1975-76 • Franchise

1975-76 Quebec Nordiques

Quebec Nordiques, 1975-76 (Click to enlarge)

Record: 50-27-4, 104 pts
Finish: 2nd, Canadian
Playoffs: Lost in first round to Calgary
Coach: Jean-Guy Gendron

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 9	Winnipeg	3-5	L	0-1-0	0	3-5	41.	Jan 2	@ Cleveland	*4-5	L	24-15-2	50	182-164
2.	Oct 11	Toronto	7-3	W	1-1-0	2	10-8	42.	Jan 3	Phoenix	1-4	L	24-16-2	50	183-168
3.	Oct 14	Edmonton	8-5	W	2-1-0	4	18-13	43.	Jan 10	San Diego	*4-3	W	25-16-2	52	187-171
4.	Oct 18	Houston	3-2	W	3-1-0	6	21-15	44.	Jan 15	Calgary	5-3	W	26-16-2	54	192-174
5.	Oct 21	New England	6-1	W	4-1-0	8	27-16	45.	Jan 17	Toronto	4-3	W	27-16-2	56	196-177
6.	Oct 25	Toronto	3-2	W	5-1-0	10	30-18	46.	Jan 21	Indianapolis	3-2	W	28-16-2	58	199-179
7.	Oct 28	@ Toronto	4-6	L	5-2-0	10	34-24	47.	Jan 25	Edmonton	7-6	W	29-16-2	60	206-185
8.	Oct 29	@ New England	2-4	L	5-3-0	10	36-28	48.	Jan 27	Cincinnati	9-1	W	30-16-2	62	215-186
9.	Oct 31	@ Cleveland	2-6	L	5-4-0	10	38-34	49.	Jan 30	@ Toronto	3-3	T	30-16-3	63	218-189
10.	Nov 1	@ Indianapolis	5-2	W	6-4-0	12	43-36	50.	Jan 31	Toronto	8-4	W	31-16-3	65	226-193
11.	Nov 2	@ Winnipeg	1-0	W	7-4-0	14	44-36	51.	Feb 3	Winnipeg	5-4	W	32-16-3	67	231-197
12.	Nov 4	@ Edmonton	4-3	W	8-4-0	16	48-39	52.	Feb 5	@ Indianapolis	2-4	L	32-17-3	67	233-201
13.	Nov 5	@ Calgary	2-4	L	8-5-0	16	50-43	53.	Feb 7	@ Calgary	4-4	T	32-17-4	68	237-205
14.	Nov 6	@ Denver	5-3	W	9-5-0	18	55-46	54.	Feb 8	@ Edmonton	5-4	W	33-17-4	70	242-209
15.	Nov 8	Indianapolis	3-2	W	10-5-0	20	58-48	55.	Feb 11	@ Winnipeg	6-4	W	34-17-4	72	248-213
16.	Nov 9	Phoenix	7-3	W	11-5-0	22	65-51	56.	Feb 12	@ Minnesota	4-6	L	34-18-4	72	252-219
17.	Nov 11	Minnesota	8-6	W	12-5-0	24	73-57	57.	Feb 15	@ Houston	4-2	W	35-18-4	74	256-221
18.	Nov 15	@ New England	3-1	W	13-5-0	26	76-58	58.	Feb 17	San Diego	5-2	W	36-18-4	76	261-223
19.	Nov 18	Cincinnati	6-4	W	14-5-0	28	82-62	59.	Feb 22	New England	4-0	W	37-18-4	78	265-223
