1975–76 Phoenix Roadrunners season

The 1975–76 Phoenix Roadrunners season was the second season of operation of the Phoenix Roadrunners in the World Hockey Association (WHA). The Roadrunners qualified for the playoffs but lost in the first round to the San Diego Mariners.

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

|1||W||October 10, 1975||6–5 || align="left"| San Diego Mariners (1975–76) ||1–0–0

|2||W||October 11, 1975||4–2 || align="left"| @ San Diego Mariners (1975–76) ||2–0–0

|3||L||October 12, 1975||0–4 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1975–76) ||2–1–0

|4||L||October 17, 1975||4–5 || align="left"| Denver Spurs/Ottawa Civics (1975–76) ||2–2–0

|5||W||October 19, 1975||6–5 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1975–76) ||3–2–0

|6||W||October 24, 1975||4–3 || align="left"| @ Calgary Cowboys (1975–76) ||4–2–0

|7||L||October 26, 1975||0–5 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1975–76) ||4–3–0

|8||L||October 28, 1975||3–7 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1975–76) ||4–4–0

|9||W||October 30, 1975||3–2 || align="left"| @ Denver Spurs/Ottawa Civics (1975–76) ||5–4–0

|10||L||November 1, 1975||2–3 || align="left"| @ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1975–76) ||5–5–0

|11||L||November 2, 1975||2–5 || align="left"| @ Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76) ||5–6–0

|12||L||November 7, 1975||3–5 || align="left"| @ Houston Aeros (1975–76) ||5–7–0

|13||W||November 8, 1975||3–2 || align="left"| @ New England Whalers (1975–76) ||6–7–0

|14||L||November 9, 1975||3–7 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1975–76) ||6–8–0

|15||T||November 14, 1975||2–2 || align="left"| Toronto Toros (1975–76) ||6–8–1

|16||T||November 16, 1975||4–4 || align="left"| Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76) ||6–8–2

|17||W||November 20, 1975||3–1 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1975–76) ||7–8–2

|18||L||November 22, 1975||5–7 || align="left"| @ New England Whalers (1975–76) ||7–9–2

|19||L||November 27, 1975||1–5 || align="left"| Calgary Cowboys (1975–76) ||7–10–2

|20||T||November 29, 1975||4–4 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1975–76) ||7–10–3

|21||L||November 30, 1975||1–2 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1975–76) ||7–11–3

|22||W||December 4, 1975||5–4 || align="left"| New England Whalers (1975–76) ||8–11–3

|23||W||December 6, 1975||6–5 OT|| align="left"| Houston Aeros (1975–76) ||9–11–3

|24||L||December 10, 1975||1–2 || align="left"| Indianapolis Racers (1975–76) ||9–12–3

|25||L||December 12, 1975||2–4 || align="left"| Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76) ||9–13–3

|26||W||December 13, 1975||4–1 || align="left"| @ Denver Spurs/Ottawa Civics (1975–76) ||10–13–3

|27||W||December 14, 1975||4–2 || align="left"| San Diego Mariners (1975–76) ||11–13–3

|28||W||December 18, 1975||7–1 || align="left"| Indianapolis Racers (1975–76) ||12–13–3

|29||L||December 20, 1975||3–4 || align="left"| Houston Aeros (1975–76) ||12–14–3

|30||W||December 23, 1975||5–3 || align="left"| @ Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76) ||13–14–3

|31||L||December 26, 1975||2–4 || align="left"| @ San Diego Mariners (1975–76) ||13–15–3

|32||W||December 27, 1975||10–0 || align="left"| Denver Spurs/Ottawa Civics (1975–76) ||14–15–3

|33||W||December 28, 1975||5–2 || align="left"| @ Denver Spurs/Ottawa Civics (1975–76) ||15–15–3

|34||L||January 2, 1976||1–4 || align="left"| @ Toronto Toros (1975–76) ||15–16–3

|35||W||January 3, 1976||4–1 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1975–76) ||16–16–3

|36||L||January 4, 1976||2–3 || align="left"| @ Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76) ||16–17–3

|37||L||January 7, 1976||6–7 OT|| align="left"| @ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1975–76) ||16–18–3

|38||W||January 8, 1976||7–1 || align="left"| Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76) ||17–18–3

|39||W||January 10, 1976||8–5 || align="left"| Denver Spurs/Ottawa Civics (1975–76) ||18–18–3

|40||W||January 16, 1976||3–1 || align="left"| Minnesota Fighting Saints (1975–76) ||19–18–3

|41||L||January 17, 1976||2–4 || align="left"| Minnesota Fighting Saints (1975–76) ||19–19–3

|42||T||January 20, 1976||4–4 || align="left"| New England Whalers (1975–76) ||19–19–4

|43||W||January 22, 1976||6–4 || align="left"| Toronto Toros (1975–76) ||20–19–4

|44||W||January 25, 1976||7–5 || align="left"| San Diego Mariners (1975–76) ||21–19–4

|45||W||January 27, 1976||4–3 OT|| align="left"| @ San Diego Mariners (1975–76) ||22–19–4

|46||W||January 28, 1976||5–0 || align="left"| Calgary Cowboys (1975–76) ||23–19–4

|47||T||January 30, 1976||4–4 || align="left"| Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76) ||23–19–5

|48||L||January 31, 1976||1–6 || align="left"| @ San Diego Mariners (1975–76) ||23–20–5

|49||W||February 4, 1976||5–1 || align="left"| Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76) ||24–20–5

|50||W||February 5, 1976||5–1 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1975–76) ||25–20–5

|51||W||February 7, 1976||4–2 || align="left"| Minnesota Fighting Saints (1975–76) ||26–20–5

