1975–76 Kansas City Scouts season

The 1975–76 Kansas City Scouts season was the second, and final season for the NHL franchise in Kansas City, Missouri. They played their home games at the Kemper Arena.
==Off-season==
==Regular Season==
The Scouts started the season by going 11–21–4 in their first 36 games, but after their December 28 win against the California Golden Seals, the Scouts would win only once in their final 44 games, to finish with a record of 12 wins, 56 losses, and 12 ties (for a season-ending total of 36 points). During the summer of 1976, the Scouts left Kansas City for Denver to become the Colorado Rockies, ending its two-year stint in Kansas City.
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
No.	R	Date 	Score	Opponent 	Record
1 	T	October 8, 1975 	1–1 	New York Islanders (1975–76) 	0–0–1
2 	W	October 11, 1975 	4–2 	Vancouver Canucks (1975–76) 	1–0–1
3 	L	October 14, 1975 	1–5 	@ St. Louis Blues (1975–76) 	1–1–1
4 	L	October 18, 1975 	3–5 	Atlanta Flames (1975–76) 	1–2–1
5 	W	October 22, 1975 	4–2 	@ Washington Capitals (1975–76) 	2–2–1
6 	W	October 23, 1975 	3–2 	@ Boston Bruins (1975–76) 	3–2–1
7 	L	October 25, 1975 	0–4 	Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76) 	3–3–1
8 	L	October 29, 1975 	0–2 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1975–76) 	3–4–1
9 	L	October 30, 1975 	2–6 	Washington Capitals (1975–76) 	3–5–1
10 	L	November 1, 1975 	0–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76) 	3–6–1
11 	L	November 2, 1975 	0–10 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76) 	3–7–1
12 	W	November 5, 1975 	3–2 	California Golden Seals (1975–76) 	4–7–1
13 	T	November 7, 1975 	3–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76) 	4–7–2
14 	L	November 12, 1975	1–2 	@ Atlanta Flames (1975–76) 	4–8–2
15 	L	November 13, 1975	3–6 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1975–76) 	4–9–2
16 	L	November 16, 1975	2–4 	@ Boston Bruins (1975–76) 	4–10–2
17 	W	November 19, 1975	6–4 	@ New York Rangers (1975–76) 	5–10–2
18 	L	November 22, 1975	2–5 	@ New York Islanders (1975–76) 	5–11–2
19 	L	November 23, 1975	2–6 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1975–76) 	5–12–2
20 	T	November 26, 1975	3–3 	@ St. Louis Blues (1975–76) 	5–12–3
21 	W	November 27, 1975	3–2 	St. Louis Blues (1975–76) 	6–12–3
22 	L	November 29, 1975	3–5 	Detroit Red Wings (1975–76) 	6–13–3
23 	T	November 30, 1975	1–1 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76) 	6–13–4
24 	W	December 3, 1975 	6–5 	Montreal Canadiens (1975–76) 	7–13–4
25 	L	December 5, 1975 	2–3 	New York Rangers (1975–76) 	7–14–4
26 	L	December 6, 1975 	0–4 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1975–76) 	7–15–4
27 	W	December 9, 1975 	3–2 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76) 	8–15–4
28 	L	December 11, 1975	3–5 	Minnesota North Stars (1975–76) 	8–16–4
29 	L	December 13, 1975	1–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1975–76) 	8–17–4
30 	L	December 16, 1975	1–3 	@ Atlanta Flames (1975–76) 	8–18–4
31 	W	December 17, 1975	6–5 	Vancouver Canucks (1975–76) 	9–18–4
32 	W	December 19, 1975	4–1 	Detroit Red Wings (1975–76) 	10–18–4
33 	L	December 20, 1975	1–5 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76) 	10–19–4
34 	L	December 23, 1975	1–5 	Buffalo Sabres (1975–76) 	10–20–4
35 	L	December 27, 1975	4–9 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1975–76) 	10–21–4
36 	W	December 28, 1975	3–1 	@ California Golden Seals (1975–76)	11–21–4
37 	L	December 30, 1975	2–5 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1975–76) 	11–22–4
