| New England Whalers vs. Chicago Cougars Game 31 December 13, 1972 Jan Popeil recorded the hat trick to help snap the Cougars six-game losing streak. |
New England Whalers........0 0 3-3 Chicago Cougars...........3 1 2-6 First Period- Chicago, Popeil 10 (Paiment, Sicinski) 1:24; chicago, Whitlock 12 (Knibbs, Barber) 5:31; Chicago, Popeil 11 (Sicinski, Paiment) 11:52. No penalties. Second Period- Chicago, Popeil 12 (Sicinski, Paiment) 14:47. Penalties-Paiment, Chicago 7:48; Mavety, Chicago 16:25. Third Period- Chicago, Knibbs 1 (Whitlock) 5:32; New England, Jordan 1 (Selby, Webster) 7:29; New England, Danby 7 (Earl) 8:28; Chicago, Sicinski 9 (Paiment, Mavety) 10:21; New England, Webster 21 (Caffery) 13:21. Penalties-Selwood, New England 9:24; Fleming, Chicago 11:29; Jordan, New England 11:29. Goalies: New England Landon, Chicago Gillies. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Los Angeles Sharks at New England Whalers Game 32 December 14, 1972 No boxscore available |
No boxscore was available. Final Score: New England Whalers 5 Los Angeles Sharks 2 | New England Whalers at Philadelphia Blazers Game 33 December 16, 1972 The teams combined for nine goals in the third period but the Whalers hung on to win 10-6. |
New England Whalers.....1 4 5-10 Philadelphia Blazers..........0 2 4-6 First Period- New England, Green 9 (Ahearn, Earl) 5:52. Penalties- Campeau, Philadelphia 2:56; Pleau, New England 14:05; Landon, New England served by Ahearn 19:51. Second Period- Philadelphia, Lawson 18 (Lacroix, Plumb) :30; New England, French 11 (Pleau, Sheehy) 1:16; Philadelphia, McKenzie 7 (Harker, Boudreau) 2:02; New England, French 12 (Pleau, Sheehy) 10:18; New England, Ahearn 9 (Danby, Green) 13:57; New England, Webster 22 (Caffery, Green) 17:04. Penalties-O'Donoghue, Philadelphia 5:03; Plante, Philadelphia 12:06. Third Period- New England, Pleau 19 (Sheehy, Ley) 1:03; New England, Caffery 15 (Webster) 2:49; New England Selby 3 (Caffery) 2:53; Philadelphia, Lawson 19 (Lacroix, Harker) 3:17; Philadelphia, Plante 9 (Plumb) 4:51; New England, Selby 4 (Caffery, Dorey) 8:14; New England, Earl 6 (Danby) 10:15; Philadelphia, McKenzie 8 (Campbell, Bennett) 12:36; Philadelphia, Cardiff 3 (Unassisted) 13:20. Penalties- Dorey, New England 9:37; Caffery, New England 13:48; Sarrazin, New England 16:30. Goalies: New England Landon, Philadelphia Parent, Paille. |
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| Philadelphia Blazers at New England Whalers Game 34 December 17, 1972 Don Herriman recorded the hat trick for Philly. The Whalers had their 14 game home unbeaten streak snapped. |
Philadelphia Blazers.......0 3 3-6 New England Whalers....2 0 1-3 First Period- New England, Pleau 20 (French, Sheehy) 5:14; New England, Webster 23 (Green, Caffery) 13:22. Penalty- McKenzie, Philadelphia 7:22. Second Period- Philadelphia, Herriman 11 (Plumb, Lawson) 2:54; Philadelphia, Herriman 12 (Plumb, McKenzie) 8:36; Philadelphia, Lawson 20 (Lacroix) 11:47. Penalties- Campbell, Philadelphia minor, 10-minute misconduct :21; Pleau, New England 1:24; Selwood, New England 2:11; Spencer, Philadelphia 6:07; Cardiff, Philadelphia Major 7:50; Dorey, New England minor-major 7:50; Plante, Philadelphia 11:30. Third Period- Philadelphia, Herriman 13 (unassisted) 2:39; Philadelphia, Boudreau 4 (Spencer, Plante) 6:59; New England, Caffery 16 (Green) 8:20; Philadelphia, Bennett 4 (Spencer, Plumb) 18:11. Penalties- Plante, Philadelphia 2:46; Hyndman, New England 2:46; Ley, New England 2:46; Bennett, Philadelphia 10:11. Goalies: Whalers Smith, Blazers Parent. | ||||||||||||||||||
