1976-1977 Edmonton Oilers team stats

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1976-1977 Edmonton Oilers: 34-43-4
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 24-15-1 (148 goals scored, 131 allowed) Road record: 10-28-3 (95 goals scored, 173 allowed) Head Coaches: Bep Guidolin (25-36-2), Glen Sather (9-7-2) Power Play: 50/242 (20.7%) Penalty Killing: 220/278 (79.1%) Shorthanded Goals For-Against: 1-11 Even Strength Goals For-Against: 192-235 243 goals scored (11th of 12 teams), 304 goals allowed (9th), 1319 PIM (3rd) WHA Averages: 3.69 goals/game (285.8 goals/team), 1057.6 PIM/team



Pos    #  Player               Hgt   Wgt  Age   GP    G    A  Pts  PIM  PP  SH  TGF  PGF  TGA  PGA   S    S%   +/-
RW    19  Bill Flett           6'1   205   33   48   34   20   54   20   7   0   --   --   --   --  177  19.2   +7
C     21  Bryan Campbell       6'0   175   32   66   12   42   54   18   0   1   --   --   --   --  149   8.1  -10
LW    14  Glen Sather          5'11  180   33   81   19   34   53   77   2   0   --   --   --   --  124  15.3  -17
D      3  Al Hamilton          6'1   195   30   81    8   37   45   60   3   0   --   --   --   --  140   5.7  -19
C      9  Norm Ullman          5'10  175   41   67   16   27   43   28   4   0   --   --   --   --  107  15.0  -23
RW    17  Rusty Patenaude      5'8   175   27   73   25   16   41   57   8   0   --   --   --   --  201  12.4  -23
C     11  Gavin Kirk           5'10  175   25   52    8   28   36   16   3   0   --   --   --   --   87   9.2   -4
LW     7  Rick Morris          5'10  170   30   79   18   17   35   76   1   0   --   --   --   --  198   9.1   -1
C     12  Wayne Connelly       5'10  170   37   38   13   15   28   18   4   0   --   --   --   --  111  11.7    0
D      6  Barry Wilkins        6'0   190   29   51    4   24   28   75   0   0   --   --   --   --   65   6.2   -7
D      5  Doug Barrie          5'9   175   30   70    8   19   27   92   2   0   --   --   --   --  102   7.8   -4
C     18  Brett Callighen      5'11  182   23   29    9   16   25   48   2   0   --   --   --   --   48  18.8   +6
RW    15  Tim Sheehy           6'1   185   28   28   15    8   23    4   4   0   --   --   --   --   85  17.6   -7
D     26  Dave Langevin        6'2   200   22   77    7   16   23   94   2   0   --   --   --   --  133   5.3  -16
D      2  Gregg Boddy          6'2   200   27   46    1   17   18   41   1   0   --   --   --   --   42   2.4   -1
C/LW  20  Randy Rota           5'8   170   26   40    9    6   15    8   1   0   --   --   --   --   80  11.2  -10
C     25  Bob Russell          5'9   167   21   57    7    6   13   41   0   0   --   --   --   --   79   8.9  -10
LW    27  Frank Beaton         5'10  200   23   68    4    9   13  274   0   0   --   --   --   --   63   6.3  -12
RW    12  Butch Williams       5'11  195   24   29    3   10   13   16   1   0   --   --   --   --   37   8.1   -9
C     15  Claude St. Sauveur   6'1   185   24   15    5    7   12    2   0   0   --   --   --   --   24  20.8   -1
C     21  Gene Peacosh         5'11  175   28   11    5    4    9   14   2   0   --   --   --   --   28  17.9   +2
RW     8  Bob Nevin            6'0   185   38   13    3    2    5    0   1   0   --   --   --   --   15  20.0   -8
RW    16  Tom Simpson          5'9   195   24   15    3    2    5   16   0   0   --   --   --   --   23  13.0   +2
LW/C  20  Pete Laframboise     6'2   185   26   17    0    5    5   12   0   0   --   --   --   --   28   0.0   -6
RW     8  Ron Busniuk          5'11  180   28   29    2    2    4   83   0   0   --   --   --   --   37   5.4    0
RW    11  Barry Merrell        6'1   180   31   10    1    3    4    0   0   0   --   --   --   --   15   6.7   -2
D     24  Glenn Patrick        6'2   190   26   23    0    4    4   62   0   0   --   --   --   --   25   0.0  -10
D      4  Larry Hornung        6'0   190   31   21    2    1    3    0   0   0   --   --   --   --   21   9.5   -6
D     19  Ken Baird            6'0   190   25    2    1    2    3    0   0   0   --   --   --   --    7  14.3   +2
G      1  Ken Broderick        5'10  178   34   40    0    3    3    2  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---   --
C     18  Mike Antonovich      5'8   165   25    7    1    1    2    0   0   0   --   --   --   --   16   6.2   -3
RW    10  Ted Scharf           5'11  185   25    5    0    2    2   14   0   0   --   --   --   --   11   0.0   -1
D      8  Bill Butters         5'10  185   25    7    0    2    2   17   0   0   --   --   --   --    7   0.0   -2
D     23  Dennis Patterson     5'8   175   26   23    0    2    2    2   0   0   --   --   --   --   11   0.0  -18
G     28  Dave Dryden          6'1   186   35   24    0    2    2    0  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---   --
D      2  Barry Long           6'2   210   27    2    0    1    1    2   0   0   --   --   --   --    3   0.0   -4
LW    24  Danny Arndt          5'10  170   21    1    0    0    0    0   0   0   --   --   --   --    0   ---   -2
LW    10  Joe Fortunato        5'9   170   21    1    0    0    0    0   0   0   --   --   --   --    0   ---    0
LW/C  16  Paul Stewart         6'1   205   22    2    0    0    0    2   0   0   --   --   --   --    1   0.0    0
D      4  Bill Prentice        6'0   190   26    3    0    0    0    2   0   0   --   --   --   --    4   0.0   +2
LW    22  Peter Morris         5'8   165   21    3    0    0    0    2   0   0   --   --   --   --    1   0.0   -2
G     30  Louis Levasseur      5'10  160   27   21    0    0    0    2  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---   --

