1975–76 Minnesota Fighting Saints season

1975–76 Minnesota Fighting Saints
Division 4th West
1975–76 record 30–25–4
Goals for 211
Goals against 212
Team information
Coach Harry Neale
Arena St. Paul Civic Center
Team leaders
<1974–75

  1976–77 >

The 1975–76 Minnesota Fighting Saints season was the original Minnesota Fighting Saints' fourth and final season of operation in the World Hockey Association (WHA). The Saints did not finish the season, folding after 59 games. However the 1975–76 Cleveland Crusaders would relocate to Minnesota the following season and play as the Fighting Saints.

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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
1WOctober 10, 19754–1 @ Edmonton Oilers (1975–76) 1–0–0
2WOctober 12, 19752–0 @ Calgary Cowboys (1975–76) 2–0–0
3LOctober 15, 19754–8 Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76) 2–1–0
4LOctober 18, 19751–3 Edmonton Oilers (1975–76) 2–2–0
5WOctober 21, 19752–1 @ Indianapolis Racers (1975–76) 3–2–0
6TOctober 23, 19754–4 @ San Diego Mariners (1975–76) 3–2–1
7LOctober 25, 19751–6 @ San Diego Mariners (1975–76) 3–3–1
8LOctober 29, 19754–6 Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76) 3–4–1
9WNovember 1, 19753–2 Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76) 4–4–1
10LNovember 5, 19754–6 @ Houston Aeros (1975–76) 4–5–1
11WNovember 8, 19754–3 Toronto Toros (1975–76) 5–5–1
12LNovember 11, 19756–8 @ Quebec Nordiques (1975–76) 5–6–1
13WNovember 15, 19759–7 Indianapolis Racers (1975–76) 6–6–1
14WNovember 16, 19753–2 @ Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76) 7–6–1
15LNovember 19, 19753–4 OT @ Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76) 7–7–1
16WNovember 20, 19752–0 @ New England Whalers (1975–76) 8–7–1
17LNovember 22, 19754–6 Calgary Cowboys (1975–76) 8–8–1
18WNovember 25, 19753–2 OT New England Whalers (1975–76) 9–8–1
19WNovember 27, 19755–3 Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76) 10–8–1
20LNovember 30, 19753–5 @ Winnipeg Jets (1975–76) 10–9–1
21WDecember 5, 19754–3 Denver Spurs/Ottawa Civics (1975–76) 11–9–1
22WDecember 9, 19755–3 @ Toronto Toros (1975–76) 12–9–1
23LDecember 10, 19752–3 @ New England Whalers (1975–76) 12–10–1
24LDecember 12, 19750–1 @ Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76) 12–11–1
25WDecember 13, 19754–3 Houston Aeros (1975–76) 13–11–1
26TDecember 17, 19750–0 New England Whalers (1975–76) 13–11–2
27WDecember 20, 19756–3 Winnipeg Jets (1975–76) 14–11–2
28WDecember 21, 19753–1 @ Winnipeg Jets (1975–76) 15–11–2
29WDecember 23, 19755–4 @ Denver Spurs/Ottawa Civics (1975–76) 16–11–2
30LDecember 27, 19750–5 @ Houston Aeros (1975–76) 16–12–2
31LDecember 28, 19751–2 San Diego Mariners (1975–76) 16–13–2
32TDecember 30, 19754–4 Quebec Nordiques (1975–76) 16–13–3
33WJanuary 3, 19763–1 Indianapolis Racers (1975–76) 17–13–3
34LJanuary 4, 19762–5 Denver Spurs/Ottawa Civics (1975–76) 17–14–3
35WJanuary 7, 19767–6 OT Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76) 18–14–3
36LJanuary 10, 19761–4 Houston Aeros (1975–76) 18–15–3
37WJanuary 11, 19767–4 @ Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76) 19–15–3
38LJanuary 15, 19764–5 OT @ San Diego Mariners (1975–76) 19–16–3
39LJanuary 16, 19761–3 @ Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76) 19–17–3
40WJanuary 17, 19764–2 @ Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76) 20–17–3
41WJanuary 21, 19766–5 OT San Diego Mariners (1975–76) 21–17–3
42LJanuary 23, 19761–7 San Diego Mariners (1975–76) 21–18–3
43WJanuary 25, 19765–2 Toronto Toros (1975–76) 22–18–3
44WJanuary 28, 19766–2 Winnipeg Jets (1975–76) 23–18–3
45WJanuary 29, 19766–5 OT @ Indianapolis Racers (1975–76) 24–18–3
46WJanuary 31, 19764–1 Houston Aeros (1975–76) 25–18–3
47LFebruary 1, 19765–6 Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76) 25–19–3
48LFebruary 3, 19764–8 @ Houston Aeros (1975–76) 25–20–3
49LFebruary 4, 19761–4 @ San Diego Mariners (1975–76) 25–21–3
50LFebruary 7, 19762–4 @ Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76) 25–22–3
51TFebruary 8, 19763–3 @ Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76) 25–22–4
52WFebruary 10, 19766–3 San Diego Mariners (1975–76) 26–22–4
53WFebruary 11, 19764–2 @ San Diego Mariners (1975–76) 27–22–4
54WFebruary 12, 19766–4 Quebec Nordiques (1975–76) 28–22–4
55LFebruary 14, 19762–5 Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76) 28–23–4
56WFebruary 17, 19766–3 @ Toronto Toros (1975–76) 29–23–4
57WFebruary 20, 19766–3 @ Calgary Cowboys (1975–76) 30–23–4
58LFebruary 22, 19763–4 @ Edmonton Oilers (1975–76) 30–24–4
59LFebruary 25, 19761–2 OT San Diego Mariners (1975–76) 30–25–4

