1971–72 St. Louis Blues season

National Hockey League team season March 2026 August 2023 NHL 1971–72 1971 St. Louis Blues 28–39–11 17–17–5 11–22–6 West 3rd 208 247 Sid Abel Sid Abel (3-6-1)Bill McCreary (6-14-4)Al Arbour (19-19-6) Jim Roberts (traded Dec. 13th) Frank St. MarseilleTerry CrispBob PlagerBarclay Plager St. Louis Arena Garry Unger (36) Frank St. Marseille (36) Garry Unger (70) Barclay Plager (176) Jacques Caron (14) Jacques Caron (2.52) The 1971–72 St. Louis Blues season was the fifth for the franchise in St. Louis, Missouri. The Blues finished the season in third place in the Western Division, with a record of 28 wins, 39 losses and 11 ties, good for 67 points, placing them in the playoffs, where they defeated the Minnesota North Stars 4–3 in the first round, before losing to the eventual Stanley Cup champion Boston Bruins in four straight in round two. 2 Regular season Final standings STL Record vs. opponents STL Schedule and results background:#fff; border-top:#002F87 5px solid; border-bottom:#FCB514 5px solid; 1971–72 regular season1971-72 St. Louis Blues Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/STL/1972_games.html Hockey-Reference.com March 26, 2025 y background:#fff; border-top:#002F87 2px solid; border-bottom:#FCB514 2px solid; October Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |1||L||October 9, 1971||2–4 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1971–72) ||0–1–0 |- |2||W||October 12, 1971||4–1 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1971–72) ||1–1–0 |- |3||L||October 13, 1971||0–1 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1971–72) ||1–2–0 |- |4||W||October 16, 1971||9–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1971–72) ||2–2–0 |- |5||L||October 17, 1971||3–5 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1971–72) ||2–3–0 |- |6||L||October 19, 1971||1–3 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1971–72) ||2–4–0 |- |7||L||October 23, 1971||3–4 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1971–72) ||2–5–0 |- |8||W||October 24, 1971||3–2 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1971–72) ||3–5–0 |- |9||L||October 27, 1971||1–2 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1971–72) ||3–6–0 |- |10||T||October 30, 1971||4–4 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1971–72) ||3–6–1 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#002F87 2px solid; border-bottom:#FCB514 2px solid; November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |11||L||November 3, 1971||1–5 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1971–72) ||3–7–1 |- |12||L||November 4, 1971||1–6 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1971–72) ||3–8–1 |- |13||L||November 6, 1971||1–5 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1971–72) ||3–9–1 |- |14||L||November 9, 1971||1–4 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1971–72) ||3–10–1 |- |15||W||November 13, 1971||5–1 || align="left"| California Golden Seals (1971–72) ||4–10–1 |- |16||T||November 16, 1971||2–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1971–72) ||4–10–2 |- |17||T||November 18, 1971||2–2 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1971–72) ||4–10–3 |- |18||W||November 20, 1971||4–2 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1971–72) ||5–10–3 |- |19||L||November 21, 1971||2–6 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1971–72) ||5–11–3 |- |20||W||November 23, 1971||3–1 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1971–72) ||6–11–3 |- |21||L||November 24, 1971||3–8 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1971–72) ||6–12–3 |- |22||T||November 27, 1971||6–6 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1971–72) ||6–12–4 |- |23||W||November 