1971–72 St. Louis Blues season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	1971–72
Year:	1971
Team:	St. Louis Blues
Record:	28–39–11
Divisionrank:	3rd
Coach:	Sid Abel
Goalsfor:	208
Goalsagainst:	247
Goalsleader:	Garry Unger (36)
Assistsleader:	Frank St. Marseille (36)
Pointsleader:	Garry Unger (70)
Pimleader:	Barclay Plager (176)
Winsleader:	Jacques Caron (14)
Gaaleader:	Jacques Caron (2.52)

The 1971–72 St. Louis Blues season was the fifth for the franchise in St. Louis, Missouri. The Blues finished the season in third place in the Western Division, with a record of 28 wins, 39 losses and 11 ties, good for 67 points, placing them in the playoffs, where they defeated the Minnesota North Stars 4–3 in the first round, before losing to the eventual Stanley Cup champion Boston Bruins in four straight in round two.

Regular season

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 9, 1971	2–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1971–72)	0–1–0
2	W	October 12, 1971	4–1	Buffalo Sabres (1971–72)	1–1–0
3	L	October 13, 1971	0–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1971–72)	1–2–0
4	W	October 16, 1971	9–2	Detroit Red Wings (1971–72)	2–2–0
5	L	October 17, 1971	3–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1971–72)	2–3–0
6	L	October 19, 1971	1–3	Vancouver Canucks (1971–72)	2–4–0
7	L	October 23, 1971	3–4	New York Rangers (1971–72)	2–5–0
8	W	October 24, 1971	3–2	@ Buffalo Sabres (1971–72)	3–5–0
9	L	October 27, 1971	1–2	Minnesota North Stars (1971–72)	3–6–0
10	T	October 30, 1971	4–4	Philadelphia Flyers (1971–72)	3–6–1
11	L	November 3, 1971	1–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1971–72)	3–7–1
12	L	November 4, 1971	1–6	@ Boston Bruins (1971–72)	3–8–1
13	L	November 6, 1971	1–5	@ Minnesota North Stars (1971–72)	3–9–1
14	L	November 9, 1971	1–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1971–72)	3–10–1
15	W	November 13, 1971	5–1	California Golden Seals (1971–72)	4–10–1
16	T	November 16, 1971	2–2	Detroit Red Wings (1971–72)	4–10–2
17	T	November 18, 1971	2–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1971–72)	4–10–3
18	W	November 20, 1971	4–2	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1971–72)	5–10–3
19	L	November 21, 1971	2–6	@ Boston Bruins (1971–72)	5–11–3
20	W	November 23, 1971	3–1	Los Angeles Kings (1971–72)	6–11–3
21	L	November 24, 1971	3–8	@ New York Rangers (1971–72)	6–12–3
22	T	November 27, 1971	6–6	Boston Bruins (1971–72)	6–12–4
23	W	November 30, 1971	5–2	California Golden Seals (1971–72)	7–12–4
24	L	December 1, 1971	2–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1971–72)	7–13–4
25	W	December 4, 1971	5–1	Buffalo Sabres (1971–72)	8–13–4
26	W	December 5, 1971	2–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1971–72)	9–13–4
27	L	December 7, 1971	1–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (1971–72)	9–14–4
28	T	December 10, 1971	4–4	@ California Golden Seals (1971–72)	9–14–5
29	L	December 11, 1971	1–4	@ Los Angeles Kings (1971–72)	9–15–5
30	L	December 14, 1971	2–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1971–72)	9–16–5
31	L	December 15, 1971	1–4	@ Minnesota North Stars (1971–72)	9–17–5
32	L	December 18, 1971	2–5	New York Rangers (1971–72)	9–18–5
33	L	December 19, 1971	0–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1971–72)	9–19–5
