1975–76 Indianapolis Racers season

1975–76 Indianapolis Racers

Division

1st East

1975–76 record

35–39–6

Goals for

245

Goals against

247

Team information

Coach

Gerry Moore,
Jacques Demers

Team leaders

<1974–75

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The 1975–76 Indianapolis Racers season was the Indianapolis Racers' second season of operation in the World Hockey Association (WHA). The Racers made the playoffs this season, losing in the first round to the New England Whalers.

Regular season

Final standings

Eastern Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA	PIM
Indianapolis Racers	80	35	39	6	76	245	247	1301
Cleveland Crusaders	80	35	40	5	75	273	279	1356
New England Whalers	80	33	40	7	73	255	290	1012
Cincinnati Stingers	80	35	44	1	71	285	340	1344

Game log

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

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Playoffs

New England Whalers Whalers 4, Indianapolis Racers Racers 3 - Quarter-Finals

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record
1	April 16	New England Whalers	4 – 1	Indianapolis Racers	0–1
2	April 17	New England Whalers	0 – 4	Indianapolis Racers	1–1
3	April 21	Indianapolis Racers	0 – 3	New England Whalers	1–2
4	April 23	Indianapolis Racers	1 – 2	New England Whalers	1–3
5	April 24	New England Whalers	0 – 4	Indianapolis Racers	2–3
6	April 27	Indianapolis Racers	5 – 3	New England Whalers	3–3
7	April 29	New England Whalers	6 – 0	Indianapolis Racers	3–4

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Stapleton, PatPat Stapleton	D	80	5	40	45	48	-7	3	0	1
Karlander, AlAl Karlander	C	79	16	28	44	36	15	4	0	3
Sicinski, BobBob Sicinski	C	70	9	34	43	4	-2	3	0	2
Harbaruk, NickNick Harbaruk	RW	76	23	19	42	26	10	2	2	4
Thomas, RegReg Thomas	LW	80	23	17	40	23	1	4	0	2
Harris, HughHugh Harris	C	41	12	28	40	23	1	3	0	1
Leclerc, ReneRene Leclerc	RW	40	18	21	39	52	1	7	0	3
McDonald, BrianBrian McDonald	C	62	16	17	33	54	-6	1	2	4
Fitchner, BobBob Fitchner	C	52	15	16	31	112	0	5	0	2
MacDonald, BlairBlair MacDonald	RW	56	19	11	30	14	2	1	0	1
Parizeau, MichelMichel Parizeau	C	23	13	15	28	20	9	8	0	1
Coates, BrianBrian Coates	LW	59	11	16	27	24	-5	2	1	2
Block, KenKen Block	D	79	1	25	26	28	4	0	0	1
Wyrozub, RandyRandy Wyrozub	C	55	11	14	25	8	-4	5	1	2
Whitlock, BobBob Whitlock	C	30	7	15	22	16	1	2	0	1
Proceviat, DickDick Proceviat	D	73	7	14	21	31	7	0	0	2
Scharf, TedTed Scharf	RW	74	7	14	21	56	-8	2	0	0
Maggs, DarylDaryl Maggs	D	36	5	16	21	40	5	1	0	0
Clackson, KimKim Clackson	D	77	1	12	13	351	-10	1	0	0
Buchanan, RonRon Buchanan	C	23	4	7	11	4	-5	1	0	0
Baltimore, BryonBryon Baltimore	D	37	1	10	11	30	8	0	0	1
Keon, DaveDave Keon	C	12	3	7	10	2	2	1	0	0
Rochon, FrankFrank Rochon	LW	19	6	2	8	31	0	2	0	0
Woytowich, BobBob Woytowich	D	42	1	7	8	14	0	0	0	0
Heatley, MurrayMurray Heatley	RW	34	2	5	7	7	-7	0	0	0
Prentice, BillBill Prentice	D	38	4	2	6	92	-5	0	0	2
Dubois, MichelMichel Dubois	D	34	2	2	4	104	-11	1	0	0
Sheridan, JohnJohn Sheridan	C	11	1	2	3	0	-5	0	0	1
Brown, AndyAndy Brown	G	24	0	3	3	17	0	0	0	0
Bond, KerryKerry Bond	LW	15	2	0	2	9	-7	0	0	0
Wiste, JimJim Wiste	C	7	0	2	2	0	-2	0	0	0
Park, JimJim Park	G	11	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
Critch, GlenGlen Critch	D	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dion, MichelMichel Dion	G	31	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Holmquist, LeifLeif Holmquist	G	19	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
Jones, BobBob Jones	LW	2	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Lomenda, MarkMark Lomenda	RW	2	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Roselle, BobBob Roselle	LW	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Dion, MichelMichel Dion	1860	31	14	15	1	85	2.74	0
Brown, AndyAndy Brown	1368	24	9	11	2	82	3.60	1
Holmquist, LeifLeif Holmquist	1079	19	6	9	3	54	3.00	0
Park, JimJim Park	572	11	6	4	0	23	2.41	0
Team:	4879	80	35	39	6	244	3.00	1

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Parizeau, MichelMichel Parizeau	C	7	4	4	8	6
Harris, HughHugh Harris	C	7	2	5	7	8
Leclerc, ReneRene Leclerc	RW	7	2	3	5	7
Keon, DaveDave Keon	C	7	2	2	4	2
Block, KenKen Block	D	7	0	4	4	2
Harbaruk, NickNick Harbaruk	RW	7	2	0	2	10
Stapleton, PatPat Stapleton	D	7	0	2	2	2
Bond, KerryKerry Bond	LW	7	1	0	1	11
Maggs, DarylDaryl Maggs	D	7	1	0	1	20
Thomas, RegReg Thomas	LW	7	1	0	1	4
Baltimore, BryonBryon Baltimore	D	7	0	1	1	4
McDonald, BrianBrian McDonald	C	7	0	1	1	12
Park, JimJim Park	G	6	0	1	1	0
Clackson, KimKim Clackson	D	6	0	0	0	25
Coates, BrianBrian Coates	LW	4	0	0	0	6
Dion, MichelMichel Dion	G	3	0	0	0	0
Karlander, AlAl Karlander	C	3	0	0	0	4
MacDonald, BlairBlair MacDonald	RW	7	0	0	0	0
Proceviat, DickDick Proceviat	D	7	0	0	0	2
Scharf, TedTed Scharf	RW	7	0	0	0	5
Sicinski, BobBob Sicinski	C	7	0	0	0	2

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Park, JimJim Park	293	6	3	2	12	2.46	2
Dion, MichelMichel Dion	126	3	0	2	5	2.38	0
Team:	419	7	3	4	17	2.43	2

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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 Indianapolis Racers Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-02.
↑ "1975-76 Indianapolis Racers Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-02.

External links

1975–76 WHA season

Canadian:	Calgary Denver/Ottawa Edmonton Toronto Quebec Winnipeg

Eastern:	Cleveland Cincinnati Indianapolis New England

Western:	Houston Minnesota Phoenix San Diego

See also	Draft

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1975–76 Indianapolis Racers season

Regular season

Final standings

Game log

Playoffs

New England Whalers Whalers 4, Indianapolis Racers Racers 3 - Quarter-Finals

Player stats

See also

References

External links