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1976-77 New England Whalers

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35-40-6 (76 points), Finished 4th in WHA East Division (Game Results)
WHA Season Summary

Scored 275 goals, Allowed 290 goals, SRS: -0.13 (7th of 12)
Coached by Harry Neale (35-40-6)

Playoffs:
Lost Division Semi-Finals (4-1) to Quebec Nordiques

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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
New England Whalers 81 35 40 6 76 .469 275 290 -0.13 6.98 47 245 19.18 65 281 76.87 8 10
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 Tom Webster RW 5-10 170 28 70 36 49 85 1.21 33 0.47 18 43 25 11 0 5 188 2.69 19.1
2 Mike Rogers C 5-9 170 22 78 25 57 82 1.05 30 0.38 11 10 19 6 0 4 212 2.72 11.8
3 George Lyle LW 6-2 205 23 75 39 33 72 0.96 30 0.39 30 62 27 12 0 2 229 3.05 17.0
4 Ralph Backstrom C 5-10 165 39 77 17 31 48 0.62 18 0.23 1 30 17 0 0 162 2.10 10.5
5 Gordie Roberts D 6-1 195 19 77 13 33 46 0.60 17 0.22 16 169 11 2 0 199 2.58 6.5
6 Dave Keon C 5-9 165 36 34 14 25 39 1.15 15 0.43 13 8 8 5 1 107 3.15 13.1
7 Larry Pleau C 6-1 190 30 78 11 21 32 0.41 12 0.15 -17 22 11 0 0 146 1.87 7.5
8 John McKenzie RW 5-9 175 39 34 11 19 30 0.88 11 0.33 10 25 8 0 3 63 1.85 17.5
9 Thommy Abrahamsson D 6-2 185 29 64 6 24 30 0.47 10 0.16 6 33 6 0 0 174 2.72 3.4
10 Rick Ley D 5-9 190 28 55 2 21 23 0.42 7 0.13 -6 102 2 0 0 98 1.78 2.0
11 Tom Earl RW/C 6-0 172 29 54 9 14 23 0.43 9 0.16 -7 37 8 0 1 69 1.28 13.0
12 Al Hangsleben D 6-1 195 23 74 13 9 22 0.30 9 0.13 -24 79 13 0 0 118 1.59 11.0
13 Danny Arndt LW 5-11 175 21 46 8 14 22 0.48 8 0.18 -13 11 7 1 0 87 1.89 9.2
14 Doug Roberts RW 6-2 212 34 64 3 18 21 0.33 7 0.11 -6 33 3 0 0 107 1.67 2.8
15 Mike Antonovich C 5-8 165 25 26 12 9 21 0.81 9 0.34 11 10 11 1 0 83 3.19 14.5
16 Brett Callighen C 5-11 182 23 33 6 10 16 0.48 6 0.18 -1 41 5 1 0 49 1.48 12.2
17 Gary MacGregor C 5-9 170 22 30 8 8 16 0.53 6 0.21 -14 4 5 3 0 67 2.23 11.9
18 Brad Selwood D 6-1 200 28 41 4 12 16 0.39 6 0.14 -8 71 2 2 0 60 1.46 6.7
19 Steve Carlson C 6-3 180 21 31 4 9 13 0.42 5 0.15 0 40 4 0 0 51 1.65 7.8
20 Jack Carlson LW 6-3 205 22 35 7 5 12 0.34 5 0.14 -2 81 7 0 0 46 1.31 15.2
21 Danny Bolduc LW 5-9 180 23 33 8 3 11 0.33 5 0.15 -13 15 8 0 0 57 1.73 14.0
22 Ron Busniuk RW 5-11 180 28 55 1 9 10 0.18 3 0.06 -10 141 1 0 0 78 1.42 1.3
23 Dave Hynes LW 5-9 182 25 22 5 4 9 0.41 4 0.17 5 4 4 0 1 41 1.86 12.2
24 Bill Butters D 5-10 185 26 26 1 8 9 0.35 3 0.11 13 65 1 0 0 38 1.46 2.6
25 Garry Swain C 5-8 164 29 26 5 2 7 0.27 3 0.12 -6 6 2 1 2 30 1.15 16.7
26 Rosaire Paiement C 5-11 170 31 13 5 2 7 0.54 3 0.24 2 12 4 1 0 32 2.46 15.6
27 Dale Smedsmo LW 6-1 195 25 15 2 0 2 0.13 1 0.07 -6 54 1 1 0 12 0.80 16.7
28 Jim Troy RW 6-2 200 24 7 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 -3 7 0 0 0 0 4 0.57 0.0
29 Ron Climie LW 5-11 185 26 3 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 -1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.33 0.0
30 Dave Hanson D 6-0 190 22 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Team Total 81 275 450 725 8.95 275 3.40 275 47 290 65 3 1242 220 47 8 11 2611 32.23 10.5