Skater data: GP: Games played; G: Goals scored; A: Assists; Pts: Total points; PIM: Penalties in minutes; PP: Power play goals; SH: Shorthanded goals; TGF: Total goals on ice for; PGF: Power play goals on ice for; TGA: Total goals on ice against; PGA: Power play goals on ice against; S: Shots taken; S%: Shooting percentage


Pos  #  Goalie              Age   GP   Min   GA   GAA   W   L   T  Sht    Pct  EN  SO
G   28  Dave Dryden          35   24  1416   77  3.26  10  13   0  693   .889   3   1
G    1  Ken Broderick        34   40  2301  134  3.49  18  18   1 1098   .878   1   4
G   30  Louis Levasseur      27   21  1213   88  4.35   6  12   3  658   .866   1   0

Goalie data: GP: Games played; Min: Minutes played; GA: Goals allowed; GAA: Goals allowed per 60 minutes; W: Wins; L: Losses; T: Ties; Sht: Shots faced; Pct: Save percentage; EN: Empty net goals allowed; SO: Shutouts

1976 Draft:

                                        NHL    WHA
Rnd  Ovr  Pos  Player                  Games  Games  Team
  1    1  RW   Blair Chapman                         Saskatoon Blades (WCHL)            
  1    6  F    Bernie Federko                        Saskatoon Blades (WCHL)            
  3   28  W    Harold Phillipoff                     New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)      
  3   30  C    Drew Callander                        Regina Pats (WCHL)                 
  3   36  F    Brian Sutter                          Lethbridge Broncos (WCHL)          
  4   48  F    Yvon Vautour                          Laval National (QMJHL)             
  5   60  D    Tim Williams                          Victoria Cougars (WCHL)            
  6   72  C    Gord Blumenschein                     Winnipeg Clubs (WCHL)              
  7   84  LW   John Tavella                          Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHA)  
  8   95  RW   Al Dumba                              Regina Pats (WCHL)                 
  9  106  G    Jim Bedard                            Sudbury Wolves (OHA)               

