1975–76 San Diego Mariners season

The 1975–76 San Diego Mariners season was the second season of operation of the San Diego Mariners in the World Hockey Association (WHA). The Mariners placed third in the Western Division to qualify for the playoffs, losing in the second round to the Houston Aeros.

1975–76 San Diego Mariners
Division	3rd West
1975–76 record	36–38–6
Goals for	303
Goals against	290
Team information
Coach	Ron Ingram
Captain	Norm Ferguson
Alternate captains	Ken Block Andre Lacroix

Regular season

Final standings

Western Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA	PIM
Houston Aeros	80	53	27	0	106	341	263	1093
Phoenix Roadrunners	80	39	35	6	84	302	287	1292
San Diego Mariners	80	36	38	6	78	303	290	716
Minnesota Fighting Saints	59	30	25	4	64	211	212	1354

Game log

Regular season schedule
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 10, 1975	5–6	@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76)	0–1–0
2	L	October 11, 1975	2–4	Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76)	0–2–0
3	W	October 16, 1975	3–0	Indianapolis Racers (1975–76)	1–2–0
4	W	October 18, 1975	2–1	Winnipeg Jets (1975–76)	2–2–0
5	T	October 23, 1975	4–4	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1975–76)	2–2–1
6	W	October 25, 1975	6–1	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1975–76)	3–2–1
7	L	October 30, 1975	2–4	Houston Aeros (1975–76)	3–3–1
8	L	November 2, 1975	3–5	@ Edmonton Oilers (1975–76)	3–4–1
9	T	November 4, 1975	4–4	@ Calgary Cowboys (1975–76)	3–4–2
10	W	November 7, 1975	3–2 OT	@ Denver Spurs/Ottawa Civics (1975–76)	4–4–2
11	L	November 8, 1975	4–7	@ Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76)	4–5–2
12	W	November 13, 1975	3–1	Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76)	5–5–2
13	L	November 15, 1975	4–6	Toronto Toros (1975–76)	5–6–2
14	L	November 17, 1975	3–6	@ Edmonton Oilers (1975–76)	5–7–2
15	W	November 18, 1975	6–2	@ Calgary Cowboys (1975–76)	6–7–2
16	W	November 20, 1975	5–1	Denver Spurs/Ottawa Civics (1975–76)	7–7–2
17	L	November 22, 1975	2–3 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1975–76)	7–8–2
18	W	November 25, 1975	7–2	Edmonton Oilers (1975–76)	8–8–2
19	W	November 27, 1975	5–1	Quebec Nordiques (1975–76)	9–8–2
20	L	November 29, 1975	4–5 OT	Calgary Cowboys (1975–76)	9–9–2
21	L	November 30, 1975	4–8	@ Houston Aeros (1975–76)	9–10–2
22	L	December 4, 1975	4–5	Winnipeg Jets (1975–76)	9–11–2
23	W	December 6, 1975	4–1	New England Whalers (1975–76)	10–11–2
24	T	December 11, 1975	3–3	Indianapolis Racers (1975–76)	10–11–3
25	T	December 13, 1975	3–3	Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76)	10–11–4
26	L	December 14, 1975	2–4	@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76)	10–12–4
27	W	December 16, 1975	4–2	@ Houston Aeros (1975–76)	11–12–4
28	W	December 18, 1975	7–3	Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76)	12–12–4
29	L	December 19, 1975	3–6	@ Denver Spurs/Ottawa Civics (1975–76)	12–13–4
30	W	December 21, 1975	3–1	Houston Aeros (1975–76)	13–13–4
31	W	December 23, 1975	10–4	Quebec Nordiques (1975–76)	14–13–4
32	W	December 26, 1975	4–2	Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76)	15–13–4
33	W	December 28, 1975	2–1	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1975–76)	16–13–4
34	L	December 30, 1975	3–5	@ New England Whalers (1975–76)	16–14–4
35	W	January 2, 1976	2–0	@ Indianapolis Racers (1975–76)	17–14–4
