1972-73 Alberta Oilers Statistics

World Hockey Association (WHA)
Team Record: 38-37-3 - 79 points
Finishing 5th in the WHA's WHA West Division
Preliminary - Lost to Minnesota Fighting Saints 1-0
Coach: Ray Kinasewich (38-37-3)
Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

1972-73 Alberta Oilers Roster
1972-73 Alberta Oilers Results

The Alberta Oilers of the World Hockey Association ended the 1972-73 season with a record of 38 wins and 37 losses and 3 ties for 79 points, finishing fifth in the WHA's WHA West Division.

The Oilers potted 269 goals and yielded 256. Jim Harrison scored 39 goals for Alberta, while Al Hamilton contributed 50 assists. Jack Norris earned 28 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 3.06 goals against average, leading regular goalies.

Ray Kinasewich coached the team.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Jim Harrison	C	66	39	47	86	93	8	6	6
Al Hamilton	D	78	11	50	61	124	2	1	1
Ross Perkins	C	71	21	37	58	19	5	0	2
Rusty Patenaude	R	78	29	27	56	59	4	0	0
Ron Walters	C	78	28	26	54	37	1	3	0
Bob Wall	D	78	16	29	45	20	5	2	0
Val Fonteyne	L	77	7	32	39	2	1	0	0
Eddie Joyal	C	71	22	16	38	16	6	0	0
Bill Hicke	R	73	14	24	38	20	4	0	0
Brian Carlin	L	65	12	22	34	6	1	0	0
Doug Barrie	D	54	9	22	31	111	0	1	0
Ken Baird	D	75	14	15	29	112	1	0	0
Ron Anderson	R	73	14	15	29	43	3	0	0
Bob Falkenberg	D	77	6	23	29	44	2	0	0
Steve Carlyle	D	67	7	10	17	35	0	0	0
Dennis Kassian	L	50	6	7	13	14	1	0	0
Bob McAneeley	L	51	5	7	12	24	0	0	0
Bernie Blanchette	R	23	5	4	9	2	3	0	0
Roger Cote	D	60	3	5	8	46	1	0	0
John Fisher	C	40	0	5	5	0	0	0	0
Jack Norris	G	64	0	3	3	2	0	0	0
Jim Benzelock	R	26	1	1	2	10	0	0	0
Derek Harker	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ken Brown	G	20	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Totals		1416	269	427	696	841	48	13	9

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Jack Norris	64	3705	28	29	3	3	1	189	3.06	1947	1758	.903
Ken Brown	20	1034	10	8	0	1	1	63	3.66	540	477	.883
Totals	84	4739	38	37	3	4	2	252	3.19	2739	2487	.908