1971–72 St. Louis Blues season

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

West Division^[1]
		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	Chicago Black Hawks	78	46	17	15	256	166	+90	107
2	Minnesota North Stars	78	37	29	12	212	191	+21	86
3	St. Louis Blues	78	28	39	11	208	247	−39	67
4	Pittsburgh Penguins	78	26	38	14	220	258	−38	66
5	Philadelphia Flyers	78	26	38	14	200	236	−36	66
6	California Golden Seals	78	21	39	18	216	288	−72	60
7	Los Angeles Kings	78	20	49	9	206	305	−99	49

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 9, 1971	2–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1971–72)	0–1–0
2	W	October 12, 1971	4–1	Buffalo Sabres (1971–72)	1–1–0
3	L	October 13, 1971	0–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1971–72)	1–2–0
4	W	October 16, 1971	9–2	Detroit Red Wings (1971–72)	2–2–0
5	L	October 17, 1971	3–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1971–72)	2–3–0
6	L	October 19, 1971	1–3	Vancouver Canucks (1971–72)	2–4–0
7	L	October 23, 1971	3–4	New York Rangers (1971–72)	2–5–0
8	W	October 24, 1971	3–2	@ Buffalo Sabres (1971–72)	3–5–0
9	L	October 27, 1971	1–2	Minnesota North Stars (1971–72)	3–6–0
10	T	October 30, 1971	4–4	Philadelphia Flyers (1971–72)	3–6–1
11	L	November 3, 1971	1–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1971–72)	3–7–1
12	L	November 4, 1971	1–6	@ Boston Bruins (1971–72)	3–8–1
13	L	November 6, 1971	1–5	@ Minnesota North Stars (1971–72)	3–9–1
14	L	November 9, 1971	1–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1971–72)	3–10–1
15	W	November 13, 1971	5–1	California Golden Seals (1971–72)	4–10–1
16	T	November 16, 1971	2–2	Detroit Red Wings (1971–72)	4–10–2
17	T	November 18, 1971	2–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1971–72)	4–10–3
18	W	November 20, 1971	4–2	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1971–72)	5–10–3
19	L	November 21, 1971	2–6	@ Boston Bruins (1971–72)	5–11–3
20	W	November 23, 1971	3–1	Los Angeles Kings (1971–72)	6–11–3
21	L	November 24, 1971	3–8	@ New York Rangers (1971–72)	6–12–3
22	T	November 27, 1971	6–6	Boston Bruins (1971–72)	6–12–4
23	W	November 30, 1971	5–2	California Golden Seals (1971–72)	7–12–4
24	L	December 1, 1971	2–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1971–72)	7–13–4
25	W	December 4, 1971	5–1	Buffalo Sabres (1971–72)	8–13–4
26	W	December 5, 1971	2–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1971–72)	9–13–4
27	L	December 7, 1971	1–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (1971–72)	9–14–4
28	T	December 10, 1971	4–4	@ California Golden Seals (1971–72)	9–14–5
29	L	December 11, 1971	1–4	@ Los Angeles Kings (1971–72)	9–15–5
30	L	December 14, 1971	2–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1971–72)	9–16–5
31	L	December 15, 1971	1–4	@ Minnesota North Stars (1971–72)	9–17–5
32	L	December 18, 1971	2–5	New York Rangers (1971–72)	9–18–5
33	L	December 19, 1971	0–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1971–72)	9–19–5
34	L	December 22, 1971	1–2	Los Angeles Kings (1971–72)	9–20–5
35	T	December 25, 1971	4–4	Buffalo Sabres (1971–72)	9–20–6
36	L	December 26, 1971	3–6	@ Buffalo Sabres (1971–72)	9–21–6
