1975-76 Calgary Cowboys Statistics
World Hockey Association (WHA)
Team Record: 41-35-4 - 86 points
Finishing 3rd in the WHA's WHA Canadian Division
Postseason: 5-5
Lost AVCO Cup semi-finals
Quarter-Finals - Defeated Quebec Nordiques 4-1
Semi-Finals - Lost to Winnipeg Jets 4-1
Coach: Joe Crozier (41-35-4)
Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
1975-76 Calgary Cowboys RosterTeam Record: 41-35-4 - 86 points
Finishing 3rd in the WHA's WHA Canadian Division
Postseason: 5-5
Lost AVCO Cup semi-finals
Quarter-Finals - Defeated Quebec Nordiques 4-1
Semi-Finals - Lost to Winnipeg Jets 4-1
Coach: Joe Crozier (41-35-4)
Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
1975-76 Calgary Cowboys Results
The Calgary Cowboys of the World Hockey Association ended the 1975-76 season with a record of 41 wins and 35 losses and 4 ties for 86 points, finishing third in the WHA's WHA Canadian Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 5-5.
The Cowboys netted 307 goals and allowed 282. Danny Lawson scored 44 goals for Calgary, while Ron Chipperfield tallied 30 or more also. Danny Lawson contributed 52 assists. Don McLeod earned 30 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 3.50 goals against average, leading goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Joe Crozier coached the team. The 1975-76 Calgary Cowboys lost in the AVCO Cup semi-finals.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danny Lawson | R | 80 | 44 | 52 | 96 | 46 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 381 | 11.5 |
| Ron Chipperfield | C | 75 | 42 | 41 | 83 | 32 | 13 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 228 | 18.4 |
| George Morrison | L | 79 | 25 | 32 | 57 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 145 | 17.2 |
| Butch Deadmarsh | L | 79 | 26 | 28 | 54 | 196 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 215 | 12.1 |
| Dick Sentes | L | 72 | 25 | 24 | 49 | 33 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 139 | 18.0 |
| Don Tannahill | D | 78 | 25 | 24 | 49 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 174 | 14.4 |
| Bobby Leiter | C | 51 | 17 | 17 | 34 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 18.1 |
| Peter Driscoll | L | 75 | 16 | 18 | 34 | 127 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 118 | 13.6 |
| Larry Israelson | L | 57 | 10 | 22 | 32 | 26 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 69 | 14.5 |
| Francois Lacombe | D | 71 | 3 | 28 | 31 | 62 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 3.0 |
| Steve Hull | R | 58 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 6 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 13.6 |
| Chris Evans | D | 75 | 3 | 20 | 23 | 50 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 146 | 2.1 |
| John Miszuk | D | 69 | 2 | 21 | 23 | 66 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 2.6 |
| Ray Delorenzi | R | 39 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 14.3 |
| Murray Keogan | C | 38 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 61 | 11.5 |
| Terry Caffery | C | 21 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 13.2 |
| Rick Jodzio | L | 47 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 137 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 44 | 22.7 |
| Duane Rupp | D | 42 | 0 | 16 | 16 | 33 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 0.0 |
| Gavin Kirk | C | 15 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 18.9 |
| Derek Haas | C | 30 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 14.7 |
| Hugh Harris | L | 30 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 19 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 66 | 7.6 |
| Lynn Powis | C | 21 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 6.3 |
| Don McLeod | G | 63 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Bernie Lukowich | R | 15 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 18 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 20.8 |
| Paul Terbenche | D | 58 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 22 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 3.4 |
| Wally Olds | D | 28 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0.0 |
| Bill Reed | D | 29 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0.0 |
| Harry Howell | D | 31 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0.0 |
| Pat Westrum | D | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Bill Gratton | L | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Wayne Wood | G | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Gilmour | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Yvon Bilodeau | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Jim McCrimmon | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Humphreys | G | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vic Mercredi | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Rob Walton | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Warren Miller | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Ken Desjardine | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1487 | 307 | 472 | 779 | 1045 | 146 | 59 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 2607 | 11.8 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don McLeod | 63 | 3534 | 30 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 206 | 3.50 | 1599 | 1393 | .871 |
| Wayne Wood | 19 | 880 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 3.07 | 415 | 370 | .892 |
| Ed Humphreys | 8 | 441 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 3.67 | 255 | 228 | .894 |
| Totals | 90 | 4855 | 41 | 35 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 278 | 3.44 | 2547 | 2269 | .891 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danny Lawson | R | 9 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 19 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Chipperfield | C | 10 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Morrison | L | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Butch Deadmarsh | L | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Sentes | L | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Tannahill | D | 10 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Leiter | C | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Peter Driscoll | L | 10 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 41 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Israelson | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Francois Lacombe | D | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chris Evans | D | 10 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Miszuk | D | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Jodzio | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Duane Rupp | D | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gavin Kirk | C | 10 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Derek Haas | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lynn Powis | C | 10 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don McLeod | G | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bernie Lukowich | R | 10 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Terbenche | D | 10 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 6 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wally Olds | D | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harry Howell | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pat Westrum | D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Humphreys | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Warren Miller | R | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 28 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 187 | 36 | 54 | 90 | 218 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don McLeod | 10 | 579 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 3.83 | 0 | ||
| Ed Humphreys | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 11 | 599 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 3.71 | 0 |