20.	Nov 20	Winnipeg	*2-3	L	14-6-0	28	84-65	60.	Feb 24	Houston	4-1	W	38-18-4	80	269-224
21.	Nov 22	@ Cincinnati	9-6	W	15-6-0	30	93-71	61.	Feb 28	Winnipeg	*3-4	L	38-19-4	80	272-228
22.	Nov 23	@ Houston	0-4	L	15-7-0	30	93-75	62.	Mar 2	@ Toronto	2-5	L	38-20-4	80	274-233
23.	Nov 27	@ San Diego	1-5	L	15-8-0	30	94-80	63.	Mar 4	@ Calgary	1-4	L	38-21-4	80	275-237
24.	Nov 29	@ Phoenix	4-4	T	15-8-1	31	98-84	64.	Mar 5	@ Edmonton	*5-4	W	39-21-4	82	280-241
25.	Nov 30	@ Phoenix	2-1	W	16-8-1	33	100-85	65.	Mar 7	@ Edmonton	2-4	L	39-22-4	82	282-245
26.	Dec 2	Cleveland	9-2	W	17-8-1	35	109-87	66.	Mar 9	@ Calgary	4-7	L	39-23-4	82	286-252
27.	Dec 5	@ Toronto	4-7	L	17-9-1	35	113-94	67.	Mar 10	@ Winnipeg	3-10	L	39-24-4	82	289-262
28.	Dec 7	@ Winnipeg	3-2	W	18-9-1	37	116-96	68.	Mar 12	@ Winnipeg	10-8	W	40-24-4	84	299-270
29.	Dec 9	@ Calgary	1-4	L	18-10-1	37	117-100	69.	Mar 14	Toronto	1-3	L	40-25-4	84	300-273
30.	Dec 10	@ Edmonton	4-7	L	18-11-1	37	121-107	70.	Mar 16	New England	5-1	W	41-25-4	86	305-274
31.	Dec 12	@ Toronto	4-6	L	18-12-1	37	125-113	71.	Mar 19	@ Toronto	*4-3	W	42-25-4	88	309-277
32.	Dec 13	Toronto	6-3	W	19-12-1	39	131-116	72.	Mar 20	Calgary	7-8	L	42-26-4	88	316-285
33.	Dec 16	Calgary	7-3	W	20-12-1	41	138-119	73.	Mar 21	@ Edmonton	6-3	W	43-26-4	90	322-288
34.	Dec 18	Winnipeg	5-4	W	21-12-1	43	143-123	74.	Mar 23	Cleveland	1-3	L	43-27-4	90	323-291
35.	Dec 20	Calgary	8-7	W	22-12-1	45	151-130	75.	Mar 25	Edmonton	7-5	W	44-27-4	92	330-296
36.	Dec 21	@ Cincinnati	7-11	L	22-13-1	45	158-141	76.	Mar 27	Calgary	6-4	W	45-27-4	94	336-300
37.	Dec 23	@ San Diego	4-10	L	22-14-1	45	162-151	77.	Mar 30	Edmonton	8-3	W	46-27-4	96	344-303
38.	Dec 27	Edmonton	6-3	W	23-14-1	47	168-154	78.	Apr 1	Edmonton	7-2	W	47-27-4	98	351-305
39.	Dec 28	@ Toronto	6-1	W	24-14-1	49	174-155	79.	Apr 3	Toronto	5-1	W	48-27-4	100	356-306
40.	Dec 30	@ Minnesota	4-4	T	24-14-2	50	178-159	80.	Apr 4	@ Toronto	*5-4	W	49-27-4	102	361-310
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	81.	Apr 6	Toronto	10-6	W	50-27-4	104	371-316

