1972–73 Philadelphia Blazers season

The 1972–73 Philadelphia Blazers season was the first season of the Blazers' franchise in the World Hockey Association. It would also be the only season of the Blazers in Philadelphia, as the team relocated to Vancouver for the following season. The Blazers finished third and qualified for the playoffs losing in the first round to the Cleveland Crusaders.

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

|1||L||October 12, 1972||3–4 || align="left"| @ New England Whalers (1972–73) ||0–1–0

|2||L||October 15, 1972||0–5 || align="left"| @ New York Raiders (1972–73) ||0–2–0

|3||L||October 19, 1972||2–4 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Sharks (1972–73) ||0–3–0

|4||L||October 20, 1972||1–4 || align="left"| @ Alberta Oilers (1972–73) ||0–4–0

|5||L||October 22, 1972||3–6 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1972–73) ||0–5–0

|6||L||October 24, 1972||3–5 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1972–73) ||0–6–0

|7||L||October 25, 1972||2–8 || align="left"| Cleveland Crusaders (1972–73) ||0–7–0

|8||W||October 27, 1972||5–4 || align="left"| Los Angeles Sharks (1972–73) ||1–7–0

|9||L||October 28, 1972||3–5 || align="left"| Ottawa Nationals (1972–73) ||1–8–0

|10||W||November 1, 1972||7–5 || align="left"| @ Cleveland Crusaders (1972–73) ||2–8–0

|11||L||November 2, 1972||3–6 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1972–73) ||2–9–0

|12||L||November 4, 1972||4–8 || align="left"| @ New England Whalers (1972–73) ||2–10–0

|13||L||November 5, 1972||1–3 || align="left"| @ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1972–73) ||2–11–0

|14||L||November 12, 1972||1–2 || align="left"| @ Ottawa Nationals (1972–73) ||2–12–0

|15||W||November 14, 1972||4–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Cougars (1972–73) ||3–12–0

|16||L||November 18, 1972||4–5 OT|| align="left"| Minnesota Fighting Saints (1972–73) ||3–13–0

|17||L||November 19, 1972||0–5 || align="left"| @ New York Raiders (1972–73) ||3–14–0

|18||W||November 22, 1972||5–4 OT|| align="left"| Alberta Oilers (1972–73) ||4–14–0

|19||L||November 24, 1972||4–6 || align="left"| Minnesota Fighting Saints (1972–73) ||4–15–0

|20||L||November 25, 1972||3–4 || align="left"| Chicago Cougars (1972–73) ||4–16–0

|21||W||November 28, 1972||4–3 || align="left"| Los Angeles Sharks (1972–73) ||5–16–0

|22||W||December 1, 1972||5–3 || align="left"| New England Whalers (1972–73) ||6–16–0

|23||L||December 2, 1972||2–8 || align="left"| @ Cleveland Crusaders (1972–73) ||6–17–0

|24||L||December 5, 1972||3–4 OT|| align="left"| Cleveland Crusaders (1972–73) ||6–18–0

|25||W||December 8, 1972||3–1 || align="left"| New York Raiders (1972–73) ||7–18–0

|26||W||December 9, 1972||7–1 || align="left"| Ottawa Nationals (1972–73) ||8–18–0

|27||L||December 12, 1972||2–5 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1972–73) ||8–19–0

|28||W||December 13, 1972||7–4 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1972–73) ||9–19–0

|29||W||December 15, 1972||6–4 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1972–73) ||10–19–0

|30||L||December 16, 1972||6–10 || align="left"| New England Whalers (1972–73) ||10–20–0

|31||W||December 17, 1972||6–3 || align="left"| @ New England Whalers (1972–73) ||11–20–0

|32||L||December 19, 1972||2–7 || align="left"| New York Raiders (1972–73) ||11–21–0

|33||W||December 20, 1972||8–5 || align="left"| Chicago Cougars (1972–73) ||12–21–0

|34||L||December 23, 1972||3–7 || align="left"| @ Houston Aeros (1972–73) ||12–22–0

|35||L||December 25, 1972||0–8 || align="left"| @ Cleveland Crusaders (1972–73) ||12–23–0

|36||W||December 26, 1972||6–2 || align="left"| @ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1972–73) ||13–23–0

|37||L||December 28, 1972||3–6 || align="left"| @ Chicago Cougars (1972–73) ||13–24–0

|38||W||December 31, 1972||3–1 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Sharks (1972–73) ||14–24–0

|39||W||January 1, 1973||3–0 || align="left"| @ New York Raiders (1972–73) ||15–24–0

|40||L||January 10, 1973||1–4 || align="left"| New York Raiders (1972–73) ||15–25–0

|41||W||January 12, 1973||4–3 || align="left"| Ottawa Nationals (1972–73) ||16–25–0

|42||W||January 13, 1973||9–4 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1972–73) ||17–25–0

|43||L||January 16, 1973||3–4 || align="left"| Cleveland Crusaders (1972–73) ||17–26–0

