1975–76 St. Louis Blues season

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.

1975–76 St. Louis Blues
Division	3rd Smythe
Conference	Campbell
1975–76 record	29–37–14
Goals for	249
Goals against	290
Team information
General manager	Denis Ball
Coach	Garry Young, Lynn Patrick, Leo Boivin
Captain	Barclay Plager Red Berenson
Alternate captains	None
Team leaders
Goals	Chuck Lefley (43)
Assists	Garry Unger (44)
Points	Chuck Lefley (85)
Penalty minutes	Bob Gassoff (306)
Wins	Yves Belanger (11) Eddie Johnston (11)
Goals against average	Gilles Gratton (2.49)
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Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

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.

Schedule and results

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

Player statistics

Regular season

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

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

Transactions

Draft picks

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

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

See also

• 1975–76 NHL season

References

1. Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 151. ISBN 9781894801225.
2. "1975-76 St. Louis Blues Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-15.

• "1975–76 St. Louis Blues Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

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