1975–76 San Diego Mariners season

1975–76 San Diego Mariners
Division	3rd West
1975–76 record	36–38–6
Goals for	303
Goals against	290
Team information
Coach	Ron Ingram

The 1975–76 San Diego Mariners season was the second season of operation of the San Diego Mariners in the World Hockey Association (WHA). The Mariners placed third in the Western Division to qualify for the playoffs, losing in the second round to the Houston Aeros.

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Western Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA	PIM
Houston Aeros	80	53	27	0	106	341	263	1093
Phoenix Roadrunners	80	39	35	6	84	302	287	1292
San Diego Mariners	80	36	38	6	78	303	290	716
Minnesota Fighting Saints	59	30	25	4	64	211	212	1354

Game log

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

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Playoffs

San Diego Mariners 3, Phoenix Roadrunners 2 - Preliminary Round

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record
1	April 9	San Diego Mariners	2–3 OT	Phoenix Roadrunners	0–1
2	April 10	Phoenix Roadrunners	2–4	San Diego Mariners	1–1
3	April 13	San Diego Mariners	4–6	Phoenix Roadrunners	1–2
4	April 15	Phoenix Roadrunners	1–5	San Diego Mariners	2–2
5	April 17	San Diego Mariners	2–1	Phoenix Roadrunners	3–2

Houston Aeros 4, San Diego Mariners 2 - Quarterfinals

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record
1	April 21	San Diego Mariners	6–8	Houston Aeros	0–1
2	April 23	San Diego Mariners	1–3	Houston Aeros	0–2
3	April 25	Houston Aeros	8–4	San Diego Mariners	0–3
4	April 27	Houston Aeros	2–3	San Diego Mariners	1–3
5	April 28	San Diego Mariners	3–2	Houston Aeros	2–3
6	April 30	Houston Aeros	3–2	San Diego Mariners	2–4

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Andre Lacroix	C	80	29	72	101	42	-29	12	3	3
Ray Adduono	C	80	23	67	90	22	29	6	0	2
Norm Ferguson	RW	79	37	37	74	12	14	4	0	4
Gene Peacosh	LW	79	37	33	70	35	-5	8	0	6
Joe Noris	C/D	80	28	40	68	24	4	5	3	3
Kevin Morrison	D	80	22	43	65	56	0	7	0	2
John French	C/LW	76	25	39	64	16	-2	6	0	3
Kevin Devine	LW	80	21	28	49	102	2	3	0	2
Wayne Rivers	RW	71	19	25	44	24	-18	10	0	5
Brent Hughes	D	78	7	28	35	63	6	1	0	0
Alex Tidey	RW	74	16	11	27	46	7	2	0	2
Don Burgess	LW	73	14	11	25	35	-17	2	0	1
Bob Wall	D	68	1	20	21	32	3	0	0	0
Bob Falkenberg	D	79	3	13	16	31	-18	0	0	0
Mike McMahon	D	69	2	12	14	38	-5	0	0	0
Brian Morenz	C	40	6	7	13	22	-9	0	0	2
Gary Bredin	RW	50	4	5	9	10	-12	0	0	1
Peter McNamee	D	51	2	3	5	27	-10	0	0	0
Bob Dobek	C	14	3	1	4	2	1	0	0	0
Dave Walter	C	16	1	2	3	6	2	0	0	0
Jim Hargreaves	D	43	1	1	2	26	-3	0	0	0
Ernie Wakely	G	67	0	2	2	6	0	0	0	0
Jamie Bateman	LW	7	1	0	1	4	-1	0	0	0
Bill Goldthorpe	LW	14	1	0	1	30	0	0	0	0
Bob Blanchet	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brian Bye	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Russ Gillow	G	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gary Jacquith	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rick Lalonde	D	2	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Ernie Wakely	3823	67	35	27	4	208	3.26	3
Russ Gillow	1037	23	1	10	2	74	4.28	0
Bob Blanchet	32	1	0	1	0	4	7.50	0
Team:	4892	80	36	38	6	286	3.51	3

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Ray Adduono	C	11	4	7	11	6
John French	C/LW	11	4	7	11	0
Andre Lacroix	C	11	4	6	10	4
Alex Tidey	RW	11	3	6	9	10
Wayne Rivers	RW	11	4	4	8	4
Don Burgess	LW	11	1	7	8	4
Joe Noris	C/D	11	2	4	6	6
Brent Hughes	D	10	1	5	6	6
Kevin Morrison	D	11	1	5	6	12
Kevin Devine	LW	11	3	1	4	36
Bob Wall	D	11	1	3	4	4
Brian Morenz	C	11	2	1	3	11
Gene Peacosh	LW	11	2	1	3	21
Bob Dobek	C	11	1	2	3	0
Bob Falkenberg	D	11	1	2	3	6
Norm Ferguson	RW	4	2	0	2	9
Mike McMahon	D	9	0	1	1	2
Peter McNamee	D	11	0	1	1	28
Russ Gillow	G	1	0	0	0	0
Jim Hargreaves	D	5	0	0	0	2
Ernie Wakely	G	11	0	0	0	4

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA
Ernie Wakely	640	11	5	6	39	3.66
Russ Gillow	20	1	0	0	0	0.00
Team:	660	11	5	6	39	3.55

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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;

Awards and records

Transactions

Draft picks

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

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	12	Jamie Masters (D)	Canada	Ottawa 67's (OHA)
2	27	Rick Adduono (C)	Canada	St. Catharines Black Hawks (OHA)
3	42	Bob Watson (RW)	Canada	Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL)
4	57	Dan Blair (RW)	Canada	Ottawa 67's (OHA)
5	71	Craig Crawford (C)	Canada	Toronto Marlboros (OHA)
6	85	Alex Tidey (RW)	Canada	Lethbridge Broncos (WCHL)
7	98	Rick Lalonde (D)	Canada	Calgary Centennials (WCHL)
8	110	Kelly Secord (F)	Canada	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
9	122	Alex Forsyth (F)	Canada	Kingston Canadians (OHA)
10	135	Don Edwards (G)	Canada	Kitchener Rangers (OHA)
11	148	Dale Anderson (D)	Canada	Brandon Wheat Kings (WCHL)
12	159	Bruce O'Grady (F)	Canada	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHA)

Farm teams

References

"1975–76 San Diego Mariners Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-02.
"1975-76 San Diego Mariners Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-02.
"1975 WHA Amateur Draft". hockeyDB.com. Retrieved December 19, 2018.

External links

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[1] "1975–76 San Diego Mariners Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-02.

[2] "1975-76 San Diego Mariners Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-02.

[3] "1975 WHA Amateur Draft". hockeyDB.com. Retrieved December 19, 2018.

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

1975–76 San Diego Mariners season

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Game log

Playoffs

San Diego Mariners 3, Phoenix Roadrunners 2 - Preliminary Round

Houston Aeros 4, San Diego Mariners 2 - Quarterfinals

Player stats

Awards and records

Transactions

Draft picks

Farm teams

See also

References

External links