1972-73 Boston Braves Statistics
Team Record: 34-29-13 - 81 points
in the AHL's Eastern Division
Lost in 2nd Round
Coach: Matt Ravlich (0-0)
Coach: Ron Boehm (0-0)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
The Boston Braves of the American Hockey League ended the 1972-73 season with a record of 34 wins and 29 losses and 13 ties for 81 points in the AHL's Eastern Division.
The Braves netted 248 goals and yielded 256. Ron Anderson scored 41 goals for Boston, while Rich LeDuc and Bob Gryp tallied 30 or more, too. Chris Oddleifson and Rich LeDuc each contributed 42 assists, and Dave Reece recorded a 3.08 goals against average, leading goalies with significant playing time.
Matt Ravlich and Ron Boehm coached the team. The 1972-73 Boston Braves lost in the in 2nd Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | G/PG | A/PG | Pts/PG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rich LeDuc | C | 65 | 31 | 42 | 73 | 75 | 0.48 | 0.65 | 1.12 | |
| Ron Anderson | R | 73 | 41 | 29 | 70 | 53 | 0.56 | 0.40 | 0.96 | |
| Bob Gryp | L | 76 | 38 | 28 | 66 | 99 | 0.50 | 0.37 | 0.87 | |
| Craig Sarner | R | 74 | 27 | 27 | 54 | 16 | 0.36 | 0.36 | 0.73 | |
| Chris Oddleifson | C | 63 | 12 | 42 | 54 | 127 | 0.19 | 0.67 | 0.86 | |
| Steve Stirling | 76 | 20 | 21 | 41 | 22 | 0.26 | 0.28 | 0.54 | ||
| Chris Hayes | L | 63 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 31 | 0.14 | 0.30 | 0.44 | |
| Ron Jones | D | 55 | 3 | 25 | 28 | 34 | 0.05 | 0.45 | 0.51 | |
| Neil Murphy | C | 74 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 8 | 0.18 | 0.18 | 0.35 | |
| Ron Boehm | L | 28 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 28 | 0.21 | 0.57 | 0.79 | |
| Dave Forbes | L | 27 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 0.37 | 0.41 | 0.78 | |
| Ray Fortin | D | 74 | 1 | 20 | 21 | 28 | 0.01 | 0.27 | 0.28 | |
| Matt Ravlich | D | 67 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 71 | 0.07 | 0.22 | 0.30 | |
| Neil Clairmont | LW | 45 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 45 | 0.22 | 0.18 | 0.40 | |
| Wayne Elder | D | 55 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 40 | 0.05 | 0.22 | 0.27 | |
| Pat Westrum | D | 63 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 70 | 0.05 | 0.14 | 0.19 | |
| Murray Wing | D | 57 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 37 | 0.04 | 0.18 | 0.21 | |
| Gregg Sheppard | C | 8 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0.63 | 0.63 | 1.25 | |
| Herb Howdle | D | 15 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 0.13 | 0.53 | 0.67 | |
| Mike Bloom | L | 32 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 41 | 0.13 | 0.16 | 0.28 | |
| Doug Roberts | R | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0.29 | 0.43 | 0.71 | |
| Ken Davidson | C | 15 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 0.07 | 0.13 | 0.20 | |
| Bob Thompson | R | 31 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 0.10 | 0.10 | ||
| Dave Reece | G | 41 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0.02 | 0.02 | ||
| Kerry Bond | L | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0.33 | 0.33 | ||
| Jerry Kemp | F | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| Gord Malinoski | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| John Adams | G | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | ||||
| Brian Coates | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Don Wallis | D | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Dave Simpson | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | ||||
| Ross Brooks | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Peter Gaw | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Chuck Goddard | R | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Gaye Cooley | G | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||
| Totals | 1270 | 248 | 376 | 624 | 974 | 0 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Goddard | 5 | 210 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2.86 | |||||
| John Adams | 23 | 1179 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 65 | 3.31 | |||||
| Gaye Cooley | 24 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Ross Brooks | 7 | 379 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 2.53 | |||||
| Dave Reece | 41 | 2183 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 112 | 3.08 | |||||
| Don Wallis | 13 | 605 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 4.66 | |||||
| Totals | 113 | 4556 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 250 | 3.29 | 0 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | G/PG | A/PG | Pts/PG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rich LeDuc | C | 10 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0.90 | 0.50 | 1.40 |
| Bob Gryp | L | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0.43 | 0.14 | 0.57 |
| Craig Sarner | R | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0.40 | 0.60 | 1.00 |
| Chris Oddleifson | C | 10 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 41 | 0 | 0.30 | 0.60 | 0.90 |
| Steve Stirling | 9 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0.33 | 0.33 | 0.67 | |
| Chris Hayes | L | 10 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0.20 | 0.50 | 0.70 |
| Ron Jones | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.20 | 0.20 | |
| Neil Murphy | C | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.20 |
| Ron Boehm | L | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0.25 | 0.25 | |
| Dave Forbes | L | 10 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 0 | 0.30 | 0.50 | 0.80 |
| Ray Fortin | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Matt Ravlich | D | 9 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 0 | 0.22 | 0.44 | 0.67 |
| Neil Clairmont | LW | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | |||
| Wayne Elder | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.20 | 0.20 | |
| Pat Westrum | D | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0.10 | 0.20 | 0.30 |
| Murray Wing | D | 10 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0.20 | 0.60 | 0.80 |
| Bob Thompson | R | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.20 | 0.20 | |
| Curt Ridley | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John Adams | G | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.13 | 0.13 | |
| Brian Coates | L | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 147 | 32 | 46 | 78 | 170 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curt Ridley | 4 | 192 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5.31 | 0 | ||
| John Adams | 8 | 420 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 4.86 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 12 | 612 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 5.00 | 0 |
