1975–76 Houston Aeros season

1975–76 Houston Aeros
1975–76 Houston Aeros
Division	1st West
1975–76 record	53–27–0
Home record	33–7–0
Road record	20–20–0
Goals for	341
Goals against	263
Team information
Coach	Bill Dineen
Captain	Ted Taylor
Alternate captains	Gordie Howe; Gord Labossiere; Poul Popiel
Arena	The Summit
Team leaders
Goals	Mark Howe
Assists	Gordie Howe
Points	Gordie Howe

The 1975–76 Houston Aeros season was the Aeros' fourth season of operation in the World Hockey Association (WHA). The Aeros again qualified first for the playoffs and made it to the Avco Cup Final but lost the championship to the Winnipeg Jets. This was the first season that the Aeros played in the Summit after three seasons at Sam Houston Coliseum.

Regular season

Gordie Howe scored 102 points, while his son Mark led the team with 39 goals.[1]

Final standings

Western Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA	PIM
Houston Aeros	80	53	27	0	106	341	263	1093
Phoenix Roadrunners	80	39	35	6	84	302	287	1292
San Diego Mariners	80	36	38	6	78	303	290	716
Minnesota Fighting Saints	59	30	25	4	64	211	212	1354

Game log

Regular season schedule
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 11, 1975	5–0	@ New England Whalers (1975–76)	1–0–0
2	L	October 14, 1975	3–6	@ Toronto Toros (1975–76)	1–1–0
3	L	October 18, 1975	2–3	@ Quebec Nordiques (1975–76)	1–2–0
4	W	October 19, 1975	6–5	@ Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76)	2–2–0
5	L	October 23, 1975	0–4	@ Indianapolis Racers (1975–76)	2–3–0
6	L	October 25, 1975	4–7	@ Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76)	2–4–0
7	W	October 30, 1975	4–2	@ San Diego Mariners (1975–76)	3–4–0
8	W	November 1, 1975	3–2	@ Denver Spurs/Ottawa Civics (1975–76)	4–4–0
9	W	November 5, 1975	6–4	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1975–76)	5–4–0
10	W	November 7, 1975	5–3	Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76)	6–4–0
11	W	November 9, 1975	3–2	Denver Spurs/Ottawa Civics (1975–76)	7–4–0
12	W	November 11, 1975	5–4	Toronto Toros (1975–76)	8–4–0
13	L	November 12, 1975	1–4	@ New England Whalers (1975–76)	8–5–0
14	L	November 15, 1975	5–8	@ Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76)	8–6–0
15	L	November 16, 1975	3–5	@ Calgary Cowboys (1975–76)	8–7–0
16	W	November 18, 1975	3–2	@ Winnipeg Jets (1975–76)	9–7–0
17	W	November 21, 1975	4–2	Edmonton Oilers (1975–76)	10–7–0
18	W	November 23, 1975	4–0	Quebec Nordiques (1975–76)	11–7–0
19	W	November 25, 1975	4–1	Indianapolis Racers (1975–76)	12–7–0
20	W	November 28, 1975	7–4	Edmonton Oilers (1975–76)	13–7–0
21	W	November 30, 1975	8–4	San Diego Mariners (1975–76)	14–7–0
22	L	December 2, 1975	2–5	New England Whalers (1975–76)	14–8–0
23	W	December 5, 1975	5–4	Winnipeg Jets (1975–76)	15–8–0
24	L	December 6, 1975	5–6 OT	@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76)	15–9–0
25	W	December 9, 1975	6–4	Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76)	16–9–0
26	W	December 12, 1975	4–2	Indianapolis Racers (1975–76)	17–9–0
27	L	December 13, 1975	3–4	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1975–76)	17–10–0
28	W	December 14, 1975	4–3	@ Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76)	18–10–0
29	L	December 16, 1975	2–4	San Diego Mariners (1975–76)	18–11–0
30	W	December 20, 1975	4–3	@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76)	19–11–0
31	L	December 21, 1975	1–3	@ San Diego Mariners (1975–76)	19–12–0
32	W	December 26, 1975	9–4	Denver Spurs/Ottawa Civics (1975–76)	20–12–0
33	W	December 27, 1975	5–0	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1975–76)	21–12–0
