1975–76 Edmonton Oilers season

The 1975–76 Edmonton Oilers season was the Oilers' fourth season of operation. The Oilers placed fourth to qualify for the playoffs, losing in the first round.

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 Western Division when playing in Denver; transferred by league to Canadian Division shortly after moving to Ottawa.

Schedule and results

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

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Playoffs

Winnipeg Jets 4, Edmonton Oilers 0 – Quarterfinals

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record
1	April 9	Edmonton Oilers	3–7	Winnipeg Jets	1–0
2	April 11	Edmonton Oilers	4–5 OT	Winnipeg Jets	2–0
3	April 14	Winnipeg Jets	3–2	Edmonton Oilers	3–0
4	April 16	Winnipeg Jets	7–2	Edmonton Oilers	4–0

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Ullman, NormNorm Ullman	C	77	31	56	87	12	-21	13	1	1
Patenaude, RustyRusty Patenaude	RW	77	42	30	72	88	-3	11	0	4
Sheehy, TimTim Sheehy	RW	81	34	31	65	17	-4	6	0	6
Long, BarryBarry Long	D	78	10	32	42	66	-49	5	0	2
Baird, KenKen Baird	D	48	13	24	37	87	-6	3	0	1
Hamilton, AlAl Hamilton	D	54	2	32	34	78	-8	1	0	0
Russell, BobBob Russell	C	58	13	18	31	19	-12	0	0	0
McAneeley, BobBob McAneeley	LW	71	12	16	28	60	-11	2	0	1
Rogers, MikeMike Rogers	C	44	12	15	27	10	5	0	0	2
Morris, RickRick Morris	LW	33	11	15	26	52	-14	0	4	2
Barrie, DougDoug Barrie	D	79	4	21	25	81	-42	0	0	1
MacGregor, BruceBruce MacGregor	C	63	13	10	23	13	-33	2	1	0
Spring, DanDan Spring	C	75	12	11	23	8	-25	1	0	1
Carleton, WayneWayne Carleton	LW	26	5	16	21	6	-3	2	0	1
Laing, BillBill Laing	LW	54	8	12	20	67	-10	0	1	1
Morris, PeterPeter Morris	LW	75	7	13	20	34	-16	1	0	0
McAneeley, TedTed McAneeley	D	79	2	17	19	71	-9	0	0	1
Rogers, JohnJohn Rogers	RW	44	9	8	17	34	-13	0	0	0
Krake, SkipSkip Krake	C	41	8	8	16	55	-3	2	1	3
MacDonald, BlairBlair MacDonald	RW	29	7	5	12	8	-8	3	0	0
Carlyle, SteveSteve Carlyle	D	28	0	11	11	10	-3	0	0	0
Ketter, KerryKerry Ketter	D	48	1	9	10	20	-12	0	0	0
Joyal, EddieEddie Joyal	C	45	5	4	9	6	-19	0	0	0
Kennett, MurrayMurray Kennett	D	28	3	4	7	14	-8	1	0	0
Hurley, PaulPaul Hurley	D	26	1	4	5	14	-5	0	0	0
Evo, BillBill Evo	RW	8	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0
Carlson, JackJack Carlson	LW	10	1	1	2	31	-2	0	0	0
Kerslake, DougDoug Kerslake	RW	13	1	1	2	4	-2	0	0	0
Muloin, WayneWayne Muloin	D	10	1	1	2	0	-6	0	0	0
Dryden, DaveDave Dryden	G	62	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0
Turnbull, FrankFrank Turnbull	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Worthy, ChrisChris Worthy	G	24	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Dryden, DaveDave Dryden	3567	62	22	34	5	235	3.95	1
Worthy, ChrisChris Worthy	1256	24	5	14	0	98	4.68	1
Turnbull, FrankFrank Turnbull	106	3	0	1	0	9	5.09	0
Team:	4929	81	27	49	5	342	4.16	2

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Patenaude, RustyRusty Patenaude	RW	4	1	4	5	12
Baird, KenKen Baird	D	4	3	1	4	16
Sheehy, TimTim Sheehy	RW	4	2	2	4	0
Ullman, NormNorm Ullman	C	4	1	3	4	2
Carleton, WayneWayne Carleton	LW	4	1	1	2	2
Spring, DanDan Spring	C	2	1	1	2	0
McAneeley, BobBob McAneeley	LW	3	1	0	1	0
Russell, BobBob Russell	C	4	1	0	1	0
Barrie, DougDoug Barrie	D	4	0	1	1	15
Hamilton, AlAl Hamilton	D	4	0	1	1	6
Laing, BillBill Laing	LW	4	0	1	1	4
MacGregor, BruceBruce MacGregor	C	4	0	1	1	0
Morris, PeterPeter Morris	LW	3	0	1	1	7
Morris, RickRick Morris	LW	4	0	1	1	4
Carlson, JackJack Carlson	LW	4	0	0	0	4
Dryden, DaveDave Dryden	G	3	0	0	0	0
Hurley, PaulPaul Hurley	D	4	0	0	0	0
Long, BarryBarry Long	D	4	0	0	0	4
McAneeley, TedTed McAneeley	D	4	0	0	0	0
Muloin, WayneWayne Muloin	D	1	0	0	0	0
Worthy, ChrisChris Worthy	G	1	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	L	GA	GAA
Dryden, DaveDave Dryden	180	3	3	15	5.00
Worthy, ChrisChris Worthy	60	1	1	7	7.00
Team:	240	4	4	22	5.50

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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;

References

↑ "1975–76 Edmonton Oilers Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-29.
↑ "1975-76 Edmonton Oilers Statistics – Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-29.

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1975–76 Edmonton Oilers season

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Playoffs

Winnipeg Jets 4, Edmonton Oilers 0 – Quarterfinals

Player statistics

See also

References

External links