1972–73 Houston Aeros season

1972–73 Houston Aeros (WHA)
Division 2nd Western
1972–73 record 39–35–4
Home record 24–16–1
Road record 15–19–3
Goals for 284
Goals against 269
Team information
Coach Bill Dineen
Arena Sam Houston Coliseum
Team leaders
Goals Gord Labossiere
Assists Gord Labossiere
Points Gord Labossiere

1973–74 >

The 1972–73 Houston Aeros season was the Houston Aeros first season of operation in the newly created World Hockey Association (WHA).

Regular season

Final standings

Western Division
GP W L T GF GA PIM Pts
Winnipeg Jets 78 43 31 4 285 249 757 90
Houston Aeros 78 39 35 4 284 269 1363 82
Los Angeles Sharks 78 37 35 6 259 250 1477 80
Minnesota Fighting Saints 78 38 37 3 250 269 843 79
Alberta Oilers 78 38 37 3 269 256 1134 79
Chicago Cougars 78 26 50 2 245 295 811 54

Game log

Regular season schedule
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1WOctober 12, 19723–2 Chicago Cougars (1972–73) 1–0–0
2WOctober 13, 19723–2 @ Los Angeles Sharks (1972–73) 2–0–0
3LOctober 15, 19721–5 Los Angeles Sharks (1972–73) 2–1–0
4LOctober 18, 19721–4 New England Whalers (1972–73) 2–2–0
5WOctober 19, 19725–1 Minnesota Fighting Saints (1972–73) 3–2–0
6LOctober 21, 19722–3 @ New York Raiders (1972–73) 3–3–0
7LOctober 24, 19723–5 @ Quebec Nordiques (1972–73) 3–4–0
8WOctober 26, 19727–3 Ottawa Nationals (1972–73) 4–4–0
9LOctober 29, 19723–5 @ Winnipeg Jets (1972–73) 4–5–0
10WOctober 31, 19724–3 @ Alberta Oilers (1972–73) 5–5–0
11LNovember 3, 19723–4 @ Alberta Oilers (1972–73) 5–6–0
12LNovember 5, 19720–4 @ Los Angeles Sharks (1972–73) 5–7–0
13WNovember 7, 19723–2 @ Chicago Cougars (1972–73) 6–7–0
14LNovember 11, 19721–3 @ Quebec Nordiques (1972–73) 6–8–0
15TNovember 13, 19724–4 @ New England Whalers (1972–73) 6–8–1
16LNovember 15, 19724–6 Los Angeles Sharks (1972–73) 6–9–1
17WNovember 19, 19724–2 Cleveland Crusaders (1972–73) 7–9–1
18LNovember 21, 19722–4 Winnipeg Jets (1972–73) 7–10–1
19WNovember 23, 19726–5 OT Winnipeg Jets (1972–73) 8–10–1
20WNovember 25, 19723–1 @ Cleveland Crusaders (1972–73) 9–10–1
21WNovember 28, 19723–1 @ Cleveland Crusaders (1972–73) 10–10–1
22LNovember 30, 19723–6 @ Los Angeles Sharks (1972–73) 10–11–1
23WDecember 2, 19727–2 @ New York Raiders (1972–73) 11–11–1
24LDecember 3, 19724–5 @ Ottawa Nationals (1972–73) 11–12–1
25LDecember 5, 19724–6 New York Raiders (1972–73) 11–13–1
26LDecember 7, 19720–3 @ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1972–73) 11–14–1
27LDecember 8, 19722–6 @ Winnipeg Jets (1972–73) 11–15–1
28WDecember 12, 19726–4 Alberta Oilers (1972–73) 12–15–1
29LDecember 13, 19722–3 Alberta Oilers (1972–73) 12–16–1
30WDecember 15, 19723–2 @ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1972–73) 13–16–1
31TDecember 17, 19724–4 Los Angeles Sharks (1972–73) 13–16–2
32WDecember 19, 19727–5 Los Angeles Sharks (1972–73) 14–16–2
33WDecember 23, 19727–3 Philadelphia Blazers (1972–73) 15–16–2
34TDecember 26, 19723–3 @ Ottawa Nationals (1972–73) 15–16–3
35WDecember 29, 19724–2 @ New England Whalers (1972–73) 16–16–3
36LDecember 30, 19723–4 OT @ Cleveland Crusaders (1972–73) 16–17–3
