1976–77 Edmonton Oilers season

1976–77 Edmonton Oilers
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
Minor league affiliate(s)	Baltimore Clippers (SHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Bill Flett (34)
Assists	Bryan Campbell (42)
Points	Bill Flett (54); Bryan Campbell (54)
Penalty minutes	Frank Beaton (274)
Plus/minus	Bill Flett (+7)
Wins	Ken Broderick (18)
Goals against average	Dave Dryden (3.26)

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.

Offseason

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
1	W	October 8, 1976	2–0	New England Whalers (1976–77)	1–0–0
2	L	October 15, 1976	1–6	Winnipeg Jets (1976–77)	1–1–0
3	W	October 17, 1976	7–2	Indianapolis Racers (1976–77)	2–1–0
4	W	October 19, 1976	5–4 OT	Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77)	3–1–0
5	L	October 24, 1976	3–5	Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77)	3–2–0
6	L	October 26, 1976	1–3	@ Houston Aeros (1976–77)	3–3–0
7	W	October 28, 1976	4–3 OT	@ Birmingham Bulls (1976–77)	4–3–0
8	L	October 29, 1976	3–11	@ Winnipeg Jets (1976–77)	4–4–0
9	L	October 31, 1976	0–4	Houston Aeros (1976–77)	4–5–0
10	W	November 3, 1976	4–2	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1976–77)	5–5–0
11	L	November 4, 1976	2–4	@ Calgary Cowboys (1976–77)	5–6–0
12	L	November 5, 1976	3–4	New England Whalers (1976–77)	5–7–0
13	L	November 7, 1976	2–5	@ Winnipeg Jets (1976–77)	5–8–0
14	L	November 10, 1976	2–4	@ Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77)	5–9–0
15	W	November 13, 1976	3–2	@ Birmingham Bulls (1976–77)	6–9–0
16	L	November 16, 1976	2–5	@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77)	6–10–0
17	L	November 17, 1976	2–4	@ San Diego Mariners (1976–77)	6–11–0
18	W	November 19, 1976	4–3 OT	Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77)	7–11–0
19	W	November 21, 1976	6–5	Quebec Nordiques (1976–77)	8–11–0
20	L	November 23, 1976	3–5	@ Houston Aeros (1976–77)	8–12–0
21	L	November 24, 1976	2–4	@ San Diego Mariners (1976–77)	8–13–0
22	L	November 26, 1976	2–4	@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77)	8–14–0
23	W	November 28, 1976	4–0	San Diego Mariners (1976–77)	9–14–0
24	W	November 30, 1976	3–2 OT	Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77)	10–14–0
25	W	December 2, 1976	4–3	@ Birmingham Bulls (1976–77)	11–14–0
26	T	December 3, 1976	0–0	@ Houston Aeros (1976–77)	11–14–1
27	L	December 4, 1976	3–5	@ Indianapolis Racers (1976–77)	11–15–1
28	L	December 5, 1976	1–5	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1976–77)	11–16–1
29	W	December 7, 1976	4–2	@ Quebec Nordiques (1976–77)	12–16–1
30	L	December 11, 1976	0–3	@ Calgary Cowboys (1976–77)	12–17–1
31	W	December 12, 1976	5–3	Birmingham Bulls (1976–77)	13–17–1
32	L	December 14, 1976	1–6	San Diego Mariners (1976–77)	13–18–1
33	L	December 16, 1976	0–3	@ San Diego Mariners (1976–77)	13–19–1
34	W	December 17, 1976	1–0	@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77)	14–19–1
35	W	December 19, 1976	4–2	Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77)	15–19–1
