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53-27-0 (106 points), Finished 1st in WHA West Division (Game Results)
WHA Season Summary
Scored 341 goals, Allowed 263 goals, SRS: 0.89 (2nd of 14)
Coached by Bill Dineen (53-27-0)
Playoffs:
Lost Avco Cup Finals (4-0) to Winnipeg Jets
Won Semi-Finals (4-3) over New England Whalers
Won Quarter-Finals (4-2) over San Diego Mariners
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1975-76 Statistics ▪ Games
| Team | GP | W | L | T | PTS | PTS% | GF | GA | SRS | TG/G | PPG | PPO | PP% | PPGA | PPOA | PK% | SHG | SHGA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Aeros | 80 | 53 | 27 | 0 | 106 | .663 | 341 | 263 | 0.89 | 7.55 | 77 | 254 | 30.31 | 43 | 301 | 85.71 | 13 | 10 |
| League Average | 76 | 36 | 36 | 4 | 76 | .500 | 284 | 284 | 0.00 | 7.47 | 57 | 269 | 21.39 | 57 | 269 | 78.61 | 9 | 9 |
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| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | PTS/G | GC | GC/G | TGF | PGF | TGA | PGA | +/- | PIM | ESG | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SOG/G | SPCT | TOI | ATOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gordie Howe | RW | 6-0 | 205 | 47 | 78 | 32 | 70 | 102 | 1.31 | 38 | 0.48 | 14 | 76 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 241 | 3.09 | 13.3 | ||||||
| 2 | Mark Howe | D | 5-11 | 185 | 20 | 72 | 39 | 37 | 76 | 1.06 | 31 | 0.43 | 29 | 38 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 270 | 3.75 | 14.4 | ||||||
| 3 | Frank Hughes | LW | 5-10 | 180 | 26 | 80 | 31 | 45 | 76 | 0.95 | 30 | 0.37 | 12 | 26 | 19 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 165 | 2.06 | 18.8 | ||||||
| 4 | Larry Lund | C | 6-0 | 190 | 35 | 73 | 24 | 49 | 73 | 1.00 | 27 | 0.37 | 3 | 50 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 146 | 2.00 | 16.4 | ||||||
| 5 | Andre Hinse | LW | 5-9 | 175 | 30 | 70 | 35 | 38 | 73 | 1.04 | 29 | 0.42 | 12 | 6 | 23 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 158 | 2.26 | 22.2 | ||||||
| 6 | Rich Preston | RW | 6-0 | 185 | 23 | 77 | 22 | 33 | 55 | 0.71 | 21 | 0.28 | 30 | 33 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 159 | 2.06 | 13.8 | ||||||
| 7 | Gord Labossiere | C | 6-1 | 190 | 36 | 80 | 23 | 32 | 55 | 0.69 | 21 | 0.27 | -1 | 18 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 151 | 1.89 | 15.2 | ||||||
| 8 | Don Larway | RW | 6-1 | 192 | 21 | 79 | 30 | 20 | 50 | 0.63 | 21 | 0.27 | 9 | 56 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 196 | 2.48 | 15.3 | ||||||
| 9 | Terry Ruskowski | C | 5-10 | 178 | 21 | 65 | 14 | 35 | 49 | 0.75 | 18 | 0.28 | 18 | 100 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 105 | 1.62 | 13.3 | ||||||
| 10 | Murray Hall | RW | 6-0 | 175 | 35 | 80 | 20 | 26 | 46 | 0.58 | 18 | 0.23 | -3 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 118 | 1.48 | 16.9 | ||||||
| 11 | Poul Popiel | D | 5-10 | 175 | 32 | 78 | 10 | 36 | 46 | 0.59 | 16 | 0.21 | 29 | 71 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 162 | 2.08 | 6.2 | ||||||
| 12 | Ted Taylor | LW | 6-0 | 175 | 33 | 68 | 15 | 26 | 41 | 0.60 | 16 | 0.23 | -10 | 88 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 130 | 1.91 | 11.5 | ||||||
| 13 | John Schella | D | 6-0 | 180 | 28 | 74 | 6 | 32 | 38 | 0.51 | 13 | 0.18 | 8 | 106 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 193 | 2.61 | 3.1 | ||||||
| 14 | Marty Howe | D | 6-1 | 195 | 21 | 80 | 14 | 23 | 37 | 0.46 | 14 | 0.18 | 40 | 81 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 179 | 2.24 | 7.8 | ||||||
| 15 | John Tonelli | LW | 6-1 | 200 | 18 | 79 | 17 | 14 | 31 | 0.39 | 13 | 0.16 | 11 | 66 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 123 | 1.56 | 13.8 | ||||||
| 16 | Larry Hale | D | 6-1 | 180 | 34 | 77 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 0.18 | 5 | 0.06 | 7 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 49 | 0.64 | 4.1 | ||||||
| 17 | Glen Irwin | D | 5-11 | 195 | 24 | 72 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 0.15 | 4 | 0.06 | 3 | 116 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 0.82 | 5.1 | ||||||
| 18 | Jan Popiel | LW | 5-9 | 180 | 28 | 67 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 0.16 | 4 | 0.06 | -13 | 59 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 1.01 | 5.9 | ||||||
