1976–77 Edmonton Oilers season

1976–77 Edmonton Oilers
Division4th Western
1976–77 record34–43–4
Home record24–15–3
Road record10–28–1
Goals for243 (11th)
Goals against304 (8th)
Team information
General managerBep Guidolin
CoachBep Guidolin (25–36–2)
Glen Sather (9–7–2)
CaptainGlen Sather (Oct–Mar)
Vacant (Mar–Apr)
Alternate captainsDoug Barrie
Ron Busniuk
ArenaNorthlands Coliseum
Minor league affiliate(s)Baltimore Clippers (SHL)
Team leaders
GoalsBill Flett (34)
AssistsBryan Campbell (42)
PointsBill Flett (54)
Bryan Campbell (54)
Penalty minutesFrank Beaton (274)
Plus/minusBill Flett (+7)
WinsKen Broderick (18)
Goals against averageDave 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 GWG
Bill Flett RW 48 34 20 54 20 7 7 0 0
Bryan Campbell C 66 12 42 54 18 −10 0 1 0
Glen Sather LW 81 19 34 53 77 −17 2 0 0
Al Hamilton D 81 8 37 45 60 −19 3 0 0
Norm Ullman C 67 16 27 43 28 −23 4 0 0
Rusty Patenaude RW 73 25 16 41 57 −23 8 0 0
Gavin Kirk C 52 8 28 36 16 −4 3 0 0
Rick Morris LW 79 18 17 35 76 −1 1 0 0
Wayne Connelly C 38 13 15 28 18 0 4 0 0
Barry Wilkins D 51 4 24 28 75 −7 0 0 0
Doug Barrie D 70 8 19 27 92 −4 2 0 0
Brett Callighen C 29 9 16 25 48 6 2 0 0
Tim Sheehy RW 28 15 8 23 4 −7 4 0 0
Dave Langevin D 77 7 16 23 94 −16 2 0 0
Gregg Boddy D 46 1 17 18 41 −1 1 0 0
Randy Rota C/LW 40 9 6 15 8 −10 1 0 0
Bob Russell C 57 7 6 13 41 −10 0 0 0
Frank Beaton LW 68 4 9 13 274 −12 0 0 0
Butch Williams RW 29 3 10 13 16 −9 1 0 0
Claude St. Sauveur C 15 5 7 12 2 −1 0 0 0
Gene Peacosh LW 11 5 4 9 14 2 2 0 0
Bob Nevin RW 13 3 2 5 0 −8 1 0 0
Tom Simpson RW 15 3 2 5 16 2 0 0 0
Pete Laframboise LW/C 17 0 5 5 12 −6 0 0 0
Ron Busniuk RW 29 2 2 4 83 0 0 0 0
Barry Merrell C 10 1 3 4 0 −2 0 0 0
Glenn Patrick D 23 0 4 4 62 −10 0 0 0
Larry Hornung D 21 2 1 3 0 −6 0 0 0
Ken Baird D 2 1 2 3 0 2 0 0 0
Ken Broderick G 40 0 3 3 2 0 0 0 0
Mike Antonovich C 7 1 1 2 0 −3 0 0 0
Bill Butters D 7 0 2 2 17 −2 0 0 0
Dave Dryden G 24 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
Dennis Patterson D 23 0 2 2 2 −18 0 0 0
Ted Scharf RW 5 0 2 2 14 −1 0 0 0
Barry Long D 2 0 1 1 2 −4 0 0 0
Danny Arndt LW 1 0 0 0 0 −2 0 0 0
Joe Fortunato LW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jean-Louis Levasseur G 21 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Peter Morris LW 3 0 0 0 2 −2 0 0 0
Bill Prentice D 3 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0
Paul Stewart LW/D 2 0 0 0 2 0 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 PPG SHG GWG
Brett Callighen C 5 4 1 5 7 0 0 1
Randy Rota C/LW 5 3 2 5 0 0 0 0
Bryan Campbell C 5 3 1 4 0 0 0 0
Al Hamilton D 5 0 4 4 4 0 0 0
Dave Langevin D 5 2 1 3 9 0 0 0
Gregg Boddy D 4 1 2 3 14 0 0 0
Norm Ullman C 5 0 3 3 0 0 0 0
Glen Sather LW 5 1 1 2 2 0 0 0
Frank Beaton LW 5 0 2 2 21 0 0 0
Ron Busniuk RW 5 0 2 2 37 0 0 0
Bill Flett RW 5 0 2 2 2 0 0 0
Gavin Kirk C 5 1 0 1 4 0 0 0
Claude St. Sauveur C 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Wayne Connelly C 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Rick Morris LW 5 0 1 1 4 0 0 0
Barry Wilkins D 4 0 1 1 2 0 0 0
Doug Barrie D 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ken Broderick G 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jean-Louis Levasseur G 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Rusty Patenaude RW 2 0 0 0 8 0 0 0
Glenn Patrick D 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Russell C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Ken Broderick 179 3 1 2 10 3.35 0
Jean-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;

