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76-77CalCow
1976–77 Calgary Cowboys
Division 5th Western
1976–77 record 31–43–7
Goals for 252
Goals against 296
Team Information
General Manager Joe Crozier
Coach Joe Crozier
Captain Peter Driscoll
Arena Stampede Corral
Team Leaders
Goals Lynn Powis (30)
Assists Warren Miller (32)
Points Lynn Powis (60)
Penalties in minutes Peter Driscoll (120)
Wins Don McLeod (25)
Goals against average Don McLeod (3.40)
<1975–76

The 1976–77 Calgary Cowboys season was the Calgary Cowboys' 2nd and final season of operation in the World Hockey Association (WHA). The Cowboys finished 5th in the Western Division and did not qualify for the playoffs.

Off-season[]

The Cowboys jerseys were the same design as in the 1975-76 season.

Pre-season[]

On September 23, 1976, the Cowboys lost an exhibition game 7-3 against the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Regular Season[]

1977-Feb6-Hedberg 50th

In 49 games, Anders Hedberg scores his 50th goal, February 6, 1977.

Anders Hedberg of the Winnipeg Jets started the February 6, 1977 game versus the Calgary Cowboys with 48 goals in 48 games, having scored 4 goals and 2 assists in the February 4, 1977 match against the San Diego Mariners. After the Jets were held scoreless in the first period, Hedberg scored in the second period on a 5 on 3 power play. He missed the rest of the period with strained knee ligaments after being checked by Paul Terbenche. He returned for the third period and became the first player in a major professional league to score 50 goals in less than 50 games when he fired a short side past Cowboys goalie Gary Bromley. He then added an empty net goal in the Jets 6-4 triumph. Wayne Gretzky broke Hedberg's record on December 30, 1981 with his 50th goal in 39 games.

Final Standings[]

Western Division GP W L T GF GA Pts
Houston Aeros 80 50 24 6 320 241 106
Winnipeg Jets 80 46 32 2 366 291 94
San Diego Mariners 81 40 37 4 284 283 85
Edmonton Oilers 81 34 43 4 243 304 72
Calgary Cowboys 81 31 43 7 252 296 69
Phoenix Roadrunners 80 28 48 4 281 383 60

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.


Game Log[]

