1975-1976 Atlanta Flames team stats

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1975-1976 Atlanta Flames: 35-33-12
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 19-14-7 (138 goals scored, 98 allowed) Road record: 16-19-5 (124 goals scored, 139 allowed) Head Coach: Fred Creighton Power Play: 56/292 (19.2%) Penalty Killing: 234/277 (84.5%) Shorthanded Goals For-Against: 7-5 Even Strength Goals For-Against: 199-189 262 goals scored (11th of 18 teams), 237 goals allowed (4th), 928 PIM (17th) NHL Averages: 3.41 goals/game (272.9 goals/team), 1169.5 PIM/team



Pos    #  Player               Hgt   Wgt  Age   GP    G    A  Pts  PIM  PP  SH  TGF  PGF  TGA  PGA   S    S%   +/-
C     12  Tom Lysiak           6'1   185   22   80   31   51   82   60   9   1  108   44   74   12  233  13.3   +2
LW     5  Curt Bennett         6'3   195   27   80   34   31   65   61   8   0   91   27   74   11  221  15.4   +1
RW    17  Hilliard Graves      5'11  175   25   80   19   30   49   16   2   0   83   25   58    3  168  11.3   +3
C     11  Claude St. Sauveur   6'1   185   23   79   24   24   48   23  11   0   67   32   41    0  171  14.0   -6
LW    27  Eric Vail            6'1   220   22   60   16   31   47   34   2   0   75   21   49    2  127  12.6   +7
RW     9  Bill Flett           6'1   205   32   78   23   17   40   30   1   2   63    3   69   18  171  13.5   +9
LW     8  Dave Kryskow         5'10  175   18   79   15   25   40   65   1   0   57    6   60    3  120  12.5   -6
C     18  Rey Comeau           5'8   190   27   79   17   22   39   42   1   0   46    3   39    5  124  13.7   +9
D      7  Randy Manery         6'0   185   26   80    7   32   39   42   3   0   95   27   71    5  139   5.0   +2
RW    21  Larry Romanchych     6'1   180   26   67   16   19   35    8   6   0   57   20   44    0  110  14.5   -7
D      2  Barry Gibbs          5'11  195   27   76    8   21   29   92   1   0  101   14  110   24  125   6.4   +1
C     10  Bill Clement         6'1   194   25   31   13   14   27   29   2   1   39    5   36    5   71  18.3   +3
D     19  Ed Kea               6'3   200   27   78    8   19   27  101   1   0   93    8   83   19  125   6.4  +21
C     10  Gerry Meehan         6'2   200   29   48    7   20   27    8   2   0   37    9   30    1   71   9.9   -1
LW    14  Tim Ecclestone       5'10  195   28   69    6   21   27   30   1   1   53    7   57   18  117   5.1   +7
D     23  Larry Carriere       6'1   190   23   75    4   15   19   96   1   1   77    2   95   25  126   3.2   +5
D     20  Jean Lemieux         6'1   180   23   33    4    9   13   10   1   0   36   15   17    0   51   7.8   +4
D      3  Pat Quinn            6'3   205   32   80    2   11   13  134   0   1   70    1   77   13   58   3.4   +5
RW     6  Ken Houston          6'2   210   22   38    5    6   11   11   1   0   18    1   20    0   49  10.2   -3
C     16  Bob Leiter           5'9   175   34   26    2    3    5    4   1   0   12    4    8    0   26   7.7    0
C     10  Guy Chouinard        5'11  182   19    4    0    2    2    2   0   0    4    1    1    0    8   0.0   +2
D      4  Richard Mulhern      6'1   188   20   12    1    0    1    4   1   0    3    2    9    0   17   5.9   -8
C     20  Richard Lemieux      5'8   155   24    1    0    1    1    0   0   0    2    0    0    0    1   0.0   +2
RW    24  Cam Botting          6'2   205   21    2    0    1    1    0   0   0    1    0    0    0    0   ---   +1
G      1  Phil Myre            6'1   185   27   37    0    1    1    0  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---   --
G     30  Dan Bouchard         6'0   190   25   47    0    1    1   10  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---   --
RW     8  Fred "Buster" Harvey 6'0   185   25    1    0    0    0    0   0   0    0    0    1    1    1   0.0    0
D      4  Noel Price           6'0   190   40    3    0    0    0    2   0   0    0    0    0    0    1   0.0    0
D     22  Pat Ribble           6'4   210   21    3    0    0    0    0   0   0    2    0    2    0    0   ---    0
RW    23  Willi Plett          6'3   205   20    4    0    0    0    0   0   0    1    0    1    0    5   0.0    0
RW    15  Rick Bowness         6'1   185   20    5    0    0    0    0   0   0    0    0    5    0    6   0.0   -5

