1975–76 Toronto Toros season

The 1975–76 Toronto Toros season was the team's third season in Toronto, fourth of the franchise. The Toros missed the playoffs.

1975–76 Toronto Toros
League	12th WHA
Division	5th Canadian
1975–76 record	24–52–5
Home record	16–20–4
Road record	8–32–1
Goals for	335
Goals against	398
Team information
Coach	Bob Baun Gilles Leger
Captain	Frank Mahovlich
Alternate captains	Jim Dorey Gavin Kirk
Arena	Maple Leaf Gardens
Average attendance	8,983
Team leaders
Goals	Vaclav Nedomansky (56)
Assists	Frank Mahovlich (55)
Points	Vaclav Nedomansky (98)
Penalty minutes	Jerry Rollins (185)
Wins	Dave Tataryn (7)
Goals against average	John Garrett (3.59)
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Regular season

Season standings

Canadian Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA	PIM
Winnipeg Jets	81	52	27	2	106	345	254	940
Quebec Nordiques	81	50	27	4	104	371	316	1654
Calgary Cowboys	80	41	35	4	86	307	282	1064
Edmonton Oilers	81	27	49	5	59	268	345	991
Toronto Toros	81	24	52	5	53	335	398	1099
Denver Spurs / Ottawa Civics+	41	14	26	1	29	134	172	536

+team started season in Western Division when playing in Denver; transferred by league to Canadian Division shortly after moving to Ottawa. ^[1]

Schedule and results

1975–76 regular season[2]
October Game Date Visitor Score Home Record Pts 1 October 11 Toronto Toros 3–7 Quebec Nordiques 0–1–0 0 2 October 14 Houston Aeros 3–6 Toronto Toros 1–1–0 2 3 October 17 Edmonton Oilers 4–4 Toronto Toros 1–1–1 3 4 October 18 Toronto Toros 1–3 New England Whalers 1–2–1 3 5 October 24 New England Whalers 5–4 Toronto Toros 1–3–1 3 6 October 25 Toronto Toros 2–3 Quebec Nordiques 1–4–1 3 7 October 28 Quebec Nordiques 4–6 Toronto Toros 2–4–1 5
November Game Date Visitor Score Home Record Pts 8 November 4 Toronto Toros 3–4 Indianapolis Racers 2–5–1 5 9 November 7 Toronto Toros 4–5 OT Edmonton Oilers 2–6–1 5 10 November 8 Toronto Toros 3–4 Minnesota Fighting Saints 2–7–1 5 11 November 9 Toronto Toros 3–5 Winnipeg Jets 2–8–1 5 12 November 11 Toronto Toros 4–5 Houston Aeros 2–9–1 5 13 November 13 Toronto Toros 11–8 Denver Spurs/Ottawa Civics 3–9–1 7 14 November 14 Toronto Toros 2–2 Phoenix Roadrunners 3–9–2 8 15 November 15 Toronto Toros 6–4 San Diego Mariners 4–9–2 10 16 November 17 Indianapolis Racers 6–2 Toronto Toros 4–10–2 10 17 November 21 Cincinnati Stingers 7–8 Toronto Toros 5–10–2 12 18 November 25 Cleveland Crusaders 4–3 OT Toronto Toros 5–11–2 12 19 November 28 Winnipeg Jets 5–3 Toronto Toros 5–12–2 12 20 November 29 Toronto Toros 9–5 Cincinnati Stingers 6–12–2 14 21 November 30 Toronto Toros 9–10 Cleveland Crusaders 6–13–2 14
December Game Date Visitor Score Home Record Pts 22 December 2 Toronto Toros 2–7 Edmonton Oilers 6–14–2 14 23 December 3 Toronto Toros 4–3 Calgary Cowboys 7–14–2 16 24 December 5 Quebec Nordiques 4–7 Toronto Toros 8–14–2 18 25 December 9 Minnesota Fighting Saints 5–3 Toronto Toros 8–15–2 18 26 December 10 Toronto Toros 5–6 OT Winnipeg Jets 8–16–2 18 27 December 12 Quebec Nordiques 4–6 Toronto Toros 9–16–2 20 28 December 13 Toronto Toros 3–6 Quebec Nordiques 9–17–2 20 29 December 14 Calgary Cowboys 3–3 Toronto Toros 9–17–3 21 30 December 16 Winnipeg Jets 4–3 Toronto Toros 9–18–3 21 31 December 19 Calgary Cowboys 5–3 Toronto Toros 9–19–3 21 32 December 21 Toronto Toros 4–2 Edmonton Oilers 10–19–3 23 33 December 23 Toronto Toros 1–10 Calgary Cowboys 10–20–3 23 34 December 26 Edmonton Oilers 6–8 Toronto Toros 11–20–3 25 35 December 27 Toronto Toros 0–5 Cleveland Crusaders 11–21–3 25 36 December 28 Quebec Nordiques 6–1 Toronto Toros 11–22–3 25 37 December 30 Edmonton Oilers 3–6 Toronto Toros 12–22–3 27
January Game Date Visitor Score Home Record Pts 38 January 2 Phoenix Roadrunners 1–4 Toronto Toros 13–22–3 29 39 January 6 San Diego Mariners 4–6 Toronto Toros 14–22–3 31 40 January 7 Toronto Toros 2–8 Winnipeg Jets 14–23–3 31 41 January 9 Toronto Toros 3–5 Edmonton Oilers 14–24–3 31 42 January 17 Toronto Toros 3–4 OT Quebec Nordiques 14–25–3 31 43 January 20 Toronto Toros 7–5 Houston Aeros 15–25–3 33 44 January 22 Toronto Toros 4–6 Phoenix Roadrunners 15–26–3 33 45 January 24 Toronto Toros 4–6 San Diego Mariners 15–27–3 33 46 January 25 Toronto Toros 2–5 Minnesota Fighting Saints 15–28–3 33 47 January 27 Edmonton Oilers 4–4 Toronto Toros 15–28–4 34 48 January 30 Quebec Nordiques 3–3 Toronto Toros 15–28–5 35 49 January 31 Toronto Toros 4–8 Quebec Nordiques 15–29–5 35
February Game Date Visitor Score Home Record Pts 50 February 1 New England Whalers 7–5 Toronto Toros 15–30–5 35 51 February 6 Winnipeg Jets 7–6 Toronto Toros 15–31–5 35 52 February 7 Toronto Toros 3–7 New England Whalers 15–32–5 35 53 February 10 Toronto Toros 3–4 Calgary Cowboys 15–33–5 35 54 February 13 Toronto Toros 3–5 Edmonton Oilers 15–34–5 35 55 February 15 Toronto Toros 6–7 Winnipeg Jets 15–35–5 35 56 February 17 Minnesota Fighting Saints 6–3 Toronto Toros 15–36–5 35 57 February 20 San Diego Mariners 6–4 Toronto Toros 15–37–5 35 58 February 22 Toronto Toros 2–4 Calgary Cowboys 15–38–5 35 59 February 24 Cincinnati Stingers 9–6 Toronto Toros 15–39–5 35 60 February 27 Houston Aeros 7–6 OT Toronto Toros 15–40–5 35 61 February 29 Winnipeg Jets 7–11 Toronto Toros 16–40–5 37
March Game Date Visitor Score Home Record Pts 62 March 2 Quebec Nordiques 2–5 Toronto Toros 17–40–5 39 63 March 6 Calgary Cowboys 2–5 Toronto Toros 18–40–5 41 64 March 9 Winnipeg Jets 5–2 Toronto Toros 18–41–5 41 65 March 11 Toronto Toros 1–3 Indianapolis Racers 18–42–5 41 66 March 12 Phoenix Roadrunners 5–2 Toronto Toros 18–43–5 41 67 March 14 Toronto Toros 3–1 Quebec Nordiques 19–43–5 43 68 March 16 Cleveland Crusaders 0–6 Toronto Toros 20–43–5 45 69 March 17 Toronto Toros 4–5 Cincinnati Stingers 20–44–5 45 70 March 19 Quebec Nordiques 4–3 OT Toronto Toros 20–45–5 45 71 March 20 Toronto Toros 6–5 Cleveland Crusaders 21–45–5 47 72 March 21 Winnipeg Jets 2–5 Toronto Toros 22–45–5 49 73 March 23 Calgary Cowboys 5–6 OT Toronto Toros 23–45–5 51 74 March 26 Edmonton Oilers 3–7 Toronto Toros 24–45–5 53 75 March 28 Calgary Cowboys 5–4 Toronto Toros 24–46–5 53 76 March 30 Toronto Toros 2–6 Calgary Cowboys 24–47–5 53 77 March 31 Toronto Toros 3–5 Winnipeg Jets 24–48–5 53
April Game Date Visitor Score Home Record Pts 78 April 2 Indianapolis Racers 3–1 Toronto Toros 24–49–5 53 79 April 3 Toronto Toros 1–5 Quebec Nordiques 24–50–5 53 80 April 4 Quebec Nordiques 5–4 OT Toronto Toros 24–51–5 53 81 April 6 Toronto Toros 6–10 Quebec Nordiques 24–52–5 53
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

