1975-76 San Diego Mariners Statistics
World Hockey Association (WHA)
Team Record: 36-38-6 - 78 points
Finishing 3rd in the WHA's WHA West Division
Postseason: 5-6
Lost AVCO Cup quarter-finals
Preliminary - Lost to Phoenix Roadrunners 2-3
Quarter-Finals - Lost to Houston Aeros 4-2
Coach: Ron Ingram (36-38-6)
Location: San Diego, California
1975-76 San Diego Mariners RosterTeam Record: 36-38-6 - 78 points
Finishing 3rd in the WHA's WHA West Division
Postseason: 5-6
Lost AVCO Cup quarter-finals
Preliminary - Lost to Phoenix Roadrunners 2-3
Quarter-Finals - Lost to Houston Aeros 4-2
Coach: Ron Ingram (36-38-6)
Location: San Diego, California
1975-76 San Diego Mariners Results
The San Diego Mariners of the World Hockey Association ended the 1975-76 season with a record of 36 wins and 38 losses and 6 ties for 78 points, finishing third in the WHA's WHA West Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 5-6.
The Mariners scored 303 goals and allowed 290. Gene Peacosh and Norm Ferguson netted 37 goals for San Diego each, while Andre Lacroix contributed 72 assists. Ernie Wakely earned 35 wins for the squad and a team-best 3.26 goals against average, topping goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Ron Ingram coached the team. The 1975-76 San Diego Mariners 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andre Lacroix | C | 80 | 29 | 72 | 101 | 42 | -29 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 274 | 10.6 |
| Ray Adduono | C | 80 | 23 | 67 | 90 | 22 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 92 | 25.0 |
| Norm Ferguson | R | 79 | 37 | 37 | 74 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 253 | 14.6 |
| Gene Peacosh | L | 79 | 37 | 33 | 70 | 35 | -5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 214 | 17.3 |
| Joe Noris | C | 80 | 28 | 40 | 68 | 24 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 194 | 14.4 |
| Kevin Morrison | D | 80 | 22 | 43 | 65 | 56 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 334 | 6.6 |
| John French | C/L | 76 | 25 | 39 | 64 | 16 | -2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 110 | 22.7 |
| Kevin Devine | L | 80 | 21 | 28 | 49 | 102 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 109 | 19.3 |
| Wayne Rivers | R | 71 | 19 | 25 | 44 | 24 | -18 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 188 | 10.1 |
| Brent Hughes | D | 78 | 7 | 28 | 35 | 63 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 104 | 6.7 |
| Alex Tidey | R | 74 | 16 | 11 | 27 | 46 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 160 | 10.0 |
| Don Burgess | L | 73 | 14 | 11 | 25 | 35 | -17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 122 | 11.5 |
| Bob Wall | D | 68 | 1 | 20 | 21 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 1.4 |
| Bob Falkenberg | D | 79 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 31 | -18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 4.2 |
| Mike McMahon | D | 69 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 38 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 2.5 |
| Brian Morenz | C | 40 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 22 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 15.8 |
| Gary Bredin | R | 50 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 10 | -12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 55 | 7.3 |
| Peter McNamee | D | 51 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 27 | -10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 3.8 |
| Bob Dobek | C | 14 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 13.0 |
| Dave Walter | C | 16 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7.7 |
| Jim Hargreaves | D | 43 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 26 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 2.9 |
| Ernie Wakely | G | 67 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jamie Bateman | L | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 |
| Bill Goldthorpe | L | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8.3 |
| Gary Jacquith | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brian Bye | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Rick Lalonde | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Russ Gillow | G | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Blanchet | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1477 | 303 | 500 | 803 | 711 | -62 | 66 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 2611 | 11.6 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ernie Wakely | 67 | 3823 | 35 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 208 | 3.26 | 1980 | 1772 | .895 |
| Russ Gillow | 23 | 1037 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 74 | 4.28 | 568 | 494 | .870 |
| Bob Blanchet | 1 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7.50 | 24 | 20 | .833 |
| Totals | 91 | 4892 | 36 | 38 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 286 | 3.51 | 2858 | 2572 | .900 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andre Lacroix | C | 11 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 4 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ray Adduono | C | 11 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Norm Ferguson | R | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gene Peacosh | L | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 21 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Noris | C | 11 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kevin Morrison | D | 11 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John French | C/L | 11 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kevin Devine | L | 11 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Rivers | R | 11 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brent Hughes | D | 10 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alex Tidey | R | 11 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Burgess | L | 11 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Wall | D | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Falkenberg | D | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike McMahon | D | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brian Morenz | C | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Peter McNamee | D | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 28 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Dobek | C | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Hargreaves | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ernie Wakely | G | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Russ Gillow | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 205 | 36 | 63 | 99 | 175 | -31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ernie Wakely | 11 | 640 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 3.66 | 0 | ||
| Russ Gillow | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 12 | 660 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 3.55 | 0 |
