1975–76 Indianapolis Racers season

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

Final standings

Schedule and results

|1||W||October 10, 1975||7–1 || align="left"| @ Denver Spurs/Ottawa Civics (1975–76) ||1–0–0

|2||L||October 12, 1975||5–6 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1975–76) ||1–1–0

|3||L||October 14, 1975||3–5 || align="left"| @ Calgary Cowboys (1975–76) ||1–2–0

|4||L||October 16, 1975||0–3 || align="left"| @ San Diego Mariners (1975–76) ||1–3–0

|5||L||October 18, 1975||4–6 || align="left"| Denver Spurs/Ottawa Civics (1975–76) ||1–4–0

|6||L||October 21, 1975||1–2 || align="left"| Minnesota Fighting Saints (1975–76) ||1–5–0

|7||W||October 23, 1975||4–0 || align="left"| Houston Aeros (1975–76) ||2–5–0

|8||W||October 26, 1975||4–3 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1975–76) ||3–5–0

|9||L||October 30, 1975||5–7 || align="left"| Calgary Cowboys (1975–76) ||3–6–0

|10||L||November 1, 1975||2–5 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1975–76) ||3–7–0

|11||W||November 4, 1975||4–3 || align="left"| Toronto Toros (1975–76) ||4–7–0

|12||L||November 8, 1975||2–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1975–76) ||4–8–0

|13||L||November 15, 1975||7–9 || align="left"| @ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1975–76) ||4–9–0

|14||L||November 16, 1975||1–2 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1975–76) ||4–10–0

|15||W||November 17, 1975||6–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Toros (1975–76) ||5–10–0

|16||W||November 19, 1975||3–1 || align="left"| New England Whalers (1975–76) ||6–10–0

|17||L||November 25, 1975||1–4 || align="left"| @ Houston Aeros (1975–76) ||6–11–0

|18||W||November 27, 1975||3–1 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1975–76) ||7–11–0

|19||W||November 28, 1975||3–1 || align="left"| @ Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76) ||8–11–0

|20||W||November 29, 1975||3–2 || align="left"| @ New England Whalers (1975–76) ||9–11–0

|21||L||November 30, 1975||2–4 || align="left"| Denver Spurs/Ottawa Civics (1975–76) ||9–12–0

|22||W||December 4, 1975||7–1 || align="left"| Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76) ||10–12–0

|23||W||December 6, 1975||3–2 || align="left"| Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76) ||11–12–0

|24||W||December 10, 1975||2–1 || align="left"| @ Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76) ||12–12–0

|25||T||December 11, 1975||3–3 || align="left"| @ San Diego Mariners (1975–76) ||12–12–1

|26||L||December 12, 1975||2–4 || align="left"| @ Houston Aeros (1975–76) ||12–13–1

|27||T||December 14, 1975||2–2 || align="left"| New England Whalers (1975–76) ||12–13–2

|28||L||December 16, 1975||1–3 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1975–76) ||12–14–2

|29||L||December 18, 1975||1–7 || align="left"| @ Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76) ||12–15–2

|30||W||December 19, 1975||5–4 OT|| align="left"| Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76) ||13–15–2

|31||L||December 20, 1975||3–5 || align="left"| @ Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76) ||13–16–2

|32||W||December 27, 1975||2–1 || align="left"| Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76) ||14–16–2

|33||L||December 28, 1975||1–4 || align="left"| @ Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76) ||14–17–2

|34||L||December 30, 1975||1–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Denver Spurs/Ottawa Civics (1975–76) ||14–18–2

|35||L||January 2, 1976||0–2 || align="left"| San Diego Mariners (1975–76) ||14–19–2

|36||L||January 3, 1976||1–3 || align="left"| @ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1975–76) ||14–20–2

|37||W||January 4, 1976||3–2 || align="left"| New England Whalers (1975–76) ||15–20–2

|38||L||January 6, 1976||0–3 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1975–76) ||15–21–2

|39||L||January 7, 1976||1–3 || align="left"| @ Calgary Cowboys (1975–76) ||15–22–2

|40||W||January 9, 1976||2–1 OT|| align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1975–76) ||16–22–2

|41||L||January 11, 1976||3–4 || align="left"| @ Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76) ||16–23–2

|42||L||January 15, 1976||1–3 || align="left"| Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76) ||16–24–2

|43||L||January 17, 1976||0–4 || align="left"| Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76) ||16–25–2

|44||L||January 21, 1976||2–3 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1975–76) ||16–26–2

|45||W||January 23, 1976||4–3 || align="left"| Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76) ||17–26–2

|46||W||January 25, 1976||4–2 || align="left"| Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76) ||18–26–2

|47||L||January 28, 1976||4–6 || align="left"| @ New England Whalers (1975–76) ||18–27–2

|48||L||January 29, 1976||5–6 OT|| align="left"| Minnesota Fighting Saints (1975–76) ||18–28–2

|49||W||January 30, 1976||2–1 || align="left"| Houston Aeros (1975–76) ||19–28–2

|50||L||February 1, 1976||1–2 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1975–76) ||19–29–2

|51||W||February 5, 1976||4–2 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1975–76) ||20–29–2

|52||L||February 6, 1976||3–4 || align="left"| @ Houston Aeros (1975–76) ||20–30–2

|53||W||February 7, 1976||5–1 || align="left"| Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76) ||21–30–2

|54||W||February 11, 1976||2–1 || align="left"| Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76) ||22–30–2

|55||L||February 13, 1976||3–4 OT|| align="left"| Calgary Cowboys (1975–76) ||22–31–2

