1972-73 New York Rangers Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 47-23-8 - 102 points
Finishing 3rd in the NHL's East Division
Postseason: 5-5
Lost NHL semi-finals
Quarter-Finals - Defeated Boston Bruins 4-1
Semi-Finals - Lost to Chicago Black Hawks 4-1
Coach: Emile Francis (47-23-8)
Location: New York, New York
1972-73 New York Rangers RosterTeam Record: 47-23-8 - 102 points
Finishing 3rd in the NHL's East Division
Postseason: 5-5
Lost NHL semi-finals
Quarter-Finals - Defeated Boston Bruins 4-1
Semi-Finals - Lost to Chicago Black Hawks 4-1
Coach: Emile Francis (47-23-8)
Location: New York, New York
1972-73 New York Rangers Results
The New York Rangers of the National Hockey League ended the 1972-73 season with a record of 47 wins and 23 losses and 8 ties for 102 points, finishing third in the NHL's East Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 5-5.
The Rangers netted 297 goals and conceded 208. Jean Ratelle scored 41 goals for New York, while Bill Fairbairn and Steve Vickers tallied 30 or more, too. Rod Gilbert contributed 59 assists. Ed Giacomin earned 26 wins in front of the net for the squad, and Gilles Villemure added 15 or more victories also. Gilles Villemure registered a 2.29 goals against average, topping qualifying goaltenders.
Emile Francis coached the team. The 1972-73 New York Rangers lost in the NHL semi-finals.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jean Ratelle | C | 78 | 41 | 53 | 94 | 12 | 24 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 241 | 17.0 |
| Rod Gilbert | R | 76 | 25 | 59 | 84 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 183 | 13.7 |
| Walt Tkaczuk | C | 76 | 27 | 39 | 66 | 59 | 35 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 264 | 10.2 |
| Bill Fairbairn | R | 78 | 30 | 33 | 63 | 23 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 174 | 17.2 |
| Vic Hadfield | L | 63 | 28 | 34 | 62 | 60 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 214 | 13.1 |
| Pete Stemkowski | C | 78 | 22 | 37 | 59 | 71 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 200 | 11.0 |
| Steve Vickers | L | 61 | 30 | 23 | 53 | 37 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 131 | 22.9 |
| Brad Park | D | 52 | 10 | 43 | 53 | 51 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 142 | 7.0 |
| Bobby Rousseau | R | 78 | 8 | 37 | 45 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 150 | 5.3 |
| Rod Seiling | D | 72 | 9 | 33 | 42 | 36 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 155 | 5.8 |
| Dale Rolfe | D | 72 | 7 | 25 | 32 | 74 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159 | 4.4 |
| Bruce MacGregor | R | 52 | 14 | 12 | 26 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 85 | 16.5 |
| Glen Sather | L | 77 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 64 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 69 | 15.9 |
| Ted Irvine | L | 53 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 54 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 91 | 8.8 |
| Jim Neilson | D | 52 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 35 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 99 | 4.0 |
| Gene Carr | C | 50 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 50 | -4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 65 | 13.8 |
| Ab DeMarco | D | 51 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 104 | 3.8 |
| Ron Harris | D | 46 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 4.1 |
| Mike Murphy | R | 15 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 5 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 11.4 |
| Randy Legge | D | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Ed Giacomin | G | 43 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Larry Sacharuk | D | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11.1 |
| Jerry Butler | R | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9.1 |
| Bill Heindl | L | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 |
| Sheldon Kannegiesser | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Ron Stewart | C | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Tom Williams | L | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Curt Bennett | L | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.0 |
| Bert Marshall | D | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Peter McDuffe | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gilles Villemure | G | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1336 | 297 | 516 | 813 | 757 | 364 | 54 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 47 | 8 | 2699 | 11.0 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Giacomin | 43 | 2580 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 125 | 2.91 | 0 | ||
| Gilles Villemure | 34 | 2040 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 78 | 2.29 | 0 | ||
| Peter McDuffe | 1 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 78 | 4680 | 47 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 204 | 2.62 | 0 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jean Ratelle | C | 10 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rod Gilbert | R | 10 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Walt Tkaczuk | C | 10 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bill Fairbairn | R | 10 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vic Hadfield | L | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Pete Stemkowski | C | 10 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Steve Vickers | L | 10 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brad Park | D | 10 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Rousseau | R | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dale Rolfe | D | 8 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bruce MacGregor | R | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Glen Sather | L | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ted Irvine | L | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Neilson | D | 10 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gene Carr | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Harris | D | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Murphy | R | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Giacomin | G | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sheldon Kannegiesser | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bert Marshall | D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gilles Villemure | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 176 | 33 | 53 | 86 | 98 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Giacomin | 10 | 539 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 2.56 | 0 | ||
| Gilles Villemure | 2 | 61 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.97 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 12 | 600 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 2.50 | 0 |