Traded draft picks:


Transactions

06-1976	purchased the rights to Barry Wilkins from Aeros
07-1976	sold the rights to Gilles Marotte to Stingers
08-1976	signed Pete Laframboise, Barry Merrell and Glen Sather as free agents
08-1976	traded future considerations to Mariners for Gene Peacosh
09-1976	signed Ken Broderick, Dennis Patterson and Butch Williams as free agents
09-1976	traded Dave Kryskow to Cowboys for future considerations
10-1976	purchased Frank Beaton from Stingers
10-1976	traded Barry Long to Jets for future considerations
10-1976	signed Bob Nevin and Paul Stewart as free agents
11-1976	traded Larry Hornung to Mariners for Gregg Boddy
11-1976	traded Gene Peacosh to Racers for Bryan Campbell
11-1976	purchased Randy Rota from Rockies
12-1976	purchased Bill Flett from Flames
12-1976	traded Tim Sheehy to Bulls for Gavin Kirk and Tom Simpson
01-1977	purchased Claude St. Sauveur and Wayne Connelly from Cowboys
01-1977	purchased Mike Antonovich, Bill Butters and Louis Levasseur from Fighting Saints
01-1977	purchased Dave Keon, John McKenzie, Steve Carlson and Jack Carlson from Fighting Saints
01-1977	traded Dave Keon, John McKenzie, Steve Carlson and Jack Carlson to Whalers for Dave Debol (acq. June 1977), Danny Arndt and cash
02-1977	traded Mike Antonovich and Bill Butters to Whalers for Ron Busniuk and Brett Callighen
02-1977	signed Glenn Patrick as a free agent
06-1977	signed Gerry Pinder (after San Diego folded) as a free agent

Playoff Results:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

   Date          Opponent                  Result
Round 1
04/13/1977   at Houston Aeros             L   3-4 (OT)
04/15/1977   at Houston Aeros             L   2-6 
04/17/1977   vs Houston Aeros             W   7-2 
04/20/1977   vs Houston Aeros             L   1-4 
04/22/1977   at Houston Aeros             L   3-4

