1976–77 St. Louis Blues season

National Hockey League team season March 2026 August 2023 NHL 1976–77 1976 St. Louis Blues 32–39–9 22–13–5 10–26–4 Campbell 4th Smythe 1st Emile Francis Emile Francis Garry Unger None St. Louis Arena 239 276 Garry Unger (30) Bob MacMillan (39) Bob MacMillan (58) Bob Gassoff (254) Eddie Johnston (13) Yves Belanger (3.00) Yes The 1976–77 St. Louis Blues season was the tenth for the franchise in St. Louis, Missouri. The Blues won the Smythe Division title with a record of 32 wins, 39 losses and nine ties, good for 73 points, and received a first-round bye in the 1977 NHL Playoffs. However, the Blues were no match for the eventual Stanley Cup champion Montreal Canadiens, as the Montrealers swept the Blues in the quarter-finals. 2 Regular season Final standings STL Record vs. opponents STL Schedule and results background:#fff; border-top:#002F87 5px solid; border-bottom:#FCB514 5px solid; 1976–77 regular season1976-77 St. Louis Blues Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/STL/1977_games.html Hockey-Reference.com March 26, 2025 y background:#fff; border-top:#002F87 2px solid; border-bottom:#FCB514 2px solid; October Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |1||L||October 7, 1976||4–6 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77) ||0–1–0 |- |2||W||October 9, 1976||2–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1976–77) ||1–1–0 |- |3||W||October 13, 1976||3–2 || align="left"| @ Colorado Rockies (1976–77) ||2–1–0 |- |4||W||October 16, 1976||6–3 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1976–77) ||3–1–0 |- |5||L||October 17, 1976||2–6 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1976–77) ||3–2–0 |- |6||W||October 19, 1976||6–5 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1976–77) ||4–2–0 |- |7||L||October 21, 1976||2–6 || align="left"| @ Cleveland Barons (1976–77) ||4–3–0 |- |8||W||October 23, 1976||4–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1976–77) ||5–3–0 |- |9||L||October 24, 1976||2–7 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77) ||5–4–0 |- |10||W||October 26, 1976||5–2 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1976–77) ||6–4–0 |- |11||L||October 28, 1976||2–5 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (1976–77) ||6–5–0 |- |12||W||October 30, 1976||3–1 || align="left"| Colorado Rockies (1976–77) ||7–5–0 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#002F87 2px solid; border-bottom:#FCB514 2px solid; November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |13||W||November 3, 1976||6–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1976–77) ||8–5–0 |- |14||W||November 6, 1976||3–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1976–77) ||9–5–0 |- |15||L||November 9, 1976||1–8 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1976–77) ||9–6–0 |- |16||L||November 10, 1976||0–5 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1976–77) ||9–7–0 |- |17||L||November 13, 1976||3–5 || align="left"| Atlanta Flames (1976–77) ||9–8–0 |- |18||L||November 15, 1976||2–4 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1976–77) ||9–9–0 |- |19||T||November 17, 1976||5–5 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1976–77) ||9–9–1 |- |20||W||November 20, 1976||3–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1976–77) ||10–9–1 |- |21||W||November 24, 1976||4–2 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1976–77) ||11–9–1 |- |22||L||November 26, 1976||2–5 || align="left"| @ Atlanta Flames (1976–77) ||11–10–1 |- |23||W||November 27, 1976||3–2 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1976–77) ||12–10–1 |- |24||L||November 30, 1976||3–5 || align="left"| Colorado Rockies (1976–77) ||12–11–1 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#002F87 2px solid; border-bottom:#FCB514 2px solid; December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |25||T||December 3, 1976||2–2 || align="left"| @ Cleveland Barons (1976–77) ||12–11–2 |- |26||L||December 4, 1976||0–1 || align="left"| Atlanta Flames (1976–77) ||12–12–2 |- |27||L||December 7, 1976||2–4 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (1976–77) ||12–13–2 |- |28||T||December 8, 1976||4–4 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1976–77) ||12–13–3 |- |29||T||December 11, 1976||1–1 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1976–77) ||12–13–4 |- |30||L||December 12, 1976||3–5 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77) ||12–14–4 |- |31||L||December 15, 1976||1–4 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1976–77) ||12–15–4 |- |32||L||December 16, 1976||2–5 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1976–77) ||12–16–4 |- |33||L||December 18, 1976||0–2 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77) ||12–17–4 |- |34||W||December 19, 1976||6–4 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77) ||13–17–4 |- |35||W||December 22, 1976||2–1 || align="left"| @ Colorado Rockies (1976–77) ||14–17–4 |- |36||W||December 23, 1976||4–2 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1976–77) ||15–17–4 |- |37||T||December 28, 1976||4–4 || align="left"| New York Islanders (1976–77) ||15–17–5 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#002F87 2px solid; border-bottom:#FCB514 2px solid; January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |38||W||January 1, 1977||3–1 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1976–77) ||16–17–5 |- |39||L||January 2, 1977||1–2 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (1976–77) ||16–18–5 |- |40||W||January 4, 1977||4–3 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1976–77) ||17–18–5 |- |41||L||January 6, 1977||1–7 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77) ||17–19–5 |- |42||L||January 8, 1977||2–5 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1976–77) ||17–20–5 |- |43||W||January 12, 1977||7–2 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1976–77) ||18–20–5 |- |44||L||January 14, 1977||2–3 || align="left"| @ Atlanta Flames (1976–77) ||18–21–5 |- |45||W||January 15, 1977||4–0 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1976–77) ||19–21–5 |- |46||W||January 19, 1977||5–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77) ||20–21–5 |- |47||W||January 22, 1977||2–1 || align="left"| Colorado Rockies (1976–77) ||21–21–5 |- |48||L||January 23, 1977||3–6 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (1976–77) ||21–22–5 |- |49||L||January 27, 1977||0–2 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77) ||21–23–5 |- |50||L||January 29, 1977||2–5 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (1976–77) ||21–24–5 |- |51||L||January 30, 1977||2–5 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1976–77) ||21–25–5 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#002F87 2px solid; border-bottom:#FCB514 2px solid; February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |52||T||February 1, 1977||3–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1976–77) ||21–25–6 |- |53||L||February 3, 1977||4–5 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1976–77) ||21–26–6 |- |54||W||February 5, 1977||6–5 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1976–77) ||22–26–6 |- |55||W||February 8, 1977||6–3 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77) ||23–26–6 |- |56||W||February 12, 1977||3–1 || align="left"| Atlanta Flames (1976–77) ||24–26–6 |- |57||L||February 14, 1977||4–6 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77) ||24–27–6 |- |58||W||February 15, 1977||5–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77) ||25–27–6 |- |59||W||February 19, 1977||4–1 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (1976–77) ||26–27–6 |- |60||W||February 21, 1977||4–0 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1976–77) ||27–27–6 |- |61||L||February 22, 1977||0–4 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1976–77) ||27–28–6 |- |62||L||February 26, 1977||1–5 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77) ||27–29–6 |- |63||L||February 28, 1977||2–5 || align="left"| Cleveland Barons (1976–77) ||27–30–6 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#002F87 2px solid; border-bottom:#FCB514 2px solid; March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |64||T||March 2, 1977||2–2 || align="left"| @ Colorado Rockies (1976–77) ||27–30–7 |- |65||W||March 5, 1977||2–1 || align="left"| New York Islanders (1976–77) ||28–30–7 |- |66||L||March 6, 1977||2–3 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1976–77) ||28–31–7 |- |67||L||March 8, 1977||1–2 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77) ||28–32–7 |- |68||W||March 10, 1977||4–2 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1976–77) ||29–32–7 |- |69||T||March 12, 1977||3–3 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1976–77) ||29–32–8 |- |70||L||March 15, 1977||1–4 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1976–77) ||29–33–8 |- |71||L||March 16, 1977||3–7 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77) ||29–34–8 |- |72||T||March 19, 1977||4–4 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1976–77) ||29–34–9 |- |73||L||March 20, 1977||3–5 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1976–77) ||29–35–9 |- |74||W||March 22, 1977||4–2 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1976–77) ||30–35–9 |- |75||L||March 24, 1977||1–6 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1976–77) ||30–36–9 |- |76||L||March 26, 1977||2–5 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (1976–77) ||30–37–9 |- |77||L||March 28, 1977||4–5 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1976–77) ||30–38–9 |- |78||W||March 30, 1977||4–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77) ||31–38–9 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#002F87 2px solid; border-bottom:#FCB514 2px solid; April Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |79||W||April 2, 1977||9–2 || align="left"| Cleveland Barons (1976–77) ||32–38–9 |- |80||L||April 3, 1977||3–7 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1976–77) ||32–39–9 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win (2 points) 1px solid black #fcc Loss (0 points) 1px solid black #ffc Tie (1 point) 1px solid black Playoffs The Blues lost to the Montreal Canadiens 4 – 0 in the quarterfinals. Player statistics Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Bob MacMillan RW 80 19 39 58 1111001 Garry Unger C 80 30 27 57 56−12705 Larry Patey C 80 21 29 50 4111122 Red Berenson C 80 21 28 49 8−28403 Claude Larose Claude Larose (ice hockey b. 1942) RW 80 29 19 48 225112 Chuck Lefley LW 71 11 30 41 12−15301 Pierre Plante RW 76 18 20 38 77−4403 Jerry Butler Jerry Butler (ice hockey) RW 80 12 20 32 65−31000 Rod Seiling D 79 3 26 29 361201 Ted Irvine LW 69 14 14 28 38−16102 Bruce Affleck D 80 5 20 25 24−22100 Bob Gassoff D 77 6 18 24 254−2003 Bernie Federko C 31 14 9 23 15−6603 Bob Hess D 53 4 18 22 14−2100 Derek Sanderson C 32 8 13 21 26−8302 Floyd Thomson LW 58 7 8 15 111012 Rick Bourbonnais RW 33 6 8 14 10−6201 Brian Sutter LW 35 4 10 14 82−8000 Bob Plager D 54 1 9 10 23−9000 Jamie Masters D 16 1 7 8 2−7100 Gilles Marotte D 47 3 4 7 26−13001 Dave Hrechkosy LW 15 1 2 3 20000 Joe Zanussi D 11 0 3 3 4−6000 Doug Palazzari C 12 1 0 1 0−3000 Yves Belanger Yves Bélanger (ice hockey) G 3 0 1 1 00000 Barclay Plager D 2 0 1 1 21000 Rick Smith Rick Smith (ice hockey) D 18 0 1 1 6−3000 Doug Grant Doug Grant (ice hockey) G 17 0 0 0 00000 Eddie Johnston G 38 0 0 0 00000 Brian Ogilvie C 3 0 0 0 0−1000 Ed Staniowski G 29 0 0 0 00000 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA SO Eddie Johnston 2111 38 13 16 5 108 3.07 1 Ed Staniowski 1589 29 10 16 1 108 4.08 0 Doug Grant Doug Grant (ice hockey) 960 17 7 7 3 50 3.12 1 Yves Belanger Yves Bélanger (ice hockey) 140 3 2 0 0 7 3.00 0 Team: 4800 80 32 39 9 273 3.41 2 Playoffs Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG Bernie Federko C 4 1 1 2 2000 Claude Larose Claude Larose (ice hockey b. 1942) RW 4 1 0 1 0000 Larry Patey C 4 1 0 1 0000 Brian Sutter LW 4 1 0 1 14000 Rick Bourbonnais RW 4 0 1 1 0000 Bob Gassoff D 4 0 1 1 10000 Chuck Lefley LW 1 0 1 1 2000 Bob MacMillan RW 4 0 1 1 0000 Garry Unger C 4 0 1 1 2000 Bruce Affleck D 4 0 0 0 0000 Red Berenson C 4 0 0 0 4000 Jerry Butler Jerry Butler (ice hockey) RW 4 0 0 0 14000 Bob Hess D 1 0 0 0 0000 Ted Irvine LW 3 0 0 0 2000 Eddie Johnston G 3 0 0 0 0000 Gilles Marotte D 3 0 0 0 2000 Jamie Masters D 1 0 0 0 0000 Bob Plager D 4 0 0 0 0000 Pierre Plante RW 4 0 0 0 2000 Rod Seiling D 4 0 0 0 2000 Ed Staniowski G 3 0 0 0 0000 Floyd Thomson LW 3 0 0 0 4000 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LGAGAA SO Eddie Johnston 138 3 0 2 9 3.91 0 Ed Staniowski 102 3 0 2 9 5.29 0 Team: 240 4 0 4 18 4.50 0 hockey-reference.com 2009-06-15 1976-77 St. Louis Blues Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/STL/1977.html Draft picks St. Louis's draft picks at the 1976 NHL amateur draft held in Montreal. Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)17Bernie Federko Canada Saskatoon Blades (WCHL)220Brian Sutter Canada Lethbridge Broncos (WCHL)225John Smrke Canada Toronto Marlboros (OMJHL)343Jim Kirkpatrick Canada Toronto Marlboros (OMJHL)456Mike Liut Canada Bowling Green University (CCHA)461Paul Skidmore United States Boston College (ECAC)697Nels Goddard Canada Michigan Tech University (WCHA)7113Mike Eaves United States University of Wisconsin (WCHA)8121Jacques Soguel Switzerland Davos (Switzerland)9124Dave Dornseif United States Providence College (ECAC)10126Brad Wilson United States Providence College (ECAC)11128Dan Hoene United States University of Michigan (WCHA)12130Goran Lindblom Sweden Skelleftea (Sweden)13132Jim Bales Canada University of Denver (WCHA)14134Anders Hakansson Sweden Solna (Sweden)15135Juhani Wallenius Rauma (Finland) See also 1976–77 NHL season References Category:St. Louis Blues seasons St. Louis St. Louis Blues St. Louis Blues Category:Smythe Division champion seasons