Skater data: GP: Games played; G: Goals scored; A: Assists; Pts: Total points; PIM: Penalties in minutes; PP: Power play goals; SH: Shorthanded goals; TGF: Total goals on ice for; PGF: Power play goals on ice for; TGA: Total goals on ice against; PGA: Power play goals on ice against; S: Shots taken; S%: Shooting percentage


Pos  #  Goalie              Age   GP   Min   GA   GAA   W   L   T  Sht    Pct  EN  SO
G   30  Dan Bouchard         25   47  2671  113  2.54  19  17   8 1266   .911   2   2
G    1  Phil Myre            27   37  2129  122  3.44  16  16   4 1029   .881   0   1

Goalie data: GP: Games played; Min: Minutes played; GA: Goals allowed; GAA: Goals allowed per 60 minutes; W: Wins; L: Losses; T: Ties; Sht: Shots faced; Pct: Save percentage; EN: Empty net goals allowed; SO: Shutouts

1975 Draft:

                                        NHL    WHA
Rnd  Ovr  Pos  Player                  Games  Games  Team
  1    8  D    Richard Mulhern          303          Sherbrooke Beavers (QMJHL)         
  2   26  RW   Rick Bowness             173          Montreal Red White and Blue (QMJHL)  
  4   62  C    Dale Ross                             Ottawa 67's (OHA)                  
  5   80  RW   Willi Plett              834          St. Catharines Black Hawks (OHA)   
  6   98  D    Paul Heaver                      71   Oshawa Generals (OHA)              
  7  116  LW   Dale McMullin                     1   Brandon Wheat Kings (WCHL)         
  8  134  D    Rick Piche                            Brandon Wheat Kings (WCHL)         
  9  150  G    Nick Sanza                        1   Sherbrooke Beavers (QMJHL)         
 10  167  G    Brian O'Connell                       St. Louis University (NCAA)        
 11  181  D    Joe Augustine                         Austin Mavericks (MJHL)            
 12  192  RW   Torbjorn Nilsson                      Skelleftea (Sweden)                
 16  216  LW   Gary Gill                             Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHA)  

Traded draft picks:

#3 to BUF (Terry Martin)


Transactions

06-05-1975	traded Bryan Hextall to Red Wings for Dave Kryskow
09-09-1975	traded Jerry Byers to Rangers for Curt Ridley
09-23-1975	purchased Claude St. Sauveur from Golden Seals
10-01-1975	traded Jacques Richard to Sabres for Larry Carriere, cash and Buffalo's #1 pick in the 1976 draft
10-13-1975	traded Buster Harvey to Scouts for Richard Lemieux and Kansas City's #2 pick in the 1977 draft
01-20-1976	traded Curt Ridley to Canucks for Vancouver's #1 pick in the 1976 draft
01-22-1976	traded Jean Lemieux, Gerry Meehan and Buffalo's #1 pick in the 1976 draft to Capitals for Bill Clement
10-07-1976	signed Michel Belhumeur as a free agent

Playoff Results:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

   Date          Opponent                  Result
Round 1
04/06/1976   at Los Angeles Kings         L   1-2 
04/08/1976   vs Los Angeles Kings         L   0-1

