1975-1976 Minn. Fighting Saints team stats

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1975-1976 Minn. Fighting Saints: 30-25-4
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 16-11-2 (111 goals scored, 108 allowed) Road record: 14-14-2 (100 goals scored, 104 allowed) Head Coach: Harry Neale Power Play: 40/185 (21.6%) Penalty Killing: 187/245 (76.3%) Shorthanded Goals For-Against: 5-9 Even Strength Goals For-Against: 166-145 211 goals scored (13th of 14 teams), 212 goals allowed (2nd), 1354 PIM (3rd) WHA Averages: 3.69 goals/game (283.9 goals/team), 1125.1 PIM/team



Pos    #  Player               Hgt   Wgt  Age   GP    G    A  Pts  PIM  PP  SH  TGF  PGF  TGA  PGA   S    S%   +/-
C      4  Mike Walton          5'10  175   30   58   31   40   71   27  13   0   --   --   --   --  210  14.8   +7
C     14  Dave Keon            5'9   165   35   57   26   38   64    4   5   2   --   --   --   --  144  18.1  +14
C     25  Fran Huck            5'7   165   30   59   17   32   49   27  --  --   --   --   --   --  115  14.8   +9
C      7  Wayne Connelly       5'10  170   36   59   24   23   47   19   4   0   --   --   --   --  203  11.8   +9
RW    19  John McKenzie        5'9   175   38   57   21   26   47   48   4   2   --   --   --   --  125  16.8  +10
C     12  Mike Antonovich      5'8   165   24   57   25   21   46   18  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---   --
C     16  Henry Boucha         6'0   185   24   36   15   20   35   47  --  --   --   --   --   --   85  17.6   +3
D      3  Rick Smith           5'11  190   27   51    1   32   33   50  --  --   --   --   --   --  101   1.0   +1
RW    24  Paul Holmgren        6'3   210   20   51   14   16   30  121  --  --   --   --   --   --   97  14.4   -7
C     10  Ted Hampson          5'8   173   39   59    5   14   19   14   0   1   --   --   --   --   46  10.9   -3
LW    20  Jack Carlson         6'3   205   21   58    8   10   18  189   0   0   --   --   --   --   68  11.8  -14
C      8  Gary Gambucci        5'9   175   29   45   10    6   16   14  --  --   --   --   --   --   92  10.9   +5
D      2  Bill Butters         5'10  185   24   59    0   15   15  170   0   0   --   --   --   --   82   0.0  +19
RW     9  Curt Brackenbury     5'10  200   23   59    4    9   13  255   0   0   --   --   --   --   52   7.7   +7
D      6  Pat Westrum          5'10  185   27   54    3   10   13   98   0   0   --   --   --   --   55   5.5    0
RW     5  Ron Busniuk          5'11  180   27   59    2   11   13  150   2   0   --   --   --   --   76   2.6   +9
D     15  Gerry Odrowski       5'10  185   37   37    1   12   13   10   0   0   --   --   --   --   69   1.4   -9
C     18  Bruce Boudreau       5'9   170   20   30    3    6    9    4  --  --   --   --   --   --   36   8.3   -1
D     23  Jerry Zrymiak        6'0   195   27   22    0    8    8   16   0   0   --   --   --   --   18   0.0   +2
D     15  Perry Miller         6'1   194   23   13    1    4    5   11   0   0   --   --   --   --   15   6.7   -5
D     17  John Arbour          5'11  195   30    7    0    4    4   14   0   0   --   --   --   --   15   0.0   +4
D     26  Francois Ouimet      5'10  175   24    9    0    2    2    2   0   0   --   --   --   --    3   0.0    0
RW    22  Jeff Carlson         6'3   210   22    7    0    1    1   14   0   0   --   --   --   --   10   0.0    0
C     21  Steve Carlson        6'3   180   20   10    0    1    1   23   0   0   --   --   --   --    7   0.0   -1
RW        Craig Sarner         5'11  185   26    1    0    0    0    0   0   0   --   --   --   --    1   0.0    0
F     11  Jean Tetreault       6'0   165   22    3    0    0    0    0   0   0   --   --   --   --    1   0.0    0
G     30  Louis Levasseur      5'10  160   26    4    0    0    0    0  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---   --
G      1  Mike Curran          5'9   175   31    5    0    0    0    2  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---   --
G     35  John Garrett         5'8   175   24   52    0    0    0    6  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---   --

