1975–76 Atlanta Flames · NHL | |
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Division | 3rd Patrick |
1975–76 record | 35–33–12 |
Goals for | 262 |
Goals against | 237 |
General Manager | Cliff Fletcher |
Coach | Fred Creighton |
Captain | Pat Quinn |
Arena | Omni Coliseum |
Team Leaders | |
Goals | Curt Bennett (34) |
Assists | Tom Lysiak (51) |
Points | Tom Lysiak (82) |
Penalties in minutes | Pat Quinn (134) |
Wins | Dan Bouchard (19) |
Goals against average | Dan Bouchard (2.54) |
← Seasons → | |
1974–75 | 1976–77 |
The 1975–76 Atlanta Flames season was the 4th season for the franchise. The Flames finished 3rd in the Patrick Division and lost in the Preliminary round to the Los Angeles Kings 2 games to 0.
Contents
Regular Season[edit | edit source]
Final Standings[edit | edit source]
GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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Philadelphia Flyers | 80 | 51 | 13 | 16 | 348 | 209 | 118 |
New York Islanders | 80 | 42 | 21 | 17 | 297 | 190 | 101 |
Atlanta Flames | 80 | 35 | 33 | 12 | 262 | 237 | 82 |
New York Rangers | 80 | 29 | 42 | 9 | 262 | 333 | 67 |
Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.
Game Log[edit | edit source]
Regular Season Results | |||||
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No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
1 | L | October 8, 1975 | 3–4 | California Golden Seals (1975–76) | 0–1–0 |
2 | L | October 10, 1975 | 1–2 | New York Rangers (1975–76) | 0–2–0 |
3 | L | October 15, 1975 | 1–3 | @ New York Rangers (1975–76) | 0–3–0 |
4 | L | October 17, 1975 | 0–2 | New York Islanders (1975–76) | 0–4–0 |
5 | W | October 18, 1975 | 5–3 | @ Kansas City Scouts (1975–76) | 1–4–0 |
6 | T | October 22, 1975 | 1–1 | St. Louis Blues (1975–76) | 1–4–1 |
7 | W | October 24, 1975 | 7–1 | Los Angeles Kings (1975–76) | 2–4–1 |
8 | L | October 25, 1975 | 3–7 | @ St. Louis Blues (1975–76) | 2–5–1 |
9 | W | October 28, 1975 | 3–2 | @ Vancouver Canucks (1975–76) | 3–5–1 |
10 | W | October 31, 1975 | 2–0 | @ California Golden Seals (1975–76) | 4–5–1 |
11 | L | November 1, 1975 | 1–3 | @ Los Angeles Kings (1975–76) | 4–6–1 |
12 | L | November 5, 1975 | 1–3 | Montreal Canadiens (1975–76) | 4–7–1 |
13 | W | November 7, 1975 | 3–2 | Minnesota North Stars (1975–76) | 5–7–1 |
14 | L | November 9, 1975 | 3–6 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1975–76) | 5–8–1 |
15 | W | November 12, 1975 | 2–1 | Kansas City Scouts (1975–76) | 6–8–1 |
16 | W | November 14, 1975 | 4–1 | @ Washington Capitals (1975–76) | 7–8–1 |
17 | L | November 15, 1975 | 3–5 | Boston Bruins (1975–76) | 7–9–1 |
18 | T | November 18, 1975 | 2–2 | Vancouver Canucks (1975–76) | 7–9–2 |
19 | L | November 21, 1975 | 1–4 | Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76) | 7–10–2 |
20 | W | November 22, 1975 | 6–3 | @ Minnesota North Stars (1975–76) | 8–10–2 |
21 | L | November 25, 1975 | 0–4 | Montreal Canadiens (1975–76) | 8–11–2 |
22 | L | November 26, 1975 | 3–7 | @ Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76) | 8–12–2 |
23 | W | November 28, 1975 | 6–3 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76) | 9–12–2 |
24 | W | November 30, 1975 | 4–1 | @ California Golden Seals (1975–76) | 10–12–2 |
25 | L | December 2, 1975 | 3–5 | @ Los Angeles Kings (1975–76) | 10–13–2 |
26 | W | December 5, 1975 | 6–2 | @ Vancouver Canucks (1975–76) | 11–13–2 |
27 | W | December 7, 1975 | 2–0 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76) | 12–13–2 |
28 | W | December 9, 1975 | 7–1 | Washington Capitals (1975–76) | 13–13–2 |
29 | T | December 12, 1975 | 3–3 | New York Islanders (1975–76) | 13–13–3 |
30 | W | December 14, 1975 | 7–4 | @ Buffalo Sabres (1975–76) | 14–13–3 |
31 | W | December 16, 1975 | 3–1 | Kansas City Scouts (1975–76) | 15–13–3 |
32 | L | December 17, 1975 | 2–3 | @ Minnesota North Stars (1975–76) | 15–14–3 |
33 | W | December 19, 1975 | 8–3 | New York Rangers (1975–76) | 16–14–3 |
34 | W | December 21, 1975 | 2–1 | @ Boston Bruins (1975–76) | 17–14–3 |
35 | T | December 23, 1975 | 2–2 | Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76) | 17–14–4 |
36 | W | December 26, 1975 | 4–3 | Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76) | 18–14–4 |
37 | L | December 27, 1975 | 2–3 | @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76) | 18–15–4 |
38 | L | December 29, 1975 | 2–6 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76) | 18–16–4 |
39 | W | December 31, 1975 | 8–1 | @ New York Rangers (1975–76) | 19–16–4 |
40 | W | January 2, 1976 | 7–1 | St. Louis Blues (1975–76) | 20–16–4 |
41 | W | January 3, 1976 | 6–4 | @ Kansas City Scouts (1975–76) | 21–16–4 |
42 | W | January 6, 1976 | 4–3 | Detroit Red Wings (1975–76) | 22–16–4 |
43 | T | January 9, 1976 | 1–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76) | 22–16–5 |
44 | W | January 11, 1976 | 5–2 | Vancouver Canucks (1975–76) | 23–16–5 |
45 | L | January 13, 1976 | 0–3 | Los Angeles Kings (1975–76) | 23–17–5 |
46 | L | January 15, 1976 | 3–5 | St. Louis Blues (1975–76) | 23–18–5 |
47 | T | January 17, 1976 | 2–2 | @ New York Islanders (1975–76) | 23–18–6 |
48 | L | January 18, 1976 | 2–4 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1975–76) | 23–19–6 |
49 | L | January 22, 1976 | 2–7 | @ Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76) | 23–20–6 |
50 | T | January 23, 1976 | 3–3 | Buffalo Sabres (1975–76) | 23–20–7 |
51 | W | January 27, 1976 | 8–4 | Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76) | 24–20–7 |