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Player stats

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Walton, MikeMike Walton C 58 31 40 71 277000
Keon, DaveDave Keon C 57 26 38 64 414523
Huck, FranFran Huck C 59 17 32 49 279000
Connelly, WayneWayne Connelly C 59 24 23 47 199402
McKenzie, JohnJohn McKenzie RW 57 21 26 47 4810426
Antonovich, MikeMike Antonovich C 57 25 21 46 1821000
Boucha, HenryHenry Boucha C 36 15 20 35 473000
Smith, RickRick Smith D 51 1 32 33 501000
Holmgren, PaulPaul Holmgren RW 51 14 16 30 121-7000
Hampson, TedTed Hampson C 59 5 14 19 14-3010
Carlson, JackJack Carlson LW 58 8 10 18 189-14001
Gambucci, GaryGary Gambucci C 45 10 6 16 145000
Butters, BillBill Butters D 59 0 15 15 17019000
Brackenbury, CurtCurt Brackenbury RW 59 4 9 13 2547000
Westrum, PatPat Westrum D 54 3 10 13 980000
Busniuk, RonRon Busniuk RW 59 2 11 13 1509200
Odrowski, GerryGerry Odrowski D 37 1 12 13 10-9000
Boudreau, BruceBruce Boudreau C 30 3 6 9 4-1000
Zrymiak, JerryJerry Zrymiak D 22 0 8 8 162000
Miller, PerryPerry Miller D 13 1 4 5 11-5000
Arbour, JohnJohn Arbour D 7 0 4 4 144000
Ouimet, FrancoisFrancois Ouimet D 9 0 2 2 20000
Carlson, JeffJeff Carlson RW 7 0 1 1 140000
Carlson, SteveSteve Carlson C 10 0 1 1 23-1000
Curran, MikeMike Curran G 5 0 0 0 20000
Garrett, JohnJohn Garrett G 52 0 0 0 60000
Levasseur, Jean-LouisJean-Louis Levasseur G 4 0 0 0 00000
Sarner, CraigCraig Sarner RW 1 0 0 0 00000
Tetreault, JeanJean Tetreault LW 3 0 0 0 00000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Garrett, JohnJohn Garrett 3179 52 26 22 4 177 3.34 2
Curran, MikeMike Curran 240 5 2 2 0 22 5.50 1
Levasseur, Jean-LouisJean-Louis Levasseur 193 4 2 1 0 10 3.11 0
Team: 3612 59 30 25 4 209 3.47 3

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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 Minnesota Fighting Saints Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-02.
  2. "1975-76 Minnesota Fighting Saints Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-02.

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