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1976-77 New England Whalers Roster and Statistics

Record: 35-40-6 (76 points), Finished 4th in WHA East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Harry Neale (35-40-6)

Captain:

Goals For: 275 (9th of 12), Goals Against: 290 (4th of 12)
SRS: -0.13 (7th of 12), SOS: 0.06 (4th of 12)

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

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Recent Game Results

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

1. Oct 8, NEW at EDO
2. Oct 10, NEW at WNJ
3. Oct 16, NEW vs. QBN
4. Oct 19, NEW at HSA
5. Oct 22, NEW vs. HSA
6. Oct 23, NEW vs. CNS
7. Oct 26, NEW vs. CNS
8. Oct 29, NEW vs. PHR
9. Oct 30, NEW vs. BRB

10. Nov 5, NEW at EDO
11. Nov 7, NEW at CGC
12. Nov 9, NEW at WNJ
13. Nov 11, NEW at MNF
14. Nov 12, NEW at PHR
15. Nov 16, NEW at BRB
16. Nov 17, NEW vs. BRB
17. Nov 19, NEW vs. WNJ
18. Nov 20, NEW vs. MNF
19. Nov 23, NEW at INR
20. Nov 25, NEW at BRB
21. Nov 27, NEW vs. MNF
22. Nov 28, NEW vs. INR
23. Nov 30, NEW at QBN

24. Dec 1, NEW vs. CGC
25. Dec 3, NEW vs. QBN
26. Dec 4, NEW vs. WNJ
27. Dec 7, NEW at MNF
28. Dec 8, NEW vs. HSA
29. Dec 11, NEW vs. SDM
30. Dec 12, NEW at QBN
31. Dec 14, NEW at QBN
32. Dec 17, NEW vs. INR
33. Dec 18, NEW vs. BRB
34. Dec 21, NEW at HSA
35. Dec 23, NEW at SDM
36. Dec 26, NEW vs. MNF
37. Dec 28, NEW at MNF
38. Dec 30, NEW at CNS

39. Jan 2, NEW vs. CNS
40. Jan 4, NEW at QBN
41. Jan 5, NEW vs. SDM
42. Jan 7, NEW vs. QBN
43. Jan 8, NEW vs. PHR
44. Jan 11, NEW at CNS
45. Jan 13, NEW at INR
46. Jan 14, NEW vs. EDO
47. Jan 20, NEW vs. QBN
48. Jan 22, NEW vs. INR
49. Jan 23, NEW vs. CNS
50. Jan 25, NEW at CNS
51. Jan 27, NEW at SDM
52. Jan 28, NEW at PHR
53. Jan 30, NEW at INR

54. Feb 1, NEW at BRB
55. Feb 4, NEW at HSA
56. Feb 5, NEW at CNS
57. Feb 6, NEW vs. INR
58. Feb 10, NEW vs. WNJ
59. Feb 12, NEW vs. INR
60. Feb 13, NEW at CNS
61. Feb 17, NEW vs. PHR
62. Feb 18, NEW vs. BRB
63. Feb 20, NEW at CGC
64. Feb 22, NEW at EDO
65. Feb 25, NEW at CGC
66. Feb 27, NEW at WNJ

67. Mar 2, NEW vs. SDM
68. Mar 4, NEW vs. HSA
69. Mar 6, NEW vs. QBN
70. Mar 9, NEW at BRB
71. Mar 11, NEW at BRB
72. Mar 13, NEW at QBN
73. Mar 18, NEW vs. CGC
74. Mar 20, NEW vs. CGC
75. Mar 24, NEW vs. EDO
76. Mar 26, NEW vs. INR
77. Mar 27, NEW vs. EDO
78. Mar 29, NEW at SDM
79. Mar 31, NEW at PHR

80. Apr 2, NEW at INR
81. Apr 5, NEW at QBN

Roster

Age is on February 1 of given season

Roster Table
No.	Player	Birth	Pos	Age	Ht	Wt	S/C	Exp	Birth Date
	Christer Abrahamsson	se SE	G	29	6-0	180	-/L	2	April 8, 1947
	Thommy Abrahamsson	se SE	D	29	6-2	185	L/-	2	April 8, 1947
	Mike Antonovich	us US	C	25	5-8	165	L/-	4	October 18, 1951
	Danny Arndt	ca CA	LW	21	5-11	175	L/-	1	March 26, 1955
	Ralph Backstrom	ca CA	C	39	5-10	165	L/-	3	September 18, 1937
	Danny Bolduc	us US	RW	23	5-9	180	L/-	1	April 6, 1953
	Ron Busniuk	ca CA	RW	28	5-11	180	R/-	2	August 13, 1948
	Bill Butters	us US	D	26	5-10	185	R/-	2	January 10, 1951
	Brett Callighen	ca CA	RW	23	5-11	182	L/-	R	May 15, 1953
	Jack Carlson	us US	LW	22	6-3	205	L/-	2	August 23, 1954
	Steve Carlson	us US	C	21	6-3	180	L/-	1	August 26, 1955
	Ron Climie	ca CA	LW	26	5-11	185	L/-	4	March 5, 1950
	Tom Earl	ca CA	RW	29	6-0	172	R/-	4	June 10, 1947
	Al Hangsleben	us US	D	23	6-1	195	L/-	2	February 22, 1953
	Dave Hanson	us US	D	22	6-0	190	L/-	R	April 12, 1954
	Dave Hynes	us US	LW	25	5-9	182	L/-	R	April 17, 1951
14	Dave Keon	ca CA	C	36	5-9	165	L/-	1	March 22, 1940
	Bruce Landon	ca CA	G	27	5-10	175	-/L	4	October 5, 1949
	Rick Ley	ca CA	D	28	5-9	190	L/-	4	November 2, 1948
	George Lyle	ca CA	LW	23	6-2	205	L/-	R	November 24, 1953
	Gary MacGregor	ca CA	C	22	5-9	170	L/-	2	September 21, 1954
	John McKenzie	ca CA	RW	39	5-9	175	R/-	4	December 12, 1937
	Rosaire Paiement	ca CA	C	31	5-11	170	R/-	4	August 12, 1945
	Larry Pleau	us US	LW	30	6-1	190	L/-	4	January 29, 1947
	Cap Raeder	us US	G	23	6-0	175	-/R	1	October 8, 1953
	Doug Roberts	us US	D	34	6-2	212	R/-	1	October 28, 1942
	Gordie Roberts	us US	D	19	6-1	195	L/-	1	October 2, 1957
	Mike Rogers	ca CA	C	22	5-9	170	L/-	2	October 24, 1954
	Brad Selwood	ca CA	D	28	6-1	200	L/-	4	March 18, 1948
	Dale Smedsmo	us US	LW	25	6-1	195	L/-	1	April 23, 1951
	Garry Swain	ca CA	C	29	5-8	164	L/-	2	September 11, 1947
	Jim Troy	us US	RW	24	6-2	200	R/-	1	January 21, 1953
	Tom Webster	ca CA	RW	28	5-10	170	R/-	4	October 4, 1948

Standard Stats

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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	Tom Webster	28	RW	70	36	49	85	18	43	25	11	0	5	188	19.1
2	Mike Rogers	22	C	78	25	57	82	11	10	19	6	0	4	212	11.8
3	George Lyle	23	LW	75	39	33	72	30	62	27	12	0	2	229	17.0			Kaplan-1
4	Ralph Backstrom	39	C	77	17	31	48	1	30	17	0	0		162	10.5
5	Gordie Roberts	19	D	77	13	33	46	16	169	11	2	0		199	6.5
6	Dave Keon	36	C	34	14	25	39	13	8	8	5	1		107	13.1			Deneau-1
7	Larry Pleau	30	LW	78	11	21	32	-17	22	11	0	0		146	7.5
8	Thommy Abrahamsson	29	D	64	6	24	30	6	33	6	0	0		174	3.4
9	John McKenzie	39	RW	34	11	19	30	10	25	8	0	3		63	17.5
10	Tom Earl	29	RW	54	9	14	23	-7	37	8	0	1		69	13.0
11	Rick Ley	28	D	55	2	21	23	-6	102	2	0	0		98	2.0
12	Al Hangsleben	23	D	74	13	9	22	-24	79	13	0	0		118	11.0
13	Danny Arndt	21	LW	46	8	14	22	-13	11	7	1	0		87	9.2
14	Mike Antonovich	25	C	26	12	9	21	11	10	11	1	0		83	14.5
15	Doug Roberts	34	D	64	3	18	21	-6	33	3	0	0		107	2.8
16	Brett Callighen	23	RW	33	6	10	16	-1	41	5	1	0		49	12.2
17	Brad Selwood	28	D	41	4	12	16	-8	71	2	2	0		60	6.7
18	Gary MacGregor	22	C	30	8	8	16	-14	4	5	3	0		67	11.9
19	Steve Carlson	21	C	31	4	9	13	0	40	4	0	0		51	7.8
20	Jack Carlson	22	LW	35	7	5	12	-2	81	7	0	0		46	15.2
21	Danny Bolduc	23	RW	33	8	3	11	-13	15	8	0	0		57	14.0
22	Ron Busniuk	28	RW	55	1	9	10	-10	141	1	0	0		78	1.3
23	Dave Hynes	25	LW	22	5	4	9	5	4	4	0	1		41	12.2
24	Bill Butters	26	D	26	1	8	9	13	65	1	0	0		38	2.6
25	Rosaire Paiement	31	C	13	5	2	7	2	12	4	1	0		32	15.6
26	Garry Swain	29	C	26	5	2	7	-6	6	2	1	2		30	16.7
27	Dale Smedsmo	25	LW	15	2	0	2	-6	54	1	1	0		12	16.7
28	Christer Abrahamsson	29	G	45	0	1	1	0	12	0	0	0	0	0		2484:00
29	Bruce Landon	27	G	23	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0		1118:00
30	Cap Raeder	23	G	26	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		1328:00
31	Dave Hanson	22	D	1	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0
32	Ron Climie	26	LW	3	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
33	Jim Troy	24	RW	7	0	0	0	-3	7	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
	Team Totals			81	275	450	725	-1	1242	220	47	8	11	2611	10.5	4930:00

