The 1975–76 San Diego Mariners season was the second season of operation of the

San Diego Mariners The San Diego Mariners were a professional ice hockey team based in San Diego, California, that competed in the World Hockey Association (WHA). The team played its home games at the San Diego Sports Arena. Previous to being in San Diego, the tea ...

in the

World Hockey Association The World Hockey Association () was a professional ice hockey major league that operated in North America from 1972–73 WHA season, 1972 to 1978–79 WHA season, 1979. It was the first major league to compete with the National Hockey League (N ...

(WHA). The Mariners placed third in the Western Division to qualify for the playoffs, losing in the second round to the Houston Aeros.

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

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( 1975–76) , , 1–2–0 , - , 4, , W, , October 18, 1975, , 2–1 , , align="left",

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( 1975–76) , , 2–2–0 , - , 5, , T, , October 23, 1975, , 4–4 , , align="left",

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( 1975–76) , , 2–2–1 , - , 6, , W, , October 25, 1975, , 6–1 , , align="left",

( 1975–76) , , 3–2–1 , - , 7, , L, , October 30, 1975, , 2–4 , , align="left", Houston Aeros ( 1975–76) , , 3–3–1 , - , - , 8, , L, , November 2, 1975, , 3–5 , , align="left", @

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( 1975–76) , , 3–4–1 , - , 9, , T, , November 4, 1975, , 4–4 , , align="left", @

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( 1975–76) , , 3–4–2 , - , 10, , W, , November 7, 1975, , 3–2 OT, , align="left", @

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( 1975–76) , , 4–4–2 , - , 11, , L, , November 8, 1975, , 4–7 , , align="left", @

Cincinnati Stingers The Cincinnati Stingers were an ice hockey team based in Cincinnati that played in the World Hockey Association from 1975 to 1979 and in the Central Hockey League during the 1979–80 season. Their home arena was Riverfront Coliseum. They are th ...

( 1975–76) , , 4–5–2 , - , 12, , W, , November 13, 1975, , 3–1 , , align="left",

Cleveland Crusaders The Cleveland Crusaders were a professional ice hockey team from Cleveland. They played in the World Hockey Association from 1972–73 WHA season, 1972 to 1975–76 WHA season, 1976. Their home ice was the Cleveland Arena from 1972 to 1974, and t ...

( 1975–76) , , 5–5–2 , - , 13, , L, , November 15, 1975, , 4–6 , , align="left",

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( 1975–76) , , 5–6–2 , - , 14, , L, , November 17, 1975, , 3–6 , , align="left", @

( 1975–76) , , 5–7–2 , - , 15, , W, , November 18, 1975, , 6–2 , , align="left", @

( 1975–76) , , 6–7–2 , - , 16, , W, , November 20, 1975, , 5–1 , , align="left",

( 1975–76) , , 7–7–2 , - , 17, , L, , November 22, 1975, , 2–3 OT, , align="left",

( 1975–76) , , 7–8–2 , - , 18, , W, , November 25, 1975, , 7–2 , , align="left",

( 1975–76) , , 8–8–2 , - , 19, , W, , November 27, 1975, , 5–1 , , align="left",

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( 1975–76) , , 9–8–2 , - , 20, , L, , November 29, 1975, , 4–5 OT, , align="left",

( 1975–76) , , 9–9–2 , - , 21, , L, , November 30, 1975, , 4–8 , , align="left", @ Houston Aeros ( 1975–76) , , 9–10–2 , - , - , 22, , L, , December 4, 1975, , 4–5 , , align="left",

( 1975–76) , , 9–11–2 , - , 23, , W, , December 6, 1975, , 4–1 , , align="left",

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( 1975–76) , , 10–11–2 , - , 24, , T, , December 11, 1975, , 3–3 , , align="left",

( 1975–76) , , 10–11–3 , - , 25, , T, , December 13, 1975, , 3–3 , , align="left",

( 1975–76) , , 10–11–4 , - , 26, , L, , December 14, 1975, , 2–4 , , align="left", @ Phoenix Roadrunners ( 1975–76) , , 10–12–4 , - , 27, , W, , December 16, 1975, , 4–2 , , align="left", @ Houston Aeros ( 1975–76) , , 11–12–4 , - , 28, , W, , December 18, 1975, , 7–3 , , align="left",

