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1976-77 WHA Season Summary

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League Standings

Playoff teams are marked with an asterisk (*) ▪ Click column headers to sort
Team GP W L T PTS PTS% GF GA SRS
East Division         
Quebec Nordiques* 81 47 31 3 97 .599 353 295 0.67
Cincinnati Stingers* 81 39 37 5 83 .512 354 303 0.59
Indianapolis Racers* 81 36 37 8 80 .494 276 305 -0.28
New England Whalers* 81 35 40 6 76 .469 275 290 -0.13
Birmingham Bulls 81 31 46 4 66 .407 289 309 -0.19
Minnesota Fighting Saints 42 19 18 5 43 .512 136 129 0.16
West Division         
Houston Aeros* 80 50 24 6 106 .663 320 241 0.83
Winnipeg Jets* 80 46 32 2 94 .588 366 291 0.78
San Diego Mariners* 81 40 37 4 84 .519 284 283 -0.04
Edmonton Oilers* 81 34 43 4 72 .444 243 304 -0.67
Calgary Cowboys 81 31 43 7 69 .426 252 296 -0.49
Phoenix Roadrunners 80 28 48 4 60 .375 281 383 -1.15

League Playoffs

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Avco Cup Finals (4-3):Quebec Nordiques over Winnipeg Jets 
 
Division Finals (4-2):Winnipeg Jets over Houston Aeros 
Division Finals (4-1):Quebec Nordiques over Indianapolis Racers 
 
Division Semi-Finals (4-1):Houston Aeros over Edmonton Oilers 
Division Semi-Finals (4-3):Winnipeg Jets over San Diego Mariners 
Division Semi-Finals (4-0):Indianapolis Racers over Cincinnati Stingers 
Division Semi-Finals (4-1):Quebec Nordiques over New England Whalers 

Team Statistics

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE ▪ Click column headers to sort
Rk Team GP W L T PTS PTS% GF GA SRS TG/G PPG PPO PP% PPGA PPOA PK% SHG SHGA
1 Houston Aeros* 80 50 24 6 106 .663 320 241 0.83 7.01 64 227 28.19 61 361 83.10 11 4
2 Quebec Nordiques* 81 47 31 3 97 .599 353 295 0.67 8.00 70 258 27.13 66 316 79.11 16 6
3 Winnipeg Jets* 80 46 32 2 94 .588 366 291 0.78 8.21 90 370 24.32 49 231 78.79 9 11
4 San Diego Mariners* 81 40 37 4 84 .519 284 283 -0.04 7.00 69 257 26.85 43 204 78.92 11 6
5 Cincinnati Stingers* 81 39 37 5 83 .512 354 303 0.59 8.11 54 283 19.08 58 259 77.61 6 7
6 Indianapolis Racers* 81 36 37 8 80 .494 276 305 -0.28 7.17 57 259 22.01 62 251 75.30 7 2
7 New England Whalers* 81 35 40 6 76 .469 275 290 -0.13 6.98 47 245 19.18 65 281 76.87 8 10
8 Edmonton Oilers* 81 34 43 4 72 .444 243 304 -0.67 6.75 50 242 20.66 58 278 79.14 1 11
9 Calgary Cowboys 81 31 43 7 69 .426 252 296 -0.49 6.77 38 258 14.73 47 228 79.39 8 10
10 Birmingham Bulls 81 31 46 4 66 .407 289 309 -0.19 7.38 50 261 19.16 54 231 76.62 6 7
11 Phoenix Roadrunners 80 28 48 4 60 .375 281 383 -1.15 8.30 47 246 19.11 62 243 74.49 5 10
12 Minnesota Fighting Saints 42 19 18 5 43 .512 136 129 0.16 6.31 22 107 20.56 33 130 74.62 3 7
League Average 78 36 36 5 78 .500 286 286 0.00 7.37 55 251 21.84 55 251 78.16 8 8

League Awards

Ben Hatskin Trophy:Ron Grahame
Bill Hunter Trophy:Real Cloutier
Dennis A. Murphy Trophy:Ron Plumb
Gary L. Davidson Award/Gordie Howe Trophy:Robbie Ftorek
Lou Kaplan Trophy:George Lyle
Paul Deneau Trophy:Dave Keon
WHA Playoff MVP:Serge Bernier

League Leaders

Glossary ▪ Rate statistic requirements

Goals

1.Anders Hedberg-WNJ70
2.Real Cloutier-QBN66
3.Mark Napier-BRB60
4.Rich LeDuc-CNS52
 Blaine Stoughton-CNS52

