1975–76 Kansas City Scouts season

1975–76 Kansas City Scouts
Division5th Smythe
Conference9th Campbell
1975–76 record12–56–12
Home record8–24–8
Road record4–32–4
Goals for190
Goals against351
Team information
General managerSid Abel
CoachBep Guidolin (Oct–Jan)
Sid Abel (Jan)
Eddie Bush (Jan–Apr)
CaptainSimon Nolet (Oct–Jan)
Guy Charron (Jan–Apr)
Alternate captainsNone
ArenaKemper Arena
Team leaders
GoalsGuy Charron (27)
AssistsGuy Charron (44)
PointsGuy Charron (71)
Penalty minutesSteve Durbano (209)
WinsDenis Herron (11)
Goals against averageBill Oleschuk (4.00)

The 1975–76 Kansas City Scouts season was the second and final season for the NHL franchise in Kansas City, Missouri. They played their home games at Kemper Arena. The Scouts started the season by going 11–21–4 in their first 36 games, but after their December 28 win against the California Golden Seals, the Scouts would win only once in their final 44 games going 1–35–8, to finish with a record of 12 wins, 56 losses, and 12 ties (for a season-ending total of 36 points).

The last four games the Scouts ever played took place in Japan. Following the conclusion of the 1975–76 regular season, Kansas City and Washington participated in an exhibition series with the first two games played in Sapporo (site of the 1972 Winter Olympics), the third and fourth in Tokyo at Yoyogi National Gymnasium, site of the swimming and diving competition at the 1964 Summer Olympics. The Capitals won the first three contests. On April 18, 1976, the Scouts defeated Washington 4–2. Thus, Kansas City won its final game but it did not count in the NHL standings. (Icing On The Plains: The Rough Ride of Kansas City's NHL Scouts, Troy Treasure, Balboa Press)

During late July 1976, the Scouts left Kansas City for Denver to become the Colorado Rockies ending their two-year stint in Kansas City.

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Smythe Division
GP W L T GF GA Pts
Chicago Black Hawks 80 32 30 18 254 261 82
Vancouver Canucks 80 33 32 15 271 272 81
St. Louis Blues 80 29 37 14 249 290 72
Minnesota North Stars 80 20 53 7 195 303 47
80 12 56 12 190 351 36

