1975–76 Denver Spurs/Ottawa Civics season explained

League:	WHA
Season:	1975–76
Year:	1975
Team:	Denver Spurs/Ottawa Civics
Record:	14–26–1
Homerecord:	8-14-1
Roadrecord:	6-12-0
Division:	Canadian
Divisionrank:	6th
Goalsfor:	134
Goalsagainst:	172
Pointsleader:	Ralph Backstrom

The 1975–76 Denver Spurs/Ottawa Civics season was the ill-fated single season of operation of the Denver Spurs/Ottawa Civics in the World Hockey Association (WHA). The Spurs began the season in Denver, Colorado but relocated to Ottawa, Ontario before giving up for good after 41 games.

Regular season

Denver Spurs Game log

Regular season schedule
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 10, 1975	1–7	Indianapolis Racers (1975–76)	0–1–0
2	L	October 16, 1975	3–7	Winnipeg Jets (1975–76)	0–2–0
3	W	October 17, 1975	5–4	@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76)	1–2–0
4	W	October 18, 1975	6–4	@ Indianapolis Racers (1975–76)	2–2–0
5	W	October 22, 1975	2–1	@ Calgary Cowboys (1975–76)	3–2–0
6	L	October 24, 1975	2–5	@ Winnipeg Jets (1975–76)	3–3–0
7	L	October 30, 1975	2–3	Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76)	3–4–0
8	L	November 1, 1975	2–3	Houston Aeros (1975–76)	3–5–0
9	T	November 4, 1975	2–2	Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76)	3–5–1
10	L	November 6, 1975	3–5	Quebec Nordiques (1975–76)	3–6–1
11	L	November 7, 1975	2–3 OT	San Diego Mariners (1975–76)	3–7–1
12	L	November 9, 1975	2–3	@ Houston Aeros (1975–76)	3–8–1
13	L	November 13, 1975	8–11	Toronto Toros (1975–76)	3–9–1
14	W	November 15, 1975	5–4 OT	Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76)	4–9–1
15	W	November 18, 1975	6–3	Edmonton Oilers (1975–76)	5–9–1
16	L	November 20, 1975	1–5	@ San Diego Mariners (1975–76)	5–10–1
17	L	November 21, 1975	2–6	Calgary Cowboys (1975–76)	5–11–1
18	W	November 23, 1975	5–3	Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76)	6–11–1
19	W	November 26, 1975	3–0	@ Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76)	7–11–1
20	L	November 28, 1975	3–7	@ New England Whalers (1975–76)	7–12–1
21	W	November 30, 1975	4–2	@ Indianapolis Racers (1975–76)	8–12–1
22	L	December 2, 1975	3–4 OT	Winnipeg Jets (1975–76)	8–13–1
23	L	December 5, 1975	3–4	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1975–76)	8–14–1
24	L	December 6, 1975	2–3	@ Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76)	8–15–1
25	W	December 7, 1975	5–1	New England Whalers (1975–76)	9–15–1
26	W	December 9, 1975	6–3	Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76)	10–15–1
27	L	December 13, 1975	1–4	Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76)	10–16–1
28	W	December 16, 1975	3–2 OT	Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76)	11–16–1
29	W	December 19, 1975	6–3	San Diego Mariners (1975–76)	12–16–1
30	L	December 23, 1975	4–5	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1975–76)	12–17–1
31	L	December 26, 1975	4–9	@ Houston Aeros (1975–76)	12–18–1
32	L	December 27, 1975	0–10	@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76)	12–19–1
33	L	December 28, 1975	2–5	Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76)	12–20–1
34	W	December 30, 1975	2–1 OT	Indianapolis Racers (1975–76)	13–20–1

Ottawa Civics Game log

Regular season schedule
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
35	L	January 2, 1976	1–2	@ Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76)	13–21–1
36	L	January 3, 1976	2–4	@ Houston Aeros (1975–76)	13–22–1
37	W	January 4, 1976	5–2	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1975–76)	14–22–1
38	L	January 7, 1976	2–3	New England Whalers (1975–76)	14–23–1
39	L	January 10, 1976	5–8	@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76)	14–24–1
40	L	January 11, 1976	5–6 OT	@ Winnipeg Jets (1975–76)	14–25–1
41	L	January 15, 1976	4–5 OT	Houston Aeros (1975–76)	14–26–1

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Player stats

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG C 41 21 29 50 14 9 8 0 4 LW 40 21 16 37 24 7 5 0 1 C 38 16 14 30 18 -2 3 0 0 C 40 11 19 30 16 -4 0 0 0 D 41 4 23 27 42 -9 1 0 1 RW 37 6 16 22 11 -6 5 0 0 LW 41 11 10 21 10 -18 3 0 0 LW 41 9 6 15 58 -19 0 2 1 LW 35 7 8 15 14 -2 1 0 0 D 35 2 13 15 49 -14 0 0 0 D 40 6 8 14 15 -11 4 0 1 LW 37 5 6 11 35 -15 0 0 0 D 41 5 5 10 43 -4 0 0 0 C 40 3 7 10 8 -15 0 0 0 D 41 1 8 9 32 -13 0 0 0 RW 17 4 3 7 2 -7 1 0 0 C 15 1 5 6 25 -7 0 0 0 C 22 1 3 4 28 -3 0 0 0 D 14 0 4 4 14 -12 0 0 0 D 16 0 3 3 40 -2 0 0 0 G 24 0 1 1 7 0 0 0 0 G 8 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 D 2 0 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 LW 12 0 0 0 31 -5 0 0 0 G 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 G 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LW 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO 1345 24 8 14 1 88 3.93 0 573 10 4 6 0 35 3.66 1 495 8 2 6 0 31 3.76 0 80 2 0 0 0 13 9.75 0 20 1 0 0 0 5 15.00 0 Team: 2513 41 14 26 1 172 4.11 1

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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

Denver's draft picks at the 1975 WHA Amateur Draft.^[3]

Round		Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	4	Mel Bridgman (C)		Victoria Cougars (WCHL)
3	34	Ron Delorme (RW)		Lethbridge Broncos (WCHL)
4	49	Andre Leduc (D)		Sherbrooke Castors (QMJHL)
5	64	Nick Sanza (G)		Sherbrooke Castors (QMJHL)
6	77	Greg Miazga (F)		Victoria Cougars (WCHL)
7	91	Rick Martin (RW)		London Knights (OHA)
10	128	Dave Bossy (D)		University of Notre Dame (WCHA)
11	141	Andy Whitby (F)		Oshawa Generals (OHA)

See also

• 1975–76 WHA season

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1975–76 Denver Spurs/Ottawa Civics Games. Hockey-reference.com . 2009-07-02 .
2. Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-07-02 . 1975-76 Denver Spurs/Ottawa Civics Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.
3. Web site: 1975 WHA Amateur Draft . hockeyDB.com . December 19, 2018.