1975–76 Indianapolis Racers season

The 1975–76 Indianapolis Racers season was the 2nd season of operation of the Indianapolis Racers in the World Hockey Association (WHA). The Racers finished 1st in the Eastern Division and lost in the Quarter-finals to the New England Whalers 4 games to 3.
==Off-season==
The Racers 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 	W 	October 10, 1975 	7–1 	@ Denver Spurs (1975–76) 	1–0–0
2 	L 	October 12, 1975 	5–6 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1975–76) 	1–1–0
3 	L 	October 14, 1975 	3–5 	@ Calgary Cowboys (1975–76) 	1–2–0
4 	L 	October 16, 1975 	0–3 	@ San Diego Mariners (1975–76) 	1–3–0
5 	L 	October 18, 1975 	4–6 	Denver Spurs (1975–76) 	1–4–0
6 	L 	October 21, 1975 	1–2 	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1975–76) 	1–5–0
7 	W 	October 23, 1975 	4–0 	Houston Aeros (1975–76) 	2–5–0
8 	W 	October 26, 1975 	4–3 	Edmonton Oilers (1975–76) 	3–5–0
9 	L 	October 30, 1975 	5–7 	Calgary Cowboys (1975–76) 	3–6–0
10 	L 	November 1, 1975 	2–5 	Quebec Nordiques (1975–76) 	3–7–0
11 	W 	November 4, 1975 	4–3 	Toronto Toros (1975–76) 	4–7–0
12 	L 	November 8, 1975 	2–3 OT 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1975–76) 	4–8–0
13 	L 	November 15, 1975 	7–9 	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1975–76)	4–9–0
14 	L 	November 16, 1975 	1–2 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1975–76) 	4–10–0
15 	W 	November 17, 1975 	6–2 	@ Toronto Toros (1975–76) 	5–10–0
16 	W 	November 19, 1975 	3–1 	New England Whalers (1975–76) 	6–10–0
17 	L 	November 25, 1975 	1–4 	@ Houston Aeros (1975–76) 	6–11–0
18 	W 	November 27, 1975 	3–1 	Winnipeg Jets (1975–76) 	7–11–0
19 	W 	November 28, 1975 	3–1 	@ Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76) 	8–11–0
20 	W 	November 29, 1975 	3–2 	@ New England Whalers (1975–76) 	9–11–0
21 	L 	November 30, 1975 	2–4 	Denver Spurs (1975–76) 	9–12–0
22 	W 	December 4, 1975 	7–1 	Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76) 	10–12–0
23 	W 	December 6, 1975 	3–2 	Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76) 	11–12–0
24 	W 	December 10, 1975 	2–1 	@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76) 	12–12–0
25 	T 	December 11, 1975 	3–3 	@ San Diego Mariners (1975–76) 	12–12–1
26 	L 	December 12, 1975 	2–4 	@ Houston Aeros (1975–76) 	12–13–1
27 	T 	December 14, 1975 	2–2 	New England Whalers (1975–76) 	12–13–2
28 	L 	December 16, 1975 	1–3 	Edmonton Oilers (1975–76) 	12–14–2
29 	L 	December 18, 1975 	1–7 	@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76) 	12–15–2
30 	W 	December 19, 1975 	5–4 OT 	Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76) 	13–15–2
31 	L 	December 20, 1975 	3–5 	@ Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76) 	13–16–2
32 	W 	December 27, 1975 	2–1 	Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76) 	14–16–2
33 	L 	December 28, 1975 	1–4 	@ Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76) 	14–17–2
34 	L 	December 30, 1975 	1–2 OT 	@ Denver Spurs (1975–76) 	14–18–2
35 	L 	January 2, 1976 	0–2 	San Diego Mariners (1975–76) 	14–19–2
36 	L 	January 3, 1976 	1–3 	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1975–76)	14–20–2
37 	W 	January 4, 1976 	3–2 	New England Whalers (1975–76) 	15–20–2
38 	L 	January 6, 1976 	0–3 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1975–76) 	15–21–2
39 	L 	January 7, 1976 	1–3 	@ Calgary Cowboys (1975–76) 	15–22–2
40 	W 	January 9, 1976 	2–1 OT 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1975–76) 	16–22–2
41 	L 	January 11, 1976 	3–4 	@ Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76) 	16–23–2
