1972-73 • Franchise

1972-73 Ottawa Nationals

Record: 35-39-4, 74 pts
Finish: 4th, East
Playoffs: Lost in first round to New England
Coach: Bill Harris

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Game Log ... (@ away game, * overtime)

no.	Date	Opponent	Score		w-l-t	pts	gf-ga	no.	Date	Opponent	Score		w-l-t	pts	gf-ga
1.	Oct 11	Alberta	4-7	L	0-1-0	0	4-7	40.	Jan 11	New York	4-1	W	18-19-3	39	149-174
2.	Oct 14	@ New York	6-8	L	0-2-0	0	10-15	41.	Jan 12	@ Philadelphia	3-4	L	18-20-3	39	152-178
3.	Oct 15	Cleveland	5-7	L	0-3-0	0	15-22	42.	Jan 14	@ Minnesota	*2-3	L	18-21-3	39	154-181
4.	Oct 19	Chicago	6-2	W	1-3-0	2	21-24	43.	Jan 16	@ Quebec	*4-5	L	18-22-3	39	158-186
5.	Oct 21	@ Cleveland	5-3	W	2-3-0	4	26-27	44.	Jan 18	Minnesota	6-3	W	19-22-3	41	164-189
6.	Oct 22	@ Quebec	3-2	W	3-3-0	6	29-29	45.	Jan 19	@ Philadelphia	2-4	L	19-23-3	41	166-193
7.	Oct 25	@ Los Angeles	8-5	W	4-3-0	8	37-34	46.	Jan 21	@ Houston	2-5	L	19-24-3	41	168-198
8.	Oct 26	@ Houston	3-7	L	4-4-0	8	40-41	47.	Jan 23	@ Houston	3-11	L	19-25-3	41	171-209
9.	Oct 28	@ Philadelphia	5-3	W	5-4-0	10	45-44	48.	Jan 25	New England	2-4	L	19-26-3	41	173-213
10.	Nov 2	Los Angeles	1-1	T	5-4-1	11	46-45	49.	Jan 26	@ Minnesota	2-4	L	19-27-3	41	175-217
11.	Nov 5	@ Alberta	5-3	W	6-4-1	13	51-48	50.	Jan 28	Winnipeg	4-5	L	19-28-3	41	179-222
12.	Nov 9	Winnipeg	1-4	L	6-5-1	13	52-52	51.	Jan 30	Philadelphia	*4-5	L	19-29-3	41	183-227
13.	Nov 12	Philadelphia	2-1	W	7-5-1	15	54-53	52.	Feb 1	@ Cleveland	2-2	T	19-29-4	42	185-229
14.	Nov 16	@ Cleveland	3-6	L	7-6-1	15	57-59	53.	Feb 2	@ Chicago	1-4	L	19-30-4	42	186-233
15.	Nov 18	@ New England	2-3	L	7-7-1	15	59-62	54.	Feb 4	Cleveland	2-3	L	19-31-4	42	188-236
16.	Nov 20	@ New England	5-7	L	7-8-1	15	64-69	55.	Feb 6	Philadelphia	5-3	W	20-31-4	44	193-239
17.	Nov 21	Quebec	4-2	W	8-8-1	17	68-71	56.	Feb 8	New York	2-3	L	20-32-4	44	195-242
18.	Nov 23	Chicago	1-8	L	8-9-1	17	69-79	57.	Feb 9	@ New England	7-4	W	21-32-4	46	202-246
