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Season IV: 1975-1976 Season IV: Jets Capture First Crown Tardif & Cloutier Scoring Stars 1975-1976 Fighting Mars League Image The World Hockey Association opened its fourth season with high hopes after Award Winners three previous seasons of steadily increasing attendance figures. Two teams would not be back for the 1975-76 campaign: the Chicago Cougars folded immediately after the previous season’s end, and the Baltimore Blades ceased operations not long after. In their places were two expansion franchises: the Cincinnati Stingers and the Denver Spurs. There was just one franchise shift: the Vancouver Blazers moved across the Rockies to Calgary, becoming the Cowboys. The fourteen teams were divided into three divisions. Calgary, Edmonton, Québec, Toronto and Winnipeg made up the Canadian Division; Cincinnati, Cleveland, Indianapolis and New England comprised the Eastern Division, Most Valuable Player Rookie of the Year Gordie Howe Trophy Lou Kaplan Trophy while the Western Division included Denver, Houston, Minnesota, Phoenix and Marc Tardif Mark Napier San Diego. Québec Toronto Denver’s Spurs could not make it to the new year; they vacated Denver at the end of December, played two home games in Ottawa in early January 1976, and disbanded altogether two weeks later. Six weeks after Ottawa’s departure, the Minnesota Fighting Saints folded, paring the league to twelve teams. The patchwork schedule used for the remainder of the season saw some teams play 81 games so that other teams could reach 80. Disparities abounded: Québec and Toronto tangled 16 times, while Winnipeg and San Diego squared off on only three occasions. Best Goaltender Best Defenseman Winnipeg and Québec fought hard for the top spot in the Canadian Division, Ben Hatskin Trophy Dennis Murphy Trophy Winnipeg squeaking ahead with 106 points, two ahead of Québec. In the Michel Dion Paul Shmyr Western Division, Houston dominated once again, with 106 points, while Indianapolis Cleveland Phoenix and San Diego took the next two positions and playoff berths. However, the most interesting race was in the Eastern Division, where five points separated the four teams, with second-year Indianapolis winning the flag, just a point ahead of Cleveland. Ten of the twelve surviving teams made the playoffs – only Toronto and Cincinnati missed out on the party. The two-time defending champs, Houston, met their match as the Winnipeg Jets blitzed the Aeros on four straight to capture their first WHA championship. Québec’s Marc Tardif led all scorers with 71 goals and 148 points, and he tied with teammate J.-C. Tremblay for the league lead in assists with 77. Curt Coach of the Year Most Gentlemanly Brackenbury collected a league-record 365 penalty minutes playing for How’d Baldwin Tr0phy Paul Deneau Trophy Minnesota and Québec. The Racers’ Kim Clackson had 351 penalty minutes, Bobby Kromm Vaclav Nedomansky Winnipeg Toronto while the leader the past two season, Gord Gallant, had 297 playing for Québec. The Nordiques’ Richard Brodeur led all goalies with 69 games and 44 wins. Joe Daley of the Jets turned in five shutouts and also collected 41 wins himself. Michel Dion of the surprisingly defensive Indianapolis Racers had a 2.74 average, the best in the league. 220 .
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