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1971–72 St. Louis Blues season
National Hockey League team season
National Hockey League team season
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| League | NHL |
| Season | 1971–72 |
| year | 1971 |
| Team | St. Louis Blues |
| Record | 28–39–11 |
| HomeRecord | 17–17–5 |
| RoadRecord | 11–22–6 |
| Division | West |
| DivisionRank | 3rd |
| GoalsFor | 208 |
| GoalsAgainst | 247 |
| GeneralManager | Sid Abel |
| Coach | Sid Abel (3-6-1) |
| Bill McCreary (6-14-4) | |
| Al Arbour (19-19-6) | |
| Captain | Jim Roberts *(traded Dec. 13th)* |
| AltCaptain | Frank St. Marseille |
| Terry Crisp | |
| Bob Plager | |
| Barclay Plager | |
| Arena | St. Louis Arena |
| GoalsLeader | Garry Unger (36) |
| AssistsLeader | Frank St. Marseille (36) |
| PointsLeader | Garry Unger (70) |
| PIMLeader | Barclay Plager (176) |
| WinsLeader | Jacques Caron (14) |
| GAALeader | Jacques Caron (2.52) |
Bill McCreary (6-14-4) Al Arbour (19-19-6) Terry Crisp Bob Plager Barclay Plager The 1971–72 St. Louis Blues season was the fifth for the franchise in St. Louis, Missouri. The Blues finished the season in third place in the Western Division, with a record of 28 wins, 39 losses and 11 ties, good for 67 points, placing them in the playoffs, where they defeated the Minnesota North Stars 4–3 in the first round, before losing to the eventual Stanley Cup champion Boston Bruins in four straight in round two.
Regular season
Final standings
Record vs. opponents
Schedule and results
|- |1||L||October 9, 1971||2–4 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1971–72) ||0–1–0 |- |2||W||October 12, 1971||4–1 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1971–72) ||1–1–0 |- |3||L||October 13, 1971||0–1 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1971–72) ||1–2–0 |- |4||W||October 16, 1971||9–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1971–72) ||2–2–0 |- |5||L||October 17, 1971||3–5 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1971–72) ||2–3–0 |- |6||L||October 19, 1971||1–3 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1971–72) ||2–4–0 |- |7||L||October 23, 1971||3–4 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1971–72) ||2–5–0 |- |8||W||October 24, 1971||3–2 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1971–72) ||3–5–0 |- |9||L||October 27, 1971||1–2 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1971–72) ||3–6–0 |- |10||T||October 30, 1971||4–4 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1971–72) ||3–6–1
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| Legend:
Playoffs
Quarterfinals: (W2) Minnesota North Stars vs. (W3) St. Louis Blues
|1-1-1 =No scoring |1-1-2 =14:25 – Dean Prentice (1) |1-2-1 =No scoring |1-2-2 =No scoring |1-3-1 =No scoring |1-3-2 =04:19 – Dean Prentice (2) 12:01 – Bob Nevin (1) |goalie1-1 =Jacques Caron 41 saves / 44 shots |goalie1-2 =Gump Worsley 27 saves / 27 shots
|2-1-1 =Frank St. Marseille (1) – pp – 12:14 |2-1-2 =02:51 – pp – Doug Mohns (1) |2-2-1 =Frank St. Marseille (2) – 02:00 Frank St. Marseille (3) – 05:38 |2-2-2 =04:27 – pp – J. P. Parise (1) 07:38 – Danny Grant (1) |2-3-1 =Garry Unger (1) – 08:05 Phil Roberto (1) – 10:59 |2-3-2 =01:45 – Jude Drouin (1) 11:32 – Dean Prentice (3) |2-4-1 =No scoring |2-4-2 =01:36 – Bill Goldsworthy (1) |goalie2-1 =Ernie Wakely 23 saves / 29 shots |goalie2-2 =Cesare Maniago 33 saves / 38 shots
|3-1-1 =09:28 – Phil Roberto (2) |3-1-2 =No scoring |3-2-1 =10:07 – pp – Phil Roberto (3) |3-2-2 =No scoring |3-3-1 =No scoring |3-3-2 =Jude Drouin (2) – pp – 00:40 |goalie3-1 =Jacques Caron 29 saves / 30 shots |goalie3-2 =Gump Worsley 33 saves / 35 shots
|4-1-1 =No scoring |4-1-2 =Jude Drouin (3) – 10:56 |4-2-1 =12:12 – Phil Roberto (4) 13:45 – Kevin O'Shea (1) |4-2-2 =Danny Grant (2) – 00:21 |4-3-1 =11:50 – pp – Barclay Plager (1) |4-3-2 =No scoring |goalie4-1 =Jacques Caron 28 saves / 30 shots |goalie4-2 =Cesare Maniago 35 saves / 38 shots
