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Norm Gratton's 1972-1973 season

Points

NHL#201

Goals

NHL#166

Assists

NHL#221

Plus/minus

NHL#140

Games

62% of 80

Left winger Norm Gratton was 21 years old when the 1972-1973 season began, his 2nd in the NHL, and played it for Atlanta Flames och Buffalo Sabres. He played 50 of a possible 80 games and scored 9 goals and 11 assists for 20 points, 0.40 points per game. He moved from Atlanta Flames to Buffalo Sabres in February. In the playoffs he played 6 games for 1 points.

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

1972-1973Playoffs

Year 1972
54 years ago
Season opener
October 8
Norm Gratton opens the 1972-1973 season with Atlanta Flames
AFMAtlanta Flames
Norm was 21 years old when the 1972-1973 season began. It was his first season with the club. His 2nd NHL season in all.
- The game
  AFM3–5BUF
  L
  October 8game 2/78
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  AFM1–4CHI
  L
  October 11game 3/78
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-2SOG
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- The game
  AFM0–3MTL
  L
  October 12game 4/78
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG
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- The game
  BUF1–1AFM
  October 14game 5/78
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  MNS6–0AFM
  L
  October 18game 6/78
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-2SOG
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- The game
  AFM3–2MNS
  W
  October 21game 7/78
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  AFM2–7BUF
  L
  October 22game 8/78
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  AFM1–3LAK
  L
  October 26game 10/781
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-1SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  AFM2–1VAN
  W
  October 28game 11/78
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-1SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- November 1972
- The game
  AFM4–2DET
  W
  November 1game 12/781
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-1SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  MTL6–1AFM
  L
  November 2game 13/78
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG
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- The game
  TOR2–2AFM
  November 5game 14/78
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  LAK3–3AFM
  November 8game 15/781
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-1SOG
  +1 goal
  View the game
Milestone
Norm Gratton scores his first NHL goal
in the game against Los Angeles Kings · November 8
- The game
  MNS1–5AFM
  W
  November 10game 16/78
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-0SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  VAN1–3AFM
  W
  November 12game 17/78
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  NYI0–4AFM
  W
  November 16game 19/781
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  AFM1–6PIT
  L
  November 18game 20/78
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-3SOG
  +1 assist
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- Checkpoint
  November 18
  1/4 into the season
  Game 20 of 7817 of 20 played
  6
  points
  NHL#142
  1
  goals
  NHL#171
  5
  assists
  NHL#119
  AFM
  8-9-0W-L-OT19Points
  10th in the whole NHL
- The game
  PHI2–3AFM
  W
  November 19game 21/78
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  NYR3–1AFM
  L
  November 21game 22/78
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  BOS4–0AFM
  L
  November 24game 23/78
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  PIT2–6AFM
  W
  November 26game 24/78
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-1SOG1PPP
  +1 goal
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- The game
  AFM0–5MNS
  L
  November 29game 25/78
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG
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- December 1972
- The game
  VAN2–5AFM
  W
  December 7game 29/78
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  AFM3–5PIT
  L
  December 16game 33/78
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  NYI0–4AFM
  W
  December 17game 34/78
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +2+/-1SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  TOR3–5AFM
  W
  December 20game 35/78
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-3SOG
  +1 goal
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- Checkpoint
  December 20
  1/2 into the season
  Game 39 of 7826 of 39 played
  9
  points
  NHL#209
  3
  goals
  NHL#177
  6
  assists
  NHL#195
  AFM
  15-18-0W-L-OT36Points
  10th in the whole NHL
Year 1973
53 years ago
- The game
  PHI3–1AFM
  L
  January 3game 41/78
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  AFM2–2STL
  January 6game 42/78
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- February 1973
- The game
  AFM0–1DET
  L
  February 3game 54/781
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- Checkpoint
  February 3
  3/4 into the season
  Game 59 of 7829 of 59 played
  9
  points
  NHL#243
  3
  goals
  NHL#207
  6
  assists
  NHL#246
  AFM
  23-26-0W-L-OT56Points
  10th in the whole NHL
- The game
  NYR1–4BUF
  W