36	L	January 3, 1976	3–5	@ Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76)	17–15–4
37	L	January 6, 1976	4–6	@ Toronto Toros (1975–76)	17–16–4
38	L	January 7, 1976	3–8	@ Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76)	17–17–4
39	W	January 9, 1976	5–3	@ New England Whalers (1975–76)	18–17–4
40	L	January 10, 1976	3–4 OT	@ Quebec Nordiques (1975–76)	18–18–4
41	L	January 11, 1976	4–8	@ New England Whalers (1975–76)	18–19–4
42	W	January 15, 1976	5–4 OT	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1975–76)	19–19–4
43	W	January 17, 1976	5–4	Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76)	20–19–4
44	L	January 21, 1976	5–6 OT	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1975–76)	20–20–4
45	W	January 23, 1976	7–1	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1975–76)	21–20–4
46	W	January 24, 1976	6–4	Toronto Toros (1975–76)	22–20–4
47	L	January 25, 1976	5–7	@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76)	22–21–4
48	L	January 27, 1976	3–4 OT	Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76)	22–22–4
49	W	January 29, 1976	1–0	Calgary Cowboys (1975–76)	23–22–4
50	W	January 31, 1976	6–1	Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76)	24–22–4
51	W	February 4, 1976	4–1	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1975–76)	25–22–4
52	W	February 5, 1976	3–2	Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76)	26–22–4
53	L	February 8, 1976	2–5	@ Houston Aeros (1975–76)	26–23–4
54	L	February 10, 1976	3–6	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1975–76)	26–24–4
55	L	February 11, 1976	2–4	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1975–76)	26–25–4
56	W	February 14, 1976	5–1	Houston Aeros (1975–76)	27–25–4
57	W	February 15, 1976	3–2	@ Indianapolis Racers (1975–76)	28–25–4
58	L	February 17, 1976	2–5	@ Quebec Nordiques (1975–76)	28–26–4
59	W	February 20, 1976	6–4	@ Toronto Toros (1975–76)	29–26–4
60	L	February 21, 1976	2–3	@ Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76)	29–27–4
61	W	February 25, 1976	2–1 OT	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1975–76)	30–27–4
62	L	February 27, 1976	3–4	@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76)	30–28–4
63	L	March 2, 1976	3–4	New England Whalers (1975–76)	30–29–4
64	W	March 4, 1976	8–2	New England Whalers (1975–76)	31–29–4
65	W	March 7, 1976	5–2	Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76)	32–29–4
66	L	March 9, 1976	2–9	@ Houston Aeros (1975–76)	32–30–4
67	W	March 11, 1976	4–1	Houston Aeros (1975–76)	33–30–4
68	L	March 13, 1976	2–3	Houston Aeros (1975–76)	33–31–4
69	T	March 18, 1976	4–4	@ Indianapolis Racers (1975–76)	33–31–5
70	L	March 19, 1976	3–8	@ Houston Aeros (1975–76)	33–32–5
71	L	March 20, 1976	3–4 OT	Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76)	33–33–5
72	T	March 23, 1976	8–8	Indianapolis Racers (1975–76)	33–33–6
73	W	March 25, 1976	9–1	Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76)	34–33–6
74	L	March 26, 1976	1–3	@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76)	34–34–6
75	L	March 27, 1976	2–5	Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76)	34–35–6
76	L	March 28, 1976	1–6	@ Winnipeg Jets (1975–76)	34–36–6
77	W	March 30, 1976	4–3	@ Houston Aeros (1975–76)	35–36–6
78	L	April 3, 1976	2–4	@ Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76)	35–37–6
79	L	April 4, 1976	2–5	@ Houston Aeros (1975–76)	35–38–6
80	W	April 6, 1976	3–2 OT	@ Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76)	36–38–6

