1976–77 St. Louis Blues | |
Division | 1st Smythe |
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1976–77 record | 32–39–9 |
Goals for | 239 |
Goals against | 276 |
Team information | |
General manager | Emile Francis |
Coach | Emile Francis |
Captain | Garry Unger |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Garry Unger (30) |
Assists | Bob MacMillan (39) |
Points | Bob MacMillan (58) |
Penalty minutes | Bob Gassoff (254) |
Wins | Eddie Johnston (13) |
Goals against average | Eddie Johnston (3.07) |
The 1976–77 St. Louis Blues season was the 10th in franchise history. 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 they swept the Blues in the Quarter-finals.
Off-season[]
Pre-season[]
The Blues had two exhibition games against teams from the WHA, winning one and losing one:
September 26, 1976: Winnipeg Jets 6, St. Louis Blues 2
September 29, 1976: St. Louis Blues 5, Edmonton Oilers 4
The game against St. Louis proved costly for the Jets as Bobby Hull fractured his wrist and missed 46 games of the regular season.
Regular Season[]
Final Standings[]
GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS | |
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St. Louis Blues | 80 | 32 | 39 | 9 | 239 | 276 | 73 |
Minnesota North Stars | 80 | 23 | 39 | 18 | 240 | 310 | 64 |
Chicago Black Hawks | 80 | 26 | 43 | 11 | 240 | 298 | 63 |
Vancouver Canucks | 80 | 25 | 42 | 13 | 235 | 294 | 63 |
Colorado Rockies | 80 | 20 | 46 | 14 | 226 | 307 | 54 |
Note: 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 | |||||
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No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
1 | L | October 7, 1976 | 4–6 | Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77) | 0–1–0 |
2 | W | October 9, 1976 | 2–1 | New York Rangers (1976–77) | 1–1–0 |
3 | W | October 13, 1976 | 3–2 | @ Colorado Rockies (1976–77) | 2–1–0 |
4 | W | October 16, 1976 | 6–3 | @ Vancouver Canucks (1976–77) | 3–1–0 |
5 | L | October 17, 1976 | 2–6 | @ Los Angeles Kings (1976–77) | 3–2–0 |
6 | W | October 19, 1976 | 6–5 | Boston Bruins (1976–77) | 4–2–0 |
7 | L | October 21, 1976 | 2–6 | @ Cleveland Barons (1976–77) | 4–3–0 |
8 | W | October 23, 1976 | 4–2 | Detroit Red Wings (1976–77) | 5–3–0 |
9 | L | October 24, 1976 | 2–7 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77) | 5–4–0 |
10 | W | October 26, 1976 | 5–2 | Vancouver Canucks (1976–77) | 6–4–0 |
11 | L | October 28, 1976 | 2–5 | @ New York Islanders (1976–77) | 6–5–0 |
12 | W | October 30, 1976 | 3–1 | Colorado Rockies (1976–77) | 7–5–0 |
13 | W | November 3, 1976 | 6–2 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1976–77) | 8–5–0 |
14 | W | November 6, 1976 | 3–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1976–77) | 9–5–0 |
15 | L | November 9, 1976 | 1–8 | Montreal Canadiens (1976–77) | 9–6–0 |
16 | L | November 10, 1976 | 0–5 | @ Buffalo Sabres (1976–77) | 9–7–0 |
17 | L | November 13, 1976 | 3–5 | Atlanta Flames (1976–77) | 9–8–0 |
18 | L | November 15, 1976 | 2–4 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1976–77) | 9–9–0 |
19 | T | November 17, 1976 | 5–5 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1976–77) | 9–9–1 |
20 | W | November 20, 1976 | 3–1 | New York Rangers (1976–77) | 10–9–1 |
21 | W | November 24, 1976 | 4–2 | @ Minnesota North Stars (1976–77) | 11–9–1 |
22 | L | November 26, 1976 | 2–5 | @ Atlanta Flames (1976–77) | 11–10–1 |
23 | W | November 27, 1976 | 3–2 | Buffalo Sabres (1976–77) | 12–10–1 |
24 | L | November 30, 1976 | 3–5 | Colorado Rockies (1976–77) | 12–11–1 |
25 | T | December 3, 1976 | 2–2 | @ Cleveland Barons (1976–77) | 12–11–2 |
26 | L | December 4, 1976 | 0–1 | Atlanta Flames (1976–77) | 12–12–2 |
27 | L | December 7, 1976 | 2–4 | @ New York Islanders (1976–77) | 12–13–2 |
28 | T | December 8, 1976 | 4–4 | @ New York Rangers (1976–77) | 12–13–3 |
29 | T | December 11, 1976 | 1–1 | Minnesota North Stars (1976–77) | 12–13–4 |
30 | L | December 12, 1976 | 3–5 | @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77) | 12–14–4 |
31 | L | December 15, 1976 | 1–4 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1976–77) | 12–15–4 |
32 | L | December 16, 1976 | 2–5 | @ Boston Bruins (1976–77) | 12–16–4 |
33 | L | December 18, 1976 | 0–2 | Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77) | 12–17–4 |
34 | W | December 19, 1976 | 6–4 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77) | 13–17–4 |
35 | W | December 22, 1976 | 2–1 | @ Colorado Rockies (1976–77) | 14–17–4 |
36 | W | December 23, 1976 | 4–2 | @ Vancouver Canucks (1976–77) | 15–17–4 |
37 | T | December 28, 1976 | 4–4 | New York Islanders (1976–77) | 15–17–5 |
38 | W | January 1, 1977 | 3–1 | Minnesota North Stars (1976–77) | 16–17–5 |
