1975-76 • Franchise

1975-76 Calgary Cowboys

Calgary Cowboys, 1975-76

Record: 41-35-4, 86 pts
Finish: 3rd, Canadian
Playoffs: Lost in second round to Winnipeg
Coach: Joe Crozier

Game Log ... (@ away game, * overtime)

no.	Date	Opponent	Score		w-l-t	pts	gf-ga	no.	Date	Opponent	Score		w-l-t	pts	gf-ga
1.	Oct 12	Minnesota	0-2	L	0-1-0	0	0-2	41.	Jan 15	@ Quebec	3-5	L	23-16-2	48	165-134
2.	Oct 14	Indianapolis	5-3	W	1-1-0	2	5-5	42.	Jan 17	Houston	4-2	W	24-16-2	50	169-136
3.	Oct 17	Cincinnati	2-6	L	1-2-0	2	7-11	43.	Jan 20	@ Edmonton	10-3	W	25-16-2	52	179-139
4.	Oct 22	Denver	1-2	L	1-3-0	2	8-13	44.	Jan 21	@ Winnipeg	1-4	L	25-17-2	52	180-143
5.	Oct 24	Phoenix	3-4	L	1-4-0	2	11-17	45.	Jan 23	@ Houston	0-2	L	25-18-2	52	180-145
6.	Oct 26	@ New England	1-3	L	1-5-0	2	12-20	46.	Jan 25	@ Houston	3-5	L	25-19-2	52	183-150
7.	Oct 29	@ Cleveland	3-1	W	2-5-0	4	15-21	47.	Jan 28	@ Phoenix	0-5	L	25-20-2	52	183-155
8.	Oct 30	@ Indianapolis	7-5	W	3-5-0	6	22-26	48.	Jan 29	@ San Diego	0-1	L	25-21-2	52	183-156
9.	Nov 1	@ Cincinnati	2-3	L	3-6-0	6	24-29	49.	Feb 3	Cincinnati	3-2	W	26-21-2	54	186-158
10.	Nov 2	New England	*4-3	W	4-6-0	8	28-32	50.	Feb 5	New England	4-6	L	26-22-2	54	190-164
11.	Nov 4	San Diego	4-4	T	4-6-1	9	32-36	51.	Feb 7	Quebec	4-4	T	26-22-3	55	194-168
12.	Nov 5	Quebec	4-2	W	5-6-1	11	36-38	52.	Feb 8	@ Winnipeg	4-8	L	26-23-3	55	198-176
13.	Nov 7	Cleveland	5-2	W	6-6-1	13	41-40	53.	Feb 10	Toronto	4-3	W	27-23-3	57	202-179
14.	Nov 11	Edmonton	6-3	W	7-6-1	15	47-43	54.	Feb 13	@ Indianapolis	*4-3	W	28-23-3	59	206-182
15.	Nov 13	Winnipeg	2-4	L	7-7-1	15	49-47	55.	Feb 15	@ Cincinnati	*4-5	L	28-24-3	59	210-187
16.	Nov 16	Houston	5-3	W	8-7-1	17	54-50	56.	Feb 18	@ Cleveland	0-4	L	28-25-3	59	210-191
17.	Nov 18	San Diego	2-6	L	8-8-1	17	56-56	57.	Feb 20	Minnesota	3-6	L	28-26-3	59	213-197
18.	Nov 21	@ Denver	6-2	W	9-8-1	19	62-58	58.	Feb 22	Toronto	4-2	W	29-26-3	61	217-199
19.	Nov 22	@ Minnesota	6-4	W	10-8-1	21	68-62	59.	Feb 24	@ Edmonton	3-3	T	29-26-4	62	220-202
20.	Nov 27	@ Phoenix	5-1	W	11-8-1	23	73-63	60.	Feb 25	Edmonton	5-2	W	30-26-4	64	225-204
21.	Nov 29	@ San Diego	5-4	W	12-8-1	25	78-67	61.	Feb 27	Cleveland	5-4	W	31-26-4	66	230-208
22.	Nov 30	@ Edmonton	2-4	L	12-9-1	25	80-71	62.	Feb 29	Phoenix	2-5	L	31-27-4	66	232-213
23.	Dec 3	Toronto	3-4	L	12-10-1	25	83-75	63.	Mar 2	Edmonton	6-3	W	32-27-4	68	238-216
24.	Dec 5	Edmonton	8-3	W	13-10-1	27	91-78	64.	Mar 3	@ Edmonton	4-6	L	32-28-4	68	242-222
25.	Dec 7	@ Edmonton	5-4	W	14-10-1	29	96-82	65.	Mar 4	Quebec	4-1	W	33-28-4	70	246-223
26.	Dec 9	Quebec	4-1	W	15-10-1	31	100-83	66.	Mar 6	@ Toronto	2-5	L	33-29-4	70	248-228
27.	Dec 11	Edmonton	2-3	L	15-11-1	31	102-86	67.	Mar 7	@ Winnipeg	1-3	L	33-30-4	70	249-231
28.	Dec 12	@ Winnipeg	2-4	L	15-12-1	31	104-90	68.	Mar 9	Quebec	7-4	W	34-30-4	72	256-235
29.	Dec 14	@ Toronto	3-3	T	15-12-2	32	107-93	69.	Mar 11	Edmonton	2-0	W	35-30-4	74	258-235
30.	Dec 16	@ Quebec	3-7	L	15-13-2	32	110-100	70.	Mar 16	@ Edmonton	*4-3	W	36-30-4	76	262-238
31.	Dec 19	@ Toronto	5-3	W	16-13-2	34	115-103	71.	Mar 17	@ Winnipeg	2-3	L	36-31-4	76	264-241
32.	Dec 20	@ Quebec	7-8	L	16-14-2	34	122-111	72.	Mar 20	@ Quebec	8-7	W	37-31-4	78	272-248
33.	Dec 23	Toronto	10-1	W	17-14-2	36	132-112	73.	Mar 23	@ Toronto	5-6	L	37-32-4	78	277-254
34.	Dec 26	@ Winnipeg	5-4	W	18-14-2	38	137-116	74.	Mar 24	@ New England	7-6	W	38-32-4	80	284-260
35.	Dec 28	Winnipeg	6-4	W	19-14-2	40	143-120	75.	Mar 26	@ New England	1-4	L	38-33-4	80	285-264
36.	Jan 1	Edmonton	5-1	W	20-14-2	42	148-121	76.	Mar 27	@ Quebec	4-6	L	38-34-4	80	289-270
37.	Jan 2	@ Edmonton	3-1	W	21-14-2	44	151-122	77.	Mar 28	@ Toronto	5-4	W	39-34-4	82	294-274
38.	Jan 3	Winnipeg	3-6	L	21-15-2	44	154-128	78.	Mar 30	Toronto	6-2	W	40-34-4	84	300-276
39.	Jan 6	Winnipeg	5-0	W	22-15-2	46	159-128	79.	Apr 2	Winnipeg	4-1	W	41-34-4	86	304-277
40.	Jan 7	Indianapolis	3-1	W	23-15-2	48	162-129	80.	Apr 6	Winnipeg	3-5	L	41-35-4	86	307-282

