1976-1977 Minn. Fighting Saints team stats

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1976-1977 Minn. Fighting Saints: 19-18-5
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 14-8-3 (94 goals scored, 69 allowed) Road record: 5-10-2 (42 goals scored, 60 allowed) Head Coach: Glen Sonmor Power Play: 22/107 (20.6%) Penalty Killing: 97/130 (74.6%) Shorthanded Goals For-Against: 3-7 Even Strength Goals For-Against: 111-89 136 goals scored (12th of 12 teams), 129 goals allowed (1st), 600 PIM (12th) 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%   +/-
C     14  Dave Keon            5'9   165   36   42   13   38   51    2   1   1   --   --   --   --  151   8.6  +25
C     12  Mike Antonovich      5'8   165   25   42   27   21   48   28   6   0   --   --   --   --  157  17.2  +20
C     24  Ron Ward             5'11  175   32   41   15   21   36    6   4   1   --   --   --   --   96  15.6   +9
RW    19  John McKenzie        5'9   175   39   40   17   13   30   52   3   0   --   --   --   --   98  17.3  +14
RW    26  Al McDonough         6'1   175   26   42    9   21   30    6  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---  +13
C     10  Ray Adduono          5'9   160   29   40    4   19   23   17   3   0   --   --   --   --   47   8.5  -14
D     17  John Arbour          5'11  195   31   33    3   19   22   22   0   0   --   --   --   --   89   3.4  +14
LW    23  Danny Gruen          5'11  190   24   34   10    9   19   19   2   0   --   --   --   --   82  12.2   +7
RW     9  Craig Patrick        6'0   190   30   30    6   11   17    6  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---   +4
LW    15  Butch Deadmarsh      5'11  186   26   35    9    4   13   51   2   0   --   --   --   --   82  11.0   -5
C     25  Steve Carlson        6'3   180   21   21    5    8   13    8   0   0   --   --   --   --   38  13.2   +3
D      8  Jerry Zrymiak        6'0   195   28   40    2   10   12   14  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---   +7
D      4  Ray McKay            6'4   183   30   42    2    9   11   28   0   0   --   --   --   --   52   3.8  +19
D      6  Pat Westrum          5'10  185   28   40    1    9   10   42   0   0   --   --   --   --   46   2.2  +15
C     16  Gord Gallant         5'11  165   26   37    6    3    9   64   0   0   --   --   --   --   55  10.9   -1
LW    20  Jack Carlson         6'3   205   22   36    4    3    7   55   0   0   --   --   --   --   50   8.0   -1
D      2  Bill Butters         5'10  185   25   42    0    7    7  133   0   0   --   --   --   --   48   0.0   +5
LW     7  John Stewart         6'0   180   26   15    3    3    6    2   0   0   --   --   --   --   37   8.1   -6
D      5  Dave Hanson          6'0   190   22    7    0    2    2   35   0   0   --   --   --   --    4   0.0   -9
G     30  Louis Levasseur      5'10  160   27   30    0    1    1    2  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---   --
RW        Tom Milani           5'7   165   24    2    0    0    0    0   0   0   --   --   --   --    0   ---   -2
D         Ray Clearwater       5'11  175   34    2    0    0    0    2   0   0   --   --   --   --    0   ---   -3
D     21  Barry Legge          6'0   186   22    2    0    0    0    0   0   0   --   --   --   --    1   0.0   -1
G      1  Mike Curran          5'9   175   32   16    0    0    0    6  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---   --

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   30  Louis Levasseur      27   30  1715   78  2.73  15  11   2  974   .920   1   2
G    1  Mike Curran          32   16   848   50  3.54   4   7   3  474   .895   0   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    3  C    Glen Sharpley                         Hull Festivals (QMJHL)             
  2   14  LW   Rod Schutt                            Sudbury Wolves (OHA)               
  3   27  RW   Jeff McDill                           Victoria Cougars (WCHL)            
  4   39  L    Rocky Maze                            Edmonton Oil Kings (WCHL)          
  4   47  C    Vern Stenlund                         London Knights (OHA)               
  5   51  W    Bob Miller                            U.S. National Team (Intl)          
  6   63  LW   Rob Flockhart                         Kamloops Chiefs (WCHL)             
  7   75  G    Mark Earp                             Kamloops Chiefs (WCHL)             
  8   87  RW   Ron Zanussi                           London Knights (OHA)               
  9   98  C    Charlie Skjodt                        Windsor Spitfires (OHA)            
 10  109  G    Larry McRae                           Windsor Spitfires (OHA)            

