1975-76 • Franchise

1975-76 Winnipeg Jets

Record: 52-27-2, 106 pts
Finish: 1st, Canadian
Playoffs: Won AVCO Cup Championship
Coach: Bobby Kromm

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	@ Quebec	5-3	W	1-0-0	2	5-3	41.	Jan 4	@ Edmonton	8-1	W	27-14-0	54	171-114
2.	Oct 12	@ Phoenix	4-0	W	2-0-0	4	9-3	42.	Jan 6	@ Calgary	0-5	L	27-15-0	54	171-119
3.	Oct 16	@ Denver	7-3	W	3-0-0	6	16-6	43.	Jan 7	Toronto	8-2	W	28-15-0	56	179-121
4.	Oct 18	@ San Diego	1-2	L	3-1-0	6	17-8	44.	Jan 9	Indianapolis	*1-2	L	28-16-0	56	180-123
5.	Oct 19	@ Phoenix	5-6	L	3-2-0	6	22-14	45.	Jan 11	Ottawa	*6-5	W	29-16-0	58	186-128
6.	Oct 21	Cincinnati	7-0	W	4-2-0	8	29-14	46.	Jan 14	Houston	4-1	W	30-16-0	60	190-129
7.	Oct 24	Denver	5-2	W	5-2-0	10	34-16	47.	Jan 16	Edmonton	1-5	L	30-17-0	60	191-134
8.	Oct 26	Phoenix	5-0	W	6-2-0	12	39-16	48.	Jan 18	New England	8-0	W	31-17-0	62	199-134
9.	Oct 30	Cincinnati	4-0	W	7-2-0	14	43-16	49.	Jan 21	Calgary	4-1	W	32-17-0	64	203-135
10.	Nov 2	Quebec	0-1	L	7-3-0	14	43-17	50.	Jan 23	Edmonton	4-2	W	33-17-0	66	207-137
11.	Nov 4	New England	*3-2	W	8-3-0	16	46-19	51.	Jan 28	@ Minnesota	2-6	L	33-18-0	66	209-143
12.	Nov 9	Toronto	5-3	W	9-3-0	18	51-22	52.	Jan 30	@ New England	6-3	W	34-18-0	68	215-146
13.	Nov 11	Cleveland	2-3	L	9-4-0	18	53-25	53.	Jan 31	@ Cincinnati	5-2	W	35-18-0	70	220-148
14.	Nov 13	@ Calgary	4-2	W	10-4-0	20	57-27	54.	Feb 1	@ Indianapolis	2-1	W	36-18-0	72	222-149
15.	Nov 14	Edmonton	6-1	W	11-4-0	22	63-28	55.	Feb 3	@ Quebec	4-5	L	36-19-0	72	226-154
16.	Nov 16	Indianapolis	2-1	W	12-4-0	24	65-29	56.	Feb 6	@ Toronto	7-6	W	37-19-0	74	233-160
17.	Nov 18	Houston	2-3	L	12-5-0	24	67-32	57.	Feb 7	@ Cleveland	4-4	T	37-19-1	75	237-164
18.	Nov 20	@ Quebec	*3-2	W	13-5-0	26	70-34	58.	Feb 8	Calgary	8-4	W	38-19-1	77	245-168
19.	Nov 22	@ Cleveland	3-6	L	13-6-0	26	73-40	59.	Feb 11	Quebec	4-6	L	38-20-1	77	249-174
20.	Nov 23	@ New England	3-2	W	14-6-0	28	76-42	60.	Feb 15	Toronto	7-6	W	39-20-1	79	256-180
21.	Nov 26	@ Cincinnati	11-3	W	15-6-0	30	87-45	61.	Feb 17	@ Edmonton	4-4	T	39-20-2	80	260-184
22.	Nov 27	@ Indianapolis	1-3	L	15-7-0	30	88-48	62.	Feb 18	Phoenix	4-3	W	40-20-2	82	264-187
23.	Nov 28	@ Toronto	5-3	W	16-7-0	32	93-51	63.	Feb 20	Edmonton	4-2	W	41-20-2	84	268-189
24.	Nov 30	Minnesota	5-3	W	17-7-0	34	98-54	64.	Feb 25	Cleveland	5-2	W	42-20-2	86	273-191
25.	Dec 2	@ Denver	*4-3	W	18-7-0	36	102-57	65.	Feb 27	Edmonton	4-3	W	43-20-2	88	277-194
26.	Dec 4	@ San Diego	5-4	W	19-7-0	38	107-61	66.	Feb 28	@ Quebec	*4-3	W	44-20-2	90	281-197
27.	Dec 5	@ Houston	4-5	L	19-8-0	38	111-66	67.	Feb 29	@ Toronto	7-11	L	44-21-2	90	288-208
28.	Dec 7	Quebec	2-3	L	19-9-0	38	113-69	68.	Mar 7	Calgary	3-1	W	45-21-2	92	291-209
29.	Dec 10	Toronto	*6-5	W	20-9-0	40	119-74	69.	Mar 9	@ Toronto	5-2	W	46-21-2	94	296-211
30.	Dec 12	Calgary	4-2	W	21-9-0	42	123-76	70.	Mar 10	Quebec	10-3	W	47-21-2	96	306-214
31.	Dec 14	@ Edmonton	3-1	W	22-9-0	44	126-77	71.	Mar 12	Quebec	8-10	L	47-22-2	96	314-224
32.	Dec 16	@ Toronto	4-3	W	23-9-0	46	130-80	72.	Mar 14	Edmonton	4-2	W	48-22-2	98	318-226
33.	Dec 18	@ Quebec	4-5	L	23-10-0	46	134-85	73.	Mar 17	Calgary	3-2	W	49-22-2	100	321-228
34.	Dec 20	@ Minnesota	3-6	L	23-11-0	46	137-91	74.	Mar 19	@ Edmonton	1-2	L	49-23-2	100	322-230
35.	Dec 21	Minnesota	1-3	L	23-12-0	46	138-94	75.	Mar 21	@ Toronto	2-5	L	49-24-2	100	324-235
36.	Dec 23	@ Edmonton	6-2	W	24-12-0	48	144-96	76.	Mar 24	Edmonton	2-3	L	49-25-2	100	326-238
37.	Dec 26	Calgary	4-5	L	24-13-0	48	148-101	77.	Mar 28	San Diego	6-1	W	50-25-2	102	332-239
38.	Dec 28	@ Calgary	4-6	L	24-14-0	48	152-107	78.	Mar 31	Toronto	5-3	W	51-25-2	104	337-242
39.	Dec 30	@ Houston	5-3	W	25-14-0	50	157-110	79.	Apr 2	@ Calgary	1-4	L	51-26-2	104	338-246
40.	Jan 3	@ Calgary	6-3	W	26-14-0	52	163-113	80.	Apr 4	@ Edmonton	2-5	L	51-27-2	104	340-251
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	81.	Apr 6	@ Calgary	5-3	W	52-27-2	106	345-254

