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40-37-4 (84 points), Finished 3rd in WHA West Division (Game Results)
WHA Season Summary
Scored 284 goals, Allowed 283 goals, SRS: -0.04 (6th of 12)
Coached by Ron Ingram (40-37-4)
Playoffs:
Lost Division Semi-Finals (4-3) to Winnipeg Jets
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1976-77 Statistics ▪ Games
| Team | GP | W | L | T | PTS | PTS% | GF | GA | SRS | TG/G | PPG | PPO | PP% | PPGA | PPOA | PK% | SHG | SHGA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Mariners | 81 | 40 | 37 | 4 | 84 | .519 | 284 | 283 | -0.04 | 7.00 | 69 | 257 | 26.85 | 43 | 204 | 78.92 | 11 | 6 |
| League Average | 78 | 36 | 36 | 5 | 78 | .500 | 286 | 286 | 0.00 | 7.37 | 55 | 251 | 21.84 | 55 | 251 | 78.16 | 8 | 8 |
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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 | Andre Lacroix | C | 5-8 | 175 | 31 | 81 | 32 | 82 | 114 | 1.41 | 41 | 0.51 | 2 | 79 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 231 | 2.85 | 13.9 | ||||||
| 2 | Joe Noris | C/D | 6-0 | 185 | 25 | 73 | 35 | 57 | 92 | 1.26 | 35 | 0.48 | 2 | 30 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 243 | 3.33 | 14.4 | ||||||
| 3 | Norm Ferguson | RW | 5-9 | 165 | 31 | 77 | 39 | 32 | 71 | 0.92 | 29 | 0.38 | -5 | 5 | 29 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 217 | 2.82 | 18.0 | ||||||
| 4 | Paul Shmyr | D | 5-11 | 170 | 31 | 81 | 13 | 37 | 50 | 0.62 | 18 | 0.22 | -4 | 103 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 206 | 2.54 | 6.3 | |||||||
| 5 | Kevin Devine | LW | 5-8 | 165 | 22 | 81 | 30 | 20 | 50 | 0.62 | 21 | 0.26 | -12 | 114 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 182 | 2.25 | 16.5 | |||||||
| 6 | Wayne Rivers | RW | 5-9 | 177 | 34 | 60 | 18 | 31 | 49 | 0.82 | 18 | 0.31 | 5 | 40 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 168 | 2.80 | 10.7 | |||||||
| 7 | Don Burgess | LW | 6-0 | 170 | 30 | 77 | 20 | 22 | 42 | 0.55 | 17 | 0.22 | -8 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 167 | 2.17 | 12.0 | |||||||
| 8 | Kevin Morrison | D | 6-0 | 202 | 27 | 75 | 8 | 30 | 38 | 0.51 | 13 | 0.18 | -30 | 68 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 247 | 3.29 | 3.2 | |||||||
| 9 | John French | C/LW | 5-10 | 165 | 26 | 44 | 14 | 21 | 35 | 0.80 | 13 | 0.30 | -3 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 79 | 1.80 | 17.7 | |||||||
| 10 | Tony Cassolato | RW | 5-11 | 180 | 20 | 43 | 13 | 12 | 25 | 0.58 | 10 | 0.24 | 9 | 26 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 54 | 1.26 | 24.1 | |||||||
| 11 | Gary Veneruzzo | W | 5-8 | 165 | 33 | 40 | 14 | 11 | 25 | 0.63 | 10 | 0.26 | 4 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 94 | 2.35 | 14.9 | |||||||
| 12 | Bob Dobek | C | 6-0 | 180 | 24 | 58 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 0.41 | 9 | 0.15 | -9 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 87 | 1.50 | 8.0 | |||||||
| 13 | Brad Rhiness | C | 5-9 | 170 | 20 | 58 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 0.40 | 9 | 0.15 | -17 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 1.14 | 13.6 | |||||||
| 14 | Dick Sentes | LW | 5-11 | 180 | 30 | 24 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 0.88 | 8 | 0.35 | 7 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 56 | 2.33 | 17.9 | |||||||
| 15 | Gerry Pinder | LW | 5-8 | 165 | 28 | 44 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 0.43 | 7 | 0.16 | -24 | 36 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 90 | 2.05 | 6.7 | |||||||
| 16 | Brent Hughes | D | 6-0 | 205 | 33 | 62 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 0.27 | 6 | 0.10 | -3 | 48 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 0.87 | 7.4 | |||||||
| 17 | Larry Hornung | D | 6-0 | 190 | 31 | 58 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 0.22 | 5 | 0.08 | -7 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 0.72 | 9.5 | |||||||
| 18 | Randy Legge | D | 5-11 | 184 | 31 | 69 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 0.14 | 3 | 0.05 | -18 | 69 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0.42 | 3.4 | |||||||
| 19 | Peter McNamee | D | 5-11 | 195 | 26 | 41 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0.22 | 3 | 0.08 | -7 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0.63 | 11.5 | |||||||
| 20 | Ray Adduono | C | 5-9 | 160 | 30 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0.54 | 3 | 0.19 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 3.62 | 4.3 | |||||||
| 21 | Bob Falkenberg | D | 6-0 | 185 | 31 | 64 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0.09 | 2 | 0.03 | -11 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0.39 | 0.0 | ||||||
