1975-76 Houston Aeros Statistics

World Hockey Association (WHA)
Team Record: 53-27 - 106 points
in the WHA's Western Division
Lost League Championship
Coach: Bill Dineen (53-27)

1975-76 Houston Aeros Roster

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 in the WHA's Western Division.

The team scored 341 goals and surrendered 263. Mark Howe netted 39 goals for the squad, while Frank Hughes, Andre Hinse, Gordie Howe and Don Larway each tallied 30 or more, too. Gordie Howe contributed 70 assists. Ron Grahame earned 39 wins for the team 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 League Championship.

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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
Mike Stevens	D	6	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0	7	0.0
Wayne Rutledge	G	25	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	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	2532	2273	.898

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
Steve West	C	7	0	1	1	0	-1
Bench		17	0	0	0	0	0
Wayne Rutledge	G	4	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		323	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	113	103	.912
Totals	18	1017	8	9	1	64	3.78	167	103	.617

1975-76 Houston Aeros Statistics

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