38 	L	January 1, 1976 	2–4 	Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76) 	11–23–4
39 	L	January 3, 1976 	4–6 	Atlanta Flames (1975–76) 	11–24–4
40 	L	January 6, 1976 	1–8 	@ New York Islanders (1975–76) 	11–25–4
41 	L	January 7, 1976 	2–5 	Los Angeles Kings (1975–76) 	11–26–4
42 	L	January 10, 1976 	4–8 	New York Rangers (1975–76) 	11–27–4
43 	L	January 14, 1976 	3–8 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1975–76) 	11–28–4
44 	L	January 15, 1976 	4–6 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76) 	11–29–4
45 	L	January 17, 1976 	1–7 	Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76) 	11–30–4
46 	L	January 21, 1976 	2–4 	St. Louis Blues (1975–76) 	11–31–4
47 	L	January 23, 1976 	1–4 	@ California Golden Seals (1975–76)	11–32–4
48 	L	January 25, 1976 	1–3 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76) 	11–33–4
49 	L	January 28, 1976 	3–9 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1975–76) 	11–34–4
50 	L	January 29, 1976 	2–6 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76) 	11–35–4
51 	T	January 31, 1976 	4–4 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76) 	11–35–5
52 	T	February 4, 1976 	3–3 	St. Louis Blues (1975–76) 	11–35–6
53 	W	February 7, 1976 	5–1 	Washington Capitals (1975–76) 	12–35–6
54 	T	February 12, 1976	2–2 	New York Islanders (1975–76) 	12–35–7
55 	L	February 14, 1976	4–5 	Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76) 	12–36–7
56 	L	February 15, 1976	1–5 	@ New York Rangers (1975–76) 	12–37–7
57 	L	February 17, 1976	1–6 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76) 	12–38–7
58 	T	February 18, 1976	3–3 	Boston Bruins (1975–76) 	12–38–8
59 	L	February 20, 1976	1–3 	Atlanta Flames (1975–76) 	12–39–8
60 	L	February 22, 1976	3–6 	Minnesota North Stars (1975–76) 	12–40–8
61 	L	February 25, 1976	1–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1975–76) 	12–41–8
62 	T	February 26, 1976	2–2 	@ New York Islanders (1975–76) 	12–41–9
63 	T	February 28, 1976	4–4 	Buffalo Sabres (1975–76) 	12–41–10
64 	L	March 4, 1976 	1–6 	Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76) 	12–42–10
65 	L	March 6, 1976 	3–5 	Vancouver Canucks (1975–76) 	12–43–10
66 	L	March 7, 1976 	1–4 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76) 	12–44–10
67 	L	March 10, 1976 	1–3 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1975–76) 	12–45–10
68 	L	March 13, 1976 	3–5 	@ St. Louis Blues (1975–76) 	12–46–10
69 	L	March 16, 1976 	3–6 	Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76) 	12–47–10
70 	L	March 18, 1976 	2–5 	Boston Bruins (1975–76) 	12–48–10
71 	T	March 20, 1976 	2–2 	California Golden Seals (1975–76) 	12–48–11
72 	L	March 21, 1976 	1–3 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1975–76) 	12–49–11
73 	T	March 23, 1976 	5–5 	@ Washington Capitals (1975–76) 	12–49–12
74 	L	March 24, 1976 	1–4 	Minnesota North Stars (1975–76) 	12–50–12
75 	L	March 27, 1976 	2–8 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1975–76) 	12–51–12
76 	L	March 28, 1976 	2–4 	@ New York Rangers (1975–76) 	12–52–12
77 	L	March 30, 1976 	6–8 	Los Angeles Kings (1975–76) 	12–53–12
78 	L	March 31, 1976 	3–6 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76) 	12–54–12
79 	L	April 3, 1976 	1–5 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1975–76) 	12–55–12
80 	L	April 4, 1976 	2–5 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1975–76) 	12–56–12
==Playoffs==
*The Scouts did not qualify for the post season.
