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1975–76 NHL season

National Hockey League season

Field	Value
title	1975–76 NHL season
league	National Hockey League
sport	Ice hockey
duration	October 7, 1975 – May 16, 1976
draft	Draft
draft_link	1975 NHL Draft
top_pick_link	List of first overall NHL draft picks
top_pick	Mel Bridgman
picked_by	Philadelphia Flyers
season	Regular season
season_champs	Montreal Canadiens
MVP	Bobby Clarke (Flyers)
MVP_link	Hart Memorial Trophy
top_scorer	Guy Lafleur (Canadiens)
top_scorer_link	Art Ross Trophy
playoffs	Playoffs
playoffs_link	1976 Stanley Cup playoffs
finals	Stanley Cup
finals_link	1976 Stanley Cup Finals
finals_champ	Montreal Canadiens
finals_runner-up	Philadelphia Flyers
playoffs_MVP	Reggie Leach (Flyers)
playoffs_MVP_link	Conn Smythe Trophy
nextseason_year	[1976–77](1976-77-nhl-season)
prevseason_year	[1974–75](1974-75-nhl-season)
seasonslistnames	NHL
no_of_teams	18
no_of_games	80
TV	CBC, CTV, SRC (Canada)
NHL Network, CBS (United States)

| finals_runner-up = Philadelphia Flyers NHL Network, CBS (United States)

The 1975–76 NHL season was the 59th season of the National Hockey League. The Montreal Canadiens won the Stanley Cup, defeating the two-time defending champion Philadelphia Flyers in the final.

Amateur draft

The 1975 NHL amateur draft was held on June 3, at the NHL offices in Montreal, Quebec. Mel Bridgman was selected first overall by the Philadelphia Flyers.

Regular season

The Montreal Canadiens set records in wins with 58 and points with 127, beginning a four-year stretch where they would dominate the league in the regular season and win four straight Stanley Cup titles. The Philadelphia Flyers tied the record set by the 1929–30 Boston Bruins for most consecutive home ice wins, with 20.

During the regular season, between December 28 and January 10, "Super Series '76" took place as two teams from the Soviet Championship League played eight exhibitions against NHL teams. HC CSKA Moscow (the "Red Army Club"), defending Soviet champion, played against the New York Rangers, Montreal, Boston and, on January 11, the defending NHL champion, the Philadelphia Flyers, while Krylya Sovetov Moscow ("the Soviet Wings") played against Pittsburgh, Buffalo, Chicago and the New York Islanders.

The New York Rangers got off to their worst start since 1965–66. Under pressure, general manager Emile Francis traded Derek Sanderson to St. Louis and put goaltender Eddie Giacomin on waivers. Detroit claimed him, and then the blockbuster trade of the year saw the Boston Bruins send superstar center Phil Esposito and star defenceman Carol Vadnais to the New York Rangers for star center Jean Ratelle and superstar defenceman Brad Park.

Both Ratelle and Park would excel for the Bruins for years to come, while Esposito's days as the preeminent scorer in the NHL were behind him. Trades did not help the Rangers, as they gave up 333 goals against (3rd worst in the NHL) and finished last in the Patrick Division, which cost Emile Francis his job as general manager, and coach Ron Stewart was fired as well. John Ferguson Sr. took over both jobs.

The Kansas City Scouts established a dubious distinction, winning only one of their final 44 games.

On February 7, 1976, Darryl Sittler set an NHL record that still stands for most points scored in one game. He recorded ten points (six goals, four assists) against the Boston Bruins.

Final standings

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

Prince of Wales Conference

Clarence Campbell Conference

Playoffs

Playoff seeds

The top three teams in each division made the playoffs. All 12 clubs then were seeded 1–12 based on regular season points, regardless of conference or division.

Note: Only teams that qualified for the playoffs are listed here.

Montreal Canadiens, Norris Division champions, Prince of Wales Conference regular season champions – 127 points
Philadelphia Flyers, Patrick Division champions, Clarence Campbell Conference regular season champions – 118 points
Boston Bruins, Adams Division champions – 113 points
Buffalo Sabres – 105 points
New York Islanders – 101 points
Los Angeles Kings – 85 points
Toronto Maple Leafs – 83 points
Pittsburgh Penguins – 82 points (35 wins, 5 points head-to-head vs. Atlanta)
Atlanta Flames – 82 points (35 wins, 3 points head-to-head vs. Pittsburgh)
Chicago Black Hawks, Smythe Division champions – 82 points (32 wins)
Vancouver Canucks – 81 points
St. Louis Blues – 72 points

Playoff bracket

The NHL used "re-seeding" instead of a fixed bracket playoff system: in each round, the highest remaining seed was matched against the lowest remaining seed, the second-highest remaining seed played the second-lowest remaining seed, and so forth.

