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	1972-73 WHA season - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 1972-73 WHA season was the first regular season of the new defunct World Hockey Association (WHA).
		The WHA was split into two divisions, the Eastern Division and the Western Division.
		The New England Whalers led the Eastern Division and had the best record in the league.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1972-73_WHA_season (225 words)

	World Hockey Association - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		By 1976, it had become evident that many of the WHA's franchises were teetering on the verge of financial collapse, with stable teams few and far between, and that the at one time combined 30 teams of the NHL and WHA had badly strained the talent pool.
		Many great stars began their careers in the WHA, including Wayne Gretzky, Mike Gartner, Mark Howe, Mike Liut, and Mark Messier, who was the last player skating in the WHA to remain active in professional hockey, until his retirement in the fall of 2005.
		Facing financial difficulty and unable to meet payrolls, the WHA and the NHL finally came to an agreement on March 22, 1979, whereby the Edmonton Oilers, New England Whalers (renamed the Hartford Whalers), Quebec Nordiques, and Winnipeg Jets would join the NHL as expansion teams, and the WHA would cease operations.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/World_Hockey_Association (1596 words)

	Edmonton Oilers
		The team was not one of the league's more successful on the ice, accumulating a mediocre record until the final WHA season of 1978-79, where, led by future superstar Wayne Gretzky, the Oilers gained a 48-30-2 mark to lead the league in the regular season, but fell to the Winnipeg Jets in the finals.
		Season was shortened due to the 1994-95 NHL lockout.
		The 1989 season was a troubled one because of this trade, and for the first time since 1982, the Oilers were out of the playoffs in the first round, losing a seven-game series to the Kings.
	chekote.blogmobs.com /1982/Edmonton_Oilers (2077 words)

	Quebec Nordiques (1972-1995)
		In the final WHA season the Nords would finish in 2nd place with a 41-34-5 record as Real Cloutier won the league's final scoring title.
		With the future of the WHA in doubt Nordiques owner Marcel Aubut began lobbying the NHL to admit his franchise and absorb all the WHA franchise as part of a merger.
		As with other WHA teams that joined the NHL, the Nordiques were allowed to only retain 3 players, (with the rest being place in a dispersal draft) thus becoming an expansion team again, and marking the NHL's return to Quebec City 60 years after the Bulldogs left for Hamilton.
	www.sportsecyclopedia.com /nhl/quebec/nordiques.html (2426 words)

	Legends of the Buffalo Sabres - Ron Busniuk
		Busniuk also made his NHL debut during the 1972-73 season, playing one game with the Buffalo Sabres.
		Unable to gain a roster spot during the 1973-74 season, Busniuk was among the players left unprotected by the Sabres in the 1974 Intra-League (waiver) Draft.
		Near the end of the 1975-76 season, Busniuk was traded to the New England Whalers.
	www.sabreslegends.com /busniuk_r_bio.html (963 words)

	A to Z Encyclopaedia of Ice Hockey - Wo
		Before the inaugural season of 1972-73 got underway - the Calgary Broncos became the Cleveland Crusaders, the Dayton Aeros became the Houston Aeros, the Miami Screaming Eagles became the Philadelphia Blazers and the San Francisco Sharks became the Quebec Nordiques.
		After the inaugural season the six teams left WHA2 to join the Eastern Hockey League but before the 2004-05 season was due to start, the South East Hockey League merged with the ex-WHA2 teams to form the Southern Preofessional Hockey League.
		The WHA completed seven seasons and then merged with the NHL from the 1979-80 season.
	www.azhockey.com /Wo.htm (2743 words)

	ESPN.com - Page2 - Worst Pro Teams of All-time
		Which was probably why the Mavs managed to avoid being lumped in with the 76ers for the worst season record in NBA history.
		They began the season with 15 straight losses, and also recorded losing streaks of 20, 14, and finally 13 to end the season.
		The team went bankrupt, was taken over by the NL after the season, and was renamed the Boston Bees.
	espn.go.com /page2/s/list/worstproteam.html (1430 words)

