1975–76 St. Louis Blues season

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1975–76 St. Louis Blues
Division3rd Smythe
ConferenceCampbell
1975–76 record29–37–14
Goals for249
Goals against290
Team information
General managerDenis Ball
CoachGarry Young,
Lynn Patrick,
Leo Boivin
CaptainBarclay Plager
Red Berenson
Alternate captainsNone
Team leaders
GoalsChuck Lefley (43)
AssistsGarry Unger (44)
PointsChuck Lefley (85)
Penalty minutesBob Gassoff (306)
Wins
Goals against averageGilles Gratton (2.49)

The 1975–76 St. Louis Blues season was the ninth for the franchise in St. Louis, Missouri. The Blues finished the regular-season with a record of 29 wins, 37 losses and 14 ties, good for 72 points. Because of their third-place finish in the Smythe Division, the Blues qualified for the playoffs for the second consecutive year, only to lose the Buffalo Sabres, 2–1 in the preliminary round.

Offseason[edit]

Regular season[edit]

Final standings[edit]

Smythe Division
GP W L T GF GA Pts
Chicago Black Hawks 80 32 30 18 254 261 82
Vancouver Canucks 80 33 32 15 271 272 81
St. Louis Blues 80 29 37 14 249 290 72
Minnesota North Stars 80 20 53 7 195 303 47
Kansas City Scouts 80 12 56 12 190 351 36

[1]Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Record vs. opponents[edit]

Smythe Division record vs. opponents


Schedule and results[edit]

