1975–76 St. Louis Blues season

The 1975–76 St. Louis Blues season was the ninth for the franchise in St. Louis, Missouri. The Blues finished the regular-season with a record of 29 wins, 37 losses and 14 ties, good for 72 points. Because of their third-place finish in the Smythe Division, the Blues qualified for the playoffs for the second consecutive year, only to lose the Buffalo Sabres, 2-1 in the Preliminary Round.

Regular season

Final standings

Smythe Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Chicago Black Hawks	80	32	30	18	254	261	82
Vancouver Canucks	80	33	32	15	271	272	81
St. Louis Blues	80	29	37	14	249	290	72
Minnesota North Stars	80	20	53	7	195	303	47
Kansas City Scouts	80	12	56	12	190	351	36

^[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.

Schedule and results

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

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Lefley, ChuckChuck Lefley	LW	75	43	42	85	41	15	4	8	9
Unger, GarryGarry Unger	C	80	39	44	83	95	1	13	0	3
Sanderson, DerekDerek Sanderson	C	65	24	43	67	59	13	6	6	1
MacMillan, BobBob MacMillan	RW	80	20	32	52	41	13	2	1	2
Berenson, RedRed Berenson	C	72	20	27	47	47	-11	9	2	1
Butler, JerryJerry Butler	RW	66	17	24	41	75	0	1	0	3
Larose, ClaudeClaude Larose	RW	67	13	25	38	48	7	3	0	0
Plante, PierrePierre Plante	RW	74	14	19	33	77	-22	5	0	2
Hess, BobBob Hess	D	78	9	23	32	58	3	2	2	2
Affleck, BruceBruce Affleck	D	80	4	26	30	20	3	3	0	1
Irvine, TedTed Irvine	LW	69	10	13	23	80	-12	2	0	2
Thomson, FloydFloyd Thomson	LW	58	8	10	18	25	-4	0	0	1
Merrick, WayneWayne Merrick	C	19	7	8	15	0	0	1	0	0
Patey, LarryLarry Patey	C	53	8	6	14	26	-12	2	1	0
Gassoff, BobBob Gassoff	D	80	1	12	13	306	-8	0	0	0
Plager, BobBob Plager	D	63	3	8	11	90	17	0	1	1
Smith, RickRick Smith	D	24	1	7	8	18	2	0	0	0
Plager, BarclayBarclay Plager	D	64	0	8	8	67	-6	0	0	0
Wilson, RickRick Wilson	D	65	1	6	7	20	-10	1	0	0
Hrechkosy, DaveDave Hrechkosy	LW	13	3	3	6	0	2	1	0	0
Wilson, BertBert Wilson	LW	45	2	3	5	47	-6	0	0	1
Ogilvie, BrianBrian Ogilvie	C	9	2	1	3	2	-1	0	0	0
Belanger, YvesYves Belanger	G	31	0	2	2	4	0	0	0	0
Babin, MitchMitch Babin	C	8	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0
Bourbonnais, RickRick Bourbonnais	RW	7	0	0	0	8	-1	0	0	0
Cowick, BruceBruce Cowick	LW	5	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0
Gratton, GillesGilles Gratton	G	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Johnston, EddieEddie Johnston	G	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Masters, JamieJamie Masters	D	7	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
Staniowski, EdEd Staniowski	G	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Belanger, YvesYves Belanger	1763	31	11	17	1	113	3.85	0
Johnston, EddieEddie Johnston	2152	38	11	17	9	130	3.62	1
Staniowski, EdEd Staniowski	620	11	5	3	2	33	3.19	0
Gratton, GillesGilles Gratton	265	6	2	0	2	11	2.49	0
Team:	4800	80	29	37	14	287	3.59	1

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Lefley, ChuckChuck Lefley	LW	2	2	1	3	0	0	1	0
Unger, GarryGarry Unger	C	3	2	1	3	7	0	0	0
Berenson, RedRed Berenson	C	3	1	2	3	0	0	0	0
Patey, LarryLarry Patey	C	3	1	1	2	2	1	0	1
Irvine, TedTed Irvine	LW	3	0	2	2	2	0	0	0
Hrechkosy, DaveDave Hrechkosy	LW	3	1	0	1	2	0	0	0
Sanderson, DerekDerek Sanderson	C	3	1	0	1	0	1	0	0
Hess, BobBob Hess	D	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
MacMillan, BobBob MacMillan	RW	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Smith, RickRick Smith	D	3	0	1	1	4	0	0	0
Affleck, BruceBruce Affleck	D	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Butler, JerryJerry Butler	RW	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gassoff, BobBob Gassoff	D	3	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
Larose b. 1942, ClaudeClaude Larose b. 1942	RW	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Masters, JamieJamie Masters	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Plager, BarclayBarclay Plager	D	1	0	0	0	13	0	0	0
Plager, BobBob Plager	D	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Plante, PierrePierre Plante	RW	3	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
Staniowski, EdEd Staniowski	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wilson, RickRick Wilson	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Staniowski, EdEd Staniowski	206	3	1	2	7	2.04	0
Team:	206	3	1	2	7	2.04	0

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Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

References

↑ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 151. ISBN 9781894801225.
↑ "1975-76 St. Louis Blues Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-15.

"1975–76 St. Louis Blues Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

External links

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

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1975–76 St. Louis Blues season

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Player statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

See also

References

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