36	W	December 21, 1976	4–1	Calgary Cowboys (1976–77)	16–19–1
37	L	December 28, 1976	2–3	Quebec Nordiques (1976–77)	16–20–1
38	L	January 1, 1977	1–5	@ Calgary Cowboys (1976–77)	16–21–1
39	L	January 4, 1977	3–5	Houston Aeros (1976–77)	16–22–1
40	W	January 7, 1977	4–1	Calgary Cowboys (1976–77)	17–22–1
41	L	January 8, 1977	0–5	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1976–77)	17–23–1
42	W	January 9, 1977	5–3	Indianapolis Racers (1976–77)	18–23–1
43	W	January 14, 1977	5–3	@ New England Whalers (1976–77)	19–23–1
44	L	January 15, 1977	3–6	@ Indianapolis Racers (1976–77)	19–24–1
45	L	January 16, 1977	1–3	@ Houston Aeros (1976–77)	19–25–1
46	L	January 20, 1977	1–5	@ San Diego Mariners (1976–77)	19–26–1
47	L	January 22, 1977	1–4	@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77)	19–27–1
48	W	January 23, 1977	9–2	Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77)	20–27–1
49	W	January 26, 1977	5–4 OT	@ Quebec Nordiques (1976–77)	21–27–1
50	L	January 28, 1977	1–4	Houston Aeros (1976–77)	21–28–1
51	T	January 30, 1977	1–1	Calgary Cowboys (1976–77)	21–28–2
52	L	February 1, 1977	1–11	Winnipeg Jets (1976–77)	21–29–2
53	W	February 6, 1977	4–2	San Diego Mariners (1976–77)	22–29–2
54	L	February 8, 1977	5–6	San Diego Mariners (1976–77)	22–30–2
55	L	February 11, 1977	1–3	@ Calgary Cowboys (1976–77)	22–31–2
56	W	February 13, 1977	5–2	Calgary Cowboys (1976–77)	23–31–2
57	L	February 15, 1977	4–7	Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77)	23–32–2
58	W	February 18, 1977	3–2	Winnipeg Jets (1976–77)	24–32–2
59	L	February 20, 1977	2–4	@ Winnipeg Jets (1976–77)	24–33–2
60	W	February 22, 1977	4–3	New England Whalers (1976–77)	25–33–2
61	L	February 25, 1977	2–3 OT	Indianapolis Racers (1976–77)	25–34–2
62	L	February 27, 1977	0–4	Birmingham Bulls (1976–77)	25–35–2
63	L	March 1, 1977	4–5	Quebec Nordiques (1976–77)	25–36–2
64	W	March 3, 1977	5–4	Winnipeg Jets (1976–77)	26–36–2
65	W	March 6, 1977	5–2	Birmingham Bulls (1976–77)	27–36–2
66	L	March 8, 1977	3–5	@ Houston Aeros (1976–77)	27–37–2
67	L	March 9, 1977	3–5	@ Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77)	27–38–2
68	W	March 10, 1977	4–3	@ Indianapolis Racers (1976–77)	28–38–2
69	T	March 12, 1977	3–3	@ Quebec Nordiques (1976–77)	28–38–3
70	L	March 13, 1977	3–9	@ Winnipeg Jets (1976–77)	28–39–3
71	L	March 15, 1977	0–7	@ Winnipeg Jets (1976–77)	28–40–3
72	W	March 17, 1977	4–3	Winnipeg Jets (1976–77)	29–40–3
73	L	March 22, 1977	3–8	@ Winnipeg Jets (1976–77)	29–41–3
74	W	March 24, 1977	5–4	@ New England Whalers (1976–77)	30–41–3
75	W	March 25, 1977	4–3 OT	@ Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77)	31–41–3
76	L	March 27, 1977	2–5	@ New England Whalers (1976–77)	31–42–3
77	W	March 30, 1977	8–0	Houston Aeros (1976–77)	32–42–3
78	L	April 1, 1977	1–3	Calgary Cowboys (1976–77)	32–43–3
79	T	April 2, 1977	4–4	@ Calgary Cowboys (1976–77)	32–43–4
80	W	April 4, 1977	6–2	Winnipeg Jets (1976–77)	33–43–4
81	W	April 6, 1977	6–4	Birmingham Bulls (1976–77)	34–43–4

