1975–76 San Diego Mariners season

1975–76 San Diego Mariners
Division	3rd Western
1975–76 record	36–38–6
Goals for	303
Goals against	290
Team Information
Coach	Ron Ingram
Captain	Norm Ferguson
Alternate captains	Andre Lacroix Ken Block
Arena	San Diego Sports Arena
Team Leaders
Goals	Norm Ferguson Gene Peacosh (37)
Assists	Andre Lacroix (72)
Points	Andre Lacroix (101)
Penalties in minutes	Kevin Devine (102)
Wins	Ernie Wakely (35)
Goals against average	Ernie Wakely (3.26)

<1974–75

1976–77>

The 1975–76 San Diego Mariners season was the 2nd season of the San Diego Mariners in the World Hockey Association (WHA). The Mariners finished 3rd in the Western Division and lost in the Quarter-finals to the Houston Aeros 4 games to 2.

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

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, PIM = Penalties Minutes
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

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 (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 (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 (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

Playoffs

San Diego Mariners 3, Phoenix Roadrunners 2

#	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

#	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 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 Gillow, RussRuss Gillow G 23 0 0 0 0 0 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 PPG SHG GWG Adduono, RayRay Adduono C 11 4 7 11 6 0 0 0 French, JohnJohn French C/LW 11 4 7 11 0 0 0 0 Lacroix, AndreAndre Lacroix C 11 4 6 10 4 0 0 0 Tidey, AlexAlex Tidey RW 11 3 6 9 10 0 0 0 Rivers, WayneWayne Rivers RW 11 4 4 8 4 0 0 0 Burgess, DonDon Burgess LW 11 1 7 8 4 0 0 0 Noris, JoeJoe Noris C/D 11 2 4 6 6 0 0 0 Hughes, BrentBrent Hughes D 10 1 5 6 6 0 0 0 Morrison, KevinKevin Morrison D 11 1 5 6 12 0 0 0 Devine, KevinKevin Devine LW 11 3 1 4 36 0 0 0 Wall, BobBob Wall D 11 1 3 4 4 0 0 0 Morenz, BrianBrian Morenz C 11 2 1 3 11 0 0 0 Peacosh, GeneGene Peacosh LW 11 2 1 3 21 0 0 0 Dobek, BobBob Dobek C 11 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 Falkenberg, BobBob Falkenberg D 11 1 2 3 6 0 0 0 Ferguson, NormNorm Ferguson RW 4 2 0 2 9 0 0 0 McMahon, MikeMike McMahon D 9 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 McNamee, PeterPeter McNamee D 11 0 1 1 28 0 0 0 Gillow, RussRuss Gillow G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hargreaves, JimJim Hargreaves D 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 Wakely, ErnieErnie Wakely G 11 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO Wakely, ErnieErnie Wakely 640 11 5 6 39 3.66 0 Gillow, RussRuss Gillow 20 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 Team: 660 11 5 6 39 3.55 0

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 Records

• Kevin Morrison, Defense, WHA Second Team All-Star

Gallery

See Also

• 1975–76 WHA season