|56||L||February 14, 1976||2–3 || align="left"| @ Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76) ||22–32–2

|57||L||February 15, 1976||2–3 || align="left"| San Diego Mariners (1975–76) ||22–33–2

|58||W||February 19, 1976||10–3 || align="left"| New England Whalers (1975–76) ||23–33–2

|59||L||February 21, 1976||2–3 || align="left"| @ Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76) ||23–34–2

|60||L||February 22, 1976||5–6 || align="left"| Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76) ||23–35–2

|61||T||February 28, 1976||4–4 || align="left"| @ New England Whalers (1975–76) ||23–35–3

|62||W||February 29, 1976||5–2 || align="left"| @ Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76) ||24–35–3

|63||L||March 2, 1976||2–5 || align="left"| @ Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76) ||24–36–3

|64||W||March 4, 1976||3–1 || align="left"| Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76) ||25–36–3

|65||W||March 6, 1976||3–2 || align="left"| @ Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76) ||26–36–3

|66||L||March 7, 1976||1–5 || align="left"| Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76) ||26–37–3

|67||W||March 11, 1976||3–1 || align="left"| Toronto Toros (1975–76) ||27–37–3

|68||W||March 12, 1976||6–3 || align="left"| @ Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76) ||28–37–3

|69||W||March 13, 1976||6–4 || align="left"| Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76) ||29–37–3

|70||W||March 17, 1976||5–2 || align="left"| @ New England Whalers (1975–76) ||30–37–3

|71||T||March 18, 1976||4–4 || align="left"| San Diego Mariners (1975–76) ||30–37–4

|72||T||March 20, 1976||1–1 || align="left"| @ New England Whalers (1975–76) ||30–37–5

|73||T||March 23, 1976||8–8 || align="left"| @ San Diego Mariners (1975–76) ||30–37–6

|74||W||March 25, 1976||4–3 OT|| align="left"| Houston Aeros (1975–76) ||31–37–6

|75||W||March 26, 1976||3–2 || align="left"| @ Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76) ||32–37–6

|76||W||March 28, 1976||3–1 || align="left"| @ New England Whalers (1975–76) ||33–37–6

|77||L||April 1, 1976||1–4 || align="left"| Houston Aeros (1975–76) ||33–38–6

|78||W||April 2, 1976||3–1 || align="left"| @ Toronto Toros (1975–76) ||34–38–6

|79||L||April 3, 1976||2–5 || align="left"| New England Whalers (1975–76) ||34–39–6

|80||W||April 4, 1976||4–2 || align="left"| @ New England Whalers (1975–76) ||35–39–6

Legend:

Playoffs

| 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

Legend:

Player statistics Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG D 80 5 40 45 48-7301 C 79 16 28 44 3615403 C 70 9 34 43 4-2302 RW 76 23 19 42 2610224 LW 80 23 17 40 231402 C 41 12 28 40 231301 RW 40 18 21 39 521703 C 62 16 17 33 54-6124 C 52 15 16 31 1120502 RW 56 19 11 30 142101 C 23 13 15 28 209801 LW 59 11 16 27 24-5212 D 79 1 25 26 284001 C 55 11 14 25 8-4512 C 30 7 15 22 161201 D 73 7 14 21 317002 RW 74 7 14 21 56-8200 D 36 5 16 21 405100 D 77 1 12 13 351-10100 C 23 4 7 11 4-5100 D 37 1 10 11 308001 C 12 3 7 10 22100 LW 19 6 2 8 310200 D 42 1 7 8 140000 RW 34 2 5 7 7-7000 D 38 4 2 6 92-5002 D 34 2 2 4 104-11100 C 11 1 2 3 0-5001 G 24 0 3 3 170000 LW 15 2 0 2 9-7000 C 7 0 2 2 0-2000 G 11 0 1 1 20000 D 3 0 0 0 00000 G 31 0 0 0 20000 G 19 0 0 0 40000 LW 2 0 0 0 0-1000 RW 2 0 0 0 0-1000 LW 1 0 0 0 0-1000Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA 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 6000 C 7 2 5 7 8000 RW 7 2 3 5 7000 C 7 2 2 4 2000 D 7 0 4 4 2000 RW 7 2 0 2 10000 D 7 0 2 2 2000 LW 7 1 0 1 11000 D 7 1 0 1 20000 LW 7 1 0 1 4000 D 7 0 1 1 4000 C 7 0 1 1 12000 G 6 0 1 1 0000 D 6 0 0 0 25000 LW 4 0 0 0 6000 G 3 0 0 0 0000 C 3 0 0 0 4000 RW 7 0 0 0 0000 D 7 0 0 0 2000 RW 7 0 0 0 5000 C 7 0 0 0 2000 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LGAGAA 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

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.

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)12Bryan Maxwell (D)Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)332Clark Hamilton (C)University of Notre Dame (WCHA)447Blair MacKasey (D)Montreal Red White and Blue (QMJHL)562Rick Bowness (C)Montreal Red White and Blue (QMJHL)676Eric Sanderson (LW)Victoria Cougars (WCHL)790Doug Young (D)Michigan Tech University (WCHA)8103Stan Jonathan (LW)Peterborough Petes (OHA)9115Larry Huras (D)Kitchener Rangers (OHA)10127Kari Makkonen (F)Assat Pori (SM-sarja)11140Michel Blais (D)Kingston Canadians (OHA)12152Anders Steen (F)Farjestads BK (Sweden)13162Paul Evans (RW)Peterborough Petes (OHA)

See also 1975–76 WHA season

References