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1975–76 Detroit Red Wings
Division4th Norris
ConferenceWales
1975–76 record26–44–10
Goals for226
Goals against300
Team information
General managerAlex Delvecchio
CoachDoug Barkley,
Alex Delvecchio
CaptainDanny Grant and
Terry Harper
Alternate captainsNone

The 1975–76 Detroit Red Wings season was the 50th season of competition for the Detroit franchise and 42nd as the Red Wings. The Wings finished fourth in the Norris Division and did not qualify for the playoffs.

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Norris Division
GP W L T GF GA Pts
Montreal Canadiens 80 58 11 11 337 174 127
Los Angeles Kings 80 38 33 9 263 265 85
Pittsburgh Penguins 80 35 33 12 339 303 82
Detroit Red Wings 80 26 44 10 226 300 62
Washington Capitals 80 11 59 10 224 394 32

[1]Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Schedule and results

No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1 T October 8, 1975 1–1 St. Louis Blues (1975–76) 0–0–1
2 L October 9, 1975 0–4 @ Buffalo Sabres (1975–76) 0–1–1
3 L October 11, 1975 2–5 California Golden Seals (1975–76) 0–2–1
4 T October 15, 1975 4–4 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76) 0–2–2
5 T October 16, 1975 2–2 Boston Bruins (1975–76) 0–2–3
6 L October 18, 1975 1–6 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76) 0–3–3
7 L October 19, 1975 1–5 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76) 0–4–3
8 L October 22, 1975 1–4 Montreal Canadiens (1975–76) 0–5–3
9 L October 25, 1975 3–5 Buffalo Sabres (1975–76) 0–6–3
10 L October 26, 1975 3–7 @ Boston Bruins (1975–76) 0–7–3
11 W October 29, 1975 6–4 California Golden Seals (1975–76) 1–7–3
12 L November 1, 1975 1–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76) 1–8–3
13 W November 2, 1975 6–4 @ New York Rangers (1975–76) 2–8–3
14 L November 5, 1975 3–7 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76) 2–9–3
15 L November 8, 1975 0–5 @ Montreal Canadiens (1975–76) 2–10–3
16 W November 9, 1975 6–3 Atlanta Flames (1975–76) 3–10–3
17 W November 13, 1975 6–3 Kansas City Scouts (1975–76) 4–10–3
18 W November 15, 1975 3–1 Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76) 5–10–3
19 L November 16, 1975 0–3 @ New York Rangers (1975–76) 5–11–3
20 T November 19, 1975 3–3 Boston Bruins (1975–76) 5–11–4
21 L November 20, 1975 2–7 @ Buffalo Sabres (1975–76) 5–12–4
22 L November 22, 1975 1–5 @ St. Louis Blues (1975–76) 5–13–4
23 W November 23, 1975 4–1 Los Angeles Kings (1975–76) 6–13–4
24 L November 26, 1975 2–5 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76) 6–14–4
25 W November 29, 1975 5–3 @ Kansas City Scouts (1975–76) 7–14–4
26 L December 3, 1975 1–9 @ Vancouver Canucks (1975–76) 7–15–4
27 L December 5, 1975 2–3 @ California Golden Seals (1975–76) 7–16–4
28 L December 6, 1975 2–3 @ Los Angeles Kings (1975–76) 7–17–4
29 W December 10, 1975 3–2 Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76) 8–17–4
30 W December 12, 1975 5–3 @ Washington Capitals (1975–76) 9–17–4
31 L December 13, 1975 2–5 New York Rangers (1975–76) 9–18–4
32 W December 17, 1975 3–1 Buffalo Sabres (1975–76) 10–18–4
33 L December 19, 1975 1–4 @ Kansas City Scouts (1975–76) 10–19–4
34 L December 20, 1975 3–5 @ Minnesota North Stars (1975–76) 10–20–4
35 L December 28, 1975 2–3 Vancouver Canucks (1975–76) 10–21–4
36 W December 31, 1975 4–0 Washington Capitals (1975–76) 11–21–4
37 W January 3, 1976 1–0 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76) 12–21–4
38 L January 4, 1976 3–4 Vancouver Canucks (1975–76) 12–22–4
39 L January 6, 1976 3–4 @ Atlanta Flames (1975–76) 12–23–4
40 W January 8, 1976 5–0 Minnesota North Stars (1975–76) 13–23–4
41 L January 10, 1976 1–7 @ Montreal Canadiens (1975–76) 13–24–4
42 L January 13, 1976 0–1 @ New York Islanders (1975–76) 13–25–4
43 W January 14, 1976 8–3 Kansas City Scouts (1975–76) 14–25–4
44 T January 17, 1976 4–4 Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76) 14–25–5
45 L January 18, 1976 3–8 Los Angeles Kings (1975–76) 14–26–5
46 L January 22, 1976 1–8 @ New York Islanders (1975–76) 14–27–5
47 L January 24, 1976 1–6 Boston Bruins (1975–76) 14–28–5
48 T January 25, 1976 3–3 Montreal Canadiens (1975–76) 14–28–6
49 W January 27, 1976 3–2 @ St. Louis Blues (1975–76) 15–28–6
50 T January 29, 1976 3–3 @ Los Angeles Kings (1975–76) 15–28–7
51 W January 31, 1976 2–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76) 16–28–7
52 W February 4, 1976 5–0 Minnesota North Stars (1975–76) 17–28–7
53 W February 6, 1976 4–3 New York Islanders (1975–76) 18–28–7
54 L February 7, 1976 4–5 New York Rangers (1975–76) 18–29–7
55 L February 8, 1976 0–7 @ Boston Bruins (1975–76) 18–30–7
56 L February 11, 1976 2–4 @ Buffalo Sabres (1975–76) 18–31–7
57 W February 14, 1976 3–2 @ Minnesota North Stars (1975–76) 19–31–7
58 L February 15, 1976 5–8 @ Washington Capitals (1975–76) 19–32–7
59 L February 18, 1976 3–5 New York Islanders (1975–76) 19–33–7
60 L February 21, 1976 1–5 Washington Capitals (1975–76) 19–34–7
61 T February 22, 1976 2–2 Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76) 19–34–8
62 L February 25, 1976 0–8 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76) 19–35–8
63 T February 26, 1976 1–1 California Golden Seals (1975–76) 19–35–9
64 L February 28, 1976 1–3 Los Angeles Kings (1975–76) 19–36–9
65 W March 3, 1976 3–2 @ Atlanta Flames (1975–76) 20–36–9
66 L March 6, 1976 1–6 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76) 20–37–9
67 L March 7, 1976 1–6 Montreal Canadiens (1975–76) 20–38–9
68 L March 10, 1976 3–4 @ California Golden Seals (1975–76) 20–39–9
69 W March 13, 1976 4–1 @ Los Angeles Kings (1975–76) 21–39–9
70 L March 16, 1976 2–4 @ Vancouver Canucks (1975–76) 21–40–9
71 W March 18, 1976 6–3 St. Louis Blues (1975–76) 22–40–9
72 W March 20, 1976 4–2 Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76) 23–40–9
73 W March 21, 1976 6–0 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76) 24–40–9
74 W March 24, 1976 7–3 Washington Capitals (1975–76) 25–40–9
75 W March 27, 1976 8–0 Atlanta Flames (1975–76) 26–40–9
76 L March 28, 1976 0–3 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76) 26–41–9
77 L March 30, 1976 3–5 @ Washington Capitals (1975–76) 26–42–9
78 T March 31, 1976 4–4 Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76) 26–42–10
79 L April 3, 1976 3–6 @ Montreal Canadiens (1975–76) 26–43–10
80 L April 4, 1976 5–6 Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76) 26–44–10

