1976–77 Phoenix Roadrunners säsong

1976–77 Phoenix Roadrunners
Division	6:e västra
Rekord 1976–77	28–48–4
Mål för	281
Mål mot	383
Laginformation
Tränare	Al Rollins
Kapten	Al McLeod
Suppleant kaptener	Jim Niekamp Robbie Ftorek

Säsongen 1976–77 av Phoenix Roadrunners var den tredje och sista säsongen av Phoenix Roadrunners i World Hockey Association ( WHA). Roadrunners slutade sexa i den västra divisionen och kvalificerade sig inte till slutspelet.

Vanlig säsong

Slutställning

Västra divisionen

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Houston Eros	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

Spellogg

Ordinarie säsongsschema
Nej.	R	Datum	Göra	Motståndare	Spela in
1	W	8 oktober 1976	8–6	Cincinnati Stingers ( 1976–77 )	1–0–0
2	L	9 oktober 1976	3–5	@ Houston Eros ( 1976–77 )	1–1–0
3	W	14 oktober 1976	4–3	Minnesota Fighting Saints ( 1976–77 )	2–1–0
4	W	16 oktober 1976	6–4	Winnipeg Jets ( 1976–77 )	3–1–0
5	L	19 oktober 1976	4–5 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers ( 1976–77 )	3–2–0
6	W	22 oktober 1976	4–3 OT	@ Winnipeg Jets ( 1976–77 )	4–2–0
7	W	24 oktober 1976	5–3	@ Edmonton Oilers ( 1976–77 )	5–2–0
8	L	26 oktober 1976	3–11	@ Quebec Nordiques ( 1976–77 )	5–3–0
9	L	29 oktober 1976	1–5	@ New England Whalers ( 1976–77 )	5–4–0
10	L	30 oktober 1976	3–9	@ Cincinnati Stingers ( 1976–77 )	5–5–0
11	W	2 november 1976	5–3	@ Quebec Nordiques ( 1976–77 )	6–5–0
12	L	4 november 1976	3–5	@ Birmingham Bulls ( 1976–77 )	6–6–0
13	L	5 november 1976	1–9	@ Houston Eros ( 1976–77 )	6–7–0
14	W	7 november 1976	3–1	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints ( 1976–77 )	7–7–0
15	T	10 november 1976	3–3	Indianapolis Racers ( 1976–77 )	7–7–1
16	W	12 november 1976	3–1	New England Whalers ( 1976–77 )	8–7–1
17	W	14 november 1976	6–3	San Diego Mariners ( 1976–77 )	9–7–1
18	W	16 november 1976	5–2	Edmonton Oilers ( 1976–77 )	10–7–1
19	L	18 november 1976	1–2 OT	Calgary Cowboys ( 1976–77 )	10–8–1
20	L	20 november 1976	2–5	Houston Eros ( 1976–77 )	10–9–1
21	T	24 november 1976	3–3	Calgary Cowboys ( 1976–77 )	10–9–2
22	W	26 november 1976	4–2	Edmonton Oilers ( 1976–77 )	11–9–2
23	W	28 november 1976	5–3	@ Winnipeg Jets ( 1976–77 )	12–9–2
24	L	30 november 1976	2–3 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers ( 1976–77 )	12–10–2
25	L	2 december 1976	3–4	@ San Diego Mariners ( 1976–77 )	12–11–2
26	L	4 december 1976	3–4	San Diego Mariners ( 1976–77 )	12–12–2
27	L	5 december 1976	0–6	@ Calgary Cowboys ( 1976–77 )	12–13–2
28	L	7 december 1976	2–4	@ Winnipeg Jets ( 1976–77 )	12–14–2
29	L	9 december 1976	4–5	Quebec Nordiques ( 1976–77 )	12–15–2
30	L	12 december 1976	0–8	@ Cincinnati Stingers ( 1976–77 )	12–16–2
31	L	14 december 1976	3–8	@ Houston Eros ( 1976–77 )	12–17–2
32	W	15 december 1976	6–5	Birmingham Bulls ( 1976–77 )	13–17–2
33	L	17 december 1976	0–1	Edmonton Oilers ( 1976–77 )	13–18–2
34	L	19 december 1976	4–6	Houston Eros ( 1976–77 )	13–19–2
35	L	22 december 1976	4–5 OT	San Diego Mariners ( 1976–77 )	13–20–2
36	W	28 december 1976	4–3	Indianapolis Racers ( 1976–77 )	14–20–2
