1975–76 Edmonton Oilers season

1975–76 Edmonton Oilers
Division4th Central
1975–76 record27–49–5
Home record20–17–3
Road record7–32–2
Goals for268
Goals against345
Team information
General managerBill Hunter
CoachClare Drake (18–28–2)
Bill Hunter (9–21–3)
CaptainAl Hamilton
Alternate captainsDoug Barrie
Barry Long
Bruce MacGregor
ArenaNorthlands Coliseum
Minor league affiliatesSpokane Flyers (WIHL)
Greensboro Generals (SHL)
Team leaders
GoalsEd Patenaude (42)
AssistsNorm Ullman (56)
PointsNorm Ullman (87)
Penalty minutesEd Patenaude (88)
Plus/minusMike Rogers (+5)
WinsDave Dryden (22)
Goals against averageDave Dryden (3.95)

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

1975–76 regular season[1]
October
Game Result 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
November
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
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
December
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
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
January
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
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
February
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
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
March
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
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
April
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
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

Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

Playoffs

1976 Avco Cup playoffs[1]
Division Semifinals vs. (C1) Winnipeg Jets – Jets win 4–0
Game Date Visitor Score Home Series
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

Legend:   Win   Loss

Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Norm Ullman C 77 31 56 87 12 -21 13 1 1
Rusty Patenaude RW 77 42 30 72 88 -3 11 0 4
Tim Sheehy RW 81 34 31 65 17 -4 6 0 6
Barry Long D 78 10 32 42 66 -49 5 0 2
Ken Baird D 48 13 24 37 87 -6 3 0 1
Al Hamilton D 54 2 32 34 78 -8 1 0 0
Bob Russell C 58 13 18 31 19 -12 0 0 0
Bob McAneeley LW 71 12 16 28 60 -11 2 0 1
Mike Rogers C 44 12 15 27 10 5 0 0 2
Rick Morris LW 33 11 15 26 52 -14 0 4 2
Doug Barrie D 79 4 21 25 81 -42 0 0 1
Bruce MacGregor C 63 13 10 23 13 -33 2 1 0
Dan Spring C 75 12 11 23 8 -25 1 0 1
Wayne Carleton LW 26 5 16 21 6 -3 2 0 1
Bill Laing LW 54 8 12 20 67 -10 0 1 1
Peter Morris LW 75 7 13 20 34 -16 1 0 0
Ted McAneeley D 79 2 17 19 71 -9 0 0 1
John Rogers RW 44 9 8 17 34 -13 0 0 0
Skip Krake C 41 8 8 16 55 -3 2 1 3
Blair MacDonald RW 29 7 5 12 8 -8 3 0 0
Steve Carlyle D 28 0 11 11 10 -3 0 0 0
Kerry Ketter D 48 1 9 10 20 -12 0 0 0
Eddie Joyal C 45 5 4 9 6 -19 0 0 0
Murray Kennett D 28 3 4 7 14 -8 1 0 0
Paul Hurley D 26 1 4 5 14 -5 0 0 0
Bill Evo RW 8 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0
Jack Carlson LW 10 1 1 2 31 -2 0 0 0
Doug Kerslake RW 13 1 1 2 4 -2 0 0 0
Wayne Muloin D 10 1 1 2 0 -6 0 0 0
Dave Dryden G 62 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0
Frank Turnbull G 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chris Worthy G 24 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Dave Dryden 3567 62 22 34 5 235 3.95 1
Chris Worthy 1256 24 5 14 0 98 4.68 1
Frank 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 PPG SHG GWG
Rusty Patenaude RW 4 1 4 5 12 0 0 0
Ken Baird D 4 3 1 4 16 0 0 0
Tim Sheehy RW 4 2 2 4 0 0 0 0
Norm Ullman C 4 1 3 4 2 0 0 0
Wayne Carleton LW 4 1 1 2 2 0 0 0
Dan Spring C 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
Bob McAneeley LW 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Bob Russell C 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Doug Barrie D 4 0 1 1 15 0 0 0
Al Hamilton D 4 0 1 1 6 0 0 0
Bill Laing LW 4 0 1 1 4 0 0 0
Bruce MacGregor C 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Peter Morris LW 3 0 1 1 7 0 0 0
Rick Morris LW 4 0 1 1 4 0 0 0
Jack Carlson LW 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
Dave Dryden G 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Paul Hurley D 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Barry Long D 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
Ted McAneeley D 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wayne Muloin D 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chris Worthy G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Dave Dryden 180 3 0 3 15 5.00 0
Chris Worthy 60 1 0 1 7 7.00 0
Team: 240 4 0 4 22 5.50 0