Playoffs

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Walt McKechnie C 80 26 56 82 85 9 2 3 7
Dan Maloney LW 77 27 39 66 203 0 6 2 3
Michel Bergeron RW 72 32 27 59 48 2 12 0 4
Nick Libett LW 80 20 26 46 71 -9 3 1 3
Bill Hogaboam C 50 21 16 37 30 -8 6 2 0
Rick Lapointe D 80 10 23 33 95 -3 2 0 0
Terry Harper D 69 8 25 33 59 6 4 0 0
Mike Bloom LW 76 13 17 30 99 -19 1 0 1
Mickey Redmond RW 37 11 17 28 10 -17 2 0 3
Dennis Polonich C/RW 57 11 12 23 302 -9 1 0 0
Danny Grant RW 39 10 13 23 20 -17 4 1 0
Bill Lochead LW 53 9 11 20 22 -15 0 0 3
Bryan Watson D 79 0 18 18 322 -20 0 0 0
Buster Harvey RW 35 8 9 17 25 -8 1 0 0
Dennis Hextall LW 17 5 9 14 71 2 0 0 1
J.P. LeBlanc C 46 4 9 13 39 -5 0 0 0
Barry Salovaara D 63 2 11 13 52 -7 1 0 1
Jean Hamel D 77 3 9 12 129 -13 1 0 0
Al Cameron D 38 2 8 10 49 -7 1 0 0
Mike Korney RW 27 1 7 8 23 -8 0 0 0
Phil Roberto RW 37 1 7 8 68 -2 0 0 0
Bryan Hextall C 21 0 4 4 29 -4 0 0 0
Larry Giroux D 10 1 1 2 25 -10 0 0 0
Mike Wong C 22 1 1 2 12 -11 0 0 0
Frank Bathe D 7 0 1 1 9 -1 0 0 0
Don Martineau RW 9 0 1 1 0 -1 0 0 0
Jim Nahrgang D 3 0 1 1 0 -5 0 0 0
Ed Giacomin G 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Doug Grant G 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ken Mann RW 1 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
Brian McCutcheon LW 8 0 0 0 5 -2 0 0 0
Peter McDuffe G 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Terry Richardson G 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Jim Rutherford G 44 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
Brian Watts LW 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Jim Rutherford 2640 44 13 25 6 158 3.59 4
Ed Giacomin 1740 29 12 14 3 100 3.45 2
Doug Grant 120 2 1 1 0 8 4.00 0
Peter McDuffe 240 4 0 3 1 22 5.50 0
Terry Richardson 60 1 0 1 0 7 7.00 0
Team: 4800 80 26 44 10 295 3.69 6

[2]

Note: 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;

Awards and records

Transactions

Roster

Draft picks

Farm teams

See also

References

  1. ^ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 151. ISBN 9781894801225.
  2. ^ "1975-76 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-03.
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