
1975-76 Erie Blades Statistics
Team Record: 37-36-1 - 75 points
in the NAHL's West Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Nick Polano (37-36-1)
Location: Erie, Pennsylvania
The Erie Blades of the North American Hockey League ended the 1975-76 season with a record of 37 wins and 36 losses and 1 ties for 75 points in the NAHL's West Division.
The Blades scored 310 goals and conceded 298. Richie Hansen netted 40 goals for Erie, while Dave Staffen and Vic Teal tallied 30 or more also. Paul Sheard contributed 56 assists. Lynn Zimmerman earned 30 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 3.52 goals against average, best among qualifying goaltenders.
Nick Polano coached the team. The 1975-76 Erie Blades lost in the in 1st Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | G/PG | A/PG | Pts/PG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Richie Hansen | C | 74 | 40 | 41 | 81 | 51 | 0.54 | 0.55 | 1.09 | |
Paul Sheard | LW | 74 | 18 | 56 | 74 | 129 | 0.24 | 0.76 | 1.00 | |
Jim Pritchard | D | 71 | 16 | 54 | 70 | 64 | 0.23 | 0.76 | 0.99 | |
Glenn Johnson | G | 68 | 20 | 47 | 67 | 193 | 0.29 | 0.69 | 0.99 | |
Vic Teal | R | 63 | 36 | 27 | 63 | 4 | 0.57 | 0.43 | 1.00 | |
Brian Marchinko | C | 63 | 27 | 34 | 61 | 29 | 0.43 | 0.54 | 0.97 | |
Denis Anderson | D | 66 | 15 | 38 | 53 | 68 | 0.23 | 0.58 | 0.80 | |
Dave Staffen | F | 62 | 33 | 19 | 52 | 63 | 0.53 | 0.31 | 0.84 | |
Geoff Green | F | 70 | 23 | 27 | 50 | 35 | 0.33 | 0.39 | 0.71 | |
Robbie Neale | C | 24 | 20 | 22 | 42 | 20 | 0.83 | 0.92 | 1.75 | |
Jim Sherrit | C | 22 | 8 | 28 | 36 | 18 | 0.36 | 1.27 | 1.64 | |
Joe Fortunato | L | 45 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 49 | 0.22 | 0.42 | 0.64 | |
Larry Mavety | D | 24 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 30 | 0.29 | 0.71 | 1.00 | |
George Swarbrick | R | 27 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 46 | 0.37 | 0.33 | 0.70 | |
Ray Tremblay | F | 11 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 0.27 | 1.00 | 1.27 | |
Joey Girardin | D | 63 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 61 | 0.22 | 0.22 | ||
Denis Deslauriers | D | 36 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 82 | 0.11 | 0.25 | 0.36 | |
Lynn Zimmerman | G | 54 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 38 | 0.24 | 0.24 | ||
Keith Kokkola | D | 27 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 73 | 0.11 | 0.33 | 0.44 | |
Craig Reichmuth | L | 12 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 24 | 0.67 | 0.25 | 0.92 | |
Peter Mara | C | 13 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 0.15 | 0.62 | 0.77 | |
Bob Falconer | L | 28 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 52 | 0.14 | 0.18 | 0.32 | |
Doug Towler | D | 23 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 0.22 | 0.22 | ||
Blaine Rydman | D | 18 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 60 | 0.28 | 0.28 | ||
Sid Prysunka | LW | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0.57 | 0.57 | ||
Ed Pizunski | R | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 63 | 0.20 | 0.10 | 0.30 | |
Mike Kennedy | RW | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.50 | |
Mal Zinger | F | 19 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 57 | 0.11 | 0.11 | ||
Frank Hamill | F | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.40 | 0.40 | ||
Ken McPhail | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0.25 | 0.25 | ||
Andre Lepage | G | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.04 | 0.04 | ||
Nick Sanza | G | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.20 | 0.20 | ||
Al MacKenzie | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Bench | 74 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | |||||
Gordon Talbot | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Tim Wynne | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Bill Goldthorpe | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | ||||
Phil McCann | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Totals | 1194 | 310 | 533 | 843 | 1380 | 0 |
Goaltenders:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Andre Lepage | 23 | 1192 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 4.68 | |||
Lynn Zimmerman | 53 | 3052 | 30 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 179 | 3.52 | |||
Nick Sanza | 5 | 239 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 5.52 | |||
Totals | 81 | 4483 | 37 | 36 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 294 | 3.93 | 0 |
Postseason - Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | G/PG | A/PG | Pts/PG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Richie Hansen | C | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.40 | 0.60 | 1.00 |
Paul Sheard | LW | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.40 |
Jim Pritchard | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.20 | 0.20 | |
Glenn Johnson | G | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0.60 | 0.80 | 1.40 |
Vic Teal | R | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
Brian Marchinko | C | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.20 | 0.40 | 0.60 |
Geoff Green | F | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.25 | 0.75 | 1.00 |
Robbie Neale | C | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 0.80 | 0.40 | 1.20 |
Jim Sherrit | C | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.40 | 0.80 | 1.20 |
George Swarbrick | R | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0.60 | 0.40 | 1.00 |
Ray Tremblay | F | 5 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.40 | 1.20 | 1.60 |
Joey Girardin | D | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0.20 | 0.20 | |
Denis Deslauriers | D | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 0 | 0.20 | 0.60 | 0.80 |
Lynn Zimmerman | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Craig Reichmuth | L | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 0.60 | 0.80 | 1.40 |
Peter Mara | C | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.50 | 0.50 | |
Blaine Rydman | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 0.20 | 0.20 | |
Andre Lepage | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Totals | 81 | 24 | 40 | 64 | 123 | 0 |