1975-76 • Franchise

1975-76 Edmonton Oilers

Edmonton Oilers, 1975-76 (Click to enlarge)

Record: 27-49-5, 59 pts
Finish: 4th, Canadian
Playoffs: Lost in first round to Winnipeg
Coach: Clare Drake (18-28-2), Bill Hunter (9-21-3)

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 10	Minnesota	1-4	L	0-1-0	0	1-4	41.	Jan 1	@ Calgary	1-5	L	15-24-2	32	141-173
2.	Oct 12	Indianapolis	6-5	W	1-1-0	2	7-9	42.	Jan 2	Calgary	1-3	L	15-25-2	32	142-176
3.	Oct 14	@ Quebec	5-8	L	1-2-0	2	12-17	43.	Jan 4	Winnipeg	1-8	L	15-26-2	32	143-184
4.	Oct 15	@ New England	*4-5	L	1-3-0	2	16-22	44.	Jan 6	Indianapolis	3-0	W	16-26-2	34	146-184
5.	Oct 17	@ Toronto	4-4	T	1-3-1	3	20-26	45.	Jan 9	Toronto	5-3	W	17-26-2	36	151-187
6.	Oct 18	@ Minnesota	3-1	W	2-3-1	5	23-27	46.	Jan 11	Houston	3-5	L	17-27-2	36	154-192
7.	Oct 19	Cincinnati	4-2	W	3-3-1	7	27-29	47.	Jan 16	@ Winnipeg	5-1	W	18-27-2	38	159-193
8.	Oct 23	@ Cincinnati	4-6	L	3-4-1	7	31-35	48.	Jan 20	Calgary	3-10	L	18-28-2	38	162-203
9.	Oct 25	@ Cleveland	2-5	L	3-5-1	7	33-40	49.	Jan 23	@ Winnipeg	2-4	L	18-29-2	38	164-207
10.	Oct 26	@ Indianapolis	3-4	L	3-6-1	7	36-44	50.	Jan 25	@ Quebec	6-7	L	18-30-2	38	170-214
11.	Oct 28	Phoenix	7-3	W	4-6-1	9	43-47	51.	Jan 27	@ Toronto	4-4	T	18-30-3	39	174-218
12.	Oct 31	New England	2-2	T	4-6-2	10	45-49	52.	Jan 28	Houston	5-6	L	18-31-3	39	179-224
13.	Nov 2	San Diego	5-3	W	5-6-2	12	50-52	53.	Feb 1	Cincinnati	5-2	W	19-31-3	41	184-226
14.	Nov 4	Quebec	3-4	L	5-7-2	12	53-56	54.	Feb 3	New England	4-0	W	20-31-3	43	188-226
15.	Nov 7	Toronto	5-4	W	6-7-2	14	58-60	55.	Feb 5	@ Phoenix	1-5	L	20-32-3	43	189-231
16.	Nov 9	Cleveland	4-1	W	7-7-2	16	62-61	56.	Feb 6	@ Cincinnati	0-7	L	20-33-3	43	189-238
17.	Nov 11	@ Calgary	3-6	L	7-8-2	16	65-67	57.	Feb 8	Quebec	4-5	L	20-34-3	43	193-243
18.	Nov 14	@ Winnipeg	1-6	L	7-9-2	16	66-73	58.	Feb 13	Toronto	5-3	W	21-34-3	45	198-246
19.	Nov 17	San Diego	6-3	W	8-9-2	18	72-76	59.	Feb 15	Phoenix	2-4	L	21-35-3	45	200-250
