1972–73 St. Louis Blues season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	1972–73
Year:	1972
Team:	St. Louis Blues
Divisionrank:	4th
Record:	32–34–12
Goalsfor:	233
Goalsagainst:	251
Goalsleader:	Garry Unger (41)
Assistsleader:	Garry Unger (39)
Pointsleader:	Garry Unger (80)
Pimleader:	Steve Durbano (231)
Winsleader:	Wayne Stephenson (18)
Gaaleader:	Bob Johnson (2.68)

The 1972–73 St. Louis Blues season was the St. Louis Blues' sixth season in the National Hockey League (NHL).

Offseason

NHL Draft

See main article: 1972 NHL Draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club Team
1	9	Wayne Merrick	Center		Ottawa 67's (OMJHL)
3	41	Jean Hamel	Defense		Drummondville Rangers (QMJHL)
4	57	Murray Myers	Right Wing		Saskatoon Blades (WCHL)
5	73	Dave Johnson	Left Wing		Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)
6	89	Tom Simpson	Right Wing		Oshawa Generals (OMJHL)
7	105	Brian Coughlin	Defense		Verdun Maple Leafs (QMJHL)
8	121	Gary Winchester	Center		University of Wisconsin (WCHA)

Regular season

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	T	October 7, 1972	4–4	Philadelphia Flyers (1972–73)	0–0–1
2	L	October 11, 1972	2–5	Pittsburgh Penguins (1972–73)	0–1–1
3	L	October 14, 1972	2–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1972–73)	0–2–1
4	W	October 15, 1972	3–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1972–73)	1–2–1
5	T	October 18, 1972	4–4	Montreal Canadiens (1972–73)	1–2–2
6	T	October 21, 1972	1–1	Buffalo Sabres (1972–73)	1–2–3
7	L	October 24, 1972	1–2	Minnesota North Stars (1972–73)	1–3–3
8	L	October 26, 1972	0–7	@ Montreal Canadiens (1972–73)	1–4–3
9	W	October 28, 1972	8–3	Detroit Red Wings (1972–73)	2–4–3
10	T	November 1, 1972	3–3	@ Minnesota North Stars (1972–73)	2–4–4
11	L	November 4, 1972	2–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1972–73)	2–5–4
12	T	November 5, 1972	1–1	@ Buffalo Sabres (1972–73)	2–5–5
13	L	November 7, 1972	2–3	Los Angeles Kings (1972–73)	2–6–5
14	W	November 11, 1972	1–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1972–73)	3–6–5
15	L	November 16, 1972	0–4	@ Boston Bruins (1972–73)	3–7–5
16	L	November 18, 1972	1–3	New York Rangers (1972–73)	3–8–5
17	W	November 21, 1972	4–2	Vancouver Canucks (1972–73)	4–8–5
18	L	November 22, 1972	4–10	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1972–73)	4–9–5
19	L	November 25, 1972	2–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1972–73)	4–10–5
20	W	November 28, 1972	4–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1972–73)	5–10–5
21	W	November 29, 1972	2–1	@ California Golden Seals (1972–73)	6–10–5
22	W	December 1, 1972	6–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (1972–73)	7–10–5
23	L	December 2, 1972	2–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (1972–73)	7–11–5
24	W	December 5, 1972	2–1	Detroit Red Wings (1972–73)	8–11–5
25	L	December 7, 1972	0–5	@ Boston Bruins (1972–73)	8–12–5
26	W	December 9, 1972	2–1	Atlanta Flames (1972–73)	9–12–5
27	W	December 10, 1972	5–4	@ Atlanta Flames (1972–73)	10–12–5
28	T	December 12, 1972	4–4	@ New York Islanders (1972–73)	10–12–6
29	L	December 14, 1972	3–5	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1972–73)	10–13–6
30	L	December 16, 1972	3–4	Buffalo Sabres (1972–73)	10–14–6
31	L	December 20, 1972	4–5	New York Rangers (1972–73)	10–15–6
32	W	December 23, 1972	6–1	Philadelphia Flyers (1972–73)	11–15–6
33	L	December 26, 1972	1–4	Montreal Canadiens (1972–73)	11–16–6
34	W	December 27, 1972	5–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1972–73)	12–16–6
35	L	December 30, 1972	4–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1972–73)	12–17–6
36	L	December 31, 1972	1–6	@ New York Rangers (1972–73)	12–18–6
37	W	January 2, 1973	5–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1972–73)	13–18–6
38	W	January 4, 1973	4–2	Boston Bruins (1972–73)	14–18–6
39	T	January 6, 1973	2–2	Atlanta Flames (1972–73)	14–18–7
40	L	January 9, 1973	0–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1972–73)	14–19–7
41	L	January 10, 1973	5–6	@ California Golden Seals (1972–73)	14–20–7
42	L	January 13, 1973	3–5	New York Rangers (1972–73)	14–21–7
43	W	January 14, 1973	2–1	@ New York Islanders (1972–73)	15–21–7
44	T	January 17, 1973	3–3	Atlanta Flames (1972–73)	15–21–8
45	W	January 19, 1973	2–1	@ Atlanta Flames (1972–73)	16–21–8
46	W	January 20, 1973	5–1	New York Islanders (1972–73)	17–21–8
47	W	January 24, 1973	7–5	@ Los Angeles Kings (1972–73)	18–21–8
48	T	January 26, 1973	1–1	@ California Golden Seals (1972–73)	18–21–9
49	W	January 27, 1973	3–1	@ Vancouver Canucks (1972–73)	19–21–9
50	T	February 1, 1973	3–3	Montreal Canadiens (1972–73)	19–21–10
51	W	February 3, 1973	6–1	California Golden Seals (1972–73)	20–21–10
52	L	February 4, 1973	2–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1972–73)	20–22–10
53	W	February 6, 1973	5–1	Vancouver Canucks (1972–73)	21–22–10
54	W	February 8, 1973	3–2	Minnesota North Stars (1972–73)	22–22–10
55	W	February 10, 1973	5–2	California Golden Seals (1972–73)	23–22–10
56	W	February 13, 1973	4–2	Los Angeles Kings (1972–73)	24–22–10
57	L	February 14, 1973	2–5	@ Minnesota North Stars (1972–73)	24–23–10
58	W	February 17, 1973	4–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1972–73)	25–23–10
59	L	February 20, 1973	3–5	Philadelphia Flyers (1972–73)	25–24–10
60	W	February 21, 1973	5–2	@ Minnesota North Stars (1972–73)	26–24–10
61	L	February 24, 1973	2–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1972–73)	26–25–10
62	L	February 25, 1973	0–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1972–73)	26–26–10
63	L	February 28, 1973	2–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1972–73)	26–27–10
64	W	March 1, 1973	4–3	@ Boston Bruins (1972–73)	27–27–10
65	L	March 3, 1973	0–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (1972–73)	27–28–10
66	W	March 7, 1973	5–2	Boston Bruins (1972–73)	28–28–10
67	W	March 10, 1973	5–4	New York Islanders (1972–73)	29–28–10
68	L	March 11, 1973	1–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1972–73)	29–29–10
69	W	March 13, 1973	2–0	Buffalo Sabres (1972–73)	30–29–10
70	T	March 14, 1973	1–1	@ Atlanta Flames (1972–73)	30–29–11
71	L	March 17, 1973	4–6	@ New York Islanders (1972–73)	30–30–11
72	L	March 18, 1973	1–3	@ New York Rangers (1972–73)	30–31–11
73	W	March 21, 1973	6–3	Detroit Red Wings (1972–73)	31–31–11
74	L	March 24, 1973	4–11	@ Montreal Canadiens (1972–73)	31–32–11
75	L	March 25, 1973	2–5	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1972–73)	31–33–11
76	T	March 28, 1973	3–3	Minnesota North Stars (1972–73)	31–33–12
77	W	March 31, 1973	7–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (1972–73)	32–33–12
78	L	April 1, 1973	1–3	@ Buffalo Sabres (1972–73)	32–34–12

