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1975-76 New England Whalers

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33-40-7 (73 points), Finished 3rd in WHA East Division (Game Results)
WHA Season Summary

Scored 255 goals, Allowed 290 goals, SRS: -0.46 (10th of 14)
Coached by Jack Kelley (14-16-3), Don Blackburn (14-18-3), Harry Neale (5-6-1)

Playoffs:
Lost Semi-Finals (4-3) to Houston Aeros
Won Quarter-Finals (4-3) over Indianapolis Racers
Won Preliminary Round (3-0) over Cleveland Crusaders

1975-76 Statistics ▪ Games

Team Statistics

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Team GP W L T PTS PTS% GF GA SRS TG/G PPG PPO PP% PPGA PPOA PK% SHG SHGA
New England Whalers 80 33 40 7 73 .456 255 290 -0.46 6.81 46 259 17.76 56 271 79.34 15 4
League Average 76 36 36 4 76 .500 284 284 0.00 7.47 57 269 21.39 57 269 78.61 9 9

Player Statistics

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Skaters Regular Season

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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 Tom Webster RW 5-10 170 27 55 33 50 83 1.51 31 0.57 14 24 24 9 0 11 195 3.55 16.9
2 Larry Pleau C 6-1 190 29 75 29 45 74 0.99 28 0.37 1 21 15 12 2 4 192 2.56 15.1
3 Rosaire Paiement C 5-11 170 30 80 28 43 71 0.89 27 0.33 -6 89 23 4 1 2 200 2.50 14.0
4 Ron Climie LW 5-11 185 25 65 25 20 45 0.69 18 0.28 -8 17 19 6 0 3 118 1.82 21.2
5 Rick Ley D 5-9 190 27 67 8 30 38 0.57 13 0.19 -20 78 6 2 0 0 130 1.94 6.2
6 Thommy Abrahamsson D 6-2 185 28 63 14 21 35 0.56 13 0.21 -11 47 9 3 2 0 150 2.38 9.3
7 Ralph Backstrom C 5-10 165 38 38 14 19 33 0.87 13 0.33 6 13 0 1 1 94 2.47 14.9
8 Wayne Carleton LW 6-3 212 29 35 12 21 33 0.94 12 0.35 -3 6 10 2 0 0 107 3.06 11.2
9 Mike Rogers C 5-9 170 21 36 18 14 32 0.89 13 0.37 -5 10 17 1 0 2 88 2.44 20.5
10 Garry Swain C 5-8 164 28 79 10 16 26 0.33 10 0.12 -30 46 6 1 3 1 118 1.49 8.5
11 Al Hangsleben D 6-1 195 22 78 2 23 25 0.32 8 0.10 -3 62 2 0 0 0 118 1.51 1.7
12 Gordie Roberts D 6-1 195 18 77 3 19 22 0.29 7 0.09 -17 102 3 0 0 1 115 1.49 2.6
13 Fred O'Donnell RW 5-10 175 26 79 11 11 22 0.28 9 0.11 -19 81 11 0 0 3 100 1.27 11.0
14 Tom Earl RW/C 6-0 172 28 66 8 11 19 0.29 7 0.11 -7 26 2 0 6 2 63 0.95 12.7
15 Don Borgeson LW 5-11 175 30 31 9 8 17 0.55 7 0.22 -2 4 8 1 0 1 62 2.00 14.5
16 Doug Roberts RW 6-2 212 33 76 4 13 17 0.22 6 0.08 -3 51 4 0 0 0 109 1.43 3.7
17 Danny Arndt LW 5-11 175 20 69 8 8 16 0.23 6 0.09 -16 10 7 1 0 1 89 1.29 9.0
18 Paul Hurley D 5-11 185 29 46 0 14 14 0.30 4 0.09 -6 20 0 0 0 0 98 2.13 0.0
19 Bob McManama C 6-0 180 24 37 3 10 13 0.35 4 0.12 -12 28 2 1 0 0 39 1.05 7.7
20 Brad Selwood D 6-1 200 27 40 2 10 12 0.30 4 0.10 5 28 2 0 0 0 55 1.38 3.6
21 Danny Bolduc LW 5-9 180 22 14 2 5 7 0.50 2 0.18 5 14 2 0 0 0 27 1.93 7.4
22 Mike Byers RW 5-10 185 29 18 4 3 7 0.39 3 0.16 -2 0 4 0 0 0 25 1.39 16.0
23 Bob Charlebois LW 6-0 175 31 28 3 3 6 0.21 2 0.09 -1 0 3 0 0 1 19 0.68 15.8
24 Nick Fotiu LW 6-2 210 23 49 3 2 5 0.10 2 0.04 -5 94 3 0 0 0 44 0.90 6.8
25 Don Blackburn LW 6-0 190 37 21 2 3 5 0.24 2 0.09 -5 6 2 0 0 0 15 0.71 13.3
26 Ron Busniuk RW 5-11 180 27 11 0 3 3 0.27 1 0.08 0 55 0 0 0 0 18 1.64 0.0
27 Marty Gateman D 6-1 185 23 12 0 1 1 0.08 0 0.03 -8 6 0 0 0 0 6 0.50 0.0
28 Terry Caffery C 5-9 165 26 2 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 -1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.00 0.0
29 John Danby C 5-10 165 27 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
30 Jim Troy RW 6-2 200 23 14 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 -5 43 0 0 0 0 7 0.50 0.0
31 Steve Richardson LW 6-1 185 26 6 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 -1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.83 0.0
Team Total 80 255 429 684 8.55 255 3.19 255 43 290 56 -25 980 197 43 15 33 2408 30.10 10.6