20.	Nov 18	@ Denver	3-6	L	8-10-2	18	75-82	60.	Feb 17	Winnipeg	4-4	T	21-35-4	46	204-254
21.	Nov 20	@ Phoenix	1-3	L	8-11-2	18	76-85	61.	Feb 20	@ Winnipeg	2-4	L	21-36-4	46	206-258
22.	Nov 21	@ Houston	2-4	L	8-12-2	18	78-89	62.	Feb 22	Minnesota	4-3	W	22-36-4	48	210-261
23.	Nov 22	@ San Diego	*3-2	W	9-12-2	20	81-91	63.	Feb 24	Calgary	3-3	T	22-36-5	49	213-264
24.	Nov 25	@ San Diego	2-7	L	9-13-2	20	83-98	64.	Feb 25	@ Calgary	2-5	L	22-37-5	49	215-269
25.	Nov 28	@ Houston	4-7	L	9-14-2	20	87-105	65.	Feb 27	@ Winnipeg	3-4	L	22-38-5	49	218-273
26.	Nov 30	Calgary	4-2	W	10-14-2	22	91-107	66.	Feb 29	Cleveland	2-5	L	22-39-5	49	220-278
27.	Dec 2	Toronto	7-2	W	11-14-2	24	98-109	67.	Mar 2	@ Calgary	3-6	L	22-40-5	49	223-284
28.	Dec 5	@ Calgary	3-8	L	11-15-2	24	101-117	68.	Mar 3	Calgary	6-4	W	23-40-5	51	229-288
29.	Dec 7	Calgary	4-5	L	11-16-2	24	105-122	69.	Mar 5	Quebec	*4-5	L	23-41-5	51	233-293
30.	Dec 10	Quebec	7-4	W	12-16-2	26	112-126	70.	Mar 7	Quebec	4-2	W	24-41-5	53	237-295
31.	Dec 11	@ Calgary	3-2	W	13-16-2	28	115-128	71.	Mar 11	@ Calgary	0-2	L	24-42-5	53	237-297
32.	Dec 14	Winnipeg	1-3	L	13-17-2	28	116-131	72.	Mar 14	@ Winnipeg	2-4	L	24-43-5	53	239-301
33.	Dec 16	@ Indianapolis	3-1	W	14-17-2	30	119-132	73.	Mar 16	Calgary	*3-4	L	24-44-5	53	242-305
34.	Dec 17	@ Cleveland	3-2	W	15-17-2	32	122-134	74.	Mar 19	Winnipeg	2-1	W	25-44-5	55	244-306
35.	Dec 19	@ New England	2-4	L	15-18-2	32	124-138	75.	Mar 21	Quebec	3-6	L	25-45-5	55	247-312
36.	Dec 21	Toronto	2-4	L	15-19-2	32	126-142	76.	Mar 24	@ Winnipeg	3-2	W	26-45-5	57	250-314
37.	Dec 23	Winnipeg	2-6	L	15-20-2	32	128-148	77.	Mar 25	@ Quebec	5-7	L	26-46-5	57	255-321
38.	Dec 26	@ Toronto	5-8	L	15-21-2	32	133-156	78.	Mar 26	@ Toronto	3-7	L	26-47-5	57	258-328
39.	Dec 27	@ Quebec	3-6	L	15-22-2	32	136-162	79.	Mar 30	@ Quebec	3-8	L	26-48-5	57	261-336
40.	Dec 30	@ Toronto	4-6	L	15-23-2	32	140-168	80.	Apr 1	@ Quebec	2-7	L	26-49-5	57	263-343
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	81.	Apr 4	Winnipeg	5-2	W	27-49-5	59	268-345

