1972-73 Pittsburgh Penguins Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 32-37-9 - 73 points
in the NHL's West Division
Coach: Red Kelly (0-0)
Coach: Ken Schinkel (0-0)
1972-73 Pittsburgh Penguins RosterTeam Record: 32-37-9 - 73 points
in the NHL's West Division
Coach: Red Kelly (0-0)
Coach: Ken Schinkel (0-0)
The Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League ended the 1972-73 season with a record of 32 wins and 37 losses and 9 ties for 73 points in the NHL's West Division.
The team netted 257 goals and yielded 265. Al McDonough scored 35 goals for the team, and Lowell MacDonald tallied 30 or more also. Syl Apps recorded 56 assists. Jim Rutherford topped the squad with 20 wins and a team-best 2.91 goals against average, pacing qualifying goaltenders.
Red Kelly and Ken Schinkel coached the team.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Syl Apps | C | 77 | 29 | 56 | 85 | 18 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 186 | 15.6 |
| Al McDonough | R | 78 | 35 | 41 | 76 | 26 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 285 | 12.3 |
| Lowell MacDonald | L | 78 | 34 | 41 | 75 | 8 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 244 | 13.9 |
| Bryan Hextall | C | 78 | 21 | 33 | 54 | 113 | -23 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 169 | 12.4 |
| Greg Polis | L | 78 | 26 | 23 | 49 | 36 | -32 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 221 | 11.8 |
| Ron Schock | C | 78 | 13 | 36 | 49 | 23 | -12 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 143 | 9.1 |
| Eddie Shack | L | 74 | 25 | 20 | 45 | 84 | -10 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 192 | 13.0 |
| Jean Pronovost | R | 66 | 21 | 22 | 43 | 16 | -15 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 192 | 10.9 |
| Darryl Edestrand | D | 78 | 15 | 24 | 39 | 88 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 155 | 9.7 |
| Dave Burrows | D | 78 | 3 | 24 | 27 | 42 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 132 | 2.3 |
| Nick Harbaruk | R | 78 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 47 | -11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 96 | 10.4 |
| Ken Schinkel | R | 42 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 16 | -10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 79 | 13.9 |
| Duane Rupp | D | 78 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 62 | -3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 132 | 5.3 |
| Jack Lynch | D | 47 | 1 | 18 | 19 | 40 | -21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 1.3 |
| Bryan Watson | D | 69 | 1 | 17 | 18 | 179 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 2.1 |
| Rick Kessell | C | 67 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 0 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 2.9 |
| Jean-Guy Lagace | D | 31 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 32 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 3.0 |
| Steve Cardwell | L | 20 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 9.5 |
| Jim Shires | L | 18 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 4.5 |
| Robin Burns | L | 26 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 20 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0.0 |
| Denis Herron | G | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cam Newton | G | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Wiley | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Sheldon Kannegiesser | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Bench | 78 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jim Rutherford | G | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ron Lalonde | C | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Andy Brown | G | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1420 | 257 | 420 | 677 | 866 | -71 | 52 | 10 | 32 | 9 | 2501 | 10.3 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denis Herron | 18 | 967 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 55 | 3.41 | |||
| Cam Newton | 11 | 533 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 3.94 | |||
| Andy Brown | 9 | 520 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 4.73 | |||
| Jim Rutherford | 49 | 2660 | 20 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 129 | 2.91 | |||
| Totals | 87 | 4680 | 32 | 37 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 260 | 3.33 | 0 |