30, 1971||5–2 || align="left"| California Golden Seals (1971–72) ||7–12–4 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#002F87 2px solid; border-bottom:#FCB514 2px solid; December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |24||L||December 1, 1971||2–4 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1971–72) ||7–13–4 |- |25||W||December 4, 1971||5–1 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1971–72) ||8–13–4 |- |26||W||December 5, 1971||2–1 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1971–72) ||9–13–4 |- |27||L||December 7, 1971||1–2 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1971–72) ||9–14–4 |- |28||T||December 10, 1971||4–4 || align="left"| @ California Golden Seals (1971–72) ||9–14–5 |- |29||L||December 11, 1971||1–4 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1971–72) ||9–15–5 |- |30||L||December 14, 1971||2–4 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1971–72) ||9–16–5 |- |31||L||December 15, 1971||1–4 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1971–72) ||9–17–5 |- |32||L||December 18, 1971||2–5 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1971–72) ||9–18–5 |- |33||L||December 19, 1971||0–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1971–72) ||9–19–5 |- |34||L||December 22, 1971||1–2 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1971–72) ||9–20–5 |- |35||T||December 25, 1971||4–4 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1971–72) ||9–20–6 |- |36||L||December 26, 1971||3–6 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1971–72) ||9–21–6 |- |37||W||December 29, 1971||6–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1971–72) ||10–21–6 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#002F87 2px solid; border-bottom:#FCB514 2px solid; January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |38||T||January 1, 1972||4–4 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1971–72) ||10–21–7 |- |39||L||January 5, 1972||1–9 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1971–72) ||10–22–7 |- |40||W||January 6, 1972||3–2 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1971–72) ||11–22–7 |- |41||W||January 8, 1972||5–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1971–72) ||12–22–7 |- |42||W||January 11, 1972||7–3 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1971–72) ||13–22–7 |- |43||W||January 15, 1972||7–2 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1971–72) ||14–22–7 |- |44||W||January 16, 1972||4–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1971–72) ||15–22–7 |- |45||L||January 18, 1972||0–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1971–72) ||15–23–7 |- |46||W||January 22, 1972||1–0 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1971–72) ||16–23–7 |- |47||L||January 23, 1972||1–3 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1971–72) ||16–24–7 |- |48||W||January 26, 1972||2–1 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1971–72) ||17–24–7 |- |49||L||January 29, 1972||0–4 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1971–72) ||17–25–7 |- |50||L||January 30, 1972||2–5 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1971–72) ||17–26–7 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#002F87 2px solid; border-bottom:#FCB514 2px solid; February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |51||L||February 1, 1972||1–3 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1971–72) ||17–27–7 |- |52||L||February 3, 1972||3–4 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1971–72) ||17–28–7 |- |53||W||February 5, 1972||6–5 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1971–72) ||18–28–7 |- |54||T||February 6, 1972||2–2 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1971–72) ||18–28–8 |- |55||L||February 8, 1972||1–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1971–72) ||18–29–8 |- |56||L||February 10, 1972||1–3 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1971–72) ||18–30–8 |- |57||W||February 12, 1972||5–4 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1971–72) ||19–30–8 |- |58||L||February 15, 1972||2–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1971–72) ||19–31–8 |- |59||W||February 16, 1972||3–1 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1971–72) ||20–31–8 |- |60||L||February 18, 1972||2–5 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1971–72) ||20–32–8 |- |61||T||February 20, 1972||4–4 || align="left"| @ California Golden Seals (1971–72) ||20–32–9 |- |62||W||February 23, 1972||2–0 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1971–72) ||21–32–9 |- |63||W||February 26, 1972||3–2 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1971–72) ||22–32–9 |- |64||L||February 27, 1972||0–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1971–72) ||22–33–9 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#002F87 2px solid; border-bottom:#FCB514 2px solid; March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |65||L||March 1, 1972||1–3 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1971–72) ||22–34–9 |- |66||L||March 4, 1972||2–6 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1971–72) ||22–35–9 |- |67||W||March 5, 1972||6–2 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1971–72) ||23–35–9 |- |68||W||March 7, 1972||4–2 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1971–72) ||24–35–9 |- |69||L||March 9, 1972||1–5 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1971–72) ||24–36–9 |- |70||W||March 11, 1972||4–2 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1971–72) ||25–36–9 |- |71||T||March 17, 1972||2–2 || align="left"| @ California Golden Seals (1971–72) ||25–36–10 |- |72||T||March 19, 1972||3–3 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1971–72) ||25–36–11 |- |73||W||March 22, 1972||4–1 || align="left"| California Golden Seals (1971–72) ||26–36–11 |- |74||W||March 25, 1972||5–3 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1971–72) ||27–36–11 |- |75||L||March 26, 1972||0–4 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1971–72) ||27–37–11 |- |76||W||March 28, 1972||2–1 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1971–72) ||28–37–11 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#002F87 2px solid; border-bottom:#FCB514 2px solid; April Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |77||L||April 1, 1972||0–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1971–72) ||28–38–11 |- |78||L||April 2, 1972||2–6 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1971–72) ||28–39–11 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win (2 points) 1px solid black #fcc Loss (0 points) 1px solid black #ffc Tie (1 point) 1px solid black Playoffs Quarterfinals: (W2) Minnesota North Stars vs. (W3) St. Louis Blues St. Louis Blues Minnesota North Stars St. Louis Arena Met Center April 5 0–3 2 www.nhl.com/gamecenter/stl-vs-mns/1972/04/05/1971030141#game=1971030141,game_state=final No scoring 14:25 – Dean Prentice (1) No scoring No scoring No scoring 04:19 – Dean Prentice (2)12:01 – Bob Nevin (1) Jacques Caron 41 saves / 44 shots Gump Worsley 27 saves / 27 shots April 6 5–6 1 2 www.nhl.com/gamecenter/stl-vs-mns/1972/04/06/1971030142#game=1971030142,game_state=final Frank St. Marseille (1) – pp – 12:14 02:51 – pp – Doug Mohns (1) Frank St. Marseille (2) – 02:00Frank St. Marseille (3) – 05:38 04:27 – pp – J. P. Parise (1)07:38 – Danny Grant (1) Garry Unger (1) – 08:05Phil Roberto (1) – 10:59 01:45 – Jude Drouin (1)11:32 – Dean Prentice (3) No