1975–76 Cincinnati Stingers season

The 1975–76 Cincinnati Stingers season was the Stingers' 1st season of operation in the World Hockey Association (WHA). The Stingers finished 4th in the Eastern Division and did not qualify for the playoffs.
==Off-season==
The Cincinnati Stingers were granted their franchise on May 6, 1973 but had to wait until their new home arena, the Riverfront Coliseum, was constructed before they could begin play in the 1975-76 season. The team took part in the WHA drafts while they waited for the arena to be ready, drafting Dean Talafous with their first pick, and loaning Dennis Sobchuk and John Hughes to the Phoenix Roadrunners.
The Stingers inaugural jersey colours were yellow, white and black with a primarily yellow home jersey and a primarily black away jersey. The design was very similiar to that worn by the 1972-73 Boston Bruins. They'd stay with these colours throughout the club's existence. Five stripes on the arms and body and shoulder yolks with a stripe underneath completed the design. The numbers and names were outlined. The logo was the letter "C" which became a hornet at the top. This jersey design remained unchanged throughout the Stingers four year stint in the WHA.
==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
2 	W 	October 17, 1975 	6–2 	@ Calgary Cowboys (1975–76) 	2–0–0
3 	L 	October 19, 1975 	2–4 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1975–76) 	2–1–0
4 	L 	October 21, 1975 	0–7 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1975–76) 	2–2–0
5 	W 	October 23, 1975 	6–4 	Edmonton Oilers (1975–76) 	3–2–0
6 	W 	October 25, 1975 	7–4 	Houston Aeros (1975–76) 	4–2–0
7 	W 	October 29, 1975 	6–4 	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1975–76)	5–2–0
8 	L 	October 30, 1975 	0–4 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1975–76) 	5–3–0
9 	W 	November 1, 1975 	3–2 	Calgary Cowboys (1975–76) 	6–3–0
10 	L 	November 6, 1975 	3–8 	@ New England Whalers (1975–76) 	6–4–0
11 	W 	November 8, 1975 	7–4 	San Diego Mariners (1975–76) 	7–4–0
12 	W 	November 9, 1975 	4–2 	New England Whalers (1975–76) 	8–4–0
13 	W 	November 15, 1975 	8–5 	Houston Aeros (1975–76) 	9–4–0
14 	L 	November 16, 1975 	2–3 	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1975–76) 	9–5–0
15 	L 	November 18, 1975 	4–6 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1975–76) 	9–6–0
16 	L 	November 21, 1975 	7–8 	@ Toronto Toros (1975–76) 	9–7–0
17 	L 	November 22, 1975 	6–9 	Quebec Nordiques (1975–76) 	9–8–0
18 	L 	November 23, 1975 	3–5 	@ Denver Spurs (1975–76) 	9–9–0
19 	L 	November 26, 1975 	3–11 	Winnipeg Jets (1975–76) 	9–10–0
20 	L 	November 27, 1975 	3–5 	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1975–76)	9–11–0
21 	L 	November 29, 1975 	5–9 	Toronto Toros (1975–76) 	9–12–0
22 	W 	December 3, 1975 	5–3 	@ Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76) 	10–12–0
23 	L 	December 4, 1975 	1–7 	@ Indianapolis Racers (1975–76) 	10–13–0
24 	W 	December 6, 1975 	3–2 	Denver Spurs (1975–76) 	11–13–0
25 	W 	December 7, 1975 	3–1 	Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76) 	12–13–0
26 	L 	December 9, 1975 	4–6 	@ Houston Aeros (1975–76) 	12–14–0
27 	W 	December 12, 1975 	4–2 	@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76) 	13–14–0
28 	T 	December 13, 1975 	3–3 	@ San Diego Mariners (1975–76) 	13–14–1
29 	L 	December 16, 1975 	2–3 OT 	@ Denver Spurs (1975–76) 	13–15–1
30 	L 	December 18, 1975 	3–7 	@ San Diego Mariners (1975–76) 	13–16–1
31 	W 	December 20, 1975 	4–2 	New England Whalers (1975–76) 	14–16–1
32 	W 	December 21, 1975 	11–7 	Quebec Nordiques (1975–76) 	15–16–1
33 	L 	December 23, 1975 	3–5 	Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76) 	15–17–1