Playoff Stats: Pos # Player Hgt Wgt Age GP G A Pts PIM PP SH TGF PGF TGA PGA S S% +/- C 18 Brett Callighen 5'11 182 23 5 4 1 5 7 -- -- C/LW 20 Randy Rota 5'8 170 26 5 3 2 5 0 -- -- C 21 Bryan Campbell 6'0 175 32 5 3 1 4 0 -- -- D 3 Al Hamilton 6'1 195 30 5 0 4 4 4 0 0 D 2 Gregg Boddy 6'2 200 27 4 1 2 3 14 -- -- D 26 Dave Langevin 6'2 200 22 5 2 1 3 9 -- -- C 9 Norm Ullman 5'10 175 41 5 0 3 3 0 0 0 LW 27 Frank Beaton 5'10 200 23 5 0 2 2 21 0 0 RW 8 Ron Busniuk 5'11 180 28 5 0 2 2 37 0 0 RW 19 Bill Flett 6'1 205 33 5 0 2 2 2 0 0 LW 14 Glen Sather 5'11 180 33 5 1 1 2 2 -- -- D 6 Barry Wilkins 6'0 190 29 4 0 1 1 2 0 0 C 12 Wayne Connelly 5'10 170 37 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 C 11 Gavin Kirk 5'10 175 25 5 1 0 1 4 -- -- LW 7 Rick Morris 5'10 170 30 5 0 1 1 4 0 0 C 15 Claude St. Sauveur 6'1 185 24 5 1 0 1 0 -- -- C 25 Bob Russell 5'9 167 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 G 30 Louis Levasseur 5'10 160 27 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 RW 17 Rusty Patenaude 5'8 175 27 2 0 0 0 8 0 0 D 24 Glenn Patrick 6'2 190 26 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 G 1 Ken Broderick 5'10 178 34 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 D 5 Doug Barrie 5'9 175 30 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 C 18 Mike Antonovich 5'8 165 25 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- LW 24 Danny Arndt 5'10 170 21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- D 19 Ken Baird 6'0 190 25 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- D 8 Bill Butters 5'10 185 25 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- G 28 Dave Dryden 6'1 186 35 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- LW 10 Joe Fortunato 5'9 170 21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- D 4 Larry Hornung 6'0 190 31 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- LW/C 20 Pete Laframboise 6'2 185 26 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- D 2 Barry Long 6'2 210 27 -- -- -- -- -- -- RW 11 Barry Merrell 6'1 180 31 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- LW 22 Peter Morris 5'8 165 21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- RW 8 Bob Nevin 6'0 185 38 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- D 23 Dennis Patterson 5'8 175 26 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- C 21 Gene Peacosh 5'11 175 28 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- D 4 Bill Prentice 6'0 190 26 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- RW 10 Ted Scharf 5'11 185 25 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- RW 15 Tim Sheehy 6'1 185 28 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- RW 16 Tom Simpson 5'9 195 24 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- LW/C 16 Paul Stewart 6'1 205 22 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- RW 12 Butch Williams 5'11 195 24 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Pos # Goalie Age GP Min GA GAA W L T Sht Pct EN SO G 1 Ken Broderick 34 3 179 10 3.35 1 2 82 .878 0 0 G 30 Louis Levasseur 27 2 133 10 4.51 0 2 .000 0 0

Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date Opponent Result Record 10/08/1976 vs New England Whalers W 2-0 1-0-0 10/15/1976 vs Winnipeg Jets L 1-6 1-1-0 10/17/1976 vs Indianapolis Racers W 7-2 2-1-0 10/19/1976 vs Phoenix Roadrunners W 5-4 3-1-0 10/24/1976 vs Phoenix Roadrunners L 3-5 3-2-0 10/26/1976 at Houston Aeros L 1-3 3-3-0 10/28/1976 at Birmingham Bulls W 4-3 4-3-0 10/29/1976 at Winnipeg Jets L 3-11 4-4-0 10/31/1976 vs Houston Aeros L 0-4 4-5-0 11/03/1976 vs Minn. Fighting Saints W 4-2 5-5-0 11/04/1976 at Calgary Cowboys L 2-4 5-6-0 11/05/1976 vs New England Whalers L 3-4 5-7-0 11/07/1976 at Winnipeg Jets L 2-5 5-8-0 11/10/1976 at Cincinnati Stingers L 2-4 5-9-0 11/13/1976 at Birmingham Bulls W 3-2 6-9-0 11/16/1976 at Phoenix Roadrunners L 2-5 6-10-0 11/17/1976 at San Diego Mariners L 2-4 6-11-0 11/19/1976 vs Cincinnati Stingers W 4-3 7-11-0 11/21/1976 vs Quebec Nordiques W 6-5 8-11-0 11/23/1976 at Houston Aeros L 3-5 8-12-0 11/24/1976 at San Diego Mariners L 2-4 8-13-0 11/26/1976 at Phoenix Roadrunners L 2-4 8-14-0 11/28/1976 vs San Diego Mariners W 4-0 9-14-0 11/30/1976 vs Phoenix Roadrunners W 3-2 10-14-0 12/02/1976 at Birmingham Bulls W 4-3 11-14-0 12/03/1976 at Houston Aeros T 0-0 11-14-1 12/04/1976 at Indianapolis Racers L 3-5 11-15-1 12/05/1976 at Minn. Fighting Saints L 1-5 11-16-1 12/07/1976 at Quebec Nordiques W 4-2 12-16-1 12/11/1976 at Calgary Cowboys L 0-3 12-17-1 12/12/1976 vs Birmingham Bulls W 5-3 13-17-1 12/14/1976 vs San Diego Mariners L 1-6 13-18-1 12/16/1976 at San Diego Mariners L 0-3 13-19-1 12/17/1976 at Phoenix Roadrunners W 1-0 14-19-1 12/19/1976 vs Cincinnati Stingers W 4-2 15-19-1 12/21/1976 vs Calgary Cowboys W 4-1 16-19-1 12/28/1976 vs Quebec Nordiques L 2-3 16-20-1 01/01/1977 at Calgary Cowboys L 1-5 16-21-1 01/04/1977 vs Houston Aeros L 3-5 16-22-1 01/07/1977 vs Calgary Cowboys W 4-1 17-22-1