Regardless of playoff seed, all four division winners received a bye to the Quarterfinals, including this season's 10th overall seeded Smythe Division champion Chicago Black Hawks.

Each series in the Preliminary Round was played in a best-of-three format while each series in the other three rounds were played in a best-of-seven format (scores in the bracket indicate the number of games won in each series).

Preliminary round

(1) Buffalo Sabres vs. (8) St. Louis Blues

The Buffalo Sabres were the first seed of the preliminary round and fourth overall with 105 points. The St. Louis Blues were the eighth seed of the preliminary round and twelfth overall with 72 points. This was the first playoff series between these two teams. The Buffalo Sabres won this year's regular season series earning 5 of 8 points.

|1-1-1 =04:14 – pp – Derek Sanderson (1) 08:28 – sh – Chuck Lefley (1) 19:42 – pp – Larry Patey (1) |1-1-2 =No scoring |1-2-1 =No scoring |1-2-2 =No scoring |1-3-1 =01:56 – Garry Unger (1) 15:31 – Chuck Lefley (2) |1-3-2 =Rick Martin (1) – 08:37 Jacques Richard (1) – 18:11 |goalie1-1 =Ed Staniowski 37 saves / 39 shots |goalie1-2 =Gerry Desjardins 25 saves / 29 shots Al Smith 1 save / 2 shots

(2) New York Islanders vs. (7) Vancouver Canucks

The New York Islanders were the second seed in the preliminary round and fifth overall with 101 points. The Vancouver Canucks were the seventh seed in the preliminary round and eleventh overall with 81 points. This was the first playoff series between these two teams. Vancouver won this year's regular season series earning 8 of 10 points.

|1-1-1 =Dennis Ververgaert (1) – pp – 02:58 John Gould (1) – sh – 08:18 |1-1-2 =06:01 – Gerry Hart (1) 08:28 – pp – Billy Harris (1) |1-2-1 =No scoring |1-2-2 =00:10 – sh – Lorne Henning (1) 05:36 – Bill MacMillan (1) 08:20 – Bob Nystrom (1) |1-3-1 =Bob Dailey (1) – pp – 04:27 |1-3-2 =No scoring |goalie1-1 =Curt Ridley 25 saves / 30 shots |goalie1-2 =Chico Resch 29 saves / 32 shots

(3) Los Angeles Kings vs. (6) Atlanta Flames

The Los Angeles Kings were the third seed of the preliminary round and sixth overall 85 points. The Atlanta Flames were the sixth seed of the preliminary round and ninth overall with 82 points, losing the tie-breaker to Pittsburgh in head-to-head points (5 to 3). This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. Los Angeles won this year's regular season series earning 6 of 8 points.

(4) Toronto Maple Leafs vs. (5) Pittsburgh Penguins

The Toronto Maple Leafs were the fourth seed in the preliminary round and seventh overall with 83 points. The Pittsburgh Penguins were the fifth seed in the preliminary round and eighth overall with 82 points, winning the tiebreaker over Atlanta in head-to-head points (5 to 3). This was the first playoff series between these two teams. Pittsburgh won this year's regular season series earning 8 of 10 points.

Quarterfinals

(1) Montreal Canadiens vs. (8) Chicago Black Hawks

The Montreal Canadiens finished first in the league with 127 points. The Chicago Black Hawks finished as the Smythe Division Champions as the eighth and lowest-remaining seed in the playoffs with 82 points. This was the 17th playoff series between these two teams. Montreal leads 11–5 in previous meetings. Their most recent meeting came in the 1973 Stanley Cup Finals, which Montreal won in six games. Montreal won this year's regular season series earning 5 of 8 points.

