1975–76 Pittsburgh Penguins season

The 1975–76 Pittsburgh Penguins season was their ninth in the National Hockey League. They finished third in the Norris Division, as they had in 1974–75. Despite strong seasons by Pierre Larouche, who set new club records in goals scored in a season (53) and points in a season (111), Jean Pronovost and Syl Apps, Jr. (who set a new club record for assists in a season with 67) the Penguins powerful offense scored a meagre three goals in three games against the Toronto Maple Leafs in the preliminary round of the Stanley Cup playoffs, ending their season.

Offseason

Amateur Draft

Main article: 1975 NHL Amateur Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team
1	3.	Gordie Laxton	Canada	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
2	31.	Russ Anderson	United States	University of Minnesota Golden Gophers (WCHA)
3	49.	Paul Baxter	Canada	Cleveland Crusaders (WHA)
4	67.	Stu Younger		Michigan Tech Huskies (WCHA)
5	85.	Kim Clackson	Canada	Victoria Cougars (WCHL)
6	103.	Peter Morris	Canada	Victoria Cougars (WCHL)
7	121.	Mike Will	Canada	Edmonton Oil Kings (WCHL)
8	139.	Tapio Levo	Finland	Assat Pori (SM-liiga)
9	155.	Byron Shutt		Bowling Green Falcons (CCHA)
10	170.	Frank Salive		Peterborough Petes (OMJHL)
11	185.	John Glynne	United States	University of Vermont Catamounts (ECAC)
12	196.	Lex Hudson	Canada	University of Denver Pioneers (WCHA)
13	202.	Dan Tsubouchi		Saint Louis University Billikens (CCHA)
14	206.	Bronislav Stankovsky		Fargo-Moorhead Sugar Kings (MidJHL)
16	217.	Kelly Secord	Canada	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)

Regular season

Division standings

Norris Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Montreal Canadiens	80	58	11	11	337	174	127
Los Angeles Kings	80	38	33	9	263	265	85
Pittsburgh Penguins	80	35	33	12	339	303	82
Detroit Red Wings	80	26	44	10	226	300	62
Washington Capitals	80	11	59	10	224	394	32

^[1]Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.^[2]