Player Scoring

pos.	#	Player	gp	g	a	pts	pim	+/-	ppg	shg	sog	sc%	gp	g	a	pts	pim
D	-	Bilodeau, Yvon	4	0	0	0	2	-4	0	0	2	0.000	-	-	-	-	-
C	10	Caffery, Terry	21	5	13	18	4	+3	1	0	38	0.132	-	-	-	-	-
C	7	Chipperfield, Ron	75	42	41	83	32	+13	19	0	228	0.184	10	5	4	9	6
LW	15	Deadmarsh, Butch	79	26	28	54	196	+5	5	2	215	0.122	8	0	1	1	14
RW	19	Delorenzi, Ray	39	8	12	20	4	+7	0	1	56	0.143	-	-	-	-	-
D	-	Desjardine, Ken	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
LW	24	Driscoll, Peter	75	16	18	34	127	+12	2	0	118	0.136	10	2	5	7	41
D	4	Evans, Chris	75	3	20	23	50	+12	1	0	146	0.021	10	5	5	10	4
LW	-	Gilmour, Dave	1	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
LW	17	Gratton, Bill	6	0	1	1	2	-2	0	0	4	0.000	-	-	-	-	-
LW	14/25	Haas, Derek	30	5	9	14	6	+5	0	0	34	0.147	1	0	0	0	0
C	18	Harris, Hugh	30	5	9	14	19	-7	0	0	66	0.076	-	-	-	-	-
D	3	Howell, Harry	31	0	3	3	6	+4	0	0	26	0.000	2	0	0	0	2
LW	17	Hull, Steve	58	11	15	26	6	-2	0	0	81	0.136	-	-	-	-	-
G	0	Humphreys, Ed	8	0	0	0	0	-	0	0	0	-	1	0	0	0	0
LW	12	Israelson, Larry	57	10	22	32	26	+10	1	0	69	0.145	3	0	0	0	0
LW	16/18	Jodzio, Rick	47	10	7	17	137	+5	0	0	44	0.227	2	0	0	0	14
C	20	Keogan, Murray	38	7	11	18	19	-	0	0	61	0.115	-	-	-	-	-
C	20	Kirk, Gavin	15	7	8	15	14	+8	1	0	37	0.189	10	4	6	10	19
D	6	Lacombe, Francois	71	3	28	31	62	+11	1	0	100	0.030	8	0	0	0	2
RW	11	Lawson, Danny	80	44	52	96	46	+13	7	4	381	0.115	9	4	4	8	19
C	16	Leiter, Bob	51	17	17	34	8	+6	6	0	94	0.181	3	2	0	2	0
RW	22	Lukowich, Bernie	15	5	2	7	18	-5	0	0	24	0.208	10	4	3	7	8
D	-	McCrimmon, Jim	5	0	0	0	2	+1	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
G	1	McLeod, Don	63	0	13	13	4	-	0	0	6	0.000	10	0	1	1	4
C	10	Mercredi, Victor	3	0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0.000	-	-	-	-	-
RW	17	Miller, Warren	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.000	10	1	0	1	28
D	23	Miszuk, John	69	2	21	23	66	+31	0	0	77	0.026	10	0	1	1	10
LW	9	Morrison, George	79	25	32	57	13	+5	7	1	145	0.172	10	3	2	5	0
D	22	Olds, Wally	28	0	5	5	6	+4	0	0	17	0.000	9	0	2	2	4
C	10	Powis, Lynn	21	4	10	14	2	+2	0	1	63	0.063	10	5	4	9	12
D	3	Reed, Bill	29	0	5	5	14	+3	0	0	29	0.000	-	-	-	-	-
D	2	Rupp, Duane	42	0	16	16	33	-6	0	0	61	0.000	7	0	2	2	8
RW	8	Sentes, Dick	72	25	24	49	33	+9	7	0	139	0.180	8	0	1	1	8
LW	5	Tannahill, Don	78	25	24	49	10	+6	1	5	174	0.144	10	2	5	7	8
D	21	Terbenche, Paul	58	2	4	6	22	-3	0	1	58	0.034	10	0	6	6	6
C	10	Walton, Rob	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.000	-	-	-	-	-
D	19	Westrum, Pat	9	0	2	2	23	+2	0	0	8	0.000	6	0	1	1	19
G	30	Wood, Wayne	19	0	0	0	4	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-

