	ca CA	RW	29	5-11	175	R/-	8	October 21, 1943	15 G, 9 A, 24 P
11	Gilbert Perreault	ca CA	C	22	6-1	180	L/-	2	November 13, 1950	28 G, 60 A, 88 P
4	Tracy Pratt	us US	D	29	6-2	195	L/-	5	March 8, 1943	1 G, 15 A, 16 P
10	Craig Ramsay	ca CA	LW	21	5-10	175	L/-	1	March 17, 1951	11 G, 17 A, 28 P
17	Bob Richer	ca CA	C	21	5-10	175	L/-	R	March 5, 1951	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
14-23	René Robert	ca CA	RW	24	5-10	184	R/-	2	December 31, 1948	40 G, 43 A, 83 P
3	Mike Robitaille	ca CA	D	24	5-11	195	R/-	3	February 12, 1948	4 G, 17 A, 21 P
22	Doug Rombough	ca CA	C	22	6-3	215	L/-	R	July 8, 1950	2 G, 0 A, 2 P
6	Jim Schoenfeld	ca CA	D	20	6-2	200	L/-	R	September 4, 1952	4 G, 15 A, 19 P
18	Paul Terbenche	ca CA	D	27	5-10	170	L/-	3	September 16, 1945	0 G, 7 A, 7 P
16	Randy Wyrozub	ca CA	C	22	5-11	180	L/-	2	April 8, 1950	3 G, 3 A, 6 P

Standard Stats

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					Scoring					Goals				Assists			Shots		Ice Time
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EVG	PPG	SHG	GWG	EV	PP	SH	SOG	SPCT	TOI	ATOI	Awards
1	Gilbert Perreault	22	C	78	28	60	88	11	10	20	8	0	7	41	19	0	234	12.0			Byng-1,Hart-5
2	René Robert	24	RW	75	40	43	83	15	83	31	9	0	6	22	21	0	265	15.1			ASG
3	Rick Martin	21	LW	75	37	36	73	3	79	26	11	0	4	24	12	0	299	12.4			ASG
4	Jim Lorentz	25	RW	78	27	35	62	6	30	16	11	0	5	27	7	1	175	15.4
5	Gerry Meehan	26	C	77	31	29	60	4	21	27	3	1	6	25	4	0	208	14.9
6	Don Luce	24	C	78	18	25	43	7	32	15	0	3	2	24	0	1	198	9.1
7	Hugh Harris	24	LW	60	12	26	38	8	17	12	0	0	0	24	2	0	121	9.9
8	Larry Hillman	35	D	78	5	24	29	-3	56	3	2	0	0	8	16	0	102	4.9
9	Craig Ramsay	21	LW	76	11	17	28	12	15	10	0	1	1	17	0	0	89	12.4
10	Larry Mickey	29	RW	77	15	9	24	-5	47	14	1	0	2	9	0	0	158	9.5
11	Mike Robitaille	24	D	65	4	17	21	9	40	4	0	0	0	13	3	1	182	2.2
12	Jim Schoenfeld	20	D	66	4	15	19	12	178	3	1	0	0	14	1	0	91	4.4			Calder-4
13	Steve Atkinson	24	RW	61	9	9	18	-5	36	7	2	0	1	7	2	0	96	9.4
14	Tim Horton	43	D	69	1	16	17	11	56	1	0	0	0	14	1	1	73	1.4
15	Tracy Pratt	29	D	74	1	15	16	9	116	1	0	0	0	13	1	1	63	1.6
16	Norm Gratton	22	LW	21	6	5	11	0	12	4	2	0	1	2	3	0	26	23.1
17	Larry Carriere	21	D	40	2	8	10	-1	52	1	1	0	0	5	3	0	34	5.9
18	Paul Terbenche	27	D	42	0	7	7	7	8	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	20	0.0
19	Randy Wyrozub	22	C	45	3	3	6	-1	4	3	0	0	2	3	0	0	23	13.0
20	Doug Rombough	22	C	5	2	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	66.7
21	Butch Deadmarsh	22	LW	34	1	1	2	-2	26	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	15	6.7
22	John Gould	23	LW	8	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0.0
23	Rick Dudley	24	LW	6	0	1	1	-2	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	0.0
24	Ray McKay	26	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	Rocky Farr	25	G	1	0	0	0	0	0				0	0			0		28:47
26	Bob Richer	21	C	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	Dave Dryden	31	G	37	0	0	0	0	0				0	0			0		2014:49
28	Roger Crozier	30	G	49	0	0	0	0	4				0	0			0		2627:26
29	Ron Busniuk	24	D	1	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
	Team Totals			78	257			98	938	200	52	5	37				2486	10.3

Standard Stats Table
					Scoring					Goals				Assists			Shots		Ice Time
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EVG	PPG	SHG	GWG	EV	PP	SH	SOG	SPCT	TOI	ATOI	Awards
1	Gilbert Perreault	22	C	6	3	7	10	2	2	2	1	0	1	4	3	0	22	13.6
2	René Robert	24	RW	6	5	3	8	1	2	4	1	0	1	2	1	0	33	15.2
3	Rick Martin	21	LW	6	3	2	5	1	12	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	38	7.9
4	Jim Schoenfeld	20	D	6	2	1	3	1	4	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	10	20.0
5	Jim Lorentz	25	C	6	0	3	3	-3	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	16	0.0
6	Craig Ramsay	21	LW	6	1	1	2	-2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	13	7.7
7	Don Luce	24	C	6	1	1	2	-3	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	15	6.7
8	Larry Carriere	21	D	6	0	1	1	-2	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	10	0.0
9	Larry Mickey	29	RW	6	1	0	1	-3	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	5.3
10	Gerry Meehan	26	C	6	0	1	1	-3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	12	0.0
11	Tim Horton	43	D	6	0	1	1	-4	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0.0
12	Norm Gratton	22	LW	6	0	1	1	-1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0.0
13	Roger Crozier	30	G	4	0	1	1		2				0	1			0		246:48
14	Larry Hillman	35	D	6	0	0	0	-5	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0
15	Hugh Harris	24	C	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	Tracy Pratt	29	D	6	0	0	0	-1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.0
17	Dave Dryden	31	G	2	0	0	0		0				0	0			0		119:19
18	Mike Robitaille	24	D	6	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	0.0
19	Steve Atkinson	24	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Paul Terbenche	27	D	6	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.0
	Team Totals			6	16			-26	59	12	4	0	2				227	7.0

