1975-76 • Franchise
1975-76 Phoenix Roadrunners
Record: 39-35-6, 84 pts
Finish: 2nd, West
Playoffs: Lost in preliminary round to San Diego
Coach: Sandy Hucul
Game Log ... (@ away game, * overtime)
| no.
| Date
| Opponent
| Score
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| w-l-t
| pts
| gf-ga
| no.
| Date
| Opponent
| Score
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| w-l-t
| pts
| gf-ga
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1. | Oct 10 | San Diego | 6-5 | W | 1-0-0 | 2 | 6-5 | 41. | Jan 17 | Minnesota | 2-4 | L | 19-19-3 | 41 | 150-143 |
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2. | Oct 11 | @ San Diego | 4-2 | W | 2-0-0 | 4 | 10-7 | 42. | Jan 20 | New England | 4-4 | T | 19-19-4 | 42 | 154-147 |
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3. | Oct 12 | Winnipeg | 0-4 | L | 2-1-0 | 4 | 10-11 | 43. | Jan 22 | Toronto | 6-4 | W | 20-19-4 | 44 | 160-151 |
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4. | Oct 17 | Denver | 4-5 | L | 2-2-0 | 4 | 14-16 | 44. | Jan 25 | San Diego | 7-5 | W | 21-19-4 | 46 | 167-156 |
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5. | Oct 19 | Winnipeg | 6-5 | W | 3-2-0 | 6 | 20-21 | 45. | Jan 27 | @ San Diego | *4-3 | W | 22-19-4 | 48 | 171-159 |
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6. | Oct 24 | @ Calgary | 4-3 | W | 4-2-0 | 8 | 24-24 | 46. | Jan 28 | Calgary | 5-0 | W | 23-19-4 | 50 | 176-159 |
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7. | Oct 26 | @ Winnipeg | 0-5 | L | 4-3-0 | 8 | 24-29 | 47. | Jan 30 | Cleveland | 4-4 | T | 23-19-5 | 51 | 180-163 |
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8. | Oct 28 | @ Edmonton | 3-7 | L | 4-4-0 | 8 | 27-36 | 48. | Jan 31 | @ San Diego | 1-6 | L | 23-20-5 | 51 | 181-169 |
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9. | Oct 30 | @ Denver | 3-2 | W | 5-4-0 | 10 | 30-38 | 49. | Feb 4 | Cleveland | 5-1 | W | 24-20-5 | 53 | 186-170 |
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10. | Nov 1 | @ Minnesota | 2-3 | L | 5-5-0 | 10 | 32-41 | 50. | Feb 5 | Edmonton | 5-1 | W | 25-20-5 | 55 | 191-171 |
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11. | Nov 2 | @ Cleveland | 2-5 | L | 5-6-0 | 10 | 34-46 | 51. | Feb 7 | Minnesota | 4-2 | W | 26-20-5 | 57 | 195-173 |
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12. | Nov 7 | @ Houston | 3-5 | L | 5-7-0 | 10 | 37-51 | 52. | Feb 8 | Minnesota | 3-3 | T | 26-20-6 | 58 | 198-176 |
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13. | Nov 8 | @ New England | 3-2 | W | 6-7-0 | 12 | 40-53 | 53. | Feb 11 | @ Indianapolis | 1-2 | L | 26-21-6 | 58 | 199-178 |
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14. | Nov 9 | @ Quebec | 3-7 | L | 6-8-0 | 12 | 43-60 | 54. | Feb 12 | Houston | 1-4 | L | 26-22-6 | 58 | 200-182 |
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15. | Nov 14 | Toronto | 2-2 | T | 6-8-1 | 13 | 45-62 | 55. | Feb 14 | @ Minnesota | 5-2 | W | 27-22-6 | 60 | 205-184 |
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16. | Nov 16 | Cleveland | 4-4 | T | 6-8-2 | 14 | 49-66 | 56. | Feb 15 | @ Edmonton | 4-2 | W | 28-22-6 | 62 | 209-186 |
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17. | Nov 20 | Edmonton | 3-1 | W | 7-8-2 | 16 | 52-67 | 57. | Feb 18 | @ Winnipeg | 3-4 | L | 28-23-6 | 62 | 212-190 |
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18. | Nov 22 | @ New England | 5-7 | L | 7-9-2 | 16 | 57-74 | 58. | Feb 20 | @ Cincinnati | 1-4 | L | 28-24-6 | 62 | 213-194 |
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19. | Nov 27 | Calgary | 1-5 | L | 7-10-2 | 16 | 58-79 | 59. | Feb 22 | @ Indianapolis | 6-5 | W | 29-24-6 | 64 | 219-199 |