(2) Philadelphia Flyers vs. (7) Toronto Maple Leafs

The Philadelphia Flyers finished as Clarence Campbell Conference regular season champions and second seed overall with 118 points. This was the second playoff series meeting between these two teams. This was a rematch of last year's Stanley Cup Quarterfinals, which Philadelphia won in a four-game sweep. Philadelphia won this year's regular season series earning 7 of 8 points.

|3-1-1 =08:27 – pp – Scott Garland (1) 14:00 – pp – Claire Alexander (1) |3-1-2 =Bobby Clarke (2) – pp – 12:00 |3-2-1 =03:25 – pp – Errol Thompson (1) 03:54 – pp – Ian Turnbull (1) 17:14 – pp – Stan Weir (1) |3-2-2 =Gary Dornhoefer (2) – 10:58 Jimmy Watson (1) – 11:11 |3-3-1 =No scoring |3-3-2 =Bill Barber (1) – 15:12 |goalie3-1 =Wayne Thomas 24 saves / 28 shots |goalie3-2 =Bernie Parent 47 saves / 52 shots

|4-1-1 =03:11 – pp – Errol Thompson (2) |4-1-2 =Mel Bridgman (1) – 12:26 |4-2-1 =16:12 – Borje Salming (3) 18:59 – pp – Lanny McDonald (4) |4-2-2 =No scoring |4-3-1 =05:57 – George Ferguson (2) |4-3-2 =Reggie Leach (2) – 03:55 Mel Bridgman (2) – 08:30 |goalie4-1 =Wayne Thomas 25 saves / 28 shots |goalie4-2 =Bernie Parent 24 saves / 28 shots

|5-1-1 =No scoring |5-1-2 =03:55 – Bill Barber (2) |5-2-1 =Bob Neely (2) – pp – 10:42 |5-2-2 =10:04 – sh – Don Saleski (2) 11:24 – Gary Dornhoefer (3) 11:37 – Don Saleski (3) |5-3-1 =No scoring |5-3-2 =04:17 – Don Saleski (4) 07:24 – Reggie Leach (3) 07:51 – Reggie Leach (4) |goalie5-1 =Wayne Thomas 27 saves / 33 shots Gord McRae 4 saves / 5 shots |goalie5-2 =Bernie Parent 26 saves / 27 shots

|6-1-1 =10:41 – pp – Darryl Sittler (1) 18:21 – sh – Errol Thompson (3) |6-1-2 =Orest Kindrachuk (2) – 04:52 |6-2-1 =10:47 – pp – Darryl Sittler (2) 11:19 – Darryl Sittler (3) 19:21 – Darryl Sittler (4) |6-2-2 =Tom Bladon (1) – pp – 16:43 Reggie Leach (5) – 16:51 |6-3-1 =02:06 – Darryl Sittler (5) 10:16 – Jack Valiquette (1) 15:31 – Claire Alexander (2) |6-3-2 =Bill Barber (3) – pp – 10:03 Larry Goodenough (1) – 14:31 |goalie6-1 =Wayne Thomas 42 saves / 47 shots |goalie6-2 =Bernie Parent 31 saves / 39 shots

|7-1-1 =Jack Valiquette (2) – 01:24 Bob Neely (3) – pp – 18:56 |7-1-2 =10:05 – pp – Andre Dupont (1) |7-2-1 =No scoring |7-2-2 =04:43 – Don Saleski (5) 05:48 – Mel Bridgman (3) 06:04 – Mel Bridgman (4) 07:59 – pp – Ross Lonsberry (2) 19:07 – Reggie Leach (6) |7-3-1 =Ian Turnbull (2) – 18:24 |7-3-2 =09:45 – pp – Bill Barber (4) |goalie7-1 =Wayne Thomas 36 saves / 43 shots |goalie7-2 =Bernie Parent 21 saves / 24 shots

(3) Boston Bruins vs. (6) Los Angeles Kings

The Boston Bruins finished as the Adams Division regular season champions and third seed overall with 113 points. This was the first playoff series between these two teams. Boston won this year's regular season series earning 8 of 10 points.

|3-1-1 =09:23 – pp – Mike Murphy (1) 16:17 – Marcel Dionne (3) |3-1-2 =Gregg Sheppard (1) – 05:02 Brad Park (1) – 07:37 |3-2-1 =02:21 – pp – Marcel Dionne (4) |3-2-2 =Don Marcotte (1) – pp – 16:58 |3-3-1 =02:51 – Marcel Dionne (5) 08:13 – Don Kozak (1) 12:57 – Bob Nevin (2) |3-3-2 =Dallas Smith (1) – 15:33 |goalie3-1 =Rogie Vachon 27 saves / 31 shots |goalie3-2 =Gilles Gilbert 28 saves/ 34 shots

|5-1-1 =Marcel Dionne (6) – pp – 06:39 |5-1-2 =17:41 – Don Marcotte (3) |5-2-1 =No scoring |5-2-2 =00:55 – Bobby Schmautz (1) 06:31 – pp – Ken Hodge (2) 13:52 – sh – Brad Park (2) 16:12 – pp – Jean Ratelle (5) |5-3-1 =No scoring |5-3-2 =09:03 – pp – Brad Park (3) 10:46 – Terry O'Reilly (1) |goalie5-1 =Gary Edwards 33 saves / 40 shots |goalie5-2 =Gerry Cheevers 19 saves / 20 shots

(4) Buffalo Sabres vs. (5) New York Islanders

This was the first playoff series between these two teams. The teams split this year's four-game regular season series.

