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