1975-76 Phoenix Roadrunners Statistics
Team Record: 39-35-6 - 84 points
Finishing 2nd in the WHA's WHA West Division
Postseason: 2-3
Lost AVCO Cup preliminary round
Preliminary - Defeated San Diego Mariners 2-3
Coach: Sandy Hucul (39-35-6)
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
1975-76 Phoenix Roadrunners Results
The Phoenix Roadrunners of the World Hockey Association ended the 1975-76 season with a record of 39 wins and 35 losses and 6 ties for 84 points, finishing second in the WHA's WHA West Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-3.
The Roadrunners scored 302 goals and conceded 287. Del Hall netted 47 goals for Phoenix, while John Gray and Robbie Ftorek tallied 30 or more also. Robbie Ftorek contributed 72 assists. Jack Norris topped the squad with 21 wins, and Gary Kurt added 15 or more victories as well. Jack Norris recorded a 3.18 goals against average, pacing goalies with significant playing time.
Sandy Hucul coached the team. The 1975-76 Phoenix Roadrunners lost in the AVCO Cup preliminary round.
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Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Robbie Ftorek | C | 80 | 41 | 72 | 113 | 109 | 36 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 232 | 17.7 |
Del Hall | C | 80 | 47 | 44 | 91 | 10 | 21 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 249 | 18.9 |
John Gray | R | 79 | 35 | 45 | 80 | 136 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 192 | 18.2 |
Ron Huston | C | 79 | 22 | 44 | 66 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 185 | 11.9 |
Jim Boyd | C | 80 | 23 | 34 | 57 | 44 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 189 | 12.2 |
Pekka Rautakallio | D | 73 | 11 | 39 | 50 | 8 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 191 | 5.8 |
Gary Veneruzzo | L | 61 | 19 | 24 | 43 | 27 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 130 | 14.6 |
Cam Connor | R | 73 | 18 | 21 | 39 | 295 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153 | 11.8 |
Michel Cormier | L | 46 | 21 | 15 | 36 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 120 | 17.5 |
Lauri Mononen | R | 75 | 15 | 21 | 36 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 135 | 11.1 |
Barry Dean | L | 71 | 9 | 25 | 34 | 110 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 126 | 7.1 |
Dave Gorman | R | 67 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 120 | 9.2 |
Garry Lariviere | D | 79 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 100 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 6.9 |
Serge Beaudoin | D | 76 | 0 | 21 | 21 | 102 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 0.0 |
John Migneault | L | 68 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 14 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 69 | 11.6 |
Al McLeod | D | 80 | 2 | 18 | 20 | 82 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 2.4 |
Jim Niekamp | D | 79 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 77 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 87 | 4.6 |
Grant Erickson | L | 33 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 6.3 |
Jim Clarke | D | 59 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 57 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 1.8 |
Gary Kurt | G | 40 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Peter McNamee | D | 14 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 32 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 4.5 |
Mike Sleep | R | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 40.0 |
Mike Hobin | C | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7.7 |
Murray Keogan | C | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.0 |
Jack Norris | G | 41 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Clay Hebenton | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 1461 | 302 | 513 | 815 | 1278 | 220 | 57 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 2633 | 11.5 |
Goaltenders:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jack Norris | 41 | 2412 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 128 | 3.18 | 1177 | 1049 | .891 |
Gary Kurt | 40 | 2369 | 18 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 147 | 3.72 | 1162 | 1015 | .873 |
Clay Hebenton | 2 | 80 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6.75 | 48 | 39 | .813 |
Totals | 83 | 4861 | 39 | 35 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 284 | 3.51 | 2671 | 2387 | .894 |
Postseason - Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Robbie Ftorek | C | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Del Hall | C | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
John Gray | R | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ron Huston | C | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jim Boyd | C | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Pekka Rautakallio | D | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Gary Veneruzzo | L | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Cam Connor | R | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Lauri Mononen | R | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Dave Gorman | R | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Garry Lariviere | D | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Serge Beaudoin | D | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
John Migneault | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Al McLeod | D | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jim Niekamp | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Grant Erickson | L | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Mike Sleep | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jack Norris | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 86 | 13 | 24 | 37 | 81 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |