| New England Whalers at New York Raiders Game 41 December 31, 1972 Al Smith kept his second shutout of the season in tact by stopping 28 shots, including 10 in the third period. |
New England Whalers....1 0 2-3 New York Raiders....0 0 0-0 First Period- New England, Webster 32 (Selby) 18:15. Penalties- Reichmuth, Raiders 6:38; Webster, New England 13:00; Donnelly, Raiders 13:00; Laughton, Raiders minor-misconduct 18:46. Second Period- No Scoring. Penalties- Selwood, New England 1:54; Sheehy, New England 8:12; Danby, New England 13:52. Third Period- New England, Ahearn 11 (Hurley) 8:26; New England, Hurley 2 (Caffery) 18:48. Penalty- Laughton, Raiders misconduct 18:48. Goalies: Whalers Smith, Raiders Donnelly. | |||||||||||||||
| New England Whalers at Houston Aeros Game 42 January 9, 1973 Houston's Labossiere recorded the hat trick in front of 4,300 fans at the Sam Houston Coliseum in Houston. |
New England Whalers.......2 0 3-5
Houston Aeros.........2 2 3-7 First Period- New England, Sheehy 16 (Pleau, French) 5:10; New England, Caffery 21 (unassisted) 7:42; Houston, Labossiere 19 (Hall, Taylor) 9:21; Houston, Hughes 8 (Popiel, Hall) 10:32. Penalties- Schella, Houston 6:12; Harris, Houston 6:50; Ley, New England 10:14. Second Period- Houston, Hughes 9 (Labossiere, Hale) 16:44; Houston, Grierson 9 (Lund, Taylor) 19:50. Penalties- Selby, New England 2:39; McCallum, Houston 2:399; Ahearn, New England 4:00; Taylor, Houston 4:00; Hurley, New England 13:03. Third Period- Houston, Labossiere 20 (unassisted) 6:33; Houston, Larose 1 (MacDonald, Mortson) 11:36; New England, Caffery 22 (Webster) 15:56; New England, Ahearn 12 (Williams) 16:18; Houston, Labossiere 21 (Hughes) 17:26; New England, French 14 (Pleau, Ley) 18:24. Penalties- Selby, New England 2:37; McCallum, Houston 2:37; Hale, Houston 8:17; Popiel, Houston 18:01. Goalies: Whalers Smith, Aeros Rutledge. | |||||||||||||||
| New York Raiders at New England Whalers Game 43 January 13, 1973 The Whalers scored four goals in 7 and 1/2 minutes in the second to overcome a two goal Raider lead and win. |
New York Raiders.........1 1 1-3 New England Whalers.....0 4 0-4 First Period- Raiders, Ward 35 (Speer, Peacosh) 10:27. Penalties- Willis, Raiders :23; Ferguson, Raiders 16:38; Webster, New England 17:32. Second Period- Raiders, Ferguson 23 (Bradley, Sheehan) 6:25; New England, Green 11 (Sheehy, Pleau) 8:30; New England, Pleau 26 (French, Sheehy) 9:28; New England, Caffery 23 (Selby, Webster) 10:13; New England, Caffery 24 (Ahearn, Webster) 15:57. Penalty- French, New England :28. Third Period- Raiders, Ward 36 (Peacosh) 6:27. Penalty- Green, New England 10:49. Goalies: Whalers Landon, Raiders Kurt | |||||||||||||||
| New England Whalers at Chicago Cougars Game 44 January 17, 1973 The Whale sent Chicago to their sixth straight defeat as a solid defense only allowed 19 Cougar shots on net. |
New England Whalers....1 1 2-4 Chicago Cougars........0 1 1-2 First Period- New England, Sheehy 17 (Dorey, Ahearn) 9:56. Penalty- Whitlock, Chicago 19:17. Second Period- New England, Pleau 27 (Hurley, Selwood) :16; Chicago, Morris 13 (Fleming, Proceviap) 17:37. Penalties- Dorey, New England 3:15; Ley, New England 10:16. Third Period- New England, Danby 9 (Ahearn, Hyndman) 6:20; New England, Ahearn 13 (Hyndman, Green) 6:42; Chicago, Sicinski 12 (Popiel, Anderson) 14:56. Penalty- Lodboa, Chicago 3:47. Goalies: Whalers Smith, Cougars Gill. | |||||||||||||||
| New England Whalers at Winnipeg Jets Game 45 January 19, 1973 Winnipeg took the first game in a three-game series in front of 9,208 in Manitoba. |
New England Whalers.....1 0 1-2 Winnipeg Jets..........1 2 3-6 First Period- New England, Hyndman 4 (Danby, Ahearn) 3:13; Winnipeg, Beaudin 20 14:19. Penalty- Winnipeg, Cuddie 5:07. Second Period- Winnipeg, Beaudin 21 (Hull) 2:27; Winnipeg, Bordeleau 33 (Hull, Beaudin) 19:51. Penalties- Whalers, Selby 3:08; Jets, Cuddie 3:08; Whalers, Webster 3:08; Whalers, Pleau 12:51. Third Period- Winnipeg, Bordeleau 34 (Hull, Zanussi) 1:15; Winnipeg, McDonald 13 2:08; Winnipeg, Gratton 11 (McDonald, Ash) 13:33; New England, French 15 (Sheehy) 14:37. Penalties- Whalers, French 8:58; Jets, Rousseau 15:12; Whalers, Hurley 16:12. Goalies: Whalers Landon, Jets Wakely. | |||||||||||||||
