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)
Leger also coached two games, Dec 21 and Dec 23, while Baun was on a leave of absence. These games still count under Baun's record.

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 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

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	-	-	-	-	-

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	-	-	-	-	-

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
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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