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47-31-3 (97 points), Finished 1st in WHA East Division (Game Results)
WHA Season Summary
1976-77 Avco Cup Champions
Scored 353 goals, Allowed 295 goals, SRS: 0.67 (3rd of 12)
Coached by Marc Boileau (47-31-3)
Playoffs:
Won Avco Cup Finals (4-3) over Winnipeg Jets
Won Division Finals (4-1) over Indianapolis Racers
Won Division Semi-Finals (4-1) over New England Whalers
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1976-77 Statistics ▪ Games
| GP | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | T | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat, Oct 9, 1976 | Calgary Cowboys | W | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | W 1 | |||
| 2 | Sun, Oct 10, 1976 | Birmingham Bulls | W | OT | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | W 2 | ||
| 3 | Tue, Oct 12, 1976 | San Diego Mariners | W | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | W 3 | |||
| 4 | Sat, Oct 16, 1976 | @ | New England Whalers | W | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | W 4 | ||
| 5 | Sun, Oct 17, 1976 | Cincinnati Stingers | L | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | L 1 | |||
| 6 | Tue, Oct 19, 1976 | @ | Birmingham Bulls | W | OT | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |
| 7 | Thu, Oct 21, 1976 | @ | Calgary Cowboys | W | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | W 2 | ||
| 8 | Sat, Oct 23, 1976 | Houston Aeros | W | 6 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | W 3 | |||
| 9 | Tue, Oct 26, 1976 | Phoenix Roadrunners | W | 11 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | W 4 | |||
| 10 | Fri, Oct 29, 1976 | @ | Indianapolis Racers | L | 4 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | L 1 | ||
| 11 | Sat, Oct 30, 1976 | Minnesota Fighting Saints | W | 5 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | W 1 | |||
| 12 | Tue, Nov 2, 1976 | Phoenix Roadrunners | L | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | L 1 | |||
| 13 | Sat, Nov 6, 1976 | Birmingham Bulls | W | 6 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | W 1 | |||
| 14 | Tue, Nov 9, 1976 | Birmingham Bulls | W | 4 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 0 | W 2 | |||
| 15 | Sat, Nov 13, 1976 | Minnesota Fighting Saints | L | 2 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 0 | L 1 | |||
| 16 | Sun, Nov 14, 1976 | Indianapolis Racers | L | 1 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 0 | L 2 | |||
| 17 | Tue, Nov 16, 1976 | @ | Winnipeg Jets | L | 4 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 0 | L 3 | ||
| 18 | Thu, Nov 18, 1976 | @ | Minnesota Fighting Saints | W | 9 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 19 | Fri, Nov 19, 1976 | @ | Calgary Cowboys | L | 1 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 0 | L 1 | ||
| 20 | Sun, Nov 21, 1976 | @ | Edmonton Oilers | L | 5 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 0 | L 2 | ||
| GP | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | T | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Tue, Nov 23, 1976 | Winnipeg Jets | W | 7 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 0 | W 1 | |||
| 22 | Thu, Nov 25, 1976 | @ | Indianapolis Racers | W | 5 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 0 | W 2 | ||
| 23 | Fri, Nov 26, 1976 | @ | Minnesota Fighting Saints | L | 2 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 0 | L 1 | ||
| 24 | Sat, Nov 27, 1976 | Indianapolis Racers | L | 2 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 0 | L 2 | |||
| 25 | Tue, Nov 30, 1976 | New England Whalers | W | 2 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 0 | W 1 | |||
| 26 | Fri, Dec 3, 1976 | @ | New England Whalers | T | 5 | 5 | 15 | 10 | 1 | T 1 | ||
| 27 | Sun, Dec 5, 1976 | Winnipeg Jets | W | 6 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 1 | W 1 | |||
