1975–76 Kansas City Scouts season

1975–76 Kansas City Scouts
Division	5th Smythe
1975–76 record	12–56–12
Goals for	190
Goals against	351
Team information
General manager	Ray Miron
Coach	Bep Guidolin Sid Abel Eddie Bush
Captain	Simon Nolet Guy Charron
Team leaders
Goals	Guy Charron (27)
Assists	Guy Charron (44)
Points	Guy Charron (71)
Penalty minutes	Steve Durbano (209)
Wins	Denis Herron (11)
Goals against average	Denis Herron (4.03)

The 1975–76 Kansas City Scouts season was the second, and final season for the NHL franchise in Kansas City, Missouri. They played their home games at the Kemper Arena.

Regular Season

The Scouts started the season by going 11–21–4 in their first 36 games, but after their December 28 win against the California Golden Seals, the Scouts would win only once in their final 44 games, to finish with a record of 12 wins, 56 losses, and 12 ties (for a season-ending total of 36 points). During the summer of 1976, the Scouts left Kansas City for Denver to become the Colorado Rockies, ending its two-year stint in Kansas City.

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

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

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

Playoffs

• The Scouts did not qualify for the post season.

Player Stats

Regular Season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Charron, GuyGuy Charron	C	78	27	44	71	12	-51	9	0	4
Paiement, WilfWilf Paiement	RW	57	21	22	43	121	-37	4	0	3
Bergman, GaryGary Bergman	D	75	5	33	38	82	-52	1	0	1
Patrick, CraigCraig Patrick	RW	80	17	18	35	14	-24	3	1	0
Croteau, GaryGary Croteau	LW	79	19	14	33	12	-24	4	0	1
Burns, RobinRobin Burns	LW	78	13	18	31	37	-40	2	0	0
Hudson, DaveDave Hudson	C	74	11	20	31	12	-28	2	0	0
Rota, RandyRandy Rota	C/LW	71	12	14	26	14	-38	2	0	1
Nolet, SimonSimon Nolet	RW	41	10	15	25	16	-9	2	0	1
Arnason, ChuckChuck Arnason	RW	39	14	10	24	21	-35	5	0	0
Roberto, PhilPhil Roberto	RW	37	7	15	22	42	-11	3	0	0
Patterson, DennisDennis Patterson	D	69	5	16	21	28	-28	0	0	0
Harvey, BusterBuster Harvey	RW	39	5	12	17	6	-31	0	0	0
Dupere, DenisDenis Dupere	LW	43	6	8	14	16	-8	2	0	0
Lagace, Jean-GuyJean-Guy Lagace	D	69	3	10	13	108	-38	1	1	1
Gilbert, EdEd Gilbert	C	41	4	8	12	8	-29	1	0	0
Johnston, LarryLarry Johnston	D	72	2	10	12	112	-61	1	0	0
Durbano, SteveSteve Durbano	D	37	1	11	12	209	-30	0	0	0
Boucha, HenryHenry Boucha	C	28	4	7	11	14	-13	2	0	0
Gagnon, GermainGermain Gagnon	LW	31	1	9	10	6	-14	1	0	0
McElmury, JimJim McElmury	D	38	2	6	8	6	-13	1	0	0
Harvey, HughHugh Harvey	C/LW	10	1	1	2	2	-5	0	0	0
Murray, KenKen Murray	D	23	0	2	2	24	-1	0	0	0
Houde, ClaudeClaude Houde	D	25	0	2	2	20	-13	0	0	0
McDonald, TerryTerry McDonald	D	8	0	1	1	6	-5	0	0	0
McKenzie, BillBill McKenzie	G	22	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0
Dube, NormNorm Dube	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lemieux, RichRich Lemieux	C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cairns, DonDon Cairns	LW	7	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Lemelin, RogerRoger Lemelin	D	11	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Oleschuk, BillBill Oleschuk	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Herron, DenisDenis Herron	G	64	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Herron, DenisDenis Herron	3620	64	11	39	11	243	4.03	0
McKenzie, BillBill McKenzie	1120	22	1	16	1	97	5.20	0
Oleschuk, BillBill Oleschuk	60	1	0	1	0	4	4.00	0
Team:	4800	80	12	56	12	344	4.30	0

Note: 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

Awards and Records

• The Scouts did not win any awards this season.

Transactions

Trades

August 22, 1975	To Detroit Red Wings Peter McDuffe Glen Burdon	To Kansas City Scouts Bill McKenzie Gary Bergman
October 1, 1975	To Buffalo Sabres cash	To Kansas City Scouts Rocky Farr
October 13, 1975	To Atlanta Flames Richard Lemieux Kansas City's 2nd round draft pick 1977 NHL Entry Draft	To Kansas City Scouts Buster Harvey
November 1, 1975	To Detroit Red Wings Hank Lehvonen	To Kansas City Scouts Frank Bathe
December 9, 1975	To Minnesota North Stars Kansas City's 2nd round draft pick 1978 NHL Entry Draft	To Kansas City Scouts Henry Boucha
January 9, 1976	To Pittsburgh Penguins Simon Nolet Ed Gilbert Kansas City's 1st round draft pick 1976 NHL Entry Draft	To Kansas City Scouts Steve Durbano Chuck Arnason Pittsburgh's 1st round draft pick 1976 NHL Entry Draft
January 14, 1976	To Detroit Red Wings Buster Harvey	To Kansas City Scouts Phil Roberto

Waivers

October 28, 1975

From Chicago Black Hawks Germain Gagnon

Video

Over five minutes of game footage from the January 28, 1976 North Stars-Scouts game.

Minnesota North Stars 1975-76

See Also

• 1975–76 NHL season

References

• 1975–76 Kansas City Scouts Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-06.
• Scouts on Hockey Database
• Scouts on Database Hockey
• Scouts Game Log on Database Hockey