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Gary Doak's 1972-1973 season

Points
5
NHL#284
Goals
0
NHL#305
Assists
5
NHL#274
Plus/minus
+4
NHL#117
Games
49
62%
62% of 79

Defenceman Gary Doak was 26 years old when the 1972-1973 season began, his 8th in the NHL, and played it for Detroit Red Wings och Boston Bruins. He played 49 of a possible 79 games and scored 0 goals and 5 assists for 5 points, 0.10 points per game. He moved from Detroit Red Wings to Boston Bruins in March. In the playoffs he played 2 games for 0 points.

Below: the whole season and the playoff run, game by game.

1972-1973Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Gary Doak opens the 1972-1973 season with Detroit Red Wings

    Gary was 26 years old when the 1972-1973 season began. It was his 2nd season with the team. His 8th NHL season in all.

    A late start

    Gary Doak's season starts in game 14 of 78

    Detroit Red Wings have played 13 games13 of 78 without him
    • The game
      DET1–5CHI
      L
      game 14/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET3–3VAN
      game 15/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET4–0CGS
      W
      game 16/781
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET3–8LAK
      L
      game 17/782
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF2–6DET
      W
      game 18/781
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHI4–6DET
      W
      game 19/781
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CGS6–4DET
      L
      game 20/781
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 787 of 20 played
      3
      points
      NHL#232
      0
      goals
      NHL#241
      3
      assists
      NHL#187
      +5
      +/-
      NHL#24
      DET
      10-8-0W-L-OT22Points
      10th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      DET3–8CHI
      L
      game 21/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • December 1972
    • The game
      DET4–1NYI
      W
      game 22/781
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      TOR3–0DET
      L
      game 23/781
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET1–2STL
      L
      game 24/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET1–6BUF
      L
      game 25/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      DET0–7MNS
      L
      game 26/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      VAN3–3DET
      game 27/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      AFM2–0DET
      L
      game 28/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      DET4–1TOR
      W
      game 29/781
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MNS4–6DET
      W
      game 30/781
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      LAK1–4DET
      W
      game 31/782
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET1–8BOS
      L
      game 32/781
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-0SOG
    • The game
      VAN1–5DET
      W
      game 33/781
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET0–5NYR
      L
      game 34/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PIT1–1DET
      game 35/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET2–2PIT
      game 36/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MNS4–4DET
      game 37/781
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF2–4DET
      W
      game 38/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET4–0NYI
      W
      game 39/78
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 39 of 7826 of 39 played
      3
      points
      NHL#268
      0
      goals
      NHL#267
      3
      assists
      NHL#257
      +6
      +/-
      NHL#34
      DET
      17-16-0W-L-OT40Points
      7th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYI0–4DET
      W
      game 40/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET2–1PIT
      W
      game 41/781
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET7–1VAN
      W
      game 42/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PIT2–3DET
      W
      game 43/781
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      CHI6–4DET
      L
      game 44/781
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BUF2–4DET
      W
      game 45/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MNS5–3DET
      L
      game 46/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET4–4PHI
      game 47/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET4–2BOS
      W
      game 48/781
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR6–3DET
      L
      game 49/781
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET4–2MTL
      W
      game 50/781
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • February 1973
    • The game
      CGS4–6DET
      W
      game 51/781
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      AFM0–1DET
      W
      game 52/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      VAN2–8DET
      W
      game 53/781
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 59 of 7840 of 59 played
      5
      points
      NHL#270
      0
      goals
      NHL#290
      5
      assists
      NHL#259
      +5
      +/-
      NHL#45
      DET
      29-20-0W-L-OT68Points
      6th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      MTL3–3DET
      game 60/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET2–4NYI
      L
      game 61/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      STL0–5DET
      W
      game 62/781
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PHI5–6DET
      W
      game 63/781
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • March 1973
    • The game
      BOS1–5MTL
      L
      game 64/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      CHI0–4BOS
      W
      game 65/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      AFM1–7BOS
      W
      game 72/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS3–7TOR
      L
      game 77/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • April 1973
    • The game
      MTL5–3BOS
      L
      game 78/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    The season in numbers

    Gary Doak closes the 1972-1973 season with 5 points

    Points
    5
    NHL#284
    Games
    49of 78
    63%
    Goals
    0
    NHL#305
    Assists
    5
    NHL#274
    P/GP
    0.10
    NHL#283
    +/-
    +4
    NHL#117
    3 days later
    Playoffs

    Boston Bruins are in the playoffs

    Quarterfinal

    Boston Bruins meet New York Rangers

    BOSvsNYR
    Swedes on Boston Bruins
    No Swedes
    Swedes on New York Rangers
    No Swedes
    • Game 3
      BOS4–2NYR
      W
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • New York Rangerslead2–1againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 4
      BOS0–4NYR
      L
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    Quarterfinal

    New York Rangers knock Boston Bruins out 4–1

    BOS1–4NYR
    Eliminated
    2Games0Points0Goals0Assists
    The run in numbers

    Gary Doak ends the 1972-1973 playoffs with 0 points

    Points
    0
    NHL#119
    Games
    2
    Goals
    0
    NHL#84
    Assists
    0
    NHL#108
    P/GP
    0.00
    +/-
    -1
    NHL#71
    Events
    25
    playoff games
    NYR1–4