1976-77 Edmonton Oilers Roster and Statistics

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34-43-4 (72 points), Finished 4th in WHA West Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Bep Guidolin (25-36-2), Glen Sather (9-7-2)

Goals For: 243 (11th of 12), Goals Against: 304 (9th of 12)
SRS: -0.67 (11th of 12), SOS: 0.08 (2nd of 12)

Playoffs:
Lost Division Semi-Finals (4-1) versus Houston Aeros

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Team Statistics

Glossary ▪ ▪

Team	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PTS%	GF	GA	SRS	SOS	TG/G	PP	PPO	PP%	PPA	PPOA	PK%	SH	SHA
Edmonton Oilers	81	34	43	4	72	.444	243	304	-0.67	0.08	6.75	50	242	20.66	58	278	79.14	1	11
League Average	78	36	36	5	78	.500	286	286	0.00	0.00	7.37	55	251	21.84	55	251	78.16	8	8

Roster

Glossary ▪ ▪ ▪ Age is on February 1 of given season

Player	Pos	Age	Ht	Wt	S/C	Exp	Birth Date	Summary
Mike Antonovich	C	25	5-8	165	L/-	4	October 18, 1951	1 G, 1 A, 2 P
Danny Arndt	LW	21	5-11	175	L/-	1	March 26, 1955	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
Ken Baird	D	25	6-0	190	L/-	4	February 1, 1951	1 G, 2 A, 3 P
Doug Barrie	D	30	5-9	175	R/-	4	October 2, 1946	8 G, 19 A, 27 P
Frank Beaton	LW	23	5-10	200	L/-	1	April 28, 1953	4 G, 9 A, 13 P
Gregg Boddy	D	27	6-2	200	L/-	R	March 19, 1949	1 G, 17 A, 18 P
Ken Broderick	G	34	5-10	178	-/R	R	February 16, 1942	18-18-1, 3.49 GAA
Ron Busniuk	RW	28	5-11	180	R/-	2	August 13, 1948	2 G, 2 A, 4 P
Bill Butters	D	26	5-10	185	R/-	2	January 10, 1951	0 G, 2 A, 2 P
Brett Callighen	RW	23	5-11	182	L/-	R	May 15, 1953	9 G, 16 A, 25 P
Bryan Campbell	C	32	6-0	173	L/-	4	March 27, 1944	12 G, 42 A, 54 P
Wayne Connelly	RW	37	5-10	170	R/-	4	December 16, 1939	13 G, 15 A, 28 P
Dave Dryden	G	35	6-1	186	-/L	2	September 5, 1941	10-13-0, 3.26 GAA
Bill Flett	RW	33	6-1	205	R/-	R	July 21, 1943	34 G, 20 A, 54 P
Joe Fortunato	LW	22	5-10	170	L/-	R	January 1, 1955	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
Al Hamilton	D	30	6-1	195	R/-	4	August 20, 1946	8 G, 37 A, 45 P
Larry Hornung	D	31	6-0	190	L/-	4	November 10, 1945	2 G, 1 A, 3 P
Gavin Kirk	C	25	5-10	165	L/-	4	December 6, 1951	8 G, 28 A, 36 P
Pete Laframboise	C	27	6-2	185	L/-	R	January 18, 1950	0 G, 5 A, 5 P
Dave Langevin	D	22	6-2	200	L/-	R	May 15, 1954	7 G, 16 A, 23 P
Jean-Louis Levasseur	G	27	5-10	160	-/L	1	June 16, 1949	6-12-3, 4.35 GAA
Barry Long	D	28	6-2	210	L/-	2	January 3, 1949	0 G, 1 A, 1 P
Barry Merrell	C	31	6-1	178	R/-	R	May 16, 1945	1 G, 3 A, 4 P
Peter Morris	LW	21	5-8	165	L/-	1	June 29, 1955	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
Rick Morris	LW	30	5-10	175	L/-	4	July 5, 1946	18 G, 17 A, 35 P
Bob Nevin	RW	38	6-0	185	R/-	R	March 18, 1938	3 G, 2 A, 5 P
Rusty Patenaude	RW	27	5-9	175	R/-	4	October 17, 1949	25 G, 16 A, 41 P
Glenn Patrick	D	26	6-2	190	L/-	R	April 26, 1950	0 G, 4 A, 4 P
Dennis Patterson	D	27	5-8	175	L/-	R	January 9, 1950	0 G, 2 A, 2 P
Gene Peacosh	LW	28	5-11	180	L/-	4	September 28, 1948	5 G, 4 A, 9 P
Bill Prentice	D	26	6-1	195	L/-	4	August 3, 1950	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
Randy Rota	LW	26	5-8	170	L/-	R	August 16, 1950	9 G, 6 A, 15 P
Bob Russell	C	21	5-9	167	L/-	1	February 5, 1955	7 G, 6 A, 13 P
Glen Sather	LW	33	5-11	180	L/-	R	September 2, 1943	19 G, 34 A, 53 P
Ted Scharf	RW	25	5-11	185	R/-	4	October 3, 1951	0 G, 2 A, 2 P
Tim Sheehy	RW	28	6-1	185	R/-	4	September 3, 1948	15 G, 8 A, 23 P
Tom Simpson	RW	24	5-9	190	R/-	4	August 15, 1952	3 G, 2 A, 5 P
Claude St. Sauveur	LW	25	6-1	185	L/-	3	January 2, 1952	5 G, 7 A, 12 P
Paul Stewart	D	22	6-1	205	L/-	R	March 21, 1954	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
Norm Ullman	C	41	5-10	175	L/-	1	December 26, 1935	16 G, 27 A, 43 P
Barry Wilkins	D	29	6-0	190	L/-	R	February 28, 1947	4 G, 24 A, 28 P
Butch Williams	RW	24	5-11	195	R/-	R	September 11, 1952	3 G, 10 A, 13 P

