Ottawa Civics
Ottawa Civics | |
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founding | 2nd January 1976 |
resolution | 17th January 1976 |
history |
Denver Spurs 1968 - 1976 Ottawa Civics 1976 |
Stadion | Ottawa Civic Center |
Location | Ottawa |
Team colors | orange, gold, black, white |
league | World Hockey Association |
Avco World Trophies | no |
Division title | no |
The Ottawa Civics were a hockey team from Ottawa , in the North American World Hockey Association was active (WHA). After the Denver Spurs , which started playing for the 1975/76 season , relocated to Ottawa with a rescue attempt in January 1976, they played there for 15 days before the game was completely stopped.
history
After the Denver Spurs got into financial difficulties during the 1975/76 season due to the low attendance in Denver, team owner Ivan Mullenix pulled the emergency brake and planned to sell the franchise to Ottawa. The move to Ottawa was on January 2, 1976. The team should be taken over by the "Founders Group".
The response from the spectators was high and one of the two games in the Ottawa Civic Center was even attended by 9500 spectators. But the "Founders Group" did not manage to pay the required sum, and so after only 15 days on January 17th the final end for the team, which had also competed in Ottawa in the jerseys and with the logo from Denver . After just eight months, the history of the Spurs / Civics franchise in the WHA ended. They were the first franchise in the history of the WHA that had to stop playing during the current season.
After the franchise was abandoned, the players were all declared free agents and distributed among the other teams in the league in a dispersal draft .
Club records
- Most games: 6 players played all 41 games
- Most goals: Ralph Backstrom and Don Borgeson 21 goals
- Most assists: Ralph Backstrom 29 assists
- Most points: Ralph Backstrom 50 points
- Most penalty minutes: John Arbor 49 penalty minutes
- Most games by a goalkeeper: Bob Johnson 24 games
- Most Wins by a Goalkeeper: Bob Johnson 8 wins
- Most shutouts : Cam Newton 1 shutout