1975–76 Atlanta Flames season

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1975–76 Atlanta Flames
Division	3rd Patrick
1975–76 record	35–33–12
Goals for	262
Goals against	237
General Manager	Cliff Fletcher
Coach	Fred Creighton
Captain	Pat Quinn
Arena	Omni Coliseum
Team leaders
Goals	Curt Bennett (34)
Assists	Tom Lysiak (51)
Points	Tom Lysiak (82)
Penalties in minutes	Pat Quinn (134)
Wins	Dan Bouchard (19)
Goals against average	Dan Bouchard (2.54)

Contents:	Regular season – Playoffs – Player stats – Awards and records - Transactions Draft picks – Farm teams – See also – References

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Season standings

Patrick Division	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Philadelphia Flyers	80	51	13	16	348	209	118
New York Islanders	80	42	21	17	297	190	101
Atlanta Flames	80	35	33	12	262	237	82
New York Rangers	80	29	42	9	262	333	67

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Skaters

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

			Regular season						Playoffs
Player	#		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Tom Lysiak	12		80	31	51	82	60		2	0	0	0	2
Curt Bennett	5		80	34	31	65	61		2	0	0	0	4
Hilliard Graves	17		80	19	30	49	16		2	0	0	0	0
Claude St. Sauveur	11		79	24	24	48	23		2	0	0	0	0
Eric Vail	25		60	16	31	47	34		2	0	0	0	0
Bill Flett	9		78	23	17	40	30		2	0	0	0	0
Dave Kryskow	20/8		79	15	25	40	65		2	0	0	0	2
Rey Comeau	18		79	17	22	39	42		-	-	-	-	-
Randy Manery	7		80	7	32	39	42		2	0	0	0	0
Larry Romanchych	21		67	16	19	35	8		2	0	0	0	0
Barry Gibbs	2		76	8	21	29	92		2	1	0	1	2
Bill Clement†	10		31	13	14	27	29		2	0	1	1	0
Ed Kea	19		78	8	19	27	101		2	0	0	0	7
Gerry Meehan‡	10		48	7	20	27	8		-	-	-	-	-
Tim Ecclestone	14		69	6	21	27	30		-	-	-	-	-
Larry Carriere	23		75	4	15	19	96		2	0	0	0	2
Jean Lemieux‡	6		33	4	9	13	10		-	-	-	-	-
Pat Quinn	3		80	2	11	13	134		2	0	1	1	2
Ken Houston	24/6		38	5	6	11	11		2	0	0	0	0
Bob Leiter	16		26	2	3	5	4		-	-	-	-	-
Guy Chouinard	16		4	0	2	2	2		2	0	0	0	0
Richard Mulhern	4		12	1	0	1	4		-	-	-	-	-
Richard Lemieux†	20		1	0	1	1	0		2	0	0	0	0
Cam Botting	24		2	0	1	1	0		-	-	-	-	-
Phil Myre	1		37	0	1	1	0		-	-	-	-	-
Dan Bouchard	30		47	0	1	1	10		2
Buster Harvey‡	8		1	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
Noel Price	4		3	0	0	0	2		-	-	-	-	-
Pat Ribble	23		3	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
Willi Plett	22		4	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
Rick Bowness	15		5	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Atlanta. Stats reflect time with the Flames only.
^‡Traded mid-season

[edit] Goaltending

Note: GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/Shootout Losses; GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals Against Average

			Regular season									Playoffs
Player	#		GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	SO	GAA		GP	TOI	W	L	GA	SO	GAA
Dan Bouchard	30		47	2671	19	17	8	113	2	2.54		2	120	0	2	3	0	1.50
Phil Myre	1		37	2129	16	16	4	123	1	3.47		-	-	-	-	-	-	-

[edit] Transactions

The Flames were involved in the following transactions during the 1975–76 season.

[edit] Trades

June 5, 1975	To Atlanta Flames Dave Kryskow	To Detroit Red Wings Bryan Hextall Jr.
September 9, 1975	To Atlanta Flames Curt Ridley	To New York Rangers Jerry Byers
September 23, 1975	To Atlanta Flames Rights to Claude St. Sauveur	To California Golden Seals Cash
October 1, 1975	To Atlanta Flames Larry Carriere 1st round pick in 1976 (traded to Washington Capitals; Capitals selected Greg Carroll) Cash	To Buffalo Sabres Jacques Richard
October 13, 1975	To Atlanta Flames Richard Lemieux Future considerations	To Kansas City Scouts Buster Harvey
January 20, 1976	To Atlanta Flames 1st round pick in 1976 (Dave Shand)	To Vancouver Canucks Curt Ridley
January 22, 1976	To Atlanta Flames Bill Clement	To Washington Capitals Jean Lemieux Gerry Meehan Sabres' 1st round pick in 1976 (Greg Carroll)

[edit] Free agents

Player Former team

Player New team

[edit] Waivers

Player	Former team
RW Bill Flett	Toronto Maple Leafs

[edit] Draft picks

See also: 1975 NHL Amateur Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team
1	8.	Richard Mulhern (D)	Canada	Sherbrooke Beavers (QMJHL)
2	26.	Rick Bowness (RW)	Canada	Montreal Bleu Blanc Rouge (QMJHL)
4	62.	Dale Ross (LW)	Canada	Ottawa 67s (OHA)
5	80.	Willi Plett (RW)	Paraguay	St. Catharines Black Hawks (OHA)
6	98.	Paul Heaver (D)	United Kingdom	Oshawa Generals (OHA)
7	116.	Dale McMillan (LW)	Canada	Brandon Wheat Kings (WCHL)
8	134.	Rick Piche (D)	Canada	Brandon Wheat Kings (WCHL)
9	150.	Nick Sanza (G)		Sherbrooke Beavers (QMJHL)
10	167.	Brian O'Connell (G)	Canada	Saint Louis University (NCAA)
11	181.	Joe Augustine (D)	United States	Austin Mavericks (MidJHL)
12	192.	Torbjorn Nilsson (RW)	Sweden	Skelleftea AIK (Grundserien)
13	216.	Gary Gill (LW)	Canada	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHA)

[edit] References

• Flames on Hockey Database

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