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1971-1972 California Golden Seals: 21-39-18
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 14-12-13 (129 goals scored, 125 allowed) Road record: 7-27-5 (87 goals scored, 163 allowed) Head Coaches: Fred Glover (0-1-2), Vic Stasiuk (21-38-16) Power Play: 44/278 (15.8%) Penalty Killing: 204/259 (78.8%) Shorthanded Goals For-Against: 5-6 Even Strength Goals For-Against: 167-227 216 goals scored (7th of 14 teams), 288 goals allowed (11th), 1007 PIM (6th) NHL Averages: 3.07 goals/game (239.1 goals/team), 953.5 PIM/team
Pos # Player Hgt Wgt Age GP G A Pts PIM PP SH TGF PGF TGA PGA S S% +/- LW 15 Gerry Pinder 5'8 165 23 74 23 31 54 59 7 1 77 25 78 8 140 16.4 -18 C 24 Bobby Sheehan 5'7 155 22 78 20 26 46 12 2 1 59 10 70 4 170 11.8 -17 D 4 Dick Redmond 5'11 178 22 74 10 35 45 76 1 0 111 36 102 17 254 3.9 -10 C 23 Ivan Boldirev 6'0 190 22 57 16 23 39 54 4 2 55 21 66 18 109 14.7 -14 D 5 Carol Vadnais 6'1 185 26 52 14 20 34 106 7 0 86 27 104 25 139 10.1 -20 RW 17 Norm Ferguson 5'9 165 26 77 14 20 34 13 4 0 51 8 48 0 94 14.9 -5 LW 10 Stan Gilbertson 6'0 175 27 78 16 16 32 47 3 0 61 11 62 6 141 11.3 -6 LW 22 Joey Johnston 5'10 180 22 77 15 17 32 107 0 0 49 3 96 22 154 9.7 -28 LW 9 Wayne Carleton 6'3 212 25 76 17 14 31 45 4 0 57 11 81 12 188 9.0 -23 C 8 Walt McKechnie 6'2 195 24 56 11 20 31 40 2 1 50 11 44 7 111 9.9 +2 D 3 Paul Shmyr 5'11 170 25 69 6 21 27 156 0 0 81 3 127 22 82 7.3 -27 LW 18 Gary Croteau 6'0 205 25 73 12 12 24 11 1 0 35 1 52 0 107 11.2 -18 LW 20 Ernie Hicke 5'11 185 24 68 11 12 23 55 3 0 44 13 46 2 111 9.9 -13 LW 12 Gary Jarrett 5'8 170 29 55 5 10 15 18 2 0 21 4 18 1 64 7.8 0 D 19 Bert Marshall 6'3 205 28 66 0 14 14 68 0 0 54 0 81 22 35 0.0 -5 RW 7 Reggie Leach 6'0 180 21 17 6 7 13 7 2 0 24 4 19 1 38 15.8 +2 D 2 Marshall Johnston 5'11 175 30 74 2 11 13 4 2 0 49 17 78 19 52 3.8 -27 RW 7 Tommy Williams 5'11 180 31 32 3 9 12 2 0 0 15 5 29 2 41 7.3 -17 RW 14 Craig Patrick 6'0 190 25 59 8 3 11 12 0 0 20 1 51 8 73 11.0 -24 D 5 Rick Smith 5'11 190 23 17 1 4 5 26 0 0 16 0 38 5 23 4.3 -17 RW 11 Don O'Donoghue 5'10 180 22 14 2 2 4 4 0 0 6 0 11 1 11 18.2 -4 D 21 Ron Stackhouse 6'3 210 22 6 1 3 4 6 0 0 9 1 12 4 13 7.7 0 RW 16 Tom Webster 5'10 170 23 7 2 1 3 6 0 0 6 3 3 1 6 33.3 +1 D 6 Bob Stewart 6'1 206 21 16 1 2 3 44 0 0 13 0 27 3 18 5.6 -11 D 6 Ken Baird 6'0 190 20 10 0 2 2 15 0 0 9 0 19 0 6 0.0 -10 G 27 Gilles Meloche 5'9 185 21 56 0 2 2 6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- -- D 26 Al Simmons 6'0 170 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 4 0.0 -1 C 12 Del Hall 5'10 170 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 -1 D 21 Jim Jones 5'10 185 22 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 --- 0 LW/C 11 Pete Laframboise 6'2 185 21 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 1 3 0.0 -5 LW 16 Frank Hughes 5'10 180 22 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0.0 -2 G 1 Lyle Carter 6'1 185 26 15 0 0 0 2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- -- G 30 Gary Kurt 6'3 205 24 16 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
Skater data: GP: Games played; G: Goals scored; A: Assists; Pts: Total points; PIM: Penalties in minutes; PP: Power play goals; SH: Shorthanded goals; TGF: Total goals on ice for; PGF: Power play goals on ice for; TGA: Total goals on ice against; PGA: Power play goals on ice against; S: Shots taken; S%: Shooting percentage
Pos # Goalie Age GP Min GA GAA W L T Sht Pct EN SO G 27 Gilles Meloche 21 56 3122 173 3.32 16 25 13 1614 .893 3 4 G 1 Lyle Carter 26 15 720 50 4.17 4 7 0 361 .861 1 0 G 30 Gary Kurt 24 16 838 60 4.30 1 7 5 427 .859 1 0
Goalie data: GP: Games played; Min: Minutes played; GA: Goals allowed; GAA: Goals allowed per 60 minutes; W: Wins; L: Losses; T: Ties; Sht: Shots faced; Pct: Save percentage; EN: Empty net goals allowed; SO: Shutouts
1971 Draft:

