1975–76 San Diego Mariners season

The 1975–76 San Diego Mariners season was the 2nd season of the San Diego Mariners in the World Hockey Association (WHA). The Mariners finished 3rd in the Western Division and lost in the Quarter-finals to the Houston Aeros 4 games to 2.
==Off-season==
The Mariners jerseys were the same design as in the 1974-75 season except that the names were placed on a contrasting nameplate.
==Regular Season==
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results 	Regular Season Results
No. 	R 	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	L 	October 10, 1975 	5–6 	@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76) 	0–1–0
2 	L 	October 11, 1975 	2–4 	Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76) 	0–2–0
3 	W 	October 16, 1975 	3–0 	Indianapolis Racers (1975–76) 	1–2–0
4 	W 	October 18, 1975 	2–1 	Winnipeg Jets (1975–76) 	2–2–0
5 	T 	October 23, 1975 	4–4 	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1975–76) 	2–2–1
6 	W 	October 25, 1975 	6–1 	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1975–76) 	3–2–1
7 	L 	October 30, 1975 	2–4 	Houston Aeros (1975–76) 	3–3–1
8 	L 	November 2, 1975 	3–5 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1975–76) 	3–4–1
9 	T 	November 4, 1975 	4–4 	@ Calgary Cowboys (1975–76) 	3–4–2
10 	W 	November 7, 1975 	3–2 OT 	@ Denver Spurs (1975–76) 	4–4–2
11 	L 	November 8, 1975 	4–7 	@ Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76) 	4–5–2
12 	W 	November 13, 1975 	3–1 	Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76) 	5–5–2
13 	L 	November 15, 1975 	4–6 	Toronto Toros (1975–76) 	5–6–2
14 	L 	November 17, 1975 	3–6 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1975–76) 	5–7–2
15 	W 	November 18, 1975 	6–2 	@ Calgary Cowboys (1975–76) 	6–7–2
16 	W 	November 20, 1975 	5–1 	Denver Spurs (1975–76) 	7–7–2
17 	L 	November 22, 1975 	2–3 OT 	Edmonton Oilers (1975–76) 	7–8–2
18 	W 	November 25, 1975 	7–2 	Edmonton Oilers (1975–76) 	8–8–2
19 	W 	November 27, 1975 	5–1 	Quebec Nordiques (1975–76) 	9–8–2
20 	L 	November 29, 1975 	4–5 OT 	Calgary Cowboys (1975–76) 	9–9–2
21 	L 	November 30, 1975 	4–8 	@ Houston Aeros (1975–76) 	9–10–2
22 	L 	December 4, 1975 	4–5 	Winnipeg Jets (1975–76) 	9–11–2
23 	W 	December 6, 1975 	4–1 	New England Whalers (1975–76) 	10–11–2
24 	T 	December 11, 1975 	3–3 	Indianapolis Racers (1975–76) 	10–11–3
25 	T 	December 13, 1975 	3–3 	Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76) 	10–11–4
26 	L 	December 14, 1975 	2–4 	@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76) 	10–12–4
27 	W 	December 16, 1975 	4–2 	@ Houston Aeros (1975–76) 	11–12–4
28 	W 	December 18, 1975 	7–3 	Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76) 	12–12–4
29 	L 	December 19, 1975 	3–6 	@ Denver Spurs (1975–76) 	12–13–4
30 	W 	December 21, 1975 	3–1 	Houston Aeros (1975–76) 	13–13–4
31 	W 	December 23, 1975 	10–4 	Quebec Nordiques (1975–76) 	14–13–4
32 	W 	December 26, 1975 	4–2 	Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76) 	15–13–4
33 	W 	December 28, 1975 	2–1 	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1975–76)	16–13–4
34 	L 	December 30, 1975 	3–5 	@ New England Whalers (1975–76) 	16–14–4
35 	W 	January 2, 1976 	2–0 	@ Indianapolis Racers (1975–76) 	17–14–4
36 	L 	January 3, 1976 	3–5 	@ Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76) 	17–15–4
37 	L 	January 6, 1976 	4–6 	@ Toronto Toros (1975–76) 	17–16–4
38 	L 	January 7, 1976 	3–8 	@ Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76) 	17–17–4
39 	W 	January 9, 1976 	5–3 	@ New England Whalers (1975–76) 	18–17–4
40 	L 	January 10, 1976 	3–4 OT 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1975–76) 	18–18–4
