1975-76 New England Whalers Statistics
World Hockey Association (WHA)
Team Record: 33-40-7 - 73 points
Finishing 3rd in the WHA's WHA East Division
Postseason: 10-7
Lost AVCO Cup semi-finals
Preliminary - Defeated Cleveland Crusaders 3-0
Quarter-Finals - Defeated Indianapolis Racers 4-3
Semi-Finals - Lost to Houston Aeros 4-3
Coach: Jack Kelley (14-16-3)
Coach: Don Blackburn (14-18-3)
Coach: Harry Neale (5-6-1)
Location: Hartford, Connecticut
1975-76 New England Whalers RosterTeam Record: 33-40-7 - 73 points
Finishing 3rd in the WHA's WHA East Division
Postseason: 10-7
Lost AVCO Cup semi-finals
Preliminary - Defeated Cleveland Crusaders 3-0
Quarter-Finals - Defeated Indianapolis Racers 4-3
Semi-Finals - Lost to Houston Aeros 4-3
Coach: Jack Kelley (14-16-3)
Coach: Don Blackburn (14-18-3)
Coach: Harry Neale (5-6-1)
Location: Hartford, Connecticut
1975-76 New England Whalers Results
The New England Whalers of the World Hockey Association ended the 1975-76 season with a record of 33 wins and 40 losses and 7 ties for 73 points, finishing third in the WHA's WHA East Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 10-7.
The Whalers scored 255 goals and allowed 290. Tom Webster netted 33 goals for New England and contributed 50 assists. Christer Abrahamsson topped the squad with 18 wins and a team-best 3.42 goals against average, pacing goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Jack Kelley, Don Blackburn and Harry Neale coached the team. The 1975-76 New England Whalers lost in the AVCO Cup semi-finals.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Webster | R | 55 | 33 | 50 | 83 | 24 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 195 | 16.9 |
| Larry Pleau | C | 75 | 29 | 45 | 74 | 21 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 192 | 15.1 |
| Rosaire Paiement | R | 80 | 28 | 43 | 71 | 89 | -6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 200 | 14.0 |
| Ron Climie | L | 65 | 25 | 20 | 45 | 17 | -8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 118 | 21.2 |
| Rick Ley | D | 67 | 8 | 30 | 38 | 78 | -20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 130 | 6.2 |
| Thommy Abrahamsson | D | 63 | 14 | 21 | 35 | 47 | -11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150 | 9.3 |
| Ralph Backstrom | C | 38 | 14 | 19 | 33 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 94 | 14.9 |
| Wayne Carleton | C | 35 | 12 | 21 | 33 | 6 | -3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 107 | 11.2 |
| Mike Rogers | C | 36 | 18 | 14 | 32 | 10 | -5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 88 | 20.5 |
| Garry Swain | C | 79 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 46 | -30 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 118 | 8.5 |
| Al Hangsleben | D | 78 | 2 | 23 | 25 | 62 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 118 | 1.7 |
| Fred O'Donnell | R | 79 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 81 | -19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 100 | 11.0 |
| Gordie Roberts | D | 77 | 3 | 19 | 22 | 102 | -17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 115 | 2.6 |
| Tom Earl | R/C | 66 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 26 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 63 | 12.7 |
| Don Borgeson | L | 31 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 4 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 62 | 14.5 |
| Doug Roberts | R | 76 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 51 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 109 | 3.7 |
| Danny Arndt | L | 69 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 10 | -16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 89 | 9.0 |
| Paul Hurley | D | 46 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 20 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 0.0 |
| Bob McManama | C | 37 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 28 | -12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 7.7 |
| Brad Selwood | D | 40 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 3.6 |
| Mike Byers | R | 18 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 16.0 |
| Danny Bolduc | R | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 7.4 |
| Bob Charlebois | L | 28 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 15.8 |
| Nick Fotiu | L | 49 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 94 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 6.8 |
| Don Blackburn | L | 21 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 13.3 |
| Ron Busniuk | D | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0.0 |
| Marty Gateman | D | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Paul Hoganson | G | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bruce Landon | G | 38 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Christer Abrahamsson | G | 41 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Troy | R | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| John Danby | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cap Raeder | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Richardson | L | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Terry Caffery | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1454 | 255 | 429 | 684 | 980 | -171 | 43 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 2408 | 10.6 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christer Abrahamsson | 41 | 2385 | 18 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 136 | 3.42 | 1221 | 1085 | .889 |
| Bruce Landon | 38 | 2181 | 14 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 126 | 3.47 | 1094 | 968 | .885 |
| Paul Hoganson | 4 | 224 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4.29 | 108 | 92 | .852 |
| Cap Raeder | 3 | 100 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4.80 | 46 | 38 | .826 |
| Totals | 86 | 4890 | 33 | 40 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 286 | 3.51 | 2755 | 2469 | .896 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Webster | R | 17 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Pleau | C | 14 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rosaire Paiement | R | 17 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Ley | D | 17 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 49 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thommy Abrahamsson | D | 17 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ralph Backstrom | C | 17 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Rogers | C | 17 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Garry Swain | C | 17 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Hangsleben | D | 13 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fred O'Donnell | R | 17 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 20 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gordie Roberts | D | 17 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 36 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Earl | R/C | 17 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Borgeson | L | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Doug Roberts | R | 17 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Danny Arndt | L | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob McManama | C | 12 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brad Selwood | D | 17 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Danny Bolduc | R | 16 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nick Fotiu | L | 16 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 57 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Busniuk | D | 17 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bruce Landon | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Christer Abrahamsson | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Troy | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gaye Cooley | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cap Raeder | G | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 325 | 53 | 89 | 142 | 359 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christer Abrahamsson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bruce Landon | 4 | 197 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2.13 | 104 | 97 | .933 |
| Gaye Cooley | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cap Raeder | 14 | 819 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 2.27 | 409 | 378 | .924 |
| Totals | 20 | 1018 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 2.24 | 551 | 513 | .931 |