34	L	December 22, 1971	1–2	Los Angeles Kings (1971–72)	9–20–5
35	T	December 25, 1971	4–4	Buffalo Sabres (1971–72)	9–20–6
36	L	December 26, 1971	3–6	@ Buffalo Sabres (1971–72)	9–21–6
37	W	December 29, 1971	6–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1971–72)	10–21–6
38	T	January 1, 1972	4–4	Philadelphia Flyers (1971–72)	10–21–7
39	L	January 5, 1972	1–9	@ New York Rangers (1971–72)	10–22–7
40	W	January 6, 1972	3–2	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1971–72)	11–22–7
41	W	January 8, 1972	5–3	Boston Bruins (1971–72)	12–22–7
42	W	January 11, 1972	7–3	Montreal Canadiens (1971–72)	13–22–7
43	W	January 15, 1972	7–2	Minnesota North Stars (1971–72)	14–22–7
44	W	January 16, 1972	4–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1971–72)	15–22–7
45	L	January 18, 1972	0–2	Boston Bruins (1971–72)	15–23–7
46	W	January 22, 1972	1–0	Pittsburgh Penguins (1971–72)	16–23–7
47	L	January 23, 1972	1–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1971–72)	16–24–7
48	W	January 26, 1972	2–1	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1971–72)	17–24–7
49	L	January 29, 1972	0–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1971–72)	17–25–7
50	L	January 30, 1972	2–5	@ Boston Bruins (1971–72)	17–26–7
51	L	February 1, 1972	1–3	Montreal Canadiens (1971–72)	17–27–7
52	L	February 3, 1972	3–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1971–72)	17–28–7
53	W	February 5, 1972	6–5	New York Rangers (1971–72)	18–28–7
54	T	February 6, 1972	2–2	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1971–72)	18–28–8
55	L	February 8, 1972	1–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1971–72)	18–29–8
56	L	February 10, 1972	1–3	Minnesota North Stars (1971–72)	18–30–8
57	W	February 12, 1972	5–4	Vancouver Canucks (1971–72)	19–30–8
58	L	February 15, 1972	2–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1971–72)	19–31–8
59	W	February 16, 1972	3–1	@ Los Angeles Kings (1971–72)	20–31–8
60	L	February 18, 1972	2–5	@ Vancouver Canucks (1971–72)	20–32–8
61	T	February 20, 1972	4–4	@ California Golden Seals (1971–72)	20–32–9
62	W	February 23, 1972	2–0	@ Los Angeles Kings (1971–72)	21–32–9
63	W	February 26, 1972	3–2	@ Minnesota North Stars (1971–72)	22–32–9
64	L	February 27, 1972	0–2	@ New York Rangers (1971–72)	22–33–9
65	L	March 1, 1972	1–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1971–72)	22–34–9
66	L	March 4, 1972	2–6	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1971–72)	22–35–9
67	W	March 5, 1972	6–2	@ Buffalo Sabres (1971–72)	23–35–9
68	W	March 7, 1972	4–2	Los Angeles Kings (1971–72)	24–35–9
69	L	March 9, 1972	1–5	Montreal Canadiens (1971–72)	24–36–9
70	W	March 11, 1972	4–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1971–72)	25–36–9
71	T	March 17, 1972	2–2	@ California Golden Seals (1971–72)	25–36–10
72	T	March 19, 1972	3–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1971–72)	25–36–11
73	W	March 22, 1972	4–1	California Golden Seals (1971–72)	26–36–11
74	W	March 25, 1972	5–3	Detroit Red Wings (1971–72)	27–36–11
75	L	March 26, 1972	0–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1971–72)	27–37–11
76	W	March 28, 1972	2–1	Vancouver Canucks (1971–72)	28–37–11
77	L	April 1, 1972	0–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1971–72)	28–38–11
78	L	April 2, 1972	2–6	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1971–72)	28–39–11