	Mariners
		The WHA New Jersey Knights moved to San Diego for the 1974-75 WHA season.
		It was first used as a Ray Adduono WHA SD Mariners jersey, you can see were the small circle shoulder patch was, of course the nameplate was white.
		So the Mariners had this made for the regular season for Speer, these jersey were not used in preseason to the best of my knowledge.
	www.dropthepucks.com /Mariners.htm (1849 words)

	ESPN.com - NHL - Devils replace Ftorek with Robinson
		Ftorek played for the 1972 U.S. Olympic team before beginning a 13-year career in the now-defunct WHA and then in the NHL with Detroit, Quebec and the New York Rangers.
		Earlier this season, Ftorek was suspended for one game and fined $10,000 by the NHL for throwing part of the team's bench onto the ice during a 3-1 loss to Detroit.
		He was the MVP of the WHA in 1977 when he had 46 goals and 71 assists for the Phoenix Roadrunners.
	espn.go.com /nhl/news/2000/0323/441862.html (1187 words)

	Oilers
		This home jersey is from the last season the Edmonton Oilers played in the WHA.
		Note the Name ALBERTA on the back of the jersey, this was used only in their first season 1st set.
		This style jersey was only used in the Oilers 1st Season 1st set in the World Hockey Association.
	www.dropthepucks.com /Oilers.htm (465 words)

	1972-73 Houston Aeros (WHA) player statistics
		73 16 48 64 158 10 2 9 11 23 Don Grierson..................................
		73 34 42 76 103 10 3 1 4 10 Murray Hall...................................
		--- Regular Season --- ---- Playoffs ---- # Player Name GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------ Gord Labossiere...............................
	www.hockeydb.com /ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/teams/0002461973.html (318 words)

	Hartford Whalers
		The Whalers would have the WHA's best regular-season record in the 1972-73 WHA season, with Webster leading the team in scoring and rampaging through the playoffs, and behind legendary ex-Boston University coach Jack Kelley, would win the inaugural league championship.
		The next season was not so fine, but while age finally caught up with Gordie Howe, the slack was picked up by Andre Lacroix, the WHA's all time leading scorer, acquired from the folded Aeros.
		As it was one of the most stable of the WHA teams, it was one of the four franchises admitted to the National Hockey League when the rival leagues merged in 1979, and the Howes, Rogers, Ley, Keon, Smith, Roberts and Lacroix would go on to wear the uniform of the Hartford Whalers.
	sedu-hair-styles.newsbio.info /National_Hockey_League/Hartford_Whalers (1641 words)

	WHA History quiz -- free game
		It was the most goal ever scored by a player in one season in the history of the WHA.
		Who was the last scoring champion of the WHA in their final season?
		During the 74-75 season a player scored 77 goals.
	www.funtrivia.com /playquiz.cfm?qid=164461 (240 words)

	Untitled Document
		Thereafter the ratings are calculated from the results of what happened in the previous simulated season, meaning that in the 1973-74 season the players will be rerated from the 1972-73 results with the FHL Rating System.
		Ratings are based on player statistics from their previous real hockey season in the WHA (or NHL for NHL leagues).
		James Bound is not a rookie anymore at 26 years old, he played 6 full seasons with the Boston Bruins of the NHL before joining the WHA.
	www.lhdv.baseballmanagerpro.org /aide.htm (2037 words)

	Madison Square Garden/The Paramount
		On November 18, 1973, the WHA intervened, dissolving the team and placing a new league run team in Cherry Hill, New Jersey for the remainder of the season.
		Almost immediately, the NHL granted two "hurry-up" franchises for 1972, both to combat the WHA; the Atlanta Flames and the New York Islanders, who would inhabit Nassau Coliseum.
		Attendance averaged 5,868 for the season, but the owners had defaulted on the team early on, and the team was league run for the last half of the season, finishing last in the Eastern Division.
	users.california.com /~csuppes/WHA/NewYorkRaiders/index.htm (386 words)

