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1976-77 Indianapolis Racers Schedule and Results

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Record: 36-37-8 (80 points), Finished 3rd in WHA East Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Jacques Demers (36-37-8)

Goals For: 276 (8th of 12), Goals Against: 305 (10th of 12)
SRS: -0.28 (9th of 12), SOS: 0.08 (3rd of 12)

Playoffs:
Lost Division Finals (4-1) versus Quebec Nordiques
Won Division Semi-Finals (4-0) versus Cincinnati Stingers

Regular Season

GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
1 Fri, Oct 8, 1976 Minnesota Fighting Saints W 4 3 1 0 0 W 1
2 Sun, Oct 10, 1976 @ Minnesota Fighting Saints L 1 4 1 1 0 L 1
3 Fri, Oct 15, 1976 Cincinnati Stingers W OT 6 5 2 1 0 W 1
4 Sun, Oct 17, 1976 @ Edmonton Oilers L 2 7 2 2 0 L 1
5 Tue, Oct 19, 1976 @ Winnipeg Jets L 1 6 2 3 0 L 2
6 Thu, Oct 21, 1976 @ San Diego Mariners T 4 4 2 3 1 T 1
7 Sat, Oct 23, 1976 Birmingham Bulls L 1 3 2 4 1 L 1
8 Wed, Oct 27, 1976 San Diego Mariners L 1 5 2 5 1 L 2
9 Fri, Oct 29, 1976 Quebec Nordiques W 6 4 3 5 1 W 1
10 Wed, Nov 3, 1976 @ Cincinnati Stingers L 2 8 3 6 1 L 1
11 Thu, Nov 4, 1976 Cincinnati Stingers W 5 2 4 6 1 W 1
12 Sun, Nov 7, 1976 @ San Diego Mariners L 0 3 4 7 1 L 1
13 Tue, Nov 9, 1976 @ Houston Aeros L 2 7 4 8 1 L 2
14 Wed, Nov 10, 1976 @ Phoenix Roadrunners T 3 3 4 8 2 T 1
15 Sat, Nov 13, 1976 @ Cincinnati Stingers L 3 7 4 9 2 L 1
16 Sun, Nov 14, 1976 @ Quebec Nordiques W 3 1 5 9 2 W 1
17 Tue, Nov 16, 1976 Cincinnati Stingers W 5 3 6 9 2 W 2
18 Fri, Nov 19, 1976 Birmingham Bulls W 4 0 7 9 2 W 3
19 Sat, Nov 20, 1976 Winnipeg Jets W 8 4 8 9 2 W 4
20 Tue, Nov 23, 1976 New England Whalers W 4 3 9 9 2 W 5
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
21 Wed, Nov 24, 1976 @ Cincinnati Stingers W 6 4 10 9 2 W 6
22 Thu, Nov 25, 1976 Quebec Nordiques L 0 5 10 10 2 L 1
23 Sat, Nov 27, 1976 @ Quebec Nordiques W 8 2 11 10 2 W 1
24 Sun, Nov 28, 1976 @ New England Whalers W 4 3 12 10 2 W 2
25 Thu, Dec 2, 1976 Calgary Cowboys W 2 1 13 10 2 W 3
26 Sat, Dec 4, 1976 Edmonton Oilers W 5 3 14 10 2 W 4
27 Tue, Dec 7, 1976 @ Birmingham Bulls W OT 3 2 15 10 2 W 5
28 Fri, Dec 10, 1976 San Diego Mariners W 3 2 16 10 2 W 6
29 Sun, Dec 12, 1976 Houston Aeros L 1 3 16 11 2 L 1
30 Thu, Dec 16, 1976 Minnesota Fighting Saints L 3 5 16 12 2 L 2
31 Fri, Dec 17, 1976 @ New England Whalers W OT 5 4 17 12 2 W 1
32 Sun, Dec 19, 1976 Birmingham Bulls W OT 3 2 18 12 2 W 2
33 Sun, Dec 26, 1976 @ San Diego Mariners L 1 2 18 13 2 L 1
34 Tue, Dec 28, 1976 @ Phoenix Roadrunners L 3 4 18 14 2 L 2
35 Sun, Jan 2, 1977 Phoenix Roadrunners W 4 1 19 14 2 W 1
36 Tue, Jan 4, 1977 @ Winnipeg Jets L 1 2 19 15 2 L 1
37 Sat, Jan 8, 1977 @ Calgary Cowboys L 3 4 19 16 2 L 2
38 Sun, Jan 9, 1977 @ Edmonton Oilers L 3 5 19 17 2 L 3
39 Tue, Jan 11, 1977 @ Calgary Cowboys W OT 4 3 20 17 2 W 1
40 Thu, Jan 13, 1977 New England Whalers W 4 1 21 17 2 W 2
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
41 Fri, Jan 14, 1977 @ Minnesota Fighting Saints L 5 9 21 18 2 L 1
