1975–76 Winnipeg Jets season

NHA hockey team season March 2026 August 2023 WHA 1975–76 1975 Winnipeg Jets (1972–1996)Winnipeg Jets 52–27–2 29–11–0 23–16–2 Canadian 1st 345 254 Rudy Pilous Bobby Kromm Lars-Erik Sjoberg Norm BeaudinLarry Hornung Winnipeg Arena Bobby Hull (53) Ulf Nilsson (76) Bobby Hull (123) Thommie Bergman (111) Joe Daley (41) Joe Daley (2.84) yes 1974–75 1976–77 The 1975–76 Winnipeg Jets season was the Jets' fourth season of operation in the World Hockey Association (WHA). After qualifying first in the Canadian Division, the Jets then proceeded to win three rounds of the playoffs to win their first Avco Cup, sweeping the Houston Aeros 4–0 in the final. 2 Regular season Final standings WIN Schedule and results background:#fff; border-top:#012169 5px solid; border-bottom:#C8102E 5px solid; 1975–76 regular season1975-76 Winnipeg Jets Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/WNJ/1976_games.html Hockey-Reference.com March 20, 2025 y background:#fff; border-top:#012169 2px solid; border-bottom:#C8102E 2px solid; October: 7–2–0, 14 points (home: 4–0–0; road: 3–2–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |1||W||October 9, 1975||5–3 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1975–76) ||1–0–0 |- |2||W||October 12, 1975||4–0 || align="left"| @ Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76) ||2–0–0 |- |3||W||October 16, 1975||7–3 || align="left"| @ Denver Spurs/Ottawa Civics (1975–76) ||3–0–0 |- |4||L||October 18, 1975||1–2 || align="left"| @ San Diego Mariners (1975–76) ||3–1–0 |- |5||L||October 19, 1975||5–6 || align="left"| @ Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76) ||3–2–0 |- |6||W||October 21, 1975||7–0 || align="left"| Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76) ||4–2–0 |- |7||W||October 24, 1975||5–2 || align="left"| Denver Spurs/Ottawa Civics (1975–76) ||5–2–0 |- |8||W||October 26, 1975||5–0 || align="left"| Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76) ||6–2–0 |- |9||W||October 30, 1975||4–0 || align="left"| Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76) ||7–2–0 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#012169 2px solid; border-bottom:#C8102E 2px solid; November: 10–5–0, 20 points (home: 5–3–0; road: 5–2–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |10||L||November 2, 1975||0–1 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1975–76) ||7–3–0 |- |11||W||November 4, 1975||3–2 OT|| align="left"| New England Whalers (1975–76) ||8–3–0 |- |12||W||November 9, 1975||5–3 || align="left"| Toronto Toros (1975–76) ||9–3–0 |- |13||L||November 11, 1975||2–3 || align="left"| Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76) ||9–4–0 |- |14||W||November 13, 1975||4–2 || align="left"| @ Calgary Cowboys (1975–76) ||10–4–0 |- |15||W||November 14, 1975||6–1 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1975–76) ||11–4–0 |- |16||W||November 16, 1975||2–1 || align="left"| Indianapolis Racers (1975–76) ||12–4–0 |- |17||L||November 18, 1975||2–3 || align="left"| Houston Aeros (1975–76) ||12–5–0 |- |18||W||November 20, 1975||3–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1975–76) ||13–5–0 |- |19||L||November 22, 1975||3–6 || align="left"| @ Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76) ||13–6–0 |- |20||W||November 23, 1975||3–2 || align="left"| @ New England Whalers (1975–76) ||14–6–0 |- |21||W||November 26, 1975||11–3 || align="left"| @ Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76) ||15–6–0 |- |22||L||November 27, 1975||1–3 || align="left"| @ Indianapolis Racers (1975–76) ||15–7–0 |- |23||W||November 28, 1975||5–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Toros (1975–76) ||16–7–0 |- |24||W||November 30, 1975||5–3 || align="left"| Minnesota Fighting Saints (1975–76) ||17–7–0 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#012169 2px solid; border-bottom:#C8102E 2px solid; December: 8–7–0, 16 points (home: 2–3–0; road: 