1975–76 San Diego Mariners season

1975–76 San Diego Mariners

Division

3rd West

1975–76 record

36–38–6

Goals for

303

Goals against

290

Team information

Coach

Ron Ingram

Team leaders

<1974–75

1976–77>

The 1975–76 San Diego Mariners season was the second season of operation of the San Diego Mariners in the World Hockey Association (WHA). The Mariners placed third in the Western Division to qualify for the playoffs, losing in the second round to the Houston Aeros.

Regular season

Final standings

Western Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA	PIM
Houston Aeros	80	53	27	0	106	341	263	1093
Phoenix Roadrunners	80	39	35	6	84	302	287	1292
San Diego Mariners	80	36	38	6	78	303	290	716
Minnesota Fighting Saints	59	30	25	4	64	211	212	1354

Game log

Regular season schedule
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 10, 1975	5–6	@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76)	0–1–0
2	L	October 11, 1975	2–4	Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76)	0–2–0
3	W	October 16, 1975	3–0	Indianapolis Racers (1975–76)	1–2–0
4	W	October 18, 1975	2–1	Winnipeg Jets (1975–76)	2–2–0
5	T	October 23, 1975	4–4	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1975–76)	2–2–1
6	W	October 25, 1975	6–1	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1975–76)	3–2–1
7	L	October 30, 1975	2–4	Houston Aeros (1975–76)	3–3–1
8	L	November 2, 1975	3–5	@ Edmonton Oilers (1975–76)	3–4–1
9	T	November 4, 1975	4–4	@ Calgary Cowboys (1975–76)	3–4–2
10	W	November 7, 1975	3–2 OT	@ Denver Spurs/Ottawa Civics (1975–76)	4–4–2
11	L	November 8, 1975	4–7	@ Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76)	4–5–2
12	W	November 13, 1975	3–1	Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76)	5–5–2
13	L	November 15, 1975	4–6	Toronto Toros (1975–76)	5–6–2
14	L	November 17, 1975	3–6	@ Edmonton Oilers (1975–76)	5–7–2
15	W	November 18, 1975	6–2	@ Calgary Cowboys (1975–76)	6–7–2
16	W	November 20, 1975	5–1	Denver Spurs/Ottawa Civics (1975–76)	7–7–2
17	L	November 22, 1975	2–3 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1975–76)	7–8–2
18	W	November 25, 1975	7–2	Edmonton Oilers (1975–76)	8–8–2
19	W	November 27, 1975	5–1	Quebec Nordiques (1975–76)	9–8–2
20	L	November 29, 1975	4–5 OT	Calgary Cowboys (1975–76)	9–9–2
21	L	November 30, 1975	4–8	@ Houston Aeros (1975–76)	9–10–2
22	L	December 4, 1975	4–5	Winnipeg Jets (1975–76)	9–11–2
23	W	December 6, 1975	4–1	New England Whalers (1975–76)	10–11–2
24	T	December 11, 1975	3–3	Indianapolis Racers (1975–76)	10–11–3
25	T	December 13, 1975	3–3	Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76)	10–11–4
26	L	December 14, 1975	2–4	@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76)	10–12–4
27	W	December 16, 1975	4–2	@ Houston Aeros (1975–76)	11–12–4
28	W	December 18, 1975	7–3	Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76)	12–12–4
29	L	December 19, 1975	3–6	@ Denver Spurs/Ottawa Civics (1975–76)	12–13–4
30	W	December 21, 1975	3–1	Houston Aeros (1975–76)	13–13–4
31	W	December 23, 1975	10–4	Quebec Nordiques (1975–76)	14–13–4
32	W	December 26, 1975	4–2	Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76)	15–13–4
33	W	December 28, 1975	2–1	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1975–76)	16–13–4
34	L	December 30, 1975	3–5	@ New England Whalers (1975–76)	16–14–4
35	W	January 2, 1976	2–0	@ Indianapolis Racers (1975–76)	17–14–4
36	L	January 3, 1976	3–5	@ Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76)	17–15–4
