1972-73 New York Islanders Statistics
Team Record: 12-60-6 - 30 points
in the NHL's East Division
Coach: Phil Goyette (6-40-4)
Coach: Earl Ingarfield (6-20-2)
The New York Islanders of the National Hockey League ended the 1972-73 season with a record of 12 wins and 60 losses and 6 ties for 30 points in the NHL's East Division.
The team scored 170 goals, worst in the league and conceded 347, most in the circuit. Billy Harris netted 28 goals for the team, while Ed Westfall contributed 31 assists. Billy Smith topped the squad with 7 wins and a team-best 4.16 goals against average, pacing goalies with significant playing time.
Phil Goyette and Earl Ingarfield coached the team.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Harris | R | 78 | 28 | 22 | 50 | 35 | -44 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 196 | 14.3 |
| Ed Westfall | R | 67 | 15 | 31 | 46 | 25 | -42 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 160 | 9.4 |
| Germain Gagnon | L | 63 | 12 | 29 | 41 | 31 | -24 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 126 | 9.5 |
| Brian Spencer | L | 78 | 14 | 24 | 38 | 90 | -47 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 163 | 8.6 |
| Craig Cameron | R | 72 | 19 | 14 | 33 | 27 | -38 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 144 | 13.2 |
| Dave Hudson | C | 69 | 12 | 19 | 31 | 17 | -39 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 111 | 10.8 |
| Tom Miller | C | 69 | 13 | 17 | 30 | 21 | -29 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 92 | 14.1 |
| Lorne Henning | C | 63 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 14 | -28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 101 | 6.9 |
| Terry Crisp | C | 54 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 6 | -22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 72 | 5.6 |
| Don Blackburn | L | 56 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 20 | -33 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 65 | 10.8 |
| Bob Cook | R | 33 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 14 | -9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 9.6 |
| Ralph Stewart | C | 31 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 4 | -11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 5.9 |
| Jim Mair | D | 49 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 41 | -38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 134 | 1.5 |
| Brian Lavender | L | 43 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 47 | -42 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 74 | 8.1 |
| Arnie Brown | D | 48 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 27 | -47 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 8.0 |
| Gerry Hart | D | 47 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 158 | -18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 1.4 |
| Bill Mikkelson | D | 72 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 45 | -54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 2.6 |
| Bryan Lefley | D | 63 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 56 | -39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 7.7 |
| Brian Marchinko | C | 36 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | -10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 10.5 |
| Neil Nicholson | D | 30 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 23 | -22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 5.9 |
| Ron Stewart | C | 22 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 18.2 |
| Ken Murray | D | 39 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 59 | -21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0.0 |
| Jean Potvin | D | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0.0 |
| Bob Nystrom | R | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | -11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8.3 |
| Richard Grenier | C | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 5.6 |
| Ron Smith | D | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |
| Garry Howatt | L | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Ernie Hicke | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Bench | 78 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gerry Gray | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gerry Desjardins | G | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Smith | G | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Pulkkinen | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1395 | 170 | 290 | 460 | 881 | -704 | 28 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 1952 | 8.7 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Smith | 37 | 2122 | 7 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 147 | 4.16 | |||
| Gerry Desjardins | 44 | 2498 | 5 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 195 | 4.68 | |||
| Gerry Gray | 1 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5.00 | |||
| Totals | 82 | 4680 | 12 | 60 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 347 | 4.45 | 0 |
