1975–76 Minnesota Fighting Saints season

The 1975–76 Minnesota Fighting Saints season was the 4th season of the original Fighting Saints franchise in the World Hockey Association (WHA). The Saints did not finish the season, disbanding after 59 games.
==Off-season==
The Fighting Saints jerseys were the same design as in the 1973-74 season.
==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 	W 	October 10, 1975 	4–1 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1975–76) 	1–0–0
2 	W 	October 12, 1975 	2–0 	@ Calgary Cowboys (1975–76) 	2–0–0
3 	L 	October 15, 1975 	4–8 	Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76) 	2–1–0
4 	L 	October 18, 1975 	1–3 	Edmonton Oilers (1975–76) 	2–2–0
5 	W 	October 21, 1975 	2–1 	@ Indianapolis Racers (1975–76)	3–2–0
6 	T 	October 23, 1975 	4–4 	@ San Diego Mariners (1975–76) 	3–2–1
7 	L 	October 25, 1975 	1–6 	@ San Diego Mariners (1975–76) 	3–3–1
8 	L 	October 29, 1975 	4–6 	Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76) 	3–4–1
9 	W 	November 1, 1975 	3–2 	Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76) 	4–4–1
10 	L 	November 5, 1975 	4–6 	@ Houston Aeros (1975–76) 	4–5–1
11 	W 	November 8, 1975 	4–3 	Toronto Toros (1975–76) 	5–5–1
12 	L 	November 11, 1975 	6–8 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1975–76) 	5–6–1
13 	W 	November 15, 1975 	9–7 	Indianapolis Racers (1975–76) 	6–6–1
14 	W 	November 16, 1975 	3–2 	@ Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76)	7–6–1
15 	L 	November 19, 1975 	3–4 OT 	@ Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76)	7–7–1
16 	W 	November 20, 1975 	2–0 	@ New England Whalers (1975–76)	8–7–1
17 	L 	November 22, 1975 	4–6 	Calgary Cowboys (1975–76) 	8–8–1
18 	W 	November 25, 1975 	3–2 OT 	New England Whalers (1975–76) 	9–8–1
19 	W 	November 27, 1975 	5–3 	Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76) 	10–8–1
20 	L 	November 30, 1975 	3–5 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1975–76) 	10–9–1
21 	W 	December 5, 1975 	4–3 	Denver Spurs (1975–76) 	11–9–1
22 	W 	December 9, 1975 	5–3 	@ Toronto Toros (1975–76) 	12–9–1
23 	L 	December 10, 1975 	2–3 	@ New England Whalers (1975–76)	12–10–1
24 	L 	December 12, 1975 	0–1 	@ Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76)	12–11–1
25 	W 	December 13, 1975 	4–3 	Houston Aeros (1975–76) 	13–11–1
26 	T 	December 17, 1975 	0–0 	New England Whalers (1975–76) 	13–11–2
27 	W 	December 20, 1975 	6–3 	Winnipeg Jets (1975–76) 	14–11–2
28 	W 	December 21, 1975 	3–1 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1975–76) 	15–11–2
29 	W 	December 23, 1975 	5–4 	@ Denver Spurs (1975–76) 	16–11–2
30 	L 	December 27, 1975 	0–5 	@ Houston Aeros (1975–76) 	16–12–2
31 	L 	December 28, 1975 	1–2 	San Diego Mariners (1975–76) 	16–13–2
32 	T 	December 30, 1975 	4–4 	Quebec Nordiques (1975–76) 	16–13–3
33 	W 	January 3, 1976 	3–1 	Indianapolis Racers (1975–76) 	17–13–3
34 	L 	January 4, 1976 	2–5 	Ottawa Civics (1975–76) 	17–14–3
35 	W 	January 7, 1976 	7–6 OT 	Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76) 	18–14–3
36 	L 	January 10, 1976 	1–4 	Houston Aeros (1975–76) 	18–15–3
37 	W 	January 11, 1976 	7–4 	@ Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76)	19–15–3
38 	L 	January 15, 1976 	4–5 OT 	@ San Diego Mariners (1975–76) 	19–16–3
39 	L 	January 16, 1976 	1–3 	@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76)	19–17–3
40 	W 	January 17, 1976 	4–2 	@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76)	20–17–3
41 	W 	January 21, 1976 	6–5 OT 	San Diego Mariners (1975–76) 	21–17–3