Scoring Regular Season

Glossary ▪ ▪

Rk	Player	Pos	Age	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%
1	Bill Flett	RW	33	48	34	20	54	24	7	20	27	7	0		177	19.2
2	Bryan Campbell	C	32	66	12	42	54	18	-10	18	11	0	1		149	8.1
3	Glen Sather	LW	33	81	19	34	53	19	-17	77	17	2	0		124	15.3
4	Al Hamilton	D	30	81	8	37	45	14	-19	60	5	3	0		140	5.7
5	Norm Ullman	C	41	67	16	27	43	16	-23	28	12	4	0		107	15.0
6	Rusty Patenaude	RW	27	73	25	16	41	18	-23	57	17	8	0		201	12.4
7	Gavin Kirk	C	25	52	8	28	36	12	-4	16	5	3	0		87	9.2
8	Rick Morris	LW	30	79	18	17	35	14	-1	76	17	1	0		198	9.1
9	Wayne Connelly	RW	37	38	13	15	28	11	0	18	9	4	0		111	11.7
10	Barry Wilkins	D	29	51	4	24	28	9	-7	75	4	0	0		65	6.2
11	Doug Barrie	D	30	70	8	19	27	9	-4	92	6	2	0		102	7.8
12	Brett Callighen	RW	23	29	9	16	25	9	6	48	7	2	0		48	18.8
13	Tim Sheehy	RW	28	28	15	8	23	10	-7	4	11	4	0		85	17.6
14	Dave Langevin	D	22	77	7	16	23	8	-16	94	5	2	0		133	5.3
15	Gregg Boddy	D	27	46	1	17	18	5	-1	41	0	1	0		42	2.4
16	Randy Rota	LW	26	40	9	6	15	6	-10	8	8	1	0		80	11.3
17	Bob Russell	C	21	57	7	6	13	5	-10	41	7	0	0		79	8.9
18	Frank Beaton	LW	23	68	4	9	13	5	-12	274	4	0	0		63	6.3
19	Butch Williams	RW	24	29	3	10	13	4	-9	16	2	1	0		37	8.1
20	Claude St. Sauveur	LW	25	15	5	7	12	5	-1	2	5	0	0		24	20.8
21	Gene Peacosh	LW	28	11	5	4	9	4	2	14	3	2	0		28	17.9
22	Bob Nevin	RW	38	13	3	2	5	2	-8	0	2	1	0		15	20.0
23	Tom Simpson	RW	24	15	3	2	5	2	2	16	3	0	0		23	13.0
24	Pete Laframboise	C	27	17	0	5	5	1	-6	12	0	0	0	0	28	0.0
25	Ron Busniuk	RW	28	29	2	2	4	2	0	83	2	0	0		37	5.4
26	Barry Merrell	C	31	10	1	3	4	1	-2	0	1	0	0		15	6.7
27	Glenn Patrick	D	26	23	0	4	4	1	-10	62	0	0	0	0	25	0.0
28	Larry Hornung	D	31	21	2	1	3	1	-6	0	2	0	0		21	9.5
29	Ken Baird	D	25	2	1	2	3	1	2	0	1	0	0		7	14.3
30	Ken Broderick	G	34	40	0	3	3	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
31	Mike Antonovich	C	25	7	1	1	2	1	-3	0	1	0	0		16	6.3
32	Bill Butters	D	26	7	0	2	2	1	-2	17	0	0	0	0	7	0.0
33	Dave Dryden	G	35	24	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	Dennis Patterson	D	27	23	0	2	2	1	-18	2	0	0	0	0	11	0.0
35	Ted Scharf	RW	25	5	0	2	2	1	-1	14	0	0	0	0	11	0.0
36	Barry Long	D	28	2	0	1	1	0	-4	2	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
37	Danny Arndt	LW	21	1	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	Joe Fortunato	LW	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	Jean-Louis Levasseur	G	27	21	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
40	Peter Morris	LW	21	3	0	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
41	Bill Prentice	D	26	3	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
42	Paul Stewart	D	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
	Team Total			81	243	412	655		-217	1297	194	48	1	0	2305	10.5