37	W	December 29, 1971	6–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1971–72)	10–21–6
38	T	January 1, 1972	4–4	Philadelphia Flyers (1971–72)	10–21–7
39	L	January 5, 1972	1–9	@ New York Rangers (1971–72)	10–22–7
40	W	January 6, 1972	3–2	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1971–72)	11–22–7
41	W	January 8, 1972	5–3	Boston Bruins (1971–72)	12–22–7
42	W	January 11, 1972	7–3	Montreal Canadiens (1971–72)	13–22–7
43	W	January 15, 1972	7–2	Minnesota North Stars (1971–72)	14–22–7
44	W	January 16, 1972	4–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1971–72)	15–22–7
45	L	January 18, 1972	0–2	Boston Bruins (1971–72)	15–23–7
46	W	January 22, 1972	1–0	Pittsburgh Penguins (1971–72)	16–23–7
47	L	January 23, 1972	1–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1971–72)	16–24–7
48	W	January 26, 1972	2–1	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1971–72)	17–24–7
49	L	January 29, 1972	0–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1971–72)	17–25–7
50	L	January 30, 1972	2–5	@ Boston Bruins (1971–72)	17–26–7
51	L	February 1, 1972	1–3	Montreal Canadiens (1971–72)	17–27–7
52	L	February 3, 1972	3–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1971–72)	17–28–7
53	W	February 5, 1972	6–5	New York Rangers (1971–72)	18–28–7
54	T	February 6, 1972	2–2	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1971–72)	18–28–8
55	L	February 8, 1972	1–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1971–72)	18–29–8
56	L	February 10, 1972	1–3	Minnesota North Stars (1971–72)	18–30–8
57	W	February 12, 1972	5–4	Vancouver Canucks (1971–72)	19–30–8
58	L	February 15, 1972	2–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1971–72)	19–31–8
59	W	February 16, 1972	3–1	@ Los Angeles Kings (1971–72)	20–31–8
60	L	February 18, 1972	2–5	@ Vancouver Canucks (1971–72)	20–32–8
61	T	February 20, 1972	4–4	@ California Golden Seals (1971–72)	20–32–9
62	W	February 23, 1972	2–0	@ Los Angeles Kings (1971–72)	21–32–9
63	W	February 26, 1972	3–2	@ Minnesota North Stars (1971–72)	22–32–9
64	L	February 27, 1972	0–2	@ New York Rangers (1971–72)	22–33–9
65	L	March 1, 1972	1–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1971–72)	22–34–9
66	L	March 4, 1972	2–6	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1971–72)	22–35–9
67	W	March 5, 1972	6–2	@ Buffalo Sabres (1971–72)	23–35–9
68	W	March 7, 1972	4–2	Los Angeles Kings (1971–72)	24–35–9
69	L	March 9, 1972	1–5	Montreal Canadiens (1971–72)	24–36–9
70	W	March 11, 1972	4–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1971–72)	25–36–9
71	T	March 17, 1972	2–2	@ California Golden Seals (1971–72)	25–36–10
72	T	March 19, 1972	3–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1971–72)	25–36–11
73	W	March 22, 1972	4–1	California Golden Seals (1971–72)	26–36–11
74	W	March 25, 1972	5–3	Detroit Red Wings (1971–72)	27–36–11
75	L	March 26, 1972	0–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1971–72)	27–37–11
76	W	March 28, 1972	2–1	Vancouver Canucks (1971–72)	28–37–11
77	L	April 1, 1972	0–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1971–72)	28–38–11
78	L	April 2, 1972	2–6	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1971–72)	28–39–11

