1972–73 New York Raiders season

The 1972–73 New York Raiders season was the inaugural season for the World Hockey Association (WHA) franchise.

1972–73 New York Raiders
Division	6th East
1972–73 record	33–43–2
Home record	23-15-1
Road record	10-28-1
Goals for	303
Goals against	334
Team information
General manager	Marvin Milkes
Coach	Camille Henry (32-43-2) Ian Wilkie (1-0-0)
Captain	Norm Ferguson
Alternate captains	Ken Block Mike Laughton Ron Ward
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Average attendance	5,868 (34.0%)
Team leaders
Goals	Ron Ward (51)
Assists	Ron Ward (67)
Points	Ron Ward (118)
Penalty minutes	Hal Willis (159)
Wins	Peter Donnelly (22)
Goals against average	Peter Donnelly (3.56)

Regular season

Final standings

Eastern Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PIM	Pts
New England Whalers	78	46	30	2	318	263	858	94
Cleveland Crusaders	78	43	32	3	287	239	1095	89
Philadelphia Blazers	78	38	40	0	288	305	1260	76
Ottawa Nationals	78	35	39	4	279	301	1067	74
Quebec Nordiques	78	33	40	5	276	313	1354	71
New York Raiders	78	33	43	2	303	334	900	68

Game log

Regular season schedule
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 12, 1972	4–6	Winnipeg Jets (1972–73)	0–1–0
2	W	October 14, 1972	8–6	Ottawa Nationals (1972–73)	1–1–0
3	W	October 15, 1972	5–0	Philadelphia Blazers (1972–73)	2–1–0
4	L	October 17, 1972	3–4 OT	@ Cleveland Crusaders (1972–73)	2–2–0
5	L	October 19, 1972	1–3	Cleveland Crusaders (1972–73)	2–3–0
6	W	October 21, 1972	3–2	Houston Aeros (1972–73)	3–3–0
7	L	October 22, 1972	4–5	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1972–73)	3–4–0
8	W	October 26, 1972	7–6	New England Whalers (1972–73)	4–4–0
9	L	October 28, 1972	3–4 OT	Los Angeles Sharks (1972–73)	4–5–0
10	W	October 29, 1972	7–2	Alberta Oilers (1972–73)	5–5–0
11	W	November 2, 1972	4–2	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1972–73)	6–5–0
12	W	November 3, 1972	9–6	@ Winnipeg Jets (1972–73)	7–5–0
13	L	November 5, 1972	1–3	@ Winnipeg Jets (1972–73)	7–6–0
14	L	November 7, 1972	2–4	@ Alberta Oilers (1972–73)	7–7–0
15	L	November 8, 1972	1–2	@ Los Angeles Sharks (1972–73)	7–8–0
16	L	November 11, 1972	5–6	@ New England Whalers (1972–73)	7–9–0
17	L	November 15, 1972	4–7	@ Quebec Nordiques (1972–73)	7–10–0
18	W	November 18, 1972	7–1	Quebec Nordiques (1972–73)	8–10–0
19	W	November 19, 1972	5–0	Philadelphia Blazers (1972–73)	9–10–0
20	W	November 22, 1972	3–1	New England Whalers (1972–73)	10–10–0
21	W	November 25, 1972	4–2	Alberta Oilers (1972–73)	11–10–0
22	L	November 26, 1972	2–6	Los Angeles Sharks (1972–73)	11–11–0
23	W	November 29, 1972	7–6	New England Whalers (1972–73)	12–11–0
24	W	November 30, 1972	5–2	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1972–73)	13–11–0
25	L	December 2, 1972	2–7	Houston Aeros (1972–73)	13–12–0
26	W	December 3, 1972	5–2	Cleveland Crusaders (1972–73)	14–12–0
27	W	December 5, 1972	6–4	@ Houston Aeros (1972–73)	15–12–0
28	L	December 6, 1972	3–4	@ New England Whalers (1972–73)	15–13–0
29	L	December 8, 1972	1–3	@ Philadelphia Blazers (1972–73)	15–14–0
30	L	December 9, 1972	2–4	@ New England Whalers (1972–73)	15–15–0
31	W	December 11, 1972	8–3	Chicago Cougars (1972–73)	16–15–0
32	W	December 13, 1972	9–1	Quebec Nordiques (1972–73)	17–15–0
33	W	December 14, 1972	4–3	@ Ottawa Nationals (1972–73)	18–15–0
34	L	December 17, 1972	3–4	Winnipeg Jets (1972–73)	18–16–0
35	W	December 19, 1972	7–2	@ Philadelphia Blazers (1972–73)	19–16–0
36	L	December 21, 1972	2–6	@ Cleveland Crusaders (1972–73)	19–17–0
37	W	December 22, 1972	7–5	Ottawa Nationals (1972–73)	20–17–0
38	L	December 25, 1972	2–8	New England Whalers (1972–73)	20–18–0
39	W	December 26, 1972	5–2	@ Quebec Nordiques (1972–73)	21–18–0
40	L	December 31, 1972	0–3	New England Whalers (1972–73)	21–19–0
41	L	January 1, 1973	0–3	Philadelphia Blazers (1972–73)	21–20–0
42	W	January 4, 1973	9–4	Ottawa Nationals (1972–73)	22–20–0
43	L	January 8, 1973	5–6 OT	Quebec Nordiques (1972–73)	22–21–0
44	W	January 10, 1973	4–1	@ Philadelphia Blazers (1972–73)	23–21–0
45	L	January 11, 1973	1–4	@ Ottawa Nationals (1972–73)	23–22–0
46	L	January 13, 1973	3–4	@ New England Whalers (1972–73)	23–23–0
47	T	January 18, 1973	4–4	@ Quebec Nordiques (1972–73)	23–23–1
48	L	January 22, 1973	2–3	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1972–73)	23–24–1
49	L	January 25, 1973	2–9	@ Chicago Cougars (1972–73)	23–25–1
50	W	January 26, 1973	5–4 OT	@ Los Angeles Sharks (1972–73)	24–25–1
51	L	January 28, 1973	2–9	@ Los Angeles Sharks (1972–73)	24–26–1
52	L	January 30, 1973	3–11	@ Alberta Oilers (1972–73)	24–27–1
53	L	February 1, 1973	5–8	@ Alberta Oilers (1972–73)	24–28–1
54	L	February 3, 1973	2–4	@ Chicago Cougars (1972–73)	24–29–1
55	W	February 4, 1973	5–4	Quebec Nordiques (1972–73)	25–29–1
56	L	February 6, 1973	4–5	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1972–73)	25–30–1
57	W	February 8, 1973	3–2	@ Ottawa Nationals (1972–73)	26–30–1
58	L	February 10, 1973	4–8	@ Cleveland Crusaders (1972–73)	26–31–1
59	W	February 11, 1973	3–2	Ottawa Nationals (1972–73)	27–31–1
60	L	February 12, 1973	2–8	@ Cleveland Crusaders (1972–73)	27–32–1
61	L	February 16, 1973	2–9	@ Philadelphia Blazers (1972–73)	27–33–1
62	W	February 21, 1973	5–4	Alberta Oilers (1972–73)	28–33–1
63	W	February 25, 1973	9–5	Cleveland Crusaders (1972–73)	29–33–1
64	L	March 1, 1973	1–2	@ Ottawa Nationals (1972–73)	29–34–1
65	L	March 3, 1973	3–4	Cleveland Crusaders (1972–73)	29–35–1
66	L	March 4, 1973	2–4	Philadelphia Blazers (1972–73)	29–36–1
67	T	March 5, 1973	4–4	Chicago Cougars (1972–73)	29–36–2
68	W	March 10, 1973	3–2 OT	Winnipeg Jets (1972–73)	30–36–2
69	L	March 11, 1973	1–6	@ Quebec Nordiques (1972–73)	30–37–2
70	W	March 12, 1973	8–7	Chicago Cougars (1972–73)	31–37–2
71	W	March 14, 1973	5–1	Houston Aeros (1972–73)	32–37–2
72	L	March 15, 1973	2–6	Los Angeles Sharks (1972–73)	32–38–2
73	L	March 17, 1973	3–6	@ Chicago Cougars (1972–73)	32–39–2
74	W	March 18, 1973	3–2 OT	@ Houston Aeros (1972–73)	33–39–2
75	L	March 25, 1973	4–8	@ Winnipeg Jets (1972–73)	33–40–2
76	L	March 27, 1973	3–4	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1972–73)	33–41–2
77	L	March 29, 1973	3–5	@ Houston Aeros (1972–73)	33–42–2
78	L	March 30, 1973	4–5 OT	@ New England Whalers (1972–73)	33–43–2

