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.
Regular season
Final standings
Schedule and results
|1||L||October 10, 1975||5–6 || align="left"| @ Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76) ||0–1–0
|2||L||October 11, 1975||2–4 || align="left"| Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76) ||0–2–0
|3||W||October 16, 1975||3–0 || align="left"| Indianapolis Racers (1975–76) ||1–2–0
|4||W||October 18, 1975||2–1 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1975–76) ||2–2–0
|5||T||October 23, 1975||4–4 || align="left"| Minnesota Fighting Saints (1975–76) ||2–2–1
|6||W||October 25, 1975||6–1 || align="left"| Minnesota Fighting Saints (1975–76) ||3–2–1
|7||L||October 30, 1975||2–4 || align="left"| Houston Aeros (1975–76) ||3–3–1
|8||L||November 2, 1975||3–5 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1975–76) ||3–4–1
|9||T||November 4, 1975||4–4 || align="left"| @ Calgary Cowboys (1975–76) ||3–4–2
|10||W||November 7, 1975||3–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Denver Spurs/Ottawa Civics (1975–76) ||4–4–2
|11||L||November 8, 1975||4–7 || align="left"| @ Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76) ||4–5–2
|12||W||November 13, 1975||3–1 || align="left"| Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76) ||5–5–2
|13||L||November 15, 1975||4–6 || align="left"| Toronto Toros (1975–76) ||5–6–2
|14||L||November 17, 1975||3–6 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1975–76) ||5–7–2
|15||W||November 18, 1975||6–2 || align="left"| @ Calgary Cowboys (1975–76) ||6–7–2
|16||W||November 20, 1975||5–1 || align="left"| Denver Spurs/Ottawa Civics (1975–76) ||7–7–2
|17||L||November 22, 1975||2–3 OT|| align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1975–76) ||7–8–2
|18||W||November 25, 1975||7–2 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1975–76) ||8–8–2
|19||W||November 27, 1975||5–1 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1975–76) ||9–8–2
|20||L||November 29, 1975||4–5 OT|| align="left"| Calgary Cowboys (1975–76) ||9–9–2
|21||L||November 30, 1975||4–8 || align="left"| @ Houston Aeros (1975–76) ||9–10–2
|22||L||December 4, 1975||4–5 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1975–76) ||9–11–2
|23||W||December 6, 1975||4–1 || align="left"| New England Whalers (1975–76) ||10–11–2
|24||T||December 11, 1975||3–3 || align="left"| Indianapolis Racers (1975–76) ||10–11–3
|25||T||December 13, 1975||3–3 || align="left"| Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76) ||10–11–4
|26||L||December 14, 1975||2–4 || align="left"| @ Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76) ||10–12–4
|27||W||December 16, 1975||4–2 || align="left"| @ Houston Aeros (1975–76) ||11–12–4
|28||W||December 18, 1975||7–3 || align="left"| Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76) ||12–12–4
|29||L||December 19, 1975||3–6 || align="left"| @ Denver Spurs/Ottawa Civics (1975–76) ||12–13–4
|30||W||December 21, 1975||3–1 || align="left"| Houston Aeros (1975–76) ||13–13–4
|31||W||December 23, 1975||10–4 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1975–76) ||14–13–4
|32||W||December 26, 1975||4–2 || align="left"| Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76) ||15–13–4
|33||W||December 28, 1975||2–1 || align="left"| @ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1975–76) ||16–13–4
|34||L||December 30, 1975||3–5 || align="left"| @ New England Whalers (1975–76) ||16–14–4
|35||W||January 2, 1976||2–0 || align="left"| @ Indianapolis Racers (1975–76) ||17–14–4
|36||L||January 3, 1976||3–5 || align="left"| @ Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76) ||17–15–4
|37||L||January 6, 1976||4–6 || align="left"| @ Toronto Toros (1975–76) ||17–16–4
|38||L||January 7, 1976||3–8 || align="left"| @ Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76) ||17–17–4
|39||W||January 9, 1976||5–3 || align="left"| @ New England Whalers (1975–76) ||18–17–4
|40||L||January 10, 1976||3–4 OT|| align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1975–76) ||18–18–4
|41||L||January 11, 1976||4–8 || align="left"| @ New England Whalers (1975–76) ||18–19–4
|42||W||January 15, 1976||5–4 OT|| align="left"| Minnesota Fighting Saints (1975–76) ||19–19–4
|43||W||January 17, 1976||5–4 || align="left"| Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76) ||20–19–4
|44||L||January 21, 1976||5–6 OT|| align="left"| @ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1975–76) ||20–20–4
|45||W||January 23, 1976||7–1 || align="left"| @ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1975–76) ||21–20–4
|46||W||January 24, 1976||6–4 || align="left"| Toronto Toros (1975–76) ||22–20–4
|47||L||January 25, 1976||5–7 || align="left"| @ Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76) ||22–21–4
|48||L||January 27, 1976||3–4 OT|| align="left"| Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76) ||22–22–4
|49||W||January 29, 1976||1–0 || align="left"| Calgary Cowboys (1975–76) ||23–22–4
|50||W||January 31, 1976||6–1 || align="left"| Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76) ||24–22–4