scoring 01:36 – Bill Goldsworthy (1) Ernie Wakely 23 saves / 29 shots Cesare Maniago 33 saves / 38 shots April 8 1–2 1 www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mns-vs-stl/1972/04/08/1971030143#game=1971030143,game_state=final 09:28 – Phil Roberto (2) No scoring 10:07 – pp – Phil Roberto (3) No scoring No scoring Jude Drouin (2) – pp – 00:40 Jacques Caron 29 saves / 30 shots Gump Worsley 33 saves / 35 shots April 9 2–3 1 www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mns-vs-stl/1972/04/09/1971030144#game=1971030144,game_state=final No scoring Jude Drouin (3) – 10:56 12:12 – Phil Roberto (4)13:45 – Kevin O'Shea (1) Danny Grant (2) – 00:21 11:50 – pp – Barclay Plager (1) No scoring Jacques Caron 28 saves / 30 shots Cesare Maniago 35 saves / 38 shots April 11 3–4 2 www.nhl.com/gamecenter/stl-vs-mns/1972/04/11/1971030145#game=1971030145,game_state=final Gary Sabourin (1) – 16:34Phil Roberto (5) – pp – 19:59 01:42 – Barry Gibbs (1)17:55 – Tom Reid (1) Garry Unger (2) – pp – 19:34 No scoring No scoring 02:55 – pp – J. P. Parise (2)05:45 – Jude Drouin (4) Jacques Caron 23 saves / 27 shots Gump Worsley 30 saves / 33 shots April 13 2–4 1 www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mns-vs-stl/1972/04/13/1971030146#game=1971030146,game_state=final 03:04 – pp – Phil Roberto (6)06:21 – Bob Plager (1) Bill Goldsworthy (2) – 04:03 11:07 – Garry Unger (3) No scoring 16:13 – Jack Egers (1) J. P. Parise (3) – 15:01 Jacques Caron 28 saves / 30 shots Gump Worsley 11 saves / 13 shotsCesare Maniago 23 saves / 25 shots April 16 2–1 1 1 www.nhl.com/gamecenter/stl-vs-mns/1972/04/16/1971030147#game=1971030147,game_state=final Gary Sabourin (2) – 12:04 No scoring No scoring No scoring No scoring 00:15 – Charlie Burns (1) Kevin O'Shea (2) – 10:07 No scoring Jacques Caron 28 saves / 29 shots Cesare Maniago 25 saves / 27 shots St. Louis won series 4–3 Semifinals: (E1) Boston Bruins vs. (W3) St. Louis Blues St. Louis Blues Boston Bruins St. Louis Arena Boston Garden April 18 1–6 2 www.nhl.com/gamecenter/stl-vs-bos/1972/04/18/1971030211#game=1971030211,game_state=final Garry Unger (4) – pp – 03:18 04:22 – Fred Stanfield (4)11:03 – Mike Walton (2)17:27 – Johnny Bucyk (3) No scoring 10:48 – pp – Fred Stanfield (5)19:32 – Fred Stanfield (6) No scoring 14:55 – pp – Phil Esposito (5) Jacques Caron 21 saves / 26 shotsErnie Wakely 17 saves / 18 shots Eddie Johnston 25 saves / 26 shots April 20 2–10 2 www.nhl.com/gamecenter/stl-vs-bos/1972/04/20/1971030212#game=1971030212,game_state=final No scoring 07:17 – pp – Johnny Bucyk (4)08:39 – Phil Esposito (6)09:54 – Ed Westfall (2) No scoring 06:33 – Garnet Bailey (1)09:27 – pp – John McKenzie (3) Mike Murphy (1) – 04:37Phil Roberto (7) – 05:26 03:47 – pp – Johnny Bucyk (5)10:34 – Mike Walton (3)14:29 – Don Marcotte (2)16:07 – Johnny Bucyk (6)16:47 – Ed Westfall (3) Jacques Caron 9 saves / 13 shotsErnie Wakely 12 saves / 18 shots Gerry Cheevers 31 saves / 33 shots April 23 7–2 2 www.nhl.com/gamecenter/bos-vs-stl/1972/04/23/1971030213#game=1971030213,game_state=final 02:05 – pp – Mike Murphy (2) Ed Westfall (4) – sh – 08:40John McKenzie (4) – pp – 10:36Phil Esposito (7) – 19:42 No scoring Mike Walton (4) – 02:58Ken Hodge (4) – 06:28John McKenzie (5) – pp – 11:12 18:15 – Gary Sabourin (3) Mike Walton (5) – 11:09 Peter McDuffe 31 saves / 38 shots Eddie Johnston 27 saves / 29 shots April 25 5–3 2 www.nhl.com/gamecenter/bos-vs-stl/1972/04/25/1971030214#game=1971030214,game_state=final 18:16 – Terry Crisp (1) Phil Esposito (8) – 01:29Johnny Bucyk (7) – pp – 09:27 No scoring Johnny Bucyk (8) – pp – 04:44Phil Esposito (9) – pp – 17:53 08:50 – Andre Dupont (1)15:25 – Chris Evans (1) Wayne Cashman (1) – 19:22 Jacques Caron 22 saves / 26 shots Gerry Cheevers 33 saves / 36 shots