1975-76 • Franchise

1975-76 Indianapolis Racers

Record: 35-39-6, 76 pts
Finish: 1st, East
Playoffs: Lost in first round to New England
Coach: Gerry Moore (1-4-0), Jacques Demers (34-35-6)

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	@ Denver	7-1	W	1-0-0	2	7-1	41.	Jan 11	@ Cleveland	3-4	L	16-23-2	34	113-127
2.	Oct 12	@ Edmonton	5-6	L	1-1-0	2	12-7	42.	Jan 15	Cleveland	1-3	L	16-24-2	34	114-130
3.	Oct 14	@ Calgary	3-5	L	1-2-0	2	15-12	43.	Jan 17	Cincinnati	0-4	L	16-25-2	34	114-134
4.	Oct 16	@ San Diego	0-3	L	1-3-0	2	15-15	44.	Jan 21	@ Quebec	2-3	L	16-26-2	34	116-137
5.	Oct 18	Denver	4-6	L	1-4-0	2	19-21	45.	Jan 23	Cincinnati	4-3	W	17-26-2	36	120-140
6.	Oct 21	Minnesota	1-2	L	1-5-0	2	20-23	46.	Jan 25	Cleveland	4-2	W	18-26-2	38	124-142
7.	Oct 23	Houston	4-0	W	2-5-0	4	24-23	47.	Jan 28	@ New England	4-6	L	18-27-2	38	128-148
8.	Oct 26	Edmonton	4-3	W	3-5-0	6	28-26	48.	Jan 29	Minnesota	5-6	L	18-28-2	38	133-154
9.	Oct 30	Calgary	5-7	L	3-6-0	6	33-33	49.	Jan 30	Houston	2-1	W	19-28-2	40	135-155
10.	Nov 1	Quebec	2-5	L	3-7-0	6	35-38	50.	Feb 1	Winnipeg	1-2	L	19-29-2	40	136-157
11.	Nov 4	Toronto	4-3	W	4-7-0	8	39-41	51.	Feb 5	Quebec	4-2	W	20-29-2	42	140-159
12.	Nov 8	@ Quebec	2-3	L	4-8-0	8	41-44	52.	Feb 6	@ Houston	3-4	L	20-30-2	42	143-163
13.	Nov 15	@ Minnesota	7-9	L	4-9-0	8	48-53	53.	Feb 7	Cincinnati	5-1	W	21-30-2	44	148-164
14.	Nov 16	@ Winnipeg	1-2	L	4-10-0	8	49-55	54.	Feb 11	Phoenix	2-1	W	22-30-2	46	150-165
15.	Nov 17	@ Toronto	6-2	W	5-10-0	10	55-57	55.	Feb 13	Calgary	*3-4	L	22-31-2	46	153-169
16.	Nov 19	New England	3-1	W	6-10-0	12	58-58	56.	Feb 14	@ Cincinnati	2-3	L	22-32-2	46	155-172
17.	Nov 25	@ Houston	1-4	L	6-11-0	12	59-62	57.	Feb 15	San Diego	2-3	L	22-33-2	46	157-175
18.	Nov 27	Winnipeg	3-1	W	7-11-0	14	62-63	58.	Feb 19	New England	10-3	W	23-33-2	48	167-178
19.	Nov 28	@ Cleveland	3-1	W	8-11-0	16	65-64	59.	Feb 21	@ Cleveland	2-3	L	23-34-2	48	169-181
20.	Nov 29	@ New England	3-2	W	9-11-0	18	68-66	60.	Feb 22	Phoenix	5-6	L	23-35-2	48	174-187
21.	Nov 30	Denver	2-4	L	9-12-0	18	70-70	61.	Feb 28	@ New England	4-4	T	23-35-3	49	178-191
22.	Dec 4	Cincinnati	7-1	W	10-12-0	20	77-71	62.	Feb 29	@ Cincinnati	5-2	W	24-35-3	51	183-193
23.	Dec 6	Cleveland	3-2	W	11-12-0	22	80-73	63.	Mar 2	@ Phoenix	2-5	L	24-36-3	51	185-198
24.	Dec 10	@ Phoenix	2-1	W	12-12-0	24	82-74	64.	Mar 4	Cincinnati	3-1	W	25-36-3	53	188-199
25.	Dec 11	@ San Diego	3-3	T	12-12-1	25	85-77	65.	Mar 6	@ Cincinnati	3-2	W	26-36-3	55	191-201
26.	Dec 12	@ Houston	2-4	L	12-13-1	25	87-81	66.	Mar 7	Cleveland	1-5	L	26-37-3	55	192-206
27.	Dec 14	New England	2-2	T	12-13-2	26	89-83	67.	Mar 11	Toronto	3-1	W	27-37-3	57	195-207
28.	Dec 16	Edmonton	1-3	L	12-14-2	26	90-86	68.	Mar 12	@ Cincinnati	6-3	W	28-37-3	59	201-210
29.	Dec 18	@ Phoenix	1-7	L	12-15-2	26	91-93	69.	Mar 13	Phoenix	6-4	W	29-37-3	61	207-214
30.	Dec 19	Cleveland	*5-4	W	13-15-2	28	96-97	70.	Mar 17	@ New England	5-2	W	30-37-3	63	212-216
31.	Dec 20	@ Cleveland	3-5	L	13-16-2	28	99-102	71.	Mar 18	San Diego	4-4	T	30-37-4	64	216-220
32.	Dec 27	Cincinnati	2-1	W	14-16-2	30	101-103	72.	Mar 20	@ New England	1-1	T	30-37-5	65	217-221
33.	Dec 28	@ Cincinnati	1-4	L	14-17-2	30	102-107	73.	Mar 23	@ San Diego	8-8	T	30-37-6	66	225-229
34.	Dec 30	@ Denver	*1-2	L	14-18-2	30	103-109	74.	Mar 25	Houston	*4-3	W	31-37-6	68	229-232
35.	Jan 2	San Diego	0-2	L	14-19-2	30	103-111	75.	Mar 26	@ Cleveland	3-2	W	32-37-6	70	232-234
36.	Jan 3	@ Minnesota	1-3	L	14-20-2	30	104-114	76.	Mar 28	@ New England	3-1	W	33-37-6	72	235-235
37.	Jan 4	New England	3-2	W	15-20-2	32	107-116	77.	Apr 1	Houston	1-4	L	33-38-6	72	236-239
38.	Jan 6	@ Edmonton	0-3	L	15-21-2	32	107-119	78.	Apr 2	@ Toronto	3-1	W	34-38-6	74	239-240
39.	Jan 7	@ Calgary	1-3	L	15-22-2	32	108-122	79.	Apr 3	New England	2-5	L	34-39-6	74	241-245
40.	Jan 9	@ Winnipeg	*2-1	W	16-22-2	34	110-123	80.	Apr 4	@ New England	4-2	W	35-39-6	76	245-247