	1972 Winter Olympics Definition / 1972 Winter Olympics Research
		The 1972 Winter Olympics were held in Sapporo.
		The XI Olympic Winter Games were held in 19721972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday.
		(for the full table, see 1972 Winter Olympics medal countThis is the full table of the medal count of the 1972 Winter Olympics.
	www.elresearch.com /1972_Winter_Olympics (349 words)

	League Translations: how do other leagues stack up against the NHL?
		In its first season, 1972-73, the WHA league difficulty was 0.46, which is barely better than the minors.
		The World Hockey Association (WHA) was a North American professional league that operated from 1972 to 1979.
		after the last season, and their performance implied a WHA league difficulty of 0.89.
	www.behindthenet.ca /translations.html (827 words)

	Addict Baseball and Football Forum - Will anyone here watch the WHA?
		The '72-73 WHA league kicked off featuring the most prolific goal scorer in the world...
		The WHA was a lot different back then, for one it gave a huge contract to Bobby Hull, and then some other players came over.
		The younger players knew that even if they were only with the WHA for a short stay, they could leverage greater salaries from the NHL because there WAS a rival league, even if that league suffered and franchises rapidly went under.
	www.addictsports.com /baseball/printthread.php?t=41371 (1030 words)

	Cincinnati Stingers Brief History
		During the season the Whalers and Stingers played six one goal games.
		Since the NHL treated the WHA teams as "expansion teams", their would be an expansion draft also.
		As the season went on, there were plenty of enthused fans in the stands.
	www.stingershistory.com /Timeline/1975-79.htm (2616 words)

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		Reference to the World Hockey Association 1972-1979" by Scott Adam Surgent, Xaler Press, Tempe, Arizona copyright 1995, 1999, 2000, ISBN 0-9644774-0-8 The 1972-73 season was pivotal for pro hockey, but especially for the National Hockey League.
		The NHL was in a life-and-death struggle for gate receipts, while the WHA was not going to go away anytime soon.
		Initially, the NHL ignored rumblings about an emerging World Hockey Association, until its coffers were raided literally overnight and its stars defected in droves, as the WHA abolished the reserve clause.
	www.matchupsports.com /teams_hockey/wha/7273/description.html (840 words)

	San Francisco SeaHawks 1972/ Quebec Nordiques 1972-1979
		Almost as an afterthought, the team was sold to a group of Quebec City investors for $215,000 before the innagural 1972-73 WHA season.
		By the 1977-78 season, the WHA was clearly in trouble and the turmoil seemed to have affected the Nords play.
		The Quebec Nordiques would play the 1979-80 season as an NHL team, but the team made one last, fitting gesture as a WHA club.
	www.geocities.com /braniff73/nordiques.html (574 words)

	Hartford Whalers (1972-1997)
		Following the season the WHA would fold, but the Whalers, along with the Oilers, Quebec Nordiques, and Winnipeg Jets would be invited to join the NHL.
		In their 2nd NHL season the Whalers would struggle all season finishing in 4th place with a 24-41-18 record missing the playoffs by 11 points.
		While other WHA teams spent their money on NHL stars the Whalers decided to go after solid steadier players, and it paid off as they would go on to finish with a league best 46-30-2 record.
	www.sportsecyclopedia.com /nhl/hartford/whalers.html (1754 words)

	National Hockey League Online Research :: Information about National Hockey League
		In its final season (1916-17), the National Hockey Association was comprised of six teams: The Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Wanderers, Ottawa Senators (Original), Quebec Bulldogs, Toronto Blueshirts, and an army team from the Toronto-based 228th Battalion.
		Four of the remaining six WHA teams merged with the NHL: The Hartford Whalers, Qubec Nordiques, Edmonton Oilers, and Winnipeg Jets.
		The league had also expanded into the United States, with the Boston Bruins in 1924-25 NHL season, the New York Americans and the Pittsburgh Pirates (NHL) in 1925-26 NHL season and the New York Rangers, Detroit Cougars (later to become the Red Wings), and Chicago Blackhawks in 1926-27 NHL season.
	www.ncweddingplanner.com /search/National_Hockey_League.html (2754 words)