Boston won series 4–0 Player statistics Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Garry Unger C 78 36 34 70 104-81414 Frank St. Marseille RW 78 16 36 52 325101 Jack Egers RW 63 21 25 46 345502 Gary Sabourin RW 77 28 17 45 523407 Mike Murphy Mike Murphy (ice hockey, born 1950) RW 63 20 23 43 19-4503 Terry Crisp C 75 13 18 31 127163 Barclay Plager D 78 7 22 29 1766120 Phil Roberto RW 49 12 13 25 76-1000 Carl Brewer Carl Brewer (ice hockey) D 42 2 16 18 40-6001 Christian Bordeleau C 41 8 9 17 6-13101 Brian Lavender LW 46 5 11 16 54-2001 Andre Dupont André Dupont D 60 3 10 13 14711000 George Morrison George Morrison (ice hockey) LW 42 2 11 13 7-11201 Jim Roberts Jim Roberts (ice hockey, born 1940) D/RW 26 5 7 12 44120 Bill Plager D 65 1 11 12 64-15001 Bob Plager D 50 4 7 11 81-1000 Larry Hornung D 47 2 9 11 10-1001 Wayne Connelly C 15 5 5 10 2-6200 Floyd Thomson LW 49 4 6 10 48-9002 Curt Bennett LW 31 3 5 8 30-4000 Danny O'Shea Danny O'Shea (ice hockey) C 20 3 3 6 11-4000 Noel Picard D 15 1 5 6 501000 Gene Carr Gene Carr (ice hockey) C 15 3 2 5 90000 Bill Sutherland hockey C 9 2 3 5 24010 Gerry Odrowski D 55 1 2 3 8-1010 Michel Parizeau C 21 1 2 3 8-1100 Jim Shires LW 18 0 3 3 8-13000 Jacques Caron G 28 0 1 1 00000 Jim Lorentz C/RW 12 0 1 1 12-8000 Jim McLeod G 16 0 1 1 00000 Ernie Wakely G 30 0 1 1 20000 John Arbour D 17 0 0 0 10-4000 Gord Brooks RW 2 0 0 0 00000 Norm Dennis C 1 0 0 0 4-1000 Chris Evans Chris Evans (ice hockey) D 2 0 0 0 00000 Gord Kannegiesser D 4 0 0 0 2-1000 Peter McDuffe G 10 0 0 0 00000 Kevin O'Shea RW 4 0 0 0 2-1000 Brit Selby LW 6 0 0 0 0-2000 Wayne Stephenson G 2 0 0 0 00000 Gary Veneruzzo W 2 0 0 0 0-1000 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA SO Jacques Caron 1619 28 14 8 5 68 2.52 1 Ernie Wakely 1614 30 8 18 2 92 3.42 1 Jim McLeod 880 16 6 6 4 44 3.00 0 Peter McDuffe 467 10 0 6 0 29 3.73 0 Wayne Stephenson 100 2 0 1 0 9 5.40 0 Team: 4680 78 28 39 11 242 3.10 2 Playoffs Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG Phil Roberto RW 11 7 6 13 29301 Garry Unger C 11 4 5 9 35201 Frank St. Marseille RW 11 3 5 8 6100 Gary Sabourin RW 11 3 3 6 6000 Mike Murphy Mike Murphy (ice hockey, born 1950) RW 11 2 3 5 6100 Jack Egers RW 11 1 4 5 14000 Barclay Plager D 11 1 4 5 21101 Bob Plager D 11 1 4 5 5000 Terry Crisp C 11 1 3 4 2000 Kevin O'Shea RW 11 2 1 3 10001 Larry Hornung D 11 0 2 2 2000 Danny O'Shea Danny O'Shea (ice hockey) C 10 0 2 2 36000 Andre Dupont André Dupont D 11 1 0 1 20000 Chris Evans Chris Evans (ice hockey) D 7 1 0 1 4000 Curt Bennett LW 10 0 0 0 12000 Jacques Caron G 9 0 0 0 2000 Brian Lavender LW 3 0 0 0 2000 Peter McDuffe G 1 0 0 0 0000 Gerry Odrowski D 11 0 0 0 8000 Bill Plager D 11 0 0 0 12000 Ernie Wakely G 3 0 0 0 0000 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LGAGAA SO Jacques Caron 499 9 4 5 26 3.13 0 Peter McDuffe 60 1 0 1 7 7.00 0 Ernie Wakely 113 3 0 1 13 6.90 0 Team: 672 11 4 7 46 4.11 0 hockey-reference.com 2009-06-15 1971-72 St. Louis Blues Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/STL/1972.html Draft picks The 1971 NHL amateur draft was held on June 10, 1971, at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Canada. Pick # Player PositionNationality College/junior/club team4 Gene Carr Center Canada Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL)38 John Garrett Goaltender Canada Peterborough Petes (OHA)52 Derek Harker Defense Canada Edmonton Oil Kings (WCHL)66 Wayne Gibbs Defense Canada Calgary Centennials (WCHL)80 Bernie Doan Defense Canada Calgary Centennials (WCHL)94 Dave Smith Defense Canada Regina Pats (WCHL)108 Jim Collins Left wing Canada Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL) See also 1971–72 NHL season References Category:St. Louis Blues seasons St. Louis St Louis St Louis