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 7, 1975	4–2	@ Washington Capitals (1975–76)	1–0–0
2	W	October 11, 1975	7–5	Washington Capitals (1975–76)	2–0–0
3	W	October 15, 1975	8–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76)	3–0–0
4	W	October 18, 1975	6–1	Detroit Red Wings (1975–76)	4–0–0
5	L	October 21, 1975	1–7	Montreal Canadiens (1975–76)	4–1–0
6	T	October 25, 1975	4–4	Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76)	4–1–1
7	L	October 30, 1975	0–4	@ Los Angeles Kings (1975–76)	4–2–1
8	L	November 1, 1975	3–7	@ Minnesota North Stars (1975–76)	4–3–1
9	L	November 2, 1975	2–7	@ Buffalo Sabres (1975–76)	4–4–1
10	W	November 5, 1975	7–6	New York Islanders (1975–76)	5–4–1
11	W	November 6, 1975	5–3	@ St. Louis Blues (1975–76)	6–4–1
12	L	November 8, 1975	5–7	Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76)	6–5–1
13	L	November 9, 1975	4–6	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76)	6–6–1
14	T	November 12, 1975	6–6	@ Washington Capitals (1975–76)	6–6–2
15	L	November 13, 1975	4–5	Montreal Canadiens (1975–76)	6–7–2
16	L	November 15, 1975	2–5	Buffalo Sabres (1975–76)	6–8–2
17	L	November 18, 1975	3–5	California Golden Seals (1975–76)	6–9–2
18	W	November 21, 1975	4–1	@ Atlanta Flames (1975–76)	7–9–2
19	W	November 22, 1975	6–3	Los Angeles Kings (1975–76)	8–9–2
20	W	November 26, 1975	5–2	Detroit Red Wings (1975–76)	9–9–2
21	W	November 29, 1975	8–3	New York Rangers (1975–76)	10–9–2
22	L	November 30, 1975	2–4	@ Boston Bruins (1975–76)	10–10–2
23	T	December 3, 1975	3–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76)	10–10–3
24	L	December 4, 1975	1–6	@ New York Islanders (1975–76)	10–11–3
25	W	December 7, 1975	6–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76)	11–11–3
26	L	December 9, 1975	2–3	@ Kansas City Scouts (1975–76)	11–12–3
27	L	December 10, 1975	2–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1975–76)	11–13–3
28	T	December 13, 1975	4–4	Boston Bruins (1975–76)	11–13–4
29	L	December 14, 1975	4–7	@ Montreal Canadiens (1975–76)	11–14–4
30	W	December 17, 1975	9–2	@ California Golden Seals (1975–76)	12–14–4
31	L	December 19, 1975	1–5	@ Vancouver Canucks (1975–76)	12–15–4
32	W	December 20, 1975	5–1	@ Los Angeles Kings (1975–76)	13–15–4
33	L	December 23, 1975	3–4	@ New York Rangers (1975–76)	13–16–4
34	L	December 26, 1975	3–4	@ Atlanta Flames (1975–76)	13–17–4
35	W	December 27, 1975	3–2	Atlanta Flames (1975–76)	14–17–4
36	W	December 31, 1975	5–1	Los Angeles Kings (1975–76)	15–17–4
37	L	January 3, 1976	4–8	Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76)	15–18–4
38	L	January 4, 1976	3–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76)	15–19–4
39	L	January 7, 1976	1–4	@ California Golden Seals (1975–76)	15–20–4
40	T	January 10, 1976	3–3	Vancouver Canucks (1975–76)	15–20–5
41	L	January 11, 1976	0–6	@ Buffalo Sabres (1975–76)	15–21–5
42	L	January 13, 1976	2–6	@ Boston Bruins (1975–76)	15–22–5
43	L	January 15, 1976	1–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76)	15–23–5
44	W	January 17, 1976	3–2	Buffalo Sabres (1975–76)	16–23–5
45	W	January 18, 1976	8–3	New York Rangers (1975–76)	17–23–5
46	L	January 22, 1976	3–4	Montreal Canadiens (1975–76)	17–24–5
47	W	January 24, 1976	8–2	Washington Capitals (1975–76)	18–24–5
48	T	January 25, 1976	1–1	Minnesota North Stars (1975–76)	18–24–6
49	W	January 29, 1976	6–2	Kansas City Scouts (1975–76)	19–24–6
50	T	January 31, 1976	4–4	@ Kansas City Scouts (1975–76)	19–24–7
51	W	February 1, 1976	7–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76)	20–24–7
52	L	February 5, 1976	1–5	@ Boston Bruins (1975–76)	20–25–7
53	W	February 7, 1976	7–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (1975–76)	21–25–7
54	W	February 8, 1976	7–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1975–76)	22–25–7
55	T	February 11, 1976	4–4	@ California Golden Seals (1975–76)	22–25–8
56	T	February 14, 1976	4–4	@ New York Islanders (1975–76)	22–25–9
57	W	February 15, 1976	6–4	Los Angeles Kings (1975–76)	23–25–9
58	W	February 17, 1976	6–1	Kansas City Scouts (1975–76)	24–25–9
59	W	February 19, 1976	7–5	Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76)	25–25–9
60	W	February 21, 1976	10–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76)	26–25–9
61	T	February 22, 1976	2–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1975–76)	26–25–10
62	T	February 25, 1976	3–3	Atlanta Flames (1975–76)	26–25–11
63	W	February 28, 1976	5–4	Vancouver Canucks (1975–76)	27–25–11
64	L	February 29, 1976	3–5	St. Louis Blues (1975–76)	27–26–11
65	W	March 2, 1976	6–2	@ Minnesota North Stars (1975–76)	28–26–11
66	W	March 6, 1976	5–0	Minnesota North Stars (1975–76)	29–26–11
67	L	March 7, 1976	3–5	New York Islanders (1975–76)	29–27–11
68	L	March 10, 1976	6–7	Buffalo Sabres (1975–76)	29–28–11
69	W	March 13, 1976	4–2	California Golden Seals (1975–76)	30–28–11
70	W	March 14, 1976	7–1	St. Louis Blues (1975–76)	31–28–11
71	L	March 16, 1976	4–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1975–76)	31–29–11
72	W	March 19, 1976	7–3	@ Washington Capitals (1975–76)	32–29–11
73	W	March 21, 1976	4–2	@ New York Rangers (1975–76)	33–29–11
74	T	March 24, 1976	5–5	Boston Bruins (1975–76)	33–29–12
75	L	March 25, 1976	2–5	@ St. Louis Blues (1975–76)	33–30–12
76	W	March 28, 1976	3–0	Detroit Red Wings (1975–76)	34–30–12
77	L	March 29, 1976	4–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76)	34–31–12
78	L	March 31, 1976	3–7	@ Montreal Canadiens (1975–76)	34–32–12
79	L	April 3, 1976	4–5	Washington Capitals (1975–76)	34–33–12
80	W	April 4, 1976	6–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1975–76)	35–33–12