Goalies Regular Season

Glossary ▪ ▪

Rk	Player	Pos	Age	GP	W	L	T/O	GA	SA	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	PIM	MIN
1	Ken Broderick	G	34	40	18	18	1	134	1098	964	.878	3.49	4	2	2301
2	Dave Dryden	G	35	24	10	13	0	77	693	616	.889	3.26	1	0	1416
3	Jean-Louis Levasseur	G	27	21	6	12	3	88	658	570	.866	4.35	0	2	1213
	Team Total			81	34	43	4	299	2449	2150	.878	3.64	5		4930

Scoring Playoffs

Glossary ▪ ▪

Rk	Player	Pos	Age	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW
1	Brett Callighen	RW	23	5	4	1	5	1	7				1
2	Randy Rota	LW	26	5	3	2	5	2	0				0
3	Bryan Campbell	C	32	5	3	1	4	-4	0				0
4	Al Hamilton	D	30	5	0	4	4	1	4	0	0	0	0
5	Dave Langevin	D	22	5	2	1	3	-6	9				0
6	Gregg Boddy	D	27	4	1	2	3	2	14				0
7	Norm Ullman	C	41	5	0	3	3	-2	0	0	0	0	0
8	Glen Sather	LW	33	5	1	1	2	-3	2				0
9	Frank Beaton	LW	23	5	0	2	2	2	21	0	0	0	0
10	Ron Busniuk	RW	28	5	0	2	2	-4	37	0	0	0	0
11	Bill Flett	RW	33	5	0	2	2	-3	2	0	0	0	0
12	Gavin Kirk	C	25	5	1	0	1	5	4				0
13	Claude St. Sauveur	LW	25	5	1	0	1	-3	0				0
14	Wayne Connelly	RW	37	5	0	1	1	-4	0	0	0	0	0
15	Rick Morris	LW	30	5	0	1	1		4	0	0	0	0
16	Barry Wilkins	D	29	4	0	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	0
17	Doug Barrie	D	30	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	Ken Broderick	G	34	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	Jean-Louis Levasseur	G	27	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
20	Rusty Patenaude	RW	27	2	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0
21	Glenn Patrick	D	26	2	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0
22	Bob Russell	C	21	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	Team Total			5	16	24	40	-14	116	0	0	0	1

Goalies Playoffs

Glossary ▪ ▪

Rk	Player	Pos	Age	GP	W	L	GA	SA	SV	SV%	GAA	PIM	MIN
1	Ken Broderick	G	34	3	1	2	10	82	72	.878	3.35	0	179
2	Jean-Louis Levasseur	G	27	2	0	2	10	74	64	.865	4.51	2	133
	Team Total			5	1	4	20	156	136	.872	3.85		312

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