No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1 T October 8, 1975 1–1 @ Detroit Red Wings (1975–76) 0–0–1
2 L October 11, 1975 2–7 @ Montreal Canadiens (1975–76) 0–1–1
3 W October 14, 1975 5–1 Kansas City Scouts (1975–76) 1–1–1
4 L October 16, 1975 2–3 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76) 1–2–1
5 L October 18, 1975 3–5 Buffalo Sabres (1975–76) 1–3–1
6 W October 21, 1975 6–1 Los Angeles Kings (1975–76) 2–3–1
7 T October 22, 1975 1–1 @ Atlanta Flames (1975–76) 2–3–2
8 W October 25, 1975 7–3 Atlanta Flames (1975–76) 3–3–2
9 L October 29, 1975 1–3 @ New York Rangers (1975–76) 3–4–2
10 L October 30, 1975 2–3 @ Boston Bruins (1975–76) 3–5–2
11 T November 1, 1975 3–3 Vancouver Canucks (1975–76) 3–5–3
12 W November 5, 1975 4–1 @ Minnesota North Stars (1975–76) 4–5–3
13 L November 6, 1975 3–5 Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76) 4–6–3
14 T November 8, 1975 3–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76) 4–6–4
15 W November 9, 1975 5–3 @ Washington Capitals (1975–76) 5–6–4
16 W November 11, 1975 5–3 New York Rangers (1975–76) 6–6–4
17 W November 15, 1975 9–2 Washington Capitals (1975–76) 7–6–4
18 L November 18, 1975 1–5 Minnesota North Stars (1975–76) 7–7–4
19 W November 22, 1975 5–1 Detroit Red Wings (1975–76) 8–7–4
20 T November 26, 1975 3–3 Kansas City Scouts (1975–76) 8–7–5
21 L November 27, 1975 2–3 @ Kansas City Scouts (1975–76) 8–8–5
22 L November 29, 1975 2–8 @ New York Islanders (1975–76) 8–9–5
23 L November 30, 1975 2–5 @ New York Rangers (1975–76) 8–10–5
24 L December 2, 1975 1–4 New York Islanders (1975–76) 8–11–5
25 L December 4, 1975 1–4 Montreal Canadiens (1975–76) 8–12–5
26 W December 6, 1975 7–2 Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76) 9–12–5
27 L December 9, 1975 3–5 @ Vancouver Canucks (1975–76) 9–13–5
28 L December 10, 1975 0–5 @ Los Angeles Kings (1975–76) 9–14–5
29 L December 12, 1975 2–5 @ California Golden Seals (1975–76) 9–15–5
30 W December 14, 1975 4–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76) 10–15–5
31 L December 17, 1975 2–6 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76) 10–16–5
32 L December 20, 1975 1–7 New York Islanders (1975–76) 10–17–5
33 L December 21, 1975 3–8 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76) 10–18–5
34 L December 23, 1975 1–4 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76) 10–19–5
35 W December 27, 1975 4–2 Vancouver Canucks (1975–76) 11–19–5
36 L January 2, 1976 1–7 @ Atlanta Flames (1975–76) 11–20–5
37 W January 3, 1976 3–2 Minnesota North Stars (1975–76) 12–20–5
38 W January 6, 1976 5–2 New York Rangers (1975–76) 13–20–5
39 W January 8, 1976 4–2 Washington Capitals (1975–76) 14–20–5
40 L January 10, 1976 0–2 @ Minnesota North Stars (1975–76) 14–21–5
41 W January 13, 1976 7–3 Buffalo Sabres (1975–76) 15–21–5
42 W January 15, 1976 5–3 @ Atlanta Flames (1975–76) 16–21–5
43 W January 17, 1976 7–5 Boston Bruins (1975–76) 17–21–5
44 W January 21, 1976 4–2 @ Kansas City Scouts (1975–76) 18–21–5
45 L January 24, 1976 1–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76) 18–22–5
46 L January 25, 1976 2–4 @ Buffalo Sabres (1975–76) 18–23–5
47 L January 27, 1976 2–3 Detroit Red Wings (1975–76) 18–24–5
48 L January 29, 1976 3–6 New York Rangers (1975–76) 18–25–5
49 T January 31, 1976 2–2 New York Islanders (1975–76) 18–25–6
50 T February 3, 1976 4–4 California Golden Seals (1975–76) 18–25–7
51 T February 4, 1976 3–3 @ Kansas City Scouts (1975–76) 18–25–8
52 W February 6, 1976 5–3 Vancouver Canucks (1975–76) 19–25–8
53 L February 7, 1976 2–8 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76) 19–26–8
54 L February 10, 1976 1–6 @ Montreal Canadiens (1975–76) 19–27–8
55 W February 13, 1976 2–0 @ Washington Capitals (1975–76) 20–27–8
56 W February 14, 1976 5–3 Atlanta Flames (1975–76) 21–27–8
57 W February 16, 1976 4–2 California Golden Seals (1975–76) 22–27–8
58 T February 18, 1976 2–2 @ Los Angeles Kings (1975–76) 22–27–9
59 L February 21, 1976 4–5 @ Vancouver Canucks (1975–76) 22–28–9
60 L February 24, 1976 2–6 Montreal Canadiens (1975–76) 22–29–9
61 L February 26, 1976 2–4 @ Boston Bruins (1975–76) 22–30–9
62 T February 28, 1976 2–2 Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76) 22–30–10
63 W February 29, 1976 5–3 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76) 23–30–10
64 L March 3, 1976 1–4 Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76) 23–31–10
65 W March 6, 1976 7–4 Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76) 24–31–10
66 T March 7, 1976 4–4 @ Buffalo Sabres (1975–76) 24–31–11
67 L March 9, 1976 0–4 @ New York Islanders (1975–76) 24–32–11
68 T March 10, 1976 2–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76) 24–32–12
69 W March 13, 1976 5–3 Kansas City Scouts (1975–76) 25–32–12
70 L March 14, 1976 1–7 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76) 25–33–12
71 T March 16, 1976 3–3 Boston Bruins (1975–76) 25–33–13
72 L March 18, 1976 3–6 @ Detroit Red Wings (1975–76) 25–34–13
73 W March 21, 1976 5–2 @ Vancouver Canucks (1975–76) 26–34–13
74 L March 22, 1976 1–7 @ California Golden Seals (1975–76) 26–35–13
75 W March 25, 1976 5–2 Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76) 27–35–13
76 W March 27, 1976 6–3 Minnesota North Stars (1975–76) 28–35–13
77 W March 30, 1976 5–3 @ Minnesota North Stars (1975–76) 29–35–13
78 L March 31, 1976 1–2 Los Angeles Kings (1975–76) 29–36–13
79 T April 3, 1976 3–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76) 29–36–14
80 L April 4, 1976 2–7 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76) 29–37–14

Playoffs[edit]

Player statistics[edit]

Regular season[edit]

