1975–76 New York Islanders season

1975–76 New York Islanders
Division 2nd Patrick
1975–76 record 42–21–17
Goals for 297
Goals against 190
Team information
General Manager Bill Torrey
Coach Al Arbour
Captain Ed Westfall
Alternate captains None
Team leaders
<1974–75 1976–77>

The 1975–76 New York Islanders season was the fourth season for the franchise in the National Hockey League.

Regular season

Final standings

Patrick Division
GP W L T GF GA Pts
Philadelphia Flyers 80 51 13 16 348 209 118
New York Islanders 80 42 21 17 297 190 101
Atlanta Flames 80 35 33 12 262 237 82
New York Rangers 80 29 42 9 262 333 67

[1]Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Schedule and results

No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1TOctober 8, 19751–1 @ Kansas City Scouts (1975–76) 0–0–1
2WOctober 11, 19757–0 Los Angeles Kings (1975–76) 1–0–1
3TOctober 12, 19753–3 @ Boston Bruins (1975–76) 1–0–2
4WOctober 14, 19755–3 Montreal Canadiens (1975–76) 2–0–2
5WOctober 17, 19752–0 @ Atlanta Flames (1975–76) 3–0–2
6LOctober 18, 19752–5 Boston Bruins (1975–76) 3–1–2
7TOctober 21, 19755–5 Vancouver Canucks (1975–76) 3–1–3
8WOctober 23, 19753–0 Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76) 4–1–3
9WOctober 25, 19757–1 New York Rangers (1975–76) 5–1–3
10TOctober 27, 19754–4 @ Montreal Canadiens (1975–76) 5–1–4
11WNovember 1, 19757–3 Washington Capitals (1975–76) 6–1–4
12WNovember 4, 19755–3 California Golden Seals (1975–76) 7–1–4
13LNovember 5, 19756–7 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76) 7–2–4
14WNovember 8, 19754–3 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76) 8–2–4
15LNovember 12, 19751–5 @ California Golden Seals (1975–76) 8–3–4
16LNovember 13, 19753–4 @ Los Angeles Kings (1975–76) 8–4–4
17LNovember 15, 19753–4 @ Vancouver Canucks (1975–76) 8–5–4
18LNovember 18, 19751–3 Buffalo Sabres (1975–76) 8–6–4
19TNovember 20, 19752–2 @ Boston Bruins (1975–76) 8–6–5
20WNovember 22, 19755–2 Kansas City Scouts (1975–76) 9–6–5
21WNovember 26, 19759–1 @ Minnesota North Stars (1975–76) 10–6–5
22LNovember 27, 19751–2 Montreal Canadiens (1975–76) 10–7–5
23WNovember 29, 19758–2 St. Louis Blues (1975–76) 11–7–5
24LNovember 30, 19752–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (1975–76) 11–8–5
25WDecember 2, 19754–1 @ St. Louis Blues (1975–76) 12–8–5
26WDecember 4, 19756–1 Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76) 13–8–5
27LDecember 6, 19752–4 Buffalo Sabres (1975–76) 13–9–5
28WDecember 7, 19753–0 @ Buffalo Sabres (1975–76) 14–9–5
29WDecember 9, 19756–0 Minnesota North Stars (1975–76) 15–9–5
30TDecember 12, 19753–3 @ Atlanta Flames (1975–76) 15–9–6
31WDecember 13, 19755–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76) 16–9–6
32WDecember 17, 19753–0 @ New York Rangers (1975–76) 17–9–6
33WDecember 18, 19754–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76) 18–9–6
34WDecember 20, 19757–1 @ St. Louis Blues (1975–76) 19–9–6
35LDecember 21, 19752–5 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76) 19–10–6