In game five, the Islanders scored two goals in the final five minutes, including the game-winner by Bert Marshall with 19 seconds left to take a 3–2 series lead. Clark Gilles scored the game-winner with just over 14 minutes left in the third period of game six to send the Isles to the semifinals against the Canadiens.

|1-1-1 =No scoring |1-1-2 =05:37 – Rene Robert (1) 15:30 – Gilbert Perreault (2) |1-2-1 =Billy Harris (2) – 12:43 |1-2-2 =00:19 – Don Luce (2) 16:28 – pp – Rick Martin (2) |1-3-1 =Bob Nystrom (2) – pp – 06:19 Garry Howatt (2) – 16:37 |1-3-2 =07:26 – Rene Robert (2) |goalie1-1 =Chico Resch 18 saves / 22 shots Billy Smith 3 saves/ 4 shots |goalie1-2 =Gerry Desjardins 19 saves / 22 shots

|3-1-1 =03:23 – Billy Harris (3) 07:17 – Jude Drouin (1) |3-1-2 =No scoring |3-2-1 =12:39 – J.P. Parise (3) |3-2-2 =Gilbert Perreault (3) – 11:34 Don Luce (4) – 19:55 |3-3-1 =11:04 – Bill MacMillan (2) 11:39 – Billy Harris (4) |3-3-2 =Rick Martin (3) – pp – 08:50 |goalie3-1 =Billy Smith 25 saves / 28 shots |goalie3-2 =Gerry Desjardins 32 saves / 37 shots

|5-1-1 =Andre St. Laurent (1) – 07:40 J.P. Parise (4) – pp – 14:10 |5-1-2 =05:37 – Rick Martin (4) 06:57 – Danny Gare (5) |5-2-1 =No scoring |5-2-2 =No scoring |5-3-1 =Denis Potvin (4) – 15:32 Bert Marshall (1) – 19:41 |5-3-2 =10:16 – Jim Lorentz (1) |goalie5-1 =Billy Smith 21 saves / 24 shots |goalie5-2 =Gerry Desjardins 26 saves / 30 shots

Semifinals

(1) Montreal Canadiens vs. (4) New York Islanders

This was the first playoff series meeting between these two teams.

|2-1-1 =No scoring |2-1-2 =02:46 – Bob Gainey (1) 04:06 – Steve Shutt (2) |2-2-1 =Jude Drouin (3) – pp – 16:33 |2-2-2 =06:23 – pp – Guy Lapointe (1) |2-3-1 =Ralph Stewart (1) – pp – 04:34 Jude Drouin (4) – 08:14 |2-3-2 =02:42 – Serge Savard (2) |goalie2-1 =Billy Smith 17 saves / 21 shots Chico Resch 6 saves / 6 shots |goalie2-2 =Ken Dryden 38 saves / 41 shots

|4-1-1 =06:55 – Jude Drouin (5) 07:30 – Denis Potvin (5) |4-1-2 =No scoring |4-2-1 =05:53 – Jude Drouin (6) 13:29 – Bill MacMillan (4) |4-2-2 =No scoring |4-3-1 =19:14 – pp-en – Lorne Henning (2) |4-3-2 =Guy Lafleur (4) – 17:21 Guy Lafleur (5) – 18:26 |goalie4-1 =Chico Resch 36 saves / 38 shots |goalie4-2 =Ken Dryden 28 saves / 32 shots

|5-1-1 =No scoring |5-1-2 =No scoring |5-2-1 =Garry Howatt (5) – 11:51 |5-2-2 =02:38 – Steve Shutt (3) 10:29 – Murray Wilson (1) 19:01 – pp – Serge Savard (3) |5-3-1 =Bob Nystrom (3) – 16:30 |5-3-2 =14:47 – pp – Peter Mahovlich (3) 17:10 – Steve Shutt (4) |goalie5-1 =Chico Resch 28 saves / 33 shots |goalie5-2 =Ken Dryden 21 saves / 23 shots

