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Vic Hadfield's 1972-1973 season

Points
62
NHL#46
Goals
28
NHL#39
Assists
34
NHL#55
Plus/minus
+14
NHL#68
Games
63
80%
80% of 78

Left winger Vic Hadfield was 31 years old when the 1972-1973 season began, his 9th in the NHL, and played it for New York Rangers. He played 63 of a possible 78 games and scored 28 goals and 34 assists for 62 points, 0.98 points per game. In the playoffs he played 9 games for 4 points.

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

1972-1973Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Vic Hadfield plays the 1972-1973 season for New York Rangers

    Vic was 32 years old when the 1972-1973 season began. It was his 9th season with the team. His 9th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      NYR3–5DET
      L
      game 1/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR1–5CHI
      L
      game 2/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-4SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      VAN3–5NYR
      W
      game 3/78
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      NYR1–6MTL
      L
      game 4/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-4SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MNS2–6NYR
      W
      game 5/78
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-7SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      BOS1–7NYR
      W
      game 6/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-5SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYR2–1NYI
      W
      game 7/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      MTL1–1NYR
      game 8/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-6SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHI1–6NYR
      W
      game 9/78
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +3+/-3SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      CHI1–7NYR
      W
      game 10/78
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +4+/-3SOG
      +2 points
    • November 1972
    • The game
      NYR3–2CHI
      W
      game 11/78
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-4SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      NYR4–6PIT
      L
      game 12/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      VAN2–5NYR
      W
      game 14/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-5SOG
    • The game
      CGS2–7NYR
      W
      game 15/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      PHI3–7NYR
      W
      game 17/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +3+/-6SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR3–1STL
      W
      game 18/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR3–1AFM
      W
      game 20/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-4SOG
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 7817 of 20 played
      18
      points
      NHL#35
      7
      goals
      NHL#41
      11
      assists
      NHL#31
      NYR
      14-5-0W-L-OT29Points
      2nd in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYR3–5BUF
      L
      game 21/78
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      -2+/-4SOG
      +3 points
    • The game
      TOR4–7NYR
      W
      game 22/78
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-5SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      NYR1–2VAN
      L
      game 23/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      NYR2–2LAK
      game 24/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • December 1972
    • The game
      NYR3–3CGS
      game 25/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-6SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      AFM2–3NYR
      W
      game 26/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-5SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BUF3–2NYR
      L
      game 27/78
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYR4–1NYI
      W
      game 28/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYI1–4NYR
      W
      game 29/78
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-3SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      NYR4–3TOR
      W
      game 30/78
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-5SOG
    • The game
      NYR2–4BOS
      L
      game 31/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      NYR1–5MNS
      L
      game 32/78
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-2SOG
    • The game
      PIT1–9NYR
      W
      game 33/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-4SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR5–4STL
      W
      game 34/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      AFM5–2NYR
      L
      game 35/78
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG
    • The game
      DET0–5NYR
      W
      game 36/781
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-5SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF4–1NYR
      L
      game 37/78
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      STL1–6NYR
      W
      game 38/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-4SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      LAK0–3NYR
      W
      game 39/781
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-6SOG2PPP
      +2 points
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 39 of 7836 of 39 played
      34
      points
      NHL#38
      15
      goals
      NHL#37
      19
      assists
      NHL#39
      NYR
      24-12-0W-L-OT51Points
      3rd in the whole NHL
    Milestone

    Vic Hadfield reaches 200 career goals

    in the game against Los Angeles Kings · January 3

    • The game
      BUF4–1NYR
      L
      game 40/78
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PIT0–3NYR
      W
      game 41/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-5SOG
      +1 assist
    Milestone