42 	L 	January 15, 1976 	1–3 	Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76) 	16–24–2
43 	L 	January 17, 1976 	0–4 	Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76) 	16–25–2
44 	L 	January 21, 1976 	2–3 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1975–76) 	16–26–2
45 	W 	January 23, 1976 	4–3 	Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76) 	17–26–2
46 	W 	January 25, 1976 	4–2 	Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76) 	18–26–2
47 	L 	January 28, 1976 	4–6 	@ New England Whalers (1975–76) 	18–27–2
48 	L 	January 29, 1976 	5–6 OT 	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1975–76) 	18–28–2
49 	W 	January 30, 1976 	2–1 	Houston Aeros (1975–76) 	19–28–2
50 	L 	February 1, 1976 	1–2 	Winnipeg Jets (1975–76) 	19–29–2
51 	W 	February 5, 1976 	4–2 	Quebec Nordiques (1975–76) 	20–29–2
52 	L 	February 6, 1976 	3–4 	@ Houston Aeros (1975–76) 	20–30–2
53 	W 	February 7, 1976 	5–1 	Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76) 	21–30–2
54 	W 	February 11, 1976 	2–1 	Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76) 	22–30–2
55 	L 	February 13, 1976 	3–4 OT 	Calgary Cowboys (1975–76) 	22–31–2
56 	L 	February 14, 1976 	2–3 	@ Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76) 	22–32–2
57 	L 	February 15, 1976 	2–3 	San Diego Mariners (1975–76) 	22–33–2
58 	W 	February 19, 1976 	10–3 	New England Whalers (1975–76) 	23–33–2
59 	L 	February 21, 1976 	2–3 	@ Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76) 	23–34–2
60 	L 	February 22, 1976 	5–6 	Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76) 	23–35–2
61 	T 	February 28, 1976 	4–4 	@ New England Whalers (1975–76) 	23–35–3
62 	W 	February 29, 1976 	5–2 	@ Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76) 	24–35–3
63 	L 	March 2, 1976 	2–5 	@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76) 	24–36–3
64 	W 	March 4, 1976 	3–1 	Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76) 	25–36–3
65 	W 	March 6, 1976 	3–2 	@ Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76) 	26–36–3
66 	L 	March 7, 1976 	1–5 	Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76) 	26–37–3
67 	W 	March 11, 1976 	3–1 	Toronto Toros (1975–76) 	27–37–3
68 	W 	March 12, 1976 	6–3 	@ Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76) 	28–37–3
69 	W 	March 13, 1976 	6–4 	Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76) 	29–37–3
70 	W 	March 17, 1976 	5–2 	@ New England Whalers (1975–76) 	30–37–3
71 	T 	March 18, 1976 	4–4 	San Diego Mariners (1975–76) 	30–37–4
72 	T 	March 20, 1976 	1–1 	@ New England Whalers (1975–76) 	30–37–5
73 	T 	March 23, 1976 	8–8 	@ San Diego Mariners (1975–76) 	30–37–6
74 	W 	March 25, 1976 	4–3 OT 	Houston Aeros (1975–76) 	31–37–6
75 	W 	March 26, 1976 	3–2 	@ Cleveland Crusaders (1975–76) 	32–37–6
76 	W 	March 28, 1976 	3–1 	@ New England Whalers (1975–76) 	33–37–6
77 	L 	April 1, 1976 	1–4 	Houston Aeros (1975–76) 	33–38–6
78 	W 	April 2, 1976 	3–1 	@ Toronto Toros (1975–76) 	34–38–6
79 	L 	April 3, 1976 	2–5 	New England Whalers (1975–76) 	34–39–6
80 	W 	April 4, 1976 	4–2 	@ New England Whalers (1975–76) 	35–39–6
==Playoffs==
===New England Whalers Whalers 4, Indianapolis Racers Racers 3===
#	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	Record
1	April 16	New England Whalers	4–1 	Indianapolis Racers	0–1
2	April 17	New England Whalers	0–4 	Indianapolis Racers	1–1
3	April 21	Indianapolis Racers	0–3 	New England Whalers	1–2
4	April 23	Indianapolis Racers	1–2 	New England Whalers	1–3
5	April 24	New England Whalers	0–4 	Indianapolis Racers	2–3
6	April 27	Indianapolis Racers	5–3 	New England Whalers	3–3
