1975-76 Houston Aeros Statistics

World Hockey Association (WHA)
Team Record: 53-27 - 106 points
Finishing 1st in the WHA's WHA West Division
Postseason: 8-9
Lost AVCO Cup finals
Quarter-Finals - Defeated San Diego Mariners 4-2
Semi-Finals - Defeated New England Whalers 4-3
Avco Cup Finals - Lost to Winnipeg Jets 4-0
Coach: Bill Dineen (53-27)
Location: Houston, Texas

1975-76 Houston Aeros Roster
1975-76 Houston Aeros Results

The Houston Aeros of the World Hockey Association ended the 1975-76 season with a record of 53 wins and 27 losses for 106 points, finishing first in the WHA's WHA West Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 8-9.

The Aeros scored 341 goals and surrendered 263. Mark Howe netted 39 goals for Houston, while Frank Hughes, Don Larway, Andre Hinse and Gordie Howe each tallied 30 or more, too. Gordie Howe contributed 70 assists. Ron Grahame earned 39 wins for the squad and a team-best 3.27 goals against average, leading goalies with significant playing time.

Bill Dineen coached the team. The 1975-76 Houston Aeros lost in the AVCO Cup finals.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	SOG	SG%
Gordie Howe	R	78	32	70	102	76	14	12	1	4	241	13.3
Mark Howe	D	72	39	37	76	38	29	13	6	8	270	14.4
Frank Hughes	R	80	31	45	76	26	12	12	0	6	165	18.8
Andre Hinse	L	70	35	38	73	6	12	12	0	6	158	22.2
Larry Lund	C	73	24	49	73	50	3	6	1	1	146	16.4
Gord Labossiere	C	80	23	32	55	18	-1	4	0	3	151	15.2
Rich Preston	R	77	22	33	55	33	30	1	2	4	159	13.8
Don Larway	R	79	30	20	50	56	9	3	0	3	196	15.3
Terry Ruskowski	C	65	14	35	49	100	18	3	0	2	105	13.3
Murray Hall	R	80	20	26	46	18	-3	3	0	8	118	16.9
Poul Popiel	D	78	10	36	46	71	29	2	2	2	162	6.2
Ted Taylor	L	68	15	26	41	88	-10	3	0	0	130	11.5
John Schella	D	74	6	32	38	106	8	0	0	0	193	3.1
Marty Howe	D	80	14	23	37	81	40	0	0	2	179	7.8
John Tonelli	L	79	17	14	31	66	11	3	1	2	123	13.8
Larry Hale	D	77	2	12	14	30	7	0	0	1	49	4.1
Jan Popiel	L	67	4	7	11	59	-13	0	0	0	68	5.9
Glen Irwin	D	72	3	8	11	116	3	0	0	0	59	5.1
Bill Butters	D	14	0	4	4	18	8	0	0	0	11	0.0
Ron Grahame	G	57	0	1	1	22	0	0	0	0	0
Wayne Rutledge	G	25	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Stevens	D	6	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0	7	0.0
Bob Liddington	L	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Totals		1453	341	548	889	1088	204	77	13	52	2691	12.7

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Ron Grahame	57	3343	39	17	3	3	182	3.27	1752	1570	.896
Wayne Rutledge	25	1456	14	10	1	1	77	3.17	780	703	.901
Totals	82	4799	53	27	4	4	259	3.24	2791	2532	.907

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-
Gordie Howe	R	17	4	8	12	31	1
Mark Howe	D	17	6	10	16	18	0
Frank Hughes	R	17	5	1	6	20	-6
Andre Hinse	L	17	2	3	5	2	-10
Larry Lund	C	5	1	1	2	4	-4
Gord Labossiere	C	17	2	8	10	14	-4
Rich Preston	R	17	4	6	10	8	-1
Don Larway	R	16	7	5	12	21	5
Terry Ruskowski	C	16	6	10	16	64	8
Murray Hall	R	17	1	4	5	0	-5
Poul Popiel	D	17	3	5	8	16	-2
Ted Taylor	L	11	2	2	4	17	-5
John Schella	D	17	1	6	7	38	-2
Marty Howe	D	16	4	4	8	12	-1
John Tonelli	L	17	7	7	14	8	8
Larry Hale	D	17	0	5	5	8	-1
Jan Popiel	L	8	1	1	2	4	-2
Glen Irwin	D	5	0	0	0	9	0
Bill Butters	D	17	0	3	3	51	-6
Ron Grahame	G	14	0	0	0	0	0
Wayne Rutledge	G	4	0	0	0	0	0
Steve West	C	7	0	1	1	0	-1
Totals		306	56	90	146	345	-28

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Ron Grahame	14	817	6	8	1	54	3.97	0
Wayne Rutledge	4	200	2	1	0	10	3.00	103	93	.903
Totals	18	1017	8	9	1	64	3.78	167	103	.617

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