via Sports Logos.net

1976-77 Houston Aeros Roster and Statistics

Previous Season Next Season

Record: 50-24-6 (106 points), Finished 1st in WHA West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Bill Dineen (50-24-6)

Captain:

Goals For: 320 (4th of 12), Goals Against: 241 (2nd of 12)
SRS: 0.83 (1st of 12), SOS: -0.16 (12th of 12)

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

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

1976-77 Houston Aeros Menu

Recent Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month

1. Oct 8, HSA at BRB
2. Oct 9, HSA vs. PHR
3. Oct 13, HSA vs. CGC
4. Oct 16, HSA vs. BRB
5. Oct 19, HSA vs. NEW
6. Oct 21, HSA at BRB
7. Oct 22, HSA at NEW
8. Oct 23, HSA at QBN
9. Oct 26, HSA vs. EDO
10. Oct 28, HSA vs. MNF
11. Oct 30, HSA at CGC
12. Oct 31, HSA at EDO

13. Nov 2, HSA at WNJ
14. Nov 5, HSA vs. PHR
15. Nov 6, HSA at SDM
16. Nov 9, HSA vs. INR
17. Nov 12, HSA vs. SDM
18. Nov 16, HSA vs. CGC
19. Nov 19, HSA at SDM
20. Nov 20, HSA at PHR
21. Nov 23, HSA vs. EDO
22. Nov 26, HSA vs. WNJ

23. Dec 3, HSA vs. EDO
24. Dec 5, HSA at CNS
25. Dec 8, HSA at NEW
26. Dec 10, HSA at CNS
27. Dec 11, HSA at QBN
28. Dec 12, HSA at INR
29. Dec 14, HSA vs. PHR
30. Dec 17, HSA vs. BRB
31. Dec 18, HSA at SDM
32. Dec 19, HSA at PHR
33. Dec 21, HSA vs. NEW
34. Dec 23, HSA vs. CNS
35. Dec 26, HSA at BRB
36. Dec 28, HSA vs. WNJ

37. Jan 2, HSA at WNJ
38. Jan 4, HSA at EDO
39. Jan 5, HSA at CGC
40. Jan 7, HSA at MNF
41. Jan 12, HSA at PHR
42. Jan 14, HSA vs. BRB
43. Jan 16, HSA vs. EDO
44. Jan 21, HSA vs. BRB
45. Jan 22, HSA at SDM
46. Jan 23, HSA vs. SDM
47. Jan 25, HSA vs. WNJ
48. Jan 28, HSA at EDO
49. Jan 29, HSA at CGC

50. Feb 1, HSA vs. CGC
51. Feb 3, HSA at PHR
52. Feb 4, HSA vs. NEW
53. Feb 8, HSA at INR
54. Feb 12, HSA vs. QBN
55. Feb 15, HSA vs. QBN
56. Feb 18, HSA vs. SDM
57. Feb 19, HSA vs. SDM
58. Feb 22, HSA at WNJ
59. Feb 23, HSA at CGC
60. Feb 25, HSA at PHR
61. Feb 26, HSA at SDM
62. Feb 27, HSA at PHR

63. Mar 1, HSA vs. PHR
64. Mar 4, HSA at NEW
65. Mar 6, HSA at CNS
66. Mar 8, HSA vs. EDO
67. Mar 11, HSA vs. CNS
68. Mar 13, HSA vs. INR
69. Mar 15, HSA vs. QBN
70. Mar 18, HSA vs. PHR
71. Mar 20, HSA at INR
72. Mar 22, HSA at QBN
73. Mar 25, HSA vs. CGC
74. Mar 27, HSA vs. WNJ
75. Mar 29, HSA at WNJ
76. Mar 30, HSA at EDO

