1975-76 Franchise
1975-76 Toronto Toros
Record: 24-52-5, 53 pts
Finish: 5th, Canadian
Playoffs: Did not qualify
Coach: Bob Baun (15-35-5), Gilles Leger (9-17-0)
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
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1. | Oct 11 | @ Quebec | 3-7 | L | 0-1-0 | 0 | 3-7 | 41. | Jan 9 | @ Edmonton | 3-5 | L | 14-24-3 | 31 | 170-200 |
2. | Oct 14 | Houston | 6-3 | W | 1-1-0 | 2 | 9-10 | 42. | Jan 17 | @ Quebec | *3-4 | L | 14-25-3 | 31 | 173-204 |
3. | Oct 17 | Edmonton | 4-4 | T | 1-1-1 | 3 | 13-14 | 43. | Jan 20 | @ Houston | 7-5 | W | 15-25-3 | 33 | 180-209 |
4. | Oct 18 | @ New England | 1-3 | L | 1-2-1 | 3 | 14-17 | 44. | Jan 22 | @ Phoenix | 4-6 | L | 15-26-3 | 33 | 184-215 |
5. | Oct 24 | New England | 4-5 | L | 1-3-1 | 3 | 18-22 | 45. | Jan 24 | @ San Diego | 4-6 | L | 15-27-3 | 33 | 188-221 |
6. | Oct 25 | @ Quebec | 2-3 | L | 1-4-1 | 3 | 20-25 | 46. | Jan 25 | @ Minnesota | 2-5 | L | 15-28-3 | 33 | 190-226 |
7. | Oct 28 | Quebec | 6-4 | W | 2-4-1 | 5 | 26-29 | 47. | Jan 27 | Edmonton | 4-4 | T | 15-28-4 | 34 | 194-230 |
8. | Nov 4 | @ Indianapolis | 3-4 | L | 2-5-1 | 5 | 29-33 | 48. | Jan 30 | Quebec | 3-3 | T | 15-28-5 | 35 | 197-233 |
9. | Nov 7 | @ Edmonton | 4-5 | L | 2-6-1 | 5 | 33-38 | 49. | Jan 31 | @ Quebec | 4-8 | L | 15-29-5 | 35 | 201-241 |
10. | Nov 8 | @ Minnesota | 3-4 | L | 2-7-1 | 5 | 36-42 | 50. | Feb 1 | New England | 5-7 | L | 15-30-5 | 35 | 206-248 |
11. | Nov 9 | @ Winnipeg | 3-5 | L | 2-8-1 | 5 | 39-47 | 51. | Feb 6 | Winnipeg | 6-7 | L | 15-31-5 | 35 | 212-255 |
12. | Nov 11 | @ Houston | 4-5 | L | 2-9-1 | 5 | 43-52 | 52. | Feb 7 | @ New England | 3-7 | L | 15-32-5 | 35 | 215-262 |
13. | Nov 13 | @ Denver | 11-8 | W | 3-9-1 | 7 | 54-60 | 53. | Feb 10 | @ Calgary | 3-4 | L | 15-33-5 | 35 | 218-266 |
14. | Nov 14 | @ Phoenix | 2-2 | T | 3-9-2 | 8 | 56-62 | 54. | Feb 13 | @ Edmonton | 3-5 | L | 15-34-5 | 35 | 221-271 |
15. | Nov 15 | @ San Diego | 6-4 | W | 4-9-2 | 10 | 62-66 | 55. | Feb 15 | @ Winnipeg | 6-7 | L | 15-35-5 | 35 | 227-278 |
16. | Nov 17 | Indianapolis | 2-6 | L | 4-10-2 | 10 | 64-72 | 56. | Feb 17 | Minnesota | 3-6 | L | 15-36-5 | 35 | 230-284 |
17. | Nov 21 | Cincinnati | 8-7 | W | 5-10-2 | 12 | 72-79 | 57. | Feb 20 | San Diego | 4-6 | L | 15-37-5 | 35 | 234-290 |
18. | Nov 25 | Cleveland | *3-4 | L | 5-11-2 | 12 | 75-83 | 58. | Feb 22 | @ Calgary | 2-4 | L | 15-38-5 | 35 | 236-294 |
19. | Nov 28 | Winnipeg | 3-5 | L | 5-12-2 | 12 | 78-88 | 59. | Feb 24 | Cincinnati | 6-9 | L | 15-39-5 | 35 | 242-303 |
20. | Nov 29 | @ Cincinnati | 9-5 | W | 6-12-2 | 14 | 87-93 | 60. | Feb 27 | Houston | *6-7 | L | 15-40-5 | 35 | 248-310 |