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Goalie Stats

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Goalie Stats Table
			Goalie Stats															Scoring
Rk	Player	Age	GP	W	L	T/O	GA	Shots	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN	GA%-	GSAA	GAA/A	GPS	G	A	PTS	PIM	Awards
1	Roger Crozier	30	49	23	13	7	121	1275	1154	.905	2.76	3	2627:26	91	11.7	2.56	9.0	0	0	0	4
2	Dave Dryden	31	37	14	13	7	89	966	877	.908	2.65	3	2014:49	89	11.5	2.44	7.2	0	0	0	0
3	Rocky Farr	25	1	0	1	0	3	22	19	.864	6.25	0	28:47	131	-0.7	6.25	0.0	0	0	0	0
	Team Totals		78	37	27	14	213	2263	2050	.906	2.74	6	4671:02	90	22.5	2.53	16.2	0	0	0	4

Goalie Stats Table
			Goalie Stats													Scoring
Rk	Player	Age	GP	W	L	T/O	GA	Shots	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN	GA%-	GSAA	G	A	PTS	PIM	Awards
1	Roger Crozier	30	4	2	2	0	11	114	103	.904	2.67	0	246:48	93	0.9	0	1	1	2
2	Dave Dryden	31	2	0	2	0	9	71	62	.873	4.53	0	119:19	122	-1.6	0	0	0	0
	Team Totals		6	2	4	0	20	185	165	.892	3.28	0	366:07	104	-0.8	0	1	1	2

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Miscellaneous Stats

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Miscellaneous Stats Table
					Adjusted				Plus/Minus					Point Shares
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	TGF	PGF	TGA	PGA	+/-	OPS	DPS	PS	Awards
1	Gilbert Perreault	22	C	78	26	56	82	29.5	126	43	74	2	11	6.5	1.5	8.0	Byng-1,Hart-5
2	René Robert	24	RW	75	37	40	77	31.1	119	43	61	0	15	7.2	1.6	8.8	ASG
3	Rick Martin	21	LW	75	34	33	67	27.6	120	45	73	1	3	6.1	1.2	7.3	ASG
4	Jim Lorentz	25	RW	78	25	32	57	22.4	105	35	69	5	6	4.2	1.3	5.5
5	Gerry Meehan	26	C	77	28	27	55	22.6	70	8	61	3	4	4.4	1.3	5.7
6	Don Luce	24	C	78	16	23	39	15.0	51	0	67	23	7	1.8	1.4	3.2
7	Hugh Harris	24	LW	60	11	24	35	12.6	54	4	42	0	8	1.6	1.1	2.8
8	Larry Hillman	35	D	78	5	22	27	8.7	93	36	71	11	-3	1.4	4.5	6.0
9	Craig Ramsay	21	LW	76	10	16	26	9.8	45	0	46	13	12	0.0	1.5	1.5
10	Larry Mickey	29	RW	77	14	8	22	9.8	40	1	46	2	-5	-0.1	1.0	0.9
11	Mike Robitaille	24	D	65	4	16	20	6.6	74	8	60	3	9	0.9	4.5	5.4
12	Jim Schoenfeld	20	D	66	4	14	18	6.0	84	6	78	12	12	0.7	4.7	5.4	Calder-4
13	Steve Atkinson	24	RW	61	8	8	16	6.6	34	6	35	2	-5	-0.4	0.7	0.4
14	Tim Horton	43	D	69	1	15	16	4.6	81	3	91	24	11	0.2	4.9	5.1
15	Tracy Pratt	29	D	74	1	14	15	4.4	79	2	92	24	9	0.0	5.0	5.1
16	Norm Gratton	22	LW	21	5	5	10	4.1	22	11	11	0	0	0.5	0.3	0.8
17	Larry Carriere	21	D	40	2	7	9	3.0	26	5	25	3	-1	0.3	2.4	2.6
18	Paul Terbenche	27	D	42	0	6	6	1.6	32	0	32	7	7	-0.2	3.0	2.8
19	Randy Wyrozub	22	C	45	3	3	6	2.5	8	0	9	0	-1	-1.2	0.6	-0.6
20	Butch Deadmarsh	22	LW	34	1	1	2	0.8	6	2	6	0	-2	-1.2	0.4	-0.8
21	Doug Rombough	22	C	5	2	0	2	1.1	2	0	0	0	2	0.1	0.1	0.3
22	John Gould	23	LW	8	0	1	1	0.3	2	0	1	0	1	-0.3	0.1	-0.1
23	Rick Dudley	24	LW	6	0	1	1	0.3	1	0	3	0	-2	-0.2	0.0	-0.2
24	Ray McKay	26	D	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.1	0.0
25	Bob Richer	21	C	3	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
26	Ron Busniuk	24	D	1	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	0.1	0.0

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