1976–77 Winnipeg Jets season

Winnipeg Jets
1976–77 Winnipeg Jets
Division	2nd Western
1976–77 record	46–32–2
Goals for	366
Goals against	291
	Team Information
General Manager	Rudy Pilous
Coach	Bobby Kromm
Captain	Lars-Erik Sjoberg
Alternate captains	Ted Green; Anders Hedberg
Arena	Winnipeg Arena
	Team Leaders
Goals	Anders Hedberg (70)
Assists	Ulf Nilsson (85)
Points	Anders Hedberg (131)
Penalties in minutes	Dave Dunn (129)
Wins	Joe Daley (39)
Goals against average	Joe Daley (3.24)

<1975–76

1977–78>

The 1976–77 Winnipeg Jets season was the Jets' 5th season in the World Hockey Association (WHA). The Jets finished 2nd in the Western Division and lost in the Avco World Trophy Final to the Quebec Nordiques 4 games to 3.

Off-season[]

The Jets jerseys were the same design as in the 1973-74 season except for the dark blue becoming darker.

Pre-season[]

The Jets had two exhibition games against teams from the NHL, winning both:

September 24, 1976: Winnipeg Jets 5, Pittsburgh Penguins 3
September 26, 1976: Winnipeg Jets 6, St. Louis Blues 2

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[]

1977-Feb6-Hedberg 50th — In 49 games, Anders Hedberg scores his 50th goal, February 6, 1977.