21. | Nov 30 | @ Cleveland | 9-10 | L | 6-13-2 | 14 | 96-103 | 61. | Feb 29 | Winnipeg | 11-7 | W | 16-40-5 | 37 | 259-317 |
22. | Dec 2 | @ Edmonton | 2-7 | L | 6-14-2 | 14 | 98-110 | 62. | Mar 2 | Quebec | 5-2 | W | 17-40-5 | 39 | 264-319 |
23. | Dec 3 | @ Calgary | 4-3 | W | 7-14-2 | 16 | 102-113 | 63. | Mar 6 | Calgary | 5-2 | W | 18-40-5 | 41 | 269-321 |
24. | Dec 5 | Quebec | 7-4 | W | 8-14-2 | 18 | 109-117 | 64. | Mar 9 | Winnipeg | 2-5 | L | 18-41-5 | 41 | 271-326 |
25. | Dec 9 | Minnesota | 3-5 | L | 8-15-2 | 18 | 112-122 | 65. | Mar 11 | @ Indianapolis | 1-3 | L | 18-42-5 | 41 | 272-329 |
26. | Dec 10 | @ Winnipeg | *5-6 | L | 8-16-2 | 18 | 117-128 | 66. | Mar 12 | Phoenix | 2-5 | L | 18-43-5 | 41 | 274-334 |
27. | Dec 12 | Quebec | 6-4 | W | 9-16-2 | 20 | 123-132 | 67. | Mar 14 | @ Quebec | 3-1 | W | 19-43-5 | 43 | 277-335 |
28. | Dec 13 | @ Quebec | 3-6 | L | 9-17-2 | 20 | 126-138 | 68. | Mar 16 | Cleveland | 6-0 | W | 20-43-5 | 45 | 283-335 |
29. | Dec 14 | Calgary | 3-3 | T | 9-17-3 | 21 | 129-141 | 69. | Mar 17 | @ Cincinnati | 4-5 | L | 20-44-5 | 45 | 287-340 |
30. | Dec 16 | Winnipeg | 3-4 | L | 9-18-3 | 21 | 132-145 | 70. | Mar 19 | Quebec | *3-4 | L | 20-45-5 | 45 | 290-344 |
31. | Dec 19 | Calgary | 3-5 | L | 9-19-3 | 21 | 135-150 | 71. | Mar 20 | @ Cleveland | 6-5 | W | 21-45-5 | 47 | 296-349 |
32. | Dec 21 | @ Edmonton | 4-2 | W | 10-19-3 | 23 | 139-152 | 72. | Mar 21 | Winnipeg | 5-2 | W | 22-45-5 | 49 | 301-351 |
33. | Dec 23 | @ Calgary | 1-10 | L | 10-20-3 | 23 | 140-162 | 73. | Mar 23 | Calgary | 6-5 | W | 23-45-5 | 51 | 307-356 |
34. | Dec 26 | Edmonton | 8-5 | W | 11-20-3 | 25 | 148-167 | 74. | Mar 26 | Edmonton | 7-3 | W | 24-45-5 | 53 | 314-359 |
35. | Dec 27 | @ Cleveland | 0-5 | L | 11-21-3 | 25 | 148-172 | 75. | Mar 28 | Calgary | 4-5 | L | 24-46-5 | 53 | 318-364 |
36. | Dec 28 | Quebec | 1-6 | L | 11-22-3 | 25 | 149-178 | 76. | Mar 30 | @ Calgary | 2-6 | L | 24-47-5 | 53 | 320-370 |
37. | Dec 30 | Edmonton | 6-4 | W | 12-22-3 | 27 | 155-182 | 77. | Mar 31 | @ Winnipeg | 3-5 | L | 24-48-5 | 53 | 323-375 |
38. | Jan 2 | Phoenix | 4-1 | W | 13-22-3 | 29 | 159-183 | 78. | Apr 2 | Indianapolis | 1-3 | L | 24-49-5 | 53 | 324-378 |
39. | Jan 6 | San Diego | 6-4 | W | 14-22-3 | 31 | 165-187 | 79. | Apr 3 | @ Quebec | 1-5 | L | 24-50-5 | 53 | 325-383 |
40. | Jan 7 | @ Winnipeg | 2-8 | L | 14-23-3 | 31 | 167-195 | 80. | Apr 4 | Quebec | *4-5 | L | 24-51-5 | 53 | 329-388 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 81. | Apr 6 | @ Quebec | 6-10 | L | 24-52-5 | 53 | 335-398
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Player Scoring
pos.