| 28 | Tue, Dec 7, 1976 | Edmonton Oilers | L | 2 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 1 | L 1 | |||
| 29 | Thu, Dec 9, 1976 | @ | Phoenix Roadrunners | W | 5 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 1 | W 1 | ||
| 30 | Sat, Dec 11, 1976 | Houston Aeros | W | 4 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 1 | W 2 | |||
| 31 | Sun, Dec 12, 1976 | New England Whalers | W | 5 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 1 | W 3 | |||
| 32 | Tue, Dec 14, 1976 | New England Whalers | L | 1 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 1 | L 1 | |||
| 33 | Sat, Dec 18, 1976 | @ | Calgary Cowboys | L | 2 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 1 | L 2 | ||
| 34 | Sun, Dec 19, 1976 | @ | San Diego Mariners | L | 3 | 5 | 19 | 14 | 1 | L 3 | ||
| 35 | Tue, Dec 21, 1976 | @ | Birmingham Bulls | L | 2 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 1 | L 4 | ||
| 36 | Wed, Dec 22, 1976 | @ | Minnesota Fighting Saints | W | 4 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 1 | W 1 | ||
| 37 | Sun, Dec 26, 1976 | @ | Winnipeg Jets | W | 12 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 1 | W 2 | ||
| 38 | Tue, Dec 28, 1976 | @ | Edmonton Oilers | W | 3 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 1 | W 3 | ||
| 39 | Tue, Jan 4, 1977 | New England Whalers | W | 5 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 1 | W 4 | |||
| 40 | Fri, Jan 7, 1977 | @ | New England Whalers | W | 7 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 1 | W 5 | ||
| GP | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | T | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Sun, Jan 9, 1977 | San Diego Mariners | W | 5 | 2 | 25 | 15 | 1 | W 6 | |||
| 42 | Thu, Jan 20, 1977 | @ | New England Whalers | W | 5 | 4 | 26 | 15 | 1 | W 7 | ||
| 43 | Sat, Jan 22, 1977 | Calgary Cowboys | W | 5 | 3 | 27 | 15 | 1 | W 8 | |||
| 44 | Tue, Jan 25, 1977 | Indianapolis Racers | W | OT | 2 | 1 | 28 | 15 | 1 | W 9 | ||
| 45 | Wed, Jan 26, 1977 | Edmonton Oilers | L | OT | 4 | 5 | 28 | 16 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 46 | Fri, Jan 28, 1977 | @ | Indianapolis Racers | W | 6 | 5 | 29 | 16 | 1 | W 1 | ||
| 47 | Sat, Jan 29, 1977 | Cincinnati Stingers | W | 7 | 2 | 30 | 16 | 1 | W 2 | |||
| 48 | Tue, Feb 1, 1977 | Indianapolis Racers | W | 5 | 4 | 31 | 16 | 1 | W 3 | |||
| 49 | Wed, Feb 2, 1977 | @ | Indianapolis Racers | L | 5 | 6 | 31 | 17 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 50 | Fri, Feb 4, 1977 | @ | Birmingham Bulls | L | 0 | 7 | 31 | 18 | 1 | L 2 | ||
| 51 | Sun, Feb 6, 1977 | Cincinnati Stingers | W | 6 | 1 | 32 | 18 | 1 | W 1 | |||
| 52 | Tue, Feb 8, 1977 | Winnipeg Jets | L | 2 | 7 | 32 | 19 | 1 | L 1 | |||
| 53 | Fri, Feb 11, 1977 | @ | Indianapolis Racers | W | 5 | 1 | 33 | 19 | 1 | W 1 | ||
| 54 | Sat, Feb 12, 1977 | @ | Houston Aeros | L | 3 | 7 | 33 | 20 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 55 | Tue, Feb 15, 1977 | @ | Houston Aeros | L | 2 | 4 | 33 | 21 | 1 | L 2 | ||
| 56 | Wed, Feb 16, 1977 | @ | San Diego Mariners | W | 4 | 2 | 34 | 21 | 1 | W 1 | ||
| 57 | Sat, Feb 19, 1977 | @ | Cincinnati Stingers | L | 1 | 3 | 34 | 22 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 58 | Tue, Feb 22, 1977 | Indianapolis Racers | W | 4 | 2 | 35 | 22 | 1 | W 1 | |||
| 59 | Thu, Feb 24, 1977 | @ | Birmingham Bulls | L | 6 | 10 | 35 | 23 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 60 | Fri, Feb 25, 1977 | @ | Cincinnati Stingers | L | 2 | 5 | 35 | 24 | 1 | L 2 | ||
| GP | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | T | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Sat, Feb 26, 1977 | Birmingham Bulls | W | 5 | 3 | 36 | 24 | 1 | W 1 | |||
| 62 | Tue, Mar 1, 1977 | @ | Edmonton Oilers | W | 5 | 4 | 37 | 24 | 1 | W 2 | ||