Anders Hedberg 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	W	October 8, 1976	4–1	Calgary Cowboys (1976–77)	1–0–0
2	W	October 10, 1976	5–2	New England Whalers (1976–77)	2–0–0
3	W	October 15, 1976	6–1	@ Edmonton Oilers (1976–77)	3–0–0
4	L	October 16, 1976	4–6	@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77)	3–1–0
5	L	October 17, 1976	1–3	@ San Diego Mariners (1976–77)	3–2–0
6	W	October 19, 1976	6–1	Indianapolis Racers (1976–77)	4–2–0
7	L	October 22, 1976	3–4 OT	Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77)	4–3–0
8	W	October 24, 1976	7–1	Birmingham Bulls (1976–77)	5–3–0
9	W	October 29, 1976	11–3	Edmonton Oilers (1976–77)	6–3–0
10	W	October 31, 1976	6–4	San Diego Mariners (1976–77)	7–3–0
11	L	November 2, 1976	1–3	Houston Aeros (1976–77)	7–4–0
12	W	November 5, 1976	9–2	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1976–77)	8–4–0
13	L	November 6, 1976	3–7	@ Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77)	8–5–0
14	W	November 7, 1976	5–2	Edmonton Oilers (1976–77)	9–5–0
15	W	November 9, 1976	5–4 OT	New England Whalers (1976–77)	10–5–0
16	L	November 11, 1976	5–7	@ Calgary Cowboys (1976–77)	10–6–0
17	W	November 14, 1976	2–0	@ Calgary Cowboys (1976–77)	11–6–0
18	W	November 16, 1976	8–4	Quebec Nordiques (1976–77)	12–6–0
19	W	November 19, 1976	7–3	@ New England Whalers (1976–77)	13–6–0
20	L	November 20, 1976	4–8	@ Indianapolis Racers (1976–77)	13–7–0
21	L	November 21, 1976	2–4	Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77)	13–8–0
22	L	November 23, 1976	4–7	@ Quebec Nordiques (1976–77)	13–9–0
23	T	November 26, 1976	1–1	@ Houston Aeros (1976–77)	13–9–1
24	L	November 28, 1976	3–5	Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77)	13–10–1
25	W	November 30, 1976	8–2	San Diego Mariners (1976–77)	14–10–1
26	W	December 3, 1976	4–3	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1976–77)	15–10–1
27	W	December 4, 1976	6–2	@ New England Whalers (1976–77)	16–10–1
28	L	December 5, 1976	4–6	@ Quebec Nordiques (1976–77)	16–11–1
29	W	December 7, 1976	4–2	Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77)	17–11–1
30	W	December 8, 1976	4–2	@ Calgary Cowboys (1976–77)	18–11–1
31	L	December 10, 1976	3–5	Birmingham Bulls (1976–77)	18–12–1
32	L	December 26, 1976	3–12	Quebec Nordiques (1976–77)	18–13–1
33	L	December 28, 1976	3–6	@ Houston Aeros (1976–77)	18–14–1
34	L	December 30, 1976	3–4	@ San Diego Mariners (1976–77)	18–15–1
35	W	January 2, 1977	5–2	Houston Aeros (1976–77)	19–15–1
36	W	January 4, 1977	2–1	Indianapolis Racers (1976–77)	20–15–1
37	W	January 9, 1977	4–1	Birmingham Bulls (1976–77)	21–15–1
38	W	January 11, 1977	9–2	Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77)	22–15–1
39	W	January 14, 1977	5–3	@ Calgary Cowboys (1976–77)	23–15–1
40	L	January 16, 1977	4–6	Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77)	23–16–1
41	W	January 21, 1977	6–5 OT	Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77)	24–16–1
42	W	January 23, 1977	10–5	Calgary Cowboys (1976–77)	25–16–1
43	L	January 25, 1977	2–5	@ Houston Aeros (1976–77)	25–17–1
44	L	January 27, 1977	0–3	@ Birmingham Bulls (1976–77)	25–18–1
45	L	January 29, 1977	3–5	@ San Diego Mariners (1976–77)	25–19–1
46	L	January 30, 1977	5–8	@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77)	25–20–1
47	W	February 1, 1977	11–1	@ Edmonton Oilers (1976–77)	26–20–1
48	W	February 4, 1977	8–2	San Diego Mariners (1976–77)	27–20–1
49	W	February 6, 1977	6–4	Calgary Cowboys (1976–77)	28–20–1
50	W	February 8, 1977	7–2	@ Quebec Nordiques (1976–77)	29–20–1
51	L	February 10, 1977	3–6	@ New England Whalers (1976–77)	29–21–1
52	L	February 11, 1977	0–4	@ Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77)	29–22–1
53	W	February 13, 1977	7–5	@ Indianapolis Racers (1976–77)	30–22–1
54	T	February 15, 1977	2–2	Calgary Cowboys (1976–77)	30–22–2
55	W	February 17, 1977	4–2	Indianapolis Racers (1976–77)	31–22–2
56	L	February 18, 1977	2–3	@ Edmonton Oilers (1976–77)	31–23–2
57	W	February 20, 1977	4–2	Edmonton Oilers (1976–77)	32–23–2
58	W	February 22, 1977	3–2	Houston Aeros (1976–77)	33–23–2
59	L	February 23, 1977	3–6	@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77)	33–24–2
60	W	February 26, 1977	8–6	@ Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77)	34–24–2
61	L	February 27, 1977	2–3	New England Whalers (1976–77)	34–25–2
62	L	March 1, 1977	1–6	@ Calgary Cowboys (1976–77)	34–26–2
63	W	March 2, 1977	4–3 OT	Quebec Nordiques (1976–77)	35–26–2
64	L	March 3, 1977	4–5	@ Edmonton Oilers (1976–77)	35–27–2
65	L	March 5, 1977	1–4	@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77)	35–28–2
66	W	March 8, 1977	5–0	San Diego Mariners (1976–77)	36–28–2
67	W	March 11, 1977	4–1	Calgary Cowboys (1976–77)	37–28–2
68	W	March 13, 1977	9–3	Edmonton Oilers (1976–77)	38–28–2
69	W	March 15, 1977	7–0	Edmonton Oilers (1976–77)	39–28–2
70	L	March 17, 1977	3–4	@ Edmonton Oilers (1976–77)	39–29–2
71	W	March 18, 1977	7–5	@ Indianapolis Racers (1976–77)	40–29–2
72	W	March 20, 1977	4–3 OT	@ Birmingham Bulls (1976–77)	41–29–2
73	W	March 22, 1977	8–3	Edmonton Oilers (1976–77)	42–29–2
74	W	March 27, 1977	5–3	@ Houston Aeros (1976–77)	43–29–2
75	L	March 29, 1977	2–5	Houston Aeros (1976–77)	43–30–2
76	L	March 31, 1977	3–4	@ San Diego Mariners (1976–77)	43–31–2
77	W	April 2, 1977	6–5	@ Birmingham Bulls (1976–77)	44–31–2
78	W	April 3, 1977	6–4	Calgary Cowboys (1976–77)	45–31–2
79	L	April 4, 1977	2–6	@ Edmonton Oilers (1976–77)	45–32–2
80	W	April 7, 1977	6–4	@ Calgary Cowboys (1976–77)	46–32–2

