1976–77 Edmonton Oilers season

1976–77 Edmonton Oilers
Division 4th Western
1976–77 record 34–43–4
Home record 24–15–3
Road record 10–28–1
Goals for 243 (11th)
Goals against 304 (8th)
Team information
General Manager Bep Guidolin
Coach Bep Guidolin (25–36–2)
Glen Sather (9–7–2)
Captain Glen Sather (Oct–Mar)
Vacant (Mar-Apr)
Alternate captains Doug Barrie
Ron Busniuk
Arena Northlands Coliseum
Team leaders
Goals Bill Flett (34)
Assists Bryan Campbell (42)
Points Bill Flett (54)
Bryan Campbell (54)
Penalties in minutes Frank Beaton (274)
Plus/minus Bill Flett (+7)
Wins Ken Broderick (18)
Goals against average Dave Dryden (3.26)
<1975–76 1977–78>

The 1976–77 Edmonton Oilers season was the Oilers' fifth season of operation. The Oilers placed fourth to qualify for the playoffs, losing in the first round.

Regular season

Final standings

Western Division
GP W L T GF GA PTS
Houston Aeros 80 50 24 6 320 241 106
Winnipeg Jets 80 46 32 2 366 291 94
San Diego Mariners 81 40 37 4 284 283 85
Edmonton Oilers 81 34 43 4 243 304 72
Calgary Cowboys 81 31 43 7 252 296 69
Phoenix Roadrunners 80 28 48 4 281 383 60