37TJanuary 1, 19734–4 @ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1972–73) 16–17–4
38WJanuary 9, 19737–5 New England Whalers (1972–73) 17–17–4
39WJanuary 11, 19735–0 @ Chicago Cougars (1972–73) 18–17–4
40WJanuary 13, 19736–2 Chicago Cougars (1972–73) 19–17–4
41WJanuary 15, 19735–4 Chicago Cougars (1972–73) 20–17–4
42LJanuary 17, 19730–5 Cleveland Crusaders (1972–73) 20–18–4
43WJanuary 18, 19738–3 @ Chicago Cougars (1972–73) 21–18–4
44WJanuary 20, 19734–3 @ Philadelphia Blazers (1972–73) 22–18–4
45WJanuary 21, 19735–2 Ottawa Nationals (1972–73) 23–18–4
46WJanuary 23, 197311–3 Ottawa Nationals (1972–73) 24–18–4
47WJanuary 25, 19735–2 @ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1972–73) 25–18–4
48WJanuary 28, 19734–3 Chicago Cougars (1972–73) 26–18–4
49LJanuary 30, 19732–5 Los Angeles Sharks (1972–73) 26–19–4
50LFebruary 1, 19734–5 OT New England Whalers (1972–73) 26–20–4
51WFebruary 3, 19737–1 Minnesota Fighting Saints (1972–73) 27–20–4
52LFebruary 5, 19733–6 Minnesota Fighting Saints (1972–73) 27–21–4
53WFebruary 7, 19735–2 Winnipeg Jets (1972–73) 28–21–4
54LFebruary 8, 19731–3 Winnipeg Jets (1972–73) 28–22–4
55LFebruary 10, 19730–3 @ Chicago Cougars (1972–73) 28–23–4
56LFebruary 13, 19733–5 @ Alberta Oilers (1972–73) 28–24–4
57WFebruary 15, 19735–3 @ Alberta Oilers (1972–73) 29–24–4
58LFebruary 16, 19730–7 @ Winnipeg Jets (1972–73) 29–25–4
59LFebruary 18, 19732–4 @ Winnipeg Jets (1972–73) 29–26–4
60WFebruary 22, 19734–1 Quebec Nordiques (1972–73) 30–26–4
61WFebruary 25, 19734–1 Minnesota Fighting Saints (1972–73) 31–26–4
62WFebruary 27, 19735–4 Alberta Oilers (1972–73) 32–26–4
63WFebruary 28, 19733–2 OT Alberta Oilers (1972–73) 33–26–4
64LMarch 3, 19733–4 Quebec Nordiques (1972–73) 33–27–4
65LMarch 4, 19733–6 Quebec Nordiques (1972–73) 33–28–4
66WMarch 7, 19733–1 @ Los Angeles Sharks (1972–73) 34–28–4
67LMarch 9, 19731–5 @ Los Angeles Sharks (1972–73) 34–29–4
68WMarch 11, 19734–2 @ Philadelphia Blazers (1972–73) 35–29–4
69LMarch 13, 19733–4 @ Philadelphia Blazers (1972–73) 35–30–4
70LMarch 14, 19731–5 @ New York Raiders (1972–73) 35–31–4
71LMarch 18, 19732–3 OT New York Raiders (1972–73) 35–32–4
72WMarch 19, 19735–1 Philadelphia Blazers (1972–73) 36–32–4
73LMarch 21, 19733–7 Philadelphia Blazers (1972–73) 36–33–4
74LMarch 25, 19732–4 Cleveland Crusaders (1972–73) 36–34–4
75WMarch 27, 19736–1 @ New England Whalers (1972–73) 37–34–4
76WMarch 29, 19735–3 New York Raiders (1972–73) 38–34–4
77LMarch 31, 19731–5 @ Quebec Nordiques (1972–73) 38–35–4
78WApril 1, 19736–3 @ Ottawa Nationals (1972–73) 39–35–4

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Playoffs

Houston Aeros 4, Los Angeles Sharks 2 - Semifinals

# Date Visitor Score Home Record
1 April 5 Los Angeles Sharks 2–7 Houston Aeros 1–0
2 April 7 Los Angeles Sharks 4–2 Houston Aeros 1–1
3 April 11 Houston Aeros 2–3 Los Angeles Sharks 1–2
4 April 13 Houston Aeros 3–2 OT Los Angeles Sharks 2–2
5 April 15 Los Angeles Sharks 3–6 Houston Aeros 3–2
6 April 17 Houston Aeros 3–2 Los Angeles Sharks 4–2

