1975–76 Edmonton Oilers season

The 1975–76 Edmonton Oilers season was the 4th season the Edmonton Oilers in the World Hockey Association (WHA). The Oilers finished 4th in the Canadian Division and lost in the Quarter-finals to the Winnipeg Jets 4 games to 0.
==Off-season==
The Oilers jerseys were the same design as in the 1974-75 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 	L 	October 10, 1975 	1–4 	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1975–76) 	0–1–0
2 	W 	October 12, 1975 	6–5 	Indianapolis Racers (1975–76) 	1–1–0
3 	L 	October 14, 1975 	5–8 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1975–76) 	1–2–0
4 	L 	October 15, 1975 	4–5 OT 	@ New England Whalers (1975–76) 	1–3–0
5 	T 	October 17, 1975 	4–4 	@ Toronto Toros (1975–76) 	1–3–1
6 	W 	October 18, 1975 	3–1 	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1975–76)	2–3–1
7 	W 	October 19, 1975 	4–2 	Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76) 	3–3–1
8 	L 	October 23, 1975 	4–6 	@ Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76) 	3–4–1
9 	L 	October 25, 1975 	2–5 	@ Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76) 	3–5–1
10 	L 	October 26, 1975 	3–4 	@ Indianapolis Racers (1975–76) 	3–6–1
11 	W 	October 28, 1975 	7–3 	Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76) 	4–6–1
12 	T 	October 31, 1975 	2–2 	New England Whalers (1975–76) 	4–6–2
13 	W 	November 2, 1975 	5–3 	San Diego Mariners (1975–76) 	5–6–2
14 	L 	November 4, 1975 	3–4 	Quebec Nordiques (1975–76) 	5–7–2
15 	W 	November 7, 1975 	5–4 OT 	Toronto Toros (1975–76) 	6–7–2
16 	W 	November 9, 1975 	4–1 	Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76) 	7–7–2
17 	L 	November 11, 1975 	3–6 	@ Calgary Cowboys (1975–76) 	7–8–2
18 	L 	November 14, 1975 	1–6 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1975–76) 	7–9–2
19 	W 	November 17, 1975 	6–3 	San Diego Mariners (1975–76) 	8–9–2
20 	L 	November 18, 1975 	3–6 	@ Denver Spurs (1975–76) 	8–10–2
21 	L 	November 20, 1975 	1–3 	@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76) 	8–11–2
22 	L 	November 21, 1975 	2–4 	@ Houston Aeros (1975–76) 	8–12–2
23 	W 	November 22, 1975 	3–2 OT 	@ San Diego Mariners (1975–76) 	9–12–2
24 	L 	November 25, 1975 	2–7 	@ San Diego Mariners (1975–76) 	9–13–2
25 	L 	November 28, 1975 	4–7 	@ Houston Aeros (1975–76) 	9–14–2
26 	W 	November 30, 1975 	4–2 	Calgary Cowboys (1975–76) 	10–14–2
27 	W 	December 2, 1975 	7–2 	Toronto Toros (1975–76) 	11–14–2
28 	L 	December 5, 1975 	3–8 	@ Calgary Cowboys (1975–76) 	11–15–2
29 	L 	December 7, 1975 	4–5 	Calgary Cowboys (1975–76) 	11–16–2
30 	W 	December 10, 1975 	7–4 	Quebec Nordiques (1975–76) 	12–16–2
31 	W 	December 11, 1975 	3–2 	@ Calgary Cowboys (1975–76) 	13–16–2
32 	L 	December 14, 1975 	1–3 	Winnipeg Jets (1975–76) 	13–17–2
33 	W 	December 16, 1975 	3–1 	@ Indianapolis Racers (1975–76) 	14–17–2
34 	W 	December 17, 1975 	3–2 	@ Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76) 	15–17–2
35 	L 	December 19, 1975 	2–4 	@ New England Whalers (1975–76) 	15–18–2
36 	L 	December 21, 1975 	2–4 	Toronto Toros (1975–76) 	15–19–2
37 	L 	December 23, 1975 	2–6 	Winnipeg Jets (1975–76) 	15–20–2
38 	L 	December 26, 1975 	6–8 	@ Toronto Toros (1975–76) 	15–21–2
39 	L 	December 27, 1975 	3–6 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1975–76) 	15–22–2