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Chuck Lefley LW 75 43 42 85 41 15 4 8 9
Garry Unger C 80 39 44 83 95 1 13 0 3
Derek Sanderson C 65 24 43 67 59 13 6 6 1
Bob MacMillan RW 80 20 32 52 41 13 2 1 2
Red Berenson C 72 20 27 47 47 −11 9 2 1
Jerry Butler RW 66 17 24 41 75 0 1 0 3
Claude Larose RW 67 13 25 38 48 7 3 0 0
Pierre Plante RW 74 14 19 33 77 −22 5 0 2
Bob Hess D 78 9 23 32 58 3 2 2 2
Bruce Affleck D 80 4 26 30 20 3 3 0 1
Ted Irvine LW 69 10 13 23 80 −12 2 0 2
Floyd Thomson LW 58 8 10 18 25 −4 0 0 1
Wayne Merrick C 19 7 8 15 0 0 1 0 0
Larry Patey C 53 8 6 14 26 −12 2 1 0
Bob Gassoff D 80 1 12 13 306 −8 0 0 0
Bob Plager D 63 3 8 11 90 17 0 1 1
Rick Smith D 24 1 7 8 18 2 0 0 0
Barclay Plager D 64 0 8 8 67 −6 0 0 0
Rick Wilson D 65 1 6 7 20 −10 1 0 0
Dave Hrechkosy LW 13 3 3 6 0 2 1 0 0
Bert Wilson LW 45 2 3 5 47 −6 0 0 1
Brian Ogilvie C 9 2 1 3 2 −1 0 0 0
Yves Belanger G 31 0 2 2 4 0 0 0 0
Mitch Babin C 8 0 0 0 0 −2 0 0 0
Rick Bourbonnais RW 7 0 0 0 8 −1 0 0 0
Bruce Cowick LW 5 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0
Gilles Gratton G 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Eddie Johnston G 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jamie Masters D 7 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
Ed Staniowski G 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Yves Belanger 1763 31 11 17 1 113 3.85 0
Eddie Johnston 2152 38 11 17 9 130 3.62 1
Ed Staniowski 620 11 5 3 2 33 3.19 0
Gilles Gratton 265 6 2 0 2 11 2.49 0
Team: 4800 80 29 37 14 287 3.59 1

Playoffs[edit]

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Chuck Lefley LW 2 2 1 3 0 0 1 0
Garry Unger C 3 2 1 3 7 0 0 0
Red Berenson C 3 1 2 3 0 0 0 0
Larry Patey C 3 1 1 2 2 1 0 1
Ted Irvine LW 3 0 2 2 2 0 0 0
Dave Hrechkosy LW 3 1 0 1 2 0 0 0
Derek Sanderson C 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
Bob Hess D 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Bob MacMillan RW 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Rick Smith D 3 0 1 1 4 0 0 0
Bruce Affleck D 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jerry Butler RW 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Gassoff D 3 0 0 0 6 0 0 0
Claude Larose b. 1942 RW 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jamie Masters D 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Barclay Plager D 1 0 0 0 13 0 0 0
Bob Plager D 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Pierre Plante RW 3 0 0 0 6 0 0 0
Ed Staniowski G 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rick Wilson D 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Ed Staniowski 206 3 1 2 7 2.04 0
Team: 206 3 1 2 7 2.04 0

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Note:
Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records[edit]

Transactions[edit]

Draft picks[edit]

St. Louis's draft picks at the 1975 NHL Amateur Draft held in Montreal.

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
2 27 Ed Staniowski  Canada Regina Pats (WCHL)
2 36 Jamie Masters  Canada Ottawa 67's (OMJHL)
4 63 Rick Bourbonnais  Canada Ottawa 67's (OMJHL)
5 81 Jim Gustafson  Canada Victoria Cougars (WCHL)
6 99 Jack Brownschidle  United States University of Notre Dame (WCHA)
7 117 Doug Lindskog  Canada University of Michigan (WCHA)
8 135 Dick Lamby  United States Salem State University (ECAC)
9 151 David McNab  United States University of Wisconsin (WCHA)

Farm teams[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 151. ISBN 9781894801225.
  2. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "1975-76 St. Louis Blues Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 15, 2009.

External links[edit]

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