Goalies Regular Season

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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 Christer Abrahamsson G 6-2 175 28 41 2385 18 18 2 38 .500 2 136 3.42 1221 1085 .889 0 1 1 6
2 Bruce Landon G 5-10 175 26 38 2181 14 19 5 33 .434 0 126 3.47 1094 968 .885 0 1 1 0
3 Paul Hoganson G 5-11 175 26 4 224 1 2 0 2 .333 0 16 4.29 108 92 .852 0 1 1 0
4 Cap Raeder G 6-0 175 22 3 100 0 1 0 0 .000 0 8 4.80 46 38 .826 0 0 0 0
Team Total 80 4890 33 40 7 2 286 3.51 2469 2183 .884

Skaters Playoffs

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP G A PTS PTS/G +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1 Tom Webster RW 5-10 170 27 17 10 9 19 1.12 3 6
2 Rosaire Paiement C 5-11 170 30 17 4 11 15 0.88 3 41
3 Mike Rogers C 5-9 170 21 17 5 8 13 0.76 1 2
4 Larry Pleau C 6-1 190 29 14 5 7 12 0.86 5 0
5 Gordie Roberts D 6-1 195 18 17 2 9 11 0.65 10 36
6 Ralph Backstrom C 5-10 165 38 17 5 4 9 0.53 4 8
7 Bob McManama C 6-0 180 24 12 4 3 7 0.58 6 4
8 Danny Bolduc LW 5-9 180 22 16 1 6 7 0.44 4 4
9 Fred O'Donnell RW 5-10 175 26 17 2 5 7 0.41 -2 20
10 Thommy Abrahamsson D 6-2 185 28 17 2 4 6 0.35 2 15
11 Garry Swain C 5-8 164 28 17 3 2 5 0.29 3 15
12 Rick Ley D 5-9 190 27 17 1 4 5 0.29 3 49
13 Tom Earl RW/C 6-0 172 28 17 0 5 5 0.29 0 4
14 Al Hangsleben D 6-1 195 22 13 2 3 5 0.38 2 20
15 Nick Fotiu LW 6-2 210 23 16 3 2 5 0.31 2 57
16 Brad Selwood D 6-1 200 27 17 2 2 4 0.24 5 27
17 Ron Busniuk RW 5-11 180 27 17 0 2 2 0.12 1 14
18 Doug Roberts RW 6-2 212 33 17 1 1 2 0.12 8 8
19 Don Borgeson LW 5-11 175 30 3 1 1 2 0.67 2 0
20 Danny Arndt LW 5-11 175 20 8 0 0 0 0.00 3 0
21 Jim Troy RW 6-2 200 23 2 0 0 0 0.00 0 29
Team Total 17 53 89 142 8.35 359

Goalies Playoffs

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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 Cap Raeder G 6-0 175 22 14 819 7 7 14 .500 2 31 2.27 0 1 1 0
2 Bruce Landon G 5-10 175 26 4 197 3 0 6 1.000 0 7 2.13 0 0 0 0
3 Gaye Cooley G 5-10 185 30 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0
4 Christer Abrahamsson G 6-2 175 28 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0
Team Total 80 1018 10 7 2 38 2.24