1972-73 Buffalo Sabres Roster and Statistics

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

Coach: Joe Crozier (37-27-14)

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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Recent Game Results

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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%
Buffalo Sabres
League Average

Roster

Age is on February 1 of given season

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

Scoring Regular Season

Players on this team's active roster in bold

Scoring Regular Season Table
					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	Gilbert Perreault*	22	C	78	28	60	88	11	10	20	8	0	7	41	19	0	234	12.0			6.5	1.5	8.0
2	René Robert	24	RW	75	40	43	83	15	83	31	9	0	6	22	21	0	265	15.1			7.2	1.6	8.8
3	Rick Martin	21	LW	75	37	36	73	3	79	26	11	0	4	24	12	0	299	12.4			6.1	1.2	7.3
4	Jim Lorentz	25	RW	78	27	35	62	6	30	16	11	0	5	27	7	1	175	15.4			4.2	1.3	5.5
5	Gerry Meehan	26	C	77	31	29	60	4	21	27	3	1	6	25	4	0	208	14.9			4.4	1.3	5.7
6	Don Luce	24	C	78	18	25	43	7	32	15	0	3	2	24	0	1	198	9.1			1.8	1.4	3.2
7	Hugh Harris	24	LW	60	12	26	38	8	17	12	0	0	0	24	2	0	121	9.9			1.6	1.1	2.8
8	Larry Hillman	35	D	78	5	24	29	-3	56	3	2	0	0	8	16	0	102	4.9			1.4	4.5	6.0
9	Craig Ramsay	21	LW	76	11	17	28	12	15	10	0	1	1	17	0	0	89	12.4			0.0	1.5	1.5
10	Larry Mickey	29	RW	77	15	9	24	-5	47	14	1	0	2	9	0	0	158	9.5			-0.1	1.0	0.9
11	Mike Robitaille	24	D	65	4	17	21	9	40	4	0	0	0	13	3	1	182	2.2			0.9	4.5	5.4
12	Jim Schoenfeld	20	D	66	4	15	19	12	178	3	1	0	0	14	1	0	91	4.4			0.7	4.7	5.4
13	Steve Atkinson	24	RW	61	9	9	18	-5	36	7	2	0	1	7	2	0	96	9.4			-0.4	0.7	0.4
14	Tim Horton*	43	D	69	1	16	17	11	56	1	0	0	0	14	1	1	73	1.4			0.2	4.9	5.1
15	Tracy Pratt	29	D	74	1	15	16	9	116	1	0	0	0	13	1	1	63	1.6			0.0	5.0	5.1
16	Norm Gratton	22	LW	21	6	5	11	0	12	4	2	0	1	2	3	0	26	23.1			0.5	0.3	0.8
17	Larry Carriere	21	D	40	2	8	10	-1	52	1	1	0	0	5	3	0	34	5.9			0.3	2.4	2.6
18	Paul Terbenche	27	D	42	0	7	7	7	8	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	20	0.0			-0.2	3.0	2.8
19	Randy Wyrozub	22	C	45	3	3	6	-1	4	3	0	0	2	3	0	0	23	13.0			-1.2	0.6	-0.6
20	Doug Rombough	22	C	5	2	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	66.7			0.1	0.1	0.3
21	Butch Deadmarsh	22	LW	34	1	1	2	-2	26	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	15	6.7			-1.2	0.4	-0.8
22	Rick Dudley	24	LW	6	0	1	1	-2	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	0.0			-0.2	0.0	-0.2
23	John Gould	23	LW	8	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0.0			-0.3	0.1	-0.1
24	Ron Busniuk	24	D	1	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0			0.0	0.1	0.0
25	Roger Crozier	30	G	49	0	0	0	0	4				0	0			0		2627	53:37	0.0	0.0	9.0
26	Dave Dryden	31	G	37	0	0	0	0	0				0	0			0		2015	54:27	0.0	0.0	7.2
27	Rocky Farr	25	G	1	0	0	0	0	0				0	0			0		29	28:47	0.0	0.0	0.0
28	Ray McKay	26	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.1	0.0
29	Bob Richer	21	C	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				-0.1	0.0	-0.1
	Team Total			78	257	402	659	98	938	200	52	5	37	302	95	5	2486	10.3			32.3	43.5	92.0

Goalies Regular Season

Players on this team's active roster in bold

Goalies Regular Season Table
			Goalie Stats
Rk	Player	Age	GP	GS	W	L	T/O	GA	SA	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN	QS	QS%	RBS	GA%-	GSAA	adjGAA	GPS
1	Roger Crozier	30	49		23	13	7	121	1275	1154	.905	2.76	3	2627				91	11.7	2.56	9.0
2	Dave Dryden	31	37		14	13	7	89	966	877	.908	2.65	3	2015				89	11.5	2.44	7.2
3	Rocky Farr	25	1		0	1	0	3	22	19	.864	6.25	0	29						6.25	0.0
	Team Total				37	27	14	213	2263	2050	.906	2.74	6	4671				90	22.5	2.53	16.2