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

Schedule and results

|1||L||October 10, 1975||1–4 || align="left"| Minnesota Fighting Saints (1975–76) ||0–1–0

|2||W||October 12, 1975||6–5 || align="left"| Indianapolis Racers (1975–76) ||1–1–0

|3||L||October 14, 1975||5–8 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1975–76) ||1–2–0

|4||L||October 15, 1975||4–5 OT|| align="left"| @ New England Whalers (1975–76) ||1–3–0

|5||T||October 17, 1975||4–4 || align="left"| @ Toronto Toros (1975–76) ||1–3–1

|6||W||October 18, 1975||3–1 || align="left"| @ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1975–76) ||2–3–1

|7||W||October 19, 1975||4–2 || align="left"| Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76) ||3–3–1

|8||L||October 23, 1975||4–6 || align="left"| @ Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76) ||3–4–1

|9||L||October 25, 1975||2–5 || align="left"| @ Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76) ||3–5–1

|10||L||October 26, 1975||3–4 || align="left"| @ Indianapolis Racers (1975–76) ||3–6–1

|11||W||October 28, 1975||7–3 || align="left"| Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76) ||4–6–1

|12||T||October 31, 1975||2–2 || align="left"| New England Whalers (1975–76) ||4–6–2

|13||W||November 2, 1975||5–3 || align="left"| San Diego Mariners (1975–76) ||5–6–2

|14||L||November 4, 1975||3–4 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1975–76) ||5–7–2

|15||W||November 7, 1975||5–4 OT|| align="left"| Toronto Toros (1975–76) ||6–7–2

|16||W||November 9, 1975||4–1 || align="left"| Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76) ||7–7–2

|17||L||November 11, 1975||3–6 || align="left"| @ Calgary Cowboys (1975–76) ||7–8–2

|18||L||November 14, 1975||1–6 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1975–76) ||7–9–2

|19||W||November 17, 1975||6–3 || align="left"| San Diego Mariners (1975–76) ||8–9–2

|20||L||November 18, 1975||3–6 || align="left"| @ Denver Spurs/Ottawa Civics (1975–76) ||8–10–2

|21||L||November 20, 1975||1–3 || align="left"| @ Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76) ||8–11–2

|22||L||November 21, 1975||2–4 || align="left"| @ Houston Aeros (1975–76) ||8–12–2

|23||W||November 22, 1975||3–2 OT|| align="left"| @ San Diego Mariners (1975–76) ||9–12–2

|24||L||November 25, 1975||2–7 || align="left"| @ San Diego Mariners (1975–76) ||9–13–2

|25||L||November 28, 1975||4–7 || align="left"| @ Houston Aeros (1975–76) ||9–14–2

|26||W||November 30, 1975||4–2 || align="left"| Calgary Cowboys (1975–76) ||10–14–2

|27||W||December 2, 1975||7–2 || align="left"| Toronto Toros (1975–76) ||11–14–2

|28||L||December 5, 1975||3–8 || align="left"| @ Calgary Cowboys (1975–76) ||11–15–2

|29||L||December 7, 1975||4–5 || align="left"| Calgary Cowboys (1975–76) ||11–16–2

|30||W||December 10, 1975||7–4 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1975–76) ||12–16–2

|31||W||December 11, 1975||3–2 || align="left"| @ Calgary Cowboys (1975–76) ||13–16–2

|32||L||December 14, 1975||1–3 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1975–76) ||13–17–2

|33||W||December 16, 1975||3–1 || align="left"| @ Indianapolis Racers (1975–76) ||14–17–2

|34||W||December 17, 1975||3–2 || align="left"| @ Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76) ||15–17–2

|35||L||December 19, 1975||2–4 || align="left"| @ New England Whalers (1975–76) ||15–18–2

|36||L||December 21, 1975||2–4 || align="left"| Toronto Toros (1975–76) ||15–19–2

|37||L||December 23, 1975||2–6 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1975–76) ||15–20–2

|38||L||December 26, 1975||6–8 || align="left"| @ Toronto Toros (1975–76) ||15–21–2

|39||L||December 27, 1975||3–6 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1975–76) ||15–22–2

|40||L||December 30, 1975||3–6 || align="left"| @ Toronto Toros (1975–76) ||15–23–2

|41||L||January 1, 1976||1–5 || align="left"| @ Calgary Cowboys (1975–76) ||15–24–2