40 	L 	December 30, 1975 	3–6 	@ Toronto Toros (1975–76) 	15–23–2
41 	L 	January 1, 1976 	1–5 	@ Calgary Cowboys (1975–76) 	15–24–2
42 	L 	January 2, 1976 	1–3 	Calgary Cowboys (1975–76) 	15–25–2
43 	L 	January 4, 1976 	1–8 	Winnipeg Jets (1975–76) 	15–26–2
44 	W 	January 6, 1976 	3–0 	Indianapolis Racers (1975–76) 	16–26–2
45 	W 	January 9, 1976 	5–3 	Toronto Toros (1975–76) 	17–26–2
46 	L 	January 11, 1976 	3–5 	Houston Aeros (1975–76) 	17–27–2
47 	W 	January 16, 1976 	5–1 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1975–76) 	18–27–2
48 	L 	January 20, 1976 	3–10 	Calgary Cowboys (1975–76) 	18–28–2
49 	L 	January 23, 1976 	2–4 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1975–76) 	18–29–2
50 	L 	January 25, 1976 	6–7 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1975–76) 	18–30–2
51 	T 	January 27, 1976 	4–4 	@ Toronto Toros (1975–76) 	18–30–3
52 	L 	January 28, 1976 	5–6 	Houston Aeros (1975–76) 	18–31–3
53 	W 	February 1, 1976 	5–2 	Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76) 	19–31–3
54 	W 	February 3, 1976 	4–0 	New England Whalers (1975–76) 	20–31–3
55 	L 	February 5, 1976 	1–5 	@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76) 	20–32–3
56 	L 	February 6, 1976 	0–7 	@ Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76) 	20–33–3
57 	L 	February 8, 1976 	4–5 	Quebec Nordiques (1975–76) 	20–34–3
58 	W 	February 13, 1976 	5–3 	Toronto Toros (1975–76) 	21–34–3
59 	L 	February 15, 1976 	2–4 	Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76) 	21–35–3
60 	T 	February 17, 1976 	4–4 	Winnipeg Jets (1975–76) 	21–35–4
61 	L 	February 20, 1976 	2–4 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1975–76) 	21–36–4
62 	W 	February 22, 1976 	4–3 	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1975–76) 	22–36–4
63 	T 	February 24, 1976 	3–3 	Calgary Cowboys (1975–76) 	22–36–5
64 	L 	February 25, 1976 	2–5 	@ Calgary Cowboys (1975–76) 	22–37–5
65 	L 	February 27, 1976 	3–4 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1975–76) 	22–38–5
66 	L 	February 29, 1976 	2–5 	Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76) 	22–39–5
67 	L 	March 2, 1976 	3–6 	@ Calgary Cowboys (1975–76) 	22–40–5
68 	W 	March 3, 1976 	6–4 	Calgary Cowboys (1975–76) 	23–40–5
69 	L 	March 5, 1976 	4–5 OT 	Quebec Nordiques (1975–76) 	23–41–5
70 	W 	March 7, 1976 	4–2 	Quebec Nordiques (1975–76) 	24–41–5
71 	L 	March 11, 1976 	0–2 	@ Calgary Cowboys (1975–76) 	24–42–5
72 	L 	March 14, 1976 	2–4 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1975–76) 	24–43–5
73 	L 	March 16, 1976 	3–4 OT 	Calgary Cowboys (1975–76) 	24–44–5
74 	W 	March 19, 1976 	2–1 	Winnipeg Jets (1975–76) 	25–44–5
75 	L 	March 21, 1976 	3–6 	Quebec Nordiques (1975–76) 	25–45–5
76 	W 	March 24, 1976 	3–2 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1975–76) 	26–45–5
77 	L 	March 25, 1976 	5–7 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1975–76) 	26–46–5
78 	L 	March 26, 1976 	3–7 	@ Toronto Toros (1975–76) 	26–47–5
79 	L 	March 30, 1976 	3–8 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1975–76) 	26–48–5
80 	L 	April 1, 1976 	2–7 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1975–76) 	26–49–5
81 	W 	April 4, 1976 	5–2 	Winnipeg Jets (1975–76) 	27–49–5
