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Denver Spurs • Ottawa Civics Denver Spurs Ottawa Civics year record points coach finish Statistical Leaders 1975-76: 14-26-1 29 pts Jean-Guy Talbot folded Season and All-time: Games: 41, Ralph Backstrom, Bryon Baltimore, Larry Home Rinks: McNichols Arena (16,800, 1975); Ottawa Civic Centre Bignell, Darryl Maggs, Francois Rochon; Goals: 21, Ralph Backstrom, Don (10,500, 1976); Colors: Orange, Gold, Black, White; Formation: May 19, Borgeson; Assists: 29, Ralph Backstrom; Points: 50, Ralph Backstrom; 1975 (Denver); January 2, 1976 (transfer to Ottawa); Dissolution: January Penalty Minutes: 58, Rick Morris; Wins: 8, Bob Johnson; Shutouts: 1, Cam 17, 1976; Ownership: Ivan Mullenix; General Manager: Jean-Guy Talbot. Newton; Goals against average: 3.66, Cam Newton The Denver Spuirs were a rushed franchise, granted to later. Ivan Mullenix, who in 1974 had received a conditional The Spurs played their last game in Denver on December expansion franchise by the NHL for Denver, to start play in 30, 1975, then embarked on an extended road trip, never to 1976. However, that franchise was revoked (along with a return to Colorado. Mullenix had given up on Denver and was franchise for Seattle) by the NHL in 1975, when the NHL seeking a sale to a group in Ottawa. The Founders Club was an dropped its plans to expand in 1976. Meanwhile, the WHA had aggregate of Ottawa businessmen and fans who wanted to see two moribund teams in Chicago and Baltimore, was admitting hockey return to the city, and they negotiated with Mullenix, a new team in Cincinnati for the 1975-76 season, and sought to acting as an intermediary to find a buyer for the team. In the include another team to bring the league rolls back to 14 teams. meantime, the Founders Club would cover some costs and In May 1975, the WHA offered Mullenix the rights to a smooth the way for the team to play two “home” games in Denver-based team, and he accepted. The new Denver Spurs Ottawa. But the Founders Club was itself not going to own the were stocked with players from the Chicago Cougars, most team. The team would be called the Ottawa Civics. notably, Ralph Backstrom. A month later, the Chicago Cougars The two home games in Ottawa went over well. Both were formally dissolved. games drew sell-out crowds, something the Spurs never saw in On paper, the Denver situation looked promising. Denver and the Nationals rarely saw back in 1972-73. Mullenix had a track record (albeit just for one season) in Meanwhile, Mullenix was feeling the heat from Denver, being Denver owning the Western League’s Spurs, and if the NHL sued by the city for back-taxes and monies owed. He wanted had once liked him, he certainly would have looked attractive cash now, and could not wait a few months for a possible buyer to the WHA. The team would play in the brand-new McNichols down the line. Despite the best efforts of the Founders Club, a Arena, and the team itself had some history, being together in buyer could not be found, and in mid-January 1976, Mullenix Chicago for most of the past three seasons. Jean-Guy Talbot pulled the plug on the operation. The Spurs-Civics were was the team’s first coach, assuming the same role he held for defunct, its players either sold to teams in the WHA or made the Spurs when they were in the WHL, 1974-75. Although the free agents. Spurs had just a few months to get its act together, there was Lost in all this were the efforts of its players. Ralph some reason to believe it could work. Backstrom scored 21 goals and had 50 points. Don Borgeson, However, hockey fans in Denver never got the memo, and a long-time minor-leaguer given a chance to play on the big they stayed away in impressive numbers. After teased with an stage, also scored 21 goals. Bob Johnson won 8 games in goal, NHL franchise for over a year, then to have it replaced with a while Cam Newton registered the team’s one shutout. WHA version, Denver fans felt no kinship with this edition of The NHL came to Denver in 1976, relocating its Kansas the Spurs. The team itself didn’t impress the fans, going City franchise to Denver as the new Rockies. The fans in winless in its first eight home games. A “guaranteed win” Denver showed similar interest in the Rockies, who later promotion on November 21, 1975 backfired as the Spurs lost moved to New Jersey in 1982. Finally, the “WHA” returned to to the visiting Calgary Cowboys. Fans received free passes to Denver in 1995, when the Quebec Nordiques moved to town. a future Spurs game, which few redeemed, partly due to their The new Avalanche were quick to impress, winning the Stanley disinterest in the team, partly due to there being relatively few Cup their first season in Colorado (and again in 2001). Finally, people at the guaranteed-win game in the first place, but mostly major-league hockey had roots in Denver. due to the team’s abandonment of Denver altogether a month 20 .
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