Player stats

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Ron Ward C 77 51 67 118 28 0 12 1 5 Bobby Sheehan C 75 35 53 88 17 0 18 0 5 Wayne Rivers RW 75 37 40 77 47 0 4 0 4 Gene Peacosh LW 67 37 34 71 25 0 10 1 3 Norm Ferguson RW 56 28 40 68 8 0 8 1 5 Ken Block D 78 5 53 58 43 0 0 1 1 Brian Bradley LW 78 22 33 55 20 0 1 2 0 Mike Laughton C 67 16 20 36 44 0 1 0 0 Brian Perry C 74 13 20 33 30 0 3 1 0 Craig Reichmuth LW 73 13 14 27 127 0 0 0 0 Bill Speer D 69 3 23 26 40 0 0 0 0 Hal Willis D 74 3 21 24 159 0 0 0 0 Bob Jones LW 56 11 12 23 24 0 0 1 0 Kent Douglas D 60 3 15 18 74 0 0 0 0 Wally Olds D 61 5 7 12 4 0 0 0 0 Bob Winograd D 52 0 12 12 23 0 0 0 0 Jamie Kennedy RW/C 54 4 6 10 11 0 0 0 0 Garry Peters C 23 2 7 9 24 0 0 0 0 Brian Morenz C 30 7 1 8 23 0 1 2 0 Claude Chartre C 12 2 3 5 0 0 2 0 0 Alton White RW 13 1 4 5 2 0 0 0 0 Ted Scharf RW 29 2 2 4 72 0 0 0 0 Bob Brown D 17 0 4 4 6 0 0 0 0 Jean Gauthier D 31 2 1 3 21 0 0 0 0 Jarda Krupicka RW 30 1 2 3 4 0 0 0 0 Pete Donnelly G 47 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 Gary Kurt G 36 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 Blaine Rydman D 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 Ian Wilkie G 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO Pete Donnelly 2606 47 22 19 2 155 3.57 2 Gary Kurt 1881 36 10 21 0 150 4.78 0 Ian Wilkie 253 5 1 3 0 27 6.40 0 Team: 4740 78 33 43 2 332 4.20 2

Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts;

Farm Team

Long Island Ducks, Eastern Hockey League

See also

• 1972–73 WHA season