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1976-77 Houston Aeros

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50-24-6 (106 points), Finished 1st in WHA West Division (Game Results)
WHA Season Summary

Scored 320 goals, Allowed 241 goals, SRS: 0.83 (1st of 12)
Coached by Bill Dineen (50-24-6)

Playoffs:
Lost Division Finals (4-2) to Winnipeg Jets
Won Division Semi-Finals (4-1) over Edmonton Oilers

1976-77 Statistics ▪ Games

Team Statistics

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Team GP W L T PTS PTS% GF GA SRS TG/G PPG PPO PP% PPGA PPOA PK% SHG SHGA
Houston Aeros 80 50 24 6 106 .663 320 241 0.83 7.01 64 227 28.19 61 361 83.10 11 4
League Average 78 36 36 5 78 .500 286 286 0.00 7.37 55 251 21.84 55 251 78.16 8 8

Player Statistics

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Skaters Regular Season

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1 Terry Ruskowski C 5-10 178 22 80 24 60 84 1.05 30 0.38 31 146 17 7 0 5 162 2.03 14.8
2 Rich Preston RW 6-0 185 24 80 38 41 79 0.99 31 0.39 37 54 27 6 5 5 216 2.70 17.6
3 Mark Howe D 5-11 185 21 57 23 52 75 1.32 27 0.48 41 46 15 5 3 8 220 3.86 10.5
4 Gordie Howe RW 6-0 205 48 62 24 44 68 1.10 25 0.41 27 57 18 5 1 3 162 2.61 14.8
5 Poul Popiel D 5-10 175 33 80 12 56 68 0.85 23 0.29 53 87 10 2 0 0 177 2.21 6.8
6 Cam Connor RW 6-2 200 22 76 35 32 67 0.88 27 0.36 23 224 28 6 1 6 217 2.86 16.1
7 Larry Lund C 6-0 190 36 80 29 38 67 0.84 26 0.32 20 36 22 7 0 11 109 1.36 26.6
8 John Tonelli LW 6-1 200 19 80 24 31 55 0.69 21 0.27 14 109 17 6 1 179 2.24 13.4
9 Ted Taylor LW 6-0 175 34 78 16 35 51 0.65 19 0.24 28 90 12 4 0 145 1.86 11.0
10 Marty Howe D 6-1 195 22 80 17 28 45 0.56 17 0.21 29 103 14 3 0 226 2.83 7.5
11 Morris Lukowich LW 5-9 170 20 68 27 18 45 0.66 19 0.28 20 67 21 6 0 119 1.75 22.7
12 John Gray RW 5-10 180 27 47 21 20 41 0.87 17 0.35 22 25 18 3 0 120 2.55 17.5
13 Al McLeod D 5-11 200 27 51 7 21 28 0.55 10 0.19 19 20 6 1 0 69 1.35 10.1
14 Don Larway RW 6-1 192 22 75 11 13 24 0.32 9 0.13 5 112 8 3 0 152 2.03 7.2
15 Larry Hale D 6-1 180 35 67 0 14 14 0.21 4 0.06 9 18 0 0 0 0 45 0.67 0.0
16 Frank Hughes LW 5-10 180 27 27 3 8 11 0.41 4 0.14 -5 2 3 0 0 40 1.48 7.5
17 Ron Hansis RW 6-2 195 24 22 4 3 7 0.32 3 0.13 -4 6 4 0 0 24 1.09 16.7
18 John Schella D 6-0 180 29 20 0 6 6 0.30 2 0.09 8 28 0 0 0 0 30 1.50 0.0
19 Glen Irwin D 5-11 195 25 44 2 4 6 0.14 2 0.05 -12 168 2 0 0 38 0.86 5.3
20 Andre Hinse LW 5-9 175 31 26 2 3 5 0.19 2 0.07 -9 8 2 0 0 33 1.27 6.1
21 Dwayne Pentland D 5-10 180 23 29 1 2 3 0.10 1 0.04 3 6 1 0 0 13 0.45 7.7
22 Mike Fedorko C 6-0 190 20 4 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 -4 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.00 0.0
23 Gary Donaldson RW 5-9 155 24 5 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 -3 6 0 0 0 0 14 2.80 0.0
24 Steve West C 5-8 150 24 3 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 -3 2 0 0 0 0 3 1.00 0.0
Team Total 80 320 532 852 10.65 320 4.00 320 64 241 61 76 1426 245 64 11 38 2517 31.46 12.7

Goalies Regular Season

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP MIN W L T/OT PTS PTS% SO GA GAA SOG SV SV% G A PTS PIM
1 Ron Grahame G 5-11 175 26 39 2345 27 10 2 56 .718 4 107 2.74 1082 975 .901 0 0 0 0
2 Wayne Rutledge G 6-2 200 35 42 2512 23 14 4 50 .610 3 132 3.15 1209 1077 .891 0 3 3 6
Team Total 80 4857 50 24 6 7 239 2.95 2291 2052 .896

Skaters Playoffs

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP G A PTS PTS/G +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1 Terry Ruskowski C 5-10 178 22 11 6 11 17 1.55 8 67 0
2 Mark Howe D 5-11 185 21 11 4 10 14 1.27 3 2 1
3 Larry Lund C 6-0 190 36 11 2 8 10 0.91 -2 17 0
4 Morris Lukowich LW 5-9 170 20 11 6 4 10 0.91 4 19 1
5 Gordie Howe RW 6-0 205 48 11 5 3 8 0.73 1 11 0
6 Ted Taylor LW 6-0 175 34 11 4 4 8 0.73 -2 28 2
7 Rich Preston RW 6-0 185 24 11 3 5 8 0.73 6 10 0
8 Cam Connor RW 6-2 200 22 11 3 4 7 0.64 -1 47 0
9 Poul Popiel D 5-10 175 33 11 0 7 7 0.64 4 10 0 0 0 0
10 John Tonelli LW 6-1 200 19 11 3 4 7 0.64 -1 12 0
11 Al McLeod D 5-11 200 27 10 1 3 4 0.40 -2 9 0
12 Marty Howe D 6-1 195 22 11 3 1 4 0.36 -3 10 1
13 John Schella D 6-0 180 29 6 1 2 3 0.50 1 6 0
14 Ron Hansis RW 6-2 195 24 8 1 1 2 0.25 0 4 1
15 Larry Hale D 6-1 180 35 11 0 2 2 0.18 5 6 0 0 0 0
16 Don Larway RW 6-1 192 22 3 1 0 1 0.33 0 0 0
17 John Gray RW 5-10 180 27 6 0 1 1 0.17 -3 8 0 0 0 0
18 Dwayne Pentland D 5-10 180 23 2 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Steve West C 5-8 150 24 6 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
Team Total 11 43 71 114 10.36 268 0 0 0 6

Goalies Playoffs

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP MIN W L T/OT PTS PTS% SO GA GAA SOG SV SV% G A PTS PIM
1 Wayne Rutledge G 6-2 200 35 2 120 4 5 8 .444 0 4 2.00 54 50 .926 0 0 0 0
2 Ron Grahame G 5-11 175 26 9 561 2 0 4 1.000 0 36 3.85 265 229 .864 0 1 1 2
Team Total 80 681 6 5 0 40 3.52 319 279 .875