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Unger, GarryGarry Unger	C	78	36	34	70	104	-8	14	1	4
St. Marseille, FrankFrank St. Marseille	RW	78	16	36	52	32	5	1	0	1
Egers, JackJack Egers	RW	63	21	25	46	34	5	5	0	2
Sabourin, GaryGary Sabourin	RW	77	28	17	45	52	3	4	0	7
Murphy, MikeMike Murphy	RW	63	20	23	43	19	-4	5	0	3
Crisp, TerryTerry Crisp	C	75	13	18	31	12	7	1	6	3
Plager, BarclayBarclay Plager	D	78	7	22	29	176	6	1	2	0
Roberto, PhilPhil Roberto	RW	49	12	13	25	76	-1	0	0	0
Brewer, CarlCarl Brewer	D	42	2	16	18	40	-6	0	0	1
Bordeleau, ChristianChristian Bordeleau	C	41	8	9	17	6	-13	1	0	1
Lavender, BrianBrian Lavender	LW	46	5	11	16	54	-2	0	0	1
Dupont, AndreAndre Dupont	D	60	3	10	13	147	11	0	0	0
Morrison, GeorgeGeorge Morrison	LW	42	2	11	13	7	-11	2	0	1
Roberts, JimJim Roberts	D/RW	26	5	7	12	4	4	1	2	0
Plager, BillBill Plager	D	65	1	11	12	64	-15	0	0	1
Plager, BobBob Plager	D	50	4	7	11	81	-1	0	0	0
Hornung, LarryLarry Hornung	D	47	2	9	11	10	-1	0	0	1
Connelly, WayneWayne Connelly	C	15	5	5	10	2	-6	2	0	0
Thomson, FloydFloyd Thomson	LW	49	4	6	10	48	-9	0	0	2
Bennett, CurtCurt Bennett	LW	31	3	5	8	30	-4	0	0	0
O'Shea, DannyDanny O'Shea	C	20	3	3	6	11	-4	0	0	0
Picard, NoelNoel Picard	D	15	1	5	6	50	1	0	0	0
Carr, GeneGene Carr	C	15	3	2	5	9	0	0	0	0
Sutherland, BillBill Sutherland	C	9	2	3	5	2	4	0	1	0
Odrowski, GerryGerry Odrowski	D	55	1	2	3	8	-1	0	1	0
Parizeau, MichelMichel Parizeau	C	21	1	2	3	8	-1	1	0	0
Shires, JimJim Shires	LW	18	0	3	3	8	-13	0	0	0
Caron, JacquesJacques Caron	G	28	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Lorentz, JimJim Lorentz	C/RW	12	0	1	1	12	-8	0	0	0
McLeod, JimJim McLeod	G	16	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Wakely, ErnieErnie Wakely	G	30	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
Arbour, JohnJohn Arbour	D	17	0	0	0	10	-4	0	0	0
Brooks, GordGord Brooks	RW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dennis, NormNorm Dennis	C	1	0	0	0	4	-1	0	0	0
Evans, ChrisChris Evans	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kannegiesser, GordGord Kannegiesser	D	4	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0
McDuffe, PeterPeter McDuffe	G	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
O'Shea, KevinKevin O'Shea	RW	4	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0
Selby, BritBrit Selby	LW	6	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0
Stephenson, WayneWayne Stephenson	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Veneruzzo, GaryGary Veneruzzo	W	2	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Caron, JacquesJacques Caron	1619	28	14	8	5	68	2.52	1
Wakely, ErnieErnie Wakely	1614	30	8	18	2	92	3.42	1
McLeod, JimJim McLeod	880	16	6	6	4	44	3.00	0
McDuffe, PeterPeter McDuffe	467	10	0	6	0	29	3.73	0
Stephenson, WayneWayne Stephenson	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	GWG
Roberto, PhilPhil Roberto	RW	11	7	6	13	29	3	1
Unger, GarryGarry Unger	C	11	4	5	9	35	2	1
St. Marseille, FrankFrank St. Marseille	RW	11	3	5	8	6	1	0
Sabourin, GaryGary Sabourin	RW	11	3	3	6	6	0	0
Murphy, MikeMike Murphy	RW	11	2	3	5	6	1	0
Egers, JackJack Egers	RW	11	1	4	5	14	0	0
Plager, BarclayBarclay Plager	D	11	1	4	5	21	1	1
Plager, BobBob Plager	D	11	1	4	5	5	0	0
Crisp, TerryTerry Crisp	C	11	1	3	4	2	0	0
O'Shea, KevinKevin O'Shea	RW	11	2	1	3	10	0	1
Hornung, LarryLarry Hornung	D	11	0	2	2	2	0	0
O'Shea, DannyDanny O'Shea	C	10	0	2	2	36	0	0
Dupont, AndreAndre Dupont	D	11	1	0	1	20	0	0
Evans, ChrisChris Evans	D	7	1	0	1	4	0	0
Bennett, CurtCurt Bennett	LW	10	0	0	0	12	0	0
Caron, JacquesJacques Caron	G	9	0	0	0	2	0	0
Lavender, BrianBrian Lavender	LW	3	0	0	0	2	0	0
McDuffe, PeterPeter McDuffe	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Odrowski, GerryGerry Odrowski	D	11	0	0	0	8	0	0
Plager, BillBill Plager	D	11	0	0	0	12	0	0
Wakely, ErnieErnie Wakely	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA
Caron, JacquesJacques Caron	499	9	4	5	26	3.13
McDuffe, PeterPeter McDuffe	60	1	0	1	7	7.00
Wakely, ErnieErnie Wakely	113	3	0	1	13	6.90
Team:	672	11	4	7	46	4.11

