1975-1976 Houston Aeros: 53-27-0
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Home record: 33-7-0 (207 goals scored, 126 allowed)
Road record: 20-20-0 (134 goals scored, 137 allowed)
Head Coach: Bill Dineen
Power Play: 77/254 (30.3%)
Penalty Killing: 258/301 (85.7%)
Shorthanded Goals For-Against: 13-10
Even Strength Goals For-Against: 251-210
341 goals scored (3rd of 14 teams), 263 goals allowed (5th), 1093 PIM (8th)
WHA Averages: 3.69 goals/game (283.9 goals/team), 1125.1 PIM/team
Pos # Player Hgt Wgt Age GP G A Pts PIM PP SH TGF PGF TGA PGA S S% +/-
RW 9 Gordie Howe 6'0 205 47 78 32 70 102 76 12 1 -- -- -- -- 241 13.3 +14
D 4 Mark Howe 5'11 185 20 72 39 37 76 38 13 6 -- -- -- -- 270 14.4 +29
LW 7 Frank Hughes 5'10 180 26 80 31 45 76 26 12 0 -- -- -- -- 165 18.8 +12
LW 16 Andre Hinse 5'9 175 30 70 35 38 73 6 12 0 -- -- -- -- 158 22.2 +12
C 13 Larry Lund 6'0 190 35 73 24 49 73 50 6 1 -- -- -- -- 146 16.4 +3
C 10 Gord Labossiere 6'1 190 35 80 23 32 55 18 4 0 -- -- -- -- 151 15.2 -1
RW 21 Rich Preston 6'0 185 23 77 22 33 55 33 1 2 -- -- -- -- 159 13.8 +30
RW 27 Don Larway 6'1 192 21 79 30 20 50 56 3 0 -- -- -- -- 196 15.3 +9
C 8 Terry Ruskowski 5'10 178 20 65 14 35 49 100 3 0 -- -- -- -- 105 13.3 +18
RW 11 Murray Hall 6'0 175 35 80 20 26 46 18 3 0 -- -- -- -- 118 16.9 -3
D 6 Poul Popiel 5'10 175 32 78 10 36 46 71 2 2 -- -- -- -- 162 6.2 +29
LW 14 Ted Taylor 6'0 175 33 68 15 26 41 88 3 0 -- -- -- -- 130 11.5 -10
D 2 John Schella 6'0 190 28 74 6 32 38 106 0 0 -- -- -- -- 193 3.1 +8
D 3 Marty Howe 6'1 195 21 80 14 23 37 81 0 0 -- -- -- -- 179 7.8 +40
LW 18 John Tonelli 6'1 200 18 79 17 14 31 66 3 1 -- -- -- -- 123 13.8 +11
D 17 Larry Hale 6'1 180 34 77 2 12 14 30 0 0 -- -- -- -- 49 4.1 +7
LW 19 Jan Popiel 5'9 180 28 67 4 7 11 59 0 0 -- -- -- -- 68 5.9 -13
D 24 Glen Irwin 5'11 195 24 72 3 8 11 116 0 0 -- -- -- -- 59 5.1 +3
D 22 Bill Butters 5'10 185 24 14 0 4 4 18 0 0 -- -- -- -- 11 0.0 +8
G 29 Ron Grahame 5'11 175 25 57 0 1 1 22 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
LW 22 Bob Liddington 6'0 175 27 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 -- -- -- -- 1 0.0 0
D 5 Mike Stevens 5'11 188 25 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 -- -- -- -- 7 0.0 -2
G 30 Wayne Rutledge 6'2 200 33 25 0 0 0 6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
C 12 Steve West 5'0 165 23 0 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
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
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Pos # Goalie Age GP Min GA GAA W L T Sht Pct EN SO
G 30 Wayne Rutledge 33 25 1456 77 3.17 15 10 0 780 .901 1 1
G 29 Ron Grahame 25 57 3343 182 3.27 39 17 0 1752 .896 3 3
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
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1975 Draft:
NHL WHA
Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games Games Team
1 15 D Richard Mulhern Sherbrooke Beavers (QMJHL)
2 30 C Doug Jarvis Peterborough Petes (OHA)
3 45 D Kevin Campbell St. Lawrence University (NCAA)
4 60 LW Dave Salvian St. Catharines Black Hawks (OHA)
5 74 RW Paul Crowley Sudbury Wolves (OHA)
6 88 G Bill Cheropita St. Catharines Black Hawks (OHA)
7 101 D John Glynne U. of Vermont (NCAA)
8 113 F Dave Taylor Clarkson University (NCAA)
9 125 Jim Maxfield Sudbury Wolves (OHA)
10 138 LW Chad Campbell U. of Denver (NCAA)
11 150 G Bill Oleschuk Saskatoon Blades (WCHL)
12 160 Jim Lundquist Brown University (NCAA)
13 169 G Rick St. Croix Oshawa Generals (OHA)
14 175 D Paul Jensen Michigan Tech (WCHA)
Traded draft picks:
Transactions
10-1975 | traded Don Borgeson and Jim Sherrit to Crusaders for Jan Popiel |
01-1976 | signed Bob Liddington as a free agent |
03-1976 | signed Bill Butters (after Minnesota folded) as a free agent |
06-1976 | sold the rights to Barry Wilkins to Oilers |
10-1976 | traded Bob Liddington to Roadrunners for Cam Connor |
Playoff Results: Click on the date to view the game summary.
