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