1975-76 Denver Spurs/Ottawa Civics Statistics
World Hockey Association (WHA)
Team Record: 14-26-1 - 29 points
in the WHA's Western Division
Coach: Jean-Guy Talbot (14-26-1)
1975-76 Denver Spurs/Ottawa Civics RosterTeam Record: 14-26-1 - 29 points
in the WHA's Western Division
Coach: Jean-Guy Talbot (14-26-1)
The Denver Spurs/Ottawa Civics of the World Hockey Association ended the 1975-76 season with a record of 14 wins and 26 losses and 1 ties for 29 points in the WHA's Western Division.
The club paced the league with just 172 goals allowed. The club scored 134 goals, worst in the league. Don Borgeson and Ralph Backstrom netted 21 goals for the squad each, and Ralph Backstrom accounted for 29 assists. Bob Johnson topped the team with 8 wins and a team-best 3.93 goals against average, pacing goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Jean-Guy Talbot coached the team.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ralph Backstrom | C | 41 | 21 | 29 | 50 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 142 | 14.8 |
| Don Borgeson | L | 40 | 21 | 16 | 37 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 119 | 17.6 |
| Gary MacGregor | C | 38 | 16 | 14 | 30 | 18 | -2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 127 | 12.6 |
| Jim Sherrit | C | 40 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 16 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 12.1 |
| Daryl Maggs | D | 41 | 4 | 23 | 27 | 42 | -9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 98 | 4.1 |
| Mark Lomenda | R | 37 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 11 | -6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 9.1 |
| Frank Rochon | L | 41 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 10 | -18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 14.1 |
| Rick Morris | L | 41 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 58 | -19 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 75 | 12.0 |
| Bob Liddington | L | 35 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 14 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 11.1 |
| John Arbour | D | 35 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 49 | -14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 3.2 |
| Barry Legge | D | 40 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 15 | -11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 59 | 10.2 |
| Brian Lavender | L | 37 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 35 | -15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Larry Bignell | D | 41 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 43 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 12.5 |
| Peter Mara | C | 40 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 8 | -15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 7.3 |
| Bryon Baltimore | D | 41 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 32 | -13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 2.1 |
| Gary Bredin | R | 17 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | -7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 16.0 |
| J.P. LeBlanc | C | 15 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 25 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 3.8 |
| Ron Delorme | R | 22 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 28 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |
| Larry Mavety | D | 14 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 14 | -12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0.0 |
| Keith Kokkola | D | 16 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 40 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0.0 |
| Bob Johnson | G | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lynn Zimmerman | G | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nick Sanza | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jan Popiel | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Grigg | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brian Gibbons | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Goldthorpe | L | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Ed Pizunski | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cam Newton | G | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 733 | 134 | 208 | 342 | 538 | -154 | 31 | 2 | 8 | 1222 | 11.0 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Johnson | 24 | 1345 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 3.93 | 689 | 601 | .872 |
| Cam Newton | 10 | 573 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 3.66 | 314 | 279 | .889 |
| Lynn Zimmerman | 8 | 495 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 3.76 | 301 | 270 | .897 |
| Nick Sanza | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15.00 | 12 | 7 | .583 | |||
| Chris Grigg | 2 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 9.75 | 59 | 46 | .780 | |||
| Totals | 45 | 2513 | 14 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 172 | 4.11 | 1375 | 1203 | .875 |