36WDecember 30, 19756–2 Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76) 20–10–6
37TJanuary 3, 19761–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76) 20–10–7
38LJanuary 4, 19763–5 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76) 20–11–7
39WJanuary 6, 19768–1 Kansas City Scouts (1975–76) 21–11–7
40LJanuary 8, 19763–5 Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76) 21–12–7
41WJanuary 13, 19761–0 Detroit Red Wings (1975–76) 22–12–7
42TJanuary 17, 19762–2 Atlanta Flames (1975–76) 22–12–8
43WJanuary 21, 19765–2 @ Washington Capitals (1975–76) 23–12–8
44WJanuary 22, 19768–1 Detroit Red Wings (1975–76) 24–12–8
45WJanuary 24, 19765–0 Los Angeles Kings (1975–76) 25–12–8
46WJanuary 27, 19764–3 Minnesota North Stars (1975–76) 26–12–8
47WJanuary 28, 19763–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76) 27–12–8
48TJanuary 31, 19762–2 @ St. Louis Blues (1975–76) 27–12–9
49TFebruary 3, 19762–2 Atlanta Flames (1975–76) 27–12–10
50WFebruary 4, 19766–5 @ New York Rangers (1975–76) 28–12–10
51LFebruary 6, 19763–4 @ Detroit Red Wings (1975–76) 28–13–10
52LFebruary 8, 19762–4 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76) 28–14–10
53LFebruary 10, 19762–3 @ Vancouver Canucks (1975–76) 28–15–10
54TFebruary 12, 19762–2 @ Kansas City Scouts (1975–76) 28–15–11
55TFebruary 14, 19764–4 Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76) 28–15–12
56WFebruary 15, 19763–1 @ Buffalo Sabres (1975–76) 29–15–12
57LFebruary 17, 19761–3 New York Rangers (1975–76) 29–16–12
58WFebruary 18, 19765–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1975–76) 30–16–12
59LFebruary 21, 19761–2 Boston Bruins (1975–76) 30–17–12
60WFebruary 22, 19764–0 @ Washington Capitals (1975–76) 31–17–12
61WFebruary 24, 19767–2 @ Minnesota North Stars (1975–76) 32–17–12
62TFebruary 26, 19762–2 Kansas City Scouts (1975–76) 32–17–13
63WFebruary 28, 19764–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76) 33–17–13
64WMarch 2, 19762–1 California Golden Seals (1975–76) 34–17–13
65TMarch 4, 19763–3 Vancouver Canucks (1975–76) 34–17–14
66WMarch 6, 19766–3 Washington Capitals (1975–76) 35–17–14
67WMarch 7, 19765–3 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76) 36–17–14
68WMarch 9, 19764–0 St. Louis Blues (1975–76) 37–17–14
69TMarch 13, 19762–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76) 37–17–15
70WMarch 14, 19765–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76) 38–17–15
71LMarch 16, 19761–3 Minnesota North Stars (1975–76) 38–18–15
72WMarch 20, 19764–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76) 39–18–15
73LMarch 23, 19762–5 @ Vancouver Canucks (1975–76) 39–19–15
74TMarch 24, 19761–1 @ Los Angeles Kings (1975–76) 39–19–16
75WMarch 26, 19763–2 @ California Golden Seals (1975–76) 40–19–16
76WMarch 29, 19765–1 Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76) 41–19–16
77LMarch 31, 19761–3 @ New York Rangers (1975–76) 41–20–16
78TApril 1, 19761–1 Atlanta Flames (1975–76) 41–20–17
79WApril 3, 197610–2 New York Rangers (1975–76) 42–20–17
80LApril 4, 19762–5 @ Atlanta Flames (1975–76) 42–21–17


