1975–76 Detroit Red Wings season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	1975–76
Year:	1975
Team:	Detroit Red Wings
Record:	26–44–10
Divisionrank:	4th
Coach:	Doug Barkley (Oct–Dec) Alex Delvecchio (Dec-Apr)
Altcaptain:	None
Goalsfor:	226
Goalsagainst:	300
Goalsleader:	Michel Bergeron (32)
Assistsleader:	Walt McKechnie (56)
Pointsleader:	Walt McKechnie (82)
Pimleader:	Bryan Watson (322)
Winsleader:	Ed Giacomin (12)
Gaaleader:	Ed Giacomin (3.45)

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.

Regular season

Record vs. opponents

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

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
	C	80	26	56	82	85	9	2	3	7
	LW	77	27	39	66	203	0	6	2	3
	RW	72	32	27	59	48	2	12	0	4
	LW	80	20	26	46	71	-9	3	1	3
	C	50	21	16	37	30	-8	6	2	0
	D	80	10	23	33	95	-3	2	0	0
	D	69	8	25	33	59	6	4	0	0
	LW	76	13	17	30	99	-19	1	0	1
	RW	37	11	17	28	10	-17	2	0	3
	C/RW	57	11	12	23	302	-9	1	0	0
	RW	39	10	13	23	20	-17	4	1	0
	LW	53	9	11	20	22	-15	0	0	3
	D	79	0	18	18	322	-20	0	0	0
	RW	35	8	9	17	25	-8	1	0	0
	LW	17	5	9	14	71	2	0	0	1
	C	46	4	9	13	39	-5	0	0	0
	D	63	2	11	13	52	-7	1	0	1
	D	77	3	9	12	129	-13	1	0	0
	D	38	2	8	10	49	-7	1	0	0
	RW	27	1	7	8	23	-8	0	0	0
	RW	37	1	7	8	68	-2	0	0	0
	C	21	0	4	4	29	-4	0	0	0
	D	10	1	1	2	25	-10	0	0	0
	C	22	1	1	2	12	-11	0	0	0
	D	7	0	1	1	9	-1	0	0	0
	RW	9	0	1	1	0	-1	0	0	0
	D	3	0	1	1	0	-5	0	0	0
	G	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	RW	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
	LW	8	0	0	0	5	-2	0	0	0
	G	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
	G	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
	G	44	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
	LW	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
	2640	44	13	25	6	158	3.59	4
	1740	29	12	14	3	100	3.45	2
	120	2	1	1	0	8	4.00	0
	240	4	0	3	1	22	5.50	0
	60	1	0	1	0	7	7.00	0
Team:	4800	80	26	44	10	295	3.69	6

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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;

Draft picks

Detroit's draft picks at the 1975 NHL Amateur Draft held in Montreal.

Round		Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	5			Victoria Cougars (WCHL)
2	23			Winnipeg Clubs (WCHL)
3	37			New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
3	45			Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL)
3	50			University of Notre Dame (WCHA)
4	59	Mike Wirachowsky		Regina Pats (WCHL)
5	77			Montreal Bleu Blanc Rouge (QMJHL)
6	95	Mike Harazny		Regina Pats (WCHL)
7	113			Montreal Bleu Blanc Rouge (QMJHL)
8	131			Johnstown Jets (NAHL)
9	148	Gary Vaughan		Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)
10	164	Jean Thibodeau		Shawinigan Dynamos (QMJHL)
11	176	Dave Hanson		Colorado College (WCHA)
11	178	Rob Larson		University of Minnesota (WCHA)

See also

• 1975–76 NHL season

References

• Web site: 1975–76 Detroit Red Wings Games. Hockey-reference.com . 2009-05-06 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-06-03 . 1975-76 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.