| 19 | Bill Butters | D | 5-10 | 185 | 25 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0.29 | 1 | 0.09 | 8 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.79 | 0.0 | ||||||
| 20 | Bob Liddington | LW | 6-0 | 175 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.50 | 0.0 | ||||||
| 21 | Mike Stevens | D | 5-11 | 188 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1.17 | 0.0 | ||||||
| Team Total | 80 | 341 | 548 | 889 | 11.11 | 341 | 4.26 | 341 | 77 | 263 | 43 | 44 | 1088 | 251 | 77 | 13 | 52 | 2691 | 33.64 | 12.7 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | MIN | W | L | T/OT | PTS | PTS% | SO | GA | GAA | SOG | SV | SV% | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ron Grahame | G | 5-11 | 175 | 25 | 57 | 3343 | 39 | 17 | 0 | 78 | .696 | 3 | 182 | 3.27 | 1752 | 1570 | .896 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22 |
| 2 | Wayne Rutledge | G | 6-2 | 200 | 34 | 25 | 1456 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 28 | .583 | 1 | 77 | 3.17 | 780 | 703 | .901 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Team Total | 80 | 4799 | 53 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 259 | 3.24 | 2532 | 2273 | .898 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | PTS/G | +/- | PIM | ESG | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SOG/G | SPCT | TOI | ATOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Terry Ruskowski | C | 5-10 | 178 | 21 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 1.00 | 8 | 64 | |||||||||
| 2 | Mark Howe | D | 5-11 | 185 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 0.94 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| 3 | John Tonelli | LW | 6-1 | 200 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 0.82 | 8 | 8 | |||||||||
| 4 | Don Larway | RW | 6-1 | 192 | 21 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 0.75 | 5 | 21 | |||||||||
| 5 | Gordie Howe | RW | 6-0 | 205 | 47 | 17 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 0.71 | 1 | 31 | |||||||||
| 6 | Gord Labossiere | C | 6-1 | 190 | 36 | 17 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 0.59 | -4 | 14 | |||||||||
| 7 | Rich Preston | RW | 6-0 | 185 | 23 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 0.59 | -1 | 8 | |||||||||
| 8 | Marty Howe | D | 6-1 | 195 | 21 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0.50 | -1 | 12 | |||||||||
| 9 | Poul Popiel | D | 5-10 | 175 | 32 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0.47 | -2 | 16 | |||||||||
| 10 | John Schella | D | 6-0 | 180 | 28 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0.41 | -2 | 38 | |||||||||
| 11 | Frank Hughes | LW | 5-10 | 180 | 26 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0.35 | -6 | 20 | |||||||||
| 12 | Andre Hinse | LW | 5-9 | 175 | 30 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.29 | -10 | 2 | |||||||||
| 13 | Murray Hall | RW | 6-0 | 175 | 35 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0.29 | -5 | 0 | |||||||||
| 14 | Larry Hale | D | 6-1 | 180 | 34 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0.29 | -1 | 8 | |||||||||
| 15 | Ted Taylor | LW | 6-0 | 175 | 33 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.36 | -5 | 17 | |||||||||
| 16 | Bill Butters | D | 5-10 | 185 | 25 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.18 | -6 | 51 | |||||||||
| 17 | Jan Popiel | LW | 5-9 | 180 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.25 | -2 | 4 | |||||||||
| 18 | Larry Lund | C | 6-0 | 190 | 35 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.40 | -4 | 4 | |||||||||
| 19 | Steve West | C | 5-8 | 150 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.14 | -1 | 0 | |||||||||
| 20 | Glen Irwin | D | 5-11 | 195 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 9 | |||||||||
| Team Total | 17 | 56 | 90 | 146 | 8.59 | 345 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | MIN | W | L | T/OT | PTS | PTS% | SO | GA | GAA | SOG | SV | SV% | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ron Grahame | G | 5-11 | 175 | 25 | 14 | 817 | 6 | 8 | 12 | .429 | 1 | 54 | 3.97 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2 | Wayne Rutledge | G | 6-2 | 200 | 34 | 4 | 200 | 2 | 1 | 4 | .667 | 0 | 10 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Team Total | 80 | 1017 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 64 | 3.78 |