1972-73 Philadelphia Flyers Statistics

National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 37-30-11 - 85 points
Finishing 2nd in the NHL's West Division
Postseason: 5-6
Lost NHL semi-finals
Quarter-Finals - Defeated Minnesota North Stars 4-2
Semi-Finals - Lost to Montreal Canadiens 4-1
Coach: Fred Shero (37-30-11)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1972-73 Philadelphia Flyers Roster
1972-73 Philadelphia Flyers Results

The Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League ended the 1972-73 season with a record of 37 wins and 30 losses and 11 ties for 85 points, finishing second in the NHL's West Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 5-6.

The Flyers netted 296 goals and yielded 256. Rick MacLeish scored 50 goals for Philadelphia, while Bill Barber, Bobby Clarke, Gary Dornhoefer and Bill Flett each tallied 30 or more also. Bobby Clarke contributed 67 assists. Doug Favell topped the squad with 20 wins and a team-best 2.83 goals against average, pacing regular goalies.

Fred Shero coached the team. The 1972-73 Philadelphia Flyers lost in the NHL semi-finals.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	GTG	SOG	SG%
Bobby Clarke	C	78	37	67	104	80	32	10	2	4	4	231	16.0
Rick MacLeish	L	78	50	50	100	69	15	21	2	6	1	279	17.9
Gary Dornhoefer	R	77	30	49	79	168	17	3	0	4	1	187	16.0
Bill Flett	R	69	43	31	74	53	31	11	3	6	3	283	15.2
Bill Barber	L	69	30	34	64	46	10	7	0	2	1	214	14.0
Ross Lonsberry	L	77	21	29	50	59	6	6	0	3	0	205	10.2
Tom Bladon	D	78	11	31	42	26	9	7	0	0	0	151	7.3
Simon Nolet	R	70	16	20	36	6	-3	6	0	0	0	146	11.0
Bill Clement	C	73	14	14	28	51	-11	0	1	3	1	132	10.6
Joe Watson	D	63	2	24	26	46	30	0	0	1	0	72	2.8
Andre Dupont	D	46	3	20	23	164	8	1	0	1	0	103	2.9
Don Saleski	R	78	12	9	21	205	-20	1	1	2	0	158	7.6
Bob Kelly	L	77	10	11	21	238	1	0	0	2	0	125	8.0
Dave Schultz	L	76	9	12	21	259	4	0	0	2	0	63	14.3
Barry Ashbee	D	64	1	17	18	106	-2	0	1	0	0	61	1.6
Brent Hughes	D	29	2	11	13	32	-8	0	0	0	0	40	5.0
Jean Potvin	D	35	3	9	12	10	-1	1	0	1	0	27	11.1
Ed Van Impe	D	72	1	11	12	76	22	0	0	0	0	66	1.5
Wayne Hillman	D	74	0	10	10	33	16	0	0	0	0	41	0.0
Terry Crisp	C	12	1	5	6	2	4	0	0	0	0	18	5.6
Pierre Plante	R	2	0	3	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	5	0.0
Doug Favell	G	44	0	2	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Taylor	G	23	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Michel Belhumeur	G	23	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jimmy Watson	D	4	0	1	1	5	-1	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Willie Brossart	D	4	0	1	1	0	-5	0	0	0	0	6	0.0
Larry Wright	C	9	0	1	1	4	-3	0	0	0	0	6	0.0
Orest Kindrachuk	C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		1406	296	474	770	1744	154	74	10	37	11	2623	11.3

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS
Doug Favell	44	2419	20	15	4	3	3	114	2.83	0
Michel Belhumeur	23	1117	9	7	3	0	0	60	3.22	0
Bobby Taylor	23	1144	8	8	4	1	0	78	4.09	0
Totals	90	4680	37	30	11	4	3	252	3.23		0

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Bobby Clarke	C	11	2	6	8	6	2	0	1
Rick MacLeish	L	10	3	4	7	2	2	0	1
Gary Dornhoefer	R	11	3	3	6	16	1	0	1
Bill Flett	R	11	3	4	7	0	0	1	1
Bill Barber	L	11	3	2	5	22	0	0	0
Ross Lonsberry	L	11	4	3	7	9	0	0	1
Tom Bladon	D	11	0	4	4	2	0	0	0
Simon Nolet	R	11	3	1	4	4	0	0	0
Bill Clement	C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Watson	D	11	0	2	2	12	0	0	0
Andre Dupont	D	11	1	2	3	29	0	0	0
Don Saleski	R	11	1	2	3	4	0	0	0
Bob Kelly	L	11	0	1	1	8	0	0	0
Dave Schultz	L	11	1	0	1	51	0	0	0
Barry Ashbee	D	11	0	4	4	20	0	0	0
Ed Van Impe	D	11	0	0	0	16	0	0	0
Wayne Hillman	D	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Terry Crisp	C	11	3	2	5	2	1	0	0
Doug Favell	G	11	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Michel Belhumeur	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jimmy Watson	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		199	27	40	67	205	6	1	5

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS
Doug Favell	11	669	5	6	1	1	29	2.60	0
Michel Belhumeur	1	10	0	0	0	0	1	6.00	0
Totals	12	679	5	6	1	1	30	2.65		0