39 | L | January 2, 1977 | 1–2 | @ Washington Capitals (1976–77) | 16–18–5 |
40 | W | January 4, 1977 | 4–3 | Los Angeles Kings (1976–77) | 17–18–5 |
41 | L | January 6, 1977 | 1–7 | @ Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77) | 17–19–5 |
42 | L | January 8, 1977 | 2–5 | Vancouver Canucks (1976–77) | 17–20–5 |
43 | W | January 12, 1977 | 7–2 | Montreal Canadiens (1976–77) | 18–20–5 |
44 | L | January 14, 1977 | 2–3 | @ Atlanta Flames (1976–77) | 18–21–5 |
45 | W | January 15, 1977 | 4–0 | Detroit Red Wings (1976–77) | 19–21–5 |
46 | W | January 19, 1977 | 5–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77) | 20–21–5 |
47 | W | January 22, 1977 | 2–1 | Colorado Rockies (1976–77) | 21–21–5 |
48 | L | January 23, 1977 | 3–6 | @ Washington Capitals (1976–77) | 21–22–5 |
49 | L | January 27, 1977 | 0–2 | Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77) | 21–23–5 |
50 | L | January 29, 1977 | 2–5 | Washington Capitals (1976–77) | 21–24–5 |
51 | L | January 30, 1977 | 2–5 | @ New York Rangers (1976–77) | 21–25–5 |
52 | T | February 1, 1977 | 3–3 | Boston Bruins (1976–77) | 21–25–6 |
53 | L | February 3, 1977 | 4–5 | @ Boston Bruins (1976–77) | 21–26–6 |
54 | W | February 5, 1977 | 6–5 | Buffalo Sabres (1976–77) | 22–26–6 |
55 | W | February 8, 1977 | 6–3 | Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77) | 23–26–6 |
56 | W | February 12, 1977 | 3–1 | Atlanta Flames (1976–77) | 24–26–6 |
57 | L | February 14, 1977 | 4–6 | @ Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77) | 24–27–6 |
58 | W | February 15, 1977 | 5–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77) | 25–27–6 |
59 | W | February 19, 1977 | 4–1 | Washington Capitals (1976–77) | 26–27–6 |
60 | W | February 21, 1977 | 4–0 | @ Vancouver Canucks (1976–77) | 27–27–6 |
61 | L | February 22, 1977 | 0–4 | @ Los Angeles Kings (1976–77) | 27–28–6 |
62 | L | February 26, 1977 | 1–5 | Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77) | 27–29–6 |
63 | L | February 28, 1977 | 2–5 | Cleveland Barons (1976–77) | 27–30–6 |
64 | T | March 2, 1977 | 2–2 | @ Colorado Rockies (1976–77) | 27–30–7 |
65 | W | March 5, 1977 | 2–1 | New York Islanders (1976–77) | 28–30–7 |
66 | L | March 6, 1977 | 2–3 | @ Minnesota North Stars (1976–77) | 28–31–7 |
67 | L | March 8, 1977 | 1–2 | Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77) | 28–32–7 |
68 | W | March 10, 1977 | 4–2 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1976–77) | 29–32–7 |
69 | T | March 12, 1977 | 3–3 | Minnesota North Stars (1976–77) | 29–32–8 |
70 | L | March 15, 1977 | 1–4 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1976–77) | 29–33–8 |
71 | L | March 16, 1977 | 3–7 | @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77) | 29–34–8 |
72 | T | March 19, 1977 | 4–4 | Vancouver Canucks (1976–77) | 29–34–9 |
73 | L | March 20, 1977 | 3–5 | @ New York Rangers (1976–77) | 29–35–9 |
74 | W | March 22, 1977 | 4–2 | Los Angeles Kings (1976–77) | 30–35–9 |
75 | L | March 24, 1977 | 1–6 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1976–77) | 30–36–9 |
76 | L | March 26, 1977 | 2–5 | @ New York Islanders (1976–77) | 30–37–9 |
77 | L | March 28, 1977 | 4–5 | @ Minnesota North Stars (1976–77) | 30–38–9 |
78 | W | March 30, 1977 | 4–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77) | 31–38–9 |
79 | W | April 2, 1977 | 9–2 | Cleveland Barons (1976–77) | 32–38–9 |
80 | L | April 3, 1977 | 3–7 | @ Buffalo Sabres (1976–77) | 32–39–9 |
Playoffs[]
Montreal Canadiens 4, St. Louis Blues 0[]
Player Stats[]
Regular Season[]
- Scoring
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG |
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Bob MacMillan | RW | 80 | 19 | 39 | 58 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 |
Garry Unger | C | 80 | 30 | 27 | 57 | 56 | -12 | 7 | 0 | 5 |
Larry Patey | C | 80 | 21 | 29 | 50 | 41 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Red Berenson | C | 80 | 21 | 28 | 49 | 8 | -28 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
Claude Larose | RW | 80 | 29 | 19 | 48 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Chuck Lefley | LW | 71 | 11 | 30 | 41 | 12 | -15 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
Pierre Plante | RW | 76 | 18 | 20 | 38 | 77 | -4 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
Jerry Butler | RW | 80 | 12 | 20 | 32 | 65 | -31 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rod Seiling | D | 79 | 3 | 26 | 29 | 36 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Ted Irvine | LW | 69 | 14 | 14 | 28 | 38 | -16 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Bruce Affleck | D | 80 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 24 | -22 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Gassoff | D | 77 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 254 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Bernie Federko | C | 31 | 14 | 9 | 23 | 15 | -6 | 6 | 0 | 3 |