| New England Whalers at Minnesota Fighting Saints Game 35 December 19, 1972 The Whalers blew a three-goal lead and Wayne Connelly scored two goals to pace the Saints over the Whalers. |
New England Whalers.......3 2 0-5 Minnesota Fighting Saints.....1 3 3-7 First Period- New England, Webster 24 (Caffery, Selwood) 1:01; New England, Selwood 5 (Webster) 10:59; New England, Caffery 17 (Selwood, Dorey) 11:42; Connelly 18 (Mcmahon, Ball) 19:54. Penalty- Selwood, New England 18:01. Second Period- Minnesota, Christiansen 11 (Hampson, McMahon) 6:25; Minnesota, Speck 11 (Morrison, Paradise) 8:38; Minnesota, Klatt 13 (Christiansen, McMahon) 11:06; New England, Caffery 18 (Hurley, Webster) 13:25; New England, Webster 25 (Caffery) 14:35. Penalties- Smith, New England served by Ahearn 10:27; Konik, Minnesota 12:12. Third Period- Minnesota, Ball 3 (Konik, Hampson) 5:29; Minnesota, Connelly 19 (Christiansen, Hampson) 9:27; Minnesota, McMahon 6 (unassisted) 15:47. Penalties- Danby, New England 7:48; Sanders, Minnesota 10:33. Goalies: Whalers Smith, Saints McCarten. | ||||||||||||||||||
| December 20, 1972 Jack Kelley, Whaler head coach, was named Eastern Conference Head Coach for the first annual WHA All-Star Game. Brett Hull and Nick Mickoski were named coaches for the West. Hull, Gerry Cheevers, J.C. Tremblay, and Ron Ward were the four original players chosen for the game that was held January 6, 1973 in Quebec City. | |||||||||||||||||||
| New England Whalers at Alberta Oilers Game 36 December 21, 1972 Bill Hicke scored an amazing power play goal with 3:56 remaining in the game to win it for the Oilers. |
New England Whalers....2 2 0-4 Alberta Oilers.........1 2 2-5 First Period- New England, Caffery 19 (Webster, Ley) 6:40; Alberta, Walters 19 (Wall, Joyla) 8:05; New England, Webster 25 (Green, Caffery) 19:55. Penalties- Harrison, Alberta major 2:56; Dorey, New England, major 2:56; Hamilton, Alberta 18:00; Hurley, New England 18:56. Second Period- New England, Sheehy, 13 (Caffery, French) 5:57; Alberta, Patenaude 10 (Carlyle) 7:59; Alberta, Harrison 12 (Cote, Barrie) 9:15; New England, Webster 26 (Green, Ley) 10:47. Penalties- Anderson, Alberta :50; Carlin, Alberta 10:21; Harrison, Alberta 10:37; French, New England 10:37; Cote, Alberta 14:44. Third Period- Alberta, Harrison 13 (Hamilton, Anderson) 5:36; Alberta, Hicke 9 (Harrison) 16:04. Penalty- Harrison, Alberta 15:56. Goalies Whalers Landon, Oilers Norris. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Los Angeles Sharks at New England Whalers Game 37 December 24, 1972 Despite three goals by Larry Pleau, the Whalers were defeated by the Sharks who snapped their six-game winless streak. |