6–4–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |25||W||December 2, 1975||4–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Denver Spurs/Ottawa Civics (1975–76) ||18–7–0 |- |26||W||December 4, 1975||5–4 || align="left"| @ San Diego Mariners (1975–76) ||19–7–0 |- |27||L||December 5, 1975||4–5 || align="left"| @ Houston Aeros (1975–76) ||19–8–0 |- |28||L||December 7, 1975||2–3 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1975–76) ||19–9–0 |- |29||W||December 10, 1975||6–5 OT|| align="left"| Toronto Toros (1975–76) ||20–9–0 |- |30||W||December 12, 1975||4–2 || align="left"| Calgary Cowboys (1975–76) ||21–9–0 |- |31||W||December 14, 1975||3–1 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1975–76) ||22–9–0 |- |32||W||December 16, 1975||4–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Toros (1975–76) ||23–9–0 |- |33||L||December 18, 1975||4–5 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1975–76) ||23–10–0 |- |34||L||December 20, 1975||3–6 || align="left"| @ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1975–76) ||23–11–0 |- |35||L||December 21, 1975||1–3 || align="left"| Minnesota Fighting Saints (1975–76) ||23–12–0 |- |36||W||December 23, 1975||6–2 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1975–76) ||24–12–0 |- |37||L||December 26, 1975||4–5 || align="left"| Calgary Cowboys (1975–76) ||24–13–0 |- |38||L||December 28, 1975||4–6 || align="left"| @ Calgary Cowboys (1975–76) ||24–14–0 |- |39||W||December 30, 1975||5–3 || align="left"| @ Houston Aeros (1975–76) ||25–14–0 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#012169 2px solid; border-bottom:#C8102E 2px solid; January: 10–4–0, 20 points (home: 6–2–0; road: 4–2–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |40||W||January 3, 1976||6–3 || align="left"| @ Calgary Cowboys (1975–76) ||26–14–0 |- |41||W||January 4, 1976||8–1 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1975–76) ||27–14–0 |- |42||L||January 6, 1976||0–5 || align="left"| @ Calgary Cowboys (1975–76) ||27–15–0 |- |43||W||January 7, 1976||8–2 || align="left"| Toronto Toros (1975–76) ||28–15–0 |- |44||L||January 9, 1976||1–2 OT|| align="left"| Indianapolis Racers (1975–76) ||28–16–0 |- |45||W||January 11, 1976||6–5 OT|| align="left"| Denver Spurs/Ottawa Civics (1975–76) ||29–16–0 |- |46||W||January 14, 1976||4–1 || align="left"| Houston Aeros (1975–76) ||30–16–0 |- |47||L||January 16, 1976||1–5 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1975–76) ||30–17–0 |- |48||W||January 18, 1976||8–0 || align="left"| New England Whalers (1975–76) ||31–17–0 |- |49||W||January 21, 1976||4–1 || align="left"| Calgary Cowboys (1975–76) ||32–17–0 |- |50||W||January 23, 1976||4–2 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1975–76) ||33–17–0 |- |51||L||January 28, 1976||2–6 || align="left"| @ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1975–76) ||33–18–0 |- |52||W||January 30, 1976||6–3 || align="left"| @ New England Whalers (1975–76) ||34–18–0 |- |53||W||January 31, 1976||5–2 || align="left"| @ Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76) ||35–18–0 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#012169 2px solid; border-bottom:#C8102E 2px solid; February: 9–3–2, 20 points (home: 6–1–0; road: 3–2–2) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |54||W||February 1, 1976||2–1 || align="left"| @ Indianapolis Racers (1975–76) ||36–18–0 |- |55||L||February 3, 1976||4–5 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1975–76) ||36–19–0 |- |56||W||February 6, 1976||7–6 || align="left"| @ Toronto Toros (1975–76) ||37–19–0 |- |57||T||February 7, 1976||4–4 || align="left"| @ Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76) ||37–19–1 |- |58||W||February 8, 1976||8–4 || align="left"| Calgary Cowboys (1975–76) ||38–19–1 |- |59||L||February 11, 1976||4–6 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1975–76) ||38–20–1 |- |60||W||February 15, 1976||7–6 || align="left"| Toronto Toros (1975–76) ||39–20–1 |- |61||T||February 17, 1976||4–4 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1975–76) ||39–20–2 |- |62||W||February 18, 1976||4–3 || align="left"| Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76) ||40–20–2 |- |63||W||February 20, 1976||4–2 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1975–76) ||41–20–2 |- |64||W||February 25, 1976||5–2 || align="left"| Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76) ||42–20–2 |- |65||W||February 27, 1976||4–3 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1975–76) ||43–20–2 |- |66||W||February 28, 1976||4–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1975–76) ||44–20–2 |- |67||L||February 29, 1976||7–11 || align="left"| @ Toronto Toros (1975–76) ||44–21–2 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#012169 2px solid; border-bottom:#C8102E 2px solid; March: 7–4–0, 14 points (home: 6–2–0; road: 1–2–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |68||W||March 7, 1976||3–1 || align="left"| Calgary Cowboys (1975–76) ||45–21–2 |- |69||W||March 9, 1976||5–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Toros (1975–76) ||46–21–2 |- |70||W||March 10, 1976||10–3 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1975–76) ||47–21–2 |- |71||L||March 12, 1976||8–10 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1975–76) ||47–22–2 |- |72||W||March 14, 1976||4–2 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1975–76) ||48–22–2 |- |73||W||March 17, 1976||3–2 || align="left"| Calgary Cowboys (1975–76) ||49–22–2 |- |74||L||March 19, 1976||1–2 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1975–76) ||49–23–2 |- |75||L||March 21, 1976||2–5 || align="left"| @ Toronto Toros (1975–76) ||49–24–2 |- |76||L||March 24, 1976||2–3 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1975–76) ||49–25–2 |- |77||W||March 28, 1976||6–1 || align="left"| San Diego Mariners (1975–76) ||50–25–2 |- |78||W||March 31, 1976||5–3 || align="left"| Toronto Toros (1975–76) ||51–25–2 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#012169 2px solid; border-bottom:#C8102E 2px solid; April: 1–2–0, 2 points (home: 0–0–0; road: 1–2–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |79||L||April 2, 1976||1–4 || align="left"| @ Calgary Cowboys (1975–76) ||51–26–2 |- |80||L||April 4, 1976||2–5 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1975–76) ||51–27–2 |- |81||W||April 6, 1976||5–3 || align="left"| @ Calgary Cowboys (1975–76) ||52–27–2 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win (2 points) 1px solid black #fcc Loss (0 points) 1px solid black #ffc Tie (1 point) 1px solid black Playoffs background:#fff; border-top:#012169 5px solid; border-bottom:#C8102E 5px solid; 1976 Avco Cup playoffs y background:#fff; border-top:#012169 2px solid; border-bottom:#C8102E 2px solid; Quarterfinals vs. (C4) Edmonton Oilers – Jets win 4–0 Game Date Visitor Score Home Series |- | 1 || April 9 || Edmonton Oilers || 3–7 || Winnipeg Jets || 1–0 |- | 2 || April 11 || Edmonton Oilers || 4–5 OT || Winnipeg Jets || 2–0 |- | 3 || April 14 || Winnipeg Jets || 3–2 || Edmonton Oilers || 3–0 |- | 4 || April 16 || Winnipeg Jets || 7–2 || Edmonton Oilers || 4–0 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#012169 2px solid; border-bottom:#C8102E 2px solid; Semifinals vs. (C3) Calgary Cowboys – Jets win 4–1 Game Date Visitor Score Home Series |- | 1 || April 23 || Calgary Cowboys || 1–6 || Winnipeg Jets || 1–0 |- | 2 || April 25 || Calgary Cowboys || 2–3 || Winnipeg Jets || 2–0 |- | 3 || April 28 || Winnipeg Jets || 6–3 || Calgary Cowboys || 3–0 |- | 4 || April 30 || Winnipeg Jets || 3–7 || Calgary Cowboys || 3–1 |- | 5 || May 2 || Calgary Cowboys || 0–4 || Winnipeg Jets || 4–1 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#012169 2px solid; border-bottom:#C8102E 2px solid; Avco Cup Finals vs. (W1) Houston Aeros – Jets win 4–0 Game Date Visitor Score Home Series |- | 1 || May 20 || Winnipeg Jets || 4–3 || Houston