Goals Per Game

1.Anders Hedberg-WNJ1.03
2.Real Cloutier-QBN0.87
3.Marc Tardif-QBN0.79
4.Mark Napier-BRB0.75
5.Bill Flett-EDO0.71

Assists

1.Ulf Nilsson-WNJ85
2.Andre Lacroix-SDM82
3.Real Cloutier-QBN75
 Christian Bordeleau-QBN75
5.Robbie Ftorek-PHR71

Assists Per Game

1.Ulf Nilsson-WNJ1.20
2.Christian Bordeleau-QBN1.04
3.Andre Lacroix-SDM1.01
4.Real Cloutier-QBN0.99
5.Marc Tardif-QBN0.97

Points

1.Real Cloutier-QBN141
2.Anders Hedberg-WNJ131
3.Ulf Nilsson-WNJ124
4.Robbie Ftorek-PHR117
5.Andre Lacroix-SDM114

Points Per Game

1.Anders Hedberg-WNJ1.93
2.Real Cloutier-QBN1.86
3.Marc Tardif-QBN1.76
4.Ulf Nilsson-WNJ1.75
5.Bobby Hull*-WNJ1.56

Goals Created

1.Real Cloutier-QBN55.7
2.Anders Hedberg-WNJ53.0
3.Ulf Nilsson-WNJ44.5
4.Robbie Ftorek-PHR44.3
5.Rich LeDuc-CNS42.8

Goals Created Per Game

1.Anders Hedberg-WNJ0.78
2.Real Cloutier-QBN0.73
3.Marc Tardif-QBN0.69
4.Ulf Nilsson-WNJ0.63
5.Robbie Ftorek-PHR0.55

Penalties in Minutes

1.Frank Beaton-EDO274
2.Paul Baxter-QBN244
3.Cam Connor-HSA224
 Ron Busniuk-2Tm224
5.Bill Butters-3Tm215

Games Played (Goalie)

1.Don McLeod-CGC67
2.Joe Daley-WNJ65
 John Garrett-BRB65
4.Clay Hebenton-PHR56
5.Richard Brodeur-QBN53

Wins (Goalie)

1.Joe Daley-WNJ39
2.Richard Brodeur-QBN29
3.Ron Grahame-HSA27
4.Don McLeod-CGC25
5.John Garrett-BRB24

Losses (Goalie)

1.Don McLeod-CGC34
 John Garrett-BRB34
3.Clay Hebenton-PHR29
4.Normand Lapointe-CNS25
5.Jean-Louis Levasseur-2Tm23
 Joe Daley-WNJ23

Ties/Overtime (Goalie)

1.Don McLeod-CGC5
 Jean-Louis Levasseur-2Tm5
3.Christer Abrahamsson-NEW4
 Wayne Rutledge-HSA4
 John Garrett-BRB4
 Jim Park-INR4

Points (Goalie)

1.Joe Daley-WNJ80
2.Richard Brodeur-QBN60
3.Ron Grahame-HSA56
4.Don McLeod-CGC55
5.John Garrett-BRB52

Points Percentage (Goalie)

1.Ron Grahame-HSA.718
2.Joe Daley-WNJ.625
3.Richard Brodeur-QBN.612
4.Wayne Rutledge-HSA.610
5.Ernie Wakely-SDM.546

Shutouts

1.Ken Broderick-EDO4
 Ron Grahame-HSA4
 John Garrett-BRB4
4.Ernie Wakely-SDM3
 Joe Daley-WNJ3
 Don McLeod-CGC3
 Wayne Rutledge-HSA3
 Jacques Caron-CNS3

Goals Against

1.John Garrett-BRB224
2.Clay Hebenton-PHR220
3.Don McLeod-CGC210
4.Joe Daley-WNJ206
5.Normand Lapointe-CNS175

Goals Against Average

1.Ron Grahame-HSA2.74
2.Ernie Wakely-SDM3.09
3.Cap Raeder-NEW3.12
4.Wayne Rutledge-HSA3.15
5.Joe Daley-WNJ3.24
    

All-Star Teams

1st Team
G: John Garrett
D: Daryl Maggs
D: Ron Plumb
C: Robbie Ftorek
LW: Anders Hedberg
RW: Marc Tardif
 2nd Team
G: Joe Daley
D: Mark Howe
D: Poul Popiel
C: Ulf Nilsson
LW: Rick Dudley
RW: Real Cloutier