Player Scoring

pos.	#	Player	gp	g	a	pts	pim	+/-	ppg	shg	sog	sc%	gp	g	a	pts	pim
D	21	Asmundson, Duke	72	5	11	16	19	+1	0	0	50	0.100	13	3	2	5	11
RW	11	Beaudin, Norm	80	16	31	47	38	-1	2	0	155	0.103	13	2	3	5	10
D	2	Bergman, Thommie	81	11	30	41	111	+9	1	0	183	0.060	13	3	10	13	8
G	1	Daley, Joe	62	0	1	1	17	-	0	0	0	-	12	0	0	0	10
D	3	Ford, Mike	81	13	43	56	70	+39	2	0	245	0.053	12	1	12	13	8
D	6	Green, Ted	79	5	23	28	73	+32	0	0	61	0.082	11	0	2	2	16
LW	7	Guindon, Robert	39	3	3	6	14	-7	1	0	26	0.115	13	3	3	6	9
RW	15	Hedberg, Anders	76	50	55	105	48	+60	9	6	271	0.185	13	13	6	19	15
D	16	Hillman, Larry	71	1	12	13	62	-3	0	0	67	0.015	12	0	2	2	32
D	5	Hornung, Larry	76	3	18	21	26	-6	1	0	50	0.060	13	0	3	3	6
LW	9	Hull, Bobby	80	53	70	123	30	+62	14	0	416	0.127	13	12	8	20	4
C	12	Ketola, Veli-Pekka	80	32	36	68	32	-4	8	0	339	0.094	13	7	5	12	2
G	30	Larsson, Curt	23	0	1	1	6	-	0	0	0	-	2	0	0	0	0
D	7	Legge, Randy	1	0	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
LW	17	Lesuk, Bill	81	15	21	36	92	+1	3	0	120	0.125	13	2	2	4	8
D	19	Lindh, Mats	65	19	15	34	12	+7	4	0	99	0.192	13	2	2	4	4
RW	20	Lindstrom, Willy	81	23	36	59	32	+4	5	1	151	0.152	11	4	7	11	2
D	8/25	Miller, Perry	47	7	6	13	41	+8	1	0	42	0.167	-	-	-	-	-
LW	22	Moffat, Lyle	42	13	9	22	44	+3	4	0	61	0.213	13	3	3	6	9
C	14	Nilsson, Ulf	78	38	76	114	84	+65	7	3	152	0.250	13	7	19	26	6
D	8	Odrowski, Gerry	13	0	1	1	6	-8	0	0	13	0.000	-	-	-	-	-
D	18	Riihiranta, Heikki	70	1	8	9	26	0	0	0	38	0.026	4	0	4	4	5
D	4	Sjoberg, Lars-Erik	81	5	36	41	12	+46	1	0	120	0.042	13	0	5	5	12
C	10	Sullivan, Peter	78	32	39	71	22	-4	5	0	161	0.199	13	6	7	13	0