Date Opponent Result Record 01/08/1977 at Minn. Fighting Saints L 0-5 17-23-1 01/09/1977 vs Indianapolis Racers W 5-3 18-23-1 01/14/1977 at New England Whalers W 5-3 19-23-1 01/15/1977 at Indianapolis Racers L 3-6 19-24-1 01/16/1977 at Houston Aeros L 1-3 19-25-1 01/20/1977 at San Diego Mariners L 1-5 19-26-1 01/22/1977 at Phoenix Roadrunners L 1-4 19-27-1 01/23/1977 vs Phoenix Roadrunners W 9-2 20-27-1 01/26/1977 at Quebec Nordiques W 5-4 21-27-1 01/28/1977 vs Houston Aeros L 1-4 21-28-1 01/30/1977 vs Calgary Cowboys T 1-1 21-28-2 02/01/1977 vs Winnipeg Jets L 1-11 21-29-2 02/06/1977 vs San Diego Mariners W 4-2 22-29-2 02/08/1977 vs San Diego Mariners L 5-6 22-30-2 02/11/1977 at Calgary Cowboys L 1-3 22-31-2 02/13/1977 vs Calgary Cowboys W 5-2 23-31-2 02/15/1977 vs Cincinnati Stingers L 4-7 23-32-2 02/18/1977 vs Winnipeg Jets W 3-2 24-32-2 02/20/1977 at Winnipeg Jets L 2-4 24-33-2 02/22/1977 vs New England Whalers W 4-3 25-33-2 02/25/1977 vs Indianapolis Racers L 2-3 25-34-2 02/27/1977 vs Birmingham Bulls L 0-4 25-35-2 03/01/1977 vs Quebec Nordiques L 4-5 25-36-2 03/03/1977 vs Winnipeg Jets W 5-4 26-36-2 03/06/1977 vs Birmingham Bulls W 5-2 27-36-2 03/08/1977 at Houston Aeros L 3-5 27-37-2 03/09/1977 at Cincinnati Stingers L 3-5 27-38-2 03/10/1977 at Indianapolis Racers W 4-3 28-38-2 03/12/1977 at Quebec Nordiques T 3-3 28-38-3 03/13/1977 at Winnipeg Jets L 3-9 28-39-3 03/15/1977 at Winnipeg Jets L 0-7 28-40-3 03/17/1977 vs Winnipeg Jets W 4-3 29-40-3 03/22/1977 at Winnipeg Jets L 3-8 29-41-3 03/24/1977 at New England Whalers W 5-4 30-41-3 03/25/1977 at Cincinnati Stingers W 4-3 31-41-3 03/27/1977 at New England Whalers L 2-5 31-42-3 03/30/1977 vs Houston Aeros W 8-0 32-42-3 04/01/1977 vs Calgary Cowboys L 1-3 32-43-3 04/02/1977 at Calgary Cowboys T 4-4 32-43-4 04/04/1977 vs Winnipeg Jets W 6-2 33-43-4 04/06/1977 vs Birmingham Bulls W 6-4 34-43-4

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