Playoffs

The Islanders continued to show growth in the playoffs defeating the Vancouver Canucks in the preliminary round and the favored Buffalo Sabres in 6 games in the second round. The Islanders fell to the vastly superior Montreal Canadiens team that won 58 games that year and only lost one time in the entire playoffs. That one time was in Game 4 of the Semi-Finals, when they fell to the Islanders 5-2. The playoff run was generally viewed as a success since the Islanders had won 2 playoff series, and lost to the eventual champions. Additionally, the Isles still possessed a young core with players whom were still improving.

Round 1 vs. Vancouver

New York won series 2–0

Round 2 vs. Buffalo

New York won series 4–2

Round 3 vs. Montreal

Montreal won series 4–1

Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Potvin, DenisDenis Potvin D 78 31 67 98 100121804
Trottier, BryanBryan Trottier C 80 32 63 95 21281115
Potvin, JeanJean Potvin D 78 17 55 72 7416912
Harris, BillyBilly Harris RW 80 32 38 70 54221604
Drouin, JudeJude Drouin C 76 21 41 62 58181002
Gillies, ClarkClark Gillies LW 80 34 27 61 96201506
Parise, J.P.J.P. Parise LW 80 22 35 57 8012524
Westfall, EdEd Westfall D/RW 80 25 31 56 2717623
Nystrom, BobBob Nystrom RW 80 23 25 48 10624204
Howatt, GarryGarry Howatt LW 80 21 13 34 19726002
St. Laurent, AndreAndre St. Laurent C 67 9 17 26 5614002
Hart, GerryGerry Hart D 80 6 18 24 15135000
Lewis, DaveDave Lewis D 73 0 19 19 5429000
Henning, LorneLorne Henning C 80 7 10 17 166040
MacMillan, BillyBilly MacMillan RW 64 9 7 16 105002
Marshall, BertBert Marshall D 71 0 16 16 7237000
Stewart, RalphRalph Stewart C 31 6 7 13 23011
Bourne, BobBob Bourne C 14 2 3 5 13-2001
Fortier, DaveDave Fortier D 59 0 2 2 689000
Price, PatPat Price D 4 0 2 2 24000
Resch, GlennGlenn Resch G 44 0 1 1 00000
Smith, BillyBilly Smith G 39 0 1 1 100000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Resch, GlennGlenn Resch 2546 44 23 11 8 88 2.07 7
Smith, BillyBilly Smith 2254 39 19 10 9 98 2.61 3
Team: 4800 80 42 21 17 186 2.33 10
Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Potvin, DenisDenis Potvin D 13 5 14 19 32201
Drouin, JudeJude Drouin C 13 6 9 15 0101
Howatt, GarryGarry Howatt LW 13 5 5 10 23001
Parise, J.P.J.P. Parise LW 13 4 6 10 10100
Nystrom, BobBob Nystrom RW 13 3 6 9 30100
Trottier, BryanBryan Trottier C 13 1 7 8 8000
Harris, BillyBilly Harris RW 13 5 2 7 10100
MacMillan, BillyBilly MacMillan RW 13 4 2 6 8002
Gillies, ClarkClark Gillies LW 13 2 4 6 16001
St. Laurent, AndreAndre St. Laurent C 13 1 5 6 15000
Westfall, EdEd Westfall D/RW 8 2 3 5 0100
Hart, GerryGerry Hart D 13 1 3 4 24000
Marshall, BertBert Marshall D 13 1 3 4 12001
Henning, LorneLorne Henning C 13 2 0 2 2110
Stewart, RalphRalph Stewart C 6 1 1 2 0100
Lewis, DaveDave Lewis D 13 0 1 1 44000
Potvin, JeanJean Potvin D 13 0 1 1 2000
Fortier, DaveDave Fortier D 6 0 0 0 0000
Resch, GlennGlenn Resch G 7 0 0 0 0000
Smith, BillyBilly Smith G 8 0 0 0 11000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Smith, BillyBilly Smith 437 8 4 3 21 2.88 0
Resch, GlennGlenn Resch 357 7 3 3 18 3.03 0
Team: 794 13 7 6 39 2.95 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;

Draft picks

Below are the selections of the 1975 NHL Amateur Draft:

Pick # Player PositionNationality NHL team College/junior/club team
11 Pat Price Defence  Canada New York Islanders Vancouver Blazers (WHA)
29 Dave Salvian Left Wing  Canada New York Islanders St. Catharines Black Hawks (OMJHL)
47 Joe Fortunato Left Wing  Canada New York Islanders Kitchener Rangers (OMJHL)
65 Andre Lepage Goaltender  Canada New York Islanders Montreal Bleu Blanc Rouge (QMJHL)
83 Denny McLean Left Wing  Canada New York Islanders Calgary Centennials (WCHL)
101 Mike Sleep Right Wing  Canada New York Islanders New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
119 Richie Hansen Centre  United States New York Islanders Sudbury Wolves (OMJHL)
137 Bob Sunderland Defence  United States New York Islanders Boston University (ECAC)
153 Dan Blair Right Wing  Canada New York Islanders Ottawa 67's (OMJHL)
168 Joey Girardin Defence  Canada New York Islanders Winnipeg Clubs (WCHL)
183 Geoff Green Right Wing  Canada New York Islanders Sudbury Wolves (OMJHL)
194 Kari Makkonen Right Wing  Finland New York Islanders Pori (Finland)
Reference: "1975 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". Retrieved September 12, 2013. 

See also

References

  1. ↑ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 151. ISBN 9781894801225.
  2. ↑ "1975-76 New York Islanders Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-27.

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