Player statistics

Scoring leaders

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Vaclav Nedomansky	81	56	42	98	8
Mark Napier	78	43	50	93	20
Frank Mahovlich	75	34	55	89	14
Gavin Kirk	62	28	38	66	32
Jim Dorey	74	9	51	60	134

^[3]

Goaltending

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	SO	GAA	Save %
John Garrett	9	551	3	6	0	33	1	3.59	.905
Dave Tataryn	23	1261	7	12	1	100	0	4.76	.873
Wayne Wood	13	781	6	7	0	62	0	4.76	.869
Jim Shaw	16	777	4	7	1	63	0	4.86	.875
Mario Viens	26	1228	4	14	3	105	0	5.13	.873
Les Binkley	7	335	0	6	0	32	0	5.73	.849

^[3]

Draft picks

Toronto's draft picks at the 1975 WHA Amateur Draft.^[4]

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	11	Rick Lapointe	Canada	Victoria Cougars (WCHL)
2	26	Jerry Rollins	Canada	Winnipeg Clubs (WCHL)
3	41	Paul Heaver	Canada	Oshawa Generals (OHA)
4	56	Ken Breitenbach	Canada	St. Catharines Black Hawks (OHA)
5	70	Mario Viens	Canada	Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)
6	84	Paul Woods	Canada	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHA)
7	97	Byron Shutt	Canada	Bowling Green State University (CCHA)
8	109	Jean-Luc Phaneuf	Canada	Montreal Red White and Blue (QMJHL)
9	121	Gilles Bilodeau	Canada	Sorel Black Hawks (QMJHL)
10	134	Roger Dorey	Canada	Kingston Canadians (OHA)
11	147	Bob Ritchie	Canada	Sorel Black Hawks (QMJHL)
12	158	Bob Shaw	Canada	Clarkson University (ECAC)
13	168	Wayne Morrin	Canada	Kamloops Chiefs (WCHL)
14	174	Dave Hanson	United States	Colorado College (WCHA)

See also

• 1975–76 WHA season