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20. | Nov 29 | Quebec | 4-4 | T | 7-10-3 | 17 | 62-83 | 60. | Feb 27 | San Diego | 4-3 | W | 30-24-6 | 66 | 223-202 |
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21. | Nov 30 | Quebec | 1-2 | L | 7-11-3 | 17 | 63-85 | 61. | Feb 29 | @ Calgary | 5-2 | W | 31-24-6 | 68 | 228-204 |
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22. | Dec 4 | New England | 5-4 | W | 8-11-3 | 19 | 68-89 | 62. | Mar 2 | Indianapolis | 5-2 | W | 32-24-6 | 70 | 233-206 |
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23. | Dec 6 | Houston | *6-5 | W | 9-11-3 | 21 | 74-94 | 63. | Mar 5 | @ Houston | 3-6 | L | 32-25-6 | 70 | 236-212 |
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24. | Dec 10 | Indianapolis | 1-2 | L | 9-12-3 | 21 | 75-96 | 64. | Mar 6 | New England | 3-5 | L | 32-26-6 | 70 | 239-217 |
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25. | Dec 12 | Cincinnati | 2-4 | L | 9-13-3 | 21 | 77-100 | 65. | Mar 7 | @ San Diego | 2-5 | L | 32-27-6 | 70 | 241-222 |
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26. | Dec 13 | @ Denver | 4-1 | W | 10-13-3 | 23 | 81-101 | 66. | Mar 10 | @ New England | 3-2 | W | 33-27-6 | 72 | 244-224 |
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27. | Dec 14 | San Diego | 4-2 | W | 11-13-3 | 25 | 85-103 | 67. | Mar 12 | @ Toronto | 5-2 | W | 34-27-6 | 74 | 249-226 |
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28. | Dec 18 | Indianapolis | 7-1 | W | 12-13-3 | 27 | 92-104 | 68. | Mar 13 | @ Indianapolis | 4-6 | L | 34-28-6 | 74 | 253-232 |
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29. | Dec 20 | Houston | 3-4 | L | 12-14-3 | 27 | 95-108 | 69. | Mar 14 | @ Cleveland | *3-2 | W | 35-28-6 | 76 | 256-234 |
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30. | Dec 23 | @ Cincinnati | 5-3 | W | 13-14-3 | 29 | 100-111 | 70. | Mar 17 | Houston | 4-7 | L | 35-29-6 | 76 | 260-241 |
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31. | Dec 26 | @ San Diego | 2-4 | L | 13-15-3 | 29 | 102-115 | 71. | Mar 19 | Cleveland | *5-6 | L | 35-30-6 | 76 | 265-247 |
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32. | Dec 27 | Denver | 10-0 | W | 14-15-3 | 31 | 112-115 | 72. | Mar 20 | @ San Diego | *4-3 | W | 36-30-6 | 78 | 269-250 |
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33. | Dec 28 | @ Denver | 5-2 | W | 15-15-3 | 33 | 117-117 | 73. | Mar 21 | @ Houston | 3-4 | L | 36-31-6 | 78 | 272-254 |
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34. | Jan 2 | @ Toronto | 1-4 | L | 15-16-3 | 33 | 118-121 | 74. | Mar 24 | Cincinnati | 4-5 | L | 36-32-6 | 78 | 276-259 |
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35. | Jan 3 | @ Quebec | 4-1 | W | 16-16-3 | 35 | 122-122 | 75. | Mar 26 | San Diego | 3-1 | W | 37-32-6 | 80 | 279-260 |
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36. | Jan 4 | @ Cleveland | 2-3 | L | 16-17-3 | 35 | 124-125 | 76. | Mar 27 | @ San Diego | 5-2 | W | 38-32-6 | 82 | 284-262 |
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37. | Jan 7 | @ Minnesota | *6-7 | L | 16-18-3 | 35 | 130-132 | 77. | Mar 28 | @ Houston | 4-7 | L | 38-33-6 | 82 | 288-269 |
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38. | Jan 8 | Cincinnati | 7-1 | W | 17-18-3 | 37 | 137-133 | 78. | Mar 31 | @ Cincinnati | 7-2 | W | 39-33-6 | 84 | 295-271 |
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39. | Jan 10 | Ottawa | 8-5 | W | 18-18-3 | 39 | 145-138 | 79. | Apr 3 | Houston | 2-8 | L | 39-34-6 | 84 | 297-279 |
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40. | Jan 16 | Minnesota | 3-1 | W | 19-18-3 | 41 | 148-139 | 80. | Apr 6 | @ Houston | 5-8 | L | 39-35-6 | 84 | 302-287
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Player Scoring
| pos.