Skater data: GP: Games played; G: Goals scored; A: Assists; Pts: Total points; PIM: Penalties in minutes; PP: Power play goals; SH: Shorthanded goals; TGF: Total goals on ice for; PGF: Power play goals on ice for; TGA: Total goals on ice against; PGA: Power play goals on ice against; S: Shots taken; S%: Shooting percentage


Pos  #  Goalie              Age   GP   Min   GA   GAA   W   L   T  Sht    Pct  EN  SO
G   30  Louis Levasseur      26    4   193   10  3.11   2   1   0   87   .885   0   0
G   35  John Garrett         24   52  3179  177  3.34  26  22   4 1733   .898   3   2
G    1  Mike Curran          31    5   240   22  5.50   2   2   0  153   .856   0   1

Goalie data: GP: Games played; Min: Minutes played; GA: Goals allowed; GAA: Goals allowed per 60 minutes; W: Wins; L: Losses; T: Ties; Sht: Shots faced; Pct: Save percentage; EN: Empty net goals allowed; SO: Shutouts

1975 Draft:

                                        NHL    WHA
Rnd  Ovr  Pos  Player                  Games  Games  Team
  1   10  LW   Greg Hickey                           Hamilton Fincups (OHA)             
  2   25  D    Kim Clackson                          Victoria Cougars (WCHL)            
  3   40  D    Greg Neeld                            Calgary Centennials (WCHL)         
  4   55  D    Bob Hoffmeyer                         Saskatoon Blades (WCHL)            
  5   69  C    Jim Minor                             Regina Pats (WCHL)                 
  6   83  C    Brian Shmyr                           New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)      
  7   96  C    Marc Tessier                          Sherbrooke Beavers (QMJHL)         
  8  108  LW   Bob McNeice                           New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)      
  9  120  C    Dave Faulkner                         Regina Pats (WCHL)                 
 10  133  LW   Denis Daigle                          Montreal Red White and Blue (QMJHL)  
 11  146  W    Earl Sargent                          Fargo-Moorhead Sugar Kings (MJHL)  
 12  157  D    Richard Dutton                        Laval National (QMJHL)             
 13  167  C    Tom Ulseth                            U. of Wisconsin (NCAA)             
 14  173  RW   Henry Taylor                          St. Paul Vulcans (MJHL)            

Traded draft picks:


Transactions

01-1976	signed Perry Miller as a free agent
01-1976	signed John Arbour as a free agent
06-1976	purchased the rights to Bill Butters from Bulls
06-1976	traded future considerations to Cowboys for the rights to Craig Patrick
07-1976	signed Barry Legge (after Cleveland folded) as a free agent
09-1976	signed Mike Antonovich as a free agent
09-1976	traded the rights to Jim Harrison to Cowboys for Butch Deadmarsh
09-1976	traded Gerry Pinder and Paul Shmyr to Mariners for Ray Adduono and Bob Wall
09-1976	traded the rights to Andre Boudrias to Nordiques for the rights to Gord Gallant
09-1976	traded Gary MacGregor to Racers for Dave Keon
09-1976	traded Bryan Maxwell to Stingers for John McKenzie and the rights to Ivan Hlinka
10-1976	sold Barry Legge to Stingers

Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date Opponent Result Record 10/10/1975 at Edmonton Oilers W 4-1 1-0-0 10/12/1975 at Calgary Cowboys W 2-0 2-0-0 10/15/1975 vs Cleveland Crusaders L 4-8 2-1-0 10/18/1975 vs Edmonton Oilers L 1-3 2-2-0 10/21/1975 at Indianapolis Racers W 2-1 3-2-0 10/23/1975 at San Diego Mariners T 4-4 3-2-1 10/25/1975 at San Diego Mariners L 1-6 3-3-1 10/29/1975 vs Cincinnati Stingers L 4-6 3-4-1 11/01/1975 vs Phoenix Roadrunners W 3-2 4-4-1 11/05/1975 at Houston Aeros L 4-6 4-5-1 11/08/1975 vs Toronto Toros W 4-3 5-5-1 11/11/1975 at Quebec Nordiques L 6-8 5-6-1 11/15/1975 vs Indianapolis Racers W 9-7 6-6-1 11/16/1975 at Cincinnati Stingers W 3-2 7-6-1 11/19/1975 at Cleveland Crusaders L 3-4 7-7-1 11/20/1975 at New England Whalers W 2-0 8-7-1 11/22/1975 vs Calgary Cowboys L 4-6 8-8-1 11/25/1975 vs New England Whalers W 3-2 9-8-1 11/27/1975 vs Cincinnati Stingers W 5-3 10-8-1 11/30/1975 at Winnipeg Jets L 3-5 10-9-1 12/05/1975 vs Denver Spurs W 4-3 11-9-1 12/09/1975 at Toronto Toros W 5-3 12-9-1 12/10/1975 at New England Whalers L 2-3 12-10-1 12/12/1975 at Cleveland Crusaders L 0-1 12-11-1 12/13/1975 vs Houston Aeros W 4-3 13-11-1 12/17/1975 vs New England Whalers T 0-0 13-11-2 12/20/1975 vs Winnipeg Jets W 6-3 14-11-2 12/21/1975 at Winnipeg Jets W 3-1 15-11-2 12/23/1975 at Denver Spurs W 5-4 16-11-2 12/27/1975 at Houston Aeros L 0-5 16-12-2 12/28/1975 vs San Diego Mariners L 1-2 16-13-2 12/30/1975 vs Quebec Nordiques T 4-4 16-13-3 01/03/1976 vs Indianapolis Racers W 3-1 17-13-3 01/04/1976 vs Ottawa Civics L 2-5 17-14-3 01/07/1976 vs Phoenix Roadrunners W 7-6 18-14-3 01/10/1976 vs Houston Aeros L 1-4 18-15-3 01/11/1976 at Cincinnati Stingers W 7-4 19-15-3 01/15/1976 at San Diego Mariners L 4-5 19-16-3 01/16/1976 at Phoenix Roadrunners L 1-3 19-17-3 01/17/1976 at Phoenix Roadrunners W 4-2 20-17-3

Date Opponent Result Record 01/21/1976 vs San Diego Mariners W 6-5 21-17-3 01/23/1976 vs San Diego Mariners L 1-7 21-18-3 01/25/1976 vs Toronto Toros W 5-2 22-18-3 01/28/1976 vs Winnipeg Jets W 6-2 23-18-3 01/29/1976 at Indianapolis Racers W 6-5 24-18-3 01/31/1976 vs Houston Aeros W 4-1 25-18-3 02/01/1976 vs Cleveland Crusaders L 5-6 25-19-3 02/03/1976 at Houston Aeros L 4-8 25-20-3 02/04/1976 at San Diego Mariners L 1-4 25-21-3 02/07/1976 at Phoenix Roadrunners L 2-4 25-22-3 02/08/1976 at Phoenix Roadrunners T 3-3 25-22-4 02/10/1976 vs San Diego Mariners W 6-3 26-22-4 02/11/1976 at San Diego Mariners W 4-2 27-22-4 02/12/1976 vs Quebec Nordiques W 6-4 28-22-4 02/14/1976 vs Phoenix Roadrunners L 2-5 28-23-4 02/17/1976 at Toronto Toros W 6-3 29-23-4 02/20/1976 at Calgary Cowboys W 6-3 30-23-4 02/22/1976 at Edmonton Oilers L 3-4 30-24-4 02/25/1976 vs San Diego Mariners L 1-2 30-25-4

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