1975-76 Buffalo Norsemen Statistics
Team Record: 30-44 - 60 points
in the NAHL's West Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Guy Trottier (30-44)
Location: Buffalo, New York
The Buffalo Norsemen of the North American Hockey League ended the 1975-76 season with a record of 30 wins and 44 losses for 60 points in the NAHL's West Division.
The Norsemen scored 323 goals and yielded 375. Guy Trottier netted 36 goals for Buffalo, while Larry Gould and Steve Atkinson tallied 30 or more, too. Larry Gould contributed 68 assists. Les Binkley topped the squad with 11 wins.
Guy Trottier coached the team. The 1975-76 Buffalo Norsemen lost in the in 1st Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | G/PG | A/PG | Pts/PG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Gould | L | 71 | 32 | 68 | 100 | 22 | 0.45 | 0.96 | 1.41 | |
| Steve Atkinson | R | 37 | 30 | 31 | 61 | 38 | 0.81 | 0.84 | 1.65 | |
| Claude Noel | C | 74 | 19 | 42 | 61 | 27 | 0.26 | 0.57 | 0.82 | |
| Paul Crowley | R | 72 | 26 | 34 | 60 | 138 | 0.36 | 0.47 | 0.83 | |
| Charles Labelle | F | 69 | 29 | 30 | 59 | 110 | 0.42 | 0.43 | 0.86 | |
| Guy Trottier | R | 56 | 36 | 22 | 58 | 59 | 0.64 | 0.39 | 1.04 | |
| Bryan McSheffrey | R | 46 | 27 | 31 | 58 | 26 | 0.59 | 0.67 | 1.26 | |
| Dave Peace | F | 64 | 17 | 15 | 32 | 48 | 0.27 | 0.23 | 0.50 | |
| Jim Stanfield | C | 27 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 0 | 0.37 | 0.70 | 1.07 | |
| Dave Syvret | D | 33 | 3 | 26 | 29 | 40 | 0.09 | 0.79 | 0.88 | |
| Bob D'Alvise | C | 19 | 13 | 15 | 28 | 2 | 0.68 | 0.79 | 1.47 | |
| Shane McConvey | D | 72 | 6 | 22 | 28 | 136 | 0.08 | 0.31 | 0.39 | |
| Wayne Morin | D | 73 | 1 | 23 | 24 | 172 | 0.01 | 0.32 | 0.33 | |
| Fred Hunt | F | 35 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 0 | 0.29 | 0.34 | 0.63 | |
| Reg Lahey | C | 55 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 29 | 0.16 | 0.24 | 0.40 | |
| Cleland Mortson | R | 12 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 29 | 0.67 | 0.75 | 1.42 | |
| Randy Montgomery | F | 36 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.44 | |
| Bill Steele | R | 10 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 0.70 | 0.80 | 1.50 | |
| Dave Given | R | 10 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 0 | 0.30 | 1.20 | 1.50 | |
| Lou Nistico | L | 10 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 49 | 0.90 | 0.50 | 1.40 | |
| Greg Neeld | D | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 85 | 0.27 | 0.23 | 0.50 | |
| George Kuzmicz | D | 38 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 35 | 0.03 | 0.21 | 0.24 | |
| Paul Heaver | D | 11 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 0.18 | 0.45 | 0.64 | |
| Denis Anderson | D | 10 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 0.20 | 0.50 | 0.70 | |
| Robbie Balyk | F | 23 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 0.04 | 0.22 | 0.26 | |
| Bob Barnes | F | 27 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 0.04 | 0.19 | 0.22 | |
| Gord Neilson | 9 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0.33 | 0.22 | 0.56 | ||
| Gord Davies | LW | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0.33 | 0.67 | 1.00 | |
| Ron Snell | R | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0.33 | 0.67 | 1.00 | |
| Derek Harker | D | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.20 | 0.20 | ||
| Rick Cunningham | D | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| Jean-Luc Phaneuf | R | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.50 | 0.50 | ||
| Erin Fostey | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 0.50 | 0.50 | |||
| Bill Cheropita | G | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 0.05 | 0.05 | ||
| Jim Makey | G | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0.08 | 0.08 | ||
| Jim Roffey | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0.11 | 0.11 | |||
| Cliff Adcock | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bench | 74 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | |||||
| Willie Marshall | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Onni Nordstrom | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Buzz Sheain | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Les Binkley | G | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Sean McKenna | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Mario Vien | G | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Howard Saperston | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Steve Siba | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||
| Pat Rupp | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Scott Mabley | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Dave Tataryn | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1222 | 323 | 492 | 815 | 1239 | 0 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Cheropita | 21 | 1160 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 94 | 4.86 | |||
| Jim Makey | 13 | 765 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 71 | 5.57 | |||
| Mario Vien | 15 | 800 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 4.88 | |||
| Les Binkley | 24 | 1195 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 85 | 4.27 | |||
| Dave Tataryn | 2 | 120 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3.50 | ||||
| Pat Rupp | 4 | 149 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 5.23 | ||||
| Cliff Adcock | 3 | 135 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 8.00 | |||
| Howard Saperston | 1 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9.00 | |||
| Buzz Sheain | 3 | 119 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7.06 | |||
| Totals | 86 | 4463 | 30 | 44 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 370 | 4.97 | 0 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | G/PG | A/PG | Pts/PG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Gould | L | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0.50 | 1.25 | 1.75 |
| Claude Noel | C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.50 |
| Paul Crowley | R | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| Charles Labelle | F | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0.25 | 0.50 | 0.75 |
| Guy Trottier | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dave Peace | F | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.50 | 0.25 | 0.75 |
| Jim Stanfield | C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.50 |
| Shane McConvey | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0.25 | 0.25 | |
| Wayne Morin | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0.25 | 0.25 | |
| Reg Lahey | C | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0.75 | 0.75 | |
| Cleland Mortson | R | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0.75 | 0.50 | 1.25 |
| Bill Steele | R | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0.75 | 0.75 | |
| Dave Given | R | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.25 | 0.25 | |
| Greg Neeld | D | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0.50 | 0.50 | |
| Denis Anderson | D | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0.50 | 0.50 | |
| Derek Harker | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Jim Makey | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mario Vien | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 65 | 14 | 24 | 38 | 66 | 0 |
