1975-76 Denver Spurs/Ottawa Civics Statistics
World Hockey Association (WHA)
Team Record: 14-26-1 - 29 points
Finishing 5th in the WHA's WHA West Division
Coach: Jean-Guy Talbot (14-26-1)
Location: Denver, Colorado; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
1975-76 Denver Spurs/Ottawa Civics RosterTeam Record: 14-26-1 - 29 points
Finishing 5th in the WHA's WHA West Division
Coach: Jean-Guy Talbot (14-26-1)
Location: Denver, Colorado; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
1975-76 Denver Spurs/Ottawa Civics Results
The Denver Spurs/Ottawa Civics of the World Hockey Association ended the 1975-76 season with a record of 14 wins and 26 losses and 1 ties for 29 points, finishing fifth in the WHA's WHA West Division.
The Spurs/Civics paced the league with just 172 goals allowed. Denver/Ottawa scored 134 goals, worst in the league. Don Borgeson and Ralph Backstrom netted 21 goals for the squad each, and Ralph Backstrom accounted for 29 assists. Bob Johnson topped the team with 8 wins and a team-best 3.93 goals against average, pacing goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Jean-Guy Talbot coached the team.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ralph Backstrom | C | 41 | 21 | 29 | 50 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 142 | 14.8 |
| Don Borgeson | L | 40 | 21 | 16 | 37 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 119 | 17.6 |
| Gary MacGregor | C | 38 | 16 | 14 | 30 | 18 | -2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 127 | 12.6 |
| Jim Sherrit | C | 40 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 16 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 12.1 |
| Daryl Maggs | D | 41 | 4 | 23 | 27 | 42 | -9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 98 | 4.1 |
| Mark Lomenda | R | 37 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 11 | -6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 9.1 |
| Frank Rochon | L | 41 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 10 | -18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 14.1 |
| Rick Morris | L | 41 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 58 | -19 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 75 | 12.0 |
| Bob Liddington | L | 35 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 14 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 11.1 |
| John Arbour | D | 35 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 49 | -14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 3.2 |
| Barry Legge | D | 40 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 15 | -11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 59 | 10.2 |
| Brian Lavender | L | 37 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 35 | -15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Larry Bignell | D | 41 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 43 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 12.5 |
| Peter Mara | C | 40 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 8 | -15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 7.3 |
| Bryon Baltimore | D | 41 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 32 | -13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 2.1 |
| Gary Bredin | R | 17 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | -7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 16.0 |
| J.P. LeBlanc | C | 15 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 25 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 3.8 |
| Ron Delorme | R | 22 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 28 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |
| Larry Mavety | D | 14 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 14 | -12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0.0 |
| Keith Kokkola | D | 16 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 40 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0.0 |
| Bob Johnson | G | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lynn Zimmerman | G | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Grigg | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cam Newton | G | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Pizunski | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jan Popiel | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nick Sanza | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brian Gibbons | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Goldthorpe | L | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 733 | 134 | 208 | 342 | 538 | -154 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1222 | 11.0 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Johnson | 24 | 1345 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 3.93 | 689 | 601 | .872 |
| Cam Newton | 10 | 573 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 3.66 | 314 | 279 | .889 |
| Lynn Zimmerman | 8 | 495 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 3.76 | 301 | 270 | .897 |
| Chris Grigg | 2 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 9.75 | 59 | 46 | .780 |
| Nick Sanza | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15.00 | 12 | 7 | .583 |
| Totals | 45 | 2513 | 14 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 172 | 4.11 | 1547 | 1375 | .889 |