| #
| Player
| gp
| g
| a
| pts
| pim
| +/-
| ppg
| shg
| sog
| sc%
| gp
| g
| a
| pts
| pim
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D | 5 | Beaudoin, Serge | 76 | 0 | 21 | 21 | 102 | +4 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 0.000 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
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C | 14 | Boyd, Jim | 80 | 23 | 34 | 57 | 44 | +3 | 8 | 2 | 189 | 0.122 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
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D | 26 | Clarke, Jim | 59 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 57 | +3 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 0.018 | - | - | - | - | - |
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RW | 17 | Connor, Cam | 73 | 18 | 21 | 39 | 295 | +23 | 0 | 0 | 153 | 0.118 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21 |
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LW | 16 | Cormier, Michel | 46 | 21 | 15 | 36 | 4 | +5 | 4 | 0 | 120 | 0.175 | - | - | - | - | - |
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LW | 21 | Dean, Barry | 71 | 9 | 25 | 34 | 110 | +17 | 1 | 0 | 126 | 0.071 | - | - | - | - | - |
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LW | 7 | Erickson, Grant | 33 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 64 | 0.063 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
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C | 8 | Ftorek, Robbie | 80 | 41 | 72 | 113 | 109 | +36 | 10 | 0 | 232 | 0.177 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
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RW | 10 | Gorman, Dave | 67 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 120 | 0.092 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 24 |
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LW | 15 | Gray, John | 79 | 35 | 45 | 80 | 136 | +22 | 6 | 0 | 192 | 0.182 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
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C | 9 | Hall, Del | 80 | 47 | 44 | 91 | 10 | +21 | 12 | 0 | 249 | 0.189 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
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G | 25 | Hebenton, Clay | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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C | 20 | Hobin, Mike | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.077 | - | - | - | - | - |
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C | 12 | Huston, Ron | 79 | 22 | 44 | 66 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 185 | 0.119 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
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C | 11 | Keogan, Murray | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | - | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.000 | - | - | - | - | - |
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G | 1 | Kurt, Gary | 40 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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D | 4 | Lariviere, Garry | 79 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 100 | +15 | 1 | 0 | 102 | 0.069 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
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RW | 3 | McLeod, Al | 80 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 82 | +12 | 1 | 0 | 83 | 0.024 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
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D | 7 | McNamee, Pete | 14 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 32 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0.045 | - | - | - | - | - |
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LW | 18 | Migneault, John | 68 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 14 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 0.116 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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RW | 24 | Mononen, Lauri | 75 | 15 | 21 | 36 | 19 | +9 | 2 | 0 | 135 | 0.111 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