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Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Roster

1971–1972 St. Louis Blues Roster

Goaltenders

Defensemen

2 – Carl Brewer
3 – Andre Dupont
4 – Noel Picard
5 – Bob Plager
8 – Barclay Plager
17 – John Arbour
20 – Gerry Odrowski
23 – Bill Plager
24 – Gord Kannegiesser
25 – Larry Hornung

Wingers

6 – Chris Evans
6 – Jim Roberts
10 – George Morrison
11 – Gary Sabourin
14 – Wayne Connelly
14 – Mike Murphy
15 – Jack Egers
16 – Brian Lavender
17 – Phil Roberto
18 – Brit Selby
18 – Floyd Thomson
19 – Curt Bennett
21 – Christian Bordeleau
21 – Kevin O'Shea
22 – Jim Shires
22 – Bill Sutherland
24 – Gord Brooks
24 – Michel Parizeau
26 – Gary Veneruzzo

Centers

7 – Garry Unger
9 – Frank St. Marseille
12 – Terry Crisp
14 – Norm Dennis
15 – Gene Carr
19 – Jim Lorentz
22 – Danny O'Shea
GM: Sid Abel
Coach: Sid Abel,
Bill McCreary,
Al Arbour

Draft picks

The 1971 NHL Amateur Draft was held on June 10, 1971, at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
4	Gene Carr	Centre	Canada	St. Louis Blues	Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL)
38	John Garrett	Goaltender	Canada	St. Louis Blues	Peterborough Petes (OHA)
52	Derek Harker	Defence	Canada	St. Louis Blues	Edmonton Oil Kings (WCHL)
66	Wayne Gibbs	Defence	Canada	St. Louis Blues	Calgary Centennials (WCHL)
80	Bernie Doan	Defence	Canada	St. Louis Blues	Calgary Centennials (WCHL)
94	Dave Smith	Defence	Canada	St. Louis Blues	Regina Pats (WCHL)
108	Jim Collins	Left Wing	Canada	St. Louis Blues	Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL)

References

↑ "1971–1972 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
↑ "1971-72 St. Louis Blues Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-15.

"1971–72 St. Louis Blues Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

External links

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Founded in 1967 Based in St. Louis, Missouri

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Rivalries	Chicago Blackhawks

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St. Louis Blues seasons

1960s	1967–68 1968–69 1969–70

1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

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East	Boston Buffalo Detroit Montreal New York Toronto Vancouver

West	California Chicago Los Angeles Minnesota Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

See also	Draft All-Star Game Stanley Cup Final

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1971–72 St. Louis Blues season

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Player statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

Roster

Draft picks

See also

References

External links