Awards and records

Transactions

Trades

Date To Edmonton Oilers Traded to Traded for
July 1976 Cash Cincinnati Stingers Gilles Marotte
September 1976 Cal Sandbeck Calgary Cowboys Dave Kryskow
September 13, 1976 (1976-09-13) Barry Wilkins Minnesota Fighting Saints Bob Paradise
October 26, 1976 (1976-10-26) Future considerations Winnipeg Jets Barry Long
November 2, 1976 (1976-11-02) Frank Beaton Cincinnati Stingers Cash
November 5, 1976 (1976-11-05) Bryan Campbell Indianapolis Racers Gene Peacosh
November 21, 1976 (1976-11-21) Randy Rota Colorado Rockies (NHL) Cash
November 25, 1976 (1976-11-25) Gregg Boddy San Diego Mariners Larry Hornung
December 5, 1976 (1976-12-05) Gavin Kirk
Tom Simpson		 Birmingham Bulls Tim Sheehy
December 10, 1976 (1976-12-10) Bill Flett Atlanta Flames (NHL) Cash
January 12, 1977 (1977-01-12) Bill Prentice Quebec Nordiques 2nd round pick in 1977 - John Anderson
January 14, 1977 (1977-01-14) Dave Keon
John McKenzie
Mike Antonovich
Bill Butters
Jack Carlson
Jean-Louis Levasseur
Steve Carlson		 Minnesota Fighting Saints ($140,000) Cash
January 18, 1977 (1977-01-18) Danny Arndt
Dave Debol
1st round pick in 1977 - Mike Crombeen
Cash		 New England Whalers Dave Keon
John McKenzie
Dave Dryden
Jack Carlson
Steve Carlson
February 4, 1977 (1977-02-04) Ron Busniuk
Brett Callighen		 New England Whalers Mike Antonovich
Bill Butters

Players acquired

Date Player Former team Term
May 26, 1976 (1976-05-26) Dave Langevin Minnesota Fighting Saints
Bob Paradise
John Rothstein
Craig Sarner
July 1, 1976 (1976-07-01) Larry Hornung Winnipeg Jets
Barry Merrell Rochester Americans (AHL)
September 1976 Butch Williams California Golden Seals (NHL)
September 1, 1976 (1976-09-01) Ken Broderick San Diego Mariners 2-year
Tony Featherstone Toronto Toros
September 7, 1976 (1976-09-07) Don Borgeson Calgary Cowboys
September 12, 1976 (1976-09-12) Pete Laframboise Los Angeles Sharks
October 8, 1976 (1976-10-08) Dennis Patterson Kansas City Scouts (NHL) 1-year
Gene Peacosh San Diego Mariners 1-year
October 22, 1976 (1976-10-22) Bob Nevin Birmingham Bulls 1-year
November 3, 1976 (1976-11-03) Ted Scharf Indianapolis Racers
Paul Stewart Broome Dusters (NAHL)
February 18, 1977 (1977-02-18) Glenn Patrick Cleveland Crusaders

Players lost

Date Player New team
1976 Eddie Joyal Retired
Doug Kerslake
Skip Krake
Bill Laing
Dwayne Pentland Houston Aeros
July 1, 1976 (1976-07-01) Jack Carlson Calgary Cowboys
Jeff Carlson Minnesota Fighting Saints
September 1976 Paul Hurley Calgary Cowboys
September 13, 1976 (1976-09-13) Wayne Muloin Hershey Bears (AHL)
October 12, 1976 (1976-10-12) Tom Gilmore Released
Murray Kennett
Bruce MacGregor
Bob McAneeley
Ted McAneeley
Ray Reeson
Dan Spring
October 17, 1976 (1976-10-17) Tony Featherstone Retired
October 21, 1976 (1976-10-21) Ken Baird Released
November 1976 Ken Baird Calgary Cowboys
December 3, 1976 (1976-12-03) Ted McAneeley Spokane Flyers (WIHL)
January 1977 Wayne Carleton Birmingham Bulls
April 22, 1977 (1977-04-22) Glen Sather Retired

Waivers

Date Player Team
January 1, 1977 (1977-01-01) Wayne Connelly from Calgary Cowboys
Claude St. Sauveur

Signings

Date Player Term
August 30, 1976 (1976-08-30) Norm Ullman 1-year
September 3, 1976 (1976-09-03) Barry Wilkins 1-year
September 7, 1976 (1976-09-07) Don Borgeson
Barry Merrell
Rick Morris 1-year
September 8, 1976 (1976-09-08) Larry Hornung
Dave Langevin
September 10, 1976 (1976-09-10) Glen Sather
January 27, 1977 (1977-01-27) Jean-Louis Levasseur 3-year
March 8, 1977 (1977-03-08) Gord Blumenschein

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)

Farm teams

See also

References

  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.