1976–77 Winnipeg Jets season

NHA hockey team season March 2026 August 2023 WHA 1976–77 1976 Winnipeg Jets (1972–1996)Winnipeg Jets 46–32–2 30–9–1 16–23–1 West 2nd 366 291 Rudy Pilous Bobby Kromm Lars-Erik Sjoberg Ted GreenAnders Hedberg Winnipeg Arena Anders Hedberg (70) Ulf Nilsson (85) Anders Hedberg (131) Dave Dunn (129) Joe Daley (39) Joe Daley (3.24) 1975–76 1977–78 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. 2 Regular season Final standings Schedule and results background:#fff; border-top:#012169 5px solid; border-bottom:#C8102E 5px solid; 1976–77 regular season1976-77 Winnipeg Jets Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/WNJ/1977_games.html Hockey-Reference.com March 20, 2025 y background:#fff; border-top:#012169 2px solid; border-bottom:#C8102E 2px solid; October: 7–3–0, 14 points (home: 6–1–0; road: 1–2–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |1||W||October 8, 1976||4–1 || align="left"| Calgary Cowboys (1976–77) ||1–0–0 |- |2||W||October 10, 1976||5–2 || align="left"| New England Whalers (1976–77) ||2–0–0 |- |3||W||October 15, 1976||6–1 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1976–77) ||3–0–0 |- |4||L||October 16, 1976||4–6 || align="left"| @ Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77) ||3–1–0 |- |5||L||October 17, 1976||1–3 || align="left"| @ San Diego Mariners (1976–77) ||3–2–0 |- |6||W||October 19, 1976||6–1 || align="left"| Indianapolis Racers (1976–77) ||4–2–0 |- |7||L||October 22, 1976||3–4 OT|| align="left"| Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77) ||4–3–0 |- |8||W||October 24, 1976||7–1 || align="left"| Birmingham Bulls (1976–77) ||5–3–0 |- |9||W||October 29, 1976||11–3 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1976–77) ||6–3–0 |- |10||W||October 31, 1976||6–4 || align="left"| San Diego Mariners (1976–77) ||7–3–0 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#012169 2px solid; border-bottom:#C8102E 2px solid; November: 7–7–1, 15 points (home: 5–3–0; road: 2–4–1) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |11||L||November 2, 1976||1–3 || align="left"| Houston Aeros (1976–77) ||7–4–0 |- |12||W||November 5, 1976||9–2 || align="left"| Minnesota Fighting Saints (1976–77) ||8–4–0 |- |13||L||November 6, 1976||3–7 || align="left"| @ Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77) ||8–5–0 |- |14||W||November 7, 1976||5–2 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1976–77) ||9–5–0 |- |15||W||November 9, 1976||5–4 OT|| align="left"| New England Whalers (1976–77) ||10–5–0 |- |16||L||November 11, 1976||5–7 || align="left"| @ Calgary Cowboys (1976–77) ||10–6–0 |- |17||W||November 14, 1976||2–0 || align="left"| @ Calgary Cowboys (1976–77) ||11–6–0 |- |18||W||November 16, 1976||8–4 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1976–77) ||12–6–0 |- |19||W||November 19, 1976||7–3 || align="left"| @ New England Whalers (1976–77) ||13–6–0 |- |20||L||November 20, 1976||4–8 || align="left"| @ Indianapolis Racers (1976–77) ||13–7–0 |- |21||L||November 21, 1976||2–4 || align="left"| Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77) ||13–8–0 |- |22||L||November 23, 1976||4–7 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1976–77) ||13–9–0 |- |23||T||November 26, 1976||1–1 || align="left"| @ Houston Aeros (1976–77) ||13–9–1 |- |24||L||November 28, 1976||3–5 || align="left"| Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77) ||13–10–1 |- |25||W||November 30, 1976||8–2 || align="left"| San Diego Mariners (1976–77) ||14–10–1 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#012169 2px solid; border-bottom:#C8102E 2px solid; December: 4–5–0, 8 points (home: 1–2–0; road: 3–3–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |26||W||December 3, 1976||4–3 || align="left"| @ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1976–77) ||15–10–1 |- |27||W||December 4, 1976||6–2 || align="left"| @ New England Whalers (1976–77) ||16–10–1 |- |28||L||December 5, 1976||4–6 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1976–77) ||16–11–1 |- |29||W||December 7, 1976||4–2 || align="left"| Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77) ||17–11–1 |- |30||W||December 8, 1976||4–2 || align="left"| @ Calgary Cowboys (1976–77) ||18–11–1 |- |31||L||December 10, 1976||3–5 || align="left"| Birmingham Bulls (1976–77) ||18–12–1 |- |32||L||December 26, 1976||3–12 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1976–77) ||18–13–1 |- |33||L||December 28, 1976||3–6 || align="left"| @ Houston Aeros (1976–77) ||18–14–1 |- |34||L||December 30, 1976||3–4 || align="left"| @ San Diego Mariners (1976–77) ||18–15–1 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#012169 2px solid; border-bottom:#C8102E 2px solid; January: 7–5–0, 14 points (home: 6–1–0; road: 1–4–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |35||W||January 2, 1977||5–2 || align="left"| Houston Aeros (1976–77) ||19–15–1 |- |36||W||January 4, 1977||2–1 || align="left"| Indianapolis Racers (1976–77) ||20–15–1 |- |37||W||January 9, 1977||4–1 || align="left"| Birmingham Bulls (1976–77) ||21–15–1 |- |38||W||January 11, 1977||9–2 || align="left"| Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77) ||22–15–1 |- |39||W||January 14, 1977||5–3 || align="left"| @ Calgary Cowboys (1976–77) ||23–15–1 |- |40||L||January 16, 1977||4–6 || align="left"| Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77) ||23–16–1 |- |41||W||January 21, 1977||6–5 OT|| align="left"| Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77) ||24–16–1 |- |42||W||January 23, 1977||10–5 || align="left"| Calgary Cowboys (1976–77) ||25–16–1 |- |43||L||January 25, 1977||2–5 || align="left"| @ Houston Aeros (1976–77) ||25–17–1 |- |44||L||January 27, 1977||0–3 || align="left"| @ Birmingham Bulls (1976–77) ||25–18–1 |- |45||L||January 29, 1977||3–5 || align="left"| @ San Diego Mariners (1976–77) ||25–19–1 |- |46||L||January 30, 1977||5–8 || align="left"| @ Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77) ||25–20–1 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#012169 2px solid; border-bottom:#C8102E 2px solid; February: 9–5–1, 19 points (home: 5–1–1; road: 4–4–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |47||W||February 1, 1977||11–1 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1976–77) ||26–20–1 |- |48||W||February 4, 1977||8–2 || align="left"| San Diego Mariners (1976–77) ||27–20–1 |- |49||W||February 6, 1977||6–4 || align="left"| Calgary Cowboys (1976–77) ||28–20–1 |- |50||W||February 8, 1977||7–2 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1976–77) ||29–20–1 |- |51||L||February 10, 1977||3–6 || align="left"| @ New England Whalers (1976–77) ||29–21–1 |- |52||L||February 11, 1977||0–4 || align="left"| @ Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77) ||29–22–1 |- |53||W||February 13, 1977||7–5 || align="left"| @ Indianapolis Racers (1976–77) ||30–22–1 |- |54||T||February 15, 1977||2–2 || align="left"| Calgary Cowboys (1976–77) ||30–22–2 |- |55||W||February 17, 1977||4–2 || align="left"| Indianapolis Racers (1976–77) ||31–22–2 |- |56||L||February 18, 1977||2–3 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1976–77) ||31–23–2 |- |57||W||February 20, 1977||4–2 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1976–77) ||32–23–2 |- |58||W||February 22, 1977||3–2 || align="left"| Houston Aeros (1976–77) ||33–23–2 |- |59||L||February 23, 1977||3–6 || align="left"| @ Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77) ||33–24–2 |- |60||W||February 26, 1977||8–6 || align="left"| @ Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77) ||34–24–2 |- |61||L||February 27, 1977||2–3 || align="left"| New England Whalers (1976–77) ||34–25–2 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#012169 2px solid; border-bottom:#C8102E 2px solid; March: 9–6–0, 18 points (home: 6–1–0; road: 3–5–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |62||L||March 1, 1977||1–6 || align="left"| @ Calgary Cowboys (1976–77) ||34–26–2 |- |63||W||March 2, 1977||4–3 OT|| align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1976–77) ||35–26–2 |- |64||L||March 3, 1977||4–5 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1976–77) ||35–27–2 |- |65||L||March 5, 1977||1–4 || align="left"| @ Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77) ||35–28–2 |- |66||W||March 8, 1977||5–0 || align="left"| San Diego Mariners (1976–77) ||36–28–2 |- |67||W||March 11, 1977||4–1 || align="left"| Calgary Cowboys (1976–77) ||37–28–2 |- |68||W||March 13, 1977||9–3 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1976–77) ||38–28–2 |- |69||W||March 15, 1977||7–0 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1976–77) ||39–28–2 |- |70||L||March 17, 1977||3–4 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1976–77) ||39–29–2 |- |71||W||March 18, 1977||7–5 || align="left"| @ Indianapolis Racers (1976–77) ||40–29–2 |- |72||W||March 20, 1977||4–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Birmingham Bulls (1976–77) ||41–29–2 |- |73||W||March 22, 1977||8–3 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1976–77) ||42–29–2 |- |74||W||March 27, 1977||5–3 || align="left"| @ Houston Aeros (1976–77) ||43–29–2 |- |75||L||March 29, 1977||2–5 || align="left"| Houston Aeros (1976–77) ||43–30–2 |- |76||L||March 31, 1977||3–4 || align="left"| @ San Diego Mariners (1976–77) ||43–31–2 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#012169 2px solid; border-bottom:#C8102E 2px solid; April: 3–1–0, 6 points (home: 1–0–0; road: 2–1–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |77||W||April 2, 1977||6–5 || align="left"| @ Birmingham Bulls (1976–77) ||44–31–2 |- |78||W||April 3, 1977||6–4 || align="left"| Calgary Cowboys (1976–77) ||45–31–2 |- |79||L||April 4, 1977||2–6 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1976–77) ||45–32–2 |- |80||W||April 7, 1977||6–4 || align="left"| @ Calgary Cowboys (1976–77) ||46–32–2 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win (2 points) 1px solid black #fcc Loss (0 points) 1px solid black #ffc Tie (1 point) 1px solid black Playoffs The Jets lost in the Avco Cup Finals. background:#fff; border-top:#012169 5px solid; border-bottom:#C8102E 5px solid; 1977 Avco Cup playoffs y background:#fff; border-top:#012169 2px solid; border-bottom:#C8102E 2px solid; Quarterfinals vs. (W2) San Diego Mariners – Jets win 4–3 Game Date Visitor Score Home Series |- | 1 || April 10 || San Diego Mariners || 1–5 || Winnipeg Jets || 1–0 |- | 2 || April 12 || San Diego Mariners || 1–4 || Winnipeg Jets || 2–0 |- | 3 || April 16 || Winnipeg Jets || 4–5 || San Diego Mariners || 2–1 |- | 4 || April 17 || Winnipeg Jets || 4–6 || San Diego Mariners || 2–2 |- | 5 || April 20 || San Diego Mariners || 0–3 || Winnipeg Jets || 3–2 |- | 6 || April 22 || Winnipeg Jets || 1–3 || San Diego Mariners || 3–3 |- | 7 || April 24 || San Diego Mariners || 3–7 || Winnipeg Jets || 4–3 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#012169 2px solid; border-bottom:#C8102E 2px solid; Semifinals vs. (W1) Houston Aeros – Jets win 4–2 Game Date Visitor Score Home Series |- | 1 || April 26 || Winnipeg Jets || 4–3 OT || Houston Aeros || 1–0 |- | 2 || April 28 || Winnipeg Jets || 2–7 || Houston Aeros || 1–1 |- | 3 || April 30 || Houston Aeros || 3–4 || Winnipeg Jets || 2–1 |- | 4 || May 1 || Houston Aeros || 4–6 || Winnipeg Jets || 3–1 |- | 5 || May 3 || Winnipeg Jets || 2–3 || Houston Aeros || 3–2 |- | 6 || May 5 || Houston Aeros || 3–6 || Winnipeg Jets || 4–2 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#012169 2px solid; border-bottom:#C8102E 2px solid; Avco Cup Finals vs. (E1) Quebec Nordiques – Nordiques win 4–3 Game Date Visitor Score Home Series |- | 1 || May 11 || Winnipeg Jets || 2–1 || Quebec Nordiques || 1–0 |- | 2 || May 15 || Winnipeg Jets || 1–6 || Quebec Nordiques || 1–1 |- | 3 || May 18 || Quebec Nordiques || 1–6 || Winnipeg Jets || 2–1 |- | 4 || May 20 || Quebec Nordiques || 4–2 || Winnipeg Jets || 2–2 |- | 5 || May 22 || Winnipeg Jets || 3–8 || Quebec Nordiques || 2–3 |- | 6 || May 24 || Quebec Nordiques || 3–12 || Winnipeg Jets || 3–3 |- | 7 || May 26 || Winnipeg Jets || 2–8 || Quebec Nordiques || 3–4 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win 1px solid black #fcc Loss 1px solid black Player statistics Regular season Scoring + Regular seasonStandard Stats https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/WNJ/1977.html Hockey Reference Player Pos Position GP Games played G Goals A Assists Pts Points PIM Penalty minutes +/- Plus/Minus PPG Power Play Goals SHG Short-handed Goals GWG Game-winning Goals Anders Hedberg RW 68 70 61 131 484822010 Ulf Nilsson Ulf Nilsson (ice hockey) C 71 39 85 124 8957836 Peter Sullivan Peter Sullivan (ice hockey) C 78 31 52 83 1811603 Willy Lindstrom RW 79 44 36 80 37−21106 Veli-Pekka Ketola C 64 25 29 54 59−1360 Bobby Hull LW 34 21 32 53 141670 Dan Labraaten LW 64 24 27 51 21−1180 Barry Long Barry Long (ice hockey) D 71 9 38 47 54−140 Perry Miller Perry Miller (ice hockey) D 74 14 31 45 1242751 Bill Lesuk LW 78 14 27 41 852320 Lars-Erik Sjoberg D 52 2 38 40 31911 Mats Lindh C 73 14 17 31 2−1312 Bobby Guindon Bobby Guindon (ice hockey) LW 69 10 17 27 19−1230 Thommie Bergman D 42 2 24 26 37300 Ted Green D 70 4 21 25 451220 Lyle Moffat LW 74 13 11 24 90−720 Kent Ruhnke RW 51 11 11 22 2−1200 Mike Ford Mike Ford (ice hockey) D 22 3 14 17 201400 Heikki Riihiranta D 53 1 16 17 28−100 Dave Dunn D 40 3 11 14 129−100 Danny Lawson RW 14 6 7 13 2020 Ron Ward ice hockey C 14 4 7 11 2−220 Fran Huck C 12 2 2 4 10−100 Joe Daley Joe Daley (ice hockey) G 65 0 4 4 60000 Jim Cole Jim Cole (ice hockey) LW 2 0 1 1 0−1000 Curt Larsson G 19 0 1 1 40000 Morris Mott RW 2 0 1 1 51000 Goaltending Player MIN Minutes GP Games played W Wins L Losses T Ties GA Goals Allowed GAA Goals Against Average SO Shutouts Joe Daley Joe Daley (ice hockey) 3818 65 39 23 2 206 3.24 3 Curt Larsson 1019 19 7 9 0 82 4.83 0 Team: 4837 80 46 32 2 288 3.57 3 Playoffs Scoring Player Pos Position GP Games played G Goals A Assists Pts Points PIM Penalty minutes GWG Game-winning goals Anders Hedberg RW 20 13 16 29 132 Ulf Nilsson Ulf Nilsson (ice hockey) C 20 6 21 27 330 Dan Labraaten LW 20 7 17 24 151 Bobby Hull LW 20 13 9 22 22 Peter Sullivan Peter Sullivan (ice hockey) C 20 7 12 19 22 Mike Ford Mike Ford (ice hockey) D 20 3 13 16 120 Willy Lindstrom RW 20 9 6 15 221 Perry Miller Perry Miller (ice hockey) D 20 4 6 10 270 Mats Lindh C 20 2 7 9 21 Dave Dunn D 20 4 4 8 231 Bobby Guindon Bobby Guindon (ice hockey) LW 20 4 4 8 91 Danny Lawson RW 13 2 4 6 60 Barry Long Barry Long (ice hockey) D 20 1 5 6 100 Lars-Erik Sjoberg D 20 0 6 6 220 Ted Green D 20 1 3 4 120 Bill Lesuk LW 18 2 1 3 220 Lyle Moffat LW 17 2 0 2 60 Fran Huck C 7 0 2 2 60 Joe Daley Joe Daley (ice hockey) G 20 0 1 1 00 Curt Larsson G 1 0 0 0 00 Goaltending Player MIN Minutes GP Games played W Wins L Losses GA Goals Allowed GAA Goals Against Average SO Shutouts Joe Daley Joe Daley (ice hockey) 1186 20 11 9 71 3.59 1 Curt Larsson 20 1 0 0 1 3.00 0 Team: 1206 20 11 9 72 3.58 1 hockey-reference.com 2009-05-28 1976-77 Winnipeg Jets Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/WNJ/1977.html Draft picks Winnipeg's draft picks at the 1976 WHA Amateur Draft.http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/wha1976a.html 1976 WHA Amateur Draft hockeyDB.com December 19, 2018 Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)19Thomas Gradin (F)SwedenMoDo AIK (Elitserien)217Clayton Pachal (C)CanadaNew Westminster Bruins (WCHL)220Tom Rowe (RW)United StatesLondon Knights (OHA)333Steve Clippingdale (LW)CanadaNew Westminster Bruins (WCHL)445Goran Lindblom (D)SwedenSkelleftea AIK (Elitserien)557Doug Johnston (D)CanadaLethbridge Broncos (WCHL)669Fred Berry (C)CanadaNew Westminster Bruins (WCHL)781Greg Craig (C)CanadaSt. Catharines Black Hawks (OHA)892Brian Granfield (D)CanadaBrandon Wheat Kings (WCHL)9103Anders Hakansson (F)SwedenAIK IF (Elitserien)10115Jorgen Pettersson (F)SwedenVastra Frolunda (Elitserien) See also 1976–77 WHA season References Category:Winnipeg Jets (1972–1996) seasons Winn Winn Category:1976 in Manitoba Category:1977 in Manitoba Category:1970s in Winnipeg