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	78	27	44	71 	12 	-51	9 	0 	4
 	RW 	57	21	22	43 	121	-37	4 	0 	3
 	D 	75	5 	33	38 	82 	-52	1 	0 	1
 	RW 	80	17	18	35 	14 	-24	3 	1 	0
 	LW 	79	19	14	33 	12 	-24	4 	0 	1
 	LW 	78	13	18	31 	37 	-40	2 	0 	0
 	C 	74	11	20	31 	12 	-28	2 	0 	0
 	C/LW	71	12	14	26 	14 	-38	2 	0 	1
 	RW 	41	10	15	25 	16 	-9 	2 	0 	1
 	RW 	39	14	10	24 	21 	-35	5 	0 	0
 	RW 	37	7 	15	22 	42 	-11	3 	0 	0
 	D 	69	5 	16	21 	28 	-28	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	39	5 	12	17 	6 	-31	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	43	6 	8 	14 	16 	-8 	2 	0 	0
 	D 	69	3 	10	13 	108	-38	1 	1 	1
 	C 	41	4 	8 	12 	8 	-29	1 	0 	0
 	D 	72	2 	10	12 	112	-61	1 	0 	0
 	D 	37	1 	11	12 	209	-30	0 	0 	0
 	C 	28	4 	7 	11 	14 	-13	2 	0 	0
 	LW 	31	1 	9 	10 	6 	-14	1 	0 	0
 	D 	38	2 	6 	8 	6 	-13	1 	0 	0
 	C/LW	10	1 	1 	2 	2 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	23	0 	2 	2 	24 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	25	0 	2 	2 	20 	-13	0 	0 	0
 	D 	8 	0 	1 	1 	6 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	22	0 	1 	1 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	7 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	11	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	64	0 	0 	0 	16 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	3620	64	11	39	11	243	4.03	0
 	1120	22	1 	16	1 	97 	5.20	0
 	60 	1 	0 	1 	0 	4 	4.00	0
Team: 	4800	80	12	56	12	344	4.30	0
Note: 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 Scouts did not win any awards this season.
==Transactions==
===Trades===
August 22, 1975 	To Detroit Red WingsPeter McDuffeGlen Burdon 	To Kansas City ScoutsBill McKenzieGary Bergman
October 1, 1975 	To Buffalo Sabrescash 	To Kansas City ScoutsRocky Farr
October 13, 1975	To Atlanta FlamesRichard LemieuxKansas City's 2nd round draft pick1977 NHL Entry Draft 	To Kansas City ScoutsBuster Harvey
November 1, 1975	To Detroit Red WingsHank Lehvonen 	To Kansas City ScoutsFrank Bathe
December 9, 1975	To Minnesota North StarsKansas City's 2nd round draft pick1978 NHL Entry Draft 	To Kansas City ScoutsHenry Boucha
January 9, 1976 	To Pittsburgh PenguinsSimon NoletEd GilbertKansas City's 1st round draft pick1976 NHL Entry Draft	To Kansas City ScoutsSteve DurbanoChuck ArnasonPittsburgh's 1st round draft pick1976 NHL Entry Draft
January 14, 1976	To Detroit Red WingsBuster Harvey 	To Kansas City ScoutsPhil Roberto
===Waivers===
October 28, 1975	From Chicago Black HawksGermain Gagnon
==Draft Picks==
==Farm Teams==
==Video==
Over five minutes of game footage from the January 28, 1976 North Stars-Scouts game.
Minnesota North Stars 1975-76
==See Also==
*1975–76 NHL season
==References==
* 
*Scouts on Hockey Database
*Scouts on Database Hockey
*Scouts Game Log on Database Hockey
 
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