    Vic Hadfield reaches 250 career assists

    in the game against Pittsburgh Penguins · January 7

    • The game
      NYR4–2BUF
      W
      game 42/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR5–3STL
      W
      game 43/78
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG
    • The game
      NYR5–2PHI
      W
      game 44/78
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      +2+/-6SOG2PPP
      +3 points
    • The game
      NYR4–4LAK
      game 45/781
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR6–0CGS
      W
      game 46/78
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +3+/-3SOG
      +3 points
    • The game
      NYR4–3VAN
      W
      game 47/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS2–4NYR
      W
      game 48/78
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-5SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      NYR6–3DET
      W
      game 49/781
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      TOR2–5NYR
      W
      game 50/78
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +3+/-4SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      CGS1–3NYR
      W
      game 51/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • February 1973
    • The game
      NYR7–3BOS
      W
      game 52/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      AFM0–6NYR
      W
      game 53/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-4SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI0–6NYR
      W
      game 54/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-6SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYR6–0NYI
      W
      game 55/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      MTL2–2NYR
      game 56/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 59 of 7853 of 59 played
      52
      points
      NHL#39
      23
      goals
      NHL#32
      29
      assists
      NHL#40
      NYR
      39-15-0W-L-OT83Points
      Playoff spot
      2nd in the whole NHL
    • The game
      MNS5–6NYR
      W
      game 62/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      CHI3–3NYR
      game 63/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • March 1973
    • The game
      NYR6–3DET
      W
      game 64/781
      His night
      +4P+2G+2A
      +2+/-5SOG2PPP
      +4 points
    • The game
      VAN4–3NYR
      L
      game 65/78
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      TOR2–4NYR
      W
      game 68/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYR2–4CHI
      L
      game 69/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR5–7TOR
      L
      game 70/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS6–3NYR
      L
      game 76/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR1–5MTL
      L
      game 77/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG
    • April 1973
    • The game
      DET3–3NYR
      game 78/781
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-5SOG
      +1 goal
    The season in numbers

    Vic Hadfield closes the 1972-1973 season with 62 points

    Points
    62
    NHL#46
    Games
    63of 78
    81%
    Goals
    28
    NHL#39
    Assists
    34
    NHL#55
    P/GP
    0.98
    NHL#28
    +/-
    +14
    NHL#68
    Events
    250
    career assists
    200
    career goals
    10 i rad
    games with a point · 15 pts
    4 i rad
    games with a goal
    3 days later
    Playoffs

    New York Rangers are in the playoffs

    Quarterfinal

    New York Rangers meet Boston Bruins

    NYRvsBOS
    Swedes on New York Rangers
    No Swedes
    Swedes on Boston Bruins
    No Swedes
    • Game 1
      NYR6–2BOS
      W
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • New York Rangerslead1–0againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 2
      NYR4–2BOS
      W
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • New York Rangerslead2–0againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 3
      BOS4–2NYR
      L
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • New York Rangerslead2–1againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 5
      NYR6–3BOS
      W
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    Quarterfinal

    New York Rangers knock Boston Bruins out 4–1

    NYR4–1BOS
    Advance
    4Games0Points0Goals0Assists
    2 days later
    Semifinal

    New York Rangers meet Chicago Blackhawks

    NYRvsCHI
    Swedes on New York Rangers
    No Swedes
    Swedes on Chicago Blackhawks
    No Swedes
    • Game 1
      NYR4–1CHI
      W
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • New York Rangerslead1–0againstChicago Blackhawks
    • Game 2
      NYR4–5CHI
      L
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
    • New York Rangersare1–1withChicago Blackhawks
    • Game 3
      CHI2–1NYR
      L
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • Chicago Blackhawkslead2–1againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 4
      CHI3–1NYR
      L
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-10SOG
      +1 goal
    • Chicago Blackhawkslead3–1againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 5
      NYR1–4CHI
      L
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    Semifinal

    Chicago Blackhawks knock New York Rangers out 4–1

    NYR1–4CHI
    Eliminated
    5Games4Points2Goals2Assists
    The run in numbers

    Vic Hadfield ends the 1972-1973 playoffs with 4 points

    Points
    4
    NHL#45
    Games
    9
    Goals
    2
    NHL#36
    Assists
    2
    NHL#53
    P/GP
    0.44
    NHL#48
    +/-
    +2
    NHL#29
    Events
    50
    playoff games
    2 points
    best game
    BOS4–1→CHI1–4