1976–77 Winnipeg Jets season

1976–77 Winnipeg Jets (1972–96)
Division	2nd West
1976–77 record	46–32–2
Goals for	366
Goals against	291
Team information
General Manager	Rudy Pilous
Coach	Bobby Kromm
Captain	Lars-Erik Sjoberg
Team leaders

The 1976–77 Winnipeg Jets season was the Jets' fifth season of operation in the World Hockey Association (WHA). The Jets, the defending WHA champions, made it to the Avco Cup final before losing to the Quebec Nordiques.

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

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 8, 1976	4–1	Calgary Cowboys (1976–77)	1–0–0
2	W	October 10, 1976	5–2	New England Whalers (1976–77)	2–0–0
3	W	October 15, 1976	6–1	@ Edmonton Oilers (1976–77)	3–0–0
4	L	October 16, 1976	4–6	@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77)	3–1–0
5	L	October 17, 1976	1–3	@ San Diego Mariners (1976–77)	3–2–0
6	W	October 19, 1976	6–1	Indianapolis Racers (1976–77)	4–2–0
7	L	October 22, 1976	3–4 OT	Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77)	4–3–0
8	W	October 24, 1976	7–1	Birmingham Bulls (1976–77)	5–3–0
9	W	October 29, 1976	11–3	Edmonton Oilers (1976–77)	6–3–0
10	W	October 31, 1976	6–4	San Diego Mariners (1976–77)	7–3–0
11	L	November 2, 1976	1–3	Houston Aeros (1976–77)	7–4–0
12	W	November 5, 1976	9–2	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1976–77)	8–4–0
13	L	November 6, 1976	3–7	@ Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77)	8–5–0
14	W	November 7, 1976	5–2	Edmonton Oilers (1976–77)	9–5–0
15	W	November 9, 1976	5–4 OT	New England Whalers (1976–77)	10–5–0
16	L	November 11, 1976	5–7	@ Calgary Cowboys (1976–77)	10–6–0
17	W	November 14, 1976	2–0	@ Calgary Cowboys (1976–77)	11–6–0
18	W	November 16, 1976	8–4	Quebec Nordiques (1976–77)	12–6–0
19	W	November 19, 1976	7–3	@ New England Whalers (1976–77)	13–6–0
20	L	November 20, 1976	4–8	@ Indianapolis Racers (1976–77)	13–7–0
21	L	November 21, 1976	2–4	Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77)	13–8–0
22	L	November 23, 1976	4–7	@ Quebec Nordiques (1976–77)	13–9–0
23	T	November 26, 1976	1–1	@ Houston Aeros (1976–77)	13–9–1
24	L	November 28, 1976	3–5	Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77)	13–10–1
25	W	November 30, 1976	8–2	San Diego Mariners (1976–77)	14–10–1
26	W	December 3, 1976	4–3	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1976–77)	15–10–1
27	W	December 4, 1976	6–2	@ New England Whalers (1976–77)	16–10–1
28	L	December 5, 1976	4–6	@ Quebec Nordiques (1976–77)	16–11–1
29	W	December 7, 1976	4–2	Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77)	17–11–1
30	W	December 8, 1976	4–2	@ Calgary Cowboys (1976–77)	18–11–1
31	L	December 10, 1976	3–5	Birmingham Bulls (1976–77)	18–12–1
32	L	December 26, 1976	3–12	Quebec Nordiques (1976–77)	18–13–1
33	L	December 28, 1976	3–6	@ Houston Aeros (1976–77)	18–14–1
34	L	December 30, 1976	3–4	@ San Diego Mariners (1976–77)	18–15–1
35	W	January 2, 1977	5–2	Houston Aeros (1976–77)	19–15–1