==Playoffs==
===Winnipeg Jets 4, Edmonton Oilers 0===
#	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	Record
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
==Player Stats==
Regular Season	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Scoring 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable"	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
# 	Player	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
9 	 	C 	77	31	56	87 	12 	-21	13 	1 	1
17 	 	RW 	77	42	30	72 	88 	-3 	11 	0 	4
15 	 	RW 	81	34	31	65 	17 	-4 	6 	0 	6
2 	 	D 	78	10	32	42 	66 	-49	5 	0 	2
19 	 	D 	48	13	24	37 	87 	-6 	3 	0 	1
3 	 	D 	54	2 	32	34 	78 	-8 	1 	0 	0
25 	 	C 	58	13	18	31 	19 	-12	0 	0 	0
18 	 	LW 	71	12	16	28 	60 	-11	2 	0 	1
7 	 	C 	44	12	15	27 	10 	5 	0 	0 	2
22 	 	LW 	33	11	15	26 	52 	-14	0 	4 	2
5 	 	D 	79	4 	21	25 	81 	-42	0 	0 	1
12 	 	C 	63	13	10	23 	13 	-33	2 	1 	0
24 	 	C 	75	12	11	23 	8 	-25	1 	0 	1
8 	 	LW 	26	5 	16	21 	6 	-3 	2 	0 	1
21 	 	LW 	54	8 	12	20 	67 	-10	0 	1 	1
22 	 	LW 	75	7 	13	20 	34 	-16	1 	0 	0
23 	 	D 	79	2 	17	19 	71 	-9 	0 	0 	1
10 	 	RW 	44	9 	8 	17 	34 	-13	0 	0 	0
11 	 	C 	41	8 	8 	16 	55 	-3 	2 	1 	3
14 	 	RW 	29	7 	5 	12 	8 	-8 	3 	0 	0
20 	 	D 	28	0 	11	11 	10 	-3 	0 	0 	0
4 	 	D 	48	1 	9 	10 	20 	-12	0 	0 	0
16 	 	C 	45	5 	4 	9 	6 	-19	0 	0 	0
6 	 	D 	28	3 	4 	7 	14 	-8 	1 	0 	0
6 	 	D 	26	1 	4 	5 	14 	-5 	0 	0 	0
8 	 	RW 	8 	0 	4 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
20 	 	LW 	10	1 	1 	2 	31 	-2 	0 	0 	0
26 	 	D 	10	1 	1 	2 	0 	-6 	0 	0 	0
23 	 	RW 	13	1 	1 	2 	4 	-2 	0 	0 	0
28 	 	G 	62	0 	2 	2 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
27 	 	G 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
30 	 	G 	24	0 	0 	0 	2 	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
 	RW 	4 	1	4	5 	12 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	3	1	4 	16 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	4 	2	2	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	4 	1	3	4 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	2 	1	1	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	4 	1	1	2 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	3 	1	0	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	4 	1	0	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	3 	0	1	1 	7 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0	1	1 	15 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0	1	1 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	4 	0	1	1 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	4 	0	1	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	4 	0	1	1 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	4 	0	0	0 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0	0	0 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	3 	0	0	0 	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 Oilers did not win any awards this season.
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
==Farm Teams==
*Greensboro Generals, SHL
*Spokane Flyers, WIHL
==Gallery==
1975-Oct17-Long-Jacques-Kennett-Dryden.jpg|Barry Long, Jeff Jacques, Murray Kennett, Dave Dryden, October 17, 1975.
==See Also==
*1975–76 WHA season
==References==
Edmonton Oilers season, 1975–76
Edmonton Oilers season, 1975–76
Category:Edmonton Oilers seasons