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1972–73 Detroit Red Wings season

National Hockey League team season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	1972–73
year	1972
Team	Detroit Red Wings
Record	37–29–12
HomeRecord	22–12–5
RoadRecord	15–17–7
GoalsFor	265
GoalsAgainst	243
Division	East
DivisionRank	5th
GeneralManager	Ned Harkness
Coach	Johnny Wilson
Captain	Alex Delvecchio
AltCaptain	Gary Bergman
Red Berenson
Arena	Detroit Olympia
GoalsLeader	Mickey Redmond (52)
AssistsLeader	Marcel Dionne (53)
PointsLeader	Mickey Redmond (93)
PIMLeader	Larry Johnston (169)
WinsLeader	Roy Edwards (27)
GAALeader	Roy Edwards (2.63)

Red Berenson The 1972–73 Detroit Red Wings season was the franchise's 47th season of operation in the National Hockey League, 41st season as the Red Wings. The team placed fifth and missed the playoffs.

Regular season

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

|- |1||W||October 7, 1972||5–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1972–73) ||1–0–0 |- |2||W||October 11, 1972||4–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1972–73) ||2–0–0 |- |3||W||October 14, 1972||5–0 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1972–73) ||3–0–0 |- |4||W||October 15, 1972||8–2 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1972–73) ||4–0–0 |- |5||W||October 21, 1972||3–1 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1972–73) ||5–0–0 |- |6||W||October 22, 1972||6–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1972–73) ||6–0–0 |- |7||L||October 26, 1972||1–2 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1972–73) ||6–1–0 |- |8||L||October 28, 1972||3–8 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1972–73) ||6–2–0 |- |9||L||October 29, 1972||1–2 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1972–73) ||6–3–0

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Player statistics

Regular season

;Scoring

Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
RW	76	52	41	93	24	6	15	0	7
C	77	40	50	90	21	−4	10	0	6
C/LW	77	18	53	71	13	6	8	0	3
LW	78	19	34	53	56	1	4	1	3
LW	78	18	30	48	28	6	3	1	2
C	78	13	30	43	8	−14	5	0	1
RW	78	21	21	42	44	−1	1	1	6
C	77	15	22	37	25	2	4	0	4
C	75	18	18	36	23	9	0	0	2
D	78	5	29	34	82	22	0	0	0
D	68	3	28	31	71	10	0	0	0
C	73	14	14	28	82	−2	0	1	0
D	75	9	12	21	70	6	1	0	2
RW	39	8	10	18	6	−2	1	0	0
LW	13	2	11	13	16	2	0	0	0
D	73	1	12	13	169	6	0	0	1
RW	20	2	4	6	2	0	0	0	0
D	44	0	5	5	51	5	0	0	0
RW	13	3	1	4	4	−11	1	0	0
LW	26	2	2	4	14	2	0	0	0
D	31	1	1	2	36	−1	0	0	0
C	4	1	0	1	2	−1	0	0	0
D/RW	28	0	1	1	26	−15	0	0	0
G	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
G	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
G	52	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
C/LW	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
LW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
D	3	0	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0

;Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
	3012	52	27	17	7	132	2.63	6
	1331	24	8	11	3	83	3.74	1
	337	7	2	1	2	20	3.56	0
Team:	4680	78	37	29	12	235	3.01	7

Note: 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;

Draft picks

Detroit's draft picks at the 1972 NHL amateur draft held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
2	26	Pierre Guite	Canada	University of Pennsylvania (ECAC)
3	42	Bob Krieger	United States	University of Denver (WCHA)
4	58	Danny Gruen	Canada	Thunder Bay Vulcans (TBJHL)
5	74	Dennis Johnson	United States	University of North Dakota (WCHA)
6	90	Bill Miller	Canada	Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)
7	106	Glen Seperich	Canada	Kitchener Rangers (OMJHL)
8	122	Mike Ford	Canada	Brandon Wheat Kings (WCHL)
9	138	George Kuzmicz	Canada	Cornell University (ECAC)
10	150	Dave Arundel	United States	University of Wisconsin (WCHA)

References

"1972-73 Detroit Red Wings Schedule".
"1972-73 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com.

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