36	W	January 4, 1977	2–1	Indianapolis Racers (1976–77)	20–15–1
37	W	January 9, 1977	4–1	Birmingham Bulls (1976–77)	21–15–1
38	W	January 11, 1977	9–2	Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77)	22–15–1
39	W	January 14, 1977	5–3	@ Calgary Cowboys (1976–77)	23–15–1
40	L	January 16, 1977	4–6	Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77)	23–16–1
41	W	January 21, 1977	6–5 OT	Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77)	24–16–1
42	W	January 23, 1977	10–5	Calgary Cowboys (1976–77)	25–16–1
43	L	January 25, 1977	2–5	@ Houston Aeros (1976–77)	25–17–1
44	L	January 27, 1977	0–3	@ Birmingham Bulls (1976–77)	25–18–1
45	L	January 29, 1977	3–5	@ San Diego Mariners (1976–77)	25–19–1
46	L	January 30, 1977	5–8	@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77)	25–20–1
47	W	February 1, 1977	11–1	@ Edmonton Oilers (1976–77)	26–20–1
48	W	February 4, 1977	8–2	San Diego Mariners (1976–77)	27–20–1
49	W	February 6, 1977	6–4	Calgary Cowboys (1976–77)	28–20–1
50	W	February 8, 1977	7–2	@ Quebec Nordiques (1976–77)	29–20–1
51	L	February 10, 1977	3–6	@ New England Whalers (1976–77)	29–21–1
52	L	February 11, 1977	0–4	@ Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77)	29–22–1
53	W	February 13, 1977	7–5	@ Indianapolis Racers (1976–77)	30–22–1
54	T	February 15, 1977	2–2	Calgary Cowboys (1976–77)	30–22–2
55	W	February 17, 1977	4–2	Indianapolis Racers (1976–77)	31–22–2
56	L	February 18, 1977	2–3	@ Edmonton Oilers (1976–77)	31–23–2
57	W	February 20, 1977	4–2	Edmonton Oilers (1976–77)	32–23–2
58	W	February 22, 1977	3–2	Houston Aeros (1976–77)	33–23–2
59	L	February 23, 1977	3–6	@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77)	33–24–2
60	W	February 26, 1977	8–6	@ Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77)	34–24–2
61	L	February 27, 1977	2–3	New England Whalers (1976–77)	34–25–2
62	L	March 1, 1977	1–6	@ Calgary Cowboys (1976–77)	34–26–2
63	W	March 2, 1977	4–3 OT	Quebec Nordiques (1976–77)	35–26–2
64	L	March 3, 1977	4–5	@ Edmonton Oilers (1976–77)	35–27–2
65	L	March 5, 1977	1–4	@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77)	35–28–2
66	W	March 8, 1977	5–0	San Diego Mariners (1976–77)	36–28–2
67	W	March 11, 1977	4–1	Calgary Cowboys (1976–77)	37–28–2
68	W	March 13, 1977	9–3	Edmonton Oilers (1976–77)	38–28–2
69	W	March 15, 1977	7–0	Edmonton Oilers (1976–77)	39–28–2
70	L	March 17, 1977	3–4	@ Edmonton Oilers (1976–77)	39–29–2
71	W	March 18, 1977	7–5	@ Indianapolis Racers (1976–77)	40–29–2
72	W	March 20, 1977	4–3 OT	@ Birmingham Bulls (1976–77)	41–29–2
73	W	March 22, 1977	8–3	Edmonton Oilers (1976–77)	42–29–2
74	W	March 27, 1977	5–3	@ Houston Aeros (1976–77)	43–29–2
75	L	March 29, 1977	2–5	Houston Aeros (1976–77)	43–30–2
76	L	March 31, 1977	3–4	@ San Diego Mariners (1976–77)	43–31–2
77	W	April 2, 1977	6–5	@ Birmingham Bulls (1976–77)	44–31–2
78	W	April 3, 1977	6–4	Calgary Cowboys (1976–77)	45–31–2
79	L	April 4, 1977	2–6	@ Edmonton Oilers (1976–77)	45–32–2
80	W	April 7, 1977	6–4	@ Calgary Cowboys (1976–77)	46–32–2