Playoff Stats: Pos # Player Hgt Wgt Age GP G A Pts PIM PP SH TGF PGF TGA PGA S S% +/- C 10 Bill Clement 6'1 194 25 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 D 2 Barry Gibbs 5'11 195 27 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 D 3 Pat Quinn 6'3 205 32 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 LW 5 Curt Bennett 6'3 195 27 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 G 30 Dan Bouchard 6'0 190 25 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 D 23 Larry Carriere 6'1 190 23 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 C 10 Guy Chouinard 5'11 182 19 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 RW 9 Bill Flett 6'1 205 32 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 RW 17 Hilliard Graves 5'11 175 25 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 RW 6 Ken Houston 6'2 210 22 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 D 19 Ed Kea 6'3 200 27 2 0 0 0 7 0 0 LW 8 Dave Kryskow 5'10 175 18 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 C 20 Richard Lemieux 5'8 155 24 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 C 12 Tom Lysiak 6'1 185 22 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 D 7 Randy Manery 6'0 185 26 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 RW 21 Larry Romanchych 6'1 180 26 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 C 11 Claude St. Sauveur 6'1 185 23 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 LW 27 Eric Vail 6'1 220 22 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 RW 24 Cam Botting 6'2 205 21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- RW 15 Rick Bowness 6'1 185 20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- C 18 Rey Comeau 5'8 190 27 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- LW 14 Tim Ecclestone 5'10 195 28 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- RW 8 Fred "Buster" Harvey 6'0 185 25 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- C 16 Bob Leiter 5'9 175 34 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- D 20 Jean Lemieux 6'1 180 23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- C 10 Gerry Meehan 6'2 200 29 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- D 4 Richard Mulhern 6'1 188 20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- G 1 Phil Myre 6'1 185 27 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- RW 23 Willi Plett 6'3 205 20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- D 4 Noel Price 6'0 190 40 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- D 22 Pat Ribble 6'4 210 21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Pos # Goalie Age GP Min GA GAA W L T Sht Pct EN SO G 30 Dan Bouchard 25 2 120 3 1.50 0 2 52 .942 0 0

Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date Opponent Result Record 10/08/1975 vs California Golden Seals L 3-4 0-1-0 10/10/1975 vs New York Rangers L 1-2 0-2-0 10/15/1975 at New York Rangers L 1-3 0-3-0 10/17/1975 vs New York Islanders L 0-2 0-4-0 10/18/1975 at Kansas City Scouts W 5-3 1-4-0 10/22/1975 vs St. Louis Blues T 1-1 1-4-1 10/24/1975 vs Los Angeles Kings W 7-1 2-4-1 10/25/1975 at St. Louis Blues L 3-7 2-5-1 10/28/1975 at Vancouver Canucks W 3-2 3-5-1 10/31/1975 at California Golden Seals W 2-0 4-5-1 11/01/1975 at Los Angeles Kings L 1-3 4-6-1 11/05/1975 vs Montreal Canadiens L 1-3 4-7-1 11/07/1975 vs Minnesota North Stars W 3-2 5-7-1 11/09/1975 at Detroit Red Wings L 3-6 5-8-1 11/12/1975 vs Kansas City Scouts W 2-1 6-8-1 11/14/1975 at Washington Capitals W 4-1 7-8-1 11/15/1975 vs Boston Bruins L 3-5 7-9-1 11/18/1975 vs Vancouver Canucks T 2-2 7-9-2 11/21/1975 vs Pittsburgh Penguins L 1-4 7-10-2 11/22/1975 at Minnesota North Stars W 6-3 8-10-2 11/25/1975 vs Montreal Canadiens L 0-4 8-11-2 11/26/1975 at Philadelphia Flyers L 3-7 8-12-2 11/28/1975 vs Toronto Maple Leafs W 6-3 9-12-2 11/30/1975 at California Golden Seals W 4-1 10-12-2 12/02/1975 at Los Angeles Kings L 3-5 10-13-2 12/05/1975 at Vancouver Canucks W 6-2 11-13-2 12/07/1975 at Chicago Black Hawks W 2-0 12-13-2 12/09/1975 vs Washington Capitals W 7-1 13-13-2 12/12/1975 vs New York Islanders T 3-3 13-13-3 12/14/1975 at Buffalo Sabres W 7-4 14-13-3 12/16/1975 vs Kansas City Scouts W 3-1 15-13-3 12/17/1975 at Minnesota North Stars L 2-3 15-14-3 12/19/1975 vs New York Rangers W 8-3 16-14-3 12/21/1975 at Boston Bruins W 2-1 17-14-3 12/23/1975 vs Philadelphia Flyers T 2-2 17-14-4 12/26/1975 vs Pittsburgh Penguins W 4-3 18-14-4 12/27/1975 at Pittsburgh Penguins L 2-3 18-15-4 12/29/1975 at Toronto Maple Leafs L 2-6 18-16-4 12/31/1975 at New York Rangers W 8-1 19-16-4 01/02/1976 vs St. Louis Blues W 7-1 20-16-4