|42||L||January 2, 1976||1–3 || align="left"| Calgary Cowboys (1975–76) ||15–25–2

|43||L||January 4, 1976||1–8 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1975–76) ||15–26–2

|44||W||January 6, 1976||3–0 || align="left"| Indianapolis Racers (1975–76) ||16–26–2

|45||W||January 9, 1976||5–3 || align="left"| Toronto Toros (1975–76) ||17–26–2

|46||L||January 11, 1976||3–5 || align="left"| Houston Aeros (1975–76) ||17–27–2

|47||W||January 16, 1976||5–1 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1975–76) ||18–27–2

|48||L||January 20, 1976||3–10 || align="left"| Calgary Cowboys (1975–76) ||18–28–2

|49||L||January 23, 1976||2–4 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1975–76) ||18–29–2

|50||L||January 25, 1976||6–7 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1975–76) ||18–30–2

|51||T||January 27, 1976||4–4 || align="left"| @ Toronto Toros (1975–76) ||18–30–3

|52||L||January 28, 1976||5–6 || align="left"| Houston Aeros (1975–76) ||18–31–3

|53||W||February 1, 1976||5–2 || align="left"| Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76) ||19–31–3

|54||W||February 3, 1976||4–0 || align="left"| New England Whalers (1975–76) ||20–31–3

|55||L||February 5, 1976||1–5 || align="left"| @ Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76) ||20–32–3

|56||L||February 6, 1976||0–7 || align="left"| @ Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76) ||20–33–3

|57||L||February 8, 1976||4–5 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1975–76) ||20–34–3

|58||W||February 13, 1976||5–3 || align="left"| Toronto Toros (1975–76) ||21–34–3

|59||L||February 15, 1976||2–4 || align="left"| Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76) ||21–35–3

|60||T||February 17, 1976||4–4 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1975–76) ||21–35–4

|61||L||February 20, 1976||2–4 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1975–76) ||21–36–4

|62||W||February 22, 1976||4–3 || align="left"| Minnesota Fighting Saints (1975–76) ||22–36–4

|63||T||February 24, 1976||3–3 || align="left"| Calgary Cowboys (1975–76) ||22–36–5

|64||L||February 25, 1976||2–5 || align="left"| @ Calgary Cowboys (1975–76) ||22–37–5

|65||L||February 27, 1976||3–4 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1975–76) ||22–38–5

|66||L||February 29, 1976||2–5 || align="left"| Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76) ||22–39–5

|67||L||March 2, 1976||3–6 || align="left"| @ Calgary Cowboys (1975–76) ||22–40–5

|68||W||March 3, 1976||6–4 || align="left"| Calgary Cowboys (1975–76) ||23–40–5

|69||L||March 5, 1976||4–5 OT|| align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1975–76) ||23–41–5

|70||W||March 7, 1976||4–2 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1975–76) ||24–41–5

|71||L||March 11, 1976||0–2 || align="left"| @ Calgary Cowboys (1975–76) ||24–42–5

|72||L||March 14, 1976||2–4 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1975–76) ||24–43–5

|73||L||March 16, 1976||3–4 OT|| align="left"| Calgary Cowboys (1975–76) ||24–44–5

|74||W||March 19, 1976||2–1 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1975–76) ||25–44–5

|75||L||March 21, 1976||3–6 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1975–76) ||25–45–5

|76||W||March 24, 1976||3–2 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1975–76) ||26–45–5

|77||L||March 25, 1976||5–7 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1975–76) ||26–46–5

|78||L||March 26, 1976||3–7 || align="left"| @ Toronto Toros (1975–76) ||26–47–5

|79||L||March 30, 1976||3–8 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1975–76) ||26–48–5

|80||L||April 1, 1976||2–7 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1975–76) ||26–49–5

|81||W||April 4, 1976||5–2 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1975–76) ||27–49–5

Legend:

Playoffs

| 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:

