1975–76 Toronto Toros season

1975–76 Toronto Toros
Division	5th Canadian
1975–76 record	24–52–5
Home record	16–20–4
Road record	8–32–1
Goals for	335
Goals against	398
Team Information
General Manager	Buck Houle
Coach	Bob Baun Gilles Leger
Captain	Frank Mahovlich
Alternate captains	Jim Dorey Gavin Kirk
Arena	Maple Leaf Gardens
Average attendance	8,983
Team Leaders
Goals	Vaclav Nedomansky (56)
Assists	Frank Mahovlich (55)
Points	Vaclav Nedomansky (98)
Penalties in minutes	Jerry Rollins (185)
Wins	Dave Tataryn (7)
Goals against average	John Garrett (3.59)

<1974–75

1976–77 >

The 1975–76 Toronto Toros season was the team's 3rd and last season in Toronto, 4th of the franchise. The Toros finished 5th in the Canadian Division and did not qualify for the playoffs.

Off-season

The Toros jerseys were the same design as in the 1973-74 season.

Regular Season

Final Standings

Canadian Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA	PIM
Winnipeg Jets	81	52	27	2	106	345	254	940
Quebec Nordiques	81	50	27	4	104	371	316	1654
Calgary Cowboys	80	41	35	4	86	307	282	1064
Edmonton Oilers	81	27	49	5	59	268	345	991
Toronto Toros	81	24	52	5	53	335	398	1099
Denver Spurs / Ottawa Civics+	41	14	26	1	29	134	172	536

+team started season in the Western Division when playing in Denver, transferred by league to Canadian Division after moving to Ottawa.
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