34	L	December 30, 1975	3–5	Winnipeg Jets (1975–76)	21–13–0
35	W	January 3, 1976	4–2	Denver Spurs/Ottawa Civics (1975–76)	22–13–0
36	W	January 6, 1976	7–3	Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76)	23–13–0
37	W	January 9, 1976	6–5	Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76)	24–13–0
38	W	January 10, 1976	4–1	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1975–76)	25–13–0
39	W	January 11, 1976	5–3	@ Edmonton Oilers (1975–76)	26–13–0
40	L	January 14, 1976	1–4	@ Winnipeg Jets (1975–76)	26–14–0
41	W	January 15, 1976	5–4 OT	@ Denver Spurs/Ottawa Civics (1975–76)	27–14–0
42	L	January 17, 1976	2–4	@ Calgary Cowboys (1975–76)	27–15–0
43	L	January 20, 1976	5–7	Toronto Toros (1975–76)	27–16–0
44	W	January 21, 1976	9–3	New England Whalers (1975–76)	28–16–0
45	W	January 23, 1976	2–0	Calgary Cowboys (1975–76)	29–16–0
46	W	January 25, 1976	5–3	Calgary Cowboys (1975–76)	30–16–0
47	W	January 28, 1976	6–5	@ Edmonton Oilers (1975–76)	31–16–0
48	L	January 30, 1976	1–2	@ Indianapolis Racers (1975–76)	31–17–0
49	L	January 31, 1976	1–4	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1975–76)	31–18–0
50	W	February 3, 1976	8–4	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1975–76)	32–18–0
51	W	February 6, 1976	4–3	Indianapolis Racers (1975–76)	33–18–0
52	W	February 8, 1976	5–2	San Diego Mariners (1975–76)	34–18–0
53	W	February 12, 1976	4–1	@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76)	35–18–0
54	L	February 14, 1976	1–5	@ San Diego Mariners (1975–76)	35–19–0
55	L	February 15, 1976	2–4	Quebec Nordiques (1975–76)	35–20–0
56	W	February 17, 1976	4–3	New England Whalers (1975–76)	36–20–0
57	W	February 19, 1976	5–3	Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76)	37–20–0
58	L	February 22, 1976	1–2	@ Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76)	37–21–0
59	L	February 24, 1976	1–4	@ Quebec Nordiques (1975–76)	37–22–0
60	W	February 26, 1976	5–2	@ New England Whalers (1975–76)	38–22–0
61	W	February 27, 1976	7–6 OT	@ Toronto Toros (1975–76)	39–22–0
62	W	February 28, 1976	4–2	@ Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76)	40–22–0
63	W	March 5, 1976	6–3	Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76)	41–22–0
64	L	March 6, 1976	4–5	Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76)	41–23–0
65	W	March 9, 1976	9–2	San Diego Mariners (1975–76)	42–23–0
66	L	March 11, 1976	1–4	@ San Diego Mariners (1975–76)	42–24–0
67	W	March 13, 1976	3–2	@ San Diego Mariners (1975–76)	43–24–0
68	W	March 17, 1976	7–4	@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76)	44–24–0
69	W	March 19, 1976	8–3	San Diego Mariners (1975–76)	45–24–0
70	L	March 20, 1976	1–2	@ Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76)	45–25–0
71	W	March 21, 1976	4–3	Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76)	46–25–0
72	W	March 24, 1976	3–2	@ Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76)	47–25–0
73	L	March 25, 1976	3–4 OT	@ Indianapolis Racers (1975–76)	47–26–0
74	W	March 26, 1976	5–1	Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76)	48–26–0
75	W	March 28, 1976	7–4	Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76)	49–26–0
76	L	March 30, 1976	3–4	San Diego Mariners (1975–76)	49–27–0
77	W	April 1, 1976	4–1	@ Indianapolis Racers (1975–76)	50–27–0
78	W	April 3, 1976	8–2	@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76)	51–27–0
79	W	April 4, 1976	5–2	San Diego Mariners (1975–76)	52–27–0
80	W	April 6, 1976	8–5	Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76)	53–27–0