77. Apr 1, HSA vs. CNS
78. Apr 3, HSA vs. INR
79. Apr 5, HSA vs. SDM
80. Apr 6, HSA at SDM

Roster

Age is on February 1 of given season

Roster Table
No.	Player	Birth	Pos	Age	Ht	Wt	S/C	Exp	Birth Date
	Cam Connor	ca CA	LW	22	6-2	200	L/-	2	August 10, 1954
	Gary Donaldson	ca CA	RW	24	5-9	155	R/-	R	July 15, 1952
	Mike Fedorko	ca CA	D	20	6-0	190	R/-	R	September 13, 1956
	Ron Grahame	ca CA	G	26	5-11	175	-/L	3	June 7, 1950
	John Gray	ca CA	RW	27	5-10	180	L/-	2	August 13, 1949
	Larry Hale	ca CA	D	35	6-1	180	L/-	4	October 9, 1941
	Ron Hansis	us US	RW	24	6-2	195	R/-	R	November 12, 1952
	André Hinse	ca CA	LW	31	5-9	175	L/-	3	April 19, 1945
	Gordie Howe	ca CA	RW	48	6-0	205	R/-	3	March 31, 1928
	Mark Howe	us US	LW	21	5-11	185	L/-	3	May 28, 1955
	Marty Howe	us US	D	22	6-1	195	L/-	3	February 18, 1954
	Frank Hughes	ca CA	RW	27	5-10	180	L/-	4	October 1, 1949
	Glen Irwin	ca CA	D	25	5-11	195	R/-	2	March 1, 1951
	Don Larway	ca CA	RW	22	6-1	192	R/-	2	February 2, 1954
	Morris Lukowich	ca CA	LW	20	5-9	170	L/-	R	June 1, 1956
	Larry Lund	ca CA	C	36	6-0	190	R/-	4	September 9, 1940
	Al McLeod	ca CA	D	27	5-11	200	L/-	2	June 17, 1949
	Dwayne Pentland	ca CA	D	23	5-10	180	L/-	R	February 28, 1953
	Poul Popiel	dk DK	D	33	5-10	175	L/-	4	February 28, 1943
	Rich Preston	ca CA	RW	24	6-0	185	R/-	2	May 22, 1952
	Terry Ruskowski	ca CA	C	22	5-10	178	L/-	2	December 31, 1954
	Wayne Rutledge	ca CA	G	35	6-2	200	-/L	4	January 5, 1942
	John Schella	ca CA	D	29	6-0	180	R/-	4	May 9, 1947
	Ted Taylor	ca CA	LW	34	6-0	175	L/-	4	February 25, 1942
	John Tonelli	ca CA	C	19	6-1	200	L/-	1	March 23, 1957
	Steve West	ca CA	C	24	5-8	150	L/-	1	March 20, 1952

Standard Stats

Standard Stats Table
					Scoring					Goals				Shots		Ice Time
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EVG	PPG	SHG	GWG	SOG	SPCT	TOI	ATOI	Awards
1	Terry Ruskowski	22	C	80	24	60	84	31	146	17	7	0	5	162	14.8
2	Rich Preston	24	RW	80	38	41	79	37	54	27	6	5	5	216	17.6
3	Mark Howe	21	LW	57	23	52	75	41	46	15	5	3	8	220	10.5
4	Gordie Howe	48	RW	62	24	44	68	27	57	18	5	1	3	162	14.8
5	Poul Popiel	33	D	80	12	56	68	53	87	10	2	0	0	177	6.8
6	Cam Connor	22	LW	76	35	32	67	23	224	28	6	1	6	217	16.1
7	Larry Lund	36	C	80	29	38	67	20	36	22	7	0	11	109	26.6
8	John Tonelli	19	C	80	24	31	55	14	109	17	6	1		179	13.4
9	Ted Taylor	34	LW	78	16	35	51	28	90	12	4	0		145	11.0
10	Marty Howe	22	D	80	17	28	45	29	103	14	3	0		226	7.5
11	Morris Lukowich	20	LW	68	27	18	45	20	67	21	6	0		119	22.7
12	John Gray	27	RW	47	21	20	41	22	25	18	3	0		120	17.5
13	Al McLeod	27	D	51	7	21	28	19	20	6	1	0		69	10.1
14	Don Larway	22	RW	75	11	13	24	5	112	8	3	0		152	7.2
15	Larry Hale	35	D	67	0	14	14	9	18	0	0	0	0	45	0.0
16	Frank Hughes	27	RW	27	3	8	11	-5	2	3	0	0		40	7.5
17	Ron Hansis	24	RW	22	4	3	7	-4	6	4	0	0		24	16.7
18	Glen Irwin	25	D	44	2	4	6	-12	168	2	0	0		38	5.3
19	John Schella	29	D	20	0	6	6	8	28	0	0	0	0	30	0.0
20	André Hinse	31	LW	26	2	3	5	-9	8	2	0	0		33	6.1
21	Dwayne Pentland	23	D	29	1	2	3	3	6	1	0	0		13	7.7
22	Wayne Rutledge	35	G	42	0	3	3	0	6	0	0	0	0	0		2512:00
23	Steve West	24	C	3	0	0	0	-3	2	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
24	Ron Grahame	26	G	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2345:00		Hatskin-1
25	Mike Fedorko	20	D	4	0	0	0	-4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
26	Gary Donaldson	24	RW	5	0	0	0	-3	6	0	0	0	0	14	0.0
	Team Totals			80	320	532	852	349	1426	245	64	11	38	2517	12.7	4857:00