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record	Pts
1	October 11	Toronto Toros	3–7	Quebec Nordiques	0–1–0	0
2	October 14	Houston Aeros	3–6	Toronto Toros	1–1–0	2
3	October 17	Edmonton Oilers	4–4	Toronto Toros	1–1–1	3
4	October 18	Toronto Toros	1–3	New England Whalers	1–2–1	3
5	October 24	New England Whalers	5–4	Toronto Toros	1–3–1	3
6	October 25	Toronto Toros	2–3	Quebec Nordiques	1–4–1	3
7	October 28	Quebec Nordiques	4–6	Toronto Toros	2–4–1	5
8	November 4	Toronto Toros	3–4	Indianapolis Racers	2–5–1	5
9	November 7	Toronto Toros	4–5 OT	Edmonton Oilers	2–6–1	5
10	November 8	Toronto Toros	3–4	Minnesota Fighting Saints	2–7–1	5
11	November 9	Toronto Toros	3–5	Winnipeg Jets	2–8–1	5
12	November 11	Toronto Toros	4–5	Houston Aeros	2–9–1	5
13	November 13	Toronto Toros	11–8	Denver Spurs	3–9–1	7
14	November 14	Toronto Toros	2–2	Phoenix Roadrunners	3–9–2	8
15	November 15	Toronto Toros	6–4	San Diego Mariners	4–9–2	10
16	November 17	Indianapolis Racers	6–2	Toronto Toros	4–10–2	10
17	November 21	Cincinnati Stingers	7–8	Toronto Toros	5–10–2	12
18	November 25	Cleveland Crusaders	4–3 OT	Toronto Toros	5–11–2	12
19	November 28	Winnipeg Jets	5–3	Toronto Toros	5–12–2	12
20	November 29	Toronto Toros	9–5	Cincinnati Stingers	6–12–2	14
21	November 30	Toronto Toros	9–10	Cleveland Crusaders	6–13–2	14
22	December 2	Toronto Toros	2–7	Edmonton Oilers	6–14–2	14
23	December 3	Toronto Toros	4–3	Calgary Cowboys	7–14–2	16
24	December 5	Quebec Nordiques	4–7	Toronto Toros	8–14–2	18
25	December 9	Minnesota Fighting Saints	5–3	Toronto Toros	8–15–2	18
26	December 10	Toronto Toros	5–6 OT	Winnipeg Jets	8–16–2	18
27	December 12	Quebec Nordiques	4–6	Toronto Toros	9–16–2	20
28	December 13	Toronto Toros	3–6	Quebec Nordiques	9–17–2	20
29	December 14	Calgary Cowboys	3–3	Toronto Toros	9–17–3	21
30	December 16	Winnipeg Jets	4–3	Toronto Toros	9–18–3	21
31	December 19	Calgary Cowboys	5–3	Toronto Toros	9–19–3	21
32	December 21	Toronto Toros	4–2	Edmonton Oilers	10–19–3	23
33	December 23	Toronto Toros	1–10	Calgary Cowboys	10–20–3	23
34	December 26	Edmonton Oilers	6–8	Toronto Toros	11–20–3	25
35	December 27	Toronto Toros	0–5	Cleveland Crusaders	11–21–3	25
36	December 28	Quebec Nordiques	6–1	Toronto Toros	11–22–3	25
37	December 30	Edmonton Oilers	3–6	Toronto Toros	12–22–3	27
38	January 2	Phoenix Roadrunners	1–4	Toronto Toros	13–22–3	29
39	January 6	San Diego Mariners	4–6	Toronto Toros	14–22–3	31
40	January 7	Toronto Toros	2–8	Winnipeg Jets	14–23–3	31
41	January 9	Toronto Toros	3–5	Edmonton Oilers	14–24–3	31
42	January 17	Toronto Toros	3–4 OT	Quebec Nordiques	14–25–3	31
43	January 20	Toronto Toros	7–5	Houston Aeros	15–25–3	33
44	January 22	Toronto Toros	4–6	Phoenix Roadrunners	15–26–3	33
45	January 24	Toronto Toros	4–6	San Diego Mariners	15–27–3	33
46	January 25	Toronto Toros	2–5	Minnesota Fighting Saints	15–28–3	33
47	January 27	Edmonton Oilers	4–4	Toronto Toros	15–28–4	34
48	January 30	Quebec Nordiques	3–3	Toronto Toros	15–28–5	35
49	January 31	Toronto Toros	4–8	Quebec Nordiques	15–29–5	35
50	February 1	New England Whalers	7–5	Toronto Toros	15–30–5	35
51	February 6	Winnipeg Jets	7–6	Toronto Toros	15–31–5	35
52	February 7	Toronto Toros	3–7	New England Whalers	15–32–5	35
53	February 10	Toronto Toros	3–4	Calgary Cowboys	15–33–5	35
54	February 13	Toronto Toros	3–5	Edmonton Oilers	15–34–5	35
55	February 15	Toronto Toros	6–7	Winnipeg Jets	15–35–5	35
56	February 17	Minnesota Fighting Saints	6–3	Toronto Toros	15–36–5	35
57	February 20	San Diego Mariners	6–4	Toronto Toros	15–37–5	35
58	February 22	Toronto Toros	2–4	Calgary Cowboys	15–38–5	35
59	February 24	Cincinnati Stingers	9–6	Toronto Toros	15–39–5	35
60	February 27	Houston Aeros	7–6 OT	Toronto Toros	15–40–5	35
61	February 29	Winnipeg Jets	7–11	Toronto Toros	16–40–5	37
62	March 2	Quebec Nordiques	2–5	Toronto Toros	17–40–5	39
63	March 6	Calgary Cowboys	2–5	Toronto Toros	18–40–5	41
64	March 9	Winnipeg Jets	5–2	Toronto Toros	18–41–5	41
65	March 11	Toronto Toros	1–3	Indianapolis Racers	18–42–5	41
66	March 12	Phoenix Roadrunners	5–2	Toronto Toros	18–43–5	41
67	March 14	Toronto Toros	3–1	Quebec Nordiques	19–43–5	43
68	March 16	Cleveland Crusaders	0–6	Toronto Toros	20–43–5	45
69	March 17	Toronto Toros	4–5	Cincinnati Stingers	20–44–5	45
70	March 19	Quebec Nordiques	4–3 OT	Toronto Toros	20–45–5	45
71	March 20	Toronto Toros	6–5	Cleveland Crusaders	21–45–5	47
72	March 21	Winnipeg Jets	2–5	Toronto Toros	22–45–5	49
73	March 23	Calgary Cowboys	5–6 OT	Toronto Toros	23–45–5	51
74	March 26	Edmonton Oilers	3–7	Toronto Toros	24–45–5	53
75	March 28	Calgary Cowboys	5–4	Toronto Toros	24–46–5	53
76	March 30	Toronto Toros	2–6	Calgary Cowboys	24–47–5	53
77	March 31	Toronto Toros	3–5	Winnipeg Jets	24–48–5	53
78	April 2	Indianapolis Racers	3–1	Toronto Toros	24–49–5	53
79	April 3	Toronto Toros	1–5	Quebec Nordiques	24–50–5	53
80	April 4	Quebec Nordiques	5–4 OT	Toronto Toros	24–51–5	53
81	April 6	Toronto Toros	6–10	Quebec Nordiques	24–52–5	53

Playoffs

• The Toros did not qualify for the post season.