Winnipeg Jets 4, Houston Aeros 0 - Division Finals

# Date Visitor Score Home Record
1 April 22 Houston Aeros 1–5 Winnipeg Jets 0–1
2 April 24 Houston Aeros 0–2 Winnipeg Jets 0–2
3 April 26 Winnipeg Jets 2–4 Houston Aeros 0–3
4 April 29 Winnipeg Jets 0–3 Houston Aeros 0–4

Player stats

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Labossiere, GordGord Labossiere C 78 36 60 96 5601001
Taylor, TedTed Taylor LW 73 34 42 76 1030514
Hall, MurrayMurray Hall RW 76 28 42 70 840727
Lund, LarryLarry Lund C 77 21 45 66 1200402
Popiel, PoulPoul Popiel D 73 16 48 64 1580502
Grierson, DonDon Grierson RW 78 22 22 44 830500
Harris, DukeDuke Harris RW 75 30 12 42 140450
Hughes, FrankFrank Hughes LW 77 22 19 41 410400
McDonald, BrianBrian McDonald C 71 20 20 40 780000
Hoekstra, EdEd Hoekstra C 78 11 28 39 120010
Hale, LarryLarry Hale D 68 4 26 30 650000
Mortson, ClelandCleland Mortson RW 67 13 16 29 950200
McCallum, DuncDunc McCallum D 69 9 20 29 1120200
Schella, JohnJohn Schella D 77 2 24 26 2390010
Stanfield, JackJack Stanfield LW 71 8 12 20 80000
Smith, BrianBrian Smith LW 48 7 6 13 190200
Larose, RayRay Larose D 68 1 10 11 250000
Kannegiesser, GordGord Kannegiesser D 45 0 10 10 320000
Prentice, BillBill Prentice D 3 0 1 1 00000
Hughes, BillBill Hughes G 3 0 0 0 20000
McLeod, DonDon McLeod G 41 0 0 0 60000
Rutledge, WayneWayne Rutledge G 36 0 0 0 110000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Rutledge, WayneWayne Rutledge 2163 36 20 14 2 110 3.05 0
McLeod, DonDon McLeod 2410 41 19 20 1 143 3.56 1
Hughes, BillBill Hughes 170 3 0 1 1 11 3.88 0
Team: 4743 78 39 35 4 264 3.34 1
Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Popiel, PoulPoul Popiel D 10 2 9 11 23100
Lund, LarryLarry Lund C 10 3 7 10 24001
Hall, MurrayMurray Hall RW 10 4 4 8 18202
Hughes, FrankFrank Hughes LW 10 4 4 8 2300
McCallum, DuncDunc McCallum D 10 2 3 5 6100
Labossiere, GordGord Labossiere C 6 1 4 5 8100
Taylor, TedTed Taylor LW 10 3 1 4 10101
McDonald, BrianBrian McDonald C 10 3 0 3 16000
Hale, LarryLarry Hale D 10 1 2 3 2000
Hoekstra, EdEd Hoekstra C 9 1 2 3 0000
Mortson, ClelandCleland Mortson RW 10 0 3 3 16000
Harris, DukeDuke Harris RW 10 1 1 2 4010
Schella, JohnJohn Schella D 10 0 2 2 12000
Smith, BrianBrian Smith LW 10 0 2 2 0000
Stanfield, JackJack Stanfield LW 9 1 0 1 0000
Kannegiesser, GordGord Kannegiesser D 9 0 1 1 11000
Grierson, DonDon Grierson RW 3 0 0 0 6000
McLeod, DonDon McLeod G 3 0 0 0 0000
Rutledge, WayneWayne Rutledge G 7 0 0 0 0000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Rutledge, WayneWayne Rutledge 423 7 4 3 20 2.84 0
McLeod, DonDon McLeod 178 3 0 3 8 2.70 0
Team: 601 10 4 6 28 2.80 0

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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;

See also

References

  1. "1972–73 Houston Aeros Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-29.
  2. "1972-73 Houston Aeros Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-29.

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