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1975-76 • Franchise

1975-76 Denver Spurs - Ottawa Civics

Record: 14-26-1
Finish: Disbanded, January 17, 1976
Playoffs: -
Coach: Jean-Guy Talbot

Game Log ... (@ away game, * overtime)

no. Date Opponent Score w-l-t pts gf-ga no. Date Opponent Score w-l-t pts gf-ga
1.Oct 10Indianapolis1-7L0-1-001-722.Dec 2Winnipeg*3-4L8-13-11772-92
2.Oct 16Winnipeg3-7L0-2-004-1423.Dec 5@ Minnesota3-4L8-14-11775-96
3.Oct 17@ Phoenix5-4W1-2-029-1824.Dec 6@ Cincinnati2-3L8-15-11777-99
4.Oct 18@ Indianapolis6-4W2-2-0415-2225.Dec 7New England5-1W9-15-11982-100
5.Oct 22@ Calgary2-1W3-2-0617-2326.Dec 9Cleveland6-3W10-15-12188-103
6.Oct 24@ Winnipeg2-5L3-3-0619-2827.Dec 13Phoenix1-4L10-16-12189-107
7.Oct 30Phoenix2-3L3-4-0621-3128.Dec 16Cincinnati*3-2W11-16-12392-109
8.Nov 1Houston2-3L3-5-0623-3429.Dec 19San Diego6-3W12-16-12598-112
9.Nov 4Cleveland2-2T3-5-1725-3630.Dec 23Minnesota4-5L12-17-125102-117
10.Nov 6Quebec3-5L3-6-1728-4131.Dec 26@ Houston4-9L12-18-125106-126
11.Nov 7San Diego*2-3L3-7-1730-4432.Dec 27@ Phoenix0-10L12-19-125106-136
12.Nov 9@ Houston2-3L3-8-1732-4733.Dec 28Phoenix2-5L12-20-125108-141
13.Nov 13Toronto8-11L3-9-1740-5834.Dec 30Indianapolis*2-1W13-20-127110-142
14.Nov 15Cleveland*5-4W4-9-1945-6235.Jan 2@ Cincinnati1-2L13-21-127111-144
15.Nov 18Edmonton6-3W5-9-11151-6536.Jan 3@ Houston2-4L13-22-127113-148
16.Nov 20@ San Diego1-5L5-10-11152-7037.Jan 4@ Minnesota5-2W14-22-129118-150
17.Nov 21Calgary2-6L5-11-11154-7638.Jan 7New England2-3L14-23-129120-153
18.Nov 23Cincinnati5-3W6-11-11359-7939.Jan 10@ Phoenix5-8L14-24-129125-161
19.Nov 26@ Cleveland3-0W7-11-11562-7940.Jan 11@ Winnipeg*5-6L14-25-129130-167
20.Nov 28@ New England3-7L7-12-11565-8641.Jan 15Houston*4-5L14-26-129134-172
21.Nov 30@ Indianapolis4-2W8-12-11769-88

As Denver (October 10, 1975 to December 30, 1975): 13-20-1. 27 points, 110 gf, 142 ga
As Ottawa (January 2, 1975 to January 15, 1975): 1-6-0, 2 points, 24 gf, 30 ga.

Franchise disbanded January 17, 1976.

