1975–76 Indianapolis Racers season explained

League:	WHA
Season:	1975–76
Year:	1975
Team:	Indianapolis Racers
Record:	35–39–6
Division:	East
Divisionrank:	1st
Goalsfor:	245
Goalsagainst:	247

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

Game log

Regular season schedule
No.	R	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
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
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
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
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
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
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

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Playoffs

New England Whalers Whalers 4, Indianapolis Racers Racers 3 - Quarter-Finals

	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record
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

Player stats

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG D 80 5 40 45 48 -7 3 0 1 C 79 16 28 44 36 15 4 0 3 C 70 9 34 43 4 -2 3 0 2 RW 76 23 19 42 26 10 2 2 4 LW 80 23 17 40 23 1 4 0 2 C 41 12 28 40 23 1 3 0 1 RW 40 18 21 39 52 1 7 0 3 C 62 16 17 33 54 -6 1 2 4 C 52 15 16 31 112 0 5 0 2 RW 56 19 11 30 14 2 1 0 1 C 23 13 15 28 20 9 8 0 1 LW 59 11 16 27 24 -5 2 1 2 D 79 1 25 26 28 4 0 0 1 C 55 11 14 25 8 -4 5 1 2 C 30 7 15 22 16 1 2 0 1 D 73 7 14 21 31 7 0 0 2 RW 74 7 14 21 56 -8 2 0 0 D 36 5 16 21 40 5 1 0 0 D 77 1 12 13 351 -10 1 0 0 C 23 4 7 11 4 -5 1 0 0 D 37 1 10 11 30 8 0 0 1 C 12 3 7 10 2 2 1 0 0 LW 19 6 2 8 31 0 2 0 0 D 42 1 7 8 14 0 0 0 0 RW 34 2 5 7 7 -7 0 0 0 D 38 4 2 6 92 -5 0 0 2 D 34 2 2 4 104 -11 1 0 0 C 11 1 2 3 0 -5 0 0 1 G 24 0 3 3 17 0 0 0 0 LW 15 2 0 2 9 -7 0 0 0 C 7 0 2 2 0 -2 0 0 0 G 11 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 D 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 G 31 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 G 19 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 LW 2 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 RW 2 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 LW 1 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO 1860 31 14 15 1 85 2.74 0 1368 24 9 11 2 82 3.60 1 1079 19 6 9 3 54 3.00 0 572 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 C 7 4 4 8 6 0 0 0 C 7 2 5 7 8 0 0 0 RW 7 2 3 5 7 0 0 0 C 7 2 2 4 2 0 0 0 D 7 0 4 4 2 0 0 0 RW 7 2 0 2 10 0 0 0 D 7 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 LW 7 1 0 1 11 0 0 0 D 7 1 0 1 20 0 0 0 LW 7 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 D 7 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 C 7 0 1 1 12 0 0 0 G 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 D 6 0 0 0 25 0 0 0 LW 4 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 G 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 C 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 RW 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 D 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 RW 7 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 C 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO 293 6 3 2 12 2.46 2 126 3 0 2 5 2.38 0 Team: 419 7 3 4 17 2.43 2

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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

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

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

See also

• 1975–76 WHA season

Notes and References

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