|5-1-1 =Gary Sabourin (1) – 16:34 Phil Roberto (5) – pp – 19:59 |5-1-2 =01:42 – Barry Gibbs (1) 17:55 – Tom Reid (1) |5-2-1 =Garry Unger (2) – pp – 19:34 |5-2-2 =No scoring |5-3-1 =No scoring |5-3-2 =02:55 – pp – J. P. Parise (2) 05:45 – Jude Drouin (4) |goalie5-1 =Jacques Caron 23 saves / 27 shots |goalie5-2 =Gump Worsley 30 saves / 33 shots
|6-1-1 =03:04 – pp – Phil Roberto (6) 06:21 – Bob Plager (1) |6-1-2 =Bill Goldsworthy (2) – 04:03 |6-2-1 =11:07 – Garry Unger (3) |6-2-2 =No scoring |6-3-1 =16:13 – Jack Egers (1) |6-3-2 =J. P. Parise (3) – 15:01 |goalie6-1 =Jacques Caron 28 saves / 30 shots |goalie6-2 =Gump Worsley 11 saves / 13 shots Cesare Maniago 23 saves / 25 shots
|7-1-1 =Gary Sabourin (2) – 12:04 |7-1-2 =No scoring |7-2-1 =No scoring |7-2-2 =No scoring |7-3-1 =No scoring |7-3-2 =00:15 – Charlie Burns (1) |7-4-1 =Kevin O'Shea (2) – 10:07 |7-4-2 =No scoring |goalie7-1 =Jacques Caron 28 saves / 29 shots |goalie7-2 =Cesare Maniago 25 saves / 27 shots
Semifinals: (E1) Boston Bruins vs. (W3) St. Louis Blues
|1-1-1 =Garry Unger (4) – pp – 03:18 |1-1-2 =04:22 – Fred Stanfield (4) 11:03 – Mike Walton (2) 17:27 – Johnny Bucyk (3) |1-2-1 =No scoring |1-2-2 =10:48 – pp – Fred Stanfield (5) 19:32 – Fred Stanfield (6) |1-3-1 =No scoring |1-3-2 =14:55 – pp – Phil Esposito (5) |goalie1-1 =Jacques Caron 21 saves / 26 shots Ernie Wakely 17 saves / 18 shots |goalie1-2 =Eddie Johnston 25 saves / 26 shots
|2-1-1 =No scoring |2-1-2 =07:17 – pp – Johnny Bucyk (4) 08:39 – Phil Esposito (6) 09:54 – Ed Westfall (2) |2-2-1 =No scoring |2-2-2 =06:33 – Garnet Bailey (1) 09:27 – pp – John McKenzie (3) |2-3-1 =Mike Murphy (1) – 04:37 Phil Roberto (7) – 05:26 |2-3-2 =03:47 – pp – Johnny Bucyk (5) 10:34 – Mike Walton (3) 14:29 – Don Marcotte (2) 16:07 – Johnny Bucyk (6) 16:47 – Ed Westfall (3) |goalie2-1 =Jacques Caron 9 saves / 13 shots Ernie Wakely 12 saves / 18 shots |goalie2-2 =Gerry Cheevers 31 saves / 33 shots
|3-1-1 =02:05 – pp – Mike Murphy (2) |3-1-2 =Ed Westfall (4) – sh – 08:40 John McKenzie (4) – pp – 10:36 Phil Esposito (7) – 19:42 |3-2-1 =No scoring |3-2-2 =Mike Walton (4) – 02:58 Ken Hodge (4) – 06:28 John McKenzie (5) – pp – 11:12 |3-3-1 =18:15 – Gary Sabourin (3) |3-3-2 =Mike Walton (5) – 11:09 |goalie3-1 =Peter McDuffe 31 saves / 38 shots |goalie3-2 =Eddie Johnston 27 saves / 29 shots
|4-1-1 =18:16 – Terry Crisp (1) |4-1-2 =Phil Esposito (8) – 01:29 Johnny Bucyk (7) – pp – 09:27 |4-2-1 =No scoring |4-2-2 =Johnny Bucyk (8) – pp – 04:44 Phil Esposito (9) – pp – 17:53 |4-3-1 =08:50 – Andre Dupont (1) 15:25 – Chris Evans (1) |4-3-2 =Wayne Cashman (1) – 19:22 |goalie4-1 =Jacques Caron 22 saves / 26 shots |goalie4-2 =Gerry Cheevers 33 saves / 36 shots
Player statistics
Regular season
;Scoring
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | 78 | 36 | 34 | 70 | 104 | -8 | 14 | 1 | 4 | |
| RW | 78 | 16 | 36 | 52 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| RW | 63 | 21 | 25 | 46 | 34 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | |
| RW | 77 | 28 | 17 | 45 | 52 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 | |
| RW | 63 | 20 | 23 | 43 | 19 | -4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | |
| C | 75 | 13 | 18 | 31 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 3 | |
| D | 78 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 176 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| RW | 49 | 12 | 13 | 25 | 76 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 42 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 40 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| C | 41 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 6 | -13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| LW | 46 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 54 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| D | 60 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 147 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| LW | 42 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 7 | -11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| D/RW | 26 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| D | 65 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 64 | -15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| D | 50 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 81 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 47 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 10 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| C | 15 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 2 | -6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| LW | 49 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 48 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| LW | 31 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 30 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 20 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 15 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 15 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 9 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| D | 55 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| C | 21 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| LW | 18 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| G | 28 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C/RW | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| G | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| G | 30 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| G | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| LW | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| W | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
;Goaltending
| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1619 | 28 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 68 | 2.52 | 1 | |
| 1614 | 30 | 8 | 18 | 2 | 92 | 3.42 | 1 | |
| 880 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 44 | 3.00 | 0 | |
| 467 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 29 | 3.73 | 0 | |
| 100 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5.40 | 0 | |
| **Team:** | 4680 | 78 | 28 | 39 | 11 | 242 | 3.10 | 2 |
Playoffs
;Scoring
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | PPG | SHG | GWG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RW | 11 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| C | 11 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| RW | 11 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 11 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 11 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 11 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 11 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| D | 11 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| D | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| LW | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| G | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
;Goaltending
| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 499 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 3.13 | 0 | |
| 60 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7.00 | 0 | |
| 113 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6.90 | 0 | |
| **Team:** | 672 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 46 | 4.11 | 0 |
Draft picks
The 1971 NHL amateur draft was held on June 10, 1971, at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Canada.
| Pick # | Player | Position | Nationality | College/junior/club team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Gene Carr | Center | Canada | Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL) |
| 38 | John Garrett | Goaltender | Canada | Peterborough Petes (OHA) |
| 52 | Derek Harker | Defense | Canada | Edmonton Oil Kings (WCHL) |
| 66 | Wayne Gibbs | Defense | Canada | Calgary Centennials (WCHL) |
| 80 | Bernie Doan | Defense | Canada | Calgary Centennials (WCHL) |
| 94 | Dave Smith | Defense | Canada | Regina Pats (WCHL) |
| 108 | Jim Collins | Left wing | Canada | Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL) |
References
References
- "1971-72 St. Louis Blues Schedule".
- "1971-72 St. Louis Blues Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com.
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