Player statistics Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG C 77 31 56 87 12-211311 RW 77 42 30 72 88-31104 RW 81 34 31 65 17-4606 D 78 10 32 42 66-49502 D 48 13 24 37 87-6301 D 54 2 32 34 78-8100 C 58 13 18 31 19-12000 LW 71 12 16 28 60-11201 C 44 12 15 27 105002 LW 33 11 15 26 52-14042 D 79 4 21 25 81-42001 C 63 13 10 23 13-33210 C 75 12 11 23 8-25101 LW 26 5 16 21 6-3201 LW 54 8 12 20 67-10011 LW 75 7 13 20 34-16100 D 79 2 17 19 71-9001 RW 44 9 8 17 34-13000 C 41 8 8 16 55-3213 RW 29 7 5 12 8-8300 D 28 0 11 11 10-3000 D 48 1 9 10 20-12000 C 45 5 4 9 6-19000 D 28 3 4 7 14-8100 D 26 1 4 5 14-5000 RW 8 0 4 4 00000 LW 10 1 1 2 31-2000 RW 13 1 1 2 4-2000 D 10 1 1 2 0-6000 G 62 0 2 2 20000 G 3 0 0 0 00000 G 24 0 0 0 20000Goaltending PlayerMINGPW LTGAGAA SO 3567 62 22 34 5 235 3.95 1 1256 24 5 14 0 98 4.68 1 106 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 RW 4 1 4 5 12000 D 4 3 1 4 16000 RW 4 2 2 4 0000 C 4 1 3 4 2000 LW 4 1 1 2 2000 C 2 1 1 2 0000 LW 3 1 0 1 0000 C 4 1 0 1 0000 D 4 0 1 1 15000 D 4 0 1 1 6000 LW 4 0 1 1 4000 C 4 0 1 1 0000 LW 3 0 1 1 7000 LW 4 0 1 1 4000 LW 4 0 0 0 4000 G 3 0 0 0 0000 D 4 0 0 0 0000 D 4 0 0 0 4000 D 4 0 0 0 0000 D 1 0 0 0 0000 G 1 0 0 0 0000 Goaltending PlayerMINGPW LGAGAA SO 180 3 0 3 15 5.00 0 60 1 0 1 7 7.00 0 Team: 240 4 0 4 22 5.50 0

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 forJune 1975 Joe Fortunato Cleveland Crusaders John Stewart Future considerations Winnipeg Jets Bill Lesuk Ted McAneeley Houston Aeros 2nd-round pick in 1976 - Kent Nilsson Skip Krake Cleveland Crusaders Ray McKaySeptember 1975 Cash Denver Spurs Brian Lavender Cash Indianapolis Racers Randy Wyrozub 1st-round pick in 1976 - Bernie Federko3rd-round pick in 1976 - Drew Callander Phoenix Roadrunners Barry Dean 3rd-round pick in 1976 - Harold Phillipoff Indianapolis Racers Blair MacDonald Wayne Muloin Cleveland Crusaders Bill EvoFuture considerations Wayne Carleton New England Whalers Mike RogersFuture considerations Paul HurleyClark Jantzie New England Whalers Steve CarlyleKerry Ketter Jack Carlson San Diego Mariners 2 WHA Amateur Draft picks

Players acquired Date Player Former team Term Bob McAneeley California Golden Seals (NHL) 2-year Allie Sutherland Omaha Knights (CHL) 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 Rick Morris Ottawa Civics 1-year Frank Turnbull Spokane Chiefs (WIHL) March 1976 Jeff Carlson Minnesota Fighting Saints

Players lost Date Player New team1975 Tom Gilmore Retired Don Herriman June 1975 Leif Holmqvist Indianapolis Racers Ross Perkins Retired Bobby Sheehan Chicago Black Hawks (NHL) Ken Brown Retired Jacques Plante

Signings Date Player Term Kerry Ketter Peter Morris 3-year Bob Russell 3-year Ken Baird 2-year Eddie Joyal Norm Ullman 1-year John Rogers

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

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)16Barry Dean (LW)Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)221Peter Morris (LW)Victoria Cougars (WCHL)336Barry Smith (C)New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)451Stu Younger (F)Michigan Tech University (WCHA)566Jim Ofrim (F)University of Alberta (CWUAA)679Bob Sunderland (D)Boston University (ECAC)793Dave Bell (F)Harvard University (ECAC)8105Sidney Veysey (C)Sherbrooke Castors (QMJHL)9117Bob Russell (C)Sudbury Wolves (OHA)10130Jean Thibodeau (F)Shawinigan Dynamos (QMJHL)11143Brian Petrovek (G)Harvard University (ECAC)12154Jim Montgomery (C)Hull Festivals (QMJHL)13164Terry Angel (F)Oshawa Generals (OHA)14171Rick Shinske (C)New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)

See also 1975–76 WHA season

References