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Playoffs[]

Winnipeg Jets 4, San Diego Mariners 3[]

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record
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	2–3
6	April 22	Winnipeg Jets	1–3	San Diego Mariners	3–3
7	April 24	San Diego Mariners	3–7	Winnipeg Jets	3–4

Winnipeg Jets 4, Houston Aeros 2[]

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record
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

Quebec Nordiques 4, Winnipeg Jets 3[]

1977-May26-Tremblay goal — J.C. Tremblay scores, Game 7 of the 1977 Avco World Trophy Finals, May 26, 1977.

The Finals pitted the 1976 AVCO World Trophy winning Winnipeg Jets against the Quebec Nordiques. The series was characterized by wild swings in scoring with each team winning games by lopsided margins.

The deciding Game 7 was initially a tight, close-checking game with no scoring in the first period. The Nordiques scored two quick goals to start the second period and then added a third at 6:29. The Jets Dan Labraaten cut into the Nordiques lead at 8:39 to make it 3-1. Less than a minute later, J.C. Tremblay fired a shot from center ice that beat Jets goalie Joe Daley. Totally deflated, the Jets surrendered four more goals before scoring a consolation marker, losing 8-2. Serge Bernier won the WHA Playoff MVP trophy, as he scored 36 points for the Nordiques in 17 post season games.

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record
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	1-2
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

Player Stats[]

Regular Season[]

Scoring

#	Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
15	Hedberg, AndersAnders Hedberg	RW	68	70	61	131	48	48	22	0	10
14	Nilsson, UlfUlf Nilsson	C	71	39	85	124	89	57	8	3	6
10	Sullivan, PeterPeter Sullivan	C	78	31	52	83	18	11	6	0	3
20	Lindstrom, WillyWilly Lindstrom	RW	79	44	36	80	37	-2	11	0	6
12	Ketola, Veli-PekkaVeli-Pekka Ketola	C	64	25	29	54	59	-13	6	0
9	Hull, BobbyBobby Hull	LW	34	21	32	53	14	16	7	0
21	Labraaten, DanDan Labraaten	LW	64	24	27	51	21	-11	8	0
3	Long, BarryBarry Long	D	71	9	38	47	54	-1	4	0
25	Miller, PerryPerry Miller	D	74	14	31	45	124	27	5	1
17	Lesuk, BillBill Lesuk	LW	78	14	27	41	85	23	2	0
4	Sjoberg, Lars-ErikLars-Erik Sjoberg	D	52	2	38	40	31	9	1	1
19	Lindh, MatsMats Lindh	C	73	14	17	31	2	-13	1	2
18	Guindon, BobbyBobby Guindon	LW	69	10	17	27	19	-12	3	0
2	Bergman, ThommieThommie Bergman	D	42	2	24	26	37	3	0	0
6	Green, TedTed Green	D	70	4	21	25	45	12	2	0
22	Moffat, LyleLyle Moffat	LW	74	13	11	24	90	-7	2	0
23	Ruhnke, KentKent Ruhnke	RW	51	11	11	22	2	-12	0	0
	Ford, MikeMike Ford	D	22	3	14	17	20	14	0	0
5	Riihiranta, HeikkiHeikki Riihiranta	D	53	1	16	17	28	-1	0	0
8	Dunn, DaveDave Dunn	D	40	3	11	14	129	-1	0	0
	Lawson, DannyDanny Lawson	RW	14	6	7	13	2	0	2	0
	Ward, RonRon Ward	C	14	4	7	11	2	-2	2	0
	Huck, FranFran Huck	C	12	2	2	4	10	-1	0	0
1	Daley, JoeJoe Daley	G	65	0	4	4	6	0	0	0	0
	Cole, JimJim Cole	LW	2	0	1	1	0	-1	0	0	0
	Mott, MorrisMorris Mott	RW	2	0	1	1	5	1	0	0	0
30	Larsson, CurtCurt Larsson	G	19	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Daley, JoeJoe Daley	3818	65	39	23	2	206	3.24	3
Larsson, CurtCurt Larsson	1019	19	7	9	0	82	4.83	0
Team:	4837	80	46	32	2	288	3.57	3

