1975–76 Denver Spurs/Ottawa Civics season

1975–76 Denver Spurs/Ottawa Civics
Division	6th Canadian
1975–76 record	14–26–1
Goals for	134
Goals against	172
Team information
Coach	Jean-Guy Talbot
Team leaders

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

Canadian Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA	PIM
Winnipeg Jets	81	52	27	2	106	345	254	940
Quebec Nordiques	81	50	27	4	104	371	316	1654
Calgary Cowboys	80	41	35	4	86	307	282	1064
Edmonton Oilers	81	27	49	5	59	268	345	991
Toronto Toros	81	24	52	5	53	335	398	1099
Denver Spurs / Ottawa Civics+	41	14	26	1	29	134	172	536

+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
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

• 1975–76 WHA season

References

1. "1975–76 Denver Spurs/Ottawa Civics Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-02.
2. "1975-76 Denver Spurs/Ottawa Civics Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-02.

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