| #
| Player
| gp
| g
| a
| pts
| pim
| +/-
| ppg
| shg
| sog
| sc%
| gp
| g
| a
| pts
| pim
|
D | 5 | Amodeo, Mike | 31 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 35 | -7 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 0.121 | - | - | - | - | - |
RW | 24 | Atkinson, Steve | 52 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 22 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0.057 | - | - | - | - | - |
LW | 8 | Bilodeau, Gilles | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.000 | - | - | - | - | - |
G | 30 | Binkley, Les | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
RW | 17 | Crowley, Paul | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.000 | - | - | - | - | - |
D | 3 | Cunningham, Rick | 36 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 57 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 0.086 | - | - | - | - | - |
C | 16 | D'Alvise, Bob | 59 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 10 | -13 | 1 | 2 | 61 | 0.082 | - | - | - | - | - |
D | 7 | Dorey, Jim | 74 | 9 | 51 | 60 | 134 | -21 | 3 | 2 | 163 | 0.055 | - | - | - | - | - |
C | 8 | Farda, Richard | 63 | 19 | 35 | 54 | 8 | -5 | 2 | 0 | 109 | 0.174 | - | - | - | - | - |
RW | 26 | Featherstone, Tony | 32 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 5 | -10 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 0.121 | - | - | - | - | - |
D | 5 | Folco, Peter | 19 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 15 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0.056 | - | - | - | - | - |
D | 6 | Foley, Rick | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -8 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0.067 | - | - | - | - | - |
G | 35 | Garrett, John | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
D | - | Gibbons, Gerard | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.333 | - | - | - | - | - |
LW | 23 | Gibson, Jack | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.000 | - | - | - | - | - |
D | 22 | Heaver, Paul | 66 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 83 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 0.048 | - | - | - | - | - |
LW | 19 | Henderson, Paul | 65 | 26 | 29 | 55 | 22 | -20 | 8 | 1 | 179 | 0.145 | - | - | - | - | - |
C | 25 | Jacques, Jeff | 81 | 17 | 33 | 50 | 113 | -8 | 1 | 0 | 101 | 0.168 | - | - | - | - | - |
C | 11 | Kirk, Gavin | 62 | 29 | 38 | 67 | 32 | -6 | 3 | 0 | 142 | 0.204 | - | - | - | - | - |
D | 23 | Kuzmicz, George | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
LW | 29 | Mahovlich, Frank | 75 | 34 | 55 | 89 | 14 | -16 | 6 | 1 | 239 | 0.142 | - | - | - | - | - |
C | 20 | Marrin, Peter | 64 | 22 | 16 | 38 | 16 | -12 | 2 | 0 | 105 | 0.209 | - | - | - | - | - |
RW | 9 | Napier, Mark | 78 | 43 | 50 | 93 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 245 | 0.176 | - | - | - | - | - |
RW | 14 | Nedomansky, Vaclav | 81 | 56 | 42 | 98 | 8 | -2 | 6 | 0 | 328 | 0.171 | - | - | - | - | - |
D | 6 | Neeld, Greg | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | -16 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.000 | - | - | - | - | - |
C | 15 | Nistico, Lou | 65 | 12 | 22 | 34 | 120 | -20 | 1 | 0 | 154 | 0.078 | - | - | - | - | - |
C | 28 | Phaneuf, Jean-Luc | 48 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 4 | -16 | 1 | 0 | 65 | 0.123 | - | - | - | - | - |
D | 4 | Rollins, Jerry | 52 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 185 | -20 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 0.084 | - | - | - | - | - |
