1972-73 Phoenix Roadrunners Statistics

Western Hockey League (WHL)
Team Record: 37-26-9 - 83 points
in the WHL
Won League Championship
Coach: Sandy Hucul (37-26-9)
Location: Phoenix, Arizona

1972-73 Phoenix Roadrunners Roster

The Phoenix Roadrunners of the Western Hockey League ended the 1972-73 season with a record of 37 wins and 26 losses and 9 ties for 83 points in the WHL.

The Roadrunners led the league with 310 goals. Phoenix allowed 250 goals. Murray Heatley scored 43 goals for the squad, while Andre Hinse and John Gofton netted 30 or more also. Murray Heatley accounted for 55 assists. Don Caley topped the team with 20 wins, plus Gary Simmons added 15 or more wins, too. Don Caley earned a 3.43 goals against average, pacing regular goalies.

Sandy Hucul coached the team. The 1972-73 Phoenix Roadrunners won the League Championship.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	G/PG	A/PG	Pts/PG
Murray Heatley	R	72	43	55	98	62		0.60	0.76	1.36
Andre Hinse	L	72	34	42	76	25		0.47	0.58	1.06
Jim Boyd	C	72	22	50	72	58		0.31	0.69	1.00
Bob Barlow	L	51	26	42	68	41		0.51	0.82	1.33
Jim Murray	D	72	10	53	63	138		0.14	0.74	0.88
John Gofton	R	68	36	26	62	67		0.53	0.38	0.91
Howie Young	D	71	20	38	58	223		0.28	0.54	0.82
Wayne Hicks	R	67	17	33	50	31		0.25	0.49	0.75
Don Liesemer	R	72	26	22	48	12		0.36	0.31	0.67
Leo Thiffault	L	70	12	35	47	57		0.17	0.50	0.67
Brent Meeke	D	62	14	22	36	36		0.23	0.35	0.58
Adam Keller		64	8	27	35	70		0.13	0.42	0.55
Jack Decloe	C	38	13	15	28	6		0.34	0.39	0.74
Bob Mowat	R	56	6	13	19	31		0.11	0.23	0.34
Cam Fryer	D	25	7	10	17	0		0.28	0.40	0.68
Gary Braun	F	49	1	15	16	142		0.02	0.31	0.33
Wayne Clairmont	C	48	6	9	15	21		0.13	0.19	0.31
Dave Woodley		61	4	11	15	27		0.07	0.18	0.25
Gordie Nelson	D	9	1	3	4	28		0.11	0.33	0.44
John Barber	L	19	1	2	3	16		0.05	0.11	0.16
Rick Hextall	R	23	2	0	2	56		0.09		0.09
Bob Leslie	C	6	1	0	1	0		0.17		0.17
Harry Shaw	F	4	0	0	0	8
Don Caley	G	39	0	0	0	0
Gary Simmons	G	36	0	0	0	10
Totals		1226	310	523	833	1165	0

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Don Caley	39	2236	20	12	6	0	2	128	3.43	981	853	.870
Gary Simmons	36	2078	17	14	3	3	1	119	3.44	941	822	.874
Totals	75	4314	37	26	9	3	3	247	3.44	1922	1675	.871

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	G/PG	A/PG	Pts/PG
Murray Heatley	R	10	4	8	12	16	0.40	0.80	1.20
Andre Hinse	L	10	8	7	15	7	0.80	0.70	1.50
Jim Boyd	C	10	3	8	11	10	0.30	0.80	1.10
Bob Barlow	L	10	4	7	11	28	0.40	0.70	1.10
Jim Murray	D	10	1	6	7	8	0.10	0.60	0.70
John Gofton	R	10	5	5	10	4	0.50	0.50	1.00
Howie Young	D	10	1	5	6	31	0.10	0.50	0.60
Wayne Hicks	R	10	4	12	16	4	0.40	1.20	1.60
Don Liesemer	R	10	3	0	3	6	0.30		0.30
Leo Thiffault	L	5	1	0	1	5	0.20		0.20
Brent Meeke	D	6	1	1	2	4	0.17	0.17	0.33
Adam Keller		10	1	3	4	12	0.10	0.30	0.40
Jack Decloe	C	10	2	6	8	9	0.20	0.60	0.80
Bob Mowat	R	10	2	3	5	0	0.20	0.30	0.50
Cam Fryer	D	5	1	1	2	0	0.20	0.20	0.40
Gary Braun	F	10	4	3	7	24	0.40	0.30	0.70
Dave Woodley		10	0	1	1	0		0.10	0.10
John Barber	L	4	1	0	1	2	0.25		0.25
Don Caley	G	8	0	0	0	0
Gary Simmons	G	3	0	0	0	2
Totals		171	46	76	122	172

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	SHO	GA	GAA
Don Caley	8	435	7	1	1	23	3.17
Gary Simmons	3	166	1	1	0	10	3.61
Totals	11	601	8	2	1	33	3.29

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