1976-1977 New York Rangers: 29-37-14
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Home record: 17-18-5 (139 goals scored, 147 allowed)
Road record: 12-19-9 (133 goals scored, 163 allowed)
Head Coach: John Ferguson
Power Play: 60/290 (20.7%)
Penalty Killing: 213/268 (79.5%)
Shorthanded Goals For-Against: 6-16
Even Strength Goals For-Against: 206-239
272 goals scored (7th of 18 teams), 310 goals allowed (17th), 1164 PIM (6th)
NHL Averages: 3.32 goals/game (265.7 goals/team), 1040.5 PIM/team
Pos # Player Hgt Wgt Age GP G A Pts PIM PP SH TGF PGF TGA PGA S S% +/-
C 77 Phil Esposito 6'1 205 34 80 34 46 80 52 15 0 119 48 114 15 344 9.9 -28
RW 7 Rod Gilbert 5'9 180 35 77 27 48 75 50 7 0 95 38 74 0 187 14.4 -17
RW 88 Ken Hodge 6'2 210 32 78 21 41 62 43 6 0 95 36 78 1 141 14.9 -18
RW 14 Don Murdoch 5'11 180 20 59 32 24 56 47 11 0 79 25 58 9 223 14.3 +5
LW 8 Steve Vickers 6'0 180 25 75 22 31 53 26 4 0 82 20 76 0 157 14.0 -14
C 18 Walt Tkaczuk 6'0 185 29 80 12 38 50 38 1 1 69 5 68 15 139 8.6 +11
D 5 Carol Vadnais 6'1 185 31 74 11 37 48 131 3 1 138 46 149 37 169 6.5 -20
D 4 Ron Greschner 6'2 205 22 80 11 36 47 89 0 2 109 8 124 23 192 5.7 0
C 11 Wayne Dillon 6'0 185 21 78 17 29 46 33 1 0 58 7 65 0 158 10.8 -14
D 6 Mike McEwen 6'1 185 20 80 14 29 43 38 5 0 107 35 102 6 204 6.9 -24
LW 16 Pat Hickey 6'1 190 23 80 23 17 40 35 4 1 57 12 62 6 130 17.7 -11
LW 20 Greg Polis 6'0 195 26 77 16 23 39 44 3 0 58 4 66 12 187 8.6 0
RW 12 Bill Goldsworthy 6'0 190 32 61 10 12 22 43 0 0 34 4 57 10 96 10.4 -17
D 26 Dave Maloney 6'1 195 20 66 3 18 21 100 0 0 79 3 108 24 126 2.4 -8
D 3 Dave Farrish 6'1 195 20 80 2 17 19 102 0 0 74 0 99 9 116 1.7 -16
LW 24 Dan Newman 6'1 195 24 41 9 8 17 37 0 0 30 3 31 0 67 13.4 -4
C 21 Pete Stemkowski 6'1 196 33 61 2 13 15 8 0 1 22 1 60 25 56 3.6 -14
LW 22 Nick Fotiu 6'2 210 24 70 4 8 12 174 0 0 16 0 39 0 48 8.3 -23
RW 10 Bill Fairbairn 5'10 170 29 9 1 2 3 0 0 0 6 0 10 5 10 10.0 +1
RW 19 Mark Heaslip 5'10 190 25 19 1 0 1 31 0 0 3 0 12 6 9 11.1 -3
G 25 Dave Tataryn 5'9 160 26 2 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
D 25 Larry Huras 6'2 200 21 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- 0
D 2 Larry Sacharuk 6'0 200 24 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0.0 -1
C 17 Greg Holst 5'10 170 22 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 0.0 -2
D 23 John Bednarski 5'10 195 24 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 3 0.0 -3
D 28 Doug Jarrett 6'3 205 32 9 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 11 3 3 0.0 -6
D 25 Nick Beverley 6'2 185 29 9 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 0 10 5 1 0.0 0
G 1 Doug Soetaert 6'0 180 21 12 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
G 30 John Davidson 6'3 205 23 39 0 0 0 6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
G 33 Gilles Gratton 5'11 160 24 41 0 0 0 13 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
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 1 Doug Soetaert 21 12 570 28 2.95 3 4 1 292 .904 1 1
G 30 John Davidson 23 39 2116 125 3.54 14 14 6 1197 .896 1 1
G 33 Gilles Gratton 24 41 2034 143 4.22 11 18 7 1007 .858 2 0
G 25 Dave Tataryn 26 2 80 10 7.50 1 1 0 43 .767 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 6 RW Don Murdoch 320 Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)
2 24 D Dave Farrish 430 Sudbury Wolves (OHA)
3 42 D Mike McEwen 716 Toronto Marlboros (OHA)
4 60 LW Claude Periard Trois Rivieres Draveurs (QMJHL)
5 78 C Doug Caines St. Catharines Black Hawks (OHA)
6 96 RW Barry Scully Kingston Canadians (OHA)
7 112 C Remi Levesque Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
Traded draft picks:
Transactions
06-23-1976 | signed Nick Fotiu as a free agent |
07-1976 | Ron Harris retired |
10-1976 | Blues claimed Gilles Marotte on waivers |
10-08-1976 | traded Dunc Wilson to Penguins for Pittsburgh's #4 pick in the 1978 draft |
11-11-1976 | traded Bill Fairbairn and Nick Beverley to North Stars for Bill Goldsworthy |
01-30-1977 | signed Dave Tataryn as a free agent |
03-15-1977 | signed Hardy Astrom as a free agent |
07-1977 | Dave Tataryn, Doug Jarrett and Gilles Gratton retired |
10-04-1977 | signed Don Awrey as a free agent |
10-10-1977 | claimed Wayne Thomas from Maple Leafs in waiver draft |
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