41 	L 	January 11, 1976 	4–8 	@ New England Whalers (1975–76) 	18–19–4
42 	W 	January 15, 1976 	5–4 OT 	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1975–76) 	19–19–4
43 	W 	January 17, 1976 	5–4 	Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76) 	20–19–4
44 	L 	January 21, 1976 	5–6 OT 	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1975–76)	20–20–4
45 	W 	January 23, 1976 	7–1 	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1975–76)	21–20–4
46 	W 	January 24, 1976 	6–4 	Toronto Toros (1975–76) 	22–20–4
47 	L 	January 25, 1976 	5–7 	@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76) 	22–21–4
48 	L 	January 27, 1976 	3–4 OT 	Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76) 	22–22–4
49 	W 	January 29, 1976 	1–0 	Calgary Cowboys (1975–76) 	23–22–4
50 	W 	January 31, 1976 	6–1 	Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76) 	24–22–4
51 	W 	February 4, 1976 	4–1 	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1975–76) 	25–22–4
52 	W 	February 5, 1976 	3–2 	Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76) 	26–22–4
53 	L 	February 8, 1976 	2–5 	@ Houston Aeros (1975–76) 	26–23–4
54 	L 	February 10, 1976 	3–6 	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1975–76)	26–24–4
55 	L 	February 11, 1976 	2–4 	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1975–76) 	26–25–4
56 	W 	February 14, 1976 	5–1 	Houston Aeros (1975–76) 	27–25–4
57 	W 	February 15, 1976 	3–2 	@ Indianapolis Racers (1975–76) 	28–25–4
58 	L 	February 17, 1976 	2–5 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1975–76) 	28–26–4
59 	W 	February 20, 1976 	6–4 	@ Toronto Toros (1975–76) 	29–26–4
60 	L 	February 21, 1976 	2–3 	@ Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76) 	29–27–4
61 	W 	February 25, 1976 	2–1 OT 	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1975–76)	30–27–4
62 	L 	February 27, 1976 	3–4 	@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76) 	30–28–4
63 	L 	March 2, 1976 	3–4 	New England Whalers (1975–76) 	30–29–4
64 	W 	March 4, 1976 	8–2 	New England Whalers (1975–76) 	31–29–4
65 	W 	March 7, 1976 	5–2 	Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76) 	32–29–4
66 	L 	March 9, 1976 	2–9 	@ Houston Aeros (1975–76) 	32–30–4
67 	W 	March 11, 1976 	4–1 	Houston Aeros (1975–76) 	33–30–4
68 	L 	March 13, 1976 	2–3 	Houston Aeros (1975–76) 	33–31–4
69 	T 	March 18, 1976 	4–4 	@ Indianapolis Racers (1975–76) 	33–31–5
70 	L 	March 19, 1976 	3–8 	@ Houston Aeros (1975–76) 	33–32–5
71 	L 	March 20, 1976 	3–4 OT 	Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76) 	33–33–5
72 	T 	March 23, 1976 	8–8 	Indianapolis Racers (1975–76) 	33–33–6
73 	W 	March 25, 1976 	9–1 	Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76) 	34–33–6
74 	L 	March 26, 1976 	1–3 	@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76) 	34–34–6
75 	L 	March 27, 1976 	2–5 	Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76) 	34–35–6
76 	L 	March 28, 1976 	1–6 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1975–76) 	34–36–6
77 	W 	March 30, 1976 	4–3 	@ Houston Aeros (1975–76) 	35–36–6
78 	L 	April 3, 1976 	2–4 	@ Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76) 	35–37–6
79 	L 	April 4, 1976 	2–5 	@ Houston Aeros (1975–76) 	35–38–6
80 	W 	April 6, 1976 	3–2 OT 	@ Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76) 	36–38–6
==Playoffs==
===San Diego Mariners 3, Phoenix Roadrunners 2===
#	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	Record
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
===Houston Aeros 4, San Diego Mariners 2===
#	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	Record
1	April 21	San Diego Mariners	6–8 	Houston Aeros 	0–1
2	April 23	San Diego Mariners	1–3 	Houston Aeros 	0–2