|52||T||February 8, 1976||3–3 || align="left"| Minnesota Fighting Saints (1975–76) ||26–20–6

|53||L||February 11, 1976||1–2 || align="left"| @ Indianapolis Racers (1975–76) ||26–21–6

|54||L||February 12, 1976||1–4 || align="left"| Houston Aeros (1975–76) ||26–22–6

|55||W||February 14, 1976||5–2 || align="left"| @ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1975–76) ||27–22–6

|56||W||February 15, 1976||4–2 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1975–76) ||28–22–6

|57||L||February 18, 1976||3–4 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1975–76) ||28–23–6

|58||L||February 20, 1976||1–4 || align="left"| @ Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76) ||28–24–6

|59||W||February 22, 1976||6–5 || align="left"| @ Indianapolis Racers (1975–76) ||29–24–6

|60||W||February 27, 1976||4–3 || align="left"| San Diego Mariners (1975–76) ||30–24–6

|61||W||February 29, 1976||5–2 || align="left"| @ Calgary Cowboys (1975–76) ||31–24–6

|62||W||March 2, 1976||5–2 || align="left"| Indianapolis Racers (1975–76) ||32–24–6

|63||L||March 5, 1976||3–6 || align="left"| @ Houston Aeros (1975–76) ||32–25–6

|64||L||March 6, 1976||3–5 || align="left"| New England Whalers (1975–76) ||32–26–6

|65||L||March 7, 1976||2–5 || align="left"| @ San Diego Mariners (1975–76) ||32–27–6

|66||W||March 10, 1976||3–2 || align="left"| @ New England Whalers (1975–76) ||33–27–6

|67||W||March 12, 1976||5–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Toros (1975–76) ||34–27–6

|68||L||March 13, 1976||4–6 || align="left"| @ Indianapolis Racers (1975–76) ||34–28–6

|69||W||March 14, 1976||3–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76) ||35–28–6

|70||L||March 17, 1976||4–7 || align="left"| Houston Aeros (1975–76) ||35–29–6

|71||L||March 19, 1976||5–6 OT|| align="left"| Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76) ||35–30–6

|72||W||March 20, 1976||4–3 OT|| align="left"| @ San Diego Mariners (1975–76) ||36–30–6

|73||L||March 21, 1976||3–4 || align="left"| @ Houston Aeros (1975–76) ||36–31–6

|74||L||March 24, 1976||4–5 || align="left"| Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76) ||36–32–6

|75||W||March 26, 1976||3–1 || align="left"| San Diego Mariners (1975–76) ||37–32–6

|76||W||March 27, 1976||5–2 || align="left"| @ San Diego Mariners (1975–76) ||38–32–6

|77||L||March 28, 1976||4–7 || align="left"| @ Houston Aeros (1975–76) ||38–33–6

|78||W||March 31, 1976||7–2 || align="left"| @ Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76) ||39–33–6

|79||L||April 3, 1976||2–8 || align="left"| Houston Aeros (1975–76) ||39–34–6

|80||L||April 6, 1976||5–8 || align="left"| @ Houston Aeros (1975–76) ||39–35–6

Legend:

Playoffs

| 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

Legend:

Player statistics Players + Regular season Player Position C/LW 80 41 72 113 109361004 C 80 47 44 91 10211207 RW 79 35 45 80 13622605 C 79 22 44 66 40442 C 80 23 34 57 443724 D 73 11 39 50 825302 W 61 19 24 43 2722313 RW 73 18 21 39 29523100 LW 46 21 15 36 45401 RW 75 15 21 36 199202 LW 71 9 25 34 11017104 RW 67 11 20 31 280101 D 79 7 17 24 10015100 D 76 0 21 21 1024000 LW 68 8 12 20 14-9002 D 80 2 18 20 8212100 D 79 4 14 18 7721101 LW 33 4 7 11 60010 D 59 1 9 10 573000 G 40 0 4 4 20000 D 14 1 2 3 32-6000 RW 9 2 0 2 0-4001 C 9 1 1 2 21000 C 8 0 2 2 40000 G 41 0 2 2 60000 G 2 0 0 0 00000

+ Avco Cup playoffs Player Position C 5 3 2 5 2000 C 5 2 3 5 0000 C/LW 5 1 3 4 2000 RW 5 1 3 4 2000 W 5 2 0 2 7000 RW 5 1 1 2 7000 C 5 1 1 2 0000 LW 5 0 2 2 0000 RW 5 0 2 2 24000 D 5 0 2 2 2000 D 5 0 2 2 4000 D 5 0 2 2 0000 D 5 1 0 1 10000 RW 5 1 0 1 21000 D 5 0 1 1 0000 LW 3 0 0 0 0000 G 5 0 0 0 0000 RW 3 0 0 0 0000

Goaltending + Regular season Player 2412 41 21 14 4 128 3.18 1 2369 40 18 20 2 147 3.72 1 80 2 0 1 0 9 6.75 0 Team: 4861 80 39 35 6 284 3.51 2

+ Avco Cup playoffsPlayer 298 5 2 3 17 3.42 0 Team: 298 5 2 3 17 3.42 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 Phoenix's draft picks at the 1975 WHA Amateur Draft.

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)19Greg Vaydik (F)Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)223Neil Lyseng (RW)Kamloops Chiefs (WCHL)224Mike O'Connell (D)Kingston Canadians (OHA)339Blair Davidson (D)Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL)454Roger Swanson (G)Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL)568Mike Sleep (RW)New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)682Dana Decker (LW)Michigan Tech University (WCHA)795Dale McMullin (LW)Brandon Wheat Kings (WCHL)8107Gary Morrison (F)University of Michigan (WCHA)

See also 1975–76 WHA season

References