1972–73 AHL season

The 1972–73 AHL season was the 37th season of the American Hockey League. Twelve teams played 76 games each in the schedule. The Cincinnati Swords finished first overall in the regular season, and won the Calder Cup championship.
==Team changes==
* The New Haven Nighthawks join the AHL as an expansion team, based in New Haven, Connecticut, playing in the East Division.
* The Cleveland Barons move midseason to Jacksonville, Florida, becoming the Jacksonville Barons because of the Cleveland Crusaders of the WHA.
* The Tidewater Wings are renamed the Virginia Wings.
==Final standings==
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points; 
East 	GP	W 	L 	T 	Pts	GF 	GA
Nova Scotia Voyageurs	76	43	18	15	101	316	191
Boston Braves 	76	34	29	13	81 	248	256
Rochester Americans 	76	33	31	12	78 	239	276
Providence Reds 	76	32	30	14	78 	253	255
Springfield Kings 	76	18	42	16	52 	265	344
New Haven Nighthawks 	76	16	40	20	52 	246	331
West 	GP	W 	L 	T 	Pts	GF 	GA
Cincinnati Swords 	76	54	17	5 	113	351	206
Hershey Bears 	76	42	23	11	95 	326	231
Virginia Wings 	76	38	22	16	92 	258	221
Richmond Robins 	76	30	36	10	70 	272	280
Cleveland / Jacksonville Barons	76	23	44	9 	55 	251	329
Baltimore Clippers 	76	17	48	11	45 	210	315
==Scoring leaders==
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player 	Team 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
Yvon Lambert 	Nova Scotia Voyageurs	76	52	52	104	84
Tony Featherstone	Nova Scotia Voyageurs	74	49	54	103	78
Morris Stefaniw 	Nova Scotia Voyageurs	64	30	71	101	80
Bill Inglis 	Cincinnati Swords 	75	40	57	97 	29
Jeannot Gilbert 	Hershey Bears 	74	29	42	71 	24
Rene Drolet 	Richmond Robins 	76	34	53	87 	30
Orest Kindrachuk 	Richmond Robins 	72	35	51	86 	133
Rick Dudley 	Cincinnati Swords 	64	40	44	84 	159
Danny Schock 	Richmond Robins 	74	48	36	84 	37
* complete list
==Calder Cup playoffs==
==Trophy and award winners==
;Team awards
Calder CupPlayoff champions: 	Cincinnati Swords
F. G. "Teddy" Oke TrophyRegular Season champions, East Division:	Nova Scotia Voyageurs
John D. Chick TrophyRegular Season champions, West Division: 	Cincinnati Swords
;Individual awards
Les Cunningham AwardMost valuable player: 	Bill Inglis - Cincinnati Swords
John B. Sollenberger TrophyTop point scorer: 	Yvon Lambert - Nova Scotia Voyageurs
Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial AwardRookie of the year: 	Ron Anderson - Boston Braves
Eddie Shore AwardDefenceman of the year: 	Ray McKay - Cincinnati Swords
Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial AwardLowest goals against average:	Michel Larocque & Michel Deguise - Nova Scotia Voyageurs
Louis A. R. Pieri Memorial AwardCoach of the year: 	Floyd Smith - Cincinnati Swords
;Other awards
James C. Hendy Memorial AwardMost outstanding executive: 	Richard F. Canning
James H. Ellery Memorial Award Outstanding media coverage:	Jerry Linquist, Baltimore
==Team Photos==
72-73Balcli.jpg|Baltimore Clippers
72-73BosBra.jpg|Boston Braves
72-73CinSwo.jpg|Cincinnati Swords
72-73NHNig.jpg|New Haven Nighthawks
72-73ProRed.jpg|Providence Reds
==See also==
*List of AHL seasons
==References==
*AHL official site
*AHL Hall of Fame
*HockeyDB
Category:1973 in hockey
Category:American Hockey League seasons