Playoffs[]

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Hedberg, AndersAnders Hedberg	RW	20	13	16	29	13			2
Nilsson, UlfUlf Nilsson	C	20	6	21	27	33			0
Labraaten, DanDan Labraaten	LW	20	7	17	24	15			1
Hull, BobbyBobby Hull	LW	20	13	9	22	2			2
Sullivan, PeterPeter Sullivan	C	20	7	12	19	2			2
Ford, MikeMike Ford	D	20	3	13	16	12			0
Lindstrom, WillyWilly Lindstrom	RW	20	9	6	15	22			1
Miller, PerryPerry Miller	D	20	4	6	10	27			0
Lindh, MatsMats Lindh	C	20	2	7	9	2			1
Dunn, DaveDave Dunn	D	20	4	4	8	23			1
Guindon, BobbyBobby Guindon	LW	20	4	4	8	9			1
Lawson, DannyDanny Lawson	RW	13	2	4	6	6			0
Long, BarryBarry Long	D	20	1	5	6	10			0
Sjoberg, Lars-ErikLars-Erik Sjoberg	D	20	0	6	6	22	0	0	0
Green, TedTed Green	D	20	1	3	4	12			0
Lesuk, BillBill Lesuk	LW	18	2	1	3	22			0
Moffat, LyleLyle Moffat	LW	17	2	0	2	6			0
Huck, FranFran Huck	C	7	0	2	2	6	0	0	0
Daley, JoeJoe Daley	G	20	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Larsson, CurtCurt Larsson	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Daley, JoeJoe Daley	1186	20	11	9	71	3.59	1
Larsson, CurtCurt Larsson	20	1	0	0	1	3.00	0
Team:	1206	20	11	9	72	3.58	1

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Note: 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[]

Anders Hedberg, Right Wing, WHA First Team All-Star
Ulf Nilsson, Center, WHA Second Team All-Star
Joe Daley, Goalie, WHA Second Team All-Star

Transactions[]

Draft Picks[]

Farm Teams[]

Video[]

Game 7 of the 1977 Avco World Trophy Finals, May 26, 1977

1977 WHA AVCO Cup Finals G 7 Winnipeg @ Quebec 5 26 1977

References[]

↑ Jets/1977_games.html 1976–77 Winnipeg Jets Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-21.
↑ 1976-77 Winnipeg Jets Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com. hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-28.

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[1] Jets/1977_games.html 1976–77 Winnipeg Jets Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-21.

[2] 1976-77 Winnipeg Jets Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com. hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-28.

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Contents

Off-season[]

Pre-season[]

Regular Season[]

Final Standings[]

Game Log[]

Playoffs[]

Winnipeg Jets 4, San Diego Mariners 3[]

Winnipeg Jets 4, Houston Aeros 2[]

Quebec Nordiques 4, Winnipeg Jets 3[]

Player Stats[]

Regular Season[]

Playoffs[]

Awards and Records[]

Transactions[]

Draft Picks[]

Farm Teams[]

Video[]

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