Regular Season Results
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1 L October 8, 1976 1–4 @ Winnipeg Jets (1976–77) 0–1–0
2 L October 9, 1976 2–5 @ Quebec Nordiques (1976–77) 0–2–0
3 L October 12, 1976 2–6 @ Birmingham Bulls (1976–77) 0–3–0
4 L October 13, 1976 1–2 @ Houston Aeros (1976–77) 0–4–0
5 L October 16, 1976 2–4 @ San Diego Mariners (1976–77) 0–5–0
6 L October 21, 1976 2–4 Quebec Nordiques (1976–77) 0–6–0
7 T October 22, 1976 2–2 @ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1976–77) 0–6–1
8 W October 24, 1976 6–0 San Diego Mariners (1976–77) 1–6–1
9 W October 26, 1976 9–3 Birmingham Bulls (1976–77) 2–6–1
10 W October 30, 1976 6–4 Houston Aeros (1976–77) 3–6–1
11 W November 2, 1976 4–3 Minnesota Fighting Saints (1976–77) 4–6–1
12 W November 4, 1976 4–2 Edmonton Oilers (1976–77) 5–6–1
13 W November 7, 1976 4–2 New England Whalers (1976–77) 6–6–1
14 W November 11, 1976 7–5 Winnipeg Jets (1976–77) 7–6–1
15 L November 14, 1976 0–2 Winnipeg Jets (1976–77) 7–7–1
16 L November 16, 1976 2–4 @ Houston Aeros (1976–77) 7–8–1
17 W November 18, 1976 2–1 OT @ Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77) 8–8–1
18 W November 19, 1976 4–1 Quebec Nordiques (1976–77) 9–8–1
19 L November 21, 1976 1–5 @ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1976–77) 9–9–1
20 L November 23, 1976 1–3 @ Birmingham Bulls (1976–77) 9–10–1
21 T November 24, 1976 3–3 @ Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77) 9–10–2
22 L November 27, 1976 0–2 San Diego Mariners (1976–77) 9–11–2
23 L December 1, 1976 4–8 @ New England Whalers (1976–77) 9–12–2
24 L December 2, 1976 1–2 @ Indianapolis Racers (1976–77) 9–13–2
25 L December 3, 1976 4–6 @ Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77) 9–14–2
26 W December 5, 1976 6–0 Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77) 10–14–2
27 L December 8, 1976 2–4 Winnipeg Jets (1976–77) 10–15–2
28 L December 10, 1976 2–4 @ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1976–77) 10–16–2
29 W December 11, 1976 3–0 Edmonton Oilers (1976–77) 11–16–2
30 W December 18, 1976 4–2 Quebec Nordiques (1976–77) 12–16–2
31 L December 21, 1976 1–4 @ Edmonton Oilers (1976–77) 12–17–2
32 W December 23, 1976 2–1 Minnesota Fighting Saints (1976–77) 13–17–2
33 W December 26, 1976 6–3 Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77) 14–17–2
34 W January 1, 1977 5–1 Edmonton Oilers (1976–77) 15–17–2
35 L January 5, 1977 3–4 Houston Aeros (1976–77) 15–18–2
36 L January 7, 1977 1–4 @ Edmonton Oilers (1976–77) 15–19–2
37 W January 8, 1977 4–3 Indianapolis Racers (1976–77) 16–19–2
38 L January 11, 1977 3–4 OT Indianapolis Racers (1976–77) 16–20–2
39 L January 14, 1977 3–5 Winnipeg Jets (1976–77) 16–21–2
40 W January 15, 1977 5–3 @ San Diego Mariners (1976–77) 17–21–2
41 W January 16, 1977 5–4 @ Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77) 18–21–2
42 T January 21, 1977 1–1 @ Indianapolis Racers (1976–77) 18–21–3
43 L January 22, 1977 3–5 @ Quebec Nordiques (1976–77) 18–22–3
44 L January 23, 1977 5–10 @ Winnipeg Jets (1976–77) 18–23–3
45 W January 25, 1977 7–3 Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77) 19–23–3
46 L January 29, 1977 4–6 Houston Aeros (1976–77) 19–24–3
47 T January 30, 1977 1–1 @ Edmonton Oilers (1976–77) 19–24–4
48 L February 1, 1977 1–6 @ Houston Aeros (1976–77) 19–25–4
49 L February 2, 1977 4–6 @ San Diego Mariners (1976–77) 19–26–4
50 W February 5, 1977 4–1 @ Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77) 20–26–4
51 L February 6, 1977 4–6 @ Winnipeg Jets (1976–77) 20–27–4
52 W February 11, 1977 3–1 Edmonton Oilers (1976–77) 21–27–4
53 L February 13, 1977 2–5 @ Edmonton Oilers (1976–77) 21–28–4
54 T February 15, 1977 2–2 @ Winnipeg Jets (1976–77) 21–28–5
55 L February 16, 1977 3–7 Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77) 21–29–5
56 W February 18, 1977 5–3 Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77) 22–29–5
57 L February 20, 1977 0–5 New England Whalers (1976–77) 22–30–5
58 W February 23, 1977 3–2 Houston Aeros (1976–77) 23–30–5
59 L February 25, 1977 2–3 New England Whalers (1976–77) 23–31–5
60 W February 27, 1977 2–1 Indianapolis Racers (1976–77) 24–31–5
61 W March 1, 1977 6–1 Winnipeg Jets (1976–77) 25–31–5
62 W March 3, 1977 4–2 Birmingham Bulls (1976–77) 26–31–5
63 W March 6, 1977 4–2 San Diego Mariners (1976–77) 27–31–5
64 W March 9, 1977 4–3 San Diego Mariners (1976–77) 28–31–5
65 L March 11, 1977 1–4 @ Winnipeg Jets (1976–77) 28–32–5
66 L March 12, 1977 2–9 @ Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77) 28–33–5
67 L March 15, 1977 1–3 @ Indianapolis Racers (1976–77) 28–34–5
68 L March 16, 1977 3–4 @ Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77) 28–35–5
69 L March 18, 1977 1–3 @ New England Whalers (1976–77) 28–36–5
70 L March 19, 1977 0–8 @ Quebec Nordiques (1976–77) 28–37–5
71 L March 20, 1977 0–9 @ New England Whalers (1976–77) 28–38–5
72 L March 22, 1977 4–7 @ Birmingham Bulls (1976–77) 28–39–5
73 L March 25, 1977 2–4 @ Houston Aeros (1976–77) 28–40–5
74 L March 26, 1977 2–4 @ San Diego Mariners (1976–77) 28–41–5
75 W March 27, 1977 5–4 Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77) 29–41–5
76 W March 29, 1977 9–5 Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77) 30–41–5
77 W April 1, 1977 3–1 @ Edmonton Oilers (1976–77) 31–41–5
78 T April 2, 1977 4–4 Edmonton Oilers (1976–77) 31–41–6
79 L April 3, 1977 4–6 @ Winnipeg Jets (1976–77) 31–42–6
80 T April 5, 1977 4–4 Birmingham Bulls (1976–77) 31–42–7
81 L April 7, 1977 4–6 Winnipeg Jets (1976–77) 31–43–7

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Playoffs[]

  • The Cowboys did not qualify for the post season.

