| Philadelphia Blazers at New England Whalers Game 1 October 12, 1972 Larry Pleau scored the game winner with 2:11 left in regulation to win it. The ceremonial opening faceoff. Shown are Whaler Captain Ted Green and Blazer Derek Sanderson |
Philadelphia.......2 0 1--3 New England.....1 2 1--4 First Period- Philadelphia, Sanderson 1 (O'Donoghue, Cardiff) 6:52. Philadelphia, Plumb 1 (Sanderson, Lacroix) 12:24 New England Williams 1 (Earl, Cuniff) 13:42. Penalties-Hutchinson, Philadelphia 2:22; Herriman, Philadelphia, minor-major 8:48; Hyndman, New England, minor-major 8:48; Hurley, New England 11:50; Selwood, New England 17:52. Second Period- New England, Sarrazin 1:29. New England, Cunniff (Green) 8:45. Penalties-Bennett, Philadelphia :34: New England too many men 5:08; Hurley, New England 12:54); Smith, New England 19:41; Lacroix, Philadelphia 19:41. Third Period- Philadelphia, Mignault 1 (Rouleau) 11:04. New England Pleau 1 (Webster, Sarrazin) 17:49. Penalties-Hutchinson, Philadelphia 2:43; Sheehey, New England 2:43. Goalies: Parent, Smith |
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| New England Whalers at Philadelphia Blazers Game 2 October 13, 1972 Game was postponed |
The ice was deemed unsafe in the Philadelphia Convention Hall. Upon hearing that the game had been postponed, the crowed rained boos and souvenir pucks on Blazer president, Jim Cooper who made the announcement at center ice. | |||||||||||||||
| Chicago Cougars at New England Whalers Game 3 October 16, 1972 The Whalers scored three goals within 5:24 of the second period to put the game out of reach. It was the second straight victory for the Whalers |
Chicago Cougars.......0 1 0--1 New England Whalers.....0 3 1--4 First Period- No scoring. Penalties-Chicago 2, New England 0. Second Period- Chicago, Paiement 1 (unassisted) 7:30; New England, Sarazin 2 (Webster) 11:43; New England, French 1 (Dorey, Caffery) 14:42; New England, green 1 17:07. Penalties-Chicago 1, New England 2. Third Period- New England, Caffery 2 (French, Dorey) 19:01. Penalties-Chicago 4, New England 6. Goalies: McLeod, Smith. |
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| New England Whalers at Houston Aeros Game 4 October 18, 1972 try best Boston online dating Tom "Hawkeye" Webster scored a hat trick to lead the Whalers over the Aeros 4-1. |
New England Whalers.....1 2 1--4 Houston Aeros........1 0 0--1 First Period- Houston, Taylor 2 (Labossiere, Hall) 2:21; New England Webster 1 (Pleau) 4:39. Penalties-New England 3, Houston 2. Second Period-New England, Webster 2 (Dorey) 2:01; New England, Cuniff 2 (Hyndman) 14:40. Penalties-New England 1, Houston 4. Third Period-New England, Webster 3 (unassisted) 9:26. Penalties-New England 1, Houston 2. Goalies: Whalers, Landon; Aeros, Rutledge. |
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| Quebec Nordiques at New England Whalers Game 5 October 19, 1972 Two goals by Renald Leclerc in the final period ended the Whalers three game winning streak. |
Quebec Nordiques.....0 1 3--4 New England Whalers.....0 1 2--3 First Period-No scoring. Penalties- Roy, Quebec 1:16; Selwood, New England 5:40; Harvey, Quebec 6:06; Ley, New England, 8:54. Second Period-New England, Pleau 2 (Webster) 13:52; Quebec, Gendron (Parizeau) 17:22. Penalties-Lacombe, Quebec 6:15; Webster, New England two-minors 14:24; Harvey, Quebec two-minors 14:24. Third Period-New England, Ley 1 (unassisted) 0:46; New England, Webster 4 (Pleau, Sarrazin) 4:47; Quebec, Guindon 2 (Larose, Harvey) 6:19; Quebec, Leclerc 3 (Roy, Bergeron) 10:05; Quebec, Leclerc 4 (Archambault, Parizeau) 16:06. Penalties-Cunniff, New England 1:35; Jordan, New England 15:27. Goalies: Quebec, Aubrey; New England, Smith. |
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| New England Whalers at Quebec Nordiques Game 6 October 21, 1972 No summary was available to me. |
