| New England Whalers vs Minnesota Fighting Saints Game 21 November 26, 1972. Fred Speck scored the game winner with 11 seconds left in the first period for the Fighting Saints. |
New England Whalers.....0 1 0-1 Minnesota Fighting Saints.....2 1 0-3 First Period-Minnesota, Pearson 4 (Flakman) 5:25; Minnesota, Speck 9 (Connelly) 19:49. Penalties-Minnesota 1, New England Whalers 1. Second Period-Minnesota, Paradise 1 (Morrison, Speck) :33; New England, Pleau 13 (Williams, Caffrey) 6:37. Penalties-New England 1, Minnesota 1. Third Period-No Scoring. Penalties-Minnesota 3. Goalies: Cannon and Curran ( I don't know about the accuracy in the Times on the goalies for this one) | |||||||||||||||
| Cleveland Crusaders at New England Whalers Game 22 November 27, 1972. Al Smith got his first ever WHA shutout and led the Whalers to a 3-0 victory over Cleveland. |
Cleveland Crusaders.....0 0 0-0 New England Whalers.....1 1 1-3 First Period-New England, Ley 2 (Williams, Green) 11:59. Penalties-Webster, New England 2:50; Ley, New England 3:30; Pinder, Cleveland 3:39. Second Period-New England, Pleau 14 (Dorey) 15:27. No Penalties. Third Period-New England, Caffery 10 (Dorey, Selby) 1:39. Penalty-Hanna, Cleveland 7:13. Goalies: Cleveland Cheevers, Whalers Smith. | |||||||||||||||
| New England Whalers at New York Raiders Game 23 November 29, 1972. Ron Ward missed a penalty shot but still amassed five points, including a hat trick, to pace the Raiders over the Whaler 7-6. Raiders celebrate Ward's third goal |
New England Whalers.....1 2 3-6 New York Raiders.....2 4 1-7 First Period-New York, Rivers 9 (Bradley, Ward) 5:31; New York, Ferguson 11 (Shcenhan) 7:46; New England, Pleau 15 (Ley, Sheehy) 8:57. Penalties-Rivers, New York, 9:30; Rivers New York 14:58. Second Period-New England, Webster 15 (Selby, Pleau) 2:00; New York, Jones 3 (Speer, Krupicka) 8:36; New England, French 10 (Dorey, Sheehy) 12:53; New York, Ward 17 (Rivers, Bradley) 13:11; New York, Ward 18 (Rivers) 13:20; New England, Earl 4 (Danby, Hyndman) 13:56; New York, Ward 19 (Rivers, Speer) 19:53. Penalties Ley, New England 3:28; Dorey, New England 9:49. Third Period-New England, Ahearn 6 (Danby, Earl 3:11; New England, Selwood (Caffery, Selby) 9:35; New York, Rivers 10 (Ward, Bradley) 11:05. Penalty-Peters, New York 14:58. Goalies: Whalers Smith, New York Donnelly and Kurt. | |||||||||||||||
| New England Whalers at Philadelphia Blazers Game 24 December 1, 1972 Johnny "Pie" McKenzie scored the winning goal and gathered two assists as the Whalers dropped their second in a row. |
Most online vegas casinos give great gambling experience! New England Whalers.....1 1 1-3 Philadelphia Blazers.....1 2 2-5 First Period-Philadelphia, Lacroix 13 (Lawson) 10:14; New England, Caffrey 11 (Webster) 10:50. Penalties-Ley, New England :57; Lacroix, Philadelphia :57; Caffrey, New England 1:52; McKenzie, Philadelphia 3:33; Pleau, New England 11:16; Plante, Philadelphia 11:16. Second Period-Philadelphia, Plante 4 (McKenzie, Boudreau) 1:50; Philadelphia, Boudreau 1 (McKenzie, Cardiff) 13:46; New England, Williams 5 (Hyndman, Sarrazin) 14:26. No Penalties. Third Period-Philadelphia, McKenzie 4 (Burgess) 9:51; Philadelphia, Boudreau 2 (unassisted) 15:30; New England, Webster 16 (Selwood, Caffrey) 19:47. Penalties-Green, New England minor and major 4:32; O'Donaghue, Philadelphia minor and major 4:32; Herriman, Philadelphia, 9:14; Dorey, New England 11:21; Campeau, Philadelphia 16:31. Goalies: Whalers Landon, Blazer Parent. | |||||||||||||||
| Quebec Nordiques at New England Whalers Game 25 December 2, 1972 The Whalers scored four goals in the first period to put this one out of reach early. |
Quebec Nordiques.....0 1 1-2 New England Whalers.....4 1 2-7 First Period-New England, Pleau 16 (Sheehy, French) 5:00; New England, Danby 3 (Earl, Ahearn) 5:52; New England, Webster 17 (Caffery, Selby) 16:07; New England, Danby 4 (Dorey, Ahearn) 16:44. Penalties-Green, New England :38; Dejardin, Quebec 5:01; Green, New England 6:48; Williams, New England 12:04; Caron, Quebec 13:17; Blain, Quebec 17:05. Second Period-Quebec, Gaudette 5 (Giroux) 5:34; New England, Sheehy 8 (Pleau, French) 18:19. Penalty-Guindon, Quebec 6:08. Third Period-New England, Earl 5 (Danby) 6:58; Quebec, Gendron 7 (Bergeron, Tremblay) 8:46; New England, Williams 6 (Pleau, Dorey) 16:17. Penalties-French, New England :07; Ley, New England 6:19; French, New England (misconduct 6:19); Lacombe, Quebec 14:21; Lacombe, Quebec 17:40; Selby, New England 17:40; Rouleay, Quebec major 19:03; Ley, New England minor and major 19:03. Goalies: Whalers Smith, Quebec Abreau. | |||||||||||||||
