1972–73 New York Raiders season

The 1972–73 New York Raiders season was the Raiders 1st season in the World Hockey Association (WHA). The Raiders finished 6th in the Eastern Division and did not qualify for the playoffs.
==Off-season==
The Raiders jersey colours for their only WHA season were orange, white and blue with a primarily white home jersey and a primarily orange away jersey. Jersey numbers and names were outlined. Shoulders yolks and three stripes on the arms and body completed the design. The logo on the home jersey featured a roundel containing a hockey-playing Viking against a New York City background with "RAIDERS" at the bottom. The away jersey logo was simply "RAIDERS" spelt out in an arc. Both jerseys had the player's names on the back with no nameplate.
==Regular Season==
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
Regular Season Schedule	Regular Season Schedule	Regular Season Schedule	Regular Season Schedule	Regular Season Schedule 	Regular Season Schedule
No. 	R 	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	L 	October 12, 1972 	4–6 	Winnipeg Jets (1972–73) 	0–1–0
2 	W 	October 14, 1972 	8–6 	Ottawa Nationals (1972–73) 	1–1–0
3 	W 	October 15, 1972 	5–0 	Philadelphia Blazers (1972–73) 	2–1–0
4 	L 	October 17, 1972 	3–4 OT 	@ Cleveland Crusaders (1972–73) 	2–2–0
5 	L 	October 19, 1972 	1–3 	Cleveland Crusaders (1972–73) 	2–3–0
6 	W 	October 21, 1972 	3–2 	Houston Aeros (1972–73) 	3–3–0
7 	L 	October 22, 1972 	4–5 	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1972–73) 	3–4–0
8 	W 	October 26, 1972 	7–6 	New England Whalers (1972–73) 	4–4–0
9 	L 	October 28, 1972 	3–4 OT 	Los Angeles Sharks (1972–73) 	4–5–0
10 	W 	October 29, 1972 	7–2 	Alberta Oilers (1972–73) 	5–5–0
11 	W 	November 2, 1972 	4–2 	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1972–73)	6–5–0
12 	W 	November 3, 1972 	9–6 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1972–73) 	7–5–0
13 	L 	November 5, 1972 	1–3 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1972–73) 	7–6–0
14 	L 	November 7, 1972 	2–4 	@ Alberta Oilers (1972–73) 	7–7–0
15 	L 	November 8, 1972 	1–2 	@ Los Angeles Sharks (1972–73) 	7–8–0
16 	L 	November 11, 1972 	5–6 	@ New England Whalers (1972–73) 	7–9–0
17 	L 	November 15, 1972 	4–7 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1972–73) 	7–10–0
18 	W 	November 18, 1972 	7–1 	Quebec Nordiques (1972–73) 	8–10–0
19 	W 	November 19, 1972 	5–0 	Philadelphia Blazers (1972–73) 	9–10–0
20 	W 	November 22, 1972 	3–1 	New England Whalers (1972–73) 	10–10–0
21 	W 	November 25, 1972 	4–2 	Alberta Oilers (1972–73) 	11–10–0
22 	L 	November 26, 1972 	2–6 	Los Angeles Sharks (1972–73) 	11–11–0
23 	W 	November 29, 1972 	7–6 	New England Whalers (1972–73) 	12–11–0
24 	W 	November 30, 1972 	5–2 	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1972–73) 	13–11–0
25 	L 	December 2, 1972 	2–7 	Houston Aeros (1972–73) 	13–12–0
26 	W 	December 3, 1972 	5–2 	Cleveland Crusaders (1972–73) 	14–12–0
27 	W 	December 5, 1972 	6–4 	@ Houston Aeros (1972–73) 	15–12–0
28 	L 	December 6, 1972 	3–4 	@ New England Whalers (1972–73) 	15–13–0
29 	L 	December 8, 1972 	1–3 	@ Philadelphia Blazers (1972–73) 	15–14–0
30 	L 	December 9, 1972 	2–4 	@ New England Whalers (1972–73) 	15–15–0
31 	W 	December 11, 1972 	8–3 	Chicago Cougars (1972–73) 	16–15–0
32 	W 	December 13, 1972 	9–1 	Quebec Nordiques (1972–73) 	17–15–0