Playoffs

Semifinals: (E1) Boston Bruins vs. (W3) St. Louis Blues

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
	C	78	36	34	70	104	-8	14	1	4
	RW	78	16	36	52	32	5	1	0	1
	RW	63	21	25	46	34	5	5	0	2
	RW	77	28	17	45	52	3	4	0	7
	RW	63	20	23	43	19	-4	5	0	3
	C	75	13	18	31	12	7	1	6	3
	D	78	7	22	29	176	6	1	2	0
	RW	49	12	13	25	76	-1	0	0	0
	D	42	2	16	18	40	-6	0	0	1
	C	41	8	9	17	6	-13	1	0	1
	LW	46	5	11	16	54	-2	0	0	1
	D	60	3	10	13	147	11	0	0	0
	LW	42	2	11	13	7	-11	2	0	1
	D/RW	26	5	7	12	4	4	1	2	0
	D	65	1	11	12	64	-15	0	0	1
	D	50	4	7	11	81	-1	0	0	0
	D	47	2	9	11	10	-1	0	0	1
	C	15	5	5	10	2	-6	2	0	0
	LW	49	4	6	10	48	-9	0	0	2
	LW	31	3	5	8	30	-4	0	0	0
	C	20	3	3	6	11	-4	0	0	0
	D	15	1	5	6	50	1	0	0	0
	C	15	3	2	5	9	0	0	0	0
	C	9	2	3	5	2	4	0	1	0
	D	55	1	2	3	8	-1	0	1	0
	C	21	1	2	3	8	-1	1	0	0
	LW	18	0	3	3	8	-13	0	0	0
	G	28	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
	C/RW	12	0	1	1	12	-8	0	0	0
	G	16	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
	G	30	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
	D	17	0	0	0	10	-4	0	0	0
	RW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	C	1	0	0	0	4	-1	0	0	0
	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	D	4	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0
	G	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	RW	4	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0
	LW	6	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0
	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	W	2	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
	1619	28	14	8	5	68	2.52	1
	1614	30	8	18	2	92	3.42	1
	880	16	6	6	4	44	3.00	0
	467	10	0	6	0	29	3.73	0
	100	2	0	1	0	9	5.40	0
Team:	4680	78	28	39	11	242	3.10	2

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
	RW	11	7	6	13	29	3	0	1
	C	11	4	5	9	35	2	0	1
	RW	11	3	5	8	6	1	0	0
	RW	11	3	3	6	6	0	0	0
	RW	11	2	3	5	6	1	0	0
	RW	11	1	4	5	14	0	0	0
	D	11	1	4	5	21	1	0	1
	D	11	1	4	5	5	0	0	0
	C	11	1	3	4	2	0	0	0
	RW	11	2	1	3	10	0	0	1
	D	11	0	2	2	2	0	0	0
	C	10	0	2	2	36	0	0	0
	D	11	1	0	1	20	0	0	0
	D	7	1	0	1	4	0	0	0
	LW	10	0	0	0	12	0	0	0
	G	9	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
	LW	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	D	11	0	0	0	8	0	0	0
	D	11	0	0	0	12	0	0	0
	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
	499	9	4	5	26	3.13	0
	60	1	0	1	7	7.00	0
	113	3	0	1	13	6.90	0
Team:	672	11	4	7	46	4.11	0

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Draft picks

The 1971 NHL Amateur Draft was held on June 10, 1971, at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Canada.

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	College/junior/club team
4		Center		Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL)
38		Goaltender		Peterborough Petes (OHA)
52		Defense		Edmonton Oil Kings (WCHL)
66	Wayne Gibbs	Defense		Calgary Centennials (WCHL)
80	Bernie Doan	Defense		Calgary Centennials (WCHL)
94	Dave Smith	Defense		Regina Pats (WCHL)
108		Left Wing		Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL)

See also

• 1971–72 NHL season

References

• Web site: 1971–72 St. Louis Blues Games. Hockey-reference.com . 2009-05-06 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-06-15 . 1971-72 St. Louis Blues Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.