7	April 29	New England Whalers	6–0 	Indianapolis Racers	3–4
==Player Stats==
Regular Season	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Scoring 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable"	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
# 	Player	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
12 	 	D 	80	5 	40	45 	48 	-7 	3 	0 	1
15 	 	C 	79	16	28	44 	36 	15 	4 	0 	3
17 	 	C 	70	9 	34	43 	4 	-2 	3 	0 	2
10 	 	RW 	76	23	19	42 	26 	10 	2 	2 	4
8, 9 	 	LW 	80	23	17	40 	23 	1 	4 	0 	2
7 	 	C 	41	12	28	40 	23 	1 	3 	0 	1
8 	 	RW 	40	18	21	39 	52 	1 	7 	0 	3
11 	 	C 	62	16	17	33 	54 	-6 	1 	2 	4
16 	 	C 	52	15	16	31 	112	0 	5 	0 	2
14 	 	RW 	56	19	11	30 	14 	2 	1 	0 	1
16 	 	C 	23	13	15	28 	20 	9 	8 	0 	1
18 	 	LW 	59	11	16	27 	24 	-5 	2 	1 	2
24 	 	D 	79	1 	25	26 	28 	4 	0 	0 	1
6 	 	C 	55	11	14	25 	8 	-4 	5 	1 	2
7 	 	C 	30	7 	15	22 	16 	1 	2 	0 	1
2 	 	D 	36	5 	16	21 	40 	5 	1 	0 	0
3 	 	D 	73	7 	14	21 	31 	7 	0 	0 	2
20 	 	RW 	74	7 	14	21 	56 	-8 	2 	0 	0
4 	 	D 	77	1 	12	13 	351	-10	1 	0 	0
9 	 	C 	23	4 	7 	11 	4 	-5 	1 	0 	0
5 	 	D 	37	1 	10	11 	30 	8 	0 	0 	1
6 	 	C 	12	3 	7 	10 	2 	2 	1 	0 	0
19 	 	LW 	19	6 	2 	8 	31 	0 	2 	0 	0
5 	 	D 	42	1 	7 	8 	14 	0 	0 	0 	0
26 	 	RW 	34	2 	5 	7 	7 	-7 	0 	0 	0
2 	 	D 	38	4 	2 	6 	92 	-5 	0 	0 	2
21 	 	D 	34	2 	2 	4 	104	-11	1 	0 	0
22 	 	C 	11	1 	2 	3 	0 	-5 	0 	0 	1
1 	 	G 	24	0 	3 	3 	17 	0 	0 	0 	0
21 	 	LW 	15	2 	0 	2 	9 	-7 	0 	0 	0
14 	 	C 	7 	0 	2 	2 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
28 	 	G 	11	0 	1 	1 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	 	LW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	 	LW 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
25 	 	RW 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	 	D 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
30 	 	G 	19	0 	0 	0 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
31 	 	G 	31	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
 	C 	7 	4	4	8 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	7 	2	5	7 	8 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	7 	2	3	5 	7 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	7 	2	2	4 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	0	4	4 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	7 	2	0	2 	10 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	0	2	2 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	7 	1	0	1 	11 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	1	0	1 	20 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	7 	1	0	1 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	6 	0	1	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	0	1	1 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	7 	0	1	1 	12 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	3 	0	0	0 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	4 	0	0	0 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0	0	0 	25 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	7 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	7 	0	0	0 	5 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	7 	0	0	0 	2 	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==
*Ben Hatskin Trophy (Best Goaltender): Michel Dion
*Pat Stapleton, Defense, WHA Second Team All-Star
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
==Farm Teams==
*Mohawk Valley Comets, NAHL
==Gallery==
1976-Apr2-Harbaruk-Garrett.jpg|Nick Harbaruk, John Garrett, April 2, 1976.
==See Also==
*1975–76 WHA season
==References==
Indianapolis Racers season, 1975–76
Indianapolis Racers season, 1975–76
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