1972–73 Houston Aeros season

The 1972–73 Houston Aeros season was the Houston Aeros first season of operation in the newly created World Hockey Association (WHA).

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

|1||W||October 12, 1972||3–2 || align="left"| Chicago Cougars (1972–73) ||1–0–0

|2||W||October 13, 1972||3–2 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Sharks (1972–73) ||2–0–0

|3||L||October 15, 1972||1–5 || align="left"| Los Angeles Sharks (1972–73) ||2–1–0

|4||L||October 18, 1972||1–4 || align="left"| New England Whalers (1972–73) ||2–2–0

|5||W||October 19, 1972||5–1 || align="left"| Minnesota Fighting Saints (1972–73) ||3–2–0

|6||L||October 21, 1972||2–3 || align="left"| @ New York Raiders (1972–73) ||3–3–0

|7||L||October 24, 1972||3–5 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1972–73) ||3–4–0

|8||W||October 26, 1972||7–3 || align="left"| Ottawa Nationals (1972–73) ||4–4–0

|9||L||October 29, 1972||3–5 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1972–73) ||4–5–0

|10||W||October 31, 1972||4–3 || align="left"| @ Alberta Oilers (1972–73) ||5–5–0

|11||L||November 3, 1972||3–4 || align="left"| @ Alberta Oilers (1972–73) ||5–6–0

|12||L||November 5, 1972||0–4 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Sharks (1972–73) ||5–7–0

|13||W||November 7, 1972||3–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Cougars (1972–73) ||6–7–0

|14||L||November 11, 1972||1–3 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1972–73) ||6–8–0

|15||T||November 13, 1972||4–4 || align="left"| @ New England Whalers (1972–73) ||6–8–1

|16||L||November 15, 1972||4–6 || align="left"| Los Angeles Sharks (1972–73) ||6–9–1

|17||W||November 19, 1972||4–2 || align="left"| Cleveland Crusaders (1972–73) ||7–9–1

|18||L||November 21, 1972||2–4 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1972–73) ||7–10–1

|19||W||November 23, 1972||6–5 OT|| align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1972–73) ||8–10–1

|20||W||November 25, 1972||3–1 || align="left"| @ Cleveland Crusaders (1972–73) ||9–10–1

|21||W||November 28, 1972||3–1 || align="left"| @ Cleveland Crusaders (1972–73) ||10–10–1

|22||L||November 30, 1972||3–6 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Sharks (1972–73) ||10–11–1

|23||W||December 2, 1972||7–2 || align="left"| @ New York Raiders (1972–73) ||11–11–1

|24||L||December 3, 1972||4–5 || align="left"| @ Ottawa Nationals (1972–73) ||11–12–1

|25||L||December 5, 1972||4–6 || align="left"| New York Raiders (1972–73) ||11–13–1

|26||L||December 7, 1972||0–3 || align="left"| @ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1972–73) ||11–14–1

|27||L||December 8, 1972||2–6 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1972–73) ||11–15–1

|28||W||December 12, 1972||6–4 || align="left"| Alberta Oilers (1972–73) ||12–15–1

|29||L||December 13, 1972||2–3 || align="left"| Alberta Oilers (1972–73) ||12–16–1

|30||W||December 15, 1972||3–2 || align="left"| @ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1972–73) ||13–16–1

|31||T||December 17, 1972||4–4 || align="left"| Los Angeles Sharks (1972–73) ||13–16–2

|32||W||December 19, 1972||7–5 || align="left"| Los Angeles Sharks (1972–73) ||14–16–2

|33||W||December 23, 1972||7–3 || align="left"| Philadelphia Blazers (1972–73) ||15–16–2

|34||T||December 26, 1972||3–3 || align="left"| @ Ottawa Nationals (1972–73) ||15–16–3

|35||W||December 29, 1972||4–2 || align="left"| @ New England Whalers (1972–73) ||16–16–3

|36||L||December 30, 1972||3–4 OT|| align="left"| @ Cleveland Crusaders (1972–73) ||16–17–3

|37||T||January 1, 1973||4–4 || align="left"| @ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1972–73) ||16–17–4

|38||W||January 9, 1973||7–5 || align="left"| New England Whalers (1972–73) ||17–17–4

|39||W||January 11, 1973||5–0 || align="left"| @ Chicago Cougars (1972–73) ||18–17–4

|40||W||January 13, 1973||6–2 || align="left"| Chicago Cougars (1972–73) ||19–17–4

|41||W||January 15, 1973||5–4 || align="left"| Chicago Cougars (1972–73) ||20–17–4

|42||L||January 17, 1973||0–5 || align="left"| Cleveland Crusaders (1972–73) ||20–18–4

|43||W||January 18, 1973||8–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Cougars (1972–73) ||21–18–4

|44||W||January 20, 1973||4–3 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Blazers (1972–73) ||22–18–4

|45||W||January 21, 1973||5–2 || align="left"| Ottawa Nationals (1972–73) ||23–18–4

|46||W||January 23, 1973||11–3 || align="left"| Ottawa Nationals (1972–73) ||24–18–4

|47||W||January 25, 1973||5–2 || align="left"| @ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1972–73) ||25–18–4

|48||W||January 28, 1973||4–3 || align="left"| Chicago Cougars (1972–73) ||26–18–4

|49||L||January 30, 1973||2–5 || align="left"| Los Angeles Sharks (1972–73) ||26–19–4

|50||L||February 1, 1973||4–5 OT|| align="left"| New England Whalers (1972–73) ||26–20–4

|51||W||February 3, 1973||7–1 || align="left"| Minnesota Fighting Saints (1972–73) ||27–20–4

