AHL 1972/73

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The 1972/73 season was the 37th regular season of the American Hockey League (AHL). During the regular season, the league's twelve teams played 76 games each. The eight best teams in the AHL then played in a play-off round for the Calder Cup .

Team changes

The following changes were made before the start of the season:

Regular season

Closing tables

Abbreviations: GP = games, W = wins, L = defeats, T = draws, OTL = defeat after overtime , GF = goals scored, GA = goals conceded, Pts = points
Explanations: The placement within the conference is shown in brackets;     = Playoff qualification,     = division winner,     = conference winner

Regular season

East Division GP W. L. T GF GA Pts
Nova Scotia Voyageurs 76 43 18th 15th 316 191 101
Boston Braves 76 34 29 13 248 256 81
Rochester Americans 76 33 31 12 239 276 78
Providence Reds 76 32 30th 14th 253 255 78
Springfield Kings 76 18th 42 16 265 344 52
New Haven Nighthawks 76 16 40 20th 246 331 52
West Division GP W. L. T GF GA Pts
Cincinnati Swords 76 54 17th 5 351 206 113
Hershey Bears 76 42 23 11 326 231 95
Virginia Wings 76 38 22nd 16 258 221 92
Richmond Robins 76 30th 36 10 272 280 70
Cleveland Barons 76 23 44 9 251 329 55
Baltimore Clippers 76 17th 48 11 210 315 45

Best scorer

Abbreviations: GP = games, G = goals, A = assists , Pts = points, +/- = plus / minus , PIM = penalty minutes; Bold: Season best

player team GP G A. Pts PIM
Yvon Lambert Nova Scotia Voyageurs 76 52 52 104 84
Tony Featherstone Nova Scotia Voyageurs 74 49 54 103 78
Morris Stefaniw Nova Scotia Voyageurs 64 30th 71 101 80
Bill Inglis Cincinnati Swords 75 40 57 97 29
Jeannot Gilbert Hershey Bears 74 29 42 71 24
René Drolet Richmond Robins 76 34 53 87 30th
Orest Kindrachuk Richmond Robins 72 35 51 86 133
Rick Dudley Cincinnati Swords 64 40 44 84 159
Danny shock Richmond Robins 74 48 36 84 37

Calder Cup playoffs

mode

The eight best teams in the American Hockey League qualified for the play-offs. In the first two play-off rounds, the winners of the respective divisions were played, with the second player first playing against the third party and then the winner of this duel in round two against the first place in the regular season. In round three, the two division winners met in the final. The first two play-off rounds and the final were played in best-of-seven mode.

Play-off overview

  Division semi-finals Division finals Calder Cup Final
                           
  E1 Nova Scotia Voyageurs 4th        
E4 Providence Reds 0  
E1 Nova Scotia Voyageurs 4th
East Division
  E2 Boston Braves 0  
E2 Boston Braves 4th
E3 Rochester Americans 2  
E1 Nova Scotia Voyageurs 1
  W1 Cincinnati Swords 4th
W1 Cincinnati Swords 4th    
W4 Richmond Robins 0  
W1 Cincinnati Swords 4th
West Division
  W3 Virginia Wings 2  
W2 Hershey Bears 3
  W3 Virginia Wings 4th  

Calder Cup winner

Calder Cup winner Cincinnati Swords
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Goalkeepers: Gary Bromley , Rocky Farr

Defense Lawyers : Don Brennan , Bill Hajt , Ray McKay , Hap Myers , Frank Richardson , Steve Richardson , Bob Richer

Attackers: Ron Busniuk , Rick Dudley , John Gould , Billy Inglis , Murray Kuntz , Jim Nichols , Jake Rathwell , Joe Robertson , Doug Rombough , Jack Surbey , Randy Wyrozub

Head Coach: Floyd Smith   General Manager: Fred Hunt

Awarded trophies

Team trophies

Award team
Calder Cup
winners of the AHL playoffs 		Cincinnati Swords
FG "Teddy" Oke Trophy
Best team in the East Division, regular season 		Nova Scotia Voyageurs
John D. Chick Trophy
Best Team in the West Division, Regular Season 		Cincinnati Swords

Individual trophies

Award player team
Les Cunningham Award
MVP of the regular season 		Bill Inglis Cincinnati Swords
John B. Sollenberger Trophy
Best Scorer 		Yvon Lambert Nova Scotia Voyageurs
Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award
Best Rookie 		Ron Anderson Boston Braves
Eddie Shore Award
Best Defender 		Ray McKay Cincinnati Swords
Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award
Goalkeeper with the fewest goals conceded 		Michel Larocque Nova Scotia Voyageurs
Michel Deguise
Louis AR Pieri Memorial Award
Best Trainer 		Floyd Smith Cincinnati Swords

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