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D | 2 | Niekamp, Jim | 79 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 77 | +21 | 1 | 0 | 87 | 0.046 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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G | 30 | Norris, Jack | 41 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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D | 19 | Rautakallio, Pekka | 73 | 11 | 39 | 50 | 8 | +25 | 3 | 0 | 191 | 0.058 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
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D | 31 | Sleep, Mike | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.400 | - | - | - | - | - |
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LW | 11 | Veneruzzo, Gary | 61 | 19 | 24 | 43 | 27 | +22 | 3 | 1 | 130 | 0.146 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7
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Goaltending
| Goaltender
| gp
| min
| ga
| en
| so
| w-l-t
| gaa
| sog
| sv%
| gp
| min
| ga
| w-l
| gaa
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Hebenton, Clay | 2 | 80 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0-1-0 | 6.75 | 48 | 0.813 | - | - | - | - | - |
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Kurt, Gary | 40 | 2369 | 147 | 1 | 1 | 18-20-2 | 3.72 | 1162 | 0.873 | - | - | - | - | - |
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Norris, Jack | 41 | 2412 | 128 | 2 | 1 | 21-14-4 | 3.18 | 1177 | 0.891 | 5 | 298 | 17 | 2-3 | 3.42
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Transactions
• Del Hall and Ron Huston acquired from California (NHL) for rights to Gary Holt, Jun 1975
• Lauri Mononen, Pekka Rautakallio signed to contracts, Jun 1975
• Rights to Barry Dean acquired from Edmonton for two 1976 draft choices, Aug 1975
• Murray Keogan sold to Calgary, Oct 1975
• Gary Veneruzzo acquired from Cincinnati for Ron Serafini, Nov 1975
• Grant Erickson acquired from Cleveland for Rick Newell and Rob Watt, Nov 1975
• Pete McNamee traded to San Diego for Dave Walter, Dec 1975
Splits versus opposing teams, home and away, and by month
| opponent
| overall
| gf-ga
| home
| gf-ga
| away
| gf-ga
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Calgary | 3-1-0 | 15-10 | 1-1-0 | 6-5 | 2-0-0 | 9-5 | |
Cincinnati | 3-3-0 | 26-19 | 1-2-0 | 13-10 | 2-1-0 | 13-9 |
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Cleveland | 2-3-2 | 25-25 | 1-1-2 | 18-15 | 1-2-0 | 7-10 |
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Denver-Ottawa | 5-1-0 | 34-15 | 2-1-0 | 22-10 | 3-0-0 | 12-5 |
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Edmonton | 3-1-0 | 15-11 | 2-0-0 | 8-2 | 1-1-0 | 7-9 |
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Houston | 1-9-0 | 34-58 | 1-4-0 | 16-28 | 0-5-0 | 18-30 |
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Indianapolis | 3-3-0 | 24-18 | 2-1-0 | 13-5 | 1-2-0 | 11-13 |
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Minnesota | 3-3-1 | 25-22 | 2-1-1 | 12-10 | 1-2-0 | 13-12 |
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New England | 3-2-1 | 23-24 | 1-1-1 | 12-13 | 2-1-0 | 11-11 |
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Quebec | 1-2-1 | 12-14 | 0-1-1 | 5-6 | 1-1-0 | 7-8 |
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San Diego | 9-3-0 | 46-41 | 5-0-0 | 24-16 | 4-3-0 | 22-25 |
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Toronto | 2-1-1 | 14-12 | 1-0-1 | 8-6 | 1-1-0 | 6-6 |
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Winnipeg | 1-3-0 | 9-18 | 1-1-0 | 6-9 | 0-2-0 | 3-9 |
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October | 5-4-0 | 30-38 | 2-2-0 | 16-19 | 3-2-0 | 14-19 |
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November | 2-7-3 | 33-47 | 1-2-3 | 15-18 | 1-5-0 | 18-29 |
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December | 8-4-0 | 54-32 | 5-3-0 | 38-22 | 3-1-0 | 16-10 |
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January | 8-5-2 | 64-52 | 6-1-2 | 46-28 | 2-4-0 | 18-24 |
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February | 8-4-1 | 47-35 | 4-1-1 | 22-14 | 4-3-0 | 25-21 |
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March | 8-9-0 | 67-67 | 2-4-0 | 24-26 | 6-5-0 | 43-41 |
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April | 0-2-0 | 7-16 | 0-1-0 | 2-8 | 0-1-0 | 5-8
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