Standard Stats Table
					Scoring					Goals
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EVG	PPG	SHG	GWG	Awards
1	Mike Antonovich	25	C	5	2	2	4	5	4				0
2	Gordie Roberts	19		5	2	2	4	-2	4				0
3	Rick Ley	28	D	5	0	4	4	1	4	0	0	0	0
4	Dave Keon	36	C	5	3	1	4	4	0				0
5	Thommy Abrahamsson	29	D	5	0	3	3	-3	0	0	0	0	0
6	John McKenzie	39	RW	5	2	1	3	4	8				0
7	Tom Webster	28	RW	5	1	1	2	-5	0				0
8	Mike Rogers	22	C	5	1	1	2	-4	2				0
9	Jack Carlson	22	LW	5	1	1	2	-2	9				0
10	Bruce Landon	27	G	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	George Lyle	23	LW	5	1	0	1	-4	4				1
12	Larry Pleau	30	LW	5	1	0	1	-4	0				0
13	Bill Butters	26	D	5	0	1	1	-1	15	0	0	0	0
14	Al Hangsleben	23	D	4	0	0	0	-1	9	0	0	0	0
15	Dave Hanson	22	D	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0
16	Tom Earl	29	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	Steve Carlson	21	C	5	0	0	0	-2	9	0	0	0	0
18	Cap Raeder	23	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	Doug Roberts	34	D	2	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0
20	Ralph Backstrom	39	C	3	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0
21	Brad Selwood	28	D	5	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0
22	Garry Swain	29	C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Christer Abrahamsson	29	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Team Totals			5	14	18	32	-17	70	0	0	0	1

Goalie Stats

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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	Christer Abrahamsson	29	45	15	22	4	159	1279	3.84	0	2484:00	0	1	1	12
2	Cap Raeder	23	26	12	10	1	69	632	3.12	2	1328:00	0	0	0	2
3	Bruce Landon	27	23	8	8	1	59	511	3.17	1	1118:00	0	0	0	4
	Team Totals		81	35	40	6	287	2422	3.49	3	4930:00	0	1	1	18

Goalie Stats Table
			Goalie Stats								Scoring
Rk	Player	Age	GP	GA	Shots	SV	SV%	SO	MIN	GSAA	G	A	PTS	PIM	Awards
1	Bruce Landon	27	3	11	75	64	.853	0		-2.8	0	1	1	0
2	Christer Abrahamsson	29	2	5	51	46	.902	0		0.6	0	0	0	0
3	Cap Raeder	23	1	7	34	27	.794	0		-3.3	0	0	0	0
	Team Totals		5	23	160	137	.856	0		-5.5	0	1	1	0

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Miscellaneous Stats

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Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	+/-	Awards
1	Tom Webster	28	RW	70	18
2	Mike Rogers	22	C	78	11
3	George Lyle	23	LW	75	30	Kaplan-1
4	Ralph Backstrom	39	C	77	1
5	Gordie Roberts	19	D	77	16
6	Dave Keon	36	C	34	13	Deneau-1
7	Larry Pleau	30	LW	78	-17
8	John McKenzie	39	RW	34	10
9	Thommy Abrahamsson	29	D	64	6
10	Tom Earl	29	RW	54	-7
11	Rick Ley	28	D	55	-6
12	Danny Arndt	21	LW	46	-13
13	Al Hangsleben	23	D	74	-24
14	Mike Antonovich	25	C	26	11
15	Doug Roberts	34	D	64	-6
16	Gary MacGregor	22	C	30	-14
17	Brad Selwood	28	D	41	-8
18	Brett Callighen	23	RW	33	-1
19	Steve Carlson	21	C	31	0
20	Jack Carlson	22	LW	35	-2
21	Danny Bolduc	23	RW	33	-13
22	Ron Busniuk	28	RW	55	-10
23	Bill Butters	26	D	26	13
24	Dave Hynes	25	LW	22	5
25	Rosaire Paiement	31	C	13	2
26	Garry Swain	29	C	26	-6
27	Dale Smedsmo	25	LW	15	-6
28	Dave Hanson	22	D	1	0
29	Ron Climie	26	LW	3	-1
30	Jim Troy	24	RW	7	-3
	Team Totals			81	-1