Player Scoring

pos.
#
Player
gp
g
a
pts
pim
+/-
ppg
shg
sog
sc%
gp
g
a
pts
pim
D
5
Arbour, John
34
2
13
15
49
-14
-
0
62
0.032
-
-
-
-
-
C
14
Backstrom, Ralph
41
21
29
50
14
+9
8
0
142
0.148
-
-
-
-
-
D
18
Baltimore, Bryon
41
1
8
9
32
-13
0
0
47
0.021
-
-
-
-
-
D
2
Bignell, Larry
41
5
5
10
43
-4
-
0
40
0.125
-
-
-
-
-
LW
12
Borgeson, Don
40
21
16
37
26
+7
5
0
119
0.176
-
-
-
-
-
RW
17
Bredin, Gary
16
4
3
7
2
-7
1
0
25
0.160
-
-
-
-
-
C
11
Delorme, Ron
22
1
3
4
28
-3
-
0
10
0.100
-
-
-
-
-
D
5
Gibbons, Brian
2
0
0
0
0
-2
0
0
0
-
-
-
-
-
-
LW
16
Goldthorpe, Bill
12
0
0
0
31
-5
0
0
7
0.000
-
-
-
-
-
G
31
Grigg, Chris
2
0
0
0
0
-
0
0
0
-
-
-
-
-
-
G
1
Johnson, Bob
24
0
0
0
0
-
0
0
0
-
-
-
-
-
-
D
24
Kokkola, Keith
16
0
3
3
40
-2
0
0
26
0.000
-
-
-
-
-
LW
21
Lavender, Brian
37
5
6
11
37
-15
-
0
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
C
16
Leblanc, J.P.
15
1
5
6
25
-7
-
0
26
0.038
-
-
-
-
-
D
3
Legge, Barry
40
6
8
14
15
-11
4
0
59
0.102
-
-
-
-
-
LW
7
Liddington, Bob
35
7
8
15
14
-2
1
0
63
0.111
-
-
-
-
-
RW
8
Lomenda, Mark
37
6
16
22
11
-6
5
0
66
0.091
-
-
-
-
-
C
9
MacGregor, Gary
38
16
14
30
18
-2
3
0
127
0.126
-
-
-
-
-
D
4
Maggs, Darryl
41
4
23
27
42
-9
1
0
98
0.041
-
-
-
-
-
C
23
Mara, Peter
40
3
7
10
8
-15
-
0
41
0.073
-
-
-
-
-
D
6
Mavety, Larry
14
0
4
4
14
-12
0
0
20
0.000
-
-
-
-
-
LW
10
Morris, Rick
40
9
6
15
58
-19
-
2
75
0.120
-
-
-
-
-
G
30
Newton, Cam
10
0
0
0
0
-
0
0
0
-
-
-
-
-
-
D
22
Pizunski, Ed
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
-
-
-
-
-
-
LW
19
Popiel, Jan
1
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
-
-
-
-
-
-
LW
15
Rochon, Francois
41
11
10
21
10
-18
3
0
78
0.141
-
-
-
-
-
G
-
Sanza, Nick
1
0
0
0
0
-
0
0
0
-
-
-
-
-
-
C
19
Sherrit, Jim
40
11
19
30
16
-4
-
0
91
0.121
-
-
-
-
-
G
31
Zimmerman, Lynn
8
0
0
0
0
-
0
0
0
-
-
-
-
-
-

Goaltending

Goaltender
gp
min
ga
en
so
w-l-t
gaa
sog
sv%
gp
min
ga
w-l
gaa
Grigg, Chris
2
80
13
0
0
0-0-0
9.75
59
0.780
-
-
-
-
-
Johnson, Bob
24
1334
88
0
0
8-14-1
3.96
689
0.872
-
-
-
-
-
Newton, Cam
10
573
35
0
1
4-6-0
3.66
314
0.889
-
-
-
-
-
Sanza, Nick
1
20
5
0
0
0-1-0
15.00
12
0.583
-
-
-
-
-
Zimmerman, Lynn
8
495
31
0
0
2-5-0
3.76
301
0.897
-
-
-
-
-

Transactions

• Larry Bignell, Bob Johnson signed to contracts, Sep 1975
• Rights to Brian Lavender purchased from Edmonton, Sep 1975
• Jan Popiel traded to Houston for Don Borgeson and Jim Sherrit, Oct 1975
• John Arbour acquired from Minnesota for draft picks, Oct 1975, subsequently declared free agent, Jan 1976
• Gary Bredin traded to San Diego for Bill Goldthorpe, Nov 1975
• Lynn Zimmerman purchased from Erie (NAHL), Dec 1975
• Ralph Backstrom and Don Borgeson sold to New England, Jan 1976
• Bryon Baltimore, Mark Lomenda, Francois Rochon and Darryl Maggs sold to Indianapolis, Jan 1976
• Gary MacGregor and Barry Legge sold to Cleveland, Jan 1976
• Remaining players declared free agents, Jan 1976, upon demise of Ottawa

Splits versus opposing teams, home and away, and by month

opponent overall gf-ga home gf-ga away gf-ga
Calgary1-1-04-70-1-02-61-0-02-1
Cincinnati2-2-011-102-0-08-50-2-03-5
Cleveland3-0-116-92-0-113-91-0-03-0
Edmonton1-0-06-31-0-06-30-0-00-0
Houston0-5-014-240-2-06-80-3-08-16
Indianapolis3-1-013-141-1-03-82-0-010-6
Minnesota1-2-012-110-1-04-51-1-08-6
New England1-2-010-111-1-07-40-1-03-7
Phoenix1-5-015-340-3-05-121-2-010-22
Quebec0-1-03-50-1-03-50-0-00-0
San Diego1-2-09-111-1-08-60-1-01-5
Toronto0-1-08-110-1-08-110-0-00-0
Winnipeg0-4-013-220-2-06-110-2-07-11
 
October3-4-021-310-3-06-173-1-015-14
November5-8-148-573-5-135-402-3-013-17
December5-8-041-545-4-032-280-4-09-26
January1-6-024-300-2-06-81-4-018-22

 

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