34 	L 	December 26, 1975 	3–4 	@ New England Whalers (1975–76) 	15–18–1
35 	L 	December 27, 1975 	1–2 	@ Indianapolis Racers (1975–76) 	15–19–1
36 	W 	December 28, 1975 	4–1 	Indianapolis Racers (1975–76) 	16–19–1
37 	W 	January 2, 1976 	2–1 	Ottawa Civics (1975–76) 	17–19–1
38 	W 	January 3, 1976 	5–3 	San Diego Mariners (1975–76) 	18–19–1
39 	L 	January 6, 1976 	3–7 	@ Houston Aeros (1975–76) 	18–20–1
40 	L 	January 8, 1976 	1–7 	@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76) 	18–21–1
41 	L 	January 11, 1976 	4–7 	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1975–76) 	18–22–1
42 	L 	January 15, 1976 	2–5 	@ New England Whalers (1975–76) 	18–23–1
43 	W 	January 17, 1976 	4–0 	@ Indianapolis Racers (1975–76) 	19–23–1
44 	W 	January 21, 1976 	8–2 	Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76) 	20–23–1
45 	L 	January 23, 1976 	3–4 	@ Indianapolis Racers (1975–76) 	20–24–1
46 	W 	January 24, 1976 	6–3 	New England Whalers (1975–76) 	21–24–1
47 	L 	January 27, 1976 	1–9 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1975–76) 	21–25–1
48 	L 	January 28, 1976 	4–6 	Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76) 	21–26–1
49 	L 	January 31, 1976 	2–5 	Winnipeg Jets (1975–76) 	21–27–1
50 	L 	February 1, 1976 	2–5 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1975–76) 	21–28–1
51 	L 	February 3, 1976 	2–3 	@ Calgary Cowboys (1975–76) 	21–29–1
52 	W 	February 6, 1976 	7–0 	Edmonton Oilers (1975–76) 	22–29–1
53 	L 	February 7, 1976 	1–5 	@ Indianapolis Racers (1975–76) 	22–30–1
54 	L 	February 11, 1976 	2–4 	@ Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76) 	22–31–1
55 	W 	February 13, 1976 	5–1 	@ New England Whalers (1975–76) 	23–31–1
56 	W 	February 14, 1976 	3–2 	Indianapolis Racers (1975–76) 	24–31–1
57 	W 	February 15, 1976 	5–4 OT 	Calgary Cowboys (1975–76) 	25–31–1
58 	W 	February 20, 1976 	4–1 	Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76) 	26–31–1
59 	W 	February 21, 1976 	3–2 	San Diego Mariners (1975–76) 	27–31–1
60 	W 	February 24, 1976 	9–6 	@ Toronto Toros (1975–76) 	28–31–1
61 	W 	February 25, 1976 	5–2 	New England Whalers (1975–76) 	29–31–1
62 	L 	February 28, 1976 	2–4 	Houston Aeros (1975–76) 	29–32–1
63 	L 	February 29, 1976 	2–5 	Indianapolis Racers (1975–76) 	29–33–1
64 	W 	March 3, 1976 	4–3 OT 	Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76) 	30–33–1
65 	L 	March 4, 1976 	1–3 	@ Indianapolis Racers (1975–76) 	30–34–1
66 	L 	March 6, 1976 	2–3 	Indianapolis Racers (1975–76) 	30–35–1
67 	W 	March 7, 1976 	5–3 	New England Whalers (1975–76) 	31–35–1
68 	L 	March 10, 1976 	2–5 	@ Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76) 	31–36–1
69 	L 	March 12, 1976 	3–6 	Indianapolis Racers (1975–76) 	31–37–1
70 	L 	March 13, 1976 	1–5 	New England Whalers (1975–76) 	31–38–1
71 	W 	March 17, 1976 	5–4 	Toronto Toros (1975–76) 	32–38–1
72 	L 	March 19, 1976 	5–6 OT 	@ New England Whalers (1975–76) 	32–39–1
73 	W 	March 20, 1976 	2–1 	Houston Aeros (1975–76) 	33–39–1
74 	L 	March 21, 1976 	1–4 	@ Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76) 	33–40–1
75 	W 	March 24, 1976 	5–4 	@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76) 	34–40–1
76 	L 	March 25, 1976 	1–9 	@ San Diego Mariners (1975–76) 	34–41–1
77 	L 	March 26, 1976 	1–5 	@ Houston Aeros (1975–76) 	34–42–1
78 	L 	March 31, 1976 	2–7 	Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76) 	34–43–1
79 	W 	April 2, 1976 	5–2 	Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76) 	35–43–1
80 	L 	April 4, 1976 	3–6 	@ Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76) 	35–44–1
==Playoffs==
*The Stingers did not qualify for the post season.
