1976-1977 Minn. Fighting Saints: 19-18-5
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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
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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
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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 |
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