3	April 25	Houston Aeros 	8–4 	San Diego Mariners	0–3
4	April 27	Houston Aeros 	2–3 	San Diego Mariners	1–3
5	April 28	San Diego Mariners	3–2 	Houston Aeros 	2–3
6	April 30	Houston Aeros 	3–2 	San Diego Mariners	2–4
==Player Stats==
Regular Season	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Scoring 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable"	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
# 	Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
7 	 	C 	80	29	72	101	42 	-29	12 	3 	3
10 	 	C 	80	23	67	90 	22 	29 	6 	0 	2
9 	 	RW 	79	37	37	74 	12 	14 	4 	0 	4
25 	 	LW 	79	37	33	70 	35 	-5 	8 	0 	6
21 	 	C/D 	80	28	40	68 	24 	4 	5 	3 	3
4 	 	D 	80	22	43	65 	56 	0 	7 	0 	2
11 	 	C/LW	76	25	39	64 	16 	-2 	6 	0 	3
16 	 	LW 	80	21	28	49 	102	2 	3 	0 	2
12 	 	RW 	71	19	25	44 	24 	-18	10 	0 	5
2 	 	D 	78	7 	28	35 	63 	6 	1 	0 	0
14 	 	RW 	74	16	11	27 	46 	7 	2 	0 	2
8 	 	LW 	73	14	11	25 	35 	-17	2 	0 	1
5 	 	D 	68	1 	20	21 	32 	3 	0 	0 	0
6 	 	D 	79	3 	13	16 	31 	-18	0 	0 	0
23 	 	D 	69	2 	12	14 	38 	-5 	0 	0 	0
15 	 	C 	40	6 	7 	13 	22 	-9 	0 	0 	2
29 	 	RW 	50	4 	5 	9 	10 	-12	0 	0 	1
18 	 	D 	51	2 	3 	5 	27 	-10	0 	0 	0
19 	 	C 	14	3 	1 	4 	2 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	 	C 	16	1 	2 	3 	6 	2 	0 	0 	0
17 	 	D 	43	1 	1 	2 	26 	-3 	0 	0 	0
31 	 	G 	67	0 	2 	2 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
22 	 	LW 	7 	1 	0 	1 	4 	-1 	0 	0 	0
28 	 	LW 	14	1 	0 	1 	30 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	 	C 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	 	D 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	 	D 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
1 	 	G 	23	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
Playoffs	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Scoring 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable"	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Player 	Pos 	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	11	4	7	11 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	C/LW	11	4	7	11 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	11	4	6	10 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	11	3	6	9 	10 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	11	4	4	8 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	11	1	7	8 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	C/D 	11	2	4	6 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	10	1	5	6 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	11	1	5	6 	12 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	11	3	1	4 	36 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	11	1	3	4 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	11	2	1	3 	11 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	11	2	1	3 	21 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	11	1	2	3 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	11	1	2	3 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	4 	2	0	2 	9 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	9 	0	1	1 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	11	0	1	1 	28 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	11	0	0	0 	4 	0 	0 	0
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 
==Awards and Records==
*Kevin Morrison, Defense, WHA Second Team All-Star
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
==Farm Teams==
==Gallery==
1975-Oct25-Goldthorpe-Curran.gif|Bill Goldthorpe shoots on Mike Curran, October 25, 1975.
1975-Nov30-Hargreaves-Howe-Wakely.jpg|Jim Hargreaves, Gordie Howe, Ernie Wakely, November 30, 1975.
76SDMar.jpg|
==See Also==
*1975–76 WHA season
==References==
San Diego Mariners season, 1975–76
San Diego Mariners season, 1975–76
category:San Diego Mariners seasons