1972–73 WHA season

1972–73 WHA season

The 1972-73 WHA season was the first regular season of the now defunct World Hockey Association (WHA). Twelve teams played 78 games each. The league was officially incorporated in June of 1971 by Garry L. Davidson and Dennis A. Murphy and promised to ice twelve teams in various markets around Canada and the United States. The league championship trophy, the Avco World Trophy, was donated by AVCO Financial Services Corporation along with $500,000. The New England Whalers won the first Avco World Trophy.

Regular season

The WHA was split into two divisions, the Eastern Division and the Western Division. Each division sported 6 teams. The New England Whalers led the Eastern Division and had the best record in the league. The Winnipeg Jets led the Western Division and had the second best record in the league. The Alberta Oilers missed the playoffs, despite having a superior goal-differential to the Minnesota Fighting Saints, because they lost a neutral-site, tie-breaking game against the Saints in Calgary by a score of 4-2.

The first WHA game, on 12 October, 1972, was won by the Alberta Oilers 7-4 over the Ottawa Nationals.

Final standings

"GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, PIM = Penalties in Minutes"
"Teams that qualifies for the playoffs are highlighted in bold"

All-Star game

Jan 6 1973, Quebec City, att. 5435.

East 6, West 2

MVP: Wayne Carleton (East, Ottawa Nationals)

Avco World Trophy playoffs

8TeamBracket
group1=Eastern Division
group2=Western Division
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RD1-team1=New England Whalers
RD1-score1=4
RD1-seed2=E4
RD1-team2=Ottawa Nationals
RD1-score2=1
RD1-seed3=E2
RD1-team3=Cleveland Crusaders
RD1-score3=4
RD1-seed4=E3
RD1-team4=Philadelphia Blazers
RD1-score4=0
RD1-seed5=W1
RD1-team5=Winnipeg Jets
RD1-score5=4
RD1-seed6=W4
RD1-team6=Minnesota Fighting Saints
RD1-score6=1
RD1-seed7=W2
RD1-team7=Houston Aeros
RD1-score7=4
RD1-seed8=W3
RD1-team8=Los Angeles Sharks
RD1-score8=2
RD2-seed1=E1
RD2-team1=New England Whalers
RD2-score1=4
RD2-seed2=E2
RD2-team2=Cleveland Crusaders
RD2-score2=1
RD2-seed3=W1
RD2-team3=Winnipeg Jets
RD2-score3=4
RD2-seed4=W2
RD2-team4=Houston Aeros
RD2-score4=0
RD3-seed1=E1
RD3-team1=New England Whalers
RD3-score1=4
RD3-seed2=W1
RD3-team2=Winnipeg Jets
RD3-score2=1

Avco World Trophy finals

New England Whalers defeated the Winnipeg Jets, 4 games to 1. The Whalers defeated the Jets 9 to 6 in the deciding game, with Larry Pleau scoring a hat trick.

WHA awards

ee also

*1972-73 NHL season
*1972 in sports
*1973 in sports

References

* [http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/wha1973.html HockeyDB]


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