Player Scoring

pos.	#	Player	gp	g	a	pts	pim	+/-	ppg	shg	sog	sc%	gp	g	a	pts	pim
D	5	Baltimore, Bryon	37	1	10	11	30	+8	0	0	44	0.023	7	0	1	1	4
D	24	Block, Ken	79	1	25	26	28	+4	0	0	104	0.010	-	-	-	-	-
LW	21	Bond, Kerry	15	2	0	2	9	-7	0	0	20	0.100	7	1	0	1	11
G	1	Brown, Andy	24	0	3	3	17	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
C	9	Buchanan, Ron	23	4	7	11	4	-5	1	0	60	0.067	-	-	-	-	-
D	4	Clackson, Kim	77	1	12	13	351	-10	1	0	71	0.014	6	0	0	0	25
ILW	18	Coates, Brian	59	11	16	27	24	-5	2	1	72	0.153	4	0	0	0	6
D	-	Critch, Glen	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
G	31	Dion, Michel	31	0	0	0	2	-	0	0	0	-	3	0	0	0	0
D	25	Dubois, Michel	34	2	2	4	104	-11	1	0	29	0.069	-	-	-	-	-
C	16	Fitchner, Bob	52	15	16	31	112	0	5	0	74	0.203	-	-	-	-	-
RW	10	Harbaruk, Nick	76	23	19	42	26	+10	2	2	170	0.135	7	2	0	2	10
C	7	Harris, Hugh	41	12	28	40	23	+1	3	0	166	0.072	7	2	5	7	8
RW	26	Heatley, Murray	34	2	5	7	7	-7	0	0	46	0.043	-	-	-	-	-
G	30	Holmquist, Leif	19	0	0	0	4	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
LW	-	Jones, Bob	2	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	0.000	-	-	-	-	-
C	15	Karlander, Al	79	16	28	44	36	+15	4	0	121	0.132	3	0	0	0	4
C	6	Keon, Dave	12	3	7	10	2	+2	1	0	40	0.075	7	2	2	4	2
IRW	8	Leclerc, Rene	40	18	21	39	52	+1	7	0	152	0.118	7	2	5	7	7
RW	25	Lomenda, Mark	2	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	4	0.000	-	-	-	-	-
RW	14	MacDonald, Blair	56	19	11	30	14	+2	1	0	142	0.134	7	0	0	0	0
D	2	Maggs, Darryl	36	5	16	21	40	+5	1	0	90	0.056	7	1	0	1	20
RW	11	McDonald, Brian	63	16	17	33	58	-6	1	2	117	0.137	7	0	1	1	12
C	16	Parizeau, Michel	23	13	15	28	20	+9	8	0	58	0.224	7	4	4	8	6
G	28	Park, Jim	11	0	1	1	2	-	0	0	0	-	6	0	0	0	0
D	2	Prentice, Bill	38	4	2	6	92	-5	0	0	47	0.085	-	-	-	-	-
D	3	Proceviat, Dick	73	7	13	20	31	+7	0	0	65	0.108	7	0	0	0	2
LW	19	Rochon, Francois	19	6	2	8	31	0	2	0	21	0.286	-	-	-	-	-
LW	-	Roselle, Bob	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0.000	-	-	-	-	-
RW	20	Scharf, Ted	74	7	13	20	56	-8	2	0	90	0.078	7	0	0	0	5
C	22	Sheridan, John	11	1	2	3	0	-5	0	0	9	0.111	-	-	-	-	-
C	17	Sicinski, Bob	70	9	34	43	4	-2	3	0	140	0.064	7	0	0	0	2
D	12	Stapleton, Pat	80	5	40	45	48	-7	3	0	205	0.024	7	0	2	2	2
LW	8/21	Thomas, Reg	80	23	17	40	23	+1	4	0	192	0.120	7	1	0	1	4
C	7	Whitlock, Bobby	30	7	15	22	16	+1	2	0	111	0.063	-	-	-	-	-
C	14	Wiste, Jim	7	0	2	2	0	-2	0	0	3	0.000	-	-	-	-	-
D	5	Woytowich, Bob	42	1	7	8	14	0	0	0	23	0.043	-	-	-	-	-
C	6	Wyrozub, Randy	55	11	14	25	8	-4	5	1	79	0.139	-	-	-	-	-

