1972-73 Los Angeles Sharks Statistics

World Hockey Association (WHA)
Team Record: 37-35-6 - 80 points
Finishing 3rd in the WHA's WHA West Division
Postseason: 2-4
Lost AVCO Cup quarter-finals
Division Semi-Finals - Lost to Houston Aeros 4-2
Coach: Terry Slater (37-35-6)
Location: Los Angeles, California

1972-73 Los Angeles Sharks Roster
1972-73 Los Angeles Sharks Results

The Los Angeles Sharks of the World Hockey Association ended the 1972-73 season with a record of 37 wins and 35 losses and 6 ties for 80 points, finishing third in the WHA's WHA West Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-4.

The Sharks potted 259 goals and allowed 250. Gary Veneruzzo scored 43 goals for Los Angeles, while J.P. LeBlanc contributed 50 assists. George Gardner topped the squad with 19 wins, plus Russ Gillow added 15 or more wins, too. Russ Gillow recorded a 2.91 goals against average, pacing goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.

Terry Slater coached the team. The 1972-73 Los Angeles Sharks lost in the AVCO Cup quarter-finals.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Gary Veneruzzo	L	78	43	30	73	34	13	0	5
J.P. LeBlanc	C	77	19	50	69	49	2	1	3
Bart Crashley	D	70	18	27	45	10	7	0	0
Joe Szura	C	73	13	32	45	25	3	0	0
Alton White	R	57	20	17	37	22	2	0	0
Tom Serviss	C	73	11	26	37	32	0	3	0
Gerry Odrowski	D	78	6	31	37	89	0	1	0
Mike Byers	R	56	19	17	36	20	2	0	0
Tom Gilmore	L	71	17	18	35	191	6	0	0
Earl Heiskala	L	70	12	17	29	150	2	0	0
Jim Niekamp	D	78	7	22	29	155	0	1	0
Bill Young	L	50	14	12	26	46	6	0	0
Peter Slater	R	73	12	12	24	87	3	0	0
Ralph MacSweyn	D	78	0	23	23	39	0	0	0
Ted McCaskill	C	73	11	11	22	150	0	2	0
Jim Watson	D	75	5	15	20	123	1	0	0
Steve Sutherland	L	44	11	6	17	98	0	0	0
Fred Speck	C	28	3	13	16	22	0	0	0
Mike Hyndman	R	19	8	7	15	11	1	0	0
Bernie MacNeil	L	42	4	7	11	48	0	0	0
Bob Jones	L	20	2	7	9	8	1	0	0
Howie Heggedal	L	8	2	1	3	0	1	0	0
Larry Mavety	D	2	1	0	1	2	1	0	0
Jarda Krupicka	R	6	1	0	1	2	0	0	0
George Gardner	G	49	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
Russ Gillow	G	38	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
Jerry Zrymiak	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Perreault	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Jakubo	C	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		1395	259	402	661	1421	51	8	8

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
George Gardner	49	2713	19	22	4	0	1	149	3.30	1238	1089	.880
Russ Gillow	38	1982	17	13	2	3	2	96	2.91	851	755	.887
Bob Perreault	1	60	1	0	0	0	0	2	2.00	17	15	.882
Totals	88	4755	37	35	6	3	3	247	3.12	2353	2106	.895

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	GWG
Gary Veneruzzo	L	6	3	0	3	4	1	1
J.P. LeBlanc	C	6	0	5	5	2	0	0
Bart Crashley	D	6	0	2	2	2	0	0
Joe Szura	C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alton White	R	6	1	0	1	0	1	0
Tom Serviss	C	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gerry Odrowski	D	6	1	2	3	6	0	1
Tom Gilmore	L	5	1	3	4	2	0	0
Earl Heiskala	L	5	1	1	2	4	1	0
Jim Niekamp	D	6	2	1	3	10	0	0
Peter Slater	R	6	0	0	0	2	0	0
Ralph MacSweyn	D	6	1	2	3	4	0	0
Ted McCaskill	C	6	2	3	5	12	0	0
Jim Watson	D	4	0	1	1	2	0	0
Steve Sutherland	L	6	0	2	2	8	0	0
Fred Speck	C	6	3	2	5	2	1	0
Mike Hyndman	R	6	0	3	3	17	0	0
Bernie MacNeil	L	3	0	0	0	4	0	0
Howie Heggedal	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
George Gardner	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Russ Gillow	G	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jerry Zrymiak	D	2	1	0	1	2	0	0
Totals		108	16	27	43	83	4	2

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
George Gardner	3	116	1	2	11	5.69	57	46	.807
Russ Gillow	5	247	1	2	12	2.91	115	103	.896
Totals	8	363	2	4	23	3.80	195	172	.882

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