1972–73 New York Raiders season

The 1972–73 New York Raiders season was the inaugural season for the World Hockey Association (WHA) franchise.

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

|1||L||October 12, 1972||4–6 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1972–73) ||0–1–0

|2||W||October 14, 1972||8–6 || align="left"| Ottawa Nationals (1972–73) ||1–1–0

|3||W||October 15, 1972||5–0 || align="left"| Philadelphia Blazers (1972–73) ||2–1–0

|4||L||October 17, 1972||3–4 OT|| align="left"| @ Cleveland Crusaders (1972–73) ||2–2–0

|5||L||October 19, 1972||1–3 || align="left"| Cleveland Crusaders (1972–73) ||2–3–0

|6||W||October 21, 1972||3–2 || align="left"| Houston Aeros (1972–73) ||3–3–0

|7||L||October 22, 1972||4–5 || align="left"| Minnesota Fighting Saints (1972–73) ||3–4–0

|8||W||October 26, 1972||7–6 || align="left"| New England Whalers (1972–73) ||4–4–0

|9||L||October 28, 1972||3–4 OT|| align="left"| Los Angeles Sharks (1972–73) ||4–5–0

|10||W||October 29, 1972||7–2 || align="left"| Alberta Oilers (1972–73) ||5–5–0

|11||W||November 2, 1972||4–2 || align="left"| @ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1972–73) ||6–5–0

|12||W||November 3, 1972||9–6 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1972–73) ||7–5–0

|13||L||November 5, 1972||1–3 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1972–73) ||7–6–0

|14||L||November 7, 1972||2–4 || align="left"| @ Alberta Oilers (1972–73) ||7–7–0

|15||L||November 8, 1972||1–2 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Sharks (1972–73) ||7–8–0

|16||L||November 11, 1972||5–6 || align="left"| @ New England Whalers (1972–73) ||7–9–0

|17||L||November 15, 1972||4–7 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1972–73) ||7–10–0

|18||W||November 18, 1972||7–1 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1972–73) ||8–10–0

|19||W||November 19, 1972||5–0 || align="left"| Philadelphia Blazers (1972–73) ||9–10–0

|20||W||November 22, 1972||3–1 || align="left"| New England Whalers (1972–73) ||10–10–0

|21||W||November 25, 1972||4–2 || align="left"| Alberta Oilers (1972–73) ||11–10–0

|22||L||November 26, 1972||2–6 || align="left"| Los Angeles Sharks (1972–73) ||11–11–0

|23||W||November 29, 1972||7–6 || align="left"| New England Whalers (1972–73) ||12–11–0

|24||W||November 30, 1972||5–2 || align="left"| Minnesota Fighting Saints (1972–73) ||13–11–0

|25||L||December 2, 1972||2–7 || align="left"| Houston Aeros (1972–73) ||13–12–0

|26||W||December 3, 1972||5–2 || align="left"| Cleveland Crusaders (1972–73) ||14–12–0

|27||W||December 5, 1972||6–4 || align="left"| @ Houston Aeros (1972–73) ||15–12–0

|28||L||December 6, 1972||3–4 || align="left"| @ New England Whalers (1972–73) ||15–13–0

|29||L||December 8, 1972||1–3 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Blazers (1972–73) ||15–14–0

|30||L||December 9, 1972||2–4 || align="left"| @ New England Whalers (1972–73) ||15–15–0

|31||W||December 11, 1972||8–3 || align="left"| Chicago Cougars (1972–73) ||16–15–0

|32||W||December 13, 1972||9–1 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1972–73) ||17–15–0

|33||W||December 14, 1972||4–3 || align="left"| @ Ottawa Nationals (1972–73) ||18–15–0

|34||L||December 17, 1972||3–4 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1972–73) ||18–16–0

|35||W||December 19, 1972||7–2 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Blazers (1972–73) ||19–16–0

|36||L||December 21, 1972||2–6 || align="left"| @ Cleveland Crusaders (1972–73) ||19–17–0

|37||W||December 22, 1972||7–5 || align="left"| Ottawa Nationals (1972–73) ||20–17–0

|38||L||December 25, 1972||2–8 || align="left"| New England Whalers (1972–73) ||20–18–0

|39||W||December 26, 1972||5–2 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1972–73) ||21–18–0

|40||L||December 31, 1972||0–3 || align="left"| New England Whalers (1972–73) ||21–19–0

|41||L||January 1, 1973||0–3 || align="left"| Philadelphia Blazers (1972–73) ||21–20–0

|42||W||January 4, 1973||9–4 || align="left"| Ottawa Nationals (1972–73) ||22–20–0

|43||L||January 8, 1973||5–6 OT|| align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1972–73) ||22–21–0

|44||W||January 10, 1973||4–1 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Blazers (1972–73) ||23–21–0

|45||L||January 11, 1973||1–4 || align="left"| @ Ottawa Nationals (1972–73) ||23–22–0