33 	W 	December 14, 1972 	4–3 	@ Ottawa Nationals (1972–73) 	18–15–0
34 	L 	December 17, 1972 	3–4 	Winnipeg Jets (1972–73) 	18–16–0
35 	W 	December 19, 1972 	7–2 	@ Philadelphia Blazers (1972–73) 	19–16–0
36 	L 	December 21, 1972 	2–6 	@ Cleveland Crusaders (1972–73) 	19–17–0
37 	W 	December 22, 1972 	7–5 	Ottawa Nationals (1972–73) 	20–17–0
38 	L 	December 25, 1972 	2–8 	New England Whalers (1972–73) 	20–18–0
39 	W 	December 26, 1972 	5–2 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1972–73) 	21–18–0
40 	L 	December 31, 1972 	0–3 	New England Whalers (1972–73) 	21–19–0
41 	L 	January 1, 1973 	0–3 	Philadelphia Blazers (1972–73) 	21–20–0
42 	W 	January 4, 1973 	9–4 	Ottawa Nationals (1972–73) 	22–20–0
43 	L 	January 8, 1973 	5–6 OT 	Quebec Nordiques (1972–73) 	22–21–0
44 	W 	January 10, 1973 	4–1 	@ Philadelphia Blazers (1972–73) 	23–21–0
45 	L 	January 11, 1973 	1–4 	@ Ottawa Nationals (1972–73) 	23–22–0
46 	L 	January 13, 1973 	3–4 	@ New England Whalers (1972–73) 	23–23–0
47 	T 	January 18, 1973 	4–4 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1972–73) 	23–23–1
48 	L 	January 22, 1973 	2–3 	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1972–73) 	23–24–1
49 	L 	January 25, 1973 	2–9 	@ Chicago Cougars (1972–73) 	23–25–1
50 	W 	January 26, 1973 	5–4 OT 	@ Los Angeles Sharks (1972–73) 	24–25–1
51 	L 	January 28, 1973 	2–9 	@ Los Angeles Sharks (1972–73) 	24–26–1
52 	L 	January 30, 1973 	3–11 	@ Alberta Oilers (1972–73) 	24–27–1
53 	L 	February 1, 1973 	5–8 	@ Alberta Oilers (1972–73) 	24–28–1
54 	L 	February 3, 1973 	2–4 	@ Chicago Cougars (1972–73) 	24–29–1
55 	W 	February 4, 1973 	5–4 	Quebec Nordiques (1972–73) 	25–29–1
56 	L 	February 6, 1973 	4–5 	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1972–73)	25–30–1
57 	W 	February 8, 1973 	3–2 	@ Ottawa Nationals (1972–73) 	26–30–1
58 	L 	February 10, 1973 	4–8 	@ Cleveland Crusaders (1972–73) 	26–31–1
59 	W 	February 11, 1973 	3–2 	Ottawa Nationals (1972–73) 	27–31–1
60 	L 	February 12, 1973 	2–8 	@ Cleveland Crusaders (1972–73) 	27–32–1
61 	L 	February 16, 1973 	2–9 	@ Philadelphia Blazers (1972–73) 	27–33–1
62 	W 	February 21, 1973 	5–4 	Alberta Oilers (1972–73) 	28–33–1
63 	W 	February 25, 1973 	9–5 	Cleveland Crusaders (1972–73) 	29–33–1
64 	L 	March 1, 1973 	1–2 	@ Ottawa Nationals (1972–73) 	29–34–1
65 	L 	March 3, 1973 	3–4 	Cleveland Crusaders (1972–73) 	29–35–1
66 	L 	March 4, 1973 	2–4 	Philadelphia Blazers (1972–73) 	29–36–1
67 	T 	March 5, 1973 	4–4 	Chicago Cougars (1972–73) 	29–36–2
68 	W 	March 10, 1973 	3–2 OT 	Winnipeg Jets (1972–73) 	30–36–2
69 	L 	March 11, 1973 	1–6 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1972–73) 	30–37–2
70 	W 	March 12, 1973 	8–7 	Chicago Cougars (1972–73) 	31–37–2
71 	W 	March 14, 1973 	5–1 	Houston Aeros (1972–73) 	32–37–2
72 	L 	March 15, 1973 	2–6 	Los Angeles Sharks (1972–73) 	32–38–2
73 	L 	March 17, 1973 	3–6 	@ Chicago Cougars (1972–73) 	32–39–2
74 	W 	March 18, 1973 	3–2 OT 	@ Houston Aeros (1972–73) 	33–39–2
75 	L 	March 25, 1973 	4–8 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1972–73) 	33–40–2
76 	L 	March 27, 1973 	3–4 	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1972–73)	33–41–2
77 	L 	March 29, 1973 	3–5 	@ Houston Aeros (1972–73) 	33–42–2
78 	L 	March 30, 1973 	4–5 OT 	@ New England Whalers (1972–73) 	33–43–2
==Playoffs==
*The Raiders did not qualify for the post season.