| New England Whalers at Winnipeg Jets Game 46 January 21, 1973 The Whalers came storming back in the second game of this three-game series to win 7-2. |
New England Whalers.....2 3 2-7 Winnipeg Jets..........1 0 1-2 First Period- New England, French 16 (Dorey) 3:18; New England, Danby 10 (unassisted) 14:00; Winnipeg, Rizutto 7 (Beaudin, Hornung) 19:45. Penalties- Selwood, New England 9:16; Woytowich, Winnipeg 11:49; Dorey, New England 19:28. Second Period- New England, Pleau 26 (Webster, Ley) 9:37; New England, Webster 33 (Caffery, Selby) 16:46; New England, Sheehy 18 (Pleau, French) 18:01. Penalties- Hyndman, New England 1:16; Pleau, New England 4:18; Cuddie, Winnipeg 8:15; Hall, Winnipeg 10:44; Hurley, New England 18:55. Third Period- Winnipeg, Gratton 12 (Johnson, McDonald) 3:12; New England, Ahearn 14 (Dorey) 5:40; New England, Ahearn 15 (Hyndman, Dorey) 9:51. Penalty- Asmundson, Winnipeg 14:03. Goalies: Whalers Smith, Jets Daley. | |||||||||||||||
| Winnipeg Jets at New England Whalers Game 47 January 24, 1973 Brad Selwood scored two goals from 55 feet out to lead the Whale to an easy 6-1 win against the Jets. |
Winnipeg Jets............0 1 0-1 New England Whalers......2 3 1-6 First Period- New England, Webster 34 (Caffery, Selwood) 10:10; New England, Selwood 7 (Selby, Webster) 17:48. Penalty- Dorey, New England 4:01. Second Period- New England, Caffery 25 (unassisted) 3:41; New England, Pleau 29 (Dorey, French) 17:25; Winnipeg, Hornung 10 (Rizzuto, Swenson) 17:08; New England, Selby 12 (Caffery, Webster) 17:22. Penalties- Hyndman, Whalers 5:11; Selwood, New England 7:31; Woylowich, Winnipeg 9:49; Ley, New England 18:08; Hull, Winnipeg 19:14. Third Period- New England, Selwood 8 (Hyndman, Danby) 1:58. Penalties- Gratton, Winnipeg 4:15; Selwood, New England 5:37; Ley, New England 5:58. Goalies: Jets Daley, Whalers Smith | |||||||||||||||
| New England Whalers at Ottawa Nationals Game 48 January 25, 1973 The Whalers vaulted into the WHA Eastern Conference lead with this 4-2 victory over the Nationals. |
New England Whalers.......1 1 2-4 Ottawa Nationals............1 1 0-2 First Period- New England, Webster 35 (Caffery, Selby) 10:16; Ottawa, Charlebois 13 (Carleton, Martin) 19:54. Penalties- King, Ottawa 3:48; Pleau, New England 4:06; Cunningham, Ottawa 4:07; Selwood, New England 14:33; Selby, New England 19:47. Second Period- New England, Webster 36 (Caffery, Selby) 9:02; Ottawa, Sentes 15 (Martin, Gibbons) 14:37. Penalties- Cunningham, Ottawa 5:20; Warr, Ottawa 7:18; Dorey, New England 14:32; Pleau, New England 16:29. Third Period- New England, Caffery 26 (Green(?), Selwood) :11; New England, Danby 11 (Earl) 18:50. Penalties- Gibson, Ottawa 4:17; Selwood, New England 6:50; King, Ottawa 13:12. Goalies:Whalers Smith, Nationals, Binkley | |||||||||||||||
| Quebec Nordiques at New England Whalers Game 49 January 27, 1973 Quebec snapped a 5 game winless streak as they topped the Whalers 3-1. |
Quebec Nordiques........2 0 1-3 New England Whalers....1 0 0-1 First Period- Quebec, Parizeau 8 (Carron) 6:05; Quebec Juindon 15 (Gaudette, Cartier) 14:01; New England, Sheehy 19 (French, Pleau 10:50. Penalties- Ahearn, New England 10:36; Parizeau, Quebec 15:16. Second Period- No Scoring. Penalty- Gendron, Quebec 16:22. Third Period- Quebec, Bergeron 9 (Tremblay) 1:49. No Penalties. Goalies: Whalers Smith, Nordiques Brodeur. | |||||||||||||||
| New England Whalers at Cleveland Crusaders Game 50 January 29, 1973 A breakaway by Cleveland's Jim Wiste with less than four minutes remaining gave the Crusaders the win and moved them back into first place in the Eastern Division. |
New England Whalers........1 1 0-2 Cleveland Crusaders..............1 0 2-3 First Period- Cleveland, Clearwater 8 (Buchanan) 1:37; New England, French 17 (Sheehy, Green) 17:59. Penalty- Dorey, New England 2:19. Second Period- New England, Webster 37 (Selwood, Hurley) 8:15. Penalties- Pinder, Cleveland 6:40; Erickson, Cleveland 7:51; Green, New England 9:28. Third Period- Cleveland, Jarrett 25 (Buchanan, Andrea) 8:33; Wiste, 15 (Pumple, Shmyr) 16:26. Penalties- New England, too many men on the ice 3:29; Shmyr, Cleveland 6:23; Cheevers, Cleveland, served by Margy 8:48; New England, too many men on the ice 19:48. Goalies: Whalers Smith, Crusaders Cheevers. | |||||||||||||||