|44||W||January 19, 1973||4–2 || align="left"| Ottawa Nationals (1972–73) ||18–26–0

|45||L||January 20, 1973||3–4 || align="left"| Houston Aeros (1972–73) ||18–27–0

|46||W||January 24, 1973||6–4 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1972–73) ||19–27–0

|47||W||January 25, 1973||7–4 || align="left"| @ Cleveland Crusaders (1972–73) ||20–27–0

|48||W||January 27, 1973||1–0 OT|| align="left"| @ Alberta Oilers (1972–73) ||21–27–0

|49||L||January 28, 1973||2–4 || align="left"| @ Alberta Oilers (1972–73) ||21–28–0

|50||W||January 30, 1973||5–4 OT|| align="left"| @ Ottawa Nationals (1972–73) ||22–28–0

|51||L||February 2, 1973||3–5 || align="left"| @ Cleveland Crusaders (1972–73) ||22–29–0

|52||L||February 6, 1973||3–5 || align="left"| @ Ottawa Nationals (1972–73) ||22–30–0

|53||L||February 7, 1973||0–3 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1972–73) ||22–31–0

|54||W||February 10, 1973||5–4 OT|| align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1972–73) ||23–31–0

|55||W||February 11, 1973||6–1 || align="left"| Cleveland Crusaders (1972–73) ||24–31–0

|56||W||February 13, 1973||5–4 || align="left"| New England Whalers (1972–73) ||25–31–0

|57||W||February 14, 1973||6–5 || align="left"| Cleveland Crusaders (1972–73) ||26–31–0

|58||W||February 16, 1973||9–2 || align="left"| New York Raiders (1972–73) ||27–31–0

|59||L||February 18, 1973||1–4 || align="left"| Los Angeles Sharks (1972–73) ||27–32–0

|60||W||February 20, 1973||4–2 || align="left"| New England Whalers (1972–73) ||28–32–0

|61||W||February 22, 1973||6–5 || align="left"| @ Ottawa Nationals (1972–73) ||29–32–0

|62||L||February 25, 1973||3–5 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1972–73) ||29–33–0

|63||L||February 27, 1973||0–3 || align="left"| @ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1972–73) ||29–34–0

|64||W||March 4, 1973||4–2 || align="left"| @ New York Raiders (1972–73) ||30–34–0

|65||L||March 6, 1973||1–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Chicago Cougars (1972–73) ||30–35–0

|66||W||March 8, 1973||2–1 || align="left"| Minnesota Fighting Saints (1972–73) ||31–35–0

|67||W||March 9, 1973||11–3 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1972–73) ||32–35–0

|68||L||March 11, 1973||2–4 || align="left"| Houston Aeros (1972–73) ||32–36–0

|69||L||March 12, 1973||4–6 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1972–73) ||32–37–0

|70||W||March 13, 1973||4–3 || align="left"| Houston Aeros (1972–73) ||33–37–0

|71||L||March 17, 1973||0–4 || align="left"| @ New England Whalers (1972–73) ||33–38–0

|72||L||March 19, 1973||1–5 || align="left"| @ Houston Aeros (1972–73) ||33–39–0

|73||W||March 21, 1973||7–3 || align="left"| @ Houston Aeros (1972–73) ||34–39–0

|74||W||March 23, 1973||7–3 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Sharks (1972–73) ||35–39–0

|75||L||March 28, 1973||1–2 || align="left"| Alberta Oilers (1972–73) ||35–40–0

|76||W||March 29, 1973||2–1 || align="left"| Alberta Oilers (1972–73) ||36–40–0

|77||W||March 31, 1973||5–1 || align="left"| Chicago Cougars (1972–73) ||37–40–0

|78||W||April 1, 1973||4–2 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1972–73) ||38–40–0

Legend:

Playoffs

| 1 || April 4 || Philadelphia Blazers || 2–3 OT || Cleveland Crusaders || 0–1

| 2 || April 7 || Philadelphia Blazers || 1–7 || Cleveland Crusaders || 0–2

| 3 || April 8 || Cleveland Crusaders || 3–1 || Philadelphia Blazers || 0–3

| 4 || April 11 || Cleveland Crusaders || 6–2 || Philadelphia Blazers || 0–4

Legend:

Player statistics Skaters + Regular season Player Position C 78 50 74 124 83016011 RW 78 61 45 106 3502036 RW 60 28 50 78 1570817 C 75 25 48 73 850601 LW 78 24 48 72 630904 D 78 10 41 51 660600 LW 74 20 22 42 150130 RW 74 16 23 39 430100 D 54 2 27 29 430000 D 78 3 24 27 1850020 LW 70 13 12 25 350000 D 75 1 18 19 720100 LW 55 10 8 18 380100 C 33 7 7 14 40100 D 24 5 9 14 20000 LW 34 4 6 10 180100 C 8 3 3 6 690010 C 19 2 3 5 130000 D 27 0 5 5 460000 D 8 1 3 4 00000 D 17 0 3 3 240000 C 4 1 1 2 00000 D 28 0 2 2 340000 RW 8 1 0 1 180000 C 2 1 0 1 00000 G 6 0 1 1 00000 D 8 0 1 1 120000 G 63 0 1 1 360000 C 6 0 1 1 150000 D 4 0 0 0 20000 D 4 0 0 0 20000 G 2 0 0 0 00000 LW 5 0 0 0 00000 RW 8 0 0 0 90000 D 4 0 0 0 140000 LW 1 0 0 0 00000 RW 7 0 0 0 00000 G 15 0 0 0 00000 G 1 0 0 0 00000

