1971-72 St. Louis Blues Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 28-39-11 - 67 points
in the NHL's West Division
Lost in 2nd Round
Coach: Sid Abel (3-7-1)
Coach: Bill McCreary (6-13-4)
Coach: Al Arbour (19-19-6)
1971-72 St. Louis Blues RosterTeam Record: 28-39-11 - 67 points
in the NHL's West Division
Lost in 2nd Round
Coach: Sid Abel (3-7-1)
Coach: Bill McCreary (6-13-4)
Coach: Al Arbour (19-19-6)
The St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League ended the 1971-72 season with a record of 28 wins and 39 losses and 11 ties for 67 points in the NHL's West Division.
The team netted 208 goals and conceded 247. Garry Unger scored 36 goals for the team, and Frank St. Marseille recorded 36 assists. Jacques Caron topped the squad with 14 wins and a team-best 2.52 goals against average, leading qualifying goaltenders.
Sid Abel, Bill McCreary and Al Arbour coached the team. The 1971-72 St. Louis Blues lost in the in 2nd Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garry Unger | C | 78 | 36 | 34 | 70 | 104 | -8 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 321 | 11.2 |
| Frank St. Marseille | R | 78 | 16 | 36 | 52 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 228 | 7.0 |
| Jack Egers | R | 63 | 21 | 25 | 46 | 34 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 210 | 10.0 |
| Gary Sabourin | R | 77 | 28 | 17 | 45 | 52 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 236 | 11.9 |
| Mike Murphy | R | 63 | 20 | 23 | 43 | 19 | -4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 176 | 11.4 |
| Terry Crisp | C | 75 | 13 | 18 | 31 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 94 | 13.8 |
| Barclay Plager | D | 78 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 176 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 128 | 5.5 |
| Phil Roberto | R | 49 | 12 | 13 | 25 | 76 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 170 | 7.1 |
| Carl Brewer | D | 42 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 40 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 58 | 3.4 |
| Christian Bordeleau | C | 41 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 6 | -13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 123 | 6.5 |
| Brian Lavender | L | 46 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 54 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 68 | 7.4 |
| Andre Dupont | D | 60 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 147 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 133 | 2.3 |
| George Morrison | L | 42 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 7 | -11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 5.9 |
| Jimmy Roberts | D | 26 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 10.9 |
| Bill Plager | D | 65 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 64 | -15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 63 | 1.6 |
| Bob Plager | D | 50 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 81 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 6.8 |
| Larry Hornung | D | 47 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 10 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 60 | 3.3 |
| Wayne Connelly | R | 15 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 2 | -6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 48 | 10.4 |
| Floyd Thomson | L | 49 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 48 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 69 | 5.8 |
| Curt Bennett | L | 31 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 30 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 9.4 |
| Danny O'Shea | C | 20 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 12.0 |
| Noel Picard | D | 15 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 2.9 |
| Gene Carr | C | 14 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 10.3 |
| Bill Sutherland | L | 9 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 28.6 |
| Gerry Odrowski | D | 55 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 3.3 |
| Michel Parizeau | C | 21 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7.1 |
| Jim Shires | L | 18 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.0 |
| Jim Lorentz | C | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.0 |
| Ernie Wakely | G | 30 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jacques Caron | G | 28 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim McLeod | G | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Norm Dennis | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Gord Brooks | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Peter McDuffe | G | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Evans | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brit Selby | L | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Wayne Stephenson | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gord Kannegiesser | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Bench | 78 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gary Veneruzzo | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Kevin O'Shea | R | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| John Arbour | D | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1441 | 208 | 319 | 527 | 1150 | -72 | 38 | 13 | 28 | 11 | 2557 | 8.1 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ernie Wakely | 30 | 1614 | 8 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 92 | 3.42 | |||
| Jim McLeod | 16 | 880 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 3.00 | |||
| Jacques Caron | 28 | 1619 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 68 | 2.52 | |||
| Wayne Stephenson | 2 | 100 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5.40 | |||
| Peter McDuffe | 10 | 467 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 3.73 | |||
| Totals | 86 | 4680 | 28 | 39 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 242 | 3.10 | 0 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garry Unger | C | 11 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 35 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Frank St. Marseille | R | 11 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Egers | R | 11 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Sabourin | R | 11 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Murphy | R | 11 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Terry Crisp | C | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Barclay Plager | D | 11 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Phil Roberto | R | 11 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 29 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Brian Lavender | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Andre Dupont | D | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Plager | D | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Plager | D | 11 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Hornung | D | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Curt Bennett | L | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Danny O'Shea | C | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gerry Odrowski | D | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ernie Wakely | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jacques Caron | G | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Peter McDuffe | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chris Evans | D | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kevin O'Shea | R | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 197 | 27 | 42 | 69 | 232 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ernie Wakely | 3 | 113 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6.90 | 77 | 64 | .831 |
| Jacques Caron | 9 | 499 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 3.13 | 282 | 256 | .908 |
| Peter McDuffe | 1 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7.00 | 45 | 38 | .844 |
| Totals | 13 | 672 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 4.11 | 404 | 358 | .886 |