                                        NHL    WHA
Rnd  Ovr  Pos  Player                  Games  Games  Team
  2   15  D    Ken Baird                 10    332   Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL)           
  3   29  C    Rich Leduc               130    394   Trois Rivieres Ducs (QMJHL)        
  4   43  RW   Hartland Monahan         334          Montreal Junior Canadiens (OHA)    
  5   57  G    Ray Belanger                          Shawinigan Bruins (QMJHL)          
  6   71  D    Gerry Egers                           Sudbury (NOHA)                     
  7   85  D    Al Simmons                11          Winnipeg Jets (WCHL)               
  8   99  C    Angus Beck                            Charlottetown Jr. A (MaJHL)        
  8  104  LW   Rod Lyons                             Halifax Juniors (NSJHL)              [pick acquired from LA]

Traded draft picks:

#1 to MTL (Guy Lafleur)

Transactions
06-07-1971signed Jimmy Jones as a free agent
06-07-1971claimed Gary Kurt from Cleveland (AHL) in inter-league draft
06-08-1971claimed Frank Hughes from Maple Leafs in intra-league draft
06-08-1971claimed Stan Gilbertson and Wayne Carleton from Bruins in intra-league draft
08-31-1971purchased Marshall Johnston from Canadiens
09-04-1971sold Doug Roberts to Bruins
09-07-1971sold Bill Hicke to Penguins
09-09-1971traded Gary Smith to Black Hawks for Gerry Desjardins, Gerry Pinder and Kerry Bond
10-1971sold Joe Hardy and Mike Laughton to Canadiens
10-1971signed Del Hall as a free agent
10-1971signed Wayne King as a free agent
10-1971traded Randy Rota to Canadiens for John French and Lyle Carter
10-06-1971signed Craig Patrick as a free agent
10-06-1971traded Tony Featherstone to Canadiens for Ray Martyniuk
10-18-1971traded Gerry Desjardins to Black Hawks for Gilles Meloche and Paul Shmyr
10-22-1971traded Ron Stackhouse to Red Wings for Tom Webster
11-17-1971traded Chris Oddleifson and Rich Leduc to Bruins for Ivan Boldirev
02-23-1972traded Carol Vadnais and Don O'Donoghue to Bruins for Reggie Leach, Rick Smith and Bob Stewart
03-05-1972sold Tommy Williams to Bruins
06-1972purchased Barry Cummins from Seattle (WHL)
06-1972Denver (WHL) claimed Chris Worthy in reverse draft
06-06-1972Islanders claimed Neil Nicholson in intra-league draft
06-06-1972Flames selected Frank Hughes in expansion draft
06-06-1972Islanders selected Norm Ferguson in expansion draft
06-06-1972Flames selected Ernie Hicke in expansion draft
06-08-1972claimed Marv Edwards from Maple Leafs in intra-league draft
09-1972signed Ron Huston as a free agent
10-01-1972signed Morris Mott as a free agent