Date Opponent Result
Round 2
04/21/1976 vs San Diego Mariners W 8-6
04/23/1976 vs San Diego Mariners W 3-1
04/25/1976 at San Diego Mariners W 8-4
04/27/1976 at San Diego Mariners L 2-3
04/28/1976 vs San Diego Mariners L 2-3
04/30/1976 at San Diego Mariners W 3-2
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Semifinals
05/05/1976 vs New England Whalers L 2-4
05/07/1976 vs New England Whalers W 5-2
05/09/1976 at New England Whalers L 1-4
05/11/1976 at New England Whalers W 4-3
05/13/1976 vs New England Whalers W 4-2
05/15/1976 at New England Whalers L 1-6
05/16/1976 vs New England Whalers W 2-0
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Finals
05/20/1976 vs Winnipeg Jets L 3-4
05/23/1976 vs Winnipeg Jets L 4-5
05/25/1976 at Winnipeg Jets L 3-6
05/27/1976 at Winnipeg Jets L 1-9
Playoff Stats:
Pos # Player Hgt Wgt Age GP G A Pts PIM PP SH TGF PGF TGA PGA S S% +/-
C 8 Terry Ruskowski 5'10 178 20 16 6 10 16 64 -- --
D 4 Mark Howe 5'11 185 20 17 6 10 16 18 -- --
LW 18 John Tonelli 6'1 200 18 17 7 7 14 18 -- --
RW 27 Don Larway 6'1 192 21 16 7 5 12 21 -- --
RW 9 Gordie Howe 6'0 205 47 17 4 8 12 31 -- --
C 10 Gord Labossiere 6'1 190 35 17 2 8 10 14 -- --
RW 21 Rich Preston 6'0 185 23 17 4 6 10 8 -- --
D 3 Marty Howe 6'1 195 21 16 4 4 8 12 -- --
D 6 Poul Popiel 5'10 175 32 17 3 5 8 16 -- --
D 2 John Schella 6'0 190 28 17 1 6 7 38 -- --
LW 7 Frank Hughes 5'10 180 26 17 5 1 6 20 -- --
D 17 Larry Hale 6'1 180 34 17 0 5 5 8 0 0
RW 11 Murray Hall 6'0 175 35 17 1 4 5 0 -- --
LW 16 Andre Hinse 5'9 175 30 17 2 3 5 2 -- --
LW 14 Ted Taylor 6'0 175 33 11 2 2 4 17 -- --
D 22 Bill Butters 5'10 185 24 17 0 3 3 51 0 0
C 13 Larry Lund 6'0 190 35 5 1 1 2 4 -- --
LW 19 Jan Popiel 5'9 180 28 8 1 1 2 4 -- --
C 12 Steve West 5'0 165 23 7 0 1 1 0 0 0
G 30 Wayne Rutledge 6'2 200 33 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
D 24 Glen Irwin 5'11 195 24 5 0 0 0 9 0 0
G 29 Ron Grahame 5'11 175 25 13 0 0 0 0 0 0
LW 22 Bob Liddington 6'0 175 27 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
D 5 Mike Stevens 5'11 188 25 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Pos # Goalie Age GP Min GA GAA W L T Sht Pct EN SO
G 29 Ron Grahame 25 14 817 54 3.97 6 8 .000 0 1
G 30 Wayne Rutledge 33 4 200 10 3.00 2 1 103 .903 0 0
Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary.
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