Playoffs

Despite having a 32–34–12 record, the Blues managed to clinch a playoff spot. However, they lost in the first round to the Chicago Blackhawks 4–1.

(W1) Chicago Black Hawks vs. (W4) St. Louis Blues

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
	C	78	41	39	80	119	7	13	1	5
	RW	78	24	24	48	26	1	4	0	4
	RW	76	21	27	48	30	−5	1	0	2
	RW	64	18	27	45	48	13	3	0	3
	RW	77	20	22	42	99	−12	2	0	5
	C	75	12	26	38	30	−5	0	2	2
	C	58	16	20	36	20	−1	2	0	2
	LW	75	14	20	34	71	−2	1	0	1
	D	68	8	25	33	102	0	3	0	2
	D	77	2	31	33	107	−1	0	0	1
	RW	49	12	13	25	56	8	0	0	1
	RW	45	7	18	25	8	−6	3	0	0
	C	50	10	11	21	10	−2	3	0	0
	D	77	9	12	21	31	−2	0	2	3
	D	49	3	18	21	231	−3	0	0	0
	D	43	1	13	14	33	−5	0	0	0
	D	14	4	9	13	2	4	2	1	1
	D	55	2	7	9	24	−5	0	0	0
	RW	37	3	5	8	31	−13	0	0	0
	D	25	1	6	7	51	−2	0	0	0
	LW	18	2	3	5	2	4	0	0	0
	D	29	1	4	5	6	2	0	0	0
	D	20	0	3	3	25	1	0	0	0
	D	8	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	0
	LW	3	0	2	2	2	4	0	0	0
	D	16	1	0	1	10	−2	0	0	0
	G	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	G	12	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0
	LW	10	0	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0
	C/D	2	0	0	0	0	−2	0	0	0
	G	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
	2535	45	18	15	7	128	3.03	1
	1562	30	8	14	5	92	3.53	1
	583	12	6	5	0	26	2.68	0
Team:	4680	78	32	34	12	246	3.15	2

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
	C	5	2	2	4	0	1	0	0
	RW	5	2	1	3	4	0	0	0
	C	5	1	2	3	2	0	0	0
	RW	5	2	0	2	15	0	0	0
	D	4	1	1	2	2	1	0	0
	RW	5	1	1	2	0	0	0	1
	D	5	0	2	2	8	0	0	0
	D	5	0	2	2	2	0	0	0
	RW	5	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
	D	5	0	1	1	4	0	0	0
	C	5	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
	D	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
	LW	5	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	D	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	D	5	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
	C	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
	160	3	1	2	14	5.25	0
	140	3	0	2	8	3.43	0
Team:	300	5	1	4	22	4.40	0

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See also

• 1972–73 NHL season

References

• Web site: 1972–73 St. Louis Blues Games. Hockey-reference.com . 2009-05-06 .
• Blues on Hockey Database

Notes and References

1. Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-06-15 . 1972-73 St. Louis Blues Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.