1976–77 Winnipeg Jets season

1976–77 Winnipeg Jets (1972–96)
Division 2nd West
1976–77 record 46–32–2
Goals for 366
Goals against 291
Team information
General Manager Rudy Pilous
Coach Bobby Kromm
Captain Lars-Erik Sjoberg

The 1976–77 Winnipeg Jets season was the Jets' fifth season of operation in the World Hockey Association (WHA). The Jets, the defending WHA champions, made it to the Avco Cup final before losing to the Quebec Nordiques.

Regular season

Final standings

Western Division
GP W L T GF GA PTS
Houston Aeros8050246320241106
Winnipeg Jets804632236629194
San Diego Mariners814037428428385
Edmonton Oilers813443424330472
Calgary Cowboys813143725229669
Phoenix Roadrunners802848428138360

Schedule and results

No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1WOctober 8, 19764–1Calgary Cowboys (1976–77)1–0–0
2WOctober 10, 19765–2New England Whalers (1976–77)2–0–0
3WOctober 15, 19766–1@ Edmonton Oilers (1976–77)3–0–0
4LOctober 16, 19764–6@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77)3–1–0
5LOctober 17, 19761–3@ San Diego Mariners (1976–77)3–2–0
6WOctober 19, 19766–1Indianapolis Racers (1976–77)4–2–0
7LOctober 22, 19763–4 OTPhoenix Roadrunners (1976–77)4–3–0
8WOctober 24, 19767–1Birmingham Bulls (1976–77)5–3–0
9WOctober 29, 197611–3Edmonton Oilers (1976–77)6–3–0
10WOctober 31, 19766–4San Diego Mariners (1976–77)7–3–0
11LNovember 2, 19761–3Houston Aeros (1976–77)7–4–0
12WNovember 5, 19769–2Minnesota Fighting Saints (1976–77)8–4–0
13LNovember 6, 19763–7@ Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77)8–5–0
14WNovember 7, 19765–2Edmonton Oilers (1976–77)9–5–0
15WNovember 9, 19765–4 OTNew England Whalers (1976–77)10–5–0
16LNovember 11, 19765–7@ Calgary Cowboys (1976–77)10–6–0
17WNovember 14, 19762–0@ Calgary Cowboys (1976–77)11–6–0
18WNovember 16, 19768–4Quebec Nordiques (1976–77)12–6–0
19WNovember 19, 19767–3@ New England Whalers (1976–77)13–6–0
20LNovember 20, 19764–8@ Indianapolis Racers (1976–77)13–7–0
21LNovember 21, 19762–4Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77)13–8–0
22LNovember 23, 19764–7@ Quebec Nordiques (1976–77)13–9–0
23TNovember 26, 19761–1@ Houston Aeros (1976–77)13–9–1
24LNovember 28, 19763–5Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77)13–10–1
25WNovember 30, 19768–2San Diego Mariners (1976–77)14–10–1
26WDecember 3, 19764–3@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1976–77)15–10–1
27WDecember 4, 19766–2@ New England Whalers (1976–77)16–10–1
28LDecember 5, 19764–6@ Quebec Nordiques (1976–77)16–11–1
29WDecember 7, 19764–2Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77)17–11–1
30WDecember 8, 19764–2@ Calgary Cowboys (1976–77)18–11–1
31LDecember 10, 19763–5Birmingham Bulls (1976–77)18–12–1
32LDecember 26, 19763–12Quebec Nordiques (1976–77)18–13–1
33LDecember 28, 19763–6@ Houston Aeros (1976–77)18–14–1
34LDecember 30, 19763–4@ San Diego Mariners (1976–77)18–15–1
35WJanuary 2, 19775–2Houston Aeros (1976–77)19–15–1
36WJanuary 4, 19772–1Indianapolis Racers (1976–77)20–15–1
37WJanuary 9, 19774–1Birmingham Bulls (1976–77)21–15–1
38WJanuary 11, 19779–2Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77)22–15–1
39WJanuary 14, 19775–3@ Calgary Cowboys (1976–77)23–15–1
40LJanuary 16, 19774–6Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77)23–16–1
41WJanuary 21, 19776–5 OTCincinnati Stingers (1976–77)24–16–1
42WJanuary 23, 197710–5Calgary Cowboys (1976–77)25–16–1
43LJanuary 25, 19772–5@ Houston Aeros (1976–77)25–17–1
44LJanuary 27, 19770–3@ Birmingham Bulls (1976–77)25–18–1
45LJanuary 29, 19773–5@ San Diego Mariners (1976–77)25–19–1
46LJanuary 30, 19775–8@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77)25–20–1
47WFebruary 1, 197711–1@ Edmonton Oilers (1976–77)26–20–1
48WFebruary 4, 19778–2San Diego Mariners (1976–77)27–20–1
49WFebruary 6, 19776–4Calgary Cowboys (1976–77)28–20–1
50WFebruary 8, 19777–2@ Quebec Nordiques (1976–77)29–20–1
51LFebruary 10, 19773–6@ New England Whalers (1976–77)29–21–1
52LFebruary 11, 19770–4@ Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77)29–22–1
53WFebruary 13, 19777–5@ Indianapolis Racers (1976–77)30–22–1
54TFebruary 15, 19772–2Calgary Cowboys (1976–77)30–22–2
55WFebruary 17, 19774–2Indianapolis Racers (1976–77)31–22–2
56LFebruary 18, 19772–3@ Edmonton Oilers (1976–77)31–23–2
57WFebruary 20, 19774–2Edmonton Oilers (1976–77)32–23–2
58WFebruary 22, 19773–2Houston Aeros (1976–77)33–23–2
59LFebruary 23, 19773–6@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77)33–24–2
60WFebruary 26, 19778–6@ Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77)34–24–2
61LFebruary 27, 19772–3New England Whalers (1976–77)34–25–2
62LMarch 1, 19771–6@ Calgary Cowboys (1976–77)34–26–2
63WMarch 2, 19774–3 OTQuebec Nordiques (1976–77)35–26–2
64LMarch 3, 19774–5@ Edmonton Oilers (1976–77)35–27–2
65LMarch 5, 19771–4@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77)35–28–2
66WMarch 8, 19775–0San Diego Mariners (1976–77)36–28–2
67WMarch 11, 19774–1Calgary Cowboys (1976–77)37–28–2
68WMarch 13, 19779–3Edmonton Oilers (1976–77)38–28–2
69WMarch 15, 19777–0Edmonton Oilers (1976–77)39–28–2
70LMarch 17, 19773–4@ Edmonton Oilers (1976–77)39–29–2
71WMarch 18, 19777–5@ Indianapolis Racers (1976–77)40–29–2
72WMarch 20, 19774–3 OT@ Birmingham Bulls (1976–77)41–29–2
73WMarch 22, 19778–3Edmonton Oilers (1976–77)42–29–2
74WMarch 27, 19775–3@ Houston Aeros (1976–77)43–29–2
75LMarch 29, 19772–5Houston Aeros (1976–77)43–30–2
76LMarch 31, 19773–4@ San Diego Mariners (1976–77)43–31–2
77WApril 2, 19776–5@ Birmingham Bulls (1976–77)44–31–2
78WApril 3, 19776–4Calgary Cowboys (1976–77)45–31–2
79LApril 4, 19772–6@ Edmonton Oilers (1976–77)45–32–2
80WApril 7, 19776–4@ Calgary Cowboys (1976–77)46–32–2