Bob Hess | D | 53 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 14 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Derek Sanderson | C | 32 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 26 | -8 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
Floyd Thomson | LW | 58 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Rick Bourbonnais | RW | 33 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 10 | -6 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Brian Sutter | LW | 35 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 82 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Plager | D | 54 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 23 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jamie Masters | D | 16 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 2 | -7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Gilles Marotte | D | 47 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 26 | -13 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Dave Hrechkosy | LW | 15 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Joe Zanussi | D | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Doug Palazzari | C | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Yves Belanger | G | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Barclay Plager | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rick Smith | D | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Brian Ogilvie | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Doug Grant | G | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ed Staniowski | G | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Eddie Johnston | G | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Goaltending
Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | 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 | 960 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 50 | 3.12 | 1 |
Yves Belanger | 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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Claude Larose | RW | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Larry Patey | C | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Brian Sutter | LW | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rick Bourbonnais | RW | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Gassoff | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chuck Lefley | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bob MacMillan | RW | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Garry Unger | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jamie Masters | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Hess | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ted Irvine | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Floyd Thomson | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gilles Marotte | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bruce Affleck | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Red Berenson | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jerry Butler | RW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Plager | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pierre Plante | RW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rod Seiling | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ed Staniowski | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Eddie Johnston | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Goaltending
Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | 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 |
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 Blues did not win any awards this season.
Transactions[]
Draft Picks[]
Farm Teams[]
Game Ads[]
See Also[]
References[]
- ↑ 1976-77 St. Louis Blues Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com. hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-06-15.
- 1976–77 St. Louis Blues Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-06.
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1976–77 NHL season by team | |
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Patrick | Atlanta • NY Islanders • NY Rangers • Philadelphia |
Adams | Boston • Buffalo • Cleveland • Toronto |
Norris | Detroit • Los Angeles • Montreal • Pittsburgh • Washington |
Smythe | Chicago • Colorado • Minnesota • St. Louis • Vancouver |
See also | 1976 NHL Amateur Draft • All-Star Game • 1977 Stanley Cup Finals |
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