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Playoffs

Houston Aeros 4, Edmonton Oilers 1 – Semifinals

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record
1	April 13	Edmonton Oilers	3–4 OT	Houston Aeros	0–1
2	April 15	Edmonton Oilers	2–6	Houston Aeros	0–2
3	April 17	Houston Aeros	2–7	Edmonton Oilers	1–2
4	April 20	Houston Aeros	4–1	Edmonton Oilers	1–3
5	April 22	Edmonton Oilers	3–4	Houston Aeros	1–4

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG
Bill Flett	RW	48	34	20	54	20	7	7	0
Bryan Campbell	C	66	12	42	54	18	−10	0	1
Glen Sather	LW	81	19	34	53	77	−17	2	0
Al Hamilton	D	81	8	37	45	60	−19	3	0
Norm Ullman	C	67	16	27	43	28	−23	4	0
Rusty Patenaude	RW	73	25	16	41	57	−23	8	0
Gavin Kirk	C	52	8	28	36	16	−4	3	0
Rick Morris	LW	79	18	17	35	76	−1	1	0
Wayne Connelly	C	38	13	15	28	18	0	4	0
Barry Wilkins	D	51	4	24	28	75	−7	0	0
Doug Barrie	D	70	8	19	27	92	−4	2	0
Brett Callighen	C	29	9	16	25	48	6	2	0
Tim Sheehy	RW	28	15	8	23	4	−7	4	0
Dave Langevin	D	77	7	16	23	94	−16	2	0
Gregg Boddy	D	46	1	17	18	41	−1	1	0
Randy Rota	C/LW	40	9	6	15	8	−10	1	0
Bob Russell	C	57	7	6	13	41	−10	0	0
Frank Beaton	LW	68	4	9	13	274	−12	0	0
Butch Williams	RW	29	3	10	13	16	−9	1	0
Claude St. Sauveur	C	15	5	7	12	2	−1	0	0
Gene Peacosh	LW	11	5	4	9	14	2	2	0
Bob Nevin	RW	13	3	2	5	0	−8	1	0
Tom Simpson	RW	15	3	2	5	16	2	0	0
Pete Laframboise	LW/C	17	0	5	5	12	−6	0	0
Ron Busniuk	RW	29	2	2	4	83	0	0	0
Barry Merrell	C	10	1	3	4	0	−2	0	0
Glenn Patrick	D	23	0	4	4	62	−10	0	0
Larry Hornung	D	21	2	1	3	0	−6	0	0
Ken Baird	D	2	1	2	3	0	2	0	0
Ken Broderick	G	40	0	3	3	2	0	0	0
Mike Antonovich	C	7	1	1	2	0	−3	0	0
Bill Butters	D	7	0	2	2	17	−2	0	0
Dave Dryden	G	24	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
Dennis Patterson	D	23	0	2	2	2	−18	0	0
Ted Scharf	RW	5	0	2	2	14	−1	0	0
Barry Long	D	2	0	1	1	2	−4	0	0
Danny Arndt	LW	1	0	0	0	0	−2	0	0
Joe Fortunato	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jean-Louis Levasseur	G	21	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Peter Morris	LW	3	0	0	0	2	−2	0	0
Bill Prentice	D	3	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Paul Stewart	LW/D	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Ken Broderick	2301	40	18	18	1	134	3.49	4
Dave Dryden	1416	24	10	13	0	77	3.26	1
Jean-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	GWG
Brett Callighen	C	5	4	1	5	7	1
Randy Rota	C/LW	5	3	2	5	0	0
Bryan Campbell	C	5	3	1	4	0	0
Al Hamilton	D	5	0	4	4	4	0
Dave Langevin	D	5	2	1	3	9	0
Gregg Boddy	D	4	1	2	3	14	0
Norm Ullman	C	5	0	3	3	0	0
Glen Sather	LW	5	1	1	2	2	0
Frank Beaton	LW	5	0	2	2	21	0
Ron Busniuk	RW	5	0	2	2	37	0
Bill Flett	RW	5	0	2	2	2	0
Gavin Kirk	C	5	1	0	1	4	0
Claude St. Sauveur	C	5	1	0	1	0	0
Wayne Connelly	C	5	0	1	1	0	0
Rick Morris	LW	5	0	1	1	4	0
Barry Wilkins	D	4	0	1	1	2	0
Doug Barrie	D	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ken Broderick	G	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jean-Louis Levasseur	G	2	0	0	0	2	0
Rusty Patenaude	RW	2	0	0	0	8	0
Glenn Patrick	D	2	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Russell	C	1	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA
Ken Broderick	179	3	1	2	10	3.35
Jean-Louis Levasseur	133	2	0	2	10	4.51
Team:	312	5	1	4	20	3.85

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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;

