1975–76 WHA season
The 1975–76 WHA season was the fourth season of the World Hockey Association. After the Baltimore Blades and Chicago Cougars folded, the league stayed at 14 teams by adding the Cincinnati Stingers and Denver Spurs. In addition, the Vancouver Blazers franchise moved to Calgary and became the Cowboys. Midway through the season, the Spurs moved to Ottawa and became the Civics, though the team folded shortly thereafter when the sale of the franchise fell through. The Minnesota Fighting Saints became the second team to fold mid-season when the franchise could not make ends meet, despite having a winning record at the time. Theoretically, fourteen teams would play 80 games each, but only twelve teams finished the season, with cancelled games involving the Civics or Saints being rescheduled on the fly, and four of five Canadian Division teams played 81 games, due to the WHA's tiebreaker.
Regular season
Final standings
+team started season in Western Division when playing in Denver; transferred by league to Canadian Division shortly after moving to Ottawa.
Player stats
Scoring leaders
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Leading goaltenders
Bolded numbers indicate season leaders
GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties, GA = Goals against; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average
All-Star game
Canadian based team all stars 6 U.S. based team all stars 1 at Cleveland, Ohio.
Avco World Trophy playoffs
Preliminary round
- New England 3 Cleveland 0
- San Diego 3 Phoenix 2
Quarterfinals
- Winnipeg 4 Edmonton 0
- Calgary 4 Quebec 1
- New England 4 Indianapolis 3
- Houston 4 San Diego 2
Semifinals
- Winnipeg 4 Calgary 1
- Houston 4 New England 3
Avco World Trophy finals
WHA awards
Trophies
All-Star Team
Position | First Team | Second Team |
Centre | Ulf Nilsson, Winnipeg | Robbie Ftorek, Phoenix |
Right Wing | Anders Hedberg, Winnipeg | Real Cloutier, Quebec |
Left Wing | Marc Tardif, Quebec | Bobby Hull, Winnipeg |
Defence | Paul Shmyr, Cleveland | Kevin Morrison, San Diego |
Defence | J. C. Tremblay, Quebec | Pat Stapleton, Indianapolis |
Goaltender | Joe Daley, Winnipeg | Ron Grahame, Houston |
See also
References
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