| 63 | Wed, Mar 2, 1977 | @ | Winnipeg Jets | L | OT | 3 | 4 | 37 | 25 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 64 | Sat, Mar 5, 1977 | San Diego Mariners | W | 6 | 0 | 38 | 25 | 1 | W 1 | |||
| 65 | Sun, Mar 6, 1977 | @ | New England Whalers | L | 2 | 6 | 38 | 26 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 66 | Tue, Mar 8, 1977 | Phoenix Roadrunners | W | 9 | 2 | 39 | 26 | 1 | W 1 | |||
| 67 | Sat, Mar 12, 1977 | Edmonton Oilers | T | 3 | 3 | 39 | 26 | 2 | T 1 | |||
| 68 | Sun, Mar 13, 1977 | New England Whalers | W | 5 | 3 | 40 | 26 | 2 | W 1 | |||
| 69 | Tue, Mar 15, 1977 | @ | Houston Aeros | L | 3 | 4 | 40 | 27 | 2 | L 1 | ||
| 70 | Thu, Mar 17, 1977 | @ | Phoenix Roadrunners | W | 4 | 3 | 41 | 27 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 71 | Fri, Mar 18, 1977 | @ | Cincinnati Stingers | L | 3 | 7 | 41 | 28 | 2 | L 1 | ||
| 72 | Sat, Mar 19, 1977 | Calgary Cowboys | W | 8 | 0 | 42 | 28 | 2 | W 1 | |||
| 73 | Tue, Mar 22, 1977 | Houston Aeros | W | 6 | 2 | 43 | 28 | 2 | W 2 | |||
| 74 | Wed, Mar 23, 1977 | @ | Cincinnati Stingers | W | 6 | 4 | 44 | 28 | 2 | W 3 | ||
| 75 | Thu, Mar 24, 1977 | @ | Indianapolis Racers | L | 3 | 4 | 44 | 29 | 2 | L 1 | ||
| 76 | Sat, Mar 26, 1977 | Cincinnati Stingers | L | 4 | 6 | 44 | 30 | 2 | L 2 | |||
| 77 | Sun, Mar 27, 1977 | Cincinnati Stingers | W | 4 | 0 | 45 | 30 | 2 | W 1 | |||
| 78 | Sat, Apr 2, 1977 | @ | Phoenix Roadrunners | W | OT | 6 | 5 | 46 | 30 | 2 | W 2 | |
| 79 | Sun, Apr 3, 1977 | @ | San Diego Mariners | L | 0 | 7 | 46 | 31 | 2 | L 1 | ||
| 80 | Tue, Apr 5, 1977 | New England Whalers | W | 7 | 2 | 47 | 31 | 2 | W 1 | |||
| GP | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | T | Streak | Notes | |||
| 81 | Wed, Apr 6, 1977 | @ | Cincinnati Stingers | T | 2 | 2 | 47 | 31 | 3 | T 1 |
| GP | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | T | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat, Apr 9, 1977 | New England Whalers | W | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | W 1 | |||
| 2 | Tue, Apr 12, 1977 | New England Whalers | W | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | W 2 | |||
| 3 | Thu, Apr 14, 1977 | @ | New England Whalers | W | OT | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | W 3 | |
| 4 | Sat, Apr 16, 1977 | @ | New England Whalers | L | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | L 1 | ||
| 5 | Tue, Apr 19, 1977 | New England Whalers | W | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |||
| 6 | Sat, Apr 23, 1977 | Indianapolis Racers | W | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | W 2 | |||
| 7 | Mon, Apr 25, 1977 | Indianapolis Racers | W | 8 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | W 3 | |||
| 8 | Thu, Apr 28, 1977 | @ | Indianapolis Racers | W | OT | 6 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | W 4 | |
| 9 | Sat, Apr 30, 1977 | @ | Indianapolis Racers | L | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | L 1 | ||
| 10 | Mon, May 2, 1977 | Indianapolis Racers | W | 8 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | W 1 | |||
| 11 | Wed, May 11, 1977 | Winnipeg Jets | L | 1 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | L 1 | |||
| 12 | Sun, May 15, 1977 | Winnipeg Jets | W | 6 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 0 | W 1 | |||
| 13 | Wed, May 18, 1977 | @ | Winnipeg Jets | L | 1 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 0 | L 1 | ||
| 14 | Fri, May 20, 1977 | @ | Winnipeg Jets | W | 4 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 15 | Sun, May 22, 1977 | Winnipeg Jets | W | 8 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 0 | W 2 | |||
| 16 | Tue, May 24, 1977 | @ | Winnipeg Jets | L | 3 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 0 | L 1 | ||
| 17 | Thu, May 26, 1977 | Winnipeg Jets | W | 8 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 0 | W 1 |