42 Sat, Jan 15, 1977 Edmonton Oilers W 6 3 22 18 2 W 1
43 Fri, Jan 21, 1977 Calgary Cowboys T 1 1 22 18 3 T 1
44 Sat, Jan 22, 1977 @ New England Whalers T 3 3 22 18 4 T 2
45 Sun, Jan 23, 1977 @ Birmingham Bulls L 2 6 22 19 4 L 1
46 Tue, Jan 25, 1977 @ Quebec Nordiques L OT 1 2 22 20 4 L 2
47 Fri, Jan 28, 1977 Quebec Nordiques L 5 6 22 21 4 L 3
48 Sun, Jan 30, 1977 New England Whalers W 5 0 23 21 4 W 1
49 Tue, Feb 1, 1977 @ Quebec Nordiques L 4 5 23 22 4 L 1
50 Wed, Feb 2, 1977 Quebec Nordiques W 6 5 24 22 4 W 1
51 Sat, Feb 5, 1977 Birmingham Bulls W 5 2 25 22 4 W 2
52 Sun, Feb 6, 1977 @ New England Whalers T 5 5 25 22 5 T 1
53 Tue, Feb 8, 1977 Houston Aeros T 4 4 25 22 6 T 2
54 Wed, Feb 9, 1977 @ Cincinnati Stingers L 0 9 25 23 6 L 1
55 Fri, Feb 11, 1977 Quebec Nordiques L 1 5 25 24 6 L 2
56 Sat, Feb 12, 1977 @ New England Whalers W 5 1 26 24 6 W 1
57 Sun, Feb 13, 1977 Winnipeg Jets L 5 7 26 25 6 L 1
58 Thu, Feb 17, 1977 @ Winnipeg Jets L 2 4 26 26 6 L 2
59 Sat, Feb 19, 1977 Phoenix Roadrunners L 5 6 26 27 6 L 3
60 Sun, Feb 20, 1977 @ Birmingham Bulls T 2 2 26 27 7 T 1
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
61 Tue, Feb 22, 1977 @ Quebec Nordiques L 2 4 26 28 7 L 1
62 Fri, Feb 25, 1977 @ Edmonton Oilers W OT 3 2 27 28 7 W 1
63 Sun, Feb 27, 1977 @ Calgary Cowboys L 1 2 27 29 7 L 1
64 Fri, Mar 4, 1977 San Diego Mariners W 7 4 28 29 7 W 1
65 Sat, Mar 5, 1977 @ Cincinnati Stingers L 0 6 28 30 7 L 1
66 Sun, Mar 6, 1977 Phoenix Roadrunners W OT 3 2 29 30 7 W 1
67 Thu, Mar 10, 1977 Edmonton Oilers L 3 4 29 31 7 L 1
68 Sat, Mar 12, 1977 Birmingham Bulls W 7 2 30 31 7 W 1
69 Sun, Mar 13, 1977 @ Houston Aeros L 0 5 30 32 7 L 1
70 Tue, Mar 15, 1977 Calgary Cowboys W 3 1 31 32 7 W 1
71 Thu, Mar 17, 1977 @ Birmingham Bulls W 5 2 32 32 7 W 2
72 Fri, Mar 18, 1977 Winnipeg Jets L 5 7 32 33 7 L 1
73 Sun, Mar 20, 1977 Houston Aeros L 3 8 32 34 7 L 2
74 Tue, Mar 22, 1977 Cincinnati Stingers W 3 1 33 34 7 W 1
75 Thu, Mar 24, 1977 Quebec Nordiques W 4 3 34 34 7 W 2
76 Sat, Mar 26, 1977 @ New England Whalers W 4 2 35 34 7 W 3
77 Sun, Mar 27, 1977 @ Birmingham Bulls L 3 7 35 35 7 L 1
78 Wed, Mar 30, 1977 Cincinnati Stingers T 5 5 35 35 8 T 1
79 Sat, Apr 2, 1977 New England Whalers L OT 2 3 35 36 8 L 1
80 Sun, Apr 3, 1977 @ Houston Aeros W 7 3 36 36 8 W 1
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
81 Wed, Apr 6, 1977 @ Phoenix Roadrunners L 3 7 36 37 8 L 1

Playoffs

GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
1 Sat, Apr 9, 1977 @ Cincinnati Stingers W 4 3 1 0 0 W 1
2 Tue, Apr 12, 1977 @ Cincinnati Stingers W 7 2 2 0 0 W 2
3 Thu, Apr 14, 1977 Cincinnati Stingers W 5 3 3 0 0 W 3
4 Sat, Apr 16, 1977 Cincinnati Stingers W 3 1 4 0 0 W 4
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
5 Sat, Apr 23, 1977 @ Quebec Nordiques L 1 3 4 1 0 L 1
6 Mon, Apr 25, 1977 @ Quebec Nordiques L 3 8 4 2 0 L 2
7 Thu, Apr 28, 1977 Quebec Nordiques L OT 5 6 4 3 0 L 3
8 Sat, Apr 30, 1977 Quebec Nordiques W 2 0 5 3 0 W 1
9 Mon, May 2, 1977 @ Quebec Nordiques L 3 8 5 4 0 L 1