| Ottawa Nationals at New England Whalers Game 26 December 4, 1972 The Whalers scored four in the first period again to kill the Ottawa hopes early. |
Ottawa Nationals.......1 0 1-2 New England Whalers......4 1 2-7 First Period-New England, French 10 (Dorey, Pleau) 1:30; New England, Pleau 17 (Ley, Green) 6:14; New England, Sheehy 9 (Pleau, French) 10:16; New England, Caffery 12 (Webster) 11:42; Ottawa, Carleton 17 (Gibbons) 13:34. No Penalties. Second Period-New England, Webster 18 (Caffery, Selby) 3:55. Penalty-Dorey, New England 14:26. Third PeriodNew England, Danby 5 (Sheehy) 1:27; Ottawa, Leduc 7 (Martin, Carleton) 1:44; New England, Sheehy 10 (Pleau, Danby) 6:43. Penalty-Pleau, New England 1:37. Goalies: Nationals Binkley, Whalers Smith. | |||||||||||||||
| New York Raiders at New England Whalers Game 27 December 6, 1972 John Danby scored the winning goal with 3:24 left as the Whalers came from behind in the third period to win it 4-3. |
New York Raiders.......1 2 0-3 New England Whalers.....0 2 2-4 First Period-Raiders, Reichmuth 4 (Peters, Laughton) 18:29. Penalties-Speer, Raiders 4:01; French, Whalers 4:28; Peters, Raiders 9:35. Second Period-New England, Sarrazin 3 (Williams, Selwood) 5:11; Raiders, Douglas 2 (Ferguson, Peacosh) 6:31; New England, Sarrazin 4 (Hyndman, Selwood) 11:02; Raiders, Ward 26 (Peters, Reichmuth) 14:37. Penalty-Green, New England 12:29. Third PeriodNew England, Ahearn (Danby, Earl) 10:06; New England, Danby 6 (Ahearn, Selwood) 16:36. No Penalties. Goalies: Raiders Donnelly, Whalers Landon. | |||||||||||||||
| New England Whalers at Ottawa Nationals Game 28 December 7, 1972 Three goals in four minutes of the second period expatriated the Nationals 4-2. | New England Whalers.....1 3 0-4 Ottawa Nationals.....0 1 1-2 First Period-New England, Webster 19 (Caffery, Pleau) 18:00. Penalty-Gibbons, Ottawa 17:04. Second Period-New England, Caffery 13 (Webster, Dorey) 8:25; New England, Green 7 (Hyndman) 9:45; New England, Sheehy 11 (Pleau, French) 12:18; Ottawa, King 5 (Carleton) 14:10. Penalties-Ley, New England 5:36; Webster, New England, double major, 10 minute misconduct 11:53; Gibbon, Ottawa 15:02; Selwood, New England 15:02. Third Period-Ottawa, Charlebois 6 (Trottier, Leduc) 8:45. Penalties-Carleton, Ottawa :45; Williams, New England 4:20; Pleau, New England 5:34. Goalies: Whalers Smith, Nationals Binkley. | |||||||||||||||
| New York Raiders at New England Whalers Game 29 December 9, 1972 Jim Dorey iced the game shorthanded with 7 seconds left to lift the Whalers 4-2. |
New York Raiders.....1 1 0-2 New England Whalers.....2 0 2-4 First Period-New England, Selwood 4 (Ahearn, Dorey) 9:23; New England, Hyndman 2 (Sarrazin, Dorey) 13:21; Raiders, Peacosh 13 (Sheehan) 16:37. Morenz, Raiders 5:46. Second Period-Raiders, Reichmuth 5 (Peters, Laughton) 12:16. Penalty-Winograd, Raiders 14:17. Third Period-New England, Caffery 14 (Ley) 5:50; New England, Dorey 1 (Danby) 19:53. Penalties-Ahearn, New England 2:26; Douglas, Raiders 12:10; Caffery, New England 18:07. Goalies: Raiders Donnelly, Whalers Landon. | |||||||||||||||
| Winnipeg Jets at New England Whalers Game 30 December 11, 1972. Al Smith made 23 saves and Kevin Ahearn scored the game winner to pace the Whalers over the Jets 4-3. |
Winnipeg Jets........0 1 2-3 New England Whalers........0 1 3-4 First Period-No Scoring. Penalty-Ley, New England 1:56. Second Period-Winnipeg, Black 10 (Hull) 5:50; New England, Webster 20 (Caffery, Dorey) 10:32. Penalty-Ley, New England 7:13. Third Period-New England, Dorey 2 (Sheehy, Pleau) 5:36; Winnipeg, Beaudin 15 (Rousseau, Zanussi) 9:43; New England, Hyndman 3 (Sheehy) 11:17; New England, Ahearn 8 (Ley, Green) 14:08; Winnipeg, Bordeleau 22 (Beaudin, Rousseau) 19:14. Penalty-Boyer, Winnipeg :45. Goalies: Whalers Smith, Jets Wakely. | |||||||||||||||