37	L	January 6, 1976	4–6	@ Toronto Toros (1975–76)	17–16–4
38	L	January 7, 1976	3–8	@ Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76)	17–17–4
39	W	January 9, 1976	5–3	@ New England Whalers (1975–76)	18–17–4
40	L	January 10, 1976	3–4 OT	@ Quebec Nordiques (1975–76)	18–18–4
41	L	January 11, 1976	4–8	@ New England Whalers (1975–76)	18–19–4
42	W	January 15, 1976	5–4 OT	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1975–76)	19–19–4
43	W	January 17, 1976	5–4	Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76)	20–19–4
44	L	January 21, 1976	5–6 OT	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1975–76)	20–20–4
45	W	January 23, 1976	7–1	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1975–76)	21–20–4
46	W	January 24, 1976	6–4	Toronto Toros (1975–76)	22–20–4
47	L	January 25, 1976	5–7	@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76)	22–21–4
48	L	January 27, 1976	3–4 OT	Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76)	22–22–4
49	W	January 29, 1976	1–0	Calgary Cowboys (1975–76)	23–22–4
50	W	January 31, 1976	6–1	Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76)	24–22–4
51	W	February 4, 1976	4–1	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1975–76)	25–22–4
52	W	February 5, 1976	3–2	Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76)	26–22–4
53	L	February 8, 1976	2–5	@ Houston Aeros (1975–76)	26–23–4
54	L	February 10, 1976	3–6	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1975–76)	26–24–4
55	L	February 11, 1976	2–4	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1975–76)	26–25–4
56	W	February 14, 1976	5–1	Houston Aeros (1975–76)	27–25–4
57	W	February 15, 1976	3–2	@ Indianapolis Racers (1975–76)	28–25–4
58	L	February 17, 1976	2–5	@ Quebec Nordiques (1975–76)	28–26–4
59	W	February 20, 1976	6–4	@ Toronto Toros (1975–76)	29–26–4
60	L	February 21, 1976	2–3	@ Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76)	29–27–4
61	W	February 25, 1976	2–1 OT	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1975–76)	30–27–4
62	L	February 27, 1976	3–4	@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76)	30–28–4
63	L	March 2, 1976	3–4	New England Whalers (1975–76)	30–29–4
64	W	March 4, 1976	8–2	New England Whalers (1975–76)	31–29–4
65	W	March 7, 1976	5–2	Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76)	32–29–4
66	L	March 9, 1976	2–9	@ Houston Aeros (1975–76)	32–30–4
67	W	March 11, 1976	4–1	Houston Aeros (1975–76)	33–30–4
68	L	March 13, 1976	2–3	Houston Aeros (1975–76)	33–31–4
69	T	March 18, 1976	4–4	@ Indianapolis Racers (1975–76)	33–31–5
70	L	March 19, 1976	3–8	@ Houston Aeros (1975–76)	33–32–5
71	L	March 20, 1976	3–4 OT	Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76)	33–33–5
72	T	March 23, 1976	8–8	Indianapolis Racers (1975–76)	33–33–6
73	W	March 25, 1976	9–1	Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76)	34–33–6
74	L	March 26, 1976	1–3	@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76)	34–34–6
75	L	March 27, 1976	2–5	Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76)	34–35–6
76	L	March 28, 1976	1–6	@ Winnipeg Jets (1975–76)	34–36–6
77	W	March 30, 1976	4–3	@ Houston Aeros (1975–76)	35–36–6
78	L	April 3, 1976	2–4	@ Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76)	35–37–6
79	L	April 4, 1976	2–5	@ Houston Aeros (1975–76)	35–38–6
80	W	April 6, 1976	3–2 OT	@ Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76)	36–38–6

