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 However, that franchise was revoked (along with a return to Colorado.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.
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