Playoffs

San Diego Mariners 3, Phoenix Roadrunners 2 - Preliminary Round

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record
1	April 9	San Diego Mariners	2–3 OT	Phoenix Roadrunners	0–1
2	April 10	Phoenix Roadrunners	2–4	San Diego Mariners	1–1
3	April 13	San Diego Mariners	4–6	Phoenix Roadrunners	1–2
4	April 15	Phoenix Roadrunners	1–5	San Diego Mariners	2–2
5	April 17	San Diego Mariners	2–1	Phoenix Roadrunners	3–2

Houston Aeros 4, San Diego Mariners 2 - Quarterfinals

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record
1	April 21	San Diego Mariners	6–8	Houston Aeros	0–1
2	April 23	San Diego Mariners	1–3	Houston Aeros	0–2
3	April 25	Houston Aeros	8–4	San Diego Mariners	0–3
4	April 27	Houston Aeros	2–3	San Diego Mariners	1–3
5	April 28	San Diego Mariners	3–2	Houston Aeros	2–3
6	April 30	Houston Aeros	3–2	San Diego Mariners	2–4

Player stats

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Andre Lacroix C 80 29 72 101 42 -29 12 3 3 Ray Adduono C 80 23 67 90 22 29 6 0 2 Norm Ferguson RW 79 37 37 74 12 14 4 0 4 Gene Peacosh LW 79 37 33 70 35 -5 8 0 6 Joe Noris C/D 80 28 40 68 24 4 5 3 3 Kevin Morrison D 80 22 43 65 56 0 7 0 2 John French C/LW 76 25 39 64 16 -2 6 0 3 Kevin Devine LW 80 21 28 49 102 2 3 0 2 Wayne Rivers RW 71 19 25 44 24 -18 10 0 5 Brent Hughes D 78 7 28 35 63 6 1 0 0 Alex Tidey RW 74 16 11 27 46 7 2 0 2 Don Burgess LW 73 14 11 25 35 -17 2 0 1 Bob Wall D 68 1 20 21 32 3 0 0 0 Bob Falkenberg D 79 3 13 16 31 -18 0 0 0 Mike McMahon D 69 2 12 14 38 -5 0 0 0 Brian Morenz C 40 6 7 13 22 -9 0 0 2 Gary Bredin RW 50 4 5 9 10 -12 0 0 1 Peter McNamee D 51 2 3 5 27 -10 0 0 0 Bob Dobek C 14 3 1 4 2 1 0 0 0 Dave Walter C 16 1 2 3 6 2 0 0 0 Jim Hargreaves D 43 1 1 2 26 -3 0 0 0 Ernie Wakely G 67 0 2 2 6 0 0 0 0 Jamie Bateman LW 7 1 0 1 4 -1 0 0 0 Bill Goldthorpe LW 14 1 0 1 30 0 0 0 0 Bob Blanchet G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Brian Bye C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Russ Gillow G 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Gary Jacquith D 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rick Lalonde D 2 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO Ernie Wakely 3823 67 35 27 4 208 3.26 3 Russ Gillow 1037 23 1 10 2 74 4.28 0 Bob Blanchet 32 1 0 1 0 4 7.50 0 Team: 4892 80 36 38 6 286 3.51 3

Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG Ray Adduono C 11 4 7 11 6 0 0 0 John French C/LW 11 4 7 11 0 0 0 0 Andre Lacroix C 11 4 6 10 4 0 0 0 Alex Tidey RW 11 3 6 9 10 0 0 0 Wayne Rivers RW 11 4 4 8 4 0 0 0 Don Burgess LW 11 1 7 8 4 0 0 0 Joe Noris C/D 11 2 4 6 6 0 0 0 Brent Hughes D 10 1 5 6 6 0 0 0 Kevin Morrison D 11 1 5 6 12 0 0 0 Kevin Devine LW 11 3 1 4 36 0 0 0 Bob Wall D 11 1 3 4 4 0 0 0 Brian Morenz C 11 2 1 3 11 0 0 0 Gene Peacosh LW 11 2 1 3 21 0 0 0 Bob Dobek C 11 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 Bob Falkenberg D 11 1 2 3 6 0 0 0 Norm Ferguson RW 4 2 0 2 9 0 0 0 Mike McMahon D 9 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 Peter McNamee D 11 0 1 1 28 0 0 0 Russ Gillow G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jim Hargreaves D 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 Ernie Wakely G 11 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO Ernie Wakely 640 11 5 6 39 3.66 0 Russ Gillow 20 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 Team: 660 11 5 6 39 3.55 0

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

San Diego's draft picks at the 1975 WHA Amateur Draft.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	12	Jamie Masters (D)	Canada	Ottawa 67's (OHA)
2	27	Rick Adduono (C)	Canada	St. Catharines Black Hawks (OHA)
3	42	Bob Watson (RW)	Canada	Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL)
4	57	Dan Blair (RW)	Canada	Ottawa 67's (OHA)
5	71	Craig Crawford (C)	Canada	Toronto Marlboros (OHA)
6	85	Alex Tidey (RW)	Canada	Lethbridge Broncos (WCHL)
7	98	Rick Lalonde (D)	Canada	Calgary Centennials (WCHL)
8	110	Kelly Secord (F)	Canada	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
9	122	Alex Forsyth (F)	Canada	Kingston Canadians (OHA)
10	135	Don Edwards (G)	Canada	Kitchener Rangers (OHA)
11	148	Dale Anderson (D)	Canada	Brandon Wheat Kings (WCHL)
12	159	Bruce O'Grady (F)	Canada	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHA)

See also

• 1975–76 WHA season