Goaltending

Goaltender	gp	min	ga	en	so	w-l-t	gaa	sog	sv%	gp	min	ga	w-l	gaa
Humphreys, Ed	8	441	27	2	0	2-5-0	3.67	255	0.894	1	20	0	0-0	0.00
McLeod, Don	63	3534	206	2	1	30-27-3	3.50	1600	0.871	10	579	37	5-5	3.83
Wood, Wayne	19	880	45	0	1	9-3-1	3.07	415	0.892	-	-	-	-	-

Transactions

• Dick Sentes acquired from San Diego for rights to Joe Noris, Aug 1975
• Rights to Chris Evans purchased from New England, Aug 1975
• George Morrison, Don Tannahill, Joe Micheletti and Wally Olds acquired from Minnesota for John McKenzie and cash, Sep 1975
• Terry Caffery acquired from New England for future considerations, Oct 1975
• Keith McCreary and Vic Mercredi acquired from Atlanta (NHL) for Claude St. Sauveur, Oct 1975. McCreary announced retirement immediately, Mercredi left team after third game and was subsequently released
• Murray Keogan purchased from Phoenix, Oct 1975
• Hugh Harris traded to Indianapolis for future considerations, Jan 1976
• Harry Howell signed to contract, Jan 1976
• Wayne Wood traded to Toronto for Gavin Kirk, Mar 1976
• Pat Westrum signed as free agent from defunct Minnesota, Mar 1976

Splits versus opposing teams, home and away, and by month

opponent	overall	gf-ga	home	gf-ga	away	gf-ga
Cincinnati	1-3-0	11-16	1-1-0	5-8	0-2-0	6-8
Cleveland	3-1-0	13-11	2-0-0	10-6	1-1-0	3-5
Denver-Ottawa	1-1-0	7-4	0-1-0	1-2	1-0-0	6-2
Edmonton	10-3-1	65-39	6-1-0	34-15	4-2-1	31-24
Houston	2-2-0	12-12	2-0-0	9-5	0-2-0	3-7
Indianapolis	4-0-0	19-12	2-0-0	8-4	2-0-0	11-8
Minnesota	1-2-0	9-12	0-2-0	3-8	1-0-0	6-4
New England	2-3-0	17-22	1-1-0	8-9	1-2-0	9-13
Phoenix	1-3-0	10-15	0-2-0	5-9	1-1-0	5-6
Quebec	5-4-1	48-45	4-0-1	23-12	1-4-0	25-33
San Diego	1-2-1	11-15	0-1-1	6-10	1-1-0	5-5
Toronto	6-3-1	47-33	4-1-0	27-12	2-2-1	20-21
Winnipeg	4-8-0	38-46	3-3-0	23-20	1-5-0	15-26
October	3-5-0	22-26	1-4-0	11-17	2-1-0	11-9
November	9-4-1	58-45	5-2-1	32-27	4-2-0	26-18
December	7-5-1	63-49	4-2-0	33-16	3-3-1	30-33
January	6-7-0	40-36	4-1-0	20-10	2-6-0	20-26
February	6-6-2	49-57	5-3-1	34-34	1-3-1	15-23
March	9-7-0	68-63	5-0-0	25-10	4-7-0	43-53
April	1-1-0	7-6	1-1-0	7-6	0-0-0	0-0

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