Goaltending

Goaltender	gp	min	ga	en	so	w-l-t	gaa	sog	sv%	gp	min	ga	w-l	gaa
Brown, Andy	24	1368	82	0	1	9-11-2	3.60	751	0.891	-	-	-	-	-
Dion, Michel	31	1860	85	1	0	14-15-1	2.74	942	0.910	3	126	5	0-2	2.38
Holmquist, Leif	19	1079	54	2	0	6-9-3	3.00	522	0.897	-	-	-	-	-
Park, Jim	11	572	23	0	0	6-4-0	2.41	297	0.923	6	293	12	3-2	2.45

Transactions

• Jim Park signed to contract, Oct 1974
• Leif Holmquist signed to contract, Jun 1975
• Rights to Randy Wyrozub acquired from Edmonton, Jul 1975
• Brian Coates acquired from Denver for future considerations, Sep 1975
• Randy Wyrozub signed to contract, Sep 1975
• Blair MacDonald acquired from Edmonton for draft picks, Dec 1975
• Bill Prentice traded to Quebec for Rene Leclerc, Jan 1976
• Bob Fitchner and Michel Dubois traded to Quebec for Michel Parizeau, Feb 1976
• Bryon Baltimore, Mark Lomenda, Gary MacGregor and Darryl Maggs purchased from Ottawa, Jan 1976
• Dave Keon 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	0-4-0	12-19	0-2-0	8-11	0-2-0	4-8
Cincinnati	8-3-0	38-25	5-1-0	21-11	3-2-0	17-14
Cleveland	5-5-0	28-31	3-2-0	14-16	2-3-0	14-15
Denver-Ottawa	1-3-0	14-13	0-2-0	6-10	1-1-0	8-3
Edmonton	1-3-0	10-15	1-1-0	5-6	0-2-0	5-9
Houston	3-4-0	17-20	3-1-0	11-8	0-3-0	6-12
Minnesota	0-4-0	14-20	0-2-0	6-8	0-2-0	8-12
New England	7-2-3	44-31	3-1-1	20-13	4-1-2	24-18
Phoenix	3-3-0	18-24	2-1-0	13-11	1-2-0	5-13
Quebec	1-3-0	10-13	1-1-0	6-7	0-2-0	4-6
San Diego	0-3-3	17-23	0-2-1	6-9	0-1-2	11-14
Toronto	4-0-0	16-7	2-0-0	7-4	2-0-0	9-3
Winnipeg	2-2-0	7-6	1-1-0	4-3	1-1-0	3-3
October	3-6-0	33-33	2-3-0	18-18	1-3-0	15-15
November	6-6-0	37-37	3-2-0	14-14	3-4-0	23-23
December	5-6-2	33-39	4-1-1	20-13	1-5-1	13-26
January	5-10-0	32-46	4-4-0	19-23	1-6-0	13-23
February	5-7-1	48-38	4-4-0	32-22	1-3-1	16-16
March	9-2-3	52-42	4-1-1	21-18	5-1-2	31-24
April	2-2-0	10-12	0-2-0	3-9	2-0-0	7-3

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