1975-76 New England Whalers Statistics

World Hockey Association (WHA)
Team Record: 33-40-7 - 73 points
in the WHA's Eastern Division
Lost in 3rd Round
Coach: Don Blackburn (33-40-7)

1975-76 New England Whalers Roster

The New England Whalers of the World Hockey Association ended the 1975-76 season with a record of 33 wins and 40 losses and 7 ties for 73 points in the WHA's Eastern Division.

The club scored 255 goals and allowed 290. Tom Webster netted 33 goals for the squad and contributed 50 assists. Christer Abrahamsson topped the team with 18 wins and a team-best 3.42 goals against average, pacing goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.

Don Blackburn coached the team. The 1975-76 New England Whalers lost in the in 3rd Round of the playoffs.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	SOG	SG%
Tom Webster	R	55	33	50	83	24	14	9	0	11	195	16.9
Larry Pleau	C	75	29	45	74	21	1	12	2	4	192	15.1
Rosaire Paiement	R	80	28	43	71	89	-6	4	1	2	200	14.0
Ron Climie	L	65	25	20	45	17	-8	6	0	3	118	21.2
Rick Ley	D	67	8	30	38	78	-20	2	0	0	130	6.2
Thommy Abrahamsson	D	63	14	21	35	47	-11	3	2	0	150	9.3
Ralph Backstrom	C	38	14	19	33	6	0	0	1	1	94	14.9
Wayne Carleton	C	35	12	21	33	6	-3	2	0	0	107	11.2
Mike Rogers	C	36	18	14	32	10	-5	1	0	2	88	20.5
Garry Swain	C	79	10	16	26	46	-30	1	3	1	118	8.5
Al Hangsleben	D	78	2	23	25	62	-3	0	0	0	118	1.7
Fred O'Donnell	R	79	11	11	22	81	-19	0	0	3	100	11.0
Gordie Roberts	D	77	3	19	22	102	-17	0	0	1	115	2.6
Tom Earl	R/C	66	8	11	19	26	-7	0	6	2	63	12.7
Don Borgeson	L	31	9	8	17	4	-2	1	0	1	62	14.5
Doug Roberts	R	76	4	13	17	51	-3	0	0	0	109	3.7
Danny Arndt	L	69	8	8	16	10	-16	1	0	1	89	9.0
Paul Hurley	D	46	0	14	14	20	-6	0	0	0	98	0.0
Bob McManama	C	37	3	10	13	28	-12	1	0	0	39	7.7
Brad Selwood	D	40	2	10	12	28	5	0	0	0	55	3.6
Mike Byers	R	18	4	3	7	0	-2	0	0	0	25	16.0
Danny Bolduc	R	14	2	5	7	14	5	0	0	0	27	7.4
Bob Charlebois	L	28	3	3	6	0	-1	0	0	1	19	15.8
Nick Fotiu	L	49	3	2	5	94	-5	0	0	0	44	6.8
Don Blackburn	L	21	2	3	5	6	-5	0	0	0	15	13.3
Ron Busniuk	D	11	0	3	3	55	0	0	0	0	18	0.0
Bruce Landon	G	38	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Marty Gateman	D	12	0	1	1	6	-8	0	0	0	6	0.0
Paul Hoganson	G	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Christer Abrahamsson	G	41	0	1	1	6	0	0	0	0	0
John Danby	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Troy	R	14	0	0	0	43	-5	0	0	0	7	0.0
Steve Richardson	L	6	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	5	0.0
Cap Raeder	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Terry Caffery	C	2	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	0.0
Totals		1454	255	429	684	980	-171	43	15	33	2408	10.6

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Christer Abrahamsson	41	2385	18	18	2	1	2	136	3.42	1221	1085	.889
Bruce Landon	38	2181	14	19	5	3	0	126	3.47	1094	968	.885
Paul Hoganson	4	224	1	2	0	0	0	16	4.29	108	92	.852
Cap Raeder	2	100	0	1	0	0	0	8	4.80	46	38	.826
Totals	85	4890	33	40	7	4	2	286	3.51	2469	2183	.884

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-
Tom Webster	R	17	10	9	19	6	3
Larry Pleau	C	14	5	7	12	0	5
Rosaire Paiement	R	17	4	11	15	41	3
Rick Ley	D	17	1	4	5	49	3
Thommy Abrahamsson	D	17	2	4	6	15	2
Ralph Backstrom	C	17	5	4	9	8	4
Mike Rogers	C	17	5	8	13	2	1
Garry Swain	C	17	3	2	5	15	3
Al Hangsleben	D	13	2	3	5	20	2
Fred O'Donnell	R	17	2	5	7	20	-2
Gordie Roberts	D	17	2	9	11	36	10
Tom Earl	R/C	17	0	5	5	4	0
Don Borgeson	L	3	1	1	2	0	2
Doug Roberts	R	17	1	1	2	8	8
Danny Arndt	L	8	0	0	0	0	3
Bob McManama	C	12	4	3	7	4	6
Brad Selwood	D	17	2	2	4	27	5
Danny Bolduc	R	16	1	6	7	4	4
Nick Fotiu	L	16	3	2	5	57	2
Ron Busniuk	D	17	0	2	2	14	1
Bruce Landon	G	4	0	0	0	0	0
Christer Abrahamsson	G	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Troy	R	2	0	0	0	29	0
Gaye Cooley	G	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bench		17	0	0	0	0	0
Cap Raeder	G	14	0	1	1	0	0
Totals		346	53	89	142	359	65

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Cap Raeder	14	819	7	7	2	31	2.27	440	409	.930
Gaye Cooley	1	1	0	0	0	0	0.00		0
Totals	19	1017	10	7	2	38	2.24	551	513	.931

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