Transactions

Trades

Date	To Edmonton Oilers	Traded to	Traded for
1976	Bill Prentice	Quebec Nordiques	2nd round pick in 1977
June 1976	Barry Wilkins	Houston Aeros	Dwayne Pentland
July 1976	Cash	Cincinnati Stingers	Gilles Marotte
August 1976	Gene Peacosh	San Diego Mariners	Future considerations
September 1976	Cal Sandbeck	Calgary Cowboys	Dave Kryskow
October 1976	Frank Beaton	Cincinnati Stingers	Cash
October 1976	Future considerations	Winnipeg Jets	Barry Long
November 1976	Randy Rota	Colorado Rockies (NHL)	Cash
November 1976	Bryan Campbell	Indianapolis Racers	Gene Peacosh
November 25, 1976 (1976-11-25)	Gregg Boddy	San Diego Mariners	Larry Hornung
December 1976	Bill Flett	Atlanta Flames (NHL)	Cash
December 5, 1976 (1976-12-05)	Gavin Kirk Tom Simpson	Birmingham Bulls	Tim Sheehy
January 1977	Wayne Connelly Claude St. Sauveur	Calgary Cowboys	Cash
	Dave Keon John McKenzie Mike Antonovich Bill Butters Jack Carlson Jean-Louis Levasseur Steve Carlson	Minnesota Fighting Saints	Cash
	Danny Arndt Dave Debol Cash	New England Whalers	Dave Keon John McKenzie Dave Dryden Jack Carlson Steve Carlson
February 1977	Ron Busniuk Brett Callighen	New England Whalers	Mike Antonovich Bill Butters

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term
1976	Ted Scharf	Indianapolis Racers
May 1976	Pete Laframboise	Los Angeles Sharks
June 1, 1976 (1976-06-01)	Don Borgeson	Calgary Cowboys
June 1, 1976 (1976-06-01)	Larry Hornung	Winnipeg Jets
August 1976	Barry Merrell	Rochester Americans (AHL)
September 1976	Dennis Patterson	Kansas City Scouts (NHL)
September 1976	Butch Williams	California Golden Seals (NHL)
September 28, 1976 (1976-09-28)	Ken Broderick	San Diego Mariners
October 1976	Paul Stewart	Broome Dusters (NAHL)
October 22, 1976 (1976-10-22)	Bob Nevin	Birmingham Bulls	1-year
February 10, 1977 (1977-02-10)	Glenn Patrick	Cleveland Crusaders

Players lost

Date	Player	New team
1976	Eddie Joyal	Retired
	Murray Kennett
	Skip Krake
	Bill Laing
June 1, 1976 (1976-06-01)	Jack Carlson	Calgary Cowboys
June 1, 1976 (1976-06-01)	Jeff Carlson	Minnesota Fighting Saints
September 1976	Paul Hurley	Calgary Cowboys
November 1976	Ken Baird	Calgary Cowboys
January 1977	Wayne Carleton	Birmingham Bulls
April 22, 1977 (1977-04-22)	Glen Sather	Retired

Signings

Date	Player
September 5, 1976 (1976-09-05)	Barry Wilkins
September 10, 1976 (1976-09-10)	Glen Sather

Draft picks

Edmonton's draft picks at the 1976 WHA Amateur Draft.[3]

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	1	Blair Chapman (RW)	Canada	Saskatoon Blades (WCHL)
1	6	Bernie Federko (C)	Canada	Saskatoon Blades (WCHL)
3	28	Harold Phillipoff (W)	Canada	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
3	30	Drew Callander (C)	Canada	Regina Pats (WCHL)
4	36	Brian Sutter (LW)	Canada	Lethbridge Broncos (WCHL)
5	48	Yvon Vautour (F)	Canada	Laval National (QMJHL)
6	60	Tim Williams (D)	Canada	Victoria Cougars (WCHL)
7	72	Gord Blumenschein (C)	Canada	Winnipeg Clubs (WCHL)
8	84	John Tavella (LW)	Canada	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHA)
9	95	Al Dumba (RW)	Canada	Regina Pats (WCHL)
10	106	Jim Bedard (G)	Canada	Sudbury Wolves (OHA)

References

"1976–77 Edmonton Oilers Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 29, 2009.
"1976-77 Edmonton Oilers Statistics – Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 29, 2009.
"1976 WHA Amateur Draft". hockeyDB.com. Retrieved December 19, 2018.

External links

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[1] "1976–77 Edmonton Oilers Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 29, 2009.

[2] "1976-77 Edmonton Oilers Statistics – Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 29, 2009.

[3] "1976 WHA Amateur Draft". hockeyDB.com. Retrieved December 19, 2018.

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1976–77 Edmonton Oilers season

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Playoffs

Houston Aeros 4, Edmonton Oilers 1 – Semifinals

Player statistics

Transactions

Trades

Players acquired

Players lost

Signings

Draft picks

See also

References

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