  February 15game 58/78
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-1SOG1PPP
  +1 goal
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- The game
  BUF3–3PIT
  February 17game 59/78
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-1SOG
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- Checkpoint
  February 17
  3/4 into the season
  Game 59 of 7831 of 59 played
  10
  points
  NHL#238
  4
  goals
  NHL#193
  6
  assists
  NHL#248
  BUF
  30-20-0W-L-OT69Points
  5th in the whole NHL
- The game
  PIT1–4BUF
  W
  February 18game 60/78
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-3SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  VAN1–3BUF
  W
  February 22game 61/78
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-4SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  BUF2–4MNS
  L
  February 24game 62/78
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  PIT1–2BUF
  W
  February 25game 63/78
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
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- March 1973
- The game
  BUF4–4AFM
  March 1game 64/78
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-0SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  MTL4–2BUF
  L
  March 4game 65/78
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  BUF2–2LAK
  March 6game 66/781
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  BUF2–2CGS
  March 7game 67/78
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-2SOG1PPP
  +1 goal
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- The game
  BUF2–5VAN
  L
  March 9game 68/78
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  BUF0–2STL
  L
  March 13game 69/78
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  BOS4–1BUF
  L
  March 15game 70/78
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-2SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  BUF3–3MTL
  March 17game 71/78
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-3SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  TOR1–5BUF
  W
  March 18game 72/78
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-2SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  BUF2–6CHI
  L
  March 21game 73/78
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-1SOG
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- The game
  BUF4–4PIT
  March 24game 74/78
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  BUF1–6BOS
  L
  March 25game 75/78
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-2SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  BUF3–2NYI
  W
  March 27game 76/781
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-0SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  PHI3–6BUF
  W
  March 28game 77/78
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-1SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- April 1973
- The game
  STL1–3BUF
  W
  April 1game 78/78
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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The season in numbers
April 1
Norm Gratton closes the 1972-1973 season with 20 points
AFMAtlanta Flames BUFBuffalo Sabres
Points
20
NHL#201
Games
50of 78
64%
Goals
9
NHL#166
Assists
11
NHL#221
P/GP
0.40
NHL#173
+/-
+1
NHL#140
Events
1
First NHL goal
3 days later
Playoffs
April 4
Buffalo Sabres are in the playoffs
Quarterfinal
April 4
Buffalo Sabres meet Montréal Canadiens
BUFvsMTL
Swedes on Buffalo Sabres
No Swedes
Swedes on Montréal Canadiens
No Swedes
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- Game 1
  BUF1–2MTL
  L
  April 4
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- Montréal Canadienslead1–0againstBuffalo Sabres
- Game 2
  BUF3–7MTL
  L
  April 5
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-0SOG
  +1 assist
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- Montréal Canadienslead2–0againstBuffalo Sabres
- Game 3
  MTL5–2BUF
  L
  April 7
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- Montréal Canadienslead3–0againstBuffalo Sabres
- Game 4
  MTL1–5BUF
  W
  April 8
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- Montréal Canadienslead3–1againstBuffalo Sabres
- Game 5
  BUF3–2MTL
  W
  April 10
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- Montréal Canadienslead3–2againstBuffalo Sabres
- Game 6
  MTL4–2BUF
  L
  April 12
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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Quarterfinal
April 12
Montréal Canadiens knock Buffalo Sabres out 4–2
BUF2–4MTL
Eliminated
6Games1Points0Goals1Assists
The run in numbers
April 12
Norm Gratton ends the 1972-1973 playoffs with 1 points
AFMAtlanta Flames BUFBuffalo Sabres
Points
1
NHL#96
Games
6
Goals
0
NHL#84
Assists
1
NHL#76
P/GP
0.17
NHL#75
+/-
-1
NHL#71
Events
1
First playoff point
1
First playoff assist
MTL2–4

Norm Gratton opens the 1972-1973 season with Atlanta Flames

Norm Gratton scores his first NHL goal

1/4 into the season

1/2 into the season

3/4 into the season

3/4 into the season

Norm Gratton closes the 1972-1973 season with 20 points

Buffalo Sabres are in the playoffs

Buffalo Sabres meet Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens knock Buffalo Sabres out 4–2

Norm Gratton ends the 1972-1973 playoffs with 1 points