I couldn't find the box scores to this one. Final score: Quebec 6 and the New England Whalers 4. | Minnesota Fighting Saints at New England Whalers Game 7 October 23, 1972 Tom Earl scored the winning goal shorthanded with 4:26 left in the second period. |
Minnesota Fighting Saints....0 0 1--1 New England Whalers......1 2 2--5 First Period-New England, Pleau 5 14:38. Penalties- Hurley, New England 2:39; Sheehy, New England 8:19; Lilyhom, Minnesota 8:19; Sanders, Minnesota 15:08. Second Period-New England, Earl 1 (Selwood) 15:34; New England, Caffrey 3 (Williams) 18:41. Penalties- Sanders, Minnesota 3:29; Selwood, New England 4:21; Antonovich, Minnesota 9:44; Hynaman, New England 9:44; Sheehy, New England 14:16. Third Period-Minnesota, Konik 1 (MacMillan, Sanders) 3:44; New England, Sheehy 1 (unassisted) 15:41; New England, Danby 1 (Green, French) 16:21. No Penalties Goalies: Whalers Landon, Fighting Saints Curran. |
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| New England Whalers at Cleveland Crusaders Game 8 October 24, 1972 The Whale's first overtime game resulted in a victory as John French slipped one past Gary Cheevers who made 44 saves in a losing effort. |
New England Whalers.....1 1 0 1--3 Cleveland Crusaders.....0 1 1 0--2 First Period-New England, Webster 5 (Sarrazin) 3:42. Penalties-Pumple, Cleveland 8:48; R. Smith, New England 12:35; Selwood, New England 19:11. Second Period-Cleveland, Jarrett 2 (Krake, Buchanan) 6:19; New England, French 2 (Green, Ley) 15:11. Penalties-Hurley, New England 2:38; Shmyr, Cleveland 9:20; Selwood, New England 10:31; Muloin, Cleveland 13:41; Jarrett, Cleveland 10:46. Third Period-Cleveland, Wiste 1 (Clearwater, Muloin) 17:04. Penalties-Cheevers, Cleveland, served by Clearwater 6:10; Selwood, New England 11:52. Overtime-New England, French 3 (Sheehy) 5:27. Goalies: Whalers Smith, Crusaders Cheevers. |
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| New England Whalers at New York Raiders Game 9 October 26, 1972 The Raiders scored three goals in the third period to beat the Whalers 7-6. Wayne Rivers of the Raiders scored the hat trick. Picture of Sheehy doing his impression of Bobby Orr |
New England Whalers.....3 2 1--6 New York Raiders.....2 2 3--7 First Period-New England, French 4 (Ley) 0:39; Raiders, Relchmuth 1 (Douglas, Laughton) 2:15; New England, Sheehy 2 (French) 4:41; Raiders, Rivers 3 (Ward) 7:18; New England, Caffrey 4 (Pleau, Dorey) 15:18. Penalties-Ley, New England 1:35; Scharf, Raiders 1:35; Webster, New England 11:13; Rivers, Raiders 13:25. Second Period-Raiders, Perry 3 (Ferguson, Sheehan) 1:55; Raiders, Rivers 4 (Block, Ward) 8:15; New England, Williams 2 (Hyndman, Caffery) 11:43; New England, Ahearn 1 (Pleau, Webster) 13:16. Penalties-Speer, Raiders 17:50; Webster, New England 18:42; Selwood, New England 20:00. Third Period-Raiders, Ferguson 2 (Sheehan) 4:38; Raiders, Rivers 6 (Ward) 7:08; Raiders, Laughton 4 (Block, Scharf) 8:05; New England, Pleau 6 (Dorey) 19:29. No Penalties. Goalies: Whalers Smith, Raiders Kurt. |
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| Alberta Oilers at New England Whalers Game 10 October 28, 1972 Alberta goalie Jack Norris stopped 43 shots in the Oilers' 4-1 victory over New England. |
Alberta Oilers.........1 1 2--4 New England Whalers.....0 0 1--1 First Period-Alberta, Kassian (Patenaude) 2:37. Penalties-Hamilton, Alberta 6:13 and 8:40; Barrie, Alberta 8:58. Second Period-Alberta, Carlin (Harrison, Anderson) 14:27. Penalties-Hyndman, New England 5:05; Anderson, Alberta 5:48; Lee, New England 5:48; Falkenberg, Alberta 19:25. Third Period-Alberta, Patenaude (Falkenberg, Walters) 14:01; Alberta Hicke (Fontaine, Perkins) 15:48; New England, Pleau (Webster, Caffery) 18:10. Penalties-Wall, Alberta 4:38 and 10:48. Goalies: Alberta Norris, Whalers Landon. |
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