1975-76 Indianapolis Racers Statistics
World Hockey Association (WHA)
Team Record: 35-39-6 - 76 points
Finishing 1st in the WHA's WHA East Division
Postseason: 3-4
Lost AVCO Cup quarter-finals
Quarter-Finals - Lost to New England Whalers 4-3
Coach: Gerry Moore (1-4)
Coach: Jacques Demers (34-35-6)
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
1975-76 Indianapolis Racers RosterTeam Record: 35-39-6 - 76 points
Finishing 1st in the WHA's WHA East Division
Postseason: 3-4
Lost AVCO Cup quarter-finals
Quarter-Finals - Lost to New England Whalers 4-3
Coach: Gerry Moore (1-4)
Coach: Jacques Demers (34-35-6)
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
1975-76 Indianapolis Racers Results
The Indianapolis Racers of the World Hockey Association ended the 1975-76 season with a record of 35 wins and 39 losses and 6 ties for 76 points, finishing first in the WHA's WHA East Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 3-4.
The Racers scored 245 goals and conceded 247. Reg Thomas and Nick Harbaruk netted 23 goals for Indianapolis each, while Pat Stapleton contributed 40 assists. Michel Dion topped the squad with 14 wins and a team-best 2.74 goals against average, pacing goalies with significant playing time.
Gerry Moore and Jacques Demers coached the team. The 1975-76 Indianapolis Racers lost in the AVCO Cup quarter-finals.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Stapleton | D | 80 | 5 | 40 | 45 | 48 | -7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 205 | 2.4 |
| Al Karlander | C | 79 | 16 | 28 | 44 | 36 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 121 | 13.2 |
| Bob Sicinski | C | 70 | 9 | 34 | 43 | 4 | -2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 140 | 6.4 |
| Nick Harbaruk | R | 76 | 23 | 19 | 42 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 170 | 13.5 |
| Reg Thomas | C | 80 | 23 | 17 | 40 | 23 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 192 | 12.0 |
| Hugh Harris | L | 41 | 12 | 28 | 40 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 166 | 7.2 |
| Rene Leclerc | R | 40 | 18 | 21 | 39 | 52 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 152 | 11.8 |
| Brian McDonald | C | 62 | 16 | 17 | 33 | 54 | -6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 117 | 13.7 |
| Bob Fitchner | C | 52 | 15 | 16 | 31 | 112 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 74 | 20.3 |
| Blair MacDonald | R | 56 | 19 | 11 | 30 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 142 | 13.4 |
| Michel Parizeau | C | 23 | 13 | 15 | 28 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 58 | 22.4 |
| Brian Coates | L | 59 | 11 | 16 | 27 | 24 | -5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 72 | 15.3 |
| Ken Block | D | 79 | 1 | 25 | 26 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 104 | 1.0 |
| Randy Wyrozub | C | 55 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 8 | -4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 79 | 13.9 |
| Bob Whitlock | C | 30 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 111 | 6.3 |
| Ted Scharf | R | 74 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 56 | -8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 7.8 |
| Dick Proceviat | D | 73 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 65 | 10.8 |
| Daryl Maggs | D | 36 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 40 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 5.6 |
| Kim Clackson | D | 77 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 351 | -10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 1.4 |
| Ron Buchanan | C | 23 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 4 | -5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 6.7 |
| Bryon Baltimore | D | 37 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 2.3 |
| Dave Keon | C | 12 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 7.5 |
| Frank Rochon | L | 19 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 28.6 |
| Bob Woytowich | D | 42 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 4.3 |
| Murray Heatley | R | 34 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 7 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 4.3 |
| Bill Prentice | D | 38 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 92 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 47 | 8.5 |
| Michel Dubois | D | 34 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 104 | -11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 6.9 |
| John Sheridan | C | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 11.1 |
| Andy Brown | G | 24 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kerry Bond | L | 15 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 10.0 |
| Jim Wiste | C | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Jim Park | G | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Glen Critch | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Michel Dion | G | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Lomenda | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Leif Holmquist | G | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Jones | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Bob Roselle | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1507 | 245 | 422 | 667 | 1284 | -21 | 59 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 2569 | 9.5 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michel Dion | 31 | 1860 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 85 | 2.74 | 942 | 857 | .910 |
| Andy Brown | 24 | 1368 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 82 | 3.60 | 751 | 669 | .891 |
| Jim Park | 11 | 572 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2.41 | 297 | 274 | .923 |
| Leif Holmquist | 19 | 1079 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 54 | 3.00 | 522 | 468 | .897 |
| Totals | 85 | 4879 | 35 | 39 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 244 | 3.00 | 2756 | 2512 | .911 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Stapleton | D | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Karlander | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Sicinski | C | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nick Harbaruk | R | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Reg Thomas | C | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hugh Harris | L | 7 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rene Leclerc | R | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brian McDonald | C | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Blair MacDonald | R | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michel Parizeau | C | 7 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brian Coates | L | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Block | D | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ted Scharf | R | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Proceviat | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Daryl Maggs | D | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kim Clackson | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bryon Baltimore | D | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Keon | C | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kerry Bond | L | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Park | G | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michel Dion | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 134 | 15 | 23 | 38 | 132 | -25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michel Dion | 3 | 126 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2.38 | 73 | 68 | .932 |
| Jim Park | 6 | 293 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 2.46 | 156 | 144 | .923 |
| Totals | 9 | 419 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 2.43 | 246 | 229 | .931 |