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 Christer Abrahamsson G 6-2 175 29 45 2484 15 22 4 34 .415 0 159 3.84 1438 1279 .889 0 1 1 12
2 Cap Raeder G 6-0 175 23 26 1328 12 10 1 25 .543 2 69 3.12 701 632 .902 0 0 0 2
3 Bruce Landon G 5-10 175 27 23 1118 8 8 1 17 .500 1 59 3.17 570 511 .896 0 0 0 4
Team Total 81 4930 35 40 6 3 287 3.49 2709 2422 .894

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 Rick Ley D 5-9 190 28 5 0 4 4 0.80 1 4 0 0 0 0
2 Mike Antonovich C 5-8 165 25 5 2 2 4 0.80 5 4 0
3 Dave Keon C 5-9 165 36 5 3 1 4 0.80 4 0 0
4 Gordie Roberts D 6-1 195 19 5 2 2 4 0.80 -2 4 0
5 John McKenzie RW 5-9 175 39 5 2 1 3 0.60 4 8 0
6 Thommy Abrahamsson D 6-2 185 29 5 0 3 3 0.60 -3 0 0 0 0 0
7 Mike Rogers C 5-9 170 22 5 1 1 2 0.40 -4 2 0
8 Jack Carlson LW 6-3 205 22 5 1 1 2 0.40 -2 9 0
9 Tom Webster RW 5-10 170 28 5 1 1 2 0.40 -5 0 0
10 Larry Pleau C 6-1 190 30 5 1 0 1 0.20 -4 0 0
11 George Lyle LW 6-2 205 23 5 1 0 1 0.20 -4 4 1
12 Bill Butters D 5-10 185 26 5 0 1 1 0.20 -1 15 0 0 0 0
13 Garry Swain C 5-8 164 29 2 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Brad Selwood D 6-1 200 28 5 0 0 0 0.00 -1 2 0 0 0 0
15 Al Hangsleben D 6-1 195 23 4 0 0 0 0.00 -1 9 0 0 0 0
16 Ralph Backstrom C 5-10 165 39 3 0 0 0 0.00 -1 0 0 0 0 0
17 Doug Roberts RW 6-2 212 34 2 0 0 0 0.00 -1 0 0 0 0 0
18 Tom Earl RW/C 6-0 172 29 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Steve Carlson C 6-3 180 21 5 0 0 0 0.00 -2 9 0 0 0 0
20 Dave Hanson D 6-0 190 22 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0
Team Total 5 14 18 32 6.40 70 0 0 0 1

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 Bruce Landon G 5-10 175 27 3 152 1 2 2 .333 0 11 4.34 75 64 .853 0 1 1 0
2 Christer Abrahamsson G 6-2 175 29 2 90 0 1 0 .000 0 5 3.33 51 46 .902 0 0 0 0
3 Cap Raeder G 6-0 175 23 1 60 0 1 0 .000 0 7 7.00 34 27 .794 0 0 0 0
Team Total 81 302 1 4 0 23 4.57 160 137 .856