Playoffs

The Aeros defeated the San Diego Mariners in the quarter-final round 4–2. The Aeros next defeated the New England Whalers 4–3 in the semi-final round to advance to the Final. While the Aeros won the series, they had nothing left for the Final and the Winnipeg Jets defeated the Aeros 4–0 to win the Avco Cup.

Houston Aeros 4, San Diego Mariners 2 – Quarterfinals

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record
1	April 21	San Diego Mariners	6–8	Houston Aeros	1–0
2	April 23	San Diego Mariners	1–3	Houston Aeros	2–0
3	April 25	Houston Aeros	8–4	San Diego Mariners	3–0
4	April 27	Houston Aeros	2–3	San Diego Mariners	3–1
5	April 28	San Diego Mariners	3–2	Houston Aeros	3–2
6	April 30	Houston Aeros	3–2	San Diego Mariners	4–2

Houston Aeros 4, New England Whalers 3 – Semifinals

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record
1	May 5	New England Whalers	4–2	Houston Aeros	0–1
2	May 7	New England Whalers	2–5	Houston Aeros	1–1
3	May 9	Houston Aeros	1–4	New England Whalers	1–2
4	May 11	Houston Aeros	4–3	New England Whalers	2–2
5	May 13	New England Whalers	2–4	Houston Aeros	3–2
6	May 15	Houston Aeros	1–6	New England Whalers	3–3
5	May 16	New England Whalers	0–2	Houston Aeros	4–3

Winnipeg Jets 4, Houston Aeros 0 – Avco Cup Finals

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record
1	May 20	Winnipeg Jets	4–3	Houston Aeros	0–1
2	May 23	Winnipeg Jets	5–4	Houston Aeros	0–2
3	May 25	Houston Aeros	3–6	Winnipeg Jets	0–3
4	May 27	Houston Aeros	1–9	Winnipeg Jets	0–4

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Gordie Howe	RW	78	32	70	102	76	14	12	1	4
Mark Howe	D	72	39	37	76	38	29	13	6	8
Frank Hughes	LW	80	31	45	76	26	12	12	0	6
Andre Hinse	LW	70	35	38	73	6	12	12	0	6
Larry Lund	C	73	24	49	73	50	3	6	1	1
Gord Labossiere	C	80	23	32	55	18	-1	4	0	3
Rich Preston	RW	77	22	33	55	33	30	1	2	4
Don Larway	RW	79	30	20	50	56	9	3	0	3
Terry Ruskowski	C	65	14	35	49	100	18	3	0	2
Murray Hall	RW	80	20	26	46	18	-3	3	0	8
Poul Popiel	D	78	10	36	46	71	29	2	2	2
Ted Taylor	LW	68	15	26	41	88	-10	3	0	0
John Schella	D	74	6	32	38	106	8	0	0	0
Marty Howe	D	80	14	23	37	81	40	0	0	2
John Tonelli	LW	79	17	14	31	66	11	3	1	2
Larry Hale	D	77	2	12	14	30	7	0	0	1
Jan Popiel	LW	67	4	7	11	59	-13	0	0	0
Glen Irwin	D	72	3	8	11	116	3	0	0	0
Bill Butters	D	14	0	4	4	18	8	0	0	0
Ron Grahame	G	57	0	1	1	22	0	0	0	0
Bob Liddington	LW	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Wayne Rutledge	G	25	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0
Mike Stevens	D	6	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Ron Grahame	3343	57	39	17	182	3.27	3
Wayne Rutledge	1456	25	14	10	77	3.17	1
Team:	4799	80	53	27	259	3.24	4

