1975–76 Denver Spurs/Ottawa Civics season
The 1975–76 Denver Spurs/Ottawa Civics season was the ill-fated single season of operation of the Denver Spurs/Ottawa Civics in the World Hockey Association (WHA). The Spurs began the season in Denver, Colorado but relocated to Ottawa, Ontario before giving up for good after 51 games.
Regular season
Final standings
+team started season in Western Division when playing in Denver; transferred by league to Canadian Division shortly after moving to Ottawa.
Game log
Regular season schedule |
No. |
R |
Date |
Score |
Opponent |
Record |
1 | L | October 10, 1975 | 1–7 | Indianapolis Racers (1975–76) | 0–1–0 |
2 | L | October 16, 1975 | 3–7 | Winnipeg Jets (1975–76) | 0–2–0 |
3 | W | October 17, 1975 | 5–4 | @ Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76) | 1–2–0 |
4 | W | October 18, 1975 | 6–4 | @ Indianapolis Racers (1975–76) | 2–2–0 |
5 | W | October 22, 1975 | 2–1 | @ Calgary Cowboys (1975–76) | 3–2–0 |
6 | L | October 24, 1975 | 2–5 | @ Winnipeg Jets (1975–76) | 3–3–0 |
7 | L | October 30, 1975 | 2–3 | Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76) | 3–4–0 |
8 | L | November 1, 1975 | 2–3 | Houston Aeros (1975–76) | 3–5–0 |
9 | T | November 4, 1975 | 2–2 | Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76) | 3–5–1 |
10 | L | November 6, 1975 | 3–5 | Quebec Nordiques (1975–76) | 3–6–1 |
11 | L | November 7, 1975 | 2–3 OT | San Diego Mariners (1975–76) | 3–7–1 |
12 | L | November 9, 1975 | 2–3 | @ Houston Aeros (1975–76) | 3–8–1 |
13 | L | November 13, 1975 | 8–11 | Toronto Toros (1975–76) | 3–9–1 |
14 | W | November 15, 1975 | 5–4 OT | Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76) | 4–9–1 |
15 | W | November 18, 1975 | 6–3 | Edmonton Oilers (1975–76) | 5–9–1 |
16 | L | November 20, 1975 | 1–5 | @ San Diego Mariners (1975–76) | 5–10–1 |
17 | L | November 21, 1975 | 2–6 | Calgary Cowboys (1975–76) | 5–11–1 |
18 | W | November 23, 1975 | 5–3 | Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76) | 6–11–1 |
19 | W | November 26, 1975 | 3–0 | @ Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76) | 7–11–1 |
20 | L | November 28, 1975 | 3–7 | @ New England Whalers (1975–76) | 7–12–1 |
21 | W | November 30, 1975 | 4–2 | @ Indianapolis Racers (1975–76) | 8–12–1 |
22 | L | December 2, 1975 | 3–4 OT | Winnipeg Jets (1975–76) | 8–13–1 |
23 | L | December 5, 1975 | 3–4 | @ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1975–76) | 8–14–1 |
24 | L | December 6, 1975 | 2–3 | @ Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76) | 8–15–1 |
25 | W | December 7, 1975 | 5–1 | New England Whalers (1975–76) | 9–15–1 |
26 | W | December 9, 1975 | 6–3 | Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76) | 10–15–1 |
27 | L | December 13, 1975 | 1–4 | Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76) | 10–16–1 |
28 | W | December 16, 1975 | 3–2 OT | Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76) | 11–16–1 |
29 | W | December 19, 1975 | 6–3 | San Diego Mariners (1975–76) | 12–16–1 |
30 | L | December 23, 1975 | 4–5 | Minnesota Fighting Saints (1975–76) | 12–17–1 |
31 | L | December 26, 1975 | 4–9 | @ Houston Aeros (1975–76) | 12–18–1 |
32 | L | December 27, 1975 | 0–10 | @ Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76) | 12–19–1 |
33 | L | December 28, 1975 | 2–5 | Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76) | 12–20–1 |
34 | W | December 30, 1975 | 2–1 OT | Indianapolis Racers (1975–76) | 13–20–1 |
35 | L | January 2, 1976 | 1–2 | @ Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76) | 13–21–1 |
36 | L | January 3, 1976 | 2–4 | @ Houston Aeros (1975–76) | 13–22–1 |
37 | W | January 4, 1976 | 5–2 | @ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1975–76) | 14–22–1 |
38 | L | January 7, 1976 | 2–3 | New England Whalers (1975–76) | 14–23–1 |
39 | L | January 10, 1976 | 5–8 | @ Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76) | 14–24–1 |
40 | L | January 11, 1976 | 5–6 OT | @ Winnipeg Jets (1975–76) | 14–25–1 |
41 | L | January 15, 1976 | 4–5 OT | Houston Aeros (1975–76) | 14–26–1 |
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Player stats
Regular season |
Scoring |
Player |
Pos |
GP |
G |
A |
Pts |
PIM |
+/- |
PPG |
SHG |
GWG |
Backstrom, RalphRalph Backstrom | C | 41 | 21 | 29 | 50 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 4 |
Borgeson, DonDon Borgeson | LW | 40 | 21 | 16 | 37 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
MacGregor, GaryGary MacGregor | C | 38 | 16 | 14 | 30 | 18 | -2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Sherrit, JimJim Sherrit | C | 40 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 16 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Maggs, DarylDaryl Maggs | D | 41 | 4 | 23 | 27 | 42 | -9 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Lomenda, MarkMark Lomenda | RW | 37 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 11 | -6 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Rochon, FrankFrank Rochon | LW | 41 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 10 | -18 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Morris, RickRick Morris | LW | 41 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 58 | -19 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Liddington, BobBob Liddington | LW | 35 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 14 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Arbour, JohnJohn Arbour | D | 35 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 49 | -14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Legge, BarryBarry Legge | D | 40 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 15 | -11 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
Lavender, BrianBrian Lavender | LW | 37 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 35 | -15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bignell, LarryLarry Bignell | D | 41 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 43 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mara, PeterPeter Mara | C | 40 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 8 | -15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Baltimore, BryonBryon Baltimore | D | 41 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 32 | -13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bredin, GaryGary Bredin | RW | 17 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | -7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
LeBlanc, J.P.J.P. LeBlanc | C | 15 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 25 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Delorme, RonRon Delorme | C | 22 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 28 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mavety, LarryLarry Mavety | D | 14 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 14 | -12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kokkola, KeithKeith Kokkola | D | 16 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 40 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Johnson, BobBob Johnson | G | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Zimmerman, LynnLynn Zimmerman | G | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gibbons, BrianBrian Gibbons | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goldthorpe, BillBill Goldthorpe | LW | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Grigg, ChrisChris Grigg | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Newton, CamCam Newton | G | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pizunski, EdEd Pizunski | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Popiel, JanJan Popiel | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sanza, NickNick Sanza | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Goaltending |
Player |
MIN |
GP |
W |
L |
T |
GA |
GAA |
SO |
Johnson, BobBob Johnson | 1345 | 24 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 88 | 3.93 | 0 |
Newton, CamCam Newton | 573 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 35 | 3.66 | 1 |
Zimmerman, LynnLynn Zimmerman | 495 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 31 | 3.76 | 0 |
Grigg, ChrisChris Grigg | 80 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 9.75 | 0 |
Sanza, NickNick Sanza | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15.00 | 0 |
Team: | 2513 | 41 | 14 | 26 | 1 | 172 | 4.11 | 1 |
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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;
See also
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