Player Stats[]

Regular Season
Scoring
# Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
10 Powis, LynnLynn Powis C 63 30 30 60 40 4 4 1 0
17 Miller, WarrenWarren Miller RW 80 23 32 55 51 11 2 0 0
7 Chipperfield, RonRon Chipperfield C 81 27 27 54 32 -10 5 0 0
24 Driscoll, PeterPeter Driscoll LW 76 23 29 52 120 -8 4 0 0
11 Lawson, DannyDanny Lawson RW 64 24 19 43 26 -13 2 1 0
4 Evans, ChrisChris Evans D 81 7 27 34 60 12 0 0 0
16 Kryskow, DaveDave Kryskow LW 45 16 17 33 47 -14 3 1 0
21 Terbenche, PaulPaul Terbenche D 80 9 24 33 30 -14 0 0 0
5 Tannahill, DonDon Tannahill LW 72 10 22 32 4 -9 0 4 0
15 Deadmarsh, ButchButch Deadmarsh LW 38 13 17 30 77 -5 3 0 0
9 Morrison, GeorgeGeorge Morrison LW 63 11 19 30 10 -10 2 0 0
23 Miszuk, JohnJohn Miszuk D 79 2 26 28 57 5 0 0 0
3 Ford, MikeMike Ford D 54 5 20 25 14 -8 2 0 0
8 Sentes, DickDick Sentes LW 29 10 14 24 8 17 1 0 0
15 Lemieux, RichRich Lemieux C 33 6 11 17 9 -4 1 0 0
25 Arbour, JohnJohn Arbour D 37 1 15 16 38 -26 1 0 0
12 Connelly, WayneWayne Connelly C 25 5 6 11 4 -2 1 0 0
Ward, RonRon Ward C 9 5 5 10 0 2 1 0 0
Ketola, Veli-PekkaVeli-Pekka Ketola C 17 4 6 10 2 -17 1 0 0
18 Jodzio, RickRick Jodzio LW 46 4 6 10 61 -13 0 0 0
1 McLeod, DonDon McLeod G 67 0 9 9 2 0 0 0 0
8 Locas, JacquesJacques Locas C 22 3 4 7 2 -5 1 0 0
Micheletti, JoeJoe Micheletti D 14 3 3 6 10 -5 2 0 0
6 Hurley, PaulPaul Hurley D 34 0 6 6 32 -8 0 0 0
25 Mayer, JimJim Mayer RW 21 2 3 5 0 -9 0 0 0
20 Serviss, TomTom Serviss C 8 2 1 3 2 -1 0 0 0
12 Deschamps, AndreAndre Deschamps LW 9 1 2 3 19 -2 0 0 0
St. Sauveur, ClaudeClaude St. Sauveur C 17 0 3 3 2 -3 0 0 0
Morin, WayneWayne Morin D 13 2 0 2 25 -3 0 0 0
2 Pesut, GeorgeGeorge Pesut D 17 2 0 2 2 -7 2 0 0
Greig, BruceBruce Greig LW 7 1 1 2 10 -1 0 0 0
Hull, SteveSteve Hull RW 2 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0
Walsh, BrianBrian Walsh C 5 0 2 2 12 -3 0 0 0
20 Boyd, JimJim Boyd C 13 0 2 2 6 -7 0 0 0
Gruen, DannyDanny Gruen LW 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0
25 Lukowich, BernieBernie Lukowich RW 6 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0
Lindskog, DougDoug Lindskog LW 2 0 0 0 2 -1 0 0 0
Israelson, LarryLarry Israelson LW 2 0 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0
6 Jordan, RicRic Jordan D 5 0 0 0 4 -9 0 0 0
Baird, KenKen Baird D 7 0 0 0 2 -2 0 0 0
29 Bromley, GaryGary Bromley G 28 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
McLeod, DonDon McLeod 3701 67 25 34 5 210 3.40 3
Bromley, GaryGary Bromley 1237 28 6 9 2 79 3.83 0
Team: 4938 81 31 43 7 289 3.51 3

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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

Awards and Records[]

  • The Cowboys did not win any awards this season.

Transactions[]

Draft Picks[]

Farm Teams[]

Gallery[]

See Also[]

References[]

  1. 1976–77 Calgary Cowboys Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-07-02.
  2. 1976-77 Calgary Cowboys Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com. hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-07-02.
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