| 22 | Norm Cournoyer | C | 5-10 | 170 | 25 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.16 | 1 | 0.06 | -14 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1.58 | 3.3 | |||||||
| 23 | Tim O'Connell | RW | 5-11 | 170 | 23 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.19 | 1 | 0.06 | -12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.81 | 0.0 | ||||||
| 24 | Gregg Boddy | D | 6-2 | 200 | 27 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.17 | 1 | 0.06 | -6 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0.83 | 6.7 | |||||||
| 25 | Bob Winograd | D | 5-11 | 185 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 | 0.0 | ||||||
| Team Total | 81 | 284 | 466 | 750 | 9.26 | 284 | 3.51 | 284 | 69 | 283 | 43 | -25 | 828 | 204 | 69 | 11 | 13 | 2469 | 30.48 | 11.5 |
| 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 | Ernie Wakely | G | 5-11 | 160 | 36 | 46 | 2506 | 22 | 18 | 3 | 47 | .547 | 3 | 129 | 3.09 | 1242 | 1113 | .896 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | Ken Lockett | G | 6-0 | 160 | 29 | 45 | 2397 | 18 | 19 | 1 | 37 | .487 | 1 | 148 | 3.70 | 1144 | 996 | .871 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Team Total | 81 | 4903 | 40 | 37 | 4 | 4 | 277 | 3.39 | 2386 | 2109 | .884 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | PTS/G | +/- | PIM | ESG | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SOG/G | SPCT | TOI | ATOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andre Lacroix | C | 5-8 | 175 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1.00 | -1 | 6 | 0 | ||||||||
| 2 | Norm Ferguson | RW | 5-9 | 165 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0.86 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| 3 | Ray Adduono | C | 5-9 | 160 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.71 | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||||||||
| 4 | John French | C/LW | 5-10 | 165 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.71 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||
| 5 | Kevin Devine | LW | 5-8 | 165 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.57 | -5 | 14 | 0 | ||||||||
| 6 | Dick Sentes | LW | 5-11 | 180 | 30 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.80 | -3 | 12 | 2 | ||||||||
| 7 | Brent Hughes | D | 6-0 | 205 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0.57 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 8 | Don Burgess | LW | 6-0 | 170 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.57 | -2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 9 | Kevin Morrison | D | 6-0 | 202 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.57 | 6 | 8 | 0 | ||||||||
| 10 | Joe Noris | C/D | 6-0 | 185 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.43 | -5 | 6 | 0 | ||||||||
| 11 | Paul Shmyr | D | 5-11 | 170 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.29 | -12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 12 | Wayne Rivers | RW | 5-9 | 177 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.29 | -4 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||
| 13 | Brad Rhiness | C | 5-9 | 170 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 14 | Gary Veneruzzo | W | 5-8 | 165 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 15 | Peter McNamee | D | 5-11 | 195 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 16 | Randy Legge | D | 5-11 | 184 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | -6 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 17 | Bob Dobek | C | 6-0 | 180 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | -2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 18 | Tony Cassolato | RW | 5-11 | 180 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | -4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 19 | Larry Hornung | D | 6-0 | 190 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | -12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 20 | Bob Falkenberg | D | 6-0 | 185 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Team Total | 7 | 19 | 32 | 51 | 7.29 | 104 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 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 | Ernie Wakely | G | 5-11 | 160 | 36 | 3 | 160 | 2 | 1 | 4 | .667 | 0 | 9 | 3.38 | 75 | 66 | .880 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | Ken Lockett | G | 6-0 | 160 | 29 | 5 | 260 | 1 | 3 | 2 | .250 | 0 | 19 | 4.38 | 146 | 127 | .870 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Total | 81 | 420 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 4.00 | 221 | 193 | .873 |