Player Scoring

pos.	#	Player	gp	g	a	pts	pim	+/-	ppg	shg	sog	sc%	gp	g	a	pts	pim
D	19	Baird, Ken	48	13	24	37	87	-6	3	0	93	0.140	4	3	1	4	16
D	5	Barrie, Doug	79	4	21	25	81	-42	0	0	109	0.037	4	0	1	1	6
LW	8	Carleton, Wayne	26	5	16	21	6	-3	2	0	86	0.058	4	1	1	2	2
LW	20	Carlson, Jack	10	1	1	2	31	-2	0	0	13	0.077	4	0	0	0	4
D	20	Carlyle, Steve	28	0	11	11	10	-3	0	0	27	0.000	-	-	-	-	-
G	28	Dryden, Dave	62	0	2	2	2	-	0	0	0	-	3	0	0	0	0
RW	8	Evo, Bill	8	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	4	0.000	-	-	-	-	-
D	3	Hamilton, Al	54	2	32	34	78	-8	1	0	83	0.024	4	0	1	1	6
D	6	Hurley, Paul	26	1	4	5	14	-5	0	0	47	0.021	4	0	0	0	0
C	16	Joyal, Eddie	45	5	4	9	6	-19	0	0	53	0.094	-	-	-	-	-
D	6	Kennett, Murray	28	3	4	7	14	-8	1	0	22	0.136	-	-	-	-	-
RW	14	Kerslake, Doug	13	1	1	2	4	-2	0	0	4	0.250	-	-	-	-	-
D	4	Ketter, Kerry	48	1	9	10	20	-12	0	0	48	0.021	-	-	-	-	-
C	11	Krake, Skip	41	8	8	16	55	-3	2	1	64	0.125	-	-	-	-	-
C	21	Laing, Bill	54	8	12	20	67	-10	0	1	62	0.129	-	-	-	-	-
D	2	Long, Barry	78	10	32	42	66	-49	5	0	214	0.047	4	0	0	0	4
RW	14	MacDonald, Blair	29	7	5	12	8	-8	3	0	72	0.097	-	-	-	-	-
RW	12	MacGregor, Bruce	63	13	10	23	13	-33	2	1	65	0.200	-	-	-	-	-
C	18	McAneeley, Bob	71	12	16	28	60	-11	2	0	84	0.143	3	1	0	1	0
D	23	McAneeley, Ted	79	2	17	19	71	-9	0	0	63	0.032	4	0	0	0	0
LW	22	Morris, Pete	75	7	13	20	34	-16	1	0	62	0.113	3	0	1	1	7
LW	7	Morris, Rick	33	11	15	26	52	-14	0	4	89	0.124	4	0	1	1	4
D	26	Muloin, Wayne	10	1	1	2	0	-6	0	0	2	0.500	1	0	0	0	0
RW	17	Patenaude, Rusty	77	42	30	72	88	-3	11	0	202	0.208	4	1	4	5	12
RW	10	Rogers, John	77	9	8	17	34	-13	0	0	59	0.153	-	-	-	-	-
C	7	Rogers, Mike	44	12	15	27	10	+5	0	0	96	0.125	-	-	-	-	-
C	25	Russell, Bob	58	13	18	31	19	-12	0	0	118	0.110	4	1	0	1	0
RW	15	Sheehy, Tim	81	34	31	65	17	-4	6	0	223	0.152	4	2	2	4	0
C	24	Spring, Dan	75	12	11	23	8	-25	1	0	72	0.167	2	1	1	2	0
G	1/27	Turnbull, Frank	3	0	0	0	0	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
C	9	Ullman, Norm	77	31	56	87	12	-21	13	1	158	0.196	4	1	3	4	2
G	30	Worthy, Chris	24	0	0	0	7	-	0	0	0	-	1	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Goaltender	gp	min	ga	en	so	w-l-t	gaa	sog	sv%	gp	min	ga	w-l	gaa
Dryden, Dave	62	3567	235	2	1	22-34-5	3.95	1927	0.878	3	180	15	0-3	5.00
Turnbull, Frank	3	106	9	0	0	0-1-0	5.09	65	0.862	-	-	-	-	-
Worthy, Chris	24	1256	98	1	1	5-14-0	4.68	711	0.862	1	60	7	0-1	7.00

Transactions

• Kerry Ketter, Bob McAneeley and Ted McAneeley (whose rights were acquired from Houston for future considerations) signed to contracts, Jun 1975
• Ray McKay traded to Cleveland for Skip Krake, Aug 1975
• Dan Spring, Norm Ullman signed to contracts, Sep 1975
• Blair MacDonald traded to Indianapolis for draft picks, Dec 1975
• Mike Rogers traded to New England for Wayne Carleton, Jan 1976
• Bill Evo traded to Cleveland for Wayne Muloin, Jan 1976
• Rick Morris signed as free agent from defunct Ottawa, Jan 1976
• Steve Carlyle and Kerry Ketter traded to New England for Paul Hurley, Feb 1976
• Jack Carlson 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
Calgary	3-10-1	39-65	2-4-1	24-31	1-6-0	15-34
Cincinnati	2-2-0	13-17	2-0-0	9-4	0-2-0	4-13
Cleveland	2-2-0	11-13	1-1-0	6-6	1-1-0	5-7
Denver-Ottawa	0-1-0	3-6	0-0-0	0-0	0-1-0	3-6
Houston	0-4-0	14-22	0-2-0	8-11	0-2-0	6-11
Indianapolis	3-1-0	15-10	2-0-0	9-5	1-1-0	6-5
Minnesota	2-1-0	8-8	1-1-0	5-7	1-0-0	3-1
New England	1-2-1	12-11	1-0-1	6-2	0-2-0	6-9
Phoenix	1-3-0	11-15	1-1-0	9-7	0-2-0	2-8
Quebec	2-10-0	49-69	2-4-0	25-26	0-6-0	24-43
San Diego	3-1-0	16-15	2-0-0	11-6	1-1-0	5-9
Toronto	4-4-2	44-45	4-1-0	24-16	0-3-2	20-29
Winnipeg	4-8-1	33-49	2-3-1	15-24	2-5-0	18-25
October	4-6-2	45-49	3-1-1	20-16	1-5-1	25-33
November	6-8-0	46-58	5-1-0	27-17	1-7-0	19-41
December	5-9-0	46-61	2-4-0	23-24	3-5-0	26-37
January	3-8-1	39-56	2-5-0	21-35	1-3-1	18-21
February	4-8-2	41-54	4-3-2	33-29	0-5-0	8-25
March	4-9-0	41-58	3-3-0	22-22	1-6-0	19-36
April	1-1-0	7-9	1-0-0	5-2	0-1-0	2-7

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