1975–76 Denver Spurs/Ottawa Civics season

1975–76 Denver Spurs/Ottawa Civics
Division 6th Canadian
1975–76 record 14–26–1
Goals for 134
Goals against 172
Team information
Coach Jean-Guy Talbot
Team leaders

The 1975–76 Denver Spurs/Ottawa Civics season was the ill-fated single season of operation of the Denver Spurs/Ottawa Civics in the World Hockey Association (WHA). The Spurs began the season in Denver, Colorado but relocated to Ottawa, Ontario before giving up for good after 51 games.

Regular season

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

Game log

Regular season schedule
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1LOctober 10, 19751–7 Indianapolis Racers (1975–76) 0–1–0
2LOctober 16, 19753–7 Winnipeg Jets (1975–76) 0–2–0
3WOctober 17, 19755–4 @ Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76) 1–2–0
4WOctober 18, 19756–4 @ Indianapolis Racers (1975–76) 2–2–0
5WOctober 22, 19752–1 @ Calgary Cowboys (1975–76) 3–2–0
6LOctober 24, 19752–5 @ Winnipeg Jets (1975–76) 3–3–0
7LOctober 30, 19752–3 Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76) 3–4–0
8LNovember 1, 19752–3 Houston Aeros (1975–76) 3–5–0
9TNovember 4, 19752–2 Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76) 3–5–1
10LNovember 6, 19753–5 Quebec Nordiques (1975–76) 3–6–1
11LNovember 7, 19752–3 OT San Diego Mariners (1975–76) 3–7–1
12LNovember 9, 19752–3 @ Houston Aeros (1975–76) 3–8–1
13LNovember 13, 19758–11 Toronto Toros (1975–76) 3–9–1
14WNovember 15, 19755–4 OT Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76) 4–9–1
15WNovember 18, 19756–3 Edmonton Oilers (1975–76) 5–9–1
16LNovember 20, 19751–5 @ San Diego Mariners (1975–76) 5–10–1
17LNovember 21, 19752–6 Calgary Cowboys (1975–76) 5–11–1
18WNovember 23, 19755–3 Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76) 6–11–1
19WNovember 26, 19753–0 @ Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76) 7–11–1
20LNovember 28, 19753–7 @ New England Whalers (1975–76) 7–12–1
21WNovember 30, 19754–2 @ Indianapolis Racers (1975–76) 8–12–1
22LDecember 2, 19753–4 OT Winnipeg Jets (1975–76) 8–13–1
23LDecember 5, 19753–4 @ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1975–76) 8–14–1
24LDecember 6, 19752–3 @ Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76) 8–15–1
25WDecember 7, 19755–1 New England Whalers (1975–76) 9–15–1
26WDecember 9, 19756–3 Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76) 10–15–1
27LDecember 13, 19751–4 Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76) 10–16–1
28WDecember 16, 19753–2 OT Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76) 11–16–1
29WDecember 19, 19756–3 San Diego Mariners (1975–76) 12–16–1
30LDecember 23, 19754–5 Minnesota Fighting Saints (1975–76) 12–17–1
31LDecember 26, 19754–9 @ Houston Aeros (1975–76) 12–18–1
32LDecember 27, 19750–10 @ Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76) 12–19–1
33LDecember 28, 19752–5 Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76) 12–20–1
34WDecember 30, 19752–1 OT Indianapolis Racers (1975–76) 13–20–1
35LJanuary 2, 19761–2 @ Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76) 13–21–1
36LJanuary 3, 19762–4 @ Houston Aeros (1975–76) 13–22–1
37WJanuary 4, 19765–2 @ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1975–76) 14–22–1
38LJanuary 7, 19762–3 New England Whalers (1975–76) 14–23–1
39LJanuary 10, 19765–8 @ Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76) 14–24–1
40LJanuary 11, 19765–6 OT @ Winnipeg Jets (1975–76) 14–25–1
41LJanuary 15, 19764–5 OT Houston Aeros (1975–76) 14–26–1

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Player stats

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Backstrom, RalphRalph Backstrom C 41 21 29 50 149804
Borgeson, DonDon Borgeson LW 40 21 16 37 247501
MacGregor, GaryGary MacGregor C 38 16 14 30 18-2300
Sherrit, JimJim Sherrit C 40 11 19 30 16-4000
Maggs, DarylDaryl Maggs D 41 4 23 27 42-9101
Lomenda, MarkMark Lomenda RW 37 6 16 22 11-6500
Rochon, FrankFrank Rochon LW 41 11 10 21 10-18300
Morris, RickRick Morris LW 41 9 6 15 58-19021
Liddington, BobBob Liddington LW 35 7 8 15 14-2100
Arbour, JohnJohn Arbour D 35 2 13 15 49-14000
Legge, BarryBarry Legge D 40 6 8 14 15-11401
Lavender, BrianBrian Lavender LW 37 5 6 11 35-15000
Bignell, LarryLarry Bignell D 41 5 5 10 43-4000
Mara, PeterPeter Mara C 40 3 7 10 8-15000
Baltimore, BryonBryon Baltimore D 41 1 8 9 32-13000
Bredin, GaryGary Bredin RW 17 4 3 7 2-7100
LeBlanc, J.P.J.P. LeBlanc C 15 1 5 6 25-7000
Delorme, RonRon Delorme C 22 1 3 4 28-3000
Mavety, LarryLarry Mavety D 14 0 4 4 14-12000
Kokkola, KeithKeith Kokkola D 16 0 3 3 40-2000
Johnson, BobBob Johnson G 24 0 1 1 70000
Zimmerman, LynnLynn Zimmerman G 8 0 1 1 00000
Gibbons, BrianBrian Gibbons D 2 0 0 0 0-2000
Goldthorpe, BillBill Goldthorpe LW 12 0 0 0 31-5000
Grigg, ChrisChris Grigg G 2 0 0 0 00000
Newton, CamCam Newton G 10 0 0 0 00000
Pizunski, EdEd Pizunski RW 1 0 0 0 00000
Popiel, JanJan Popiel LW 1 0 0 0 20000
Sanza, NickNick Sanza G 1 0 0 0 00000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Johnson, BobBob Johnson 1345 24 8 14 1 88 3.93 0
Newton, CamCam Newton 573 10 4 6 0 35 3.66 1
Zimmerman, LynnLynn Zimmerman 495 8 2 6 0 31 3.76 0
Grigg, ChrisChris Grigg 80 2 0 0 0 13 9.75 0
Sanza, NickNick Sanza 20 1 0 0 0 5 15.00 0
Team: 2513 41 14 26 1 172 4.11 1

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Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts;

See also

References

  1. ↑ "1975–76 Denver Spurs/Ottawa Civics Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-02.
  2. ↑ "1975-76 Denver Spurs/Ottawa Civics Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-02.

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