1972–73 Houston Aeros season

1972–73 Houston Aeros (WHA)

Division

2nd Western

1972–73 record

39–35–4

Goals for

284

Goals against

269

Team information

Coach

Bill Dineen

Team leaders

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
1	W	October 12, 1972	3–2	Chicago Cougars (1972–73)	1–0–0
2	W	October 13, 1972	3–2	@ Los Angeles Sharks (1972–73)	2–0–0
3	L	October 15, 1972	1–5	Los Angeles Sharks (1972–73)	2–1–0
4	L	October 18, 1972	1–4	New England Whalers (1972–73)	2–2–0
5	W	October 19, 1972	5–1	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1972–73)	3–2–0
6	L	October 21, 1972	2–3	@ New York Raiders (1972–73)	3–3–0
7	L	October 24, 1972	3–5	@ Quebec Nordiques (1972–73)	3–4–0
8	W	October 26, 1972	7–3	Ottawa Nationals (1972–73)	4–4–0
9	L	October 29, 1972	3–5	@ Winnipeg Jets (1972–73)	4–5–0
10	W	October 31, 1972	4–3	@ Alberta Oilers (1972–73)	5–5–0
11	L	November 3, 1972	3–4	@ Alberta Oilers (1972–73)	5–6–0
12	L	November 5, 1972	0–4	@ Los Angeles Sharks (1972–73)	5–7–0
13	W	November 7, 1972	3–2	@ Chicago Cougars (1972–73)	6–7–0
14	L	November 11, 1972	1–3	@ Quebec Nordiques (1972–73)	6–8–0
15	T	November 13, 1972	4–4	@ New England Whalers (1972–73)	6–8–1
16	L	November 15, 1972	4–6	Los Angeles Sharks (1972–73)	6–9–1
17	W	November 19, 1972	4–2	Cleveland Crusaders (1972–73)	7–9–1
18	L	November 21, 1972	2–4	Winnipeg Jets (1972–73)	7–10–1
19	W	November 23, 1972	6–5 OT	Winnipeg Jets (1972–73)	8–10–1
20	W	November 25, 1972	3–1	@ Cleveland Crusaders (1972–73)	9–10–1
21	W	November 28, 1972	3–1	@ Cleveland Crusaders (1972–73)	10–10–1
22	L	November 30, 1972	3–6	@ Los Angeles Sharks (1972–73)	10–11–1
23	W	December 2, 1972	7–2	@ New York Raiders (1972–73)	11–11–1
24	L	December 3, 1972	4–5	@ Ottawa Nationals (1972–73)	11–12–1
25	L	December 5, 1972	4–6	New York Raiders (1972–73)	11–13–1
26	L	December 7, 1972	0–3	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1972–73)	11–14–1
27	L	December 8, 1972	2–6	@ Winnipeg Jets (1972–73)	11–15–1
28	W	December 12, 1972	6–4	Alberta Oilers (1972–73)	12–15–1
29	L	December 13, 1972	2–3	Alberta Oilers (1972–73)	12–16–1
30	W	December 15, 1972	3–2	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1972–73)	13–16–1
31	T	December 17, 1972	4–4	Los Angeles Sharks (1972–73)	13–16–2
32	W	December 19, 1972	7–5	Los Angeles Sharks (1972–73)	14–16–2
33	W	December 23, 1972	7–3	Philadelphia Blazers (1972–73)	15–16–2
34	T	December 26, 1972	3–3	@ Ottawa Nationals (1972–73)	15–16–3
35	W	December 29, 1972	4–2	@ New England Whalers (1972–73)	16–16–3
36	L	December 30, 1972	3–4 OT	@ Cleveland Crusaders (1972–73)	16–17–3
37	T	January 1, 1973	4–4	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1972–73)	16–17–4
38	W	January 9, 1973	7–5	New England Whalers (1972–73)	17–17–4
39	W	January 11, 1973	5–0	@ Chicago Cougars (1972–73)	18–17–4
40	W	January 13, 1973	6–2	Chicago Cougars (1972–73)	19–17–4
41	W	January 15, 1973	5–4	Chicago Cougars (1972–73)	20–17–4
42	L	January 17, 1973	0–5	Cleveland Crusaders (1972–73)	20–18–4
43	W	January 18, 1973	8–3	@ Chicago Cougars (1972–73)	21–18–4
44	W	January 20, 1973	4–3	@ Philadelphia Blazers (1972–73)	22–18–4
45	W	January 21, 1973	5–2	Ottawa Nationals (1972–73)	23–18–4
46	W	January 23, 1973	11–3	Ottawa Nationals (1972–73)	24–18–4
47	W	January 25, 1973	5–2	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1972–73)	25–18–4
48	W	January 28, 1973	4–3	Chicago Cougars (1972–73)	26–18–4
49	L	January 30, 1973	2–5	Los Angeles Sharks (1972–73)	26–19–4
50	L	February 1, 1973	4–5 OT	New England Whalers (1972–73)	26–20–4
51	W	February 3, 1973	7–1	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1972–73)	27–20–4
52	L	February 5, 1973	3–6	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1972–73)	27–21–4
53	W	February 7, 1973	5–2	Winnipeg Jets (1972–73)	28–21–4
54	L	February 8, 1973	1–3	Winnipeg Jets (1972–73)	28–22–4
55	L	February 10, 1973	0–3	@ Chicago Cougars (1972–73)	28–23–4
56	L	February 13, 1973	3–5	@ Alberta Oilers (1972–73)	28–24–4
57	W	February 15, 1973	5–3	@ Alberta Oilers (1972–73)	29–24–4
58	L	February 16, 1973	0–7	@ Winnipeg Jets (1972–73)	29–25–4
59	L	February 18, 1973	2–4	@ Winnipeg Jets (1972–73)	29–26–4
60	W	February 22, 1973	4–1	Quebec Nordiques (1972–73)	30–26–4
61	W	February 25, 1973	4–1	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1972–73)	31–26–4
62	W	February 27, 1973	5–4	Alberta Oilers (1972–73)	32–26–4
63	W	February 28, 1973	3–2 OT	Alberta Oilers (1972–73)	33–26–4
64	L	March 3, 1973	3–4	Quebec Nordiques (1972–73)	33–27–4
65	L	March 4, 1973	3–6	Quebec Nordiques (1972–73)	33–28–4
66	W	March 7, 1973	3–1	@ Los Angeles Sharks (1972–73)	34–28–4
67	L	March 9, 1973	1–5	@ Los Angeles Sharks (1972–73)	34–29–4
68	W	March 11, 1973	4–2	@ Philadelphia Blazers (1972–73)	35–29–4
69	L	March 13, 1973	3–4	@ Philadelphia Blazers (1972–73)	35–30–4
70	L	March 14, 1973	1–5	@ New York Raiders (1972–73)	35–31–4
71	L	March 18, 1973	2–3 OT	New York Raiders (1972–73)	35–32–4
72	W	March 19, 1973	5–1	Philadelphia Blazers (1972–73)	36–32–4
73	L	March 21, 1973	3–7	Philadelphia Blazers (1972–73)	36–33–4
74	L	March 25, 1973	2–4	Cleveland Crusaders (1972–73)	36–34–4
75	W	March 27, 1973	6–1	@ New England Whalers (1972–73)	37–34–4
76	W	March 29, 1973	5–3	New York Raiders (1972–73)	38–34–4
77	L	March 31, 1973	1–5	@ Quebec Nordiques (1972–73)	38–35–4
78	W	April 1, 1973	6–3	@ Ottawa Nationals (1972–73)	39–35–4