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Playoffs

San Diego Mariners 3, Phoenix Roadrunners 2 - Preliminary Round

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record
1	April 9	San Diego Mariners	2–3 OT	Phoenix Roadrunners	0–1
2	April 10	Phoenix Roadrunners	2–4	San Diego Mariners	1–1
3	April 13	San Diego Mariners	4–6	Phoenix Roadrunners	1–2
4	April 15	Phoenix Roadrunners	1–5	San Diego Mariners	2–2
5	April 17	San Diego Mariners	2–1	Phoenix Roadrunners	3–2

Houston Aeros 4, San Diego Mariners 2 - Quarterfinals

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record
1	April 21	San Diego Mariners	6–8	Houston Aeros	0–1
2	April 23	San Diego Mariners	1–3	Houston Aeros	0–2
3	April 25	Houston Aeros	8–4	San Diego Mariners	0–3
4	April 27	Houston Aeros	2–3	San Diego Mariners	1–3
5	April 28	San Diego Mariners	3–2	Houston Aeros	2–3
6	April 30	Houston Aeros	3–2	San Diego Mariners	2–4

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Lacroix, AndreAndre Lacroix	C	80	29	72	101	42	-29	12	3	3
Adduono, RayRay Adduono	C	80	23	67	90	22	29	6	0	2
Ferguson, NormNorm Ferguson	RW	79	37	37	74	12	14	4	0	4
Peacosh, GeneGene Peacosh	LW	79	37	33	70	35	-5	8	0	6
Noris, JoeJoe Noris	C/D	80	28	40	68	24	4	5	3	3
Morrison, KevinKevin Morrison	D	80	22	43	65	56	0	7	0	2
French, JohnJohn French	C/LW	76	25	39	64	16	-2	6	0	3
Devine, KevinKevin Devine	LW	80	21	28	49	102	2	3	0	2
Rivers, WayneWayne Rivers	RW	71	19	25	44	24	-18	10	0	5
Hughes, BrentBrent Hughes	D	78	7	28	35	63	6	1	0	0
Tidey, AlexAlex Tidey	RW	74	16	11	27	46	7	2	0	2
Burgess, DonDon Burgess	LW	73	14	11	25	35	-17	2	0	1
Wall, BobBob Wall	D	68	1	20	21	32	3	0	0	0
Falkenberg, BobBob Falkenberg	D	79	3	13	16	31	-18	0	0	0
McMahon, MikeMike McMahon	D	69	2	12	14	38	-5	0	0	0
Morenz, BrianBrian Morenz	C	40	6	7	13	22	-9	0	0	2
Bredin, GaryGary Bredin	RW	50	4	5	9	10	-12	0	0	1
McNamee, PeterPeter McNamee	D	51	2	3	5	27	-10	0	0	0
Dobek, BobBob Dobek	C	14	3	1	4	2	1	0	0	0
Walter, DaveDave Walter	C	16	1	2	3	6	2	0	0	0
Hargreaves, JimJim Hargreaves	D	43	1	1	2	26	-3	0	0	0
Wakely, ErnieErnie Wakely	G	67	0	2	2	6	0	0	0	0
Bateman, JamieJamie Bateman	LW	7	1	0	1	4	-1	0	0	0
Goldthorpe, BillBill Goldthorpe	LW	14	1	0	1	30	0	0	0	0
Blanchet, BobBob Blanchet	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bye, BrianBrian Bye	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gillow, RussRuss Gillow	G	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jacquith, GaryGary Jacquith	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lalonde, RickRick Lalonde	D	2	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Wakely, ErnieErnie Wakely	3823	67	35	27	4	208	3.26	3
Gillow, RussRuss Gillow	1037	23	1	10	2	74	4.28	0
Blanchet, BobBob Blanchet	32	1	0	1	0	4	7.50	0
Team:	4892	80	36	38	6	286	3.51	3

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Adduono, RayRay Adduono	C	11	4	7	11	6
French, JohnJohn French	C/LW	11	4	7	11	0
Lacroix, AndreAndre Lacroix	C	11	4	6	10	4
Tidey, AlexAlex Tidey	RW	11	3	6	9	10
Rivers, WayneWayne Rivers	RW	11	4	4	8	4
Burgess, DonDon Burgess	LW	11	1	7	8	4
Noris, JoeJoe Noris	C/D	11	2	4	6	6
Hughes, BrentBrent Hughes	D	10	1	5	6	6
Morrison, KevinKevin Morrison	D	11	1	5	6	12
Devine, KevinKevin Devine	LW	11	3	1	4	36
Wall, BobBob Wall	D	11	1	3	4	4
Morenz, BrianBrian Morenz	C	11	2	1	3	11
Peacosh, GeneGene Peacosh	LW	11	2	1	3	21
Dobek, BobBob Dobek	C	11	1	2	3	0
Falkenberg, BobBob Falkenberg	D	11	1	2	3	6
Ferguson, NormNorm Ferguson	RW	4	2	0	2	9
McMahon, MikeMike McMahon	D	9	0	1	1	2
McNamee, PeterPeter McNamee	D	11	0	1	1	28
Gillow, RussRuss Gillow	G	1	0	0	0	0
Hargreaves, JimJim Hargreaves	D	5	0	0	0	2
Wakely, ErnieErnie Wakely	G	11	0	0	0	4

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA
Wakely, ErnieErnie Wakely	640	11	5	6	39	3.66
Gillow, RussRuss Gillow	20	1	0	0	0	0.00
Team:	660	11	5	6	39	3.55

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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;

References

↑ "1975–76 San Diego Mariners Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-02.
↑ "1975-76 San Diego Mariners Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-02.

External links

1975–76 WHA season

Canadian:	Calgary Denver/Ottawa Edmonton Toronto Quebec Winnipeg

Eastern:	Cleveland Cincinnati Indianapolis New England

Western:	Houston Minnesota Phoenix San Diego

See also	Draft

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1975–76 San Diego Mariners season

Regular season

Final standings

Game log

Playoffs

San Diego Mariners 3, Phoenix Roadrunners 2 - Preliminary Round

Houston Aeros 4, San Diego Mariners 2 - Quarterfinals

Player stats

See also

References

External links