(2) Philadelphia Flyers vs. (3) Boston Bruins

This was the second playoff series meeting between these two teams. Philadelphia won the only previous meeting in a major upset in the 1974 Stanley Cup Finals in six games.

|5-1-1 =No scoring |5-1-2 =05:45 – Reggie Leach (11) |5-2-1 =Gregg Sheppard (5) – 00:59 |5-2-2 =02:02 – Reggie Leach (12) 08:51 – Reggie Leach (13) 17:09 – Reggie Leach (14) |5-3-1 =Don Marcotte (4) – 06:09 Andre Savard (1) – 17:57 |5-3-2 =08:07 – Reggie Leach (15) 17:13 – Larry Goodenough (2) |goalie5-1 =Gilles Gilbert 15 saves / 21 shots |goalie5-2 =Wayne Stephenson 25 saves / 28 shots

Stanley Cup Finals

Main article: 1976 Stanley Cup Finals

This was the second playoff series (and only Finals) meeting between these two teams. Montreal won the only previous meeting in the 1973 Stanley Cup Semifinals in five games.

The two-time defending Stanley Cup Champions, the Philadelphia Flyers, once again made it to the finals, but were swept in four games by the Montreal Canadiens.

|1-1-1 =Reggie Leach (16) – 00:21 Ross Lonsberry (4) – 13:22 |1-1-2 =No scoring |1-2-1 =No scoring |1-2-2 =04:04 – Jim Roberts (3) 06:30 – Larry Robinson (3) |1-3-1 =Larry Goodenough (3) – pp – 05:17 |1-3-2 =10:02 – Jacques Lemaire (2) 18:38 – Guy Lapointe (3) |goalie1-1 =Wayne Stephenson 32 saves / 36 shots |goalie1-2 =Ken Dryden 17 saves / 20 shots

|4-1-1 =00:40 – Reggie Leach (19) 18:20 – pp – Bill Barber (6) |4-1-2 =Steve Shutt (7) – pp – 05:35 Pierre Bouchard (2) – pp – 11:48 |4-2-1 =13:59 – pp – Anrde Dupont (2) |4-2-2 =Yvan Cournoyer (3) – pp – 19:49 |4-3-1 =No scoring |4-3-2 =Guy Lafleur (7) – 14:18 Peter Mahovlich (4) – 15:16 |goalie4-1 =Wayne Stephenson 25 saves / 30 shots |goalie4-2 =Ken Dryden 21 saves / 24 shots

Awards

1976 NHL awards
Prince of Wales Trophy:
(Wales Conference regular season champion)
Clarence S. Campbell Bowl:
(Campbell Conference regular season champion)
Art Ross Trophy:
(Top scorer, regular season)
Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy:
(Perseverance, sportsmanship, and dedication)
Calder Memorial Trophy:
(Top first-year player)
Conn Smythe Trophy:
(Most valuable player, playoffs)
Hart Memorial Trophy:
(Most valuable player, regular season)
Jack Adams Award:
(Best coach)
James Norris Memorial Trophy:
(Best defenceman)
Lady Byng Memorial Trophy:
(Excellence and sportsmanship)
Lester B. Pearson Award:
(Outstanding player, regular season)
Vezina Trophy:
(Goaltender(s) of team(s) with best goaltending record)

All-Star teams

First Team	Position	Second Team
Ken Dryden, Montreal Canadiens	G	Glenn Resch, New York Islanders
Denis Potvin, New York Islanders	D	Borje Salming, Toronto Maple Leafs
Brad Park, Boston Bruins/New York Rangers	D	Guy Lapointe, Montreal Canadiens
Bobby Clarke, Philadelphia Flyers	C	Gilbert Perreault, Buffalo Sabres
Guy Lafleur, Montreal Canadiens	RW	Reggie Leach, Philadelphia Flyers
Bill Barber, Philadelphia Flyers	LW	Rick Martin, Buffalo Sabres

Player statistics

Scoring leaders

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Guy Lafleur	Montreal Canadiens	80	56	69	125	36
Bobby Clarke	Philadelphia Flyers	76	30	89	119	136
Gilbert Perreault	Buffalo Sabres	80	44	69	113	36
Bill Barber	Philadelphia Flyers	80	50	62	112	104
Pierre Larouche	Pittsburgh Penguins	76	53	58	111	33
Jean Ratelle	New York Rangers/Boston Bruins	80	36	69	105	18
Pete Mahovlich	Montreal Canadiens	80	34	71	105	76
Jean Pronovost	Pittsburgh Penguins	80	52	52	104	24
Darryl Sittler	Toronto Maple Leafs	79	41	59	100	90
Syl Apps Jr.	Pittsburgh Penguins	80	32	67	99	24

Source: NHL.