( 1975–76) , , 12–12–4 , - , 29, , L, , December 19, 1975, , 3–6 , , align="left", @

( 1975–76) , , 12–13–4 , - , 30, , W, , December 21, 1975, , 3–1 , , align="left", Houston Aeros ( 1975–76) , , 13–13–4 , - , 31, , W, , December 23, 1975, , 10–4 , , align="left",

( 1975–76) , , 14–13–4 , - , 32, , W, , December 26, 1975, , 4–2 , , align="left", Phoenix Roadrunners ( 1975–76) , , 15–13–4 , - , 33, , W, , December 28, 1975, , 2–1 , , align="left", @

( 1975–76) , , 16–13–4 , - , 34, , L, , December 30, 1975, , 3–5 , , align="left", @

( 1975–76) , , 16–14–4 , - , - , 35, , W, , January 2, 1976, , 2–0 , , align="left", @

( 1975–76) , , 17–14–4 , - , 36, , L, , January 3, 1976, , 3–5 , , align="left", @

( 1975–76) , , 17–15–4 , - , 37, , L, , January 6, 1976, , 4–6 , , align="left", @

( 1975–76) , , 17–16–4 , - , 38, , L, , January 7, 1976, , 3–8 , , align="left", @

( 1975–76) , , 17–17–4 , - , 39, , W, , January 9, 1976, , 5–3 , , align="left", @

( 1975–76) , , 18–17–4 , - , 40, , L, , January 10, 1976, , 3–4 OT, , align="left", @

( 1975–76) , , 18–18–4 , - , 41, , L, , January 11, 1976, , 4–8 , , align="left", @

( 1975–76) , , 18–19–4 , - , 42, , W, , January 15, 1976, , 5–4 OT, , align="left",

( 1975–76) , , 19–19–4 , - , 43, , W, , January 17, 1976, , 5–4 , , align="left",

( 1975–76) , , 20–19–4 , - , 44, , L, , January 21, 1976, , 5–6 OT, , align="left", @

( 1975–76) , , 20–20–4 , - , 45, , W, , January 23, 1976, , 7–1 , , align="left", @

( 1975–76) , , 21–20–4 , - , 46, , W, , January 24, 1976, , 6–4 , , align="left",

( 1975–76) , , 22–20–4 , - , 47, , L, , January 25, 1976, , 5–7 , , align="left", @ Phoenix Roadrunners ( 1975–76) , , 22–21–4 , - , 48, , L, , January 27, 1976, , 3–4 OT, , align="left", Phoenix Roadrunners ( 1975–76) , , 22–22–4 , - , 49, , W, , January 29, 1976, , 1–0 , , align="left",

( 1975–76) , , 23–22–4 , - , 50, , W, , January 31, 1976, , 6–1 , , align="left", Phoenix Roadrunners ( 1975–76) , , 24–22–4 , - , - , 51, , W, , February 4, 1976, , 4–1 , , align="left",

( 1975–76) , , 25–22–4 , - , 52, , W, , February 5, 1976, , 3–2 , , align="left",

( 1975–76) , , 26–22–4 , - , 53, , L, , February 8, 1976, , 2–5 , , align="left", @ Houston Aeros ( 1975–76) , , 26–23–4 , - , 54, , L, , February 10, 1976, , 3–6 , , align="left", @

( 1975–76) , , 26–24–4 , - , 55, , L, , February 11, 1976, , 2–4 , , align="left",

( 1975–76) , , 26–25–4 , - , 56, , W, , February 14, 1976, , 5–1 , , align="left", Houston Aeros ( 1975–76) , , 27–25–4 , - , 57, , W, , February 15, 1976, , 3–2 , , align="left", @

( 1975–76) , , 28–25–4 , - , 58, , L, , February 17, 1976, , 2–5 , , align="left", @

( 1975–76) , , 28–26–4 , - , 59, , W, , February 20, 1976, , 6–4 , , align="left", @

( 1975–76) , , 29–26–4 , - , 60, , L, , February 21, 1976, , 2–3 , , align="left", @