Schedule and results

Regular season schedule
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1WOctober 8, 19762–0 New England Whalers (1976–77) 1–0–0
2LOctober 15, 19761–6 Winnipeg Jets (1976–77) 1–1–0
3WOctober 17, 19767–2 Indianapolis Racers (1976–77) 2–1–0
4WOctober 19, 19765–4 OT Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77) 3–1–0
5LOctober 24, 19763–5 Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77) 3–2–0
6LOctober 26, 19761–3 @ Houston Aeros (1976–77) 3–3–0
7WOctober 28, 19764–3 OT @ Birmingham Bulls (1976–77) 4–3–0
8LOctober 29, 19763–11 @ Winnipeg Jets (1976–77) 4–4–0
9LOctober 31, 19760–4 Houston Aeros (1976–77) 4–5–0
10WNovember 3, 19764–2 Minnesota Fighting Saints (1976–77) 5–5–0
11LNovember 4, 19762–4 @ Calgary Cowboys (1976–77) 5–6–0
12LNovember 5, 19763–4 New England Whalers (1976–77) 5–7–0
13LNovember 7, 19762–5 @ Winnipeg Jets (1976–77) 5–8–0
14LNovember 10, 19762–4 @ Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77) 5–9–0
15WNovember 13, 19763–2 @ Birmingham Bulls (1976–77) 6–9–0
16LNovember 16, 19762–5 @ Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77) 6–10–0
17LNovember 17, 19762–4 @ San Diego Mariners (1976–77) 6–11–0
18WNovember 19, 19764–3 OT Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77) 7–11–0
19WNovember 21, 19766–5 Quebec Nordiques (1976–77) 8–11–0
20LNovember 23, 19763–5 @ Houston Aeros (1976–77) 8–12–0
21LNovember 24, 19762–4 @ San Diego Mariners (1976–77) 8–13–0
22LNovember 26, 19762–4 @ Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77) 8–14–0
23WNovember 28, 19764–0 San Diego Mariners (1976–77) 9–14–0
24WNovember 30, 19763–2 OT Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77) 10–14–0
25WDecember 2, 19764–3 @ Birmingham Bulls (1976–77) 11–14–0
26TDecember 3, 19760–0 @ Houston Aeros (1976–77) 11–14–1
27LDecember 4, 19763–5 @ Indianapolis Racers (1976–77) 11–15–1
28LDecember 5, 19761–5 @ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1976–77) 11–16–1
29WDecember 7, 19764–2 @ Quebec Nordiques (1976–77) 12–16–1
30LDecember 11, 19760–3 @ Calgary Cowboys (1976–77) 12–17–1
31WDecember 12, 19765–3 Birmingham Bulls (1976–77) 13–17–1
32LDecember 14, 19761–6 San Diego Mariners (1976–77) 13–18–1
33LDecember 16, 19760–3 @ San Diego Mariners (1976–77) 13–19–1
34WDecember 17, 19761–0 @ Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77) 14–19–1
35WDecember 19, 19764–2 Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77) 15–19–1
36WDecember 21, 19764–1 Calgary Cowboys (1976–77) 16–19–1
37LDecember 28, 19762–3 Quebec Nordiques (1976–77) 16–20–1
38LJanuary 1, 19771–5 @ Calgary Cowboys (1976–77) 16–21–1
39LJanuary 4, 19773–5 Houston Aeros (1976–77) 16–22–1
40WJanuary 7, 19774–1 Calgary Cowboys (1976–77) 17–22–1
41LJanuary 8, 19770–5 @ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1976–77) 17–23–1
42WJanuary 9, 19775–3 Indianapolis Racers (1976–77) 18–23–1
43WJanuary 14, 19775–3 @ New England Whalers (1976–77) 19–23–1
44LJanuary 15, 19773–6 @ Indianapolis Racers (1976–77) 19–24–1
45LJanuary 16, 19771–3 @ Houston Aeros (1976–77) 19–25–1
46LJanuary 20, 19771–5 @ San Diego Mariners (1976–77) 19–26–1
47LJanuary 22, 19771–4 @ Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77) 19–27–1
48WJanuary 23, 19779–2 Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77) 20–27–1
49WJanuary 26, 19775–4 OT @ Quebec Nordiques (1976–77) 21–27–1
50LJanuary 28, 19771–4 Houston Aeros (1976–77) 21–28–1
51TJanuary 30, 19771–1 Calgary Cowboys (1976–77) 21–28–2
52LFebruary 1, 19771–11 Winnipeg Jets (1976–77) 21–29–2
53WFebruary 6, 19774–2 San Diego Mariners (1976–77) 22–29–2
54LFebruary 8, 19775–6 San Diego Mariners (1976–77) 22–30–2
55LFebruary 11, 19771–3 @ Calgary Cowboys (1976–77) 22–31–2
56WFebruary 13, 19775–2 Calgary Cowboys (1976–77) 23–31–2
57LFebruary 15, 19774–7 Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77) 23–32–2
58WFebruary 18, 19773–2 Winnipeg Jets (1976–77) 24–32–2
59LFebruary 20, 19772–4 @ Winnipeg Jets (1976–77) 24–33–2
60WFebruary 22, 19774–3 New England Whalers (1976–77) 25–33–2
61LFebruary 25, 19772–3 OT Indianapolis Racers (1976–77) 25–34–2
62LFebruary 27, 19770–4 Birmingham Bulls (1976–77) 25–35–2
63LMarch 1, 19774–5 Quebec Nordiques (1976–77) 25–36–2
64WMarch 3, 19775–4 Winnipeg Jets (1976–77) 26–36–2
65WMarch 6, 19775–2 Birmingham Bulls (1976–77) 27–36–2
66LMarch 8, 19773–5 @ Houston Aeros (1976–77) 27–37–2
67LMarch 9, 19773–5 @ Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77) 27–38–2
68WMarch 10, 19774–3 @ Indianapolis Racers (1976–77) 28–38–2
69TMarch 12, 19773–3 @ Quebec Nordiques (1976–77) 28–38–3
70LMarch 13, 19773–9 @ Winnipeg Jets (1976–77) 28–39–3
71LMarch 15, 19770–7 @ Winnipeg Jets (1976–77) 28–40–3
72WMarch 17, 19774–3 Winnipeg Jets (1976–77) 29–40–3
73LMarch 22, 19773–8 @ Winnipeg Jets (1976–77) 29–41–3
74WMarch 24, 19775–4 @ New England Whalers (1976–77) 30–41–3
75WMarch 25, 19774–3 OT @ Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77) 31–41–3
76LMarch 27, 19772–5 @ New England Whalers (1976–77) 31–42–3
77WMarch 30, 19778–0 Houston Aeros (1976–77) 32–42–3
78LApril 1, 19771–3 Calgary Cowboys (1976–77) 32–43–3
79TApril 2, 19774–4 @ Calgary Cowboys (1976–77) 32–43–4
80WApril 4, 19776–2 Winnipeg Jets (1976–77) 33–43–4
81WApril 6, 19776–4 Birmingham Bulls (1976–77) 34–43–4