	Buffalo Sabres Alumni Assocciation
		He moved on from new England after one season, and spent time with Phoenix, Vancouver, Calgary, indanaplis and Cincinnati in a well travelled WHA career before retiring in the summer of 1978.
		That spectacular season caught the attention of the National Hockey League's weaker teams and expansion teams.
		He emerged, seemingly out of nowhere, to become a solid contributor to the Sabres success that season, but then disappeared to the rival World Hockey Association for the remainder of his career.
	www.sabresalumni.com /2001/harris_hugh.php (618 words)

	Legends of Hockey -- NHL Player Search -- Player -- Michel Parizeau
		Parizeau spent three and half seasons in Indianapolis with the Racers and was teammates with future NHL Superstar and Hall of Famer Wayne Gretzky during Gretzky's brief stay in Indianapolis in 1978-79.
		In his three seasons with the Knights, Parizeau went on to earn CHL First Team All-Star honors in 1971 while establishing a career high in goals (35) assists (49) and points (84) before being claimed by the St. Louis Blues in the 1971 Intra-League Draft.
		Following the 1971-72 season, Parizeau went on to suit up for the Nordiques spent three and half seasons with the team leading them to the 1975 Avco Cup finals, only to be swept in four straight games by Gordie Howe's Houston Aeros.
	www.legendsofhockey.net:8080 /LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=13924 (440 words)

	1972 Definition / 1972 Research
		He was Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1972 to 1981 and Federal President of Austria from 1986 to 1992....
		1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday.
		1972 is the most faithful Devilman figure ever made.
	www.elresearch.com /1972 (2307 words)

	The Summit in 1974: Team Canada Players
		In that first ever WHA season of 1972-73 Ley was a key component of the Whalers championship team.
		In 1972 Ley, along with Selwood and Dorey jumped from the Maple Leafs to the New England Whalers of the brand new WHA.
		Later in 1978-79 he would be voted the WHA's finest defenseman and his number was retired by the Whalers franchise.
	www.chidlovski.net /1974/74_playersca.asp?playerid=ca02 (231 words)

	Ottawa 1972-73/Toronto/Birmingham 1973-1979
		In the WHA's swan song season, the "Baby Bulls", as they were unofficially dubbed, due to the age of the players, struggled.
		This was also the end of the franchise, as the NHL and WHA had finally agreed to a merger.
		Birmingham took quick advantage of the WHA's liberal signing restrictions, and soon a talented but young group of players was on the ice.
	www.california.com /~csuppes/WHA/OttawaNationals/nationals.html (454 words)

	Legends of the Buffalo Sabres - Mike Boland
		Early in the 1980-81 season, Boland was traded from Rochester to the Salt-Lake Golden Eagles of the CHL.
		He was also selected in the WHA Amatuer draft, going 94th overall, also in the 7th Round, to the San Diego Mariners.
		While he spent the majority of the season with the Flags, Boland did manage to make his NHL debut during the 1974-75 season, playing one game with the Scouts.
	www.sabreslegends.com /boland_m_bio.html (693 words)

	The Herald - Minor-league hockey cards to hit market in fall
		The new Pacific sets will be the first WHA sets since O-Pee-Chee issued cards for the league from its inaugural 1972-73 season through the 1977-78 campaign.
		WHA CARDS: Although the new WHA will not start until next season, Pacific will be producing retrospective-themed WHA cards throughout the 2004 calendar year.
		The first releases will be autographed cards of Bobby Hull (the new league’s commissioner) and WHA all-time scoring and games played leader André Lacroix (who joined the Whalers in 1978-79 and was a member of Hartford’s inaugural NHL squad the following season).
	www.newbritainherald.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=10942908&BRD=1641&PAG=461&dept_id=17739&rfi=6 (987 words)

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