[2]

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;

Transactions

Trades

Date To Edmonton Oilers Traded to Traded for
June 1975 Joe Fortunato Cleveland Crusaders John Stewart
Future considerations Winnipeg Jets Bill Lesuk
June 2, 1975 (1975-06-02) Ted McAneeley Houston Aeros 2nd round pick in 1976 - Kent Nilsson
August 29, 1975 (1975-08-29) Skip Krake Cleveland Crusaders Ray McKay
September 1975 Cash Denver Spurs Brian Lavender
Cash Indianapolis Racers Randy Wyrozub
September 11, 1975 (1975-09-11) 1st round pick in 1976 - Bernie Federko
3rd round pick in 1976 - Drew Callander		 Phoenix Roadrunners Barry Dean
December 8, 1975 (1975-12-08) 3rd round pick in 1976 - Harold Phillipoff Indianapolis Racers Blair MacDonald
January 4, 1976 (1976-01-04) Wayne Muloin Cleveland Crusaders Bill Evo
Future considerations
January 19, 1976 (1976-01-19) Wayne Carleton New England Whalers Mike Rogers
Future considerations
January 30, 1976 (1976-01-30) Paul Hurley
Clark Jantzie		 New England Whalers Steve Carlyle
Kerry Ketter
March 15, 1976 (1976-03-15) Jack Carlson San Diego Mariners 2 WHA Amateur Draft picks

Players acquired

Date Player Former team Term
June 2, 1975 (1975-06-02) Bob McAneeley California Golden Seals (NHL) 2-year
Allie Sutherland Omaha Knights (CHL)
June 19, 1975 (1975-06-19) Dave Dryden Chicago Cougars
Bill Evo Baltimore Blades
Boris Mikhailov
Vladimir Petrov
September 1975 Steve McKnight Alberta Golden Bears (CWUAA)
Dan Spring Winnipeg Jets 2-year
January 22, 1976 (1976-01-22) Rick Morris Ottawa Civics 1-year
February 8, 1976 (1976-02-08) Frank Turnbull Spokane Chiefs (WIHL)
March 1976 Jeff Carlson Minnesota Fighting Saints

Players lost

Date Player New team
1975 Tom Gilmore Retired
Don Herriman
June 1975 Leif Holmqvist Indianapolis Racers
August 15, 1975 (1975-08-15) Ross Perkins Retired
September 24, 1975 (1975-09-24) Bobby Sheehan Chicago Black Hawks (NHL)
September 29, 1975 (1975-09-29) Ken Brown Retired
October 21, 1975 (1975-10-21) Jacques Plante

Signings

Date Player Term
June 2, 1975 (1975-06-02) Kerry Ketter
August 7, 1975 (1975-08-07) Peter Morris 3-year
Bob Russell 3-year
August 14, 1975 (1975-08-14) Ken Baird 2-year
Eddie Joyal
September 17, 1975 (1975-09-17) Norm Ullman 1-year
November 26, 1975 (1975-11-26) John Rogers

Draft picks

Edmonton's draft picks at the 1975 WHA Amateur Draft.[3]

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
1 6 Barry Dean (LW)  Canada Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)
2 21 Peter Morris (LW)  Canada Victoria Cougars (WCHL)
3 36 Barry Smith (C)  Canada New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
4 51 Stu Younger (F)  Canada Michigan Tech University (WCHA)
5 66 Jim Ofrim (F)  Canada University of Alberta (CWUAA)
6 79 Bob Sunderland (D)  United States Boston University (ECAC)
7 93 Dave Bell (F)  Canada Harvard University (ECAC)
8 105 Sidney Veysey (C)  Canada Sherbrooke Castors (QMJHL)
9 117 Bob Russell (C)  Canada Sudbury Wolves (OHA)
10 130 Jean Thibodeau (F)  Canada Shawinigan Dynamos (QMJHL)
11 143 Brian Petrovek (G)  United States Harvard University (ECAC)
12 154 Jim Montgomery (C)  Canada Hull Festivals (QMJHL)
13 164 Terry Angel (F)  Canada Oshawa Generals (OHA)
14 171 Rick Shinske (C)  Canada New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "1975-76 Edmonton Oilers Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved March 21, 2025.
  2. ^ "1975-76 Edmonton Oilers Statistics – Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 29, 2009.
  3. ^ "1975 WHA Amateur Draft". hockeyDB.com. Retrieved December 19, 2018.
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