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Mark Howe	D	17	6	10	16	18
Terry Ruskowski	C	16	6	10	16	64
John Tonelli	LW	17	7	7	14	8
Don Larway	RW	16	7	5	12	21
Gordie Howe	RW	17	4	8	12	31
Rich Preston	RW	17	4	6	10	8
Gord Labossiere	C	17	2	8	10	14
Marty Howe	D	16	4	4	8	12
Poul Popiel	D	17	3	5	8	16
John Schella	D	17	1	6	7	38
Frank Hughes	LW	17	5	1	6	20
Andre Hinse	LW	17	2	3	5	2
Murray Hall	RW	17	1	4	5	0
Larry Hale	D	17	0	5	5	8
Ted Taylor	LW	11	2	2	4	17
Bill Butters	D	17	0	3	3	51
Larry Lund	C	5	1	1	2	4
Jan Popiel	LW	8	1	1	2	4
Steve West	C	7	0	1	1	0
Ron Grahame	G	14	0	0	0	0
Glen Irwin	D	5	0	0	0	9
Wayne Rutledge	G	4	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Ron Grahame	817	14	6	8	54	3.97	1
Wayne Rutledge	200	4	2	1	10	3.00	0
Team:	1017	17	8	9	64	3.78	1

[2]

Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts;

Awards and records

Draft picks

Houston's draft picks at the 1975 WHA Amateur Draft.[3]

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	15	Richard Mulhern (D)	Canada	Sherbrooke Castors (QMJHL)
2	30	Doug Jarvis (C)	Canada	Peterborough Petes (OHA)
3	45	Kevin Campbell (D)	Canada	St. Lawrence University (ECAC)
4	60	Dave Salvian (LW)	Canada	St. Catharines Black Hawks (OHA)
5	74	Paul Crowley (RW)	Canada	Sudbury Wolves (OHA)
6	88	Bill Cheropita (G)	Canada	St. Catharines Black Hawks (OHA)
7	101	John Glynne (D)	United States	University of Vermont (ECAC)
8	113	Dave Taylor (F)	Canada	Clarkson University (ECAC)
9	125	Jim Maxfield (D)	Canada	Sudbury Wolves (OHA)
10	138	Chad Campbell (LW)	Canada	University of Denver (WCHA)
11	150	Bill Oleschuk (G)	Canada	Saskatoon Blades (WCHL)
12	160	Jim Lundquist (D)	United States	Brown University (ECAC)
13	169	Rick St. Croix (G)	Canada	Oshawa Generals (OHA)
14	175	Paul Jensen (D)	United States	Michigan Tech University (WCHA)

References

"1975–76 Houston Aeros Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 30, 2009.
"1975-76 Houston Aeros Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 30, 2009.
"1975 WHA Amateur Draft". hockeyDB.com. Retrieved December 19, 2018.

External links

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[1] "1975–76 Houston Aeros Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 30, 2009.

[2] "1975-76 Houston Aeros Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 30, 2009.

[3] "1975 WHA Amateur Draft". hockeyDB.com. Retrieved December 19, 2018.

1975–76 WHA season
Canadian:	Calgary Denver/Ottawa Edmonton Toronto Quebec Winnipeg
Eastern:	Cleveland Cincinnati Indianapolis New England
Western:	Houston Minnesota Phoenix San Diego
See also	Draft

1975–76 Houston Aeros season

Regular season

Final standings

Game log

Playoffs

Houston Aeros 4, San Diego Mariners 2 – Quarterfinals

Houston Aeros 4, New England Whalers 3 – Semifinals

Winnipeg Jets 4, Houston Aeros 0 – Avco Cup Finals

Player stats

Awards and records

Draft picks

See also

References

External links