Goaltending

Goaltender	gp	min	ga	en	so	w-l-t	gaa	sog	sv%	gp	min	ga	w-l	gaa
Daley, Joe	62	3612	171	0	5	41-17-1	2.84	1771	0.903	12	671	29	10-1	2.59
Larsson, Curt	23	1287	83	0	0	11-10-1	3.87	635	0.869	2	110	6	2-0	3.27

Transactions

• Ted Green acquired from New England for future considerations, May 1975
• Rights to Bill Lesuk acquired from Edmonton for future considerations, Jul 1975
• Willy Lindstrom signed to contract, Jul 1975
• Peter Sullivan signed to contract, Aug 1975
• Bobby Guindon signed to contract, Nov 1975
• Randy Legge traded to Cleveland for Lyle Moffat, Jan 1976
• Perry Miller traded to Minnesota for Gerry Odrowski, Jan 1976, subsequently re-signed as a free agent from defunct Minnesota, Mar 1976
• Morris Mott signed to contract, Mar 1976

Splits versus opposing teams, home and away, and by month

opponent	overall	gf-ga	home	gf-ga	away	gf-ga
Calgary	8-4-0	46-38	5-1-0	26-15	3-3-0	20-23
Cincinnati	4-0-0	27-5	2-0-0	11-0	2-0-0	16-5
Cleveland	1-2-1	14-15	1-1-0	7-5	0-1-1	7-10
Denver-Ottawa	4-0-0	22-13	2-0-0	11-7	2-0-0	11-6
Edmonton	8-4-1	49-33	5-2-0	25-18	3-2-1	24-15
Houston	2-2-0	15-12	1-1-0	6-4	1-1-0	9-8
Indianapolis	2-2-0	6-7	1-1-0	3-3	1-1-0	3-4
Minnesota	1-3-0	11-18	1-1-0	6-6	0-2-0	5-12
New England	4-0-0	20-7	2-0-0	11-2	2-0-0	9-5
Phoenix	3-1-0	18-9	2-0-0	9-3	1-1-0	9-6
Quebec	4-6-0	44-41	1-4-0	24-23	3-2-0	20-18
San Diego	2-1-0	12-7	1-0-0	6-1	1-1-0	6-6
Toronto	9-2-0	61-49	5-0-0	31-19	4-2-0	30-30
October	7-2-0	43-16	4-0-0	21-2	3-2-0	22-14
November	10-5-0	55-38	5-3-0	25-17	5-2-0	30-21
December	8-7-0	59-56	2-3-0	17-18	6-4-0	42-38
January	10-4-0	63-38	6-2-0	36-18	4-2-0	27-20
February	9-3-2	68-60	6-1-0	36-26	3-2-2	32-34
March	7-4-0	49-34	6-2-0	41-25	1-2-0	8-9
April	1-2-0	8-12	0-0-0	0-0	1-2-0	8-12

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