|51||W||February 4, 1976||4–1 || align="left"| Minnesota Fighting Saints (1975–76) ||25–22–4
|52||W||February 5, 1976||3–2 || align="left"| Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76) ||26–22–4
|53||L||February 8, 1976||2–5 || align="left"| @ Houston Aeros (1975–76) ||26–23–4
|54||L||February 10, 1976||3–6 || align="left"| @ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1975–76) ||26–24–4
|55||L||February 11, 1976||2–4 || align="left"| Minnesota Fighting Saints (1975–76) ||26–25–4
|56||W||February 14, 1976||5–1 || align="left"| Houston Aeros (1975–76) ||27–25–4
|57||W||February 15, 1976||3–2 || align="left"| @ Indianapolis Racers (1975–76) ||28–25–4
|58||L||February 17, 1976||2–5 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1975–76) ||28–26–4
|59||W||February 20, 1976||6–4 || align="left"| @ Toronto Toros (1975–76) ||29–26–4
|60||L||February 21, 1976||2–3 || align="left"| @ Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76) ||29–27–4
|61||W||February 25, 1976||2–1 OT|| align="left"| @ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1975–76) ||30–27–4
|62||L||February 27, 1976||3–4 || align="left"| @ Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76) ||30–28–4
|63||L||March 2, 1976||3–4 || align="left"| New England Whalers (1975–76) ||30–29–4
|64||W||March 4, 1976||8–2 || align="left"| New England Whalers (1975–76) ||31–29–4
|65||W||March 7, 1976||5–2 || align="left"| Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76) ||32–29–4
|66||L||March 9, 1976||2–9 || align="left"| @ Houston Aeros (1975–76) ||32–30–4
|67||W||March 11, 1976||4–1 || align="left"| Houston Aeros (1975–76) ||33–30–4
|68||L||March 13, 1976||2–3 || align="left"| Houston Aeros (1975–76) ||33–31–4
|69||T||March 18, 1976||4–4 || align="left"| @ Indianapolis Racers (1975–76) ||33–31–5
|70||L||March 19, 1976||3–8 || align="left"| @ Houston Aeros (1975–76) ||33–32–5
|71||L||March 20, 1976||3–4 OT|| align="left"| Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76) ||33–33–5
|72||T||March 23, 1976||8–8 || align="left"| Indianapolis Racers (1975–76) ||33–33–6
|73||W||March 25, 1976||9–1 || align="left"| Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76) ||34–33–6
|74||L||March 26, 1976||1–3 || align="left"| @ Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76) ||34–34–6
|75||L||March 27, 1976||2–5 || align="left"| Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76) ||34–35–6
|76||L||March 28, 1976||1–6 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1975–76) ||34–36–6
|77||W||March 30, 1976||4–3 || align="left"| @ Houston Aeros (1975–76) ||35–36–6
|78||L||April 3, 1976||2–4 || align="left"| @ Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76) ||35–37–6
|79||L||April 4, 1976||2–5 || align="left"| @ Houston Aeros (1975–76) ||35–38–6
|80||W||April 6, 1976||3–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76) ||36–38–6
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
| 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
Legend:
Player statistics Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG C 80 29 72 101 42-291233 C 80 23 67 90 2229602 RW 79 37 37 74 1214404 LW 79 37 33 70 35-5806 C/D 80 28 40 68 244533 D 80 22 43 65 560702 C/LW 76 25 39 64 16-2603 LW 80 21 28 49 1022302 RW 71 19 25 44 24-181005 D 78 7 28 35 636100 RW 74 16 11 27 467202 LW 73 14 11 25 35-17201 D 68 1 20 21 323000 D 79 3 13 16 31-18000 D 69 2 12 14 38-5000 C 40 6 7 13 22-9002 RW 50 4 5 9 10-12001 D 51 2 3 5 27-10000 C 14 3 1 4 21000 C 16 1 2 3 62000 D 43 1 1 2 26-3000 G 67 0 2 2 60000 LW 7 1 0 1 4-1000 LW 14 1 0 1 300000 G 1 0 0 0 00000 C 1 0 0 0 00000 G 23 0 0 0 00000 D 2 0 0 0 00000 D 2 0 0 0 0-1000Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA SO 3823 67 35 27 4 208 3.26 3 1037 23 1 10 2 74 4.28 0 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 C 11 4 7 11 6000 C/LW 11 4 7 11 0000 C 11 4 6 10 4000 RW 11 3 6 9 10000 RW 11 4 4 8 4000 LW 11 1 7 8 4000 C/D 11 2 4 6 6000 D 10 1 5 6 6000 D 11 1 5 6 12000 LW 11 3 1 4 36000 D 11 1 3 4 4000 C 11 2 1 3 11000 LW 11 2 1 3 21000 C 11 1 2 3 0000 D 11 1 2 3 6000 RW 4 2 0 2 9000 D 9 0 1 1 2000 D 11 0 1 1 28000 G 1 0 0 0 0000 D 5 0 0 0 2000 G 11 0 0 0 4000 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LGAGAA SO 640 11 5 6 39 3.66 0 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)112Jamie Masters (D)Ottawa 67's (OHA)227Rick Adduono (C)St. Catharines Black Hawks (OHA)342Bob Watson (RW)Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL)457Dan Blair (RW)Ottawa 67's (OHA)571Craig Crawford (C)Toronto Marlboros (OHA)685Alex Tidey (RW)Lethbridge Broncos (WCHL)798Rick Lalonde (D)Calgary Centennials (WCHL)8110Kelly Secord (F)New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)9122Alex Forsyth (F)Kingston Canadians (OHA)10135Don Edwards (G)Kitchener Rangers (OHA)11148Dale Anderson (D)Brandon Wheat Kings (WCHL)12159Bruce O'Grady (F)Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHA)
See also 1975–76 WHA season
References