Leading goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; Min – Minutes played; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts

Player	Team	GP	MIN	GA	GAA	W	L	T	SO
Ken Dryden	Montreal Canadiens	62	3580	121	2.03	42	10	8	8
Chico Resch	N.Y. Islanders	44	2546	88	2.07	23	11	8	7
Dan Bouchard	Atlanta Flames	47	2671	113	2.54	19	17	8	2
Wayne Stephenson	Philadelphia Flyers	66	3819	164	2.58	40	10	13	1
Billy Smith	N.Y. Islanders	39	2254	98	2.61	19	10	9	3
Gilles Gilbert	Boston Bruins	55	3123	151	2.90	33	8	10	3
Tony Esposito	Chicago Black Hawks	68	4003	198	2.97	30	23	13	4
Rogatien Vachon	L.A. Kings	51	3060	160	3.14	26	20	5	5
Wayne Thomas	Toronto Maple Leafs	64	3684	196	3.19	28	24	12	2
Gary Simmons	California Golden Seals	40	2360	131	3.33	15	19	5	2

Other statistics

Plus-minus: Bobby Clarke, Philadelphia Flyers

Coaches

Patrick Division

Atlanta Flames: Fred Creighton
New York Islanders: Al Arbour
New York Rangers: Ron Stewart and John Ferguson Sr.
Philadelphia Flyers: Fred Shero

Adams Division

Boston Bruins: Don Cherry
Buffalo Sabres: Floyd Smith
California Golden Seals: Jack Evans
Toronto Maple Leafs: Red Kelly

Norris Division

Detroit Red Wings: Alex Delvecchio
Los Angeles Kings: Bob Pulford
Montreal Canadiens: Scotty Bowman
Pittsburgh Penguins: Marc Boileau and Ken Schinkel
Washington Capitals: Milt Schmidt and Tom McVie

Smythe Division

Chicago Black Hawks: Billy Reay
Kansas City Scouts: Bep Guidolin, Sid Abel and Eddie Bush
Minnesota North Stars: Ted Harris
St. Louis Blues: Garry Young, Lynn Patrick and Leo Boivin
Vancouver Canucks: Phil Maloney

Debuts

The following is a list of players of note who played their first NHL game in 1975–76 (listed with their first team, asterisk(*) marks debut in playoffs):

Willi Plett, Atlanta Flames
Dennis Maruk, California Golden Seals
Bob Murray, Chicago Blackhawks
Gary Sargent, Los Angeles Kings
Doug Jarvis, Montreal Canadiens
Doug Risebrough, Montreal Canadiens
Bryan Trottier, New York Islanders
Mel Bridgman, Philadelphia Flyers

Last games

The following is a list of players of note that played their last game in the NHL in 1975–76 (listed with their last team):

Gary Bergman, Kansas City Scouts
Bryan Hextall Jr., Minnesota North Stars
Chico Maki, Chicago Black Hawks
Bob Nevin, Los Angeles Kings
Noel Price, Atlanta Flames
Mickey Redmond, Detroit Red Wings
Bill White, Chicago Black Hawks
Terry Crisp, Philadelphia Flyers
Andre Boudrias, Vancouver Canucks
Tommy Williams, Washington Capitals

NOTE: Boudrias finished his major professional career in the World Hockey Association.

Broadcasting

Hockey Night in Canada on CBC Television televised Saturday night regular season games and Stanley Cup playoff games. This was the last season that HNIC aired both radio and television broadcasts of games; the broadcasts would become exclusive to television the next season. This was also the last season that CTV regularly aired HNIC-produced Wednesday night regular season game telecasts before the network started to give the rights to these midweek games back to local stations. CBC did not televise any opening round playoff games this postseason, selling those rights back to the individual Canadian teams.

Unable to sign a U.S. national television contract, the league put together a broadcast syndication package called the NHL Network to have games aired on various American independent stations. The 1976 Stanley Cup Finals on the NHL Network marked the first time that the NHL's championship series was nationally televised in its entirety in the United States.

On January 4, 1976, CBS decided to televise the Soviet Wings–Buffalo Sabres Super Series game nationally in the U.S., but that was the network's only involvement in broadcasting an NHL team this season.

Notes

References

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References

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