1975–76 Indianapolis Racers season

1975–76 Indianapolis Racers
Division	1st East
1975–76 record	35–39–6
Home record	21–17–2
Road record	14–22–4
Goals for	245
Goals against	247
Team information
Coach	Gerry Moore (1–4–0) Jacques Demers (34–35–6)
Captain	Ken Block
Alternate captains	Dick Proceviat Bob Sicinski Frank Rochon
Arena	Market Square Arena
Team leaders
Goals	Nick Harbaruk Reg Thomas (23)
Assists	Pat Stapleton (40)
Points	Pat Stapleton (45)
Penalty minutes	Kim Clackson (351)
Wins	Michel Dion (14)
Goals against average	Jim Park (2.41)

The 1975–76 Indianapolis Racers season was the Indianapolis Racers' second season of operation in the World Hockey Association (WHA). The Racers made the playoffs this season, losing in the first round to the New England Whalers.

Regular season

Final standings

Eastern Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA	PIM
Indianapolis Racers	80	35	39	6	76	245	247	1301
Cleveland Crusaders	80	35	40	5	75	273	279	1356
New England Whalers	80	33	40	7	73	255	290	1012
Cincinnati Stingers	80	35	44	1	71	285	340	1344

Schedule and results

1975–76 regular season
October Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 1 W October 10, 1975 7–1 @ Denver Spurs/Ottawa Civics (1975–76) 1–0–0 2 L October 12, 1975 5–6 @ Edmonton Oilers (1975–76) 1–1–0 3 L October 14, 1975 3–5 @ Calgary Cowboys (1975–76) 1–2–0 4 L October 16, 1975 0–3 @ San Diego Mariners (1975–76) 1–3–0 5 L October 18, 1975 4–6 Denver Spurs/Ottawa Civics (1975–76) 1–4–0 6 L October 21, 1975 1–2 Minnesota Fighting Saints (1975–76) 1–5–0 7 W October 23, 1975 4–0 Houston Aeros (1975–76) 2–5–0 8 W October 26, 1975 4–3 Edmonton Oilers (1975–76) 3–5–0 9 L October 30, 1975 5–7 Calgary Cowboys (1975–76) 3–6–0
November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 10 L November 1, 1975 2–5 Quebec Nordiques (1975–76) 3–7–0 11 W November 4, 1975 4–3 Toronto Toros (1975–76) 4–7–0 12 L November 8, 1975 2–3 OT @ Quebec Nordiques (1975–76) 4–8–0 13 L November 15, 1975 7–9 @ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1975–76) 4–9–0 14 L November 16, 1975 1–2 @ Winnipeg Jets (1975–76) 4–10–0 15 W November 17, 1975 6–2 @ Toronto Toros (1975–76) 5–10–0 16 W November 19, 1975 3–1 New England Whalers (1975–76) 6–10–0 17 L November 25, 1975 1–4 @ Houston Aeros (1975–76) 6–11–0 18 W November 27, 1975 3–1 Winnipeg Jets (1975–76) 7–11–0 19 W November 28, 1975 3–1 @ Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76) 8–11–0 20 W November 29, 1975 3–2 @ New England Whalers (1975–76) 9–11–0 21 L November 30, 1975 2–4 Denver Spurs/Ottawa Civics (1975–76) 9–12–0
December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 22 W December 4, 1975 7–1 Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76) 10–12–0 23 W December 6, 1975 3–2 Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76) 11–12–0 24 W December 10, 1975 2–1 @ Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76) 12–12–0 25 T December 11, 1975 3–3 @ San Diego Mariners (1975–76) 12–12–1 26 L December 12, 1975 2–4 @ Houston Aeros (1975–76) 12–13–1 27 T December 14, 1975 2–2 New England Whalers (1975–76) 12–13–2 28 L December 16, 1975 1–3 Edmonton Oilers (1975–76) 12–14–2 29 L December 18, 1975 1–7 @ Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76) 12–15–2 30 W December 19, 1975 5–4 OT Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76) 13–15–2 31 L December 20, 1975 3–5 @ Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76) 13–16–2 32 W December 27, 1975 2–1 Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76) 14–16–2 33 L December 28, 1975 1–4 @ Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76) 14–17–2 34 L December 30, 1975 1–2 OT @ Denver Spurs/Ottawa Civics (1975–76) 14–18–2