Playoffs

Preliminary Round vs. Toronto

Pittsburgh 1 Toronto 4

Toronto 0 Pittsburgh 2

Pittsburgh 0 Toronto 4

Toronto Wins Series 2-1

Player statistics

Skaters

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

		Regular season					Playoffs
Player	#	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Pierre Larouche	10	76	53	58	111	33	3	0	1	1	0
Jean Pronovost	19	80	52	52	104	24	3	0	0	0	2
Syl Apps, Jr.	26	80	32	67	99	24	3	0	1	1	0
Rick Kehoe	8	71	29	47	76	6	3	0	0	0	0
Lowell MacDonald	18	69	30	43	73	12	3	1	0	1	0
Ron Stackhouse	3	80	11	60	71	76	3	0	0	0	0
Vic Hadfield	11	76	30	35	65	46	3	1	0	1	11
Ron Schock	17	80	18	44	62	28	3	0	1	1	0
Bob Kelly	22	77	25	30	55	149	3	0	0	0	2
Dave Burrows	4	80	7	22	29	51	3	0	0	0	0
Barry Wilkins	5	75	0	27	27	106	3	0	1	1	4
Stan Gilbertson^†	15	48	13	8	21	6	3	1	1	2	2
Simon Nolet^†	9	39	9	8	17	2	3	0	0	0	0
Colin Campbell	6	64	7	10	17	105	3	0	0	0	0
Dennis Owchar	25	54	5	12	17	19	2	0	0	0	2
Chuck Arnason^‡	9	30	7	3	10	14	-	-	-	-	-
Lew Morrison	16	78	4	5	9	8	3	0	0	0	0
Mario Faubert	24	21	1	8	9	10	-	-	-	-	-
Steve Durbano^‡	7	32	0	8	8	161	-	-	-	-	-
Harvey Bennett, Jr.^‡	28	25	3	3	6	53	-	-	-	-	-
Wayne Bianchin	14	14	1	5	6	4	-	-	-	-	-
Ed Van Impe^†	2	12	0	5	5	16	3	0	1	1	2
Bob McManama^‡	15	12	1	2	3	4	-	-	-	-	-
Ed Gilbert^†	23	38	1	2	3	4	-	-	-	-	-
Jacques Cossette	27	7	0	2	2	9	-	-	-	-	-
Michel Plasse	31	55	0	2	2	18	3
Bobby Taylor^†	30	2	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
Gordie Laxton	1	8	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Paradise^‡	2	9	0	0	0	4	-	-	-	-	-
Gary Inness^‡	30	23	0	0	0	2	-	-	-	-	-

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

Goaltenders

Note: GP= Games played; TOI= Time on ice (minutes); W= Wins; L= Losses; T = Ties; 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
Michel Plasse	31	55	3096	24	19	10	178	2	3.45	3	180	1	2	8	1	2.67
Gary Inness	30	23	1212	8	9	2	82	0	4.06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gordie Laxton	1	8	414	3	4	0	31	0	4.49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bobby Taylor	30	2	78	0	1	0	7	0	5.38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Transactions

The Penguins were involved in the following transactions during the 1975–76 season:

Trades

August 28, 1975	To Pittsburgh Penguins cash	To Hershey Bears (AHL) Kelly Pratt
November 26, 1975	To Pittsburgh Penguins 2nd round pick in 1976 Draft (Greg Malone)	To Washington Capitals Bob Paradise
December 16, 1975	To Pittsburgh Penguins Stan Gilbertson	To Washington Capitals Harvey Bennett, Jr.
January 8, 1976	To Pittsburgh Penguins Ed Gilbert Simon Nolet 1st round pick in 1976 Draft (Blair Chapman)	To Kansas City Scouts Chuck Arnason Steve Durbano 1st round pick in 1976 Draft (Greg Carroll)
March 8, 1976	To Pittsburgh Penguins Bobby Taylor Ed Van Impe	To Philadelphia Flyers Gary Inness Future considerations

Additions and subtractions

Additions
Player	Former team	Via
—	—	—

Subtractions
Player	New team	Via
Larry Bignell	Denver Spurs (WHA)	free agency
Bob Johnson	Denver Spurs (WHA)	free agency (1975-09)
Bob McManama	New England Whalers (WHA)	free agency

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Roster

1975-76 Pittsburgh Penguins

Goaltenders

1 – Gord Laxton
30 – Gary Inness
30 – Bobby Taylor
31 – Michel Plasse

Defencemen

Wingers

Centers

10 – Pierre Larouche
15 – Bob McManama
17 – Ron Schock - C
23 – Ed Gilbert
26 – Syl Apps
28 – Harvey Bennett

GM: Wren Blair
Coach: Marc Boileau (15-23-5)
Coach: Ken Schinkel (20-10-7)

References

Penguins on Hockey Database
"1975–76 Pittsburgh Penguins Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

↑ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 151. ISBN 9781894801225.
↑ Total Hockey, p.77, Total Sports, New York, ISBN 0-8362-7114-9

Pittsburgh Penguins seasons

1960s	1967–68 1968–69 1969–70

1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

1975–76 NHL season

Patrick	Atlanta NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia

Adams	Boston Buffalo California Toronto

Norris	Detroit Los Angeles Montreal Pittsburgh Washington

Smythe	Chicago Kansas City Minnesota St. Louis Vancouver

See also	Draft Super Series '76 All-Star Game Stanley Cup Finals

Pittsburgh Penguins

Founded in 1967
Based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Franchise

History

Personnel

Owners: Ronald Burkle; Mario Lemieux
General manager: Jim Rutherford
Head coach: Mike Sullivan
Team captain: Sidney Crosby
Current roster

Arenas

Main facilities: Civic Arena; Consol Energy Center

Training facilities: Brantford Civic Centre; Rostraver Ice Garden; Island Sports Center; IceoPlex at Southpointe

Rivalries

Philadelphia Flyers

Affiliates

AHL: Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins

ECHL: Wheeling Nailers

General managers

Head coaches

Media

Networks

TV	Root Sports Pittsburgh

Radio	WXDX WBGG

Broadcasters

TV	Paul Steigerwald Bob Errey

Radio	Mike Lange Phil Bourque

Culture and lore

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