52 | L | January 28, 1976 | 3–7 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76) | 24–21–7 |
53 | L | January 30, 1976 | 2–4 | Boston Bruins (1975–76) | 24–22–7 |
54 | L | February 1, 1976 | 3–5 | @ Boston Bruins (1975–76) | 24–23–7 |
55 | T | February 3, 1976 | 2–2 | @ New York Islanders (1975–76) | 24–23–8 |
56 | W | February 4, 1976 | 4–1 | California Golden Seals (1975–76) | 25–23–8 |
57 | L | February 6, 1976 | 1–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76) | 25–24–8 |
58 | W | February 11, 1976 | 5–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76) | 26–24–8 |
59 | L | February 13, 1976 | 2–3 | Buffalo Sabres (1975–76) | 26–25–8 |
60 | L | February 14, 1976 | 3–5 | @ St. Louis Blues (1975–76) | 26–26–8 |
61 | L | February 19, 1976 | 1–3 | @ Buffalo Sabres (1975–76) | 26–27–8 |
62 | W | February 20, 1976 | 3–1 | @ Kansas City Scouts (1975–76) | 27–27–8 |
63 | L | February 23, 1976 | 1–7 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76) | 27–28–8 |
64 | T | February 25, 1976 | 3–3 | @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76) | 27–28–9 |
65 | L | February 28, 1976 | 2–3 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1975–76) | 27–29–9 |
66 | L | March 3, 1976 | 2–3 | Detroit Red Wings (1975–76) | 27–30–9 |
67 | W | March 5, 1976 | 8–3 | New York Rangers (1975–76) | 28–30–9 |
68 | T | March 7, 1976 | 6–6 | @ New York Rangers (1975–76) | 28–30–10 |
69 | W | March 9, 1976 | 9–0 | Boston Bruins (1975–76) | 29–30–10 |
70 | W | March 10, 1976 | 4–1 | @ Minnesota North Stars (1975–76) | 30–30–10 |
71 | W | March 12, 1976 | 4–1 | Washington Capitals (1975–76) | 31–30–10 |
72 | L | March 14, 1976 | 1–6 | @ Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76) | 31–31–10 |
73 | L | March 16, 1976 | 2–4 | Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76) | 31–32–10 |
74 | T | March 19, 1976 | 2–2 | Vancouver Canucks (1975–76) | 31–32–11 |
75 | W | March 24, 1976 | 7–2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76) | 32–32–11 |
76 | L | March 27, 1976 | 0–8 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1975–76) | 32–33–11 |
77 | W | March 28, 1976 | 3–1 | @ Washington Capitals (1975–76) | 33–33–11 |
78 | T | April 1, 1976 | 1–1 | @ New York Islanders (1975–76) | 33–33–12 |
79 | W | April 2, 1976 | 4–2 | Minnesota North Stars (1975–76) | 34–33–12 |
80 | W | April 4, 1976 | 5–2 | New York Islanders (1975–76) | 35–33–12 |
Playoffs[edit | edit source]
Los Angeles Kings 2, Atlanta Flames 0[edit | edit source]
Player Stats[edit | edit source]
Skaters[edit | edit source]
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Regular Season | Playoffs | ||||||||||||
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Player | # | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
Tom Lysiak | 12 | 80 | 31 | 51 | 82 | 60 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
Curt Bennett | 5 | 80 | 34 | 31 | 65 | 61 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
Hilliard Graves | 17 | 80 | 19 | 30 | 49 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Claude St. Sauveur | 11 | 79 | 24 | 24 | 48 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Eric Vail | 25 | 60 | 16 | 31 | 47 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bill Flett | 9 | 78 | 23 | 17 | 40 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Dave Kryskow | 20/8 | 79 | 15 | 25 | 40 | 65 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
Rey Comeau | 18 | 79 | 17 | 22 | 39 | 42 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Randy Manery | 7 | 80 | 7 | 32 | 39 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Larry Romanchych | 21 | 67 | 16 | 19 | 35 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Barry Gibbs | 2 | 76 | 8 | 21 | 29 | 92 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
Bill Clement† | 10 | 31 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
Ed Kea | 19 | 78 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 101 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||
Gerry Meehan‡ | 10 | 48 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Tim Ecclestone | 14 | 69 | 6 | 21 | 27 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Larry Carriere | 23 | 75 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 96 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
Jean Lemieux‡ | 6 | 33 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Pat Quinn | 3 | 80 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 134 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
Ken Houston | 24/6 | 38 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bob Leiter | 16 | 26 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Guy Chouinard | 16 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Richard Mulhern | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Richard Lemieux† | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Cam Botting | 24 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Phil Myre | 1 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Dan Bouchard | 30 | 47 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 | ||||||
Buster Harvey‡ | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Noel Price | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Pat Ribble | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Willi Plett | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Rick Bowness | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Atlanta. Stats reflect time with the Flames only.