Player Scoring

pos.	#	Player	gp	g	a	pts	pim	+/-	ppg	shg	sog	sc%	gp	g	a	pts	pim
RW	7	Benzelock, Jim	34	2	5	7	6	-1	0	0	37	0.054	3	0	0	0	0
D	24	Bernier, Jean	81	4	26	30	10	+25	0	0	111	0.036	4	0	1	1	0
C	21	Bernier, Serge	70	34	68	102	91	+26	4	2	283	0.120	5	2	6	8	6
C	11	Bordeleau, Christian	74	37	72	109	42	+16	11	1	243	0.152	5	1	1	2	4
RW	15	Brackenbury, Curt	15	4	5	9	111	+8	0	0	24	0.167	5	0	0	0	18
G	30	Brodeur, Richard	69	0	3	3	0	-	0	0	0	-	5	0	0	0	0
RW	9	Cloutier, Real	80	60	54	114	27	+33	16	0	246	0.244	5	4	5	9	0
LW	14	Constantin, Charles	41	8	7	15	77	-1	0	1	60	0.133	5	0	1	1	4
LW	25	Cunniff, John	2	0	0	0	5	-2	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
G	23	Deguise, Michel	18	0	1	1	0	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
G	1	Donnelly, Pete	4	0	0	0	0	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
D	4	Dubois, Michel	21	0	3	3	23	+2	0	0	13	0.000	-	-	-	-	-
C	12	Fitchner, Bob	21	7	9	16	22	+8	0	0	34	0.206	5	1	0	1	8
D	25	Fortier, Florent	4	1	1	2	0	+1	0	0	2	0.500	1	0	0	0	0
LW	16	Gallant, Gord	64	4	15	19	297	+5	0	0	90	0.044	2	0	0	0	31
D	2	Globensky, Alan	34	1	2	3	13	-2	0	0	7	0.143	-	-	-	-	-
D	2	Gresdal, Gary	2	0	1	1	5	+2	0	0	0	-	1	0	0	0	14
C	18	Hampson, Ted	14	4	10	14	2	+7	0	0	18	0.222	5	0	2	2	10
D	33	Hoganson, Dale	45	3	14	17	18	+21	1	0	64	0.047	5	1	3	4	2
RW	5	Houle, Rejean	81	51	52	103	61	+20	19	0	256	0.172	5	2	0	2	8
D	20	Jordan, Ric	54	4	7	11	25	+5	0	0	49	0.082	-	-	-	-	-
RW	15	Leclerc, Rene	42	15	17	32	35	+9	0	1	100	0.150	-	-	-	-	-
C	12	Parizeau, Michel	58	12	27	39	24	+6	0	0	79	0.152	-	-	-	-	-
D	6	Prentice, Bill	21	2	5	7	89	+7	1	0	22	0.091	5	0	0	0	17
D	10	Roy, Pierre	78	6	30	36	258	+12	0	0	100	0.060	5	1	2	3	29
RW	17	Serviss, Tom	71	7	19	26	12	+3	1	0	76	0.092	5	0	0	0	0
LW	19	Sutherland, Steve	74	22	19	41	197	-10	0	0	159	0.138	4	2	1	3	17
LW	8	Tardif, Marc	81	71	77	148	79	+35	21	1	359	0.198	2	1	0	1	2
D	3	Tremblay, J.C.	80	12	77	89	16	+40	3	0	161	0.075	5	0	3	3	0
D	4	Watson, Jim	28	0	1	1	24	-21	0	0	17	0.000	-	-	-	-	-

Goaltending

Goaltender	gp	min	ga	en	so	w-l-t	gaa	sog	sv%	gp	min	ga	w-l	gaa
Brodeur, Richard	64	3967	244	1	2	44-21-2	3.69	2216	0.890	5	299	22	1-4	4.41
Deguise, Michel	18	535	60	1	0	6-5-2	4.35	460	0.870	-	-	-	-	-
Donnelly, Pete	4	129	10	0	0	0-1-0	4.65	65	0.846	-	-	-	-	-

Transactions

• Gord Gallant purchased from Minnesota, Jun 1975
• Rene Leclerc traded to Indianapolis for Bill Prentice, Jan 1976
• Michel Parizeau traded to Indianapolis for Michel Dubois and Bop Fitchner, Feb 1976
• Curt Brackenbury and Ted Hampson signed as free agents 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	4-5-1	45-48	4-1-0	33-25	0-4-1	12-23
Cincinnati	3-1-0	31-22	2-0-0	15-5	1-1-0	16-17
Cleveland	1-3-0	16-16	1-1-0	10-5	0-2-0	6-11
Denver-Ottawa	1-0-0	5-3	0-0-0	0-0	1-0-0	5-3
Edmonton	10-2-0	69-49	6-0-0	43-24	4-2-0	26-25
Houston	3-1-0	11-9	2-0-0	7-3	1-1-0	4-6
Indianapolis	3-1-0	13-10	2-0-0	6-4	1-1-0	7-6
Minnesota	1-1-1	16-16	1-0-0	8-6	0-1-1	8-10
New England	4-1-0	20-7	3-0-0	15-2	1-1-0	5-5
Phoenix	2-1-1	14-12	1-1-0	8-7	1-0-1	6-5
San Diego	2-2-0	14-20	2-0-0	9-5	0-2-0	5-15
Toronto	10-5-1	76-60	7-1-0	44-25	3-4-1	32-35
Winnipeg	6-4-0	41-44	2-3-0	18-20	4-1-0	23-24
October	5-4-0	38-34	5-1-0	30-18	0-3-0	8-16
November	11-4-1	62-51	4-1-0	26-18	7-3-1	36-33
December	8-6-1	78-74	6-0-0	41-22	2-6-1	37-52
January	7-2-1	48-34	7-1-0	41-26	0-1-1	7-8
February	7-3-1	46-35	4-1-0	21-11	3-2-1	25-24
March	8-8-0	72-75	4-3-0	35-27	4-5-0	37-48
April	4-0-0	27-13	3-0-0	22-9	1-0-0	5-4

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