[1]Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Record vs. opponents

Smythe Division record vs. opponents


Game log

1975–76 regular season[3]
October
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
1 T October 8, 1975 1–1 New York Islanders (1975–76) 0–0–1
2 W October 11, 1975 4–2 Vancouver Canucks (1975–76) 1–0–1
3 L October 14, 1975 1–5 @ St. Louis Blues (1975–76) 1–1–1
4 L October 18, 1975 3–5 Atlanta Flames (1975–76) 1–2–1
5 W October 22, 1975 4–2 @ Washington Capitals (1975–76) 2–2–1
6 W October 23, 1975 3–2 @ Boston Bruins (1975–76) 3–2–1
7 L October 25, 1975 0–4 Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76) 3–3–1
8 L October 29, 1975 0–2 @ Minnesota North Stars (1975–76) 3–4–1
9 L October 30, 1975 2–6 Washington Capitals (1975–76) 3–5–1
November
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
10 L November 1, 1975 0–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76) 3–6–1
11 L November 2, 1975 0–10 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76) 3–7–1
12 W November 5, 1975 3–2 California Golden Seals (1975–76) 4–7–1
13 T November 7, 1975 3–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76) 4–7–2
14 L November 12, 1975 1–2 @ Atlanta Flames (1975–76) 4–8–2
15 L November 13, 1975 3–6 @ Detroit Red Wings (1975–76) 4–9–2
16 L November 16, 1975 2–4 @ Boston Bruins (1975–76) 4–10–2
17 W November 19, 1975 6–4 @ New York Rangers (1975–76) 5–10–2
18 L November 22, 1975 2–5 @ New York Islanders (1975–76) 5–11–2
19 L November 23, 1975 2–6 @ Buffalo Sabres (1975–76) 5–12–2
20 T November 26, 1975 3–3 @ St. Louis Blues (1975–76) 5–12–3
21 W November 27, 1975 3–2 St. Louis Blues (1975–76) 6–12–3
22 L November 29, 1975 3–5 Detroit Red Wings (1975–76) 6–13–3
23 T November 30, 1975 1–1 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76) 6–13–4
December
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
24 W December 3, 1975 6–5 Montreal Canadiens (1975–76) 7–13–4
25 L December 5, 1975 2–3 New York Rangers (1975–76) 7–14–4
26 L December 6, 1975 0–4 @ Minnesota North Stars (1975–76) 7–15–4
27 W December 9, 1975 3–2 Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76) 8–15–4
28 L December 11, 1975 3–5 Minnesota North Stars (1975–76) 8–16–4
29 L December 13, 1975 1–4 @ Montreal Canadiens (1975–76) 8–17–4
30 L December 16, 1975 1–3 @ Atlanta Flames (1975–76) 8–18–4
31 W December 17, 1975 6–5 Vancouver Canucks (1975–76) 9–18–4
32 W December 19, 1975 4–1 Detroit Red Wings (1975–76) 10–18–4
33 L December 20, 1975 1–5 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76) 10–19–4
34 L December 23, 1975 1–5 Buffalo Sabres (1975–76) 10–20–4
35 L December 27, 1975 4–9 @ Los Angeles Kings (1975–76) 10–21–4
36 W December 28, 1975 3–1 @ California Golden Seals (1975–76) 11–21–4
37 L December 30, 1975 2–5 @ Vancouver Canucks (1975–76) 11–22–4
January
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
38 L January 1, 1976 2–4 Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76) 11–23–4
39 L January 3, 1976 4–6 Atlanta Flames (1975–76) 11–24–4
40 L January 6, 1976 1–8 @ New York Islanders (1975–76) 11–25–4
41 L January 7, 1976 2–5 Los Angeles Kings (1975–76) 11–26–4
42 L January 10, 1976 4–8 New York Rangers (1975–76) 11–27–4
43 L January 14, 1976 3–8 @ Detroit Red Wings (1975–76) 11–28–4
44 L January 15, 1976 4–6 Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76) 11–29–4
45 L January 17, 1976 1–7 Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76) 11–30–4
46 L January 21, 1976 2–4 St. Louis Blues (1975–76) 11–31–4
47 L January 23, 1976 1–4 @ California Golden Seals (1975–76) 11–32–4
48 L January 25, 1976 1–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76) 11–33–4
49 L January 28, 1976 3–9 @ Minnesota North Stars (1975–76) 11–34–4
50 L January 29, 1976 2–6 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76) 11–35–4
51 T January 31, 1976 4–4 Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76) 11–35–5
February
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
52 T February 4, 1976 3–3 St. Louis Blues (1975–76) 11–35–6
53 W February 7, 1976 5–1 Washington Capitals (1975–76) 12–35–6
54 T February 12, 1976 2–2 New York Islanders (1975–76) 12–35–7
55 L February 14, 1976 4–5 Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76) 12–36–7
56 L February 15, 1976 1–5 @ New York Rangers (1975–76) 12–37–7
57 L February 17, 1976 1–6 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76) 12–38–7
58 T February 18, 1976 3–3 Boston Bruins (1975–76) 12–38–8
59 L February 20, 1976 1–3 Atlanta Flames (1975–76) 12–39–8
60 L February 22, 1976 3–6 Minnesota North Stars (1975–76) 12–40–8
61 L February 25, 1976 1–3 Montreal Canadiens (1975–76) 12–41–8
62 T February 26, 1976 2–2 @ New York Islanders (1975–76) 12–41–9
63 T February 28, 1976 4–4 Buffalo Sabres (1975–76) 12–41–10
March
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
64 L March 4, 1976 1–6 Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76) 12–42–10
65 L March 6, 1976 3–5 Vancouver Canucks (1975–76) 12–43–10
66 L March 7, 1976 1–4 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76) 12–44–10
67 L March 10, 1976 1–3 @ Vancouver Canucks (1975–76) 12–45–10
68 L March 13, 1976 3–5 @ St. Louis Blues (1975–76) 12–46–10
69 L March 16, 1976 3–6 Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76) 12–47–10
70 L March 18, 1976 2–5 Boston Bruins (1975–76) 12–48–10
71 T March 20, 1976 2–2 California Golden Seals (1975–76) 12–48–11
72 L March 21, 1976 1–3 @ Buffalo Sabres (1975–76) 12–49–11
73 T March 23, 1976 5–5 @ Washington Capitals (1975–76) 12–49–12
74 L March 24, 1976 1–4 Minnesota North Stars (1975–76) 12–50–12
75 L March 27, 1976 2–8 @ Montreal Canadiens (1975–76) 12–51–12
76 L March 28, 1976 2–4 @ New York Rangers (1975–76) 12–52–12
77 L March 30, 1976 6–8 Los Angeles Kings (1975–76) 12–53–12
78 L March 31, 1976 3–6 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76) 12–54–12
April
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
79 L April 3, 1976 1–5 @ Los Angeles Kings (1975–76) 12–55–12
80 L April 4, 1976 2–5 @ Vancouver Canucks (1975–76) 12–56–12

Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Guy Charron C 78 27 44 71 12 −51 9 0 4
Wilf Paiement RW 57 21 22 43 121 −37 4 0 3
Gary Bergman D 75 5 33 38 82 −52 1 0 1
Craig Patrick RW 80 17 18 35 14 −24 3 1 0
Gary Croteau LW 79 19 14 33 12 −24 4 0 1
Robin Burns LW 78 13 18 31 37 −40 2 0 0
Dave Hudson C 74 11 20 31 12 −28 2 0 0
Randy Rota C/LW 71 12 14 26 14 −38 2 0 1
Simon Nolet RW 41 10 15 25 16 −9 2 0 1
Chuck Arnason RW 39 14 10 24 21 −35 5 0 0
Phil Roberto RW 37 7 15 22 42 −11 3 0 0
Dennis Patterson D 69 5 16 21 28 −28 0 0 0
Buster Harvey RW 39 5 12 17 6 −31 0 0 0
Denis Dupere LW 43 6 8 14 16 −8 2 0 0
Jean-Guy Lagace D 69 3 10 13 108 −38 1 1 1
Ed Gilbert C 41 4 8 12 8 −29 1 0 0
Larry Johnston D 72 2 10 12 112 −61 1 0 0
Steve Durbano D 37 1 11 12 209 −30 0 0 0
Henry Boucha C 28 4 7 11 14 −13 2 0 0
Germain Gagnon LW 31 1 9 10 6 −14 1 0 0
Jim McElmury D 38 2 6 8 6 −13 1 0 0
Hugh Harvey C/LW 10 1 1 2 2 −5 0 0 0
Claude Houde D 25 0 2 2 20 −13 0 0 0
Ken Murray D 23 0 2 2 24 −1 0 0 0
Terry McDonald D 8 0 1 1 6 −5 0 0 0
Bill McKenzie G 22 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0
Don Cairns LW 7 0 0 0 0 −1 0 0 0
Norm Dube LW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Denis Herron G 64 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 0
Roger Lemelin D 11 0 0 0 0 −1 0 0 0
Rich Lemieux C 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Oleschuk G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Denis Herron 3620 64 11 39 11 243 4.03 0
Bill McKenzie 1120 22 1 16 1 97 5.20 0
Bill Oleschuk 60 1 0 1 0 4 4.00 0
Team: 4800 80 12 56 12 344 4.30 0

[4]

Note: 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

Transactions

Trades

August 22, 1975 To Detroit Red Wings
Peter McDuffe
Glen Burdon 		To Kansas City Scouts
Bill McKenzie
Gary Bergman
October 1, 1975 To Buffalo Sabres
cash 		To Kansas City Scouts
Rocky Farr
October 13, 1975 To Atlanta Flames
Richard Lemieux
Kansas City's 2nd round draft pick
1977 NHL entry draft 		To Kansas City Scouts
Buster Harvey
November 1, 1975 To Detroit Red Wings
Hank Lehvonen 		To Kansas City Scouts
Frank Bathe
December 9, 1975 To Minnesota North Stars
Kansas City's 2nd round draft pick
1978 NHL entry draft 		To Kansas City Scouts
Henry Boucha
January 9, 1976 To Pittsburgh Penguins
Simon Nolet
Ed Gilbert
Kansas City's 1st round draft pick
1976 NHL entry draft 		To Kansas City Scouts
Steve Durbano
Chuck Arnason
Pittsburgh's 1st round draft pick
1976 NHL entry draft
January 14, 1976 To Detroit Red Wings
Buster Harvey 		To Kansas City Scouts
Phil Roberto

Waivers

October 28, 1975 From Chicago Black Hawks
Germain Gagnon

Draft picks

Kansas City's draft picks at the 1975 NHL amateur draft held in Montreal.

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
1 2 Barry Dean  Canada Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)
2 20 Don Cairns  Canada Victoria Cougars (WCHL)
3 38 Neil Lyseng  Canada Kamloops Chiefs (WCHL)
4 56 Ron Delorme  Canada Lethbridge Broncos (WCHL)
5 74 Terry McDonald  Canada Kamloops Chiefs (WCHL)
6 92 Eric Sanderson  Canada Victoria Cougars (WCHL)
7 110 Bill Oleschuk  Canada Saskatoon Blades (WCHL)
8 128 Joe Baker  United States University of Minnesota (WCHA)
9 145 Scott Williams  Canada Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL)

Farm teams

Kansas City's International Hockey League affiliate was the Port Huron Flags. During the course of the 1975–76 season, the Scouts assigned players to the American Hockey League's Springfield Indians.

See also

References

  1. ^ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 151. ISBN 9781894801225.
  2. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "1975-76 Kansas City Scouts Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved March 23, 2025.
  4. ^ "1975-76 Kansas City Scouts Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 2, 2009.
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