1976–77 Edmonton Oilers season

WHA hockey team season March 2026 August 2023 WHA 1976–77 1976 Edmonton Oilers Western 4th 34–43–4 24–15–3 10–28–1 243 304 Bep Guidolin Bep Guidolin (25–36–2)Glen Sather (9–7–2) Glen Sather (Oct–Mar)Vacant (Mar–Apr) Doug BarrieRon Busniuk Northlands Coliseum Bill Flett (34) Bryan Campbell (42) Bill Flett (54)Bryan Campbell (54) Bill Flett (+7) Frank Beaton (274) Ken Broderick (18) Dave Dryden (3.26) Baltimore Clippers (SHL) The 1976–77 Edmonton Oilers season was the Oilers' fifth season of operation. The Oilers placed fourth to qualify for the playoffs, losing in the first round.2 Regular season Final standings EDM Schedule and results background:#fff; border-top:#012169 5px solid; border-bottom:#FF6720 5px solid; 1976–77 regular season1976-77 Edmonton Oilers Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/EDO/1977_games.html Hockey-Reference.com March 21, 2025 y background:#fff; border-top:#012169 2px solid; border-bottom:#FF6720 2px solid; October Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |1||W||October 8, 1976||2–0 || align="left"| New England Whalers (1976–77) ||1–0–0 |- |2||L||October 15, 1976||1–6 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1976–77) ||1–1–0 |- |3||W||October 17, 1976||7–2 || align="left"| Indianapolis Racers (1976–77) ||2–1–0 |- |4||W||October 19, 1976||5–4 OT|| align="left"| Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77) ||3–1–0 |- |5||L||October 24, 1976||3–5 || align="left"| Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77) ||3–2–0 |- |6||L||October 26, 1976||1–3 || align="left"| @ Houston Aeros (1976–77) ||3–3–0 |- |7||W||October 28, 1976||4–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Birmingham Bulls (1976–77) ||4–3–0 |- |8||L||October 29, 1976||3–11 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1976–77) ||4–4–0 |- |9||L||October 31, 1976||0–4 || align="left"| Houston Aeros (1976–77) ||4–5–0 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#012169 2px solid; border-bottom:#FF6720 2px solid; November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |10||W||November 3, 1976||4–2 || align="left"| Minnesota Fighting Saints (1976–77) ||5–5–0 |- |11||L||November 4, 1976||2–4 || align="left"| @ Calgary Cowboys (1976–77) ||5–6–0 |- |12||L||November 5, 1976||3–4 || align="left"| New England Whalers (1976–77) ||5–7–0 |- |13||L||November 7, 1976||2–5 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1976–77) ||5–8–0 |- |14||L||November 10, 1976||2–4 || align="left"| @ Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77) ||5–9–0 |- |15||W||November 13, 1976||3–2 || align="left"| @ Birmingham Bulls (1976–77) ||6–9–0 |- |16||L||November 16, 1976||2–5 || align="left"| @ Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77) ||6–10–0 |- |17||L||November 17, 1976||2–4 || align="left"| @ San Diego Mariners (1976–77) ||6–11–0 |- |18||W||November 19, 1976||4–3 OT|| align="left"| Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77) ||7–11–0 |- |19||W||November 21, 1976||6–5 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1976–77) ||8–11–0 |- |20||L||November 23, 1976||3–5 || align="left"| @ Houston Aeros (1976–77) ||8–12–0 |- |21||L||November 24, 1976||2–4 || align="left"| @ San Diego Mariners (1976–77) ||8–13–0 |- |22||L||November 26, 1976||2–4 || align="left"| @ Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77) ||8–14–0 |- |23||W||November 28, 1976||4–0 || align="left"| San Diego Mariners (1976–77) ||9–14–0 |- |24||W||November 