1975-76 WHA season

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The 1975-76 WHA season was the fourth season of the now defunct World Hockey Association. Theoretically, fourteen teams would play 80 games each, but four of five Canadian Division teams played 81, due to the WHA's tiebreaker rule, while two teams (Minnesota and Denver/Ottawa) folded mid-season.

1 Regular season
- 1.1 Final standings
- 1.2 Scoring leaders
2 All-Star game
3 Avco World Trophy playoffs
- 3.1 Avco World Trophy finals
4 WHA awards
5 See also
6 References

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Final standings

Canadian Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA	PIM
Winnipeg Jets*	81	52	27	2	106	345	254	940
Quebec Nordiques*	81	50	27	4	104	371	316	1654
Calgary Cowboys*	80	41	35	4	86	307	282	1064
Edmonton Oilers*	81	27	49	5	59	268	345	991
Toronto Toros	81	24	52	5	53	335	398	1099
Denver Spurs/ Ottawa Civics+	41	14	26	1	29	134	172	536

+team stated season in Western Division when playing in Denver; transferred by league to Canadian Division shortly after moving to Ottawa.

Eastern Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA	PIM
Indianapolis Racers*	80	35	39	6	76	245	247	1301
Cleveland Crusaders*	80	35	40	5	75	273	279	1356
New England Whalers*	80	33	40	7	73	255	290	1012
Cincinnati Stingers	80	35	44	1	71	285	340	1344

Western Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA	PIM
Houston Aeros*	80	53	27	0	106	341	263	1093
Phoenix Roadrunners*	80	39	35	6	84	302	287	1292
San Diego Mariners*	80	36	38	6	78	303	290	716
Minnesota Fighting Saints	59	30	25	4	64	211	212	1354

*qualified for playoffs

[edit] Scoring leaders

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points

Player	GP	G	A	Pts
Marc Tardif	81	71	77	148
Bobby Hull	80	53	70	123
Real Cloutier	80	60	54	114
Ulf Nilsson	78	38	76	114
Robbie Ftorek	80	41	72	113
Chris Bordeleau	74	37	72	109
Anders Hedberg	76	50	55	105
Rejean Houle	81	51	52	103
Serge Bernier	70	34	68	102
Gordie Howe	78	32	70	102

[edit] All-Star game

[edit] Avco World Trophy playoffs

[edit] Avco World Trophy finals

[edit] WHA awards

Avco World Trophy:	Winnipeg Jets
Gordie Howe Trophy:	Marc Tardif
Bill Hunter Trophy:	Marc Tardif
Lou Kaplan Trophy:	Marc Napier
Ben Hatskin Trophy:	Michel Dion
Dennis A. Murphy Trophy:	Paul Shmyr
Paul Deneau Trophy:	Vaclav Nedomansky
Howard Baldwin Trophy:	Bobby Kromm
WHA Playoff MVP:	Ulf Nilsson