19.	Nov 26	Alberta	1-2	L	8-10-1	17	70-81	58.	Feb 11	@ New York	2-3	L	21-33-4	46	204-249
20.	Nov 28	Minnesota	*3-2	W	9-10-1	19	73-83	59.	Feb 14	@ Quebec	6-3	W	22-33-4	48	210-252
21.	Nov 30	Cleveland	3-2	W	10-10-1	21	76-85	60.	Feb 15	@ Minnesota	0-3	L	22-34-4	48	210-255
22.	Dec 1	@ Winnipeg	4-3	W	11-10-1	23	80-88	61.	Feb 17	@ Chicago	3-1	W	23-34-4	50	213-256
23.	Dec 3	Houston	*5-4	W	12-10-1	25	85-92	62.	Feb 20	Los Angeles	2-4	L	23-35-4	50	215-260
24.	Dec 4	@ New England	2-7	L	12-11-1	25	87-99	63.	Feb 22	Philadelphia	5-6	L	23-36-4	50	220-266
25.	Dec 7	New England	2-4	L	12-12-1	25	89-103	64.	Feb 25	Alberta	3-2	W	24-36-4	52	223-268
26.	Dec 9	@ Philadelphia	1-7	L	12-13-1	25	90-110	65.	Feb 27	Cleveland	2-1	W	25-36-4	54	225-269
27.	Dec 10	Quebec	*7-6	W	13-13-1	27	97-116	66.	Mar 1	New York	2-1	W	26-36-4	56	227-270
28.	Dec 14	New York	3-4	L	13-14-1	27	100-120	67.	Mar 4	Chicago	6-4	W	27-36-4	58	233-274
29.	Dec 15	@ Alberta	4-3	W	14-14-1	29	104-123	68.	Mar 6	Winnipeg	5-2	W	28-36-4	60	238-276
30.	Dec 17	@ Alberta	1-3	L	14-15-1	29	105-126	69.	Mar 11	@ Los Angeles	2-4	L	28-37-4	60	240-280
31.	Dec 19	@ Quebec	3-7	L	14-16-1	29	108-133	70.	Mar 13	@ Los Angeles	3-1	W	29-37-4	62	243-281
32.	Dec 21	Los Angeles	4-4	T	14-16-2	30	112-137	71.	Mar 16	@ Winnipeg	6-1	W	30-37-4	64	249-282
33.	Dec 22	@ New York	5-7	L	14-17-2	30	117-144	72.	Mar 18	@ Winnipeg	4-2	W	31-37-4	66	253-284
34.	Dec 24	Quebec	6-2	W	15-17-2	32	123-146	73.	Mar 22	New England	4-2	W	32-37-4	68	257-286
35.	Dec 26	Houston	3-3	T	15-17-3	33	126-149	74.	Mar 25	Minnesota	6-1	W	33-37-4	70	263-287
36.	Dec 30	@ Chicago	4-2	W	16-17-3	35	130-151	75.	Mar 27	Quebec	6-2	W	34-37-4	72	269-289
37.	Dec 31	@ Quebec	4-8	L	16-18-3	35	134-159	76.	Mar 29	New England	5-2	W	35-37-4	74	274-291
38.	Jan 4	@ New York	4-9	L	16-19-3	35	138-168	77.	Mar 31	@ Cleveland	2-4	L	35-38-4	74	276-295
39.	Jan 9	Quebec	7-5	W	17-19-3	37	145-173	78.	Apr 1	Houston	3-6	L	35-39-4	74	279-301