30, 1976||3–2 OT|| align="left"| Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77) ||10–14–0 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#012169 2px solid; border-bottom:#FF6720 2px solid; December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |25||W||December 2, 1976||4–3 || align="left"| @ Birmingham Bulls (1976–77) ||11–14–0 |- |26||T||December 3, 1976||0–0 || align="left"| @ Houston Aeros (1976–77) ||11–14–1 |- |27||L||December 4, 1976||3–5 || align="left"| @ Indianapolis Racers (1976–77) ||11–15–1 |- |28||L||December 5, 1976||1–5 || align="left"| @ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1976–77) ||11–16–1 |- |29||W||December 7, 1976||4–2 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1976–77) ||12–16–1 |- |30||L||December 11, 1976||0–3 || align="left"| @ Calgary Cowboys (1976–77) ||12–17–1 |- |31||W||December 12, 1976||5–3 || align="left"| Birmingham Bulls (1976–77) ||13–17–1 |- |32||L||December 14, 1976||1–6 || align="left"| San Diego Mariners (1976–77) ||13–18–1 |- |33||L||December 16, 1976||0–3 || align="left"| @ San Diego Mariners (1976–77) ||13–19–1 |- |34||W||December 17, 1976||1–0 || align="left"| @ Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77) ||14–19–1 |- |35||W||December 19, 1976||4–2 || align="left"| Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77) ||15–19–1 |- |36||W||December 21, 1976||4–1 || align="left"| Calgary Cowboys (1976–77) ||16–19–1 |- |37||L||December 28, 1976||2–3 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1976–77) ||16–20–1 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#012169 2px solid; border-bottom:#FF6720 2px solid; January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |38||L||January 1, 1977||1–5 || align="left"| @ Calgary Cowboys (1976–77) ||16–21–1 |- |39||L||January 4, 1977||3–5 || align="left"| Houston Aeros (1976–77) ||16–22–1 |- |40||W||January 7, 1977||4–1 || align="left"| Calgary Cowboys (1976–77) ||17–22–1 |- |41||L||January 8, 1977||0–5 || align="left"| @ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1976–77) ||17–23–1 |- |42||W||January 9, 1977||5–3 || align="left"| Indianapolis Racers (1976–77) ||18–23–1 |- |43||W||January 14, 1977||5–3 || align="left"| @ New England Whalers (1976–77) ||19–23–1 |- |44||L||January 15, 1977||3–6 || align="left"| @ Indianapolis Racers (1976–77) ||19–24–1 |- |45||L||January 16, 1977||1–3 || align="left"| @ Houston Aeros (1976–77) ||19–25–1 |- |46||L||January 20, 1977||1–5 || align="left"| @ San Diego Mariners (1976–77) ||19–26–1 |- |47||L||January 22, 1977||1–4 || align="left"| @ Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77) ||19–27–1 |- |48||W||January 23, 1977||9–2 || align="left"| Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77) ||20–27–1 |- |49||W||January 26, 1977||5–4 OT|| align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1976–77) ||21–27–1 |- |50||L||January 28, 1977||1–4 || align="left"| Houston Aeros (1976–77) ||21–28–1 |- |51||T||January 30, 1977||1–1 || align="left"| Calgary Cowboys (1976–77) ||21–28–2 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#012169 2px solid; border-bottom:#FF6720 2px solid; February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |52||L||February 1, 1977||1–11 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1976–77) ||21–29–2 |- |53||W||February 6, 1977||4–2 || align="left"| San Diego Mariners (1976–77) ||22–29–2 |- |54||L||February 8, 1977||5–6 || align="left"| San Diego Mariners (1976–77) ||22–30–2 |- |55||L||February 11, 1977||1–3 || align="left"| @ Calgary Cowboys (1976–77) ||22–31–2 |- |56||W||February 13, 1977||5–2 || align="left"| Calgary Cowboys (1976–77) ||23–31–2 |- |57||L||February 15, 1977||4–7 || align="left"| Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77) ||23–32–2 |- |58||W||February 18, 1977||3–2 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1976–77) ||24–32–2 |- |59||L||February 20, 1977||2–4 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1976–77) ||24–33–2 |- |60||W||February 22, 1977||4–3 || align="left"| New England Whalers (1976–77) ||25–33–2 |- |61||L||February 25, 1977||2–3 OT|| align="left"| Indianapolis Racers (1976–77) ||25–34–2 |- |62||L||February 27, 1977||0–4 || align="left"| Birmingham Bulls (1976–77) ||25–35–2 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#012169 2px solid; border-bottom:#FF6720 2px solid; March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |63||L||March 1, 1977||4–5 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1976–77) ||25–36–2 |- |64||W||March 3, 1977||5–4 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1976–77) ||26–36–2 |- |65||W||March 6, 1977||5–2 || align="left"| Birmingham Bulls (1976–77) ||27–36–2 |- |66||L||March 8, 1977||3–5 || align="left"| @ Houston Aeros (1976–77) ||27–37–2 |- |67||L||March 9, 1977||3–5 || align="left"| @ Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77) ||27–38–2 |- |68||W||March 10, 1977||4–3 || align="left"| @ Indianapolis Racers (1976–77) ||28–38–2 |- |69||T||March 12, 1977||3–3 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1976–77) ||28–38–3 |- |70||L||March 13, 1977||3–9 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1976–77) ||28–39–3 |- |71||L||March 15, 1977||0–7 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1976–77) ||28–40–3 |- |72||W||March 17, 1977||4–3 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1976–77) ||29–40–3 |- |73||L||March 22, 1977||3–8 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1976–77) ||29–41–3 |- |74||W||March 24, 1977||5–4 || align="left"| @ New England Whalers (1976–77) ||30–41–3 |- |75||W||March 25, 1977||4–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77) ||31–41–3 |- |76||L||March 27, 1977||2–5 || align="left"| @ New England Whalers (1976–77) ||31–42–3 |- |77||W||March 30, 1977||8–0 || align="left"| Houston Aeros (1976–77) ||32–42–3 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#012169 2px solid; border-bottom:#FF6720 2px solid; April Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |78||L||April 1, 1977||1–3 || align="left"| Calgary Cowboys (1976–77) ||32–43–3 |- |79||T||April 2, 1977||4–4 || align="left"| @ Calgary Cowboys (1976–77) ||32–43–4 |- |80||W||April 4, 1977||6–2 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1976–77) ||33–43–4 |- |81||W||April 6, 1977||6–4 || align="left"| Birmingham Bulls (1976–77) ||34–43–4 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win (2 points) 1px solid black #fcc Loss (0 points) 1px solid black #ffc Tie (1 point) 1px solid black Playoffs background:#fff; border-top:#012169 5px solid; border-bottom:#FF6720 5px solid; 1977 Avco Cup playoffs y background:#fff; border-top:#012169 2px solid; border-bottom:#FF6720 2px solid; Division Semifinals vs. (W1) Houston Aeros – Aeros win 4–1 Game Date Visitor Score Home Series |- | 1 || April 13 || Edmonton Oilers || 3–4 OT || Houston Aeros || 0–1 |- | 2 || April 15 || Edmonton Oilers || 2–6 || Houston Aeros || 0–2 |- | 3 || April 17 || Houston Aeros || 2–7 || Edmonton Oilers || 1–2 |- | 4 || April 20 || Houston Aeros || 4–1 || Edmonton Oilers || 1–3 |- | 5 || April 22 || Edmonton Oilers || 3–4 || Houston Aeros || 1–4 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win 1px solid black #fcc Loss 1px solid black Player statistics Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Bill Flett RW 48 34 20 54 207700 Bryan Campbell C 66 12 42 54 18−10010 Glen Sather LW 81 19 34 53 77−17200 Al Hamilton D 81 8 37 45 60−19300 Norm Ullman C 67 16 27 43 28−23400 Rusty Patenaude RW 73 25 16 41 57−23800 Gavin Kirk Gavin Kirk (ice hockey) C 52 8 28 36 16−4300 Rick Morris Rick Morris (ice hockey) LW 79 18 17 35 76−1100 Wayne Connelly C 38 13 15 28 180400 Barry Wilkins D 51 4 24 28 75−7000 Doug Barrie D 70 8 19 27 92−4200 Brett Callighen C 29 9 16 25 486200 Tim Sheehy Timothy Sheehy (ice hockey) RW 28 15 8 23 4−7400 Dave Langevin D 77 7 16 23 94−16200 Gregg Boddy D 46 1 17 18 41−1100 Randy Rota C/LW 40 9 6 15 8−10100 Bob Russell Bob Russell (ice hockey) C 57 7 6 13 41−10000 Frank Beaton LW 68 4 9 13 274−12000 Butch Williams RW 29 3 10 13 16−9100 Claude St. Sauveur C 15 5 7 12 2−1000 Gene Peacosh LW 11 5 4 9 142200 Bob Nevin RW 13 3 2 5 0−8100 Tom Simpson Tom Simpson (ice hockey) RW 15 3 2 5 162000 Pete Laframboise LW/C 17 0 5 5 12−6000 Ron Busniuk RW 29 2 2 4 830000 Barry Merrell C 10 1 3 4 0−2000 Glenn Patrick D 23 0 4 4 62−10000 Larry Hornung D 21 2 1 3 0−6000 Ken Baird D 2 1 2 3 02000 Ken Broderick G 40 0 3 3 20000 Mike Antonovich Mike Antonovich (ice hockey) C 7 1 1 2 0−3000 Bill Butters D 7 0 2 2 17−2000 Dave Dryden G 24 0 2 2 00000 Dennis Patterson Dennis Patterson (ice hockey) D 23 0 2 2 2−18000 Ted Scharf RW 5 0 2 2 14−1000 Barry Long Barry Long (ice hockey) D 2 0 1 1 2−4000 Danny Arndt LW 1 0 0 0 0−2000 Joe Fortunato Joe Fortunato (ice hockey) LW 1 0 0 0 00000 Jean-Louis Levasseur G 21 0 0 0 20000 Peter Morris Peter Morris (ice hockey) LW 3 0 0 0 2−2000 Bill Prentice D 3 0 0 0 22000 Paul Stewart Paul Stewart (ice hockey) LW/D 2 0 0 0 20000Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA SO Ken Broderick 2301 40 18 18 1 134 3.49 4 Dave Dryden 1416 24 10 13 0 77 3.26 1 Jean-Louis Levasseur 1213 21 6 12 3 88 4.35 0 Team: 4930 81 34 43 4 299 3.64 5 Playoffs Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG Brett Callighen C 5 4 1 5 7001 Randy Rota C/LW 5 3 2 5 0000 Bryan Campbell C 5 3 1 4 0000 Al Hamilton D 5 0 4 4 4000 Dave Langevin D 5 2 1 3 9000 Gregg Boddy D 4 1 2 3 14000 Norm Ullman C 5 0 3 3 0000 Glen Sather LW 5 1 1 2 2000 Frank Beaton LW 5 0 2 2 21000 Ron Busniuk RW 5 0 2 2 37000 Bill Flett RW 5 0 2 2 2000 Gavin Kirk Gavin Kirk (ice hockey) C 5 1 0 1 4000 Claude St. Sauveur C 5 1 0 1 0000 Wayne Connelly C 5 0 1 1 0000 Rick Morris Rick Morris (ice hockey) LW 5 0 1 1 4000 Barry Wilkins D 4 0 1 1 2000 Doug Barrie D 4 0 0 0 0000 Ken Broderick G 3 0 0 0 0000 Jean-Louis Levasseur G 2 0 0 0 2000 Rusty Patenaude RW 2 0 0 0 8000 Glenn Patrick D 2 0 0 0 0000 Bob Russell Bob Russell (ice hockey) C 1 0 0 0 0000 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LGAGAA SO Ken Broderick 179 3 1 2 10 3.35 0 Jean-Louis Levasseur 133 2 0 2 10 4.51 0 Team: 312 5 1 4 20 3.85 0 hockey-reference.com 2009-06-29 1976-77 Edmonton Oilers Statistics – Hockey-Reference.com https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/EDO/1977.html Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals       MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; Transactions Trades Date To