|46||L||January 13, 1973||3–4 || align="left"| @ New England Whalers (1972–73) ||23–23–0

|47||T||January 18, 1973||4–4 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1972–73) ||23–23–1

|48||L||January 22, 1973||2–3 || align="left"| Minnesota Fighting Saints (1972–73) ||23–24–1

|49||L||January 25, 1973||2–9 || align="left"| @ Chicago Cougars (1972–73) ||23–25–1

|50||W||January 26, 1973||5–4 OT|| align="left"| @ Los Angeles Sharks (1972–73) ||24–25–1

|51||L||January 28, 1973||2–9 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Sharks (1972–73) ||24–26–1

|52||L||January 30, 1973||3–11 || align="left"| @ Alberta Oilers (1972–73) ||24–27–1

|53||L||February 1, 1973||5–8 || align="left"| @ Alberta Oilers (1972–73) ||24–28–1

|54||L||February 3, 1973||2–4 || align="left"| @ Chicago Cougars (1972–73) ||24–29–1

|55||W||February 4, 1973||5–4 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1972–73) ||25–29–1

|56||L||February 6, 1973||4–5 || align="left"| @ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1972–73) ||25–30–1

|57||W||February 8, 1973||3–2 || align="left"| @ Ottawa Nationals (1972–73) ||26–30–1

|58||L||February 10, 1973||4–8 || align="left"| @ Cleveland Crusaders (1972–73) ||26–31–1

|59||W||February 11, 1973||3–2 || align="left"| Ottawa Nationals (1972–73) ||27–31–1

|60||L||February 12, 1973||2–8 || align="left"| @ Cleveland Crusaders (1972–73) ||27–32–1

|61||L||February 16, 1973||2–9 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Blazers (1972–73) ||27–33–1

|62||W||February 21, 1973||5–4 || align="left"| Alberta Oilers (1972–73) ||28–33–1

|63||W||February 25, 1973||9–5 || align="left"| Cleveland Crusaders (1972–73) ||29–33–1

|64||L||March 1, 1973||1–2 || align="left"| @ Ottawa Nationals (1972–73) ||29–34–1

|65||L||March 3, 1973||3–4 || align="left"| Cleveland Crusaders (1972–73) ||29–35–1

|66||L||March 4, 1973||2–4 || align="left"| Philadelphia Blazers (1972–73) ||29–36–1

|67||T||March 5, 1973||4–4 || align="left"| Chicago Cougars (1972–73) ||29–36–2

|68||W||March 10, 1973||3–2 OT|| align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1972–73) ||30–36–2

|69||L||March 11, 1973||1–6 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1972–73) ||30–37–2

|70||W||March 12, 1973||8–7 || align="left"| Chicago Cougars (1972–73) ||31–37–2

|71||W||March 14, 1973||5–1 || align="left"| Houston Aeros (1972–73) ||32–37–2

|72||L||March 15, 1973||2–6 || align="left"| Los Angeles Sharks (1972–73) ||32–38–2

|73||L||March 17, 1973||3–6 || align="left"| @ Chicago Cougars (1972–73) ||32–39–2

|74||W||March 18, 1973||3–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Houston Aeros (1972–73) ||33–39–2

|75||L||March 25, 1973||4–8 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1972–73) ||33–40–2

|76||L||March 27, 1973||3–4 || align="left"| @ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1972–73) ||33–41–2

|77||L||March 29, 1973||3–5 || align="left"| @ Houston Aeros (1972–73) ||33–42–2

|78||L||March 30, 1973||4–5 OT|| align="left"| @ New England Whalers (1972–73) ||33–43–2

Legend:

Player statistics Skaters + Regular season Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG C 77 51 67 118 2801215 C 75 35 53 88 1701805 RW 75 37 40 77 470404 LW 67 37 34 71 2501013 RW 56 28 40 68 80815 D 78 5 53 58 430011 LW 78 22 33 55 200120 C 67 16 20 36 440100 C 74 13 20 33 300310 LW 73 13 14 27 1270000 D 69 3 23 26 400000 D 74 3 21 24 1590000 LW 56 11 12 23 240010 D 60 3 15 18 740000 D 61 5 7 12 40000 D 52 0 12 12 230000 RW/C 54 4 6 10 110000 C 23 2 7 9 240000 C 30 7 1 8 230120 C 12 2 3 5 00200 RW 13 1 4 5 20000 RW 29 2 2 4 720000 D 17 0 4 4 60000 D 31 2 1 3 210000 RW 30 1 2 3 40000 G 47 0 0 0 20000 G 36 0 0 0 20000 D 2 0 0 0 40000 G 5 0 0 0 00000

Goaltending + Regular season Player 2606 47 22 19 2 155 3.57 2 1881 36 10 21 0 150 4.78 0 253 5 1 3 0 27 6.40 0 Team: 4740 78 33 43 2 332 4.20 2

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;

Farm teams Long Island Ducks, Eastern Hockey League

See also 1972–73 WHA season

References