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Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Hedberg, AndersAnders Hedberg	RW	68	70	61	131	48	48	22	0	10
Nilsson, UlfUlf Nilsson	C	71	39	85	124	89	57	8	3	6
Sullivan, PeterPeter Sullivan	C	78	31	52	83	18	11	6	0	3
Lindstrom, WillyWilly Lindstrom	RW	79	44	36	80	37	-2	11	0	6
Ketola, Veli-PekkaVeli-Pekka Ketola	C	64	25	29	54	59	-13	6	0
Hull, BobbyBobby Hull	LW	34	21	32	53	14	16	7	0
Labraaten, DanDan Labraaten	LW	64	24	27	51	21	-11	8	0
Long, BarryBarry Long	D	71	9	38	47	54	-1	4	0
Miller, PerryPerry Miller	D	74	14	31	45	124	27	5	1
Lesuk, BillBill Lesuk	LW	78	14	27	41	85	23	2	0
Sjoberg, Lars-ErikLars-Erik Sjoberg	D	52	2	38	40	31	9	1	1
Lindh, MatsMats Lindh	C	73	14	17	31	2	-13	1	2
Guindon, BobbyBobby Guindon	LW	69	10	17	27	19	-12	3	0
Bergman, ThommieThommie Bergman	D	42	2	24	26	37	3	0	0
Green, TedTed Green	D	70	4	21	25	45	12	2	0
Moffat, LyleLyle Moffat	LW	74	13	11	24	90	-7	2	0
Ruhnke, KentKent Ruhnke	RW	51	11	11	22	2	-12	0	0
Ford, MikeMike Ford	D	22	3	14	17	20	14	0	0
Riihiranta, HeikkiHeikki Riihiranta	D	53	1	16	17	28	-1	0	0
Dunn, DaveDave Dunn	D	40	3	11	14	129	-1	0	0
Lawson, DannyDanny Lawson	RW	14	6	7	13	2	0	2	0
Ward, RonRon Ward	C	14	4	7	11	2	-2	2	0
Huck, FranFran Huck	C	12	2	2	4	10	-1	0	0
Daley, JoeJoe Daley	G	65	0	4	4	6	0	0	0	0
Cole, JimJim Cole	LW	2	0	1	1	0	-1	0	0	0
Larsson, CurtCurt Larsson	G	19	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0
Mott, MorrisMorris Mott	RW	2	0	1	1	5	1	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Daley, JoeJoe Daley	3818	65	39	23	2	206	3.24	3
Larsson, CurtCurt Larsson	1019	19	7	9	0	82	4.83	0
Team:	4837	80	46	32	2	288	3.57	3

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Hedberg, AndersAnders Hedberg	RW	20	13	16	29	13			2
Nilsson, UlfUlf Nilsson	C	20	6	21	27	33			0
Labraaten, DanDan Labraaten	LW	20	7	17	24	15			1
Hull, BobbyBobby Hull	LW	20	13	9	22	2			2
Sullivan, PeterPeter Sullivan	C	20	7	12	19	2			2
Ford, MikeMike Ford	D	20	3	13	16	12			0
Lindstrom, WillyWilly Lindstrom	RW	20	9	6	15	22			1
Miller, PerryPerry Miller	D	20	4	6	10	27			0
Lindh, MatsMats Lindh	C	20	2	7	9	2			1
Dunn, DaveDave Dunn	D	20	4	4	8	23			1
Guindon, BobbyBobby Guindon	LW	20	4	4	8	9			1
Lawson, DannyDanny Lawson	RW	13	2	4	6	6			0
Long, BarryBarry Long	D	20	1	5	6	10			0
Sjoberg, Lars-ErikLars-Erik Sjoberg	D	20	0	6	6	22	0	0	0
Green, TedTed Green	D	20	1	3	4	12			0
Lesuk, BillBill Lesuk	LW	18	2	1	3	22			0
Moffat, LyleLyle Moffat	LW	17	2	0	2	6			0
Huck, FranFran Huck	C	7	0	2	2	6	0	0	0
Daley, JoeJoe Daley	G	20	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Larsson, CurtCurt Larsson	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Daley, JoeJoe Daley	1186	20	11	9	71	3.59	1
Larsson, CurtCurt Larsson	20	1	0	0	1	3.00	0
Team:	1206	20	11	9	72	3.58	1

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Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

See also

• 1976–77 WHA season

References

1. "1976–77 Winnipeg Jets Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-21.
2. "1976-77 Winnipeg Jets Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-28.

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