Player Scoring

pos.	#	Player	gp	g	a	pts	pim	ppg	shg	gp	g	a	pts	pim
D	5	Amodeo, Mike	61	1	14	15	77	0	0	5	0	1	1	10
G	30	Binkley, Les	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
G	1	Blum, Frank	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
RW	10	Boland, Mike	41	1	15	16	44	0	0	1	0	0	0	12
LW	9	Carleton, Wayne	75	42	49	91	42	6	1	3	3	3	6	4
LW	16	Charlebois, Bob	78	24	40	64	28	5	1	5	1	1	2	4
LW	23	Climie, Ron	31	12	19	31	2	4	0	4	1	0	1	2
LW	20	Conacher, Brian	69	8	19	27	32	0	0	5	1	3	4	4
D	3	Cunningham, Rick	78	9	31	40	121	2	0	5	1	1	2	2
D	24	Donnelly, John	15	1	1	2	44	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
D	6	Gibbons, Brian	73	7	35	42	62	2	0	5	1	2	3	12
LW	21	Gibson, Jack	59	22	12	34	48	3	0	1	1	0	1	5
G	33	Gratton, Gilles	51	0	1	1	10	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
D	22	Haney, Merv	7	0	1	1	4	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
RW	12	King, Steve	69	18	34	52	28	3	4	5	0	1	1	7
C	11	Kirk, Gavin	78	28	40	68	54	6	0	5	2	3	5	12
LW	19	Leduc, Bob	78	22	33	55	71	6	0	5	0	2	2	4
RW	17	Martin, Tom	75	19	27	46	27	6	0	5	0	5	5	2
D	22	Meloff, Chris	28	1	6	7	40	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
LW	15	Riley, Ron	22	0	5	5	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
RW	8	Sentes, Dick	74	22	19	41	78	2	0	5	3	1	4	2
RW	14	Simpson, Tom	57	10	7	17	44	0	0	5	1	0	1	0
D	4	Stephanson, Ken	77	3	16	19	93	1	0	5	1	1	2	8
RW	7	Trottier, Guy	72	26	32	58	25	11	0	5	1	2	3	0
D	2	Warr, Steve	72	3	8	11	79	2	0	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Goaltender	gp	min	ga	en	so	w-l-t	gaa	sog	sv%	gp	min	ga	w-l	gaa
Binkley, Les	30	1709	106	1	0	10-17-1	3.72	900	0.882	4	223	17	1-3	4.57
Blum, Frank	2	28	3	0	0	0-0-0	6.43	17	0.823	-	-	-	-	-
Gratton, Gilles	51	3021	187	4	0	25-22-3	3.71	1591	0.882	2	87	7	0-1	4.83

Transactions

• Steve King signed to contract, Jul 1972
• Rights to Gavin Kirk purchased from Quebec, Jul 1972
• Rights to Steve Warr acquired from New England, Jul 1972
• Rights to Gilles Gratton acquired from Alberta, Aug 1972
• Wayne Carleton, Bob Charlebois, Ron Climie, Bob Leduc, Guy Trottier signed to contracts, Aug 1972. Many players had signed prior to Aug 1972, but contracts were not guaranteed until August
• Mike Amodeo, Les Binkley signed to contract, Sep 1972
• Gilles Gratton signed to contract, Oct 1972

Splits versus opposing teams, home and away, and by month

opponent	overall	gf-ga	home	gf-ga	away	gf-ga
Alberta	3-3-0	18-20	1-2-0	8-11	2-1-0	10-9
Chicago	4-2-0	21-21	2-1-0	13-14	2-1-0	8-7
Cleveland	3-4-1	24-28	2-2-0	12-13	1-2-1	12-15
Houston	1-4-1	19-36	1-1-1	11-13	0-3-0	8-23
Los Angeles	2-2-2	20-19	0-1-2	7-9	2-1-0	13-10
Minnesota	3-3-0	19-16	3-0-0	15-6	0-3-0	4-10
New England	3-5-0	29-33	2-2-0	13-12	1-3-0	16-21
New York	2-6-0	28-36	2-2-0	11-9	0-4-0	17-27
Philadelphia	3-5-0	27-33	2-2-0	16-15	1-3-0	11-18
Quebec	7-3-0	50-42	5-0-0	30-17	2-3-0	20-25
Winnipeg	4-2-0	24-17	1-2-0	10-11	3-0-0	14-6
October	5-4-0	45-44	1-2-0	15-16	4-2-0	30-28
November	5-6-1	31-41	4-3-1	16-22	1-3-0	15-19
December	6-8-2	58-74	3-2-2	30-27	3-6-0	28-47
January	3-11-0	49-68	3-3-0	27-23	0-8-0	22-45
February	6-7-1	42-42	3-4-0	21-22	3-3-1	21-20
March	10-2-0	51-26	7-0-0	34-14	3-2-0	17-12
April	0-1-0	3-6	0-1-0	3-6	0-0-0	0-0

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