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Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Flett, BillBill Flett RW 48 34 20 54 207700
Campbell, BryanBryan Campbell C 66 12 42 54 18-10010
Sather, GlenGlen Sather LW 81 19 34 53 77-17200
Hamilton, AlAl Hamilton D 81 8 37 45 60-19300
Ullman, NormNorm Ullman C 67 16 27 43 28-23400
Patenaude, RustyRusty Patenaude RW 73 25 16 41 57-23800
Kirk, GavinGavin Kirk C 52 8 28 36 16-4300
Morris, RickRick Morris LW 79 18 17 35 76-1100
Connelly, WayneWayne Connelly C 38 13 15 28 180400
Wilkins, BarryBarry Wilkins D 51 4 24 28 75-7000
Barrie, DougDoug Barrie D 70 8 19 27 92-4200
Callighen, BrettBrett Callighen C 29 9 16 25 486200
Sheehy, TimTim Sheehy RW 28 15 8 23 4-7400
Langevin, DaveDave Langevin D 77 7 16 23 94-16200
Boddy, GreggGregg Boddy D 46 1 17 18 41-1100
Rota, RandyRandy Rota C/LW 40 9 6 15 8-10100
Russell, BobBob Russell C 57 7 6 13 41-10000
Beaton, FrankFrank Beaton LW 68 4 9 13 274-12000
Williams, ButchButch Williams RW 29 3 10 13 16-9100
St. Sauveur, ClaudeClaude St. Sauveur C 15 5 7 12 2-1000
Peacosh, GeneGene Peacosh LW 11 5 4 9 142200
Nevin, BobBob Nevin RW 13 3 2 5 0-8100
Simpson, TomTom Simpson RW 15 3 2 5 162000
Laframboise, PetePete Laframboise LW/C 17 0 5 5 12-6000
Busniuk, RonRon Busniuk RW 29 2 2 4 830000
Merrell, BarryBarry Merrell C 10 1 3 4 0-2000
Patrick, GlennGlenn Patrick D 23 0 4 4 62-10000
Hornung, LarryLarry Hornung D 21 2 1 3 0-6000
Baird, KenKen Baird D 2 1 2 3 02000
Broderick, KenKen Broderick G 40 0 3 3 20000
Antonovich, MikeMike Antonovich C 7 1 1 2 0-3000
Butters, BillBill Butters D 7 0 2 2 17-2000
Dryden, DaveDave Dryden G 24 0 2 2 00000
Patterson, DennisDennis Patterson D 23 0 2 2 2-18000
Scharf, TedTed Scharf RW 5 0 2 2 14-1000
Long, BarryBarry Long D 2 0 1 1 2-4000
Arndt, DannyDanny Arndt LW 1 0 0 0 0-2000
Fortunato, JoeJoe Fortunato LW 1 0 0 0 00000
Levasseur, Jean-LouisJean-Louis Levasseur G 21 0 0 0 20000
Morris, PeterPeter Morris LW 3 0 0 0 2-2000
Prentice, BillBill Prentice D 3 0 0 0 22000
Stewart, PaulPaul Stewart LW/D 2 0 0 0 20000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Broderick, KenKen Broderick 2301 40 18 18 1 134 3.49 4
Dryden, DaveDave Dryden 1416 24 10 13 0 77 3.26 1
Levasseur, Jean-LouisJean-Louis Levasseur 1213 21 6 12 3 88 4.35 0
Team: 4930 81 34 43 4 299 3.64 5
Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Callighen, BrettBrett Callighen C 5 4 1 5 7001
Rota, RandyRandy Rota C/LW 5 3 2 5 0000
Campbell, BryanBryan Campbell C 5 3 1 4 0000
Hamilton, AlAl Hamilton D 5 0 4 4 4000
Langevin, DaveDave Langevin D 5 2 1 3 9000
Boddy, GreggGregg Boddy D 4 1 2 3 14000
Ullman, NormNorm Ullman C 5 0 3 3 0000
Sather, GlenGlen Sather LW 5 1 1 2 2000
Beaton, FrankFrank Beaton LW 5 0 2 2 21000
Busniuk, RonRon Busniuk RW 5 0 2 2 37000
Flett, BillBill Flett RW 5 0 2 2 2000
Kirk, GavinGavin Kirk C 5 1 0 1 4000
St. Sauveur, ClaudeClaude St. Sauveur C 5 1 0 1 0000
Connelly, WayneWayne Connelly C 5 0 1 1 0000
Morris, RickRick Morris LW 5 0 1 1 4000
Wilkins, BarryBarry Wilkins D 4 0 1 1 2000
Barrie, DougDoug Barrie D 4 0 0 0 0000
Broderick, KenKen Broderick G 3 0 0 0 0000
Levasseur, Jean-LouisJean-Louis Levasseur G 2 0 0 0 2000
Patenaude, RustyRusty Patenaude RW 2 0 0 0 8000
Patrick, GlennGlenn Patrick D 2 0 0 0 0000
Russell, BobBob Russell C 1 0 0 0 0000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Broderick, KenKen Broderick 179 3 1 2 10 3.35 0
Levasseur, Jean-LouisJean-Louis Levasseur 133 2 0 2 10 4.51 0
Team: 312 5 1 4 20 3.85 0

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Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts;

See also

References

  1. "1976–77 Edmonton Oilers Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-29.
  2. "1976-77 Edmonton Oilers Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-29.

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