Game Log:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date Opponent Result Record 10/08/1971 vs Los Angeles Kings T 4-4 0-0-1 10/10/1971 vs Toronto Maple Leafs T 3-3 0-0-2 10/13/1971 vs Philadelphia Flyers L 4-5 0-1-2 10/15/1971 vs Vancouver Canucks L 6-9 0-2-2 10/17/1971 vs Pittsburgh Penguins L 2-4 0-3-2 10/20/1971 vs Montreal Canadiens L 2-4 0-4-2 10/22/1971 vs Boston Bruins L 1-5 0-5-2 10/24/1971 at Detroit Red Wings W 6-3 1-5-2 10/27/1971 at Pittsburgh Penguins W 6-4 2-5-2 10/28/1971 at Boston Bruins W 2-0 3-5-2 10/31/1971 vs Buffalo Sabres T 2-2 3-5-3 11/03/1971 vs Pittsburgh Penguins W 5-3 4-5-3 11/05/1971 vs New York Rangers L 1-8 4-6-3 11/07/1971 vs Toronto Maple Leafs W 8-1 5-6-3 11/11/1971 at Boston Bruins L 2-5 5-7-3 11/13/1971 at St. Louis Blues L 1-5 5-8-3 11/14/1971 at Chicago Black Hawks L 1-4 5-9-3 11/16/1971 at Montreal Canadiens L 2-7 5-10-3 11/18/1971 at Buffalo Sabres W 7-5 6-10-3 11/20/1971 at Toronto Maple Leafs L 1-5 6-11-3 11/21/1971 at New York Rangers L 1-12 6-12-3 11/24/1971 vs Detroit Red Wings W 6-1 7-12-3 11/26/1971 vs Minnesota North Stars L 1-2 7-13-3 11/28/1971 vs Buffalo Sabres W 5-3 8-13-3 11/30/1971 at St. Louis Blues L 2-5 8-14-3 12/01/1971 at Minnesota North Stars L 1-4 8-15-3 12/03/1971 vs Chicago Black Hawks W 2-1 9-15-3 12/05/1971 at Philadelphia Flyers L 0-3 9-16-3 12/08/1971 at Pittsburgh Penguins T 1-1 9-16-4 12/10/1971 vs St. Louis Blues T 4-4 9-16-5 12/12/1971 vs Boston Bruins W 4-2 10-16-5 12/17/1971 vs Detroit Red Wings T 3-3 10-16-6 12/19/1971 vs Montreal Canadiens T 3-3 10-16-7 12/22/1971 vs Chicago Black Hawks L 1-4 10-17-7 12/25/1971 at Los Angeles Kings W 3-1 11-17-7 12/26/1971 at Vancouver Canucks L 2-6 11-18-7 12/29/1971 at Montreal Canadiens L 2-3 11-19-7 12/31/1971 at Detroit Red Wings L 3-6 11-20-7 01/02/1972 at Buffalo Sabres T 4-4 11-20-8 01/04/1972 at Los Angeles Kings L 1-4 11-21-8
Date Opponent Result Record 01/05/1972 vs Los Angeles Kings W 6-2 12-21-8 01/07/1972 vs Detroit Red Wings T 4-4 12-21-9 01/09/1972 at Philadelphia Flyers L 3-10 12-22-9 01/12/1972 vs Minnesota North Stars W 2-0 13-22-9 01/14/1972 vs Vancouver Canucks W 5-3 14-22-9 01/15/1972 at Vancouver Canucks L 3-4 14-23-9 01/18/1972 at Minnesota North Stars T 1-1 14-23-10 01/19/1972 at Chicago Black Hawks L 0-2 14-24-10 01/21/1972 vs New York Rangers L 0-5 14-25-10 01/23/1972 vs Philadelphia Flyers W 3-1 15-25-10 01/28/1972 vs Toronto Maple Leafs W 3-0 16-25-10 01/30/1972 at Vancouver Canucks W 2-0 17-25-10 02/02/1972 vs Vancouver Canucks L 1-5 17-26-10 02/04/1972 vs Montreal Canadiens T 2-2 17-26-11 02/06/1972 at Detroit Red Wings L 2-8 17-27-11 02/09/1972 vs Philadelphia Flyers W 3-2 18-27-11 02/12/1972 at Toronto Maple Leafs L 0-3 18-28-11 02/15/1972 at Boston Bruins L 3-6 18-29-11 02/16/1972 at Montreal Canadiens T 1-1 18-29-12 02/18/1972 vs New York Rangers T 2-2 18-29-13 02/20/1972 vs St. Louis Blues T 4-4 18-29-14 02/23/1972 vs Boston Bruins L 6-8 18-30-14 02/26/1972 at Chicago Black Hawks L 0-3 18-31-14 02/27/1972 at Buffalo Sabres T 4-4 18-31-15 03/01/1972 at New York Rangers L 1-4 18-32-15 03/03/1972 vs Chicago Black Hawks T 4-4 18-32-16 03/08/1972 vs Buffalo Sabres W 6-3 19-32-16 03/11/1972 at Toronto Maple Leafs L 1-2 19-33-16 03/12/1972 at New York Rangers W 7-3 20-33-16 03/15/1972 vs Los Angeles Kings W 5-2 21-33-16 03/17/1972 vs St. Louis Blues T 2-2 21-33-17 03/19/1972 vs Pittsburgh Penguins T 3-3 21-33-18 03/21/1972 at Minnesota North Stars L 2-4 21-34-18 03/22/1972 at St. Louis Blues L 1-4 21-35-18 03/25/1972 at Philadelphia Flyers L 0-3 21-36-18 03/29/1972 at Pittsburgh Penguins L 4-5 21-37-18 03/31/1972 vs Minnesota North Stars L 1-2 21-38-18 04/01/1972 at Los Angeles Kings L 4-9 21-39-18

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