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Terry Harper's 1971-1972 season

Points
14
NHL#198
Goals
2
NHL#217
Assists
12
NHL#176
Plus/minus
+10
NHL#62
Games
52
66%
66% of 78

Defenceman Terry Harper was 31 years old when the 1971-1972 season began, his 8th in the NHL, and played it for Montréal Canadiens. He played 52 of a possible 78 games and scored 2 goals and 12 assists for 14 points, 0.27 points per game. In the playoffs he played 5 games for 2 points.

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

1971-1972Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Terry Harper plays the 1971-1972 season for Montréal Canadiens

    Terry was 31 years old when the 1971-1972 season began. It was his 8th season with the team. His 8th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      NYR4–4MTL
      game 1/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL1–1MNS
      game 2/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF3–9MTL
      W
      game 3/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL4–8NYR
      L
      game 4/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL4–2CGS
      W
      game 5/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL6–0VAN
      W
      game 6/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL3–1LAK
      W
      game 7/781
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS2–5MTL
      W
      game 8/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET0–3MTL
      W
      game 9/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL3–5PHI
      L
      game 10/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • November 1971
    • The game
      STL1–5MTL
      W
      game 11/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CHI1–2MTL
      W
      game 12/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MTL3–2BOS
      W
      game 13/78
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL5–2TOR
      W
      game 14/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MTL5–1MNS
      W
      game 15/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL2–2BUF
      game 16/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      CGS2–7MTL
      W
      game 17/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      STL2–2MTL
      game 18/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PHI2–2MTL
      game 19/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MTL3–3CHI
      game 20/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 78
      6
      points
      NHL#145
      1
      goals
      NHL#164
      5
      assists
      NHL#114
      +3
      +/-
      NHL#27
      MTL
      12-2-0W-L-OT30Points
      4th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      PIT1–3MTL
      W
      game 21/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL2–4DET
      L
      game 22/78
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +2 assists
    Milestone

    Terry Harper reaches 100 career points

    in the game against Detroit Red Wings · November 28

    • The game
      LAK3–5MTL
      W
      game 23/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      VAN0–7MTL
      W
      game 24/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      DET2–4MTL
      W
      game 25/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      MNS3–4MTL
      W
      game 26/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL1–4PHI
      L
      game 27/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MTL3–1LAK
      W
      game 28/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MTL6–2VAN
      W
      game 29/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MTL3–3CGS
      game 30/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      TOR2–4MTL
      W
      game 31/78
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MTL2–4PIT
      L
      game 32/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      MTL1–5NYR
      L
      game 33/78
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CGS2–3MTL
      W
      game 34/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      MTL2–5TOR
      L
      game 35/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MTL4–6DET
      L
      game 36/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      VAN4–6MTL
      W
      game 37/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      LAK2–10MTL
      W
      game 38/781
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL2–5CHI
      L
      game 39/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 39 of 78
      10
      points
      NHL#159
      2
      goals
      NHL#171
      8
      assists
      NHL#136
      +2
      +/-
      NHL#37
      MTL
      23-9-0W-L-OT53Points
      4th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      MTL3–7STL
      L
      game 40/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PIT1–7MTL
      W
      game 41/78
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +3+/-0SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      BUF2–6MTL
      W
      game 42/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL2–4BUF
      L
      game 43/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      TOR0–1MTL
      W
      game 44/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS8–5MTL
      L
      game 45/78
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL3–3PIT
      game 46/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MNS6–5MTL
      L
      game 47/78
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      STL0–4MTL
      W
      game 48/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • February 1972
    • The game
      MTL3–1STL
      W
      game 49/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL1–1LAK
      game 50/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 59 of 7850 of 59 played
      13
      points
      NHL#174
      2
      goals
      NHL#195
      11
      assists
      NHL#150
      +7
      +/-
      NHL#25
      MTL
      33-14-0W-L-OT78Points
      Playoff spot
      4th in the whole NHL
    • April 1972
    • The game
      BOS2–6MTL
      W
      game 77/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MTL6–5NYR
      W
      game 78/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +3+/-0SOG1SHP
      +1 assist
    The season in numbers

    Terry Harper closes the 1971-1972 season with 14 points

    Points
    14
    NHL#198
    Games
    52of 78
    67%
    Goals
    2
    NHL#217
    Assists
    12
    NHL#176
    P/GP
    0.27
    NHL#188
    +/-
    +10
    NHL#62
    Events
    100
    career points
    3 days later
    Playoffs

    Montréal Canadiens are in the playoffs

    Quarterfinal

    Montréal Canadiens meet New York Rangers

    MTLvsNYR
    Swedes on Montréal Canadiens
    No Swedes
    Swedes on New York Rangers
    No Swedes
    • Game 2
      MTL2–5NYR
      L
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • New York Rangerslead2–0againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 3
      NYR1–2MTL
      W
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • New York Rangerslead2–1againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 4
      NYR6–4MTL
      L
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • New York Rangerslead3–1againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 5
      MTL2–1NYR
      W
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • New York Rangerslead3–2againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 6
      NYR3–2MTL
      L
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    Quarterfinal

    New York Rangers knock Montréal Canadiens out 4–2

    MTL2–4NYR
    Eliminated
    5Games2Points1Goals1Assists
    The run in numbers

    Terry Harper ends the 1971-1972 playoffs with 2 points

    Points
    2
    NHL#68
    Games
    5
    Goals
    1
    NHL#50
    Assists
    1
    NHL#67
    P/GP
    0.40
    +/-
    +1
    NHL#35
    NYR2–4