42 	L 	January 23, 1976 	1–7 	San Diego Mariners (1975–76) 	21–18–3
43 	W 	January 25, 1976 	5–2 	Toronto Toros (1975–76) 	22–18–3
44 	W 	January 28, 1976 	6–2 	Winnipeg Jets (1975–76) 	23–18–3
45 	W 	January 29, 1976 	6–5 OT 	@ Indianapolis Racers (1975–76)	24–18–3
46 	W 	January 31, 1976 	4–1 	Houston Aeros (1975–76) 	25–18–3
47 	L 	February 1, 1976 	5–6 	Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76) 	25–19–3
48 	L 	February 3, 1976 	4–8 	@ Houston Aeros (1975–76) 	25–20–3
49 	L 	February 4, 1976 	1–4 	@ San Diego Mariners (1975–76) 	25–21–3
50 	L 	February 7, 1976 	2–4 	@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76)	25–22–3
51 	T 	February 8, 1976 	3–3 	@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76)	25–22–4
52 	W 	February 10, 1976 	6–3 	San Diego Mariners (1975–76) 	26–22–4
53 	W 	February 11, 1976 	4–2 	@ San Diego Mariners (1975–76) 	27–22–4
54 	W 	February 12, 1976 	6–4 	Quebec Nordiques (1975–76) 	28–22–4
55 	L 	February 14, 1976 	2–5 	Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76) 	28–23–4
56 	W 	February 17, 1976 	6–3 	@ Toronto Toros (1975–76) 	29–23–4
57 	W 	February 20, 1976 	6–3 	@ Calgary Cowboys (1975–76) 	30–23–4
58 	L 	February 22, 1976 	3–4 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1975–76) 	30–24–4
59 	L 	February 25, 1976 	1–2 OT 	San Diego Mariners (1975–76) 	30–25–4
==Playoffs==
*The Saints ceased operations before the playoffs.
==Player Stats==
Regular Season	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Scoring 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable"	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
# 	Player	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
4 	 	C 	58	31	40	71 	27 	7 	0 	0 	0
14 	 	C 	57	26	38	64 	4 	14 	5 	2 	3
25 	 	C 	59	17	32	49 	27 	9 	0 	0 	0
7 	 	C 	59	24	23	47 	19 	9 	4 	0 	2
19 	 	RW 	57	21	26	47 	48 	10 	4 	2 	6
12 	 	C 	57	25	21	46 	18 	21 	0 	0 	0
16 	 	C 	36	15	20	35 	47 	3 	0 	0 	0
3 	 	D 	51	1 	32	33 	50 	1 	0 	0 	0
24 	 	RW 	51	14	16	30 	121	-7 	0 	0 	0
10 	 	C 	59	5 	14	19 	14 	-3 	0 	1 	0
20 	 	LW 	58	8 	10	18 	189	-14	0 	0 	1
8 	 	C 	45	10	6 	16 	14 	5 	0 	0 	0
2 	 	D 	59	0 	15	15 	170	19 	0 	0 	0
9 	 	RW 	59	4 	9 	13 	254	7 	0 	0 	0
6 	 	D 	54	3 	10	13 	98 	0 	0 	0 	0
5 	 	RW 	59	2 	11	13 	150	9 	2 	0 	0
15 	 	D 	37	1 	12	13 	10 	-9 	0 	0 	0
18 	 	C 	30	3 	6 	9 	4 	-1 	0 	0 	0
23 	 	D 	22	0 	8 	8 	16 	2 	0 	0 	0
11 	 	D 	13	1 	4 	5 	11 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	 	D 	7 	0 	4 	4 	14 	4 	0 	0 	0
26 	 	D 	9 	0 	2 	2 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
22 	 	RW 	7 	0 	1 	1 	14 	0 	0 	0 	0
21 	 	C 	10	0 	1 	1 	23 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	 	RW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
11 	 	LW 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	 	G 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
1 	 	G 	5 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
35 	 	G 	52	0 	0 	0 	6 	0 	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==
*The Saints did not win any awards this season.
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
==Farm Teams==
==Gallery==
1975-Oct25-Goldthorpe-Curran.gif|Bill Goldthorpe shoots on Mike Curran, October 25, 1975.
1975-Dec9-Tataryn-Holmgren.jpg|Paul Holmgren and Dave Tataryn, December 9, 1975.
1975-76-BobJohnson-Boudreau.jpg|Bruce Boudreau shoots on Bob Johnson, 1975-76 season action.
==See Also==
*1975–76 WHA season
==References==
Minnesota Fighting Saints season, 1975–76
Minnesota Fighting Saints season, 1975–76
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