G | 1 | Shaw, Jim | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
RW | 12 | Simpson, Tom | 73 | 20 | 21 | 41 | 15 | -15 | 5 | 0 | 159 | 0.126 | - | - | - | - | - |
D | 10 | Syvret, Dave | 50 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 14 | -15 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0.028 | - | - | - | - | - |
G | 21 | Tataryn, Dave | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
D | 2 | Turkiewicz, Jim | 77 | 9 | 29 | 38 | 55 | -13 | 2 | 0 | 111 | 0.081 | - | - | - | - | - |
D | 17 | Van Horlick, John | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
G | 33 | Vien, Mario | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
G | 1 | Wood, Wayne | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
D | 23 | Zrymiak, Jerry | 17 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -14 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.000 | - | - | - | - | -
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Goaltending
Goaltender
| gp
| min
| ga
| en
| so
| w-l-t
| gaa
| sog
| sv%
| gp
| min
| ga
| w-l
| gaa
|
Binkley, Les | 7 | 335 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0-6-0 | 5.73 | 212 | 0.849 | - | - | - | - | - |
Garrett, John | 9 | 551 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 3-6-0 | 3.59 | 349 | 0.905 | - | - | - | - | - |
Shaw, Jim | 16 | 777 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 4-7-1 | 4.86 | 506 | 0.875 | - | - | - | - | - |
Tataryn, Dave | 23 | 1261 | 100 | 3 | 0 | 7-12-1 | 4.76 | 786 | 0.872 | - | - | - | - | - |
Vien, Mario | 26 | 1228 | 105 | 0 | 0 | 4-14-3 | 5.13 | 830 | 0.873 | - | - | - | - | - |
Wood, Wayne | 13 | 781 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 6-7-0 | 4.76 | 474 | 0.869 | - | - | - | - | -
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Transactions
Mark Napier signed to contract, May 1975
Rick Foley, Dave Tataryn signed to contracts, Jun 1975
Rights to Bob D'Alvise acquired from Cleveland for 1976 draft choice, Aug 1975
Steve Atkinson purchased from Buffalo (NAHL), Jan 1976
John Garrett and Jerry Zrymiak signed as free agents from defunct Minnesota, Mar 1976
Gavin Kirk traded to Calgary for Wayne Wood, Mar 1976
Splits versus opposing teams, home and away, and by month
opponent
| overall
| gf-ga
| home
| gf-ga
| away
| gf-ga
|
Calgary | 3-6-1 | 33-47 | 2-2-1 | 21-20 | 1-4-0 | 12-27 |
Cincinnati | 2-2-0 | 27-26 | 1-1-0 | 14-16 | 1-1-0 | 13-10 |
Cleveland | 2-3-0 | 24-24 | 1-1-0 | 9-4 | 1-2-0 | 15-20 |
Denver-Ottawa | 1-0-0 | 11-8 | 0-0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0-0 | 11-8 |
Edmonton | 4-4-2 | 45-44 | 3-0-2 | 29-20 | 1-4-0 | 16-24 |
Houston | 2-2-0 | 23-20 | 1-1-0 | 12-10 | 1-1-0 | 11-10 |
Indianapolis | 0-4-0 | 7-16 | 0-2-0 | 3-9 | 0-2-0 | 4-7 |
Minnesota | 0-4-0 | 11-20 | 0-2-0 | 6-11 | 0-2-0 | 5-9 |
New England | 0-4-0 | 13-22 | 0-2-0 | 9-12 | 0-2-0 | 4-10 |
Phoenix | 1-2-1 | 12-14 | 1-1-0 | 6-6 | 0-1-1 | 6-8 |
Quebec | 5-10-1 | 60-76 | 4-3-1 | 35-32 | 1-7-0 | 25-44 |
San Diego | 2-2-0 | 20-20 | 1-1-0 | 10-10 | 1-1-0 | 10-10 |
Winnipeg | 2-9-0 | 49-61 | 2-4-0 | 30-30 | 0-5-0 | 19-31 |
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October | 2-4-1 | 26-29 | 2-1-1 | 20-16 | 0-3-0 | 6-13 |
November | 4-9-1 | 70-74 | 1-3-0 | 16-22 | 3-6-1 | 54-52 |
December | 6-9-1 | 59-79 | 4-4-1 | 40-40 | 2-5-0 | 19-39 |
January | 3-7-2 | 46-59 | 2-0-2 | 17-12 | 1-7-0 | 29-47 |
February | 1-11-0 | 58-76 | 1-6-0 | 41-49 | 0-5-0 | 17-27 |
March | 8-8-0 | 64-58 | 6-4-0 | 45-33 | 2-4-0 | 19-25 |
April | 0-4-0 | 12-23 | 0-2-0 | 5-8 | 0-2-0 | 7-15
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