==Player Stats==
Regular Season	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Scoring 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable"	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
# 	Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
6 	 	C 	77	51	67	118	28 	0 	12 	1 	5
7 	 	C 	75	35	53	88 	17 	0 	18 	0 	5
12 	 	RW 	75	37	40	77 	47 	0 	4 	0 	4
25 	 	LW 	67	37	34	71 	25 	0 	10 	1 	3
9 	 	RW 	56	28	40	68 	8 	0 	8 	1 	5
17 	 	D 	78	5 	53	58 	43 	0 	0 	1 	1
14 	 	LW 	78	22	33	55 	20 	0 	1 	2 	0
18 	 	C 	67	16	20	36 	44 	0 	1 	0 	0
19 	 	C 	74	13	20	33 	30 	0 	3 	1 	0
11 	 	LW 	73	13	14	27 	127	0 	0 	0 	0
24 	 	D 	69	3 	23	26 	40 	0 	0 	0 	0
5 	 	D 	74	3 	21	24 	159	0 	0 	0 	0
 	 	LW 	56	11	12	23 	24 	0 	0 	1 	0
21 	 	D 	60	3 	15	18 	74 	0 	0 	0 	0
4 	 	D 	61	5 	7 	12 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
2 	 	D 	52	0 	12	12 	23 	0 	0 	0 	0
16 	 	RW/C	54	4 	6 	10 	11 	0 	0 	0 	0
8 	 	C 	23	2 	7 	9 	24 	0 	0 	0 	0
15 	 	C 	30	7 	1 	8 	23 	0 	1 	2 	0
22 	 	C 	12	2 	3 	5 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0
10 	 	RW 	13	1 	4 	5 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
20 	 	RW 	29	2 	2 	4 	72 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	 	D 	17	0 	4 	4 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
3 	 	D 	31	2 	1 	3 	21 	0 	0 	0 	0
28 	 	RW 	30	1 	2 	3 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	 	D 	2 	0 	0 	0 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
1 	 	G 	5 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
30 	 	G 	36	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
23 	 	G 	47	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts 
==Awards and Records==
*Ron Ward, Center, WHA Second Team All-Star
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
==Farm Teams==
*Long Island Ducks, Eastern Hockey League
==Gallery==
1972-Oct2-Cheevers-Morenz.jpg|Brian Morenz and Gerry Cheevers, October 2, 1972.
1972-Dec9-Green-Douglas.jpg|Ted Green and Kent Douglas, December 9, 1972.
1972-73-Ward-Carleton.jpg|Ron Ward and Wayne Carleton in 1972-73 season action.
1972-73-Hull-Olds-Rousseau-Donnelly.jpg|Bobby Hull, Wally Olds, Dunc Rousseau, Pete Donnelly in 1972-73 season action.
1972-73-Bradley-Hughes-Speer-Donnelly.jpg|Brian Bradley, Frank Hughes, Bill Speer and Pete Donnelly in 1972-73 season action.
1972-73-Block-Kurt.jpg|Ken Block and Gary Kurt in 1972-73 season action.
==See Also==
*1972–73 WHA season
==References==
New York Raiders season, 1972–73
New York Raiders season, 1972–73
Category:New York Raiders seasons