Los Angeles Sharks......2 1 2-5 New England Whalers.......1 1 1-3 First Period- Los Angeles, Veneruzzo 21 (Leblanc) :19; Los Angeles, Veneruzzo 22 (LeBlanc) 13:36; New England, Pleau 21 (Sheehy, Dorey) 13:43. Penalties- Young, Los Angeles 10:53; Selwood, New England 17:07; Gilmore, Los Angeles 19:53; Sheehy, New England major 19:53. Second Period- Los Angeles, Byers 14 (Odrowski, Heggedal) 3:03; New England, Pleau 22 (Webster, Caffery) 12:55. Penalties- Watson, Los Angeles 12:15; Ley, New England 14:35. Third Period- Los Angeles, Gilmore 3 (Szura) 3:36; Los Angeles, Byers 15 (Veneruzzo, LeBlanc) 5:04; New ENgland, Pleau 23 (French, Selwood) 17:37. No Penalties. Goalies: Sharks Gardner, Whalers Smith. | ||||||||||||||||||
| New England Whalers at New York Raiders Game 38 December 25, 1972 Raiders were quick out of the gates then stopped. The Whalers easily prevailed 8-2. Kevin Ahearn and Ken Block race for the loose puck |
New England Whalers......3 2 3-8 New York Raiders..........1 0 1-2 First Period- Sheehan 25 (Willis) 3:17; New England, French 13 (Pleau, Green) 8:59; New England, Caffery 20 10:56; New England, Ahearn 10 (Green) 11:30. Penalties- Reichmuth, Raiders 9:17; Ley, New England 14:21; Block, Raiders 17:54; Hurley, Whalers 18:25. Second Period- New England, Webster 27 (Dorey) 14:13; New England, Webster 28 19:06. Penalties- Peters, Raiders 1:34; Webster, New England 14:56. Third Period- New England, Sheehy 14 (Pleau, French) 15:43; Raiders, Reichmuth 9 (Block, Krupicka) 18:24; New England Selby 5 (Selwood, Caffery 18:50; New England, Danby 9 (Ahearn) 19:58. Penalties- Rivers, Raiders 6:14; Ahearn, NEw England 6:14; Landon, New England 10:55; Ferguson, Raiders 12:00. Goalies: Whalers Landon, Raiders Donnelly and Wilkie. | ||||||||||||||||||
| New England Whalers at Quebec Nordiques Game 39 December 28, 1972 Tom "Hawkeye" Webster scored two goals to lead the Whalers to a triumph over the Nordiques |
New England Whalers......2 1 2-5 Quebec Nordiques.........0 0 3-3 First Period- New England, Sheehy 15 (Pleau) 6:31; New England, Pleau 24 (French) 19:53. Penalty- Parizeau, Quebec 3:16. Second Period- New England, Green 10 (Caffery) 14:52. Penalty- Giroux, Quebec 12:57. Third Period- Quebec, Gendron 9 (Leclerc, Caron) :16; New England Webster 29 (Caffery, Selby) 5:38; Quebec, Tremblay 7 (Caron, Leclerc) 5:52; New England, Webster 30 (Caffery) 10:09; Quebec, Caron 18 (Parizeau, Gendron) 18:39. Penalty- Webster, New England 7:55. Goalies: Whalers Landon, Nordiques Brodeur. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Houston Aeros at New England Whalers Game 40 December 29, 1972 (Incomplete Boxscore)Larry Lund lifted the Aeros with two goals, his ninth and tenth of the season. |
Houston Aeros..........1 2 1-4 New England Whalers....1 0 1-2 First Period- Houston, Lund 9 (Grierson) 11:20; New England, Selwood 6 (Hurley, Caffery) 19:55. Penalties- MacDonald, Houston 5:54; Mortson, Houston 12:02; Mortson, Houston minor-major 18:48; Ley, New England major 18:48. Second Period- Houston, Lund 10 (Hale) 2:47; Houston, Hughes 6 (Labossiere, Popiel) 13:26. Penalty- Green, New England 7:06. Third Period- No statistics. Goalies: No Statistics | ||||||||||||||||||
