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1975–76 Phoenix Roadrunners season

Professional hockey season

Field	Value
League	WHA
Season	1975–76
year	1975
Team	Phoenix Roadrunners (WHA)Phoenix Roadrunners
Record	39–35–6
HomeRecord	20–14–6
RoadRecord	19–21–0
Division	Western
DivisionRank	2nd
GoalsFor	302
GoalsAgainst	287
Coach	Sandy Hucul
Captain	Al McLeod
AltCaptain	Jim Niekamp
Robbie Ftorek
Arena	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
GoalsLeader	Del Hall (47)
AssistsLeader	Robbie Ftorek (72)
PointsLeader	Robbie Ftorek (113)
PIMLeader	Cam Connor (295)
WinsLeader	Jack Norris (21)
GAALeader	Jack Norris (3.18)
prev_season	[1974–75](1974-75-phoenix-roadrunners-season)
next_season	[1976–77](1976-77-phoenix-roadrunners-season)

Robbie Ftorek The 1975–76 Phoenix Roadrunners season was the second season of operation of the Phoenix Roadrunners in the World Hockey Association (WHA). The Roadrunners qualified for the playoffs but lost in the first round to the San Diego Mariners.

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

|- |1||W||October 10, 1975||6–5 || align="left"| San Diego Mariners (1975–76) ||1–0–0 |- |2||W||October 11, 1975||4–2 || align="left"| @ San Diego Mariners (1975–76) ||2–0–0 |- |3||L||October 12, 1975||0–4 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1975–76) ||2–1–0 |- |4||L||October 17, 1975||4–5 || align="left"| Denver Spurs/Ottawa Civics (1975–76) ||2–2–0 |- |5||W||October 19, 1975||6–5 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1975–76) ||3–2–0 |- |6||W||October 24, 1975||4–3 || align="left"| @ Calgary Cowboys (1975–76) ||4–2–0 |- |7||L||October 26, 1975||0–5 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1975–76) ||4–3–0 |- |8||L||October 28, 1975||3–7 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1975–76) ||4–4–0 |- |9||W||October 30, 1975||3–2 || align="left"| @ Denver Spurs/Ottawa Civics (1975–76) ||5–4–0

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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

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Player statistics

Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
C/LW	80	41	72	113	109	36	10	0	4
C	80	47	44	91	10	21	12	0	7
RW	79	35	45	80	136	22	6	0	5
C	79	22	44	66	4	0	4	4	2
C	80	23	34	57	44	3	7	2	4
D	73	11	39	50	8	25	3	0	2
W	61	19	24	43	27	22	3	1	3
RW	73	18	21	39	295	23	1	0	0
LW	46	21	15	36	4	5	4	0	1
RW	75	15	21	36	19	9	2	0	2
LW	71	9	25	34	110	17	1	0	4
RW	67	11	20	31	28	0	1	0	1
D	79	7	17	24	100	15	1	0	0
D	76	0	21	21	102	4	0	0	0
LW	68	8	12	20	14	-9	0	0	2
D	80	2	18	20	82	12	1	0	0
D	79	4	14	18	77	21	1	0	1
LW	33	4	7	11	6	0	0	1	0
D	59	1	9	10	57	3	0	0	0
G	40	0	4	4	2	0	0	0	0
D	14	1	2	3	32	-6	0	0	0
RW	9	2	0	2	0	-4	0	0	1
C	9	1	1	2	2	1	0	0	0
C	8	0	2	2	4	0	0	0	0
G	41	0	2	2	6	0	0	0	0
G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
	2412	41	21	14	4	128	3.18	1
	2369	40	18	20	2	147	3.72	1
	80	2	0	1	0	9	6.75	0
Team:	4861	80	39	35	6	284	3.51	2

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Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
C	5	3	2	5	2
C	5	2	3	5	0
C/LW	5	1	3	4	2
RW	5	1	3	4	2
W	5	2	0	2	7
RW	5	1	1	2	7
C	5	1	1	2	0
LW	5	0	2	2	0
RW	5	0	2	2	24
D	5	0	2	2	2
D	5	0	2	2	4
D	5	0	2	2	0
D	5	1	0	1	10
RW	5	1	0	1	21
D	5	0	1	1	0
LW	3	0	0	0	0
G	5	0	0	0	0
RW	3	0	0	0	0

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Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
	298	5	2	3	17	3.42	0
Team:	298	5	2	3	17	3.42	0

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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

Phoenix's draft picks at the 1975 WHA Amateur Draft.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	9	Greg Vaydik (F)	Canada	Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)
2	23	Neil Lyseng (RW)	Canada	Kamloops Chiefs (WCHL)
2	24	Mike O'Connell (D)	United States	Kingston Canadians (OHA)
3	39	Blair Davidson (D)	Canada	Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL)
4	54	Roger Swanson (G)	Canada	Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL)
5	68	Mike Sleep (RW)	Canada	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
6	82	Dana Decker (LW)	United States	Michigan Tech University (WCHA)
7	95	Dale McMullin (LW)	Canada	Brandon Wheat Kings (WCHL)
8	107	Gary Morrison (F)	United States	University of Michigan (WCHA)

References

"1975-76 Phoenix Roadrunners Schedule".
"1975-76 Phoenix Roadrunners Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com.
"1975 WHA Amateur Draft".

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