Standard Stats Table
					Scoring					Goals
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EVG	PPG	SHG	GWG	Awards
1	Terry Ruskowski	22	C	11	6	11	17	8	67				0
2	Mark Howe	21	D	11	4	10	14	3	2				1
3	Morris Lukowich	20	LW	11	6	4	10	4	19				1
4	Larry Lund	36	C	11	2	8	10	-2	17				0
5	Gordie Howe	48	RW	11	5	3	8	1	11				0
6	Ted Taylor	34	LW	11	4	4	8	-2	28				2
7	Rich Preston	24	RW	11	3	5	8	6	10				0
8	Cam Connor	22	LW	11	3	4	7	-1	47				0
9	John Tonelli	19	C	11	3	4	7	-1	12				0
10	Poul Popiel	33	D	11	0	7	7	4	10	0	0	0	0
11	Marty Howe	22	LW	11	3	1	4	-3	10				1
12	Al McLeod	27	D	10	1	3	4	-2	9				0
13	John Schella	29	D	6	1	2	3	1	6				0
14	Larry Hale	35	D	11	0	2	2	5	6	0	0	0	0
15	Ron Hansis	24	RW	8	1	1	2	0	4				1
16	Ron Grahame	26	G	9	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0
17	Don Larway	22	RW	3	1	0	1	0	0				0
18	John Gray	27	RW	6	0	1	1	-3	8	0	0	0	0
19	Wayne Rutledge	35	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Dwayne Pentland	23	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	Steve West	24	C	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	Team Totals			11	43	71	114	19	268	0	0	0	6

Goalie Stats

Goalie Stats Table
			Goalie Stats									Scoring
Rk	Player	Age	GP	W	L	T/O	GA	SV	GAA	SO	MIN	G	A	PTS	PIM	Awards
1	Wayne Rutledge	35	42	23	14	4	132	1077	3.15	3	2512:00	0	3	3	6
2	Ron Grahame	26	39	27	10	2	107	975	2.74	4	2345:00	0	0	0	0	Hatskin-1
	Team Totals		80	50	24	6	239	2052	2.95	7	4857:00	0	3	3	6

Goalie Stats Table
			Goalie Stats								Scoring
Rk	Player	Age	GP	GA	Shots	SV	SV%	SO	MIN	GSAA	G	A	PTS	PIM	Awards
1	Ron Grahame	26	9	36	265	229	.864	0		-7.0	0	1	1	2
2	Wayne Rutledge	35	2	4	54	50	.926	0		1.9	0	0	0	0
	Team Totals		11	40	319	279	.875	0		-5.1	0	1	1	2

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

Hat Tricks (6)

* - postseason

Miscellaneous Stats

Miscellaneous Stats Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	+/-	Awards
1	Terry Ruskowski	22	C	80	31
2	Rich Preston	24	RW	80	37
3	Mark Howe	21	LW	57	41
4	Poul Popiel	33	D	80	53
5	Gordie Howe	48	RW	62	27
6	Cam Connor	22	LW	76	23
7	Larry Lund	36	C	80	20
8	John Tonelli	19	C	80	14
9	Ted Taylor	34	LW	78	28
10	Marty Howe	22	D	80	29
11	Morris Lukowich	20	LW	68	20
12	John Gray	27	RW	47	22
13	Al McLeod	27	D	51	19
14	Don Larway	22	RW	75	5
15	Larry Hale	35	D	67	9
16	Frank Hughes	27	RW	27	-5
17	Ron Hansis	24	RW	22	-4
18	Glen Irwin	25	D	44	-12
19	John Schella	29	D	20	8
20	André Hinse	31	LW	26	-9
21	Dwayne Pentland	23	D	29	3
22	Steve West	24	C	3	-3
23	Mike Fedorko	20	D	4	-4
24	Gary Donaldson	24	RW	5	-3
	Team Totals			80	349

More 1976-77 Aeros Pages

1976-77 Aeros Stats

More 1976-77 Aeros Pages

Previous Season Next Season