1975–76 Minnesota Fighting Saints season

Minnesota Fighting Saints
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
	Team leaders

<1974–75

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.

OffseasonEdit

Regular seasonEdit

Final standingsEdit

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 logEdit

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

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PlayoffsEdit

Player statsEdit

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Walton, MikeMike Walton	C	58	31	40	71	27	7	0	0	0
Keon, DaveDave Keon	C	57	26	38	64	4	14	5	2	3
Huck, FranFran Huck	C	59	17	32	49	27	9	0	0	0
Connelly, WayneWayne Connelly	C	59	24	23	47	19	9	4	0	2
McKenzie, JohnJohn McKenzie	RW	57	21	26	47	48	10	4	2	6
Antonovich, MikeMike Antonovich	C	57	25	21	46	18	21	0	0	0
Boucha, HenryHenry Boucha	C	36	15	20	35	47	3	0	0	0
Smith, RickRick Smith	D	51	1	32	33	50	1	0	0	0
Holmgren, PaulPaul Holmgren	RW	51	14	16	30	121	-7	0	0	0
Hampson, TedTed Hampson	C	59	5	14	19	14	-3	0	1	0
Carlson, JackJack Carlson	LW	58	8	10	18	189	-14	0	0	1
Gambucci, GaryGary Gambucci	C	45	10	6	16	14	5	0	0	0
Butters, BillBill Butters	D	59	0	15	15	170	19	0	0	0
Brackenbury, CurtCurt Brackenbury	RW	59	4	9	13	254	7	0	0	0
Westrum, PatPat Westrum	D	54	3	10	13	98	0	0	0	0
Busniuk, RonRon Busniuk	RW	59	2	11	13	150	9	2	0	0
Odrowski, GerryGerry Odrowski	D	37	1	12	13	10	-9	0	0	0
Boudreau, BruceBruce Boudreau	C	30	3	6	9	4	-1	0	0	0
Zrymiak, JerryJerry Zrymiak	D	22	0	8	8	16	2	0	0	0
Miller, PerryPerry Miller	D	13	1	4	5	11	-5	0	0	0
Arbour, JohnJohn Arbour	D	7	0	4	4	14	4	0	0	0
Ouimet, FrançoisFrançois Ouimet	D	9	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0
Carlson, JeffJeff Carlson	RW	7	0	1	1	14	0	0	0	0
Carlson, SteveSteve Carlson	C	10	0	1	1	23	-1	0	0	0
Curran, MikeMike Curran	G	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Garrett, JohnJohn Garrett	G	52	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0
Levasseur, Jean-LouisJean-Louis Levasseur	G	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sarner, CraigCraig Sarner	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tetreault, JeanJean Tetreault	LW	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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;

Awards and recordsEdit

TransactionsEdit

Draft picksEdit

Farm teamsEdit

ReferencesEdit

↑ 1975–76 Minnesota Fighting Saints Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-07-02.
↑ 1975-76 Minnesota Fighting Saints Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com. hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-07-02.

External linksEdit

[0] 1975–76 Minnesota Fighting Saints Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-07-02.

[1] 1975-76 Minnesota Fighting Saints Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com. hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-07-02.

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[2]

1975–76 WHA season by team
Canadian:	Calgary • Denver/Ottawa • Edmonton • Toronto • Quebec • Winnipeg
Eastern:	Cleveland • Cincinnati • Indianapolis • New England
Western:	Houston • Minnesota • Phoenix • San Diego

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