‡Traded mid-season
Goaltending[edit | edit source]
Note: GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/shootout losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average
Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||
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Player | # | GP | TOI | W | L | T | GA | SO | GAA | GP | TOI | W | L | GA | SO | GAA | ||
Dan Bouchard | 30 | 47 | 2671 | 19 | 17 | 8 | 113 | 2 | 2.54 | 2 | 120 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1.50 | ||
Phil Myre | 1 | 37 | 2129 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 123 | 1 | 3.47 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Awards and Records[edit | edit source]
- The Flames did not win any awards this season.
Transactions[edit | edit source]
The Flames were involved in the following transactions during the 1975–76 season.
Trades[edit | edit source]
June 5, 1975 | To Atlanta Flames Dave Kryskow |
To Detroit Red Wings Bryan Hextall Jr. |
September 9, 1975 | To Atlanta Flames Curt Ridley |
To New York Rangers Jerry Byers |
September 23, 1975 | To Atlanta Flames Rights to Claude St. Sauveur |
To California Golden Seals Cash |
October 1, 1975 | To Atlanta Flames Larry Carriere 1st round pick in 1976 (traded to Washington Capitals; Capitals selected Greg Carroll) Cash |
To Buffalo Sabres Jacques Richard |
October 13, 1975 | To Atlanta Flames Richard Lemieux Future considerations |
To Kansas City Scouts Buster Harvey |
January 20, 1976 | To Atlanta Flames 1st round pick in 1976 (Dave Shand) |
To Vancouver Canucks Curt Ridley |
January 22, 1976 | To Atlanta Flames Bill Clement |
To Washington Capitals Jean Lemieux Gerry Meehan Sabres' 1st round pick in 1976 (Greg Carroll) |
Free Agents[edit | edit source]
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Waivers[edit | edit source]
Player | Former team |
RW Bill Flett | Toronto Maple Leafs |
Draft Picks[edit | edit source]
- See also: 1975 NHL Amateur Draft
Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club Team |
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1 | 8. | Richard Mulhern (D) | ![]() |
Sherbrooke Beavers (QMJHL) |
2 | 26. | Rick Bowness (RW) | ![]() |
Montreal Bleu Blanc Rouge (QMJHL) |
4 | 62. | Dale Ross (LW) | ![]() |
Ottawa 67s (OHA) |
5 | 80. | Willi Plett (RW) | ![]() |
St. Catharines Black Hawks (OHA) |
6 | 98. | Paul Heaver (D) | ![]() |
Oshawa Generals (OHA) |
7 | 116. | Dale McMillan (LW) | ![]() |
Brandon Wheat Kings (WCHL) |
8 | 134. | Rick Piche (D) | ![]() |
Brandon Wheat Kings (WCHL) |
9 | 150. | Nick Sanza (G) | Sherbrooke Beavers (QMJHL) | |
10 | 167. | Brian O'Connell (G) | ![]() |
Saint Louis University (NCAA) |
11 | 181. | Joe Augustine (D) | ![]() |
Austin Mavericks (MidJHL) |
12 | 192. | Torbjorn Nilsson (RW) | ![]() |
Skelleftea AIK (Grundserien) |
13 | 216. | Gary Gill (LW) | ![]() |
Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHA) |
References[edit | edit source]
Atlanta Flames Seasons |
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1972–73 • 1973–74 • 1974–75 • 1975–76 • 1976–77 • 1977–78 • 1978–79 • 1979–80 • Calgary |
1975–76 NHL season by team | |
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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 | 1975 NHL Amateur Draft • All-Star Game • Stanley Cup Finals |
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