Date Opponent Result Record 01/03/1976 at Kansas City Scouts W 6-4 21-16-4 01/06/1976 vs Detroit Red Wings W 4-3 22-16-4 01/09/1976 vs Chicago Black Hawks T 1-1 22-16-5 01/11/1976 vs Vancouver Canucks W 5-2 23-16-5 01/13/1976 vs Los Angeles Kings L 0-3 23-17-5 01/15/1976 vs St. Louis Blues L 3-5 23-18-5 01/17/1976 at New York Islanders T 2-2 23-18-6 01/18/1976 at Montreal Canadiens L 2-4 23-19-6 01/22/1976 at Philadelphia Flyers L 2-7 23-20-6 01/23/1976 vs Buffalo Sabres T 3-3 23-20-7 01/27/1976 vs Philadelphia Flyers W 8-4 24-20-7 01/28/1976 at Chicago Black Hawks L 3-7 24-21-7 01/30/1976 vs Boston Bruins L 2-4 24-22-7 02/01/1976 at Boston Bruins L 3-5 24-23-7 02/03/1976 at New York Islanders T 2-2 24-23-8 02/04/1976 vs California Golden Seals W 4-1 25-23-8 02/06/1976 vs Chicago Black Hawks L 1-2 25-24-8 02/11/1976 vs Toronto Maple Leafs W 5-2 26-24-8 02/13/1976 vs Buffalo Sabres L 2-3 26-25-8 02/14/1976 at St. Louis Blues L 3-5 26-26-8 02/19/1976 at Buffalo Sabres L 1-3 26-27-8 02/20/1976 at Kansas City Scouts W 3-1 27-27-8 02/23/1976 at Toronto Maple Leafs L 1-7 27-28-8 02/25/1976 at Pittsburgh Penguins T 3-3 27-28-9 02/28/1976 at Montreal Canadiens L 2-3 27-29-9 03/03/1976 vs Detroit Red Wings L 2-3 27-30-9 03/05/1976 vs New York Rangers W 8-3 28-30-9 03/07/1976 at New York Rangers T 6-6 28-30-10 03/09/1976 vs Boston Bruins W 9-0 29-30-10 03/10/1976 at Minnesota North Stars W 4-1 30-30-10 03/12/1976 vs Washington Capitals W 4-1 31-30-10 03/14/1976 at Philadelphia Flyers L 1-6 31-31-10 03/16/1976 vs Philadelphia Flyers L 2-4 31-32-10 03/19/1976 vs Vancouver Canucks T 2-2 31-32-11 03/24/1976 at Chicago Black Hawks W 7-2 32-32-11 03/27/1976 at Detroit Red Wings L 0-8 32-33-11 03/28/1976 at Washington Capitals W 3-1 33-33-11 04/01/1976 at New York Islanders T 1-1 33-33-12 04/02/1976 vs Minnesota North Stars W 4-2 34-33-12 04/04/1976 vs New York Islanders W 5-2 35-33-12

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