Edmonton Oilers Traded to Traded for July 1976 Cash Cincinnati Stingers Gilles Marotte September 1976 Cal Sandbeck Calgary Cowboys Dave Kryskow 1976 9 13 Barry Wilkins Minnesota Fighting Saints Bob Paradise 1976 10 26 Future considerations Winnipeg Jets Barry Long 1976 11 2 Frank Beaton Cincinnati Stingers Cash 1976 11 5 Bryan Campbell Indianapolis Racers Gene Peacosh 1976 11 21 Randy Rota Colorado Rockies (NHL) Cash 1976 11 25 Gregg Boddy San Diego Mariners Larry Hornung 1976 12 5 Gavin KirkTom Simpson Birmingham Bulls Tim Sheehy 1976 12 10 Bill Flett Atlanta Flames (NHL) Cash 1977 1 12 Bill Prentice Quebec Nordiques 2nd-round pick in 1977 - John Anderson 1977 1 14 Dave KeonJohn McKenzieMike AntonovichBill ButtersJack CarlsonJean-Louis LevasseurSteve Carlson Minnesota Fighting Saints ($140,000) Cash 1977 1 18 Danny ArndtDave Debol1st-round pick in 1977 - Mike CrombeenCash New England Whalers Dave KeonJohn McKenzieDave DrydenJack CarlsonSteve Carlson 1977 2 4 Ron BusniukBrett Callighen New England Whalers Mike AntonovichBill Butters Players acquired Date Player Former team Term1976 5 26 Dave Langevin Minnesota Fighting Saints Bob Paradise John Rothstein Craig Sarner 1976 7 1 Larry Hornung Winnipeg Jets Barry Merrell Rochester Americans (AHL) September 1976 Butch Williams California Golden Seals (NHL) 1976 9 1 Ken Broderick San Diego Mariners 2-year Tony Featherstone Toronto Toros 1976 9 7 Don Borgeson Calgary Cowboys 1976 9 12 Pete Laframboise Los Angeles Sharks 1976 10 8 Dennis Patterson Kansas City Scouts (NHL) 1-year Gene Peacosh San Diego Mariners 1-year 1976 10 22 Bob Nevin Birmingham Bulls 1-year1976 11 3 Ted Scharf Indianapolis Racers Paul Stewart Broome Dusters (NAHL) 1977 2 18 Glenn Patrick Cleveland Crusaders Players lost Date Player New team1976 Eddie Joyal Retired Doug Kerslake Skip Krake Bill Laing Dwayne Pentland Houston Aeros1976 7 1 Jack Carlson Calgary Cowboys Jeff Carlson Minnesota Fighting Saints September 1976 Paul Hurley Calgary Cowboys 1976 9 13 Wayne Muloin Hershey Bears (AHL)1976 10 12 Tom Gilmore Released Murray Kennett Bruce MacGregor Bob McAneeley Ted McAneeley Ray Reeson Dan Spring 1976 10 17 Tony Featherstone Retired 1976 10 21 Ken Baird Released November 1976 Ken Baird Calgary Cowboys 1976 12 3 Ted McAneeley Spokane Flyers (WIHL) January 1977 Wayne Carleton Birmingham Bulls 1977 4 22 Glen Sather Retired Waivers Date Player Team1977 1 1 Wayne Connelly from Calgary Cowboys Claude St. Sauveur Signings Date Player Term 1976 8 30 Norm Ullman 1-year 1976 9 3 Barry Wilkins 1-year1976 9 7 Don Borgeson Barry Merrell Rick Morris 1-year1976 9 8 Larry Hornung Dave Langevin 1976 9 10 Glen Sather 1977 1 27 Jean-Louis Levasseur 3-year 1977 3 8 Gord Blumenschein Draft picks Edmonton'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)11Blair Chapman (RW)CanadaSaskatoon Blades (WCHL)16Bernie Federko (C)CanadaSaskatoon Blades (WCHL)328Harold Phillipoff (W)CanadaNew Westminster Bruins (WCHL)330Drew Callander (C)CanadaRegina Pats (WCHL)436Brian Sutter (LW)CanadaLethbridge Broncos (WCHL)548Yvon Vautour (F)CanadaLaval National (QMJHL)660Tim Williams (D)CanadaVictoria Cougars (WCHL)772Gord Blumenschein (C)CanadaWinnipeg Clubs (WCHL)884John Tavella (LW)CanadaSault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHA)995Al Dumba (RW)CanadaRegina Pats (WCHL)10106Jim Bedard (G)CanadaSudbury Wolves (OHA) See also 1976–77 WHA season References Ed Ed Category:Edmonton Oilers seasons Edmonton Oilers Edmonton Oilers Category:1970s in Edmonton