January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 35 L January 2, 1976 0–2 San Diego Mariners (1975–76) 14–19–2 36 L January 3, 1976 1–3 @ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1975–76) 14–20–2 37 W January 4, 1976 3–2 New England Whalers (1975–76) 15–20–2 38 L January 6, 1976 0–3 @ Edmonton Oilers (1975–76) 15–21–2 39 L January 7, 1976 1–3 @ Calgary Cowboys (1975–76) 15–22–2 40 W January 9, 1976 2–1 OT @ Winnipeg Jets (1975–76) 16–22–2 41 L January 11, 1976 3–4 @ Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76) 16–23–2 42 L January 15, 1976 1–3 Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76) 16–24–2 43 L January 17, 1976 0–4 Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76) 16–25–2 44 L January 21, 1976 2–3 @ Quebec Nordiques (1975–76) 16–26–2 45 W January 23, 1976 4–3 Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76) 17–26–2 46 W January 25, 1976 4–2 Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76) 18–26–2 47 L January 28, 1976 4–6 @ New England Whalers (1975–76) 18–27–2 48 L January 29, 1976 5–6 OT Minnesota Fighting Saints (1975–76) 18–28–2 49 W January 30, 1976 2–1 Houston Aeros (1975–76) 19–28–2
February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 50 L February 1, 1976 1–2 Winnipeg Jets (1975–76) 19–29–2 51 W February 5, 1976 4–2 Quebec Nordiques (1975–76) 20–29–2 52 L February 6, 1976 3–4 @ Houston Aeros (1975–76) 20–30–2 53 W February 7, 1976 5–1 Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76) 21–30–2 54 W February 11, 1976 2–1 Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76) 22–30–2 55 L February 13, 1976 3–4 OT Calgary Cowboys (1975–76) 22–31–2 56 L February 14, 1976 2–3 @ Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76) 22–32–2 57 L February 15, 1976 2–3 San Diego Mariners (1975–76) 22–33–2 58 W February 19, 1976 10–3 New England Whalers (1975–76) 23–33–2 59 L February 21, 1976 2–3 @ Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76) 23–34–2 60 L February 22, 1976 5–6 Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76) 23–35–2 61 T February 28, 1976 4–4 @ New England Whalers (1975–76) 23–35–3 62 W February 29, 1976 5–2 @ Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76) 24–35–3
March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 63 L March 2, 1976 2–5 @ Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76) 24–36–3 64 W March 4, 1976 3–1 Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76) 25–36–3 65 W March 6, 1976 3–2 @ Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76) 26–36–3 66 L March 7, 1976 1–5 Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76) 26–37–3 67 W March 11, 1976 3–1 Toronto Toros (1975–76) 27–37–3 68 W March 12, 1976 6–3 @ Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76) 28–37–3 69 W March 13, 1976 6–4 Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76) 29–37–3 70 W March 17, 1976 5–2 @ New England Whalers (1975–76) 30–37–3 71 T March 18, 1976 4–4 San Diego Mariners (1975–76) 30–37–4 72 T March 20, 1976 1–1 @ New England Whalers (1975–76) 30–37–5 73 T March 23, 1976 8–8 @ San Diego Mariners (1975–76) 30–37–6 74 W March 25, 1976 4–3 OT Houston Aeros (1975–76) 31–37–6 75 W March 26, 1976 3–2 @ Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76) 32–37–6 76 W March 28, 1976 3–1 @ New England Whalers (1975–76) 33–37–6
April Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 77 L April 1, 1976 1–4 Houston Aeros (1975–76) 33–38–6 78 W April 2, 1976 3–1 @ Toronto Toros (1975–76) 34–38–6 79 L April 3, 1976 2–5 New England Whalers (1975–76) 34–39–6 80 W April 4, 1976 4–2 @ New England Whalers (1975–76) 35–39–6
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

Playoffs

1976 Avco Cup playoffs
Quarterfinals vs. New England Whalers – Whalers win 4–3 Game Date Visitor Score Home Series 1 April 16 New England Whalers 4 – 1 Indianapolis Racers 0–1 2 April 17 New England Whalers 0 – 4 Indianapolis Racers 1–1 3 April 21 Indianapolis Racers 0 – 3 New England Whalers 1–2 4 April 23 Indianapolis Racers 1 – 2 New England Whalers 1–3 5 April 24 New England Whalers 0 – 4 Indianapolis Racers 2–3 6 April 27 Indianapolis Racers 5 – 3 New England Whalers 3–3 7 April 29 New England Whalers 6 – 0 Indianapolis Racers 3–4
Legend:   Win   Loss

Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Pat Stapleton D 80 5 40 45 48 -7 3 0 1 Al Karlander C 79 16 28 44 36 15 4 0 3 Bob Sicinski C 70 9 34 43 4 -2 3 0 2 Nick Harbaruk RW 76 23 19 42 26 10 2 2 4 Reg Thomas LW 80 23 17 40 23 1 4 0 2 Hugh Harris C 41 12 28 40 23 1 3 0 1 Rene Leclerc RW 40 18 21 39 52 1 7 0 3 Brian McDonald C 62 16 17 33 54 -6 1 2 4 Bob Fitchner C 52 15 16 31 112 0 5 0 2 Blair MacDonald RW 56 19 11 30 14 2 1 0 1 Michel Parizeau C 23 13 15 28 20 9 8 0 1 Brian Coates LW 59 11 16 27 24 -5 2 1 2 Ken Block D 79 1 25 26 28 4 0 0 1 Randy Wyrozub C 55 11 14 25 8 -4 5 1 2 Bob Whitlock C 30 7 15 22 16 1 2 0 1 Dick Proceviat D 73 7 14 21 31 7 0 0 2 Ted Scharf RW 74 7 14 21 56 -8 2 0 0 Daryl Maggs D 36 5 16 21 40 5 1 0 0 Kim Clackson D 77 1 12 13 351 -10 1 0 0 Ron Buchanan C 23 4 7 11 4 -5 1 0 0 Bryon Baltimore D 37 1 10 11 30 8 0 0 1 Dave Keon C 12 3 7 10 2 2 1 0 0 Frank Rochon LW 19 6 2 8 31 0 2 0 0 Bob Woytowich D 42 1 7 8 14 0 0 0 0 Murray Heatley RW 34 2 5 7 7 -7 0 0 0 Bill Prentice D 38 4 2 6 92 -5 0 0 2 Michel Dubois D 34 2 2 4 104 -11 1 0 0 John Sheridan C 11 1 2 3 0 -5 0 0 1 Andy Brown G 24 0 3 3 17 0 0 0 0 Kerry Bond LW 15 2 0 2 9 -7 0 0 0 Jim Wiste C 7 0 2 2 0 -2 0 0 0 Jim Park G 11 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 Glenn Critch D 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Michel Dion G 31 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 Leif Holmquist G 19 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 Bob Jones LW 2 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 Mark Lomenda RW 2 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 Bob Roselle LW 1 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO Michel Dion 1860 31 14 15 1 85 2.74 0 Andy Brown 1368 24 9 11 2 82 3.60 1 Leif Holmquist 1079 19 6 9 3 54 3.00 0 Jim Park 572 11 6 4 0 23 2.41 0 Team: 4879 80 35 39 6 244 3.00 1

Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG Michel Parizeau C 7 4 4 8 6 0 0 0 Hugh Harris C 7 2 5 7 8 0 0 0 Rene Leclerc RW 7 2 3 5 7 0 0 0 Dave Keon C 7 2 2 4 2 0 0 0 Ken Block D 7 0 4 4 2 0 0 0 Nick Harbaruk RW 7 2 0 2 10 0 0 0 Pat Stapleton D 7 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 Kerry Bond LW 7 1 0 1 11 0 0 0 Daryl Maggs D 7 1 0 1 20 0 0 0 Reg Thomas LW 7 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 Bryon Baltimore D 7 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 Brian McDonald C 7 0 1 1 12 0 0 0 Jim Park G 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 Kim Clackson D 6 0 0 0 25 0 0 0 Brian Coates LW 4 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 Michel Dion G 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Al Karlander C 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 Blair MacDonald RW 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dick Proceviat D 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 Ted Scharf RW 7 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 Bob Sicinski C 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO Jim Park 293 6 3 2 12 2.46 2 Michel Dion 126 3 0 2 5 2.38 0 Team: 419 7 3 4 17 2.43 2

Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts;

Draft picks

Indianapolis's draft picks at the 1975 WHA Amateur Draft.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	2	Bryan Maxwell (D)	Canada	Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)
3	32	Clark Hamilton (C)	United States	University of Notre Dame (WCHA)
4	47	Blair MacKasey (D)	Canada	Montreal Red White and Blue (QMJHL)
5	62	Rick Bowness (C)	Canada	Montreal Red White and Blue (QMJHL)
6	76	Eric Sanderson (LW)	Canada	Victoria Cougars (WCHL)
7	90	Doug Young (D)	Canada	Michigan Tech University (WCHA)
8	103	Stan Jonathan (LW)	Canada	Peterborough Petes (OHA)
9	115	Larry Huras (D)	Canada	Kitchener Rangers (OHA)
10	127	Kari Makkonen (F)	Finland	Assat Pori (SM-sarja)
11	140	Michel Blais (D)	Canada	Kingston Canadians (OHA)
12	152	Anders Steen (F)	Sweden	Farjestads BK (Sweden)
13	162	Paul Evans (RW)	Canada	Peterborough Petes (OHA)

See also

• 1975–76 WHA season