( 1975–76) , , 29–27–4 , - , 61, , W, , February 25, 1976, , 2–1 OT, , align="left", @

( 1975–76) , , 30–27–4 , - , 62, , L, , February 27, 1976, , 3–4 , , align="left", @ Phoenix Roadrunners ( 1975–76) , , 30–28–4 , - , - , 63, , L, , March 2, 1976, , 3–4 , , align="left",

( 1975–76) , , 30–29–4 , - , 64, , W, , March 4, 1976, , 8–2 , , align="left",

( 1975–76) , , 31–29–4 , - , 65, , W, , March 7, 1976, , 5–2 , , align="left", Phoenix Roadrunners ( 1975–76) , , 32–29–4 , - , 66, , L, , March 9, 1976, , 2–9 , , align="left", @ Houston Aeros ( 1975–76) , , 32–30–4 , - , 67, , W, , March 11, 1976, , 4–1 , , align="left", Houston Aeros ( 1975–76) , , 33–30–4 , - , 68, , L, , March 13, 1976, , 2–3 , , align="left", Houston Aeros ( 1975–76) , , 33–31–4 , - , 69, , T, , March 18, 1976, , 4–4 , , align="left", @

( 1975–76) , , 33–31–5 , - , 70, , L, , March 19, 1976, , 3–8 , , align="left", @ Houston Aeros ( 1975–76) , , 33–32–5 , - , 71, , L, , March 20, 1976, , 3–4 OT, , align="left", Phoenix Roadrunners ( 1975–76) , , 33–33–5 , - , 72, , T, , March 23, 1976, , 8–8 , , align="left",

( 1975–76) , , 33–33–6 , - , 73, , W, , March 25, 1976, , 9–1 , , align="left",

( 1975–76) , , 34–33–6 , - , 74, , L, , March 26, 1976, , 1–3 , , align="left", @ Phoenix Roadrunners ( 1975–76) , , 34–34–6 , - , 75, , L, , March 27, 1976, , 2–5 , , align="left", Phoenix Roadrunners ( 1975–76) , , 34–35–6 , - , 76, , L, , March 28, 1976, , 1–6 , , align="left", @

( 1975–76) , , 34–36–6 , - , 77, , W, , March 30, 1976, , 4–3 , , align="left", @ Houston Aeros ( 1975–76) , , 35–36–6 , - , - , 78, , L, , April 3, 1976, , 2–4 , , align="left", @

( 1975–76) , , 35–37–6 , - , 79, , L, , April 4, 1976, , 2–5 , , align="left", @ Houston Aeros ( 1975–76) , , 35–38–6 , - , 80, , W, , April 6, 1976, , 3–2 OT, , align="left", @

( 1975–76) , , 36–38–6 , - , - , ''Legend'':

Playoffs

, - , 1 , , April 9 , ,

, , 2–3 OT , , Phoenix Roadrunners , , 0–1 , - , 2 , , April 10 , , Phoenix Roadrunners , , 2–4 , , San Diego Mariners , , 1–1 , -, - , 3 , , April 13 , , San Diego Mariners , , 4–6 , , Phoenix Roadrunners , , 1–2 , - , 4 , , April 15 , , Phoenix Roadrunners , , 1–5 , , San Diego Mariners , , 2–2 , - , 5 , , April 17 , , San Diego Mariners , , 2–1 , , Phoenix Roadrunners , , 3–2 , - , - , 1 , , April 21 , ,

, , 6–8 , , Houston Aeros , , 0–1 , - , 2 , , April 23 , ,

, , 1–3 , , Houston Aeros , , 0–2 , - , 3 , , April 25 , , Houston Aeros , , 8–4 , ,

, , 0–3 , - , 4 , , April 27 , , Houston Aeros , , 2–3 , ,

, , 1–3 , - , 5 , , April 28 , ,

, , 3–2 , , Houston Aeros , , 2–3 , - , 6 , , April 30 , , Houston Aeros , , 3–2 , ,

, , 2–4 , - , - , ''Legend'':

Player statistics

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;

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Playoffs

Player statistics

Awards and records

Transactions

Draft picks

See also

References