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Playoffs

The Jets lost in the Avco Cup Finals.

Winnipeg Jets 4, San Diego Mariners 3

#DateVisitorScoreHomeRecord
1April 10San Diego Mariners1–5Winnipeg Jets1–0
2April 12San Diego Mariners1–4Winnipeg Jets2–0
3April 16Winnipeg Jets4–5San Diego Mariners2–1
4April 17Winnipeg Jets4–6San Diego Mariners2–2
5April 20San Diego Mariners0–3Winnipeg Jets2–3
6April 22Winnipeg Jets1–3San Diego Mariners3–3
7April 24San Diego Mariners3–7Winnipeg Jets3–4

Winnipeg Jets 4, Houston Aeros 2

#DateVisitorScoreHomeRecord
1April 26Winnipeg Jets4–3 OTHouston Aeros1–0
2April 28Winnipeg Jets2–7Houston Aeros1–1
3April 30Houston Aeros3–4Winnipeg Jets2–1
4May 1Houston Aeros4–6Winnipeg Jets3–1
5May 3Winnipeg Jets2–3Houston Aeros3–2
6May 5Houston Aeros3–6Winnipeg Jets4–2

Quebec Nordiques 4, Winnipeg Jets 3 – Avco Cup Finals

#DateVisitorScoreHomeRecord
1May 11Winnipeg Jets2–1Quebec Nordiques1–0
2May 15Winnipeg Jets1–6Quebec Nordiques1–1
3May 18Quebec Nordiques1–6Winnipeg Jets2–1
4May 20Quebec Nordiques4–2Winnipeg Jets2–2
5May 22Winnipeg Jets3–8Quebec Nordiques2–3
6May 24Quebec Nordiques3–12Winnipeg Jets3–3
7May 26Winnipeg Jets2–8Quebec Nordiques3–4

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Anders HedbergRW687061131484822010
Ulf NilssonC7139851248957836
Peter SullivanC783152831811603
Willy LindstromRW7944368037−21106
Veli-Pekka KetolaC6425295459−1360
Bobby HullLW34213253141670
Dan LabraatenLW6424275121−1180
Barry LongD719384754−140
Perry MillerD741431451242751
Bill LesukLW78142741852320
Lars-Erik SjobergD522384031911
Mats LindhC731417312−1312
Bobby GuindonLW6910172719−1230
Thommie BergmanD422242637300
Ted GreenD7042125451220
Lyle MoffatLW7413112490−720
Kent RuhnkeRW511111222−1200
Mike FordD2231417201400
Heikki RiihirantaD531161728−100
Dave DunnD4031114129−100
Danny LawsonRW1467132020
Ron WardC1447112−220
Fran HuckC1222410−100
Joe DaleyG6504460000
Jim ColeLW20110−1000
Curt LarssonG1901140000
Morris MottRW201151000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Joe Daley381865392322063.243
Curt Larsson101919790824.830
Team:483780463222883.573

Playoffs

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Anders HedbergRW20131629132
Ulf NilssonC2062127330
Dan LabraatenLW2071724151
Bobby HullLW201392222
Peter SullivanC207121922
Mike FordD2031316120
Willy LindstromRW209615221
Perry MillerD204610270
Mats LindhC2027921
Dave DunnD20448231
Bobby GuindonLW2044891
Danny LawsonRW1324660
Barry LongD20156100
Lars-Erik SjobergD2006622000
Ted GreenD20134120
Bill LesukLW18213220
Lyle MoffatLW1720260
Fran HuckC70226000
Joe DaleyG200110000
Curt LarssonG10000000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Joe Daley118620119713.591
Curt Larsson2010013.000
Team:120620119723.581

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Note:
Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

See also

References

  1. ↑ "1976–77 Winnipeg Jets Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-21.
  2. ↑ "1976-77 Winnipeg Jets Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-28.
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