==Player Stats==
;Scoring
# 	Player	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
9 	 	L 	74	43	38	81 	156
11, 18	 	C 	80	27	46	73 	70
14 	 	C 	79	32	40	72 	74  
7, 12 	 	C 	77	22	50	72 	24
8 	 	L 	79	28	24	52 	19
2 	 	D 	80	10	36	46 	31
13 	 	L 	52	20	24	44 	80      
22 	 	L 	78	23	18	41 	37    
10 	 	D 	79	3 	34	37 	204  
4 	 	D 	75	10	23	33 	117  
21 	 	R 	56	14	15	29 	12
5 	 	D 	80	4 	24	28 	95
16 	 	C 	77	15	12	27 	83
17 	 	L 	66	8 	14	22 	187
19, 21	 	D 	36	3 	14	17 	12
 	 	R 	12	3 	10	13 	6
21 	 	C 	23	5 	7 	12 	4
12 	 	F 	20	1 	8 	9 	0
15 	 	R 	20	3 	3 	6 	0
11, 18	 	L 	14	3 	2 	5 	8
23 	 	R 	20	3 	2 	5 	21
20 	 	L 	29	2 	3 	5 	61
 	 	R 	3 	2 	0 	2 	0
15 	 	D 	16	0 	2 	2 	15
6 	 	D 	17	1 	0 	1 	12
35 	 	G 	12	0 	1 	1 	4
25 	 	G 	22	0 	1 	1 	6
1 	 	G 	45	0 	1 	1 	4
31 	 	G 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0
1 	 	G 	12	0 	0 	0 	2
3 	 	D 	17	0 	0 	0 	2
;Goaltending
# 	Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T	GA 	GAA 	SO
1 	 	2392	45	19	24	0	145	3.64	2
35	 	549 	12	6 	4 	0	38 	4.15	1
25	 	1087	22	6 	8 	1	78 	4.31	0
1 	 	641 	12	4 	6 	0	145	5.15	0
31	 	149 	3 	0 	2 	0	17 	6.85	0
==Awards and Records==
*The Stingers did not win any awards this season.
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
Cincinnati's draft picks at the 1975 WHA Amateur Draft.
Round	# 	Player 	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 	1 	Claude Larose (LW) 	 	Sherbrooke Castors (QMJHL)
2 	16 	Bob Sauve (G) 	 	Laval National (QMJHL)
3 	31 	Larry Hendrick (G) 	 	Calgary Centennials (WCHL)
4 	46 	Norm LaPointe (G) 	 	Trois-Rivieres Draveurs (QMJHL)
5 	61 	Paul Harrison (G) 	 	Oshawa Generals (OHA)
6 	75 	Jackie Laine (F) 	 	Bowling Green State University (CCHA)
7 	89 	Gary Carr (G) 	 	Toronto Marlboros (OHA)
8 	102	Greg Clause (RW) 	 	Hamilton Fincups (OHA)
9 	114	Yvon Disotell (F) 	 	Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)
10 	126	Gary Burns (F) 	 	University of New Hampshire (ECAC)
11 	139	Bill Reber (RW) 	 	University of Vermont (ECAC)
12 	151	David McNab (G) 	 	University of Wisconsin (WCHA)
13 	161	Peter Shier (D) 	 	Cornell University (ECAC)
14 	170	Francois Robert (D)	 	Sherbrooke Castors (QMJHL)
==Farm Teams==
*Mohawk Valley Comets, NAHL
==Gallery==
1975-Oct21-Ketola-Aubry.jpg|Veli-Pekka Ketola scores on Serge Aubry, October 21, 1975.
1975-Dec16-Kiely-Borgeson.jpg|John Kiely makes a save on Don Borgeson, December 16, 1975.
==See Also==
*1975–76 WHA season
==References==
Cincinnati Stingers season, 1975–76
Cincinnati Stingers season, 1975–76
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