Player Stats

Scoring Leaders

#	Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
14	Václav Nedomanský	81	56	42	98	8
9	Mark Napier	78	43	50	93	20
27	Frank Mahovlich	75	34	55	89	14
11	Gavin Kirk	62	28	38	66	32
7	Jim Dorey	74	9	51	60	134
19	Paul Henderson	65	26	29	55	22
8	Richard Farda	63	19	35	54	8
25	Jeff Jacques	81	17	33	50	113
12	Tom Simpson	73	20	21	41	15
2	Jim Turkiewicz	77	10	29	39	55
20	Peter Marrin	64	22	16	38	16
15	Lou Nistico	64	12	22	34	120
3	Rick Cunningham	36	5	14	19	57
28	Jean-Luc Phaneuf	48	8	8	16	4
22	Paul Heaver	66	2	12	14	83
16	Bob D'Alvise	59	5	8	13	10
4,10	Jerry Rollins	52	5	7	12	185
5	Mike Amodeo	31	4	8	12	35
10	Dave Syvret	50	1	11	12	14
26	Tony Featherstone	32	4	7	11	5
	Peter Folco	19	1	8	9	15
24	Steve Atkinson	52	2	6	8	22
	Jerry Zrymiak	17	0	5	5	21
6	Rick Foley	11	1	2	3	6
5	Gerrard Gibbons	5	1	0	1	7
	John Garrett	9	0	1	1	0
	Wayne Wood	13	0	1	1	0
	Gilles Bilodeau	14	0	1	1	38
6	Greg Neeld	17	0	1	1	18
23	George Kuzmicz	1	0	0	0	0
	Jack Gibson	2	0	0	0	0
	Paul Crowley	4	0	0	0	0
30	Les Binkley	7	0	0	0	0
1	Jim Shaw	16	0	0	0	0
21	Dave Tataryn	23	0	0	0	2
33	Mario Viens	25	0	0	0	2

Goaltending

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	SO	GAA	Save %
John Garrett	9	551	3	6	0	33	1	3.59	.905
Dave Tataryn	23	1261	7	12	1	100	0	4.76	.873
Wayne Wood	13	781	6	7	0	62	0	4.76	.869
Jim Shaw	16	777	4	7	1	63	0	4.86	.875
Mario Viens	26	1228	4	14	3	105	0	5.13	.873
Les Binkley	7	335	0	6	0	32	0	5.73	.849

Awards and Records

• Lou Kaplan Trophy (Rookie of the Year): Mark Napier
• Paul Deneau Trophy (Most Gentlemenly): Vaclav Nedomansky

Draft Picks

Toronto's draft picks at the 1974 WHA Amateur Draft.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	11	Rick Lapointe	Canada	Victoria Cougars (WCHL)
2	26	Jerry Rollins	Canada	Winnipeg Clubs (WCHL)
3	41	Paul Heaver	England	Oshawa Generals (OHA)
4	56	Ken Breitenbach	Canada	St. Catharines Black Hawks (OHA)
5	70	Mario Viens		Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)
6	84	Paul Woods	Canada	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHA)
7	97	Byron Shutt		Bowling Green State University (NCAA)
8	109	Jean-Luc Phaneuf	Canada	Montreal Red White and Blue (QMJHL)
9	121	Gilles Bilodeau	Canada	Sorel Black Hawks (QMJHL)
10	134	Roger Dorey	Canada	Kingston Canadians (OHA)
11	147	Bob Ritchie	Canada	Sorel Black Hawks (QMJHL)
12	158	Bob Shaw		Clarkson University (NCAA)
13	168	Wayne Morrin	Canada	Kamloops Chiefs (WCHL)
14	174	Dave Hanson		Colorado College (NCAA)

Farm Teams

• Buffalo Norsemen, NAHL

Gallery

Barry Long, Jeff Jacques, Murray Kennett, Dave Dryden, October 17, 1975.

Paul Holmgren and Dave Tataryn, December 9, 1975.

Don Borgeson scores on Jim Shaw, November 13, 1975.

George Morrison and Mario Viens, December 14, 1975.

Nick Harbaruk, John Garrett, April 2, 1976.

See Also

• 1975–76 WHA season