|52||L||February 5, 1973||3–6 || align="left"| Minnesota Fighting Saints (1972–73) ||27–21–4

|53||W||February 7, 1973||5–2 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1972–73) ||28–21–4

|54||L||February 8, 1973||1–3 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1972–73) ||28–22–4

|55||L||February 10, 1973||0–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Cougars (1972–73) ||28–23–4

|56||L||February 13, 1973||3–5 || align="left"| @ Alberta Oilers (1972–73) ||28–24–4

|57||W||February 15, 1973||5–3 || align="left"| @ Alberta Oilers (1972–73) ||29–24–4

|58||L||February 16, 1973||0–7 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1972–73) ||29–25–4

|59||L||February 18, 1973||2–4 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1972–73) ||29–26–4

|60||W||February 22, 1973||4–1 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1972–73) ||30–26–4

|61||W||February 25, 1973||4–1 || align="left"| Minnesota Fighting Saints (1972–73) ||31–26–4

|62||W||February 27, 1973||5–4 || align="left"| Alberta Oilers (1972–73) ||32–26–4

|63||W||February 28, 1973||3–2 OT|| align="left"| Alberta Oilers (1972–73) ||33–26–4

|64||L||March 3, 1973||3–4 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1972–73) ||33–27–4

|65||L||March 4, 1973||3–6 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1972–73) ||33–28–4

|66||W||March 7, 1973||3–1 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Sharks (1972–73) ||34–28–4

|67||L||March 9, 1973||1–5 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Sharks (1972–73) ||34–29–4

|68||W||March 11, 1973||4–2 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Blazers (1972–73) ||35–29–4

|69||L||March 13, 1973||3–4 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Blazers (1972–73) ||35–30–4

|70||L||March 14, 1973||1–5 || align="left"| @ New York Raiders (1972–73) ||35–31–4

|71||L||March 18, 1973||2–3 OT|| align="left"| New York Raiders (1972–73) ||35–32–4

|72||W||March 19, 1973||5–1 || align="left"| Philadelphia Blazers (1972–73) ||36–32–4

|73||L||March 21, 1973||3–7 || align="left"| Philadelphia Blazers (1972–73) ||36–33–4

|74||L||March 25, 1973||2–4 || align="left"| Cleveland Crusaders (1972–73) ||36–34–4

|75||W||March 27, 1973||6–1 || align="left"| @ New England Whalers (1972–73) ||37–34–4

|76||W||March 29, 1973||5–3 || align="left"| New York Raiders (1972–73) ||38–34–4

|77||L||March 31, 1973||1–5 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1972–73) ||38–35–4

|78||W||April 1, 1973||6–3 || align="left"| @ Ottawa Nationals (1972–73) ||39–35–4

Legend:

Playoffs

| 1 || April 5 || Los Angeles Sharks || 2–7 || Houston Aeros || 1–0

| 2 || April 7 || Los Angeles Sharks || 4–2 || Houston Aeros || 1–1

| 3 || April 11 || Houston Aeros || 2–3 || Los Angeles Sharks || 1–2

| 4 || April 13 || Houston Aeros || 3–2 OT || Los Angeles Sharks || 2–2

| 5 || April 15 || Los Angeles Sharks || 3–6 || Houston Aeros || 3–2

| 6 || April 17 || Houston Aeros || 3–2 || Los Angeles Sharks || 4–2

| 1 || April 22 || Houston Aeros || 1–5 || Winnipeg Jets || 0–1

| 2 || April 24 || Houston Aeros || 0–2 || Winnipeg Jets || 0–2

| 3 || April 26 || Winnipeg Jets || 2–4 || Houston Aeros || 0–3

| 4 || April 29 || Winnipeg Jets || 0–3 || Houston Aeros || 0–4

Legend:

Player statistics Scoring + Regular season Player C 78 36 60 96 5601001 LW 73 34 42 76 1030514 RW 76 28 42 70 840727 C 77 21 45 66 1200402 D 73 16 48 64 1580502 RW 78 22 22 44 830500 RW 75 30 12 42 140450 LW 77 22 19 41 410400 C 71 20 20 40 780000 C 78 11 28 39 120010 D 68 4 26 30 650000 RW 67 13 16 29 950200 D 69 9 20 29 1120200 D 77 2 24 26 2390010 LW 71 8 12 20 80000 LW 48 7 6 13 190200 D 68 1 10 11 250000 D 45 0 10 10 320000 D 3 0 1 1 00000 G 3 0 0 0 20000 G 41 0 0 0 60000 G 36 0 0 0 110000 + GoaltendingPlayer 2,163 36 20 14 2 110 3.05 0 2,410 41 19 20 1 143 3.56 1 170 3 0 1 1 11 3.88 0 Team: 4743 78 39 35 4 264 3.34 1 Postseason Player D 10 2 9 11 23100 C 10 3 7 10 24001 RW 10 4 4 8 18202 LW 10 4 4 8 2300 D 10 2 3 5 6100 C 6 1 4 5 8100 LW 10 3 1 4 10101 C 10 3 0 3 16000 D 10 1 2 3 2000 C 9 1 2 3 0000 RW 10 0 3 3 16000 RW 10 1 1 2 4010 D 10 0 2 2 12000 LW 10 0 2 2 0000 LW 9 1 0 1 0000 D 9 0 1 1 11000 RW 3 0 0 0 6000 G 3 0 0 0 0000 G 7 0 0 0 0000 + Player 423 7 4 3 20 2.84 0 178 3 0 3 8 2.70 0 Team: 601 10 4 6 28 2.80 0

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;

Awards and records 1973 WHA All-Star Game (January 6, 1973) Gord Labossiere Ted Taylor See also 1972–73 WHA season

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