Traded draft picks:


Transactions

06-1976	purchased the rights to Bill Butters from Bulls
06-1976	traded future considerations to Cowboys for the rights to Craig Patrick
07-1976	signed Barry Legge (after Cleveland folded) as a free agent
09-1976	signed Mike Antonovich as a free agent
09-1976	traded the rights to Jim Harrison to Cowboys for Butch Deadmarsh
09-1976	traded Gerry Pinder and Paul Shmyr to Mariners for Ray Adduono and Bob Wall
09-1976	traded the rights to Andre Boudrias to Nordiques for the rights to Gord Gallant
09-1976	traded Gary MacGregor to Racers for Dave Keon
09-1976	traded Bryan Maxwell to Stingers for John McKenzie and the rights to Ivan Hlinka
10-1976	sold Barry Legge to Stingers
01-1977	sold John Arbour, Butch Deadmarsh and Danny Gruen to Cowboys
01-1977	sold Mike Antonovich, Bill Butters and Louis Levasseur to Oilers
01-1977	sold Dave Keon, John McKenzie, Steve Carlson and Jack Carlson to Oilers

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

Date Opponent Result Record 10/07/1976 at Cincinnati Stingers L 2-7 0-1-0 10/08/1976 at Indianapolis Racers L 3-4 0-2-0 10/10/1976 vs Indianapolis Racers W 4-1 1-2-0 10/14/1976 at Phoenix Roadrunners L 3-4 1-3-0 10/15/1976 vs San Diego Mariners L 4-7 1-4-0 10/17/1976 vs Birmingham Bulls W 6-1 2-4-0 10/19/1976 vs Cincinnati Stingers L 2-4 2-5-0 10/22/1976 vs Calgary Cowboys T 2-2 2-5-1 10/26/1976 vs San Diego Mariners W 3-1 3-5-1 10/28/1976 at Houston Aeros T 1-1 3-5-2 10/30/1976 at Quebec Nordiques L 1-5 3-6-2 11/02/1976 at Calgary Cowboys L 3-4 3-7-2 11/03/1976 at Edmonton Oilers L 2-4 3-8-2 11/05/1976 at Winnipeg Jets L 2-9 3-9-2 11/07/1976 vs Phoenix Roadrunners L 1-3 3-10-2 11/11/1976 vs New England Whalers T 3-3 3-10-3 11/13/1976 at Quebec Nordiques W 4-2 4-10-3 11/18/1976 vs Quebec Nordiques L 5-9 4-11-3 11/20/1976 at New England Whalers T 3-3 4-11-4 11/21/1976 vs Calgary Cowboys W 5-1 5-11-4 11/23/1976 vs Cincinnati Stingers W 4-0 6-11-4 11/26/1976 vs Quebec Nordiques W 4-2 7-11-4 11/27/1976 at New England Whalers W 3-1 8-11-4 11/28/1976 at Birmingham Bulls W 3-1 9-11-4 12/03/1976 vs Winnipeg Jets L 3-4 9-12-4 12/05/1976 vs Edmonton Oilers W 5-1 10-12-4 12/07/1976 vs New England Whalers W 4-2 11-12-4 12/10/1976 vs Calgary Cowboys W 4-2 12-12-4 12/12/1976 vs San Diego Mariners L 2-4 12-13-4 12/15/1976 at Cincinnati Stingers L 0-5 12-14-4 12/16/1976 at Indianapolis Racers W 5-3 13-14-4 12/18/1976 vs Cincinnati Stingers W 4-3 14-14-4 12/22/1976 vs Quebec Nordiques L 3-4 14-15-4 12/23/1976 at Calgary Cowboys L 1-2 14-16-4 12/26/1976 at New England Whalers L 2-3 14-17-4 12/28/1976 vs New England Whalers W 5-4 15-17-4 12/30/1976 at Birmingham Bulls W 4-2 16-17-4 01/02/1977 vs Birmingham Bulls W 3-1 17-17-4 01/07/1977 vs Houston Aeros T 1-1 17-17-5 01/08/1977 vs Edmonton Oilers W 5-0 18-17-5

Date Opponent Result Record 01/12/1977 vs Birmingham Bulls L 3-4 18-18-5 01/14/1977 vs Indianapolis Racers W 9-5 19-18-5

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