+ Playoffs Player Position RW 4 3 1 4 8100 C 4 0 2 2 18000 D 4 0 2 2 0000 D 4 0 2 2 13000 LW 4 1 0 1 0000 D 4 1 0 1 17100 LW 4 1 0 1 14100 C 3 0 1 1 8000 RW 4 0 1 1 0000 RW 4 0 1 1 0000 G 3 0 0 0 0000 C 2 0 0 0 0000 D 4 0 0 0 11000 D 3 0 0 0 0000 LW 4 0 0 0 0000 RW 2 0 0 0 0000 G 1 0 0 0 0000 G 1 0 0 0 0000 LW 4 0 0 0 2000 D 4 0 0 0 4000

Goaltending + Regular season Player 3653 63 33 28 0 220 3.61 2 611 15 2 8 0 49 4.81 0 260 6 1 3 0 17 3.92 0 122 2 1 1 0 8 3.93 0 60 1 1 0 0 3 3.00 0 Team: 4706 78 38 40 0 297 3.79 2

+ PlayoffsPlayer 153 3 0 2 11 4.31 0 27 1 0 1 5 11.11 0 70 1 0 1 3 2.57 0 Team: 250 4 0 4 19 4.56 0

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;

Awards and records

Awards +League awards and honorsAward or honorRecipient All-Star Game representative Danny LawsonJohn McKenzie Bill Hunter Trophy Andre Lacroix WHA First All-Star Team Andre Lacroix (C)Danny Lawson (RW) WHA Second All-Star Team Bernie Parent (G)

Transactions

Trades Date February 12, 1972 To Philadelphia Blazers futures To Cleveland Crusaders Paul Shmyr March 1, 1972 To Philadelphia Blazers Andre Lacroix To Quebec Nordiques cash May 1, 1972 To Philadelphia Blazers John McKenzie To Quebec Nordiques futures May 1, 1972 To Philadelphia Blazers Bill Youngcashfutures To Minnesota Fighting Saints Rick Smith May 1, 1972 To Philadelphia Blazers Bryan Campbell To Chicago Cougars cash June 1, 1972 To Philadelphia Blazers Marcel Paille To Chicago Cougars futures June 1, 1972 To Philadelphia Blazers Don O'Donoghue To New England Whalers cash June 1, 1972 To Philadelphia Blazers futures To New England Whalers Terry Caffery October 1, 1972 To Philadelphia Blazers Larry Mavety To Los Angeles Sharks cash November 1, 1972 To Philadelphia Blazers John GravelBrit Selby To Quebec Nordiques Frank GolembroskyMichel Rouleau November 1, 1972 To Philadelphia Blazers Bob Brown To New England Whalers Brit Selby November 1, 1972 To Philadelphia Blazers Roger CoteDerek Harker To Alberta Oilers cash November 7, 1972 To Philadelphia Blazers cash To Chicago Cougars Larry Mavety

Draft picks Philadelphia's picks at the WHA General Player Draft, which was held in Anaheim, California on February 12–13, 1972. The team participated in the draft as the Miami Screaming Eagles.

+ Players drafted by the Miami Screaming Eagles in the General Player Draft Round Player Position Team Goaltender Toronto Maple Leafs (NHL) Center Minnesota North Stars (NHL) Center Boston Bruins (NHL) Defense Chicago Black Hawks (NHL) Left Wing St. Catharines Black Hawks (OHA) Center Cleveland Barons (AHL) Defense Springfield Kings (AHL) Left Wing Nova Scotia Voyageurs (AHL) Forward Ottawa 67's (OHA) Center Ottawa 67's (OHA) Defense Philadelphia Flyers (NHL) Defense Edmonton Oil Kings (WCHL) Defense California Golden Seals (NHL) 10 Forward Shawinigan Bruins (QMJHL) 11 Left Wing Dallas Black Hawks (CHL) 12 Left Wing Cincinnati Swords (AHL) 13 Left Wing Toronto Maple Leafs (NHL) 14 Center Toronto Marlboros (OHA) 15 Defense Philadelphia Flyers (NHL) 16 Right Wing New Westminster Bruins (WCHL) 17 Forward Cincinnati Swords (AHL) 18 Right Wing Philadelphia Flyers (NHL) 19 Defense California Golden Seals (NHL) 20 Center Sherbrooke Castors (QMJHL)

Farm teams The Roanoke Valley Rebels in the EHL.

See also 1972–73 WHA season

References