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Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Labossiere, GordGord Labossiere	C	78	36	60	96	56	10	0	1
Taylor, TedTed Taylor	LW	73	34	42	76	103	5	1	4
Hall, MurrayMurray Hall	RW	76	28	42	70	84	7	2	7
Lund, LarryLarry Lund	C	77	21	45	66	120	4	0	2
Popiel, PoulPoul Popiel	D	73	16	48	64	158	5	0	2
Grierson, DonDon Grierson	RW	78	22	22	44	83	5	0	0
Harris, DukeDuke Harris	RW	75	30	12	42	14	4	5	0
Hughes, FrankFrank Hughes	LW	77	22	19	41	41	4	0	0
McDonald, BrianBrian McDonald	C	71	20	20	40	78	0	0	0
Hoekstra, EdEd Hoekstra	C	78	11	28	39	12	0	1	0
Hale, LarryLarry Hale	D	68	4	26	30	65	0	0	0
Mortson, ClelandCleland Mortson	RW	67	13	16	29	95	2	0	0
McCallum, DuncDunc McCallum	D	69	9	20	29	112	2	0	0
Schella, JohnJohn Schella	D	77	2	24	26	239	0	1	0
Stanfield, JackJack Stanfield	LW	71	8	12	20	8	0	0	0
Smith, BrianBrian Smith	LW	48	7	6	13	19	2	0	0
Larose, RayRay Larose	D	68	1	10	11	25	0	0	0
Kannegiesser, GordGord Kannegiesser	D	45	0	10	10	32	0	0	0
Prentice, BillBill Prentice	D	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Hughes, BillBill Hughes	G	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
McLeod, DonDon McLeod	G	41	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
Rutledge, WayneWayne Rutledge	G	36	0	0	0	11	0	0	0

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	23	1	0	0
Lund, LarryLarry Lund	C	10	3	7	10	24	0	0	1
Hall, MurrayMurray Hall	RW	10	4	4	8	18	2	0	2
Hughes, FrankFrank Hughes	LW	10	4	4	8	2	3	0	0
McCallum, DuncDunc McCallum	D	10	2	3	5	6	1	0	0
Labossiere, GordGord Labossiere	C	6	1	4	5	8	1	0	0
Taylor, TedTed Taylor	LW	10	3	1	4	10	1	0	1
McDonald, BrianBrian McDonald	C	10	3	0	3	16	0	0	0
Hale, LarryLarry Hale	D	10	1	2	3	2	0	0	0
Hoekstra, EdEd Hoekstra	C	9	1	2	3	0	0	0	0
Mortson, ClelandCleland Mortson	RW	10	0	3	3	16	0	0	0
Harris, DukeDuke Harris	RW	10	1	1	2	4	0	1	0
Schella, JohnJohn Schella	D	10	0	2	2	12	0	0	0
Smith, BrianBrian Smith	LW	10	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
Stanfield, JackJack Stanfield	LW	9	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Kannegiesser, GordGord Kannegiesser	D	9	0	1	1	11	0	0	0
Grierson, DonDon Grierson	RW	3	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
McLeod, DonDon McLeod	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rutledge, WayneWayne Rutledge	G	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA
Rutledge, WayneWayne Rutledge	423	7	4	3	20	2.84
McLeod, DonDon McLeod	178	3	0	3	8	2.70
Team:	601	10	4	6	28	2.80

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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;

References

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

External links

1972–73 WHA season

Eastern Division	Cleveland New England New York Ottawa Philadelphia Quebec

Western Division	Alberta Chicago Houston Los Angeles Minnesota Winnipeg

See also	Draft

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1972–73 Houston Aeros season

Regular season

Final standings

Game log

Player stats

See also

References

External links