Aeros || 1–0 |- | 2 || May 23 || Winnipeg Jets || 5–4 || Houston Aeros || 2–0 |- | 3 || May 25 || Houston Aeros || 3–6 || Winnipeg Jets || 3–0 |- | 4 || May 27 || Houston Aeros || 1–9 || Winnipeg Jets || 4–0 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win 1px solid black #fcc Loss 1px solid black Player statistics Regular season Scoring + Regular seasonStandard Stats https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/WNJ/1976.html Hockey Reference Player Pos Position GP Games played G Goals A Assists Pts Points PIM Penalty minutes +/- Plus/Minus PPG Power Play Goals SHG Short-handed Goals GWG Game-winning Goals Bobby Hull LW 80 53 70 123 306214010 Ulf Nilsson Ulf Nilsson (ice hockey) C 78 38 76 114 8465738 Anders Hedberg RW 76 50 55 105 48609610 Peter Sullivan Peter Sullivan (ice hockey) C 78 32 39 71 22−4503 Veli-Pekka Ketola C 80 32 36 68 32−4801 Willy Lindstrom RW 81 23 36 59 324514 Mike Ford Mike Ford (ice hockey) D 81 13 43 56 7039202 Norm Beaudin RW 80 16 31 47 38−1201 Thommie Bergman D 81 11 30 41 1119102 Lars-Erik Sjoberg D 81 5 36 41 1246100 Bill Lesuk LW 81 15 21 36 921302 Mats Lindh C 65 19 15 34 127405 Ted Green D 79 5 23 28 7332000 Lyle Moffat LW 42 13 9 22 443402 Larry Hornung D 76 3 18 21 26−6102 Freeman Asmundson D/RW 72 5 11 16 191000 Perry Miller Perry Miller (ice hockey) D 47 7 6 13 418100 Larry Hillman D 71 1 12 13 62−3000 Heikki Riihiranta D 70 1 8 9 260000 Bobby Guindon Bobby Guindon (ice hockey) LW 29 3 3 6 14−7100 Joe Daley Joe Daley (ice hockey) G 62 0 1 1 170000 Curt Larsson G 23 0 1 1 60000 Gerry Odrowski D 13 0 1 1 6−8000 Randy Legge D 1 0 0 0 01000 Goaltending Player MIN Minutes GP Games played W Wins L Losses T Ties GA Goals Allowed GAA Goals Against Average SO Shutouts Joe Daley Joe Daley (ice hockey) 3612 62 41 17 1 171 2.84 5 Curt Larsson 1287 23 11 10 1 83 3.87 0 Team: 4899 81 52 27 2 254 3.11 5 Playoffs Scoring Player Pos Position GP Games played G Goals A Assists Pts Points PIM Penalty minutes Ulf Nilsson Ulf Nilsson (ice hockey) C 13 7 19 26 6 Bobby Hull LW 13 12 8 20 4 Anders Hedberg RW 13 13 6 19 15 Peter Sullivan Peter Sullivan (ice hockey) C 13 6 7 13 0 Thommie Bergman D 13 3 10 13 8 Mike Ford Mike Ford (ice hockey) D 12 1 12 13 8 Veli-Pekka Ketola C 13 7 5 12 2 Willy Lindstrom RW 13 4 7 11 2 Bobby Guindon Bobby Guindon (ice hockey) LW 13 3 3 6 9 Lyle Moffat LW 13 3 3 6 9 Freeman Asmundson D/RW 13 3 2 5 11 Norm Beaudin RW 13 2 3 5 10 Lars-Erik Sjoberg D 13 0 5 5 12 Bill Lesuk LW 13 2 2 4 8 Mats Lindh C 13 2 2 4 4 Heikki Riihiranta D 4 0 4 4 6 Larry Hornung D 13 0 3 3 6 Ted Green D 11 0 2 2 16 Larry Hillman D 12 0 2 2 32 Joe Daley Joe Daley (ice hockey) G 12 0 1 1 10 Curt Larsson G 2 0 0 0 2 Goaltending Player MIN Minutes GP Games played W Wins L Losses GA Goals Allowed GAA Goals Against Average SO Shutouts Joe Daley Joe Daley (ice hockey) 671 12 10 1 29 2.59 1 Curt Larsson 110 2 2 0 6 3.27 0 Team: 781 13 12 1 35 2.69 1 hockey-reference.com 2009-05-28 1975-76 Winnipeg Jets Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/WNJ/1976.html Draft picks Winnipeg's draft picks at the 1975 WHA Amateur Draft.http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/wha1975a.html 1975 WHA Amateur Draft hockeyDB.com December 19, 2018 Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)18Brad Gassoff (LW)CanadaKamloops Chiefs (WCHL)222Russ Anderson (D)United StatesUniversity of Minnesota (WCHA)338Glen Richardson (LW)CanadaHamilton Fincups (OHA)453Ted Long (LW)CanadaHamilton Fincups (OHA)681Nick Bobstock CanadaAcadia University9119Jim Gustafson (LW)CanadaVictoria Cougars (WCHL)10132Dag Bredberg (F)SwedenFarjestads BK (Sweden)11145Emil Meszaros (F)SwedenVastra Frolunda (Sweden)12156Torbjorn Nilsson (F)SwedenSkelleftea AIK (Sweden)13166Bengt Lundholm (F)SwedenAIK IF (Sweden) See also 1975–76 WHA season References Category:Winnipeg Jets (1972–1996) seasons Winn Winn Category:1970s in Winnipeg Category:1975 in Manitoba Category:1976 in Manitoba