1971-72 Buffalo Sabres Statistics

National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 16-43-19 - 51 points
Finishing 6th in the NHL's East Division
Coach: Punch Imlach (8-23-10)
Coach: Floyd Smith (0-1)
Coach: Joe Crozier (8-19-9)
Location: Buffalo, New York

1971-72 Buffalo Sabres Roster
1971-72 Buffalo Sabres Results

The Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League ended the 1971-72 season with a record of 16 wins and 43 losses and 19 ties for 51 points, finishing sixth in the NHL's East Division.

The Sabres scored 203 goals and gave up 289. Rick Martin netted 44 goals for Buffalo, and Gilbert Perreault recorded 48 assists. Roger Crozier topped the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 3.51 goals against average, leading goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.

Punch Imlach, Floyd Smith and Joe Crozier coached the team.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	GTG	SOG	SG%
Rick Martin	L	73	44	30	74	36	-38	19	0	5	4	266	16.5
Gilbert Perreault	C	76	26	48	74	24	-40	11	0	1	1	218	11.9
Gerry Meehan	C	77	19	27	46	12	-28	4	0	2	2	164	11.6
Al Hamilton	D	76	4	30	34	105	-12	1	0	1	1	91	4.4
Eddie Shack	L	50	11	14	25	34	-11	4	0	0	0	92	12.0
Steve Atkinson	R	67	14	10	24	26	-22	3	0	0	1	122	11.5
Jim Lorentz	C	33	10	14	24	12	-11	2	0	1	0	85	11.8
Chris Evans	D	61	6	18	24	98	-20	2	0	0	0	99	6.1
Phil Goyette	C	37	3	21	24	14	-10	3	0	0	0	33	9.1
Don Luce	C	78	11	8	19	38	-18	0	0	1	1	126	8.7
Danny Lawson	R	78	10	6	16	15	-23	0	1	0	3	176	5.7
Mike Byers	R	46	9	7	16	12	-20	3	0	1	1	69	13.0
Craig Ramsay	L	57	6	10	16	0	5	0	0	2	0	43	14.0
Kevin O'Shea	R	52	6	9	15	44	-19	0	0	0	1	56	10.7
Mike Robitaille	D	31	2	10	12	22	-14	1	0	0	0	62	3.2
Larry Hillman	D	43	1	11	12	58	-21	0	0	0	0	78	1.3
Tracy Pratt	D	27	0	10	10	52	0	0	0	0	0	31	0.0
Rene Robert	R	12	6	3	9	2	-5	3	0	0	2	42	14.3
Jim Watson	D	66	2	6	8	101	-33	1	0	0	1	78	2.6
Randy Wyrozub	C	34	3	4	7	0	-2	0	0	0	0	36	8.3
Doug Barrie	D	27	2	5	7	45	-21	0	0	1	1	24	8.3
Dick Duff	L	8	2	2	4	0	-2	0	0	0	0	5	40.0
Ron Anderson	R	37	0	4	4	19	-10	0	0	0	0	35	0.0
Rod Zaine	C	24	2	1	3	4	-14	0	0	1	0	23	8.7
Ray McKay	D	39	0	3	3	18	-12	0	0	0	0	18	0.0
Larry Keenan	L	14	2	0	2	2	-3	0	0	0	0	15	13.3
Butch Deadmarsh	L	12	1	1	2	4	-10	0	0	0	0	10	10.0
John Gould	L	2	1	0	1	0	-1	0	0	0	0	3	33.3
Larry Mickey	R	4	0	1	1	0	-1	0	0	0	0	5	0.0
Terry Ball	D	10	0	1	1	6	-7	0	0	0	0	8	0.0
Floyd Smith	R	6	0	1	1	2	-4	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Roger Crozier	G	63	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Dryden	G	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Terbenche	D	9	0	0	0	2	-13	0	0	0	0	7	0.0
Totals		1349	203	315	518	817	-440	57	1	16	19	2121	9.6

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS
Roger Crozier	63	3654	13	34	14	7	2	214	3.51	0
Dave Dryden	20	1026	3	9	5	0	0	68	3.98	0
Totals	83	4680	16	43	19	7	2	282	3.62		0

1971-72 Buffalo Sabres Statistics

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