37	L	2 januari 1977	1–4	@ Indianapolis Racers ( 1976–77 )	14–21–2
38	L	4 januari 1977	5–8	@ Birmingham Bulls ( 1976–77 )	14–22–2
39	W	8 januari 1977	4–3	@ New England Whalers ( 1976–77 )	15–22–2
40	L	11 januari 1977	2–9	@ Winnipeg Jets ( 1976–77 )	15–23–2
41	W	12 januari 1977	4–2	Houston Eros ( 1976–77 )	16–23–2
42	W	14 januari 1977	6–5 OT	Cincinnati Stingers ( 1976–77 )	17–23–2
43	L	16 januari 1977	4–5	Calgary Cowboys ( 1976–77 )	17–24–2
44	W	20 januari 1977	9–4	Cincinnati Stingers ( 1976–77 )	18–24–2
45	W	22 januari 1977	4–1	Edmonton Oilers ( 1976–77 )	19–24–2
46	L	23 januari 1977	2–9	@ Edmonton Oilers ( 1976–77 )	19–25–2
47	L	25 januari 1977	3–7	@ Calgary Cowboys ( 1976–77 )	19–26–2
48	L	28 januari 1977	2–6	New England Whalers ( 1976–77 )	19–27–2
49	W	30 januari 1977	8–5	Winnipeg Jets ( 1976–77 )	20–27–2
50	L	1 februari 1977	1–5	@ San Diego Mariners ( 1976–77 )	20–28–2
51	W	3 februari 1977	5–3	Houston Eros ( 1976–77 )	21–28–2
52	L	5 februari 1977	1–4	Calgary Cowboys ( 1976–77 )	21–29–2
53	W	9 februari 1977	4–3 OT	Birmingham Bulls ( 1976–77 )	22–29–2
54	L	11 februari 1977	3–5	San Diego Mariners ( 1976–77 )	22–30–2
55	L	13 februari 1977	2–5	@ San Diego Mariners ( 1976–77 )	22–31–2
56	L	16 februari 1977	2–7	@ Birmingham Bulls ( 1976–77 )	22–32–2
57	L	17 februari 1977	2–4	@ New England Whalers ( 1976–77 )	22–33–2
58	W	19 februari 1977	6–5	@ Indianapolis Racers ( 1976–77 )	23–33–2
59	L	20 februari 1977	3–4	@ Cincinnati Stingers ( 1976–77 )	23–34–2
60	W	23 februari 1977	6–3	Winnipeg Jets ( 1976–77 )	24–34–2
61	T	24 februari 1977	3–3	@ San Diego Mariners ( 1976–77 )	24–34–3
62	L	25 februari 1977	3–9	Houston Eros ( 1976–77 )	24–35–3
63	L	27 februari 1977	4–5	Houston Eros ( 1976–77 )	24–36–3
64	L	1 mars 1977	3–8	@ Houston Eros ( 1976–77 )	24–37–3
65	W	5 mars 1977	4–1	Winnipeg Jets ( 1976–77 )	25–37–3
66	L	6 mars 1977	2–3 OT	@ Indianapolis Racers ( 1976–77 )	25–38–3
67	L	8 mars 1977	2–9	@ Quebec Nordiques ( 1976–77 )	25–39–3
68	W	12 mars 1977	7–6 OT	@ San Diego Mariners ( 1976–77 )	26–39–3
69	T	15 mars 1977	4–4	@ San Diego Mariners ( 1976–77 )	26–39–4
70	L	17 mars 1977	3–4	Quebec Nordiques ( 1976–77 )	26–40–4
71	L	18 mars 1977	3–6	@ Houston Eros ( 1976–77 )	26–41–4
72	W	19 mars 1977	7–5	San Diego Mariners ( 1976–77 )	27–41–4
73	L	20 mars 1977	1–6	@ San Diego Mariners ( 1976–77 )	27–42–4
74	L	23 mars 1977	0–4	Birmingham Bulls ( 1976–77 )	27–43–4
75	L	25 mars 1977	3–7	San Diego Mariners ( 1976–77 )	27–44–4
76	L	27 mars 1977	4–5	@ Calgary Cowboys ( 1976–77 )	27–45–4
77	L	29 mars 1977	5–9	@ Calgary Cowboys ( 1976–77 )	27–46–4
78	L	31 mars 1977	2–6	New England Whalers ( 1976–77 )	27–47–4
79	L	2 april 1977	5–6 OT	Quebec Nordiques ( 1976–77 )	27–48–4
80	W	6 april 1977	7–3	Indianapolis Racers ( 1976–77 )	28–48–4

Spelarstatistik

Målsättning för
ordinarie säsong
Spelare Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Robbie Ftorek C/LW 80 46 71 117 86 26 11 0 5 Del Hall C 80 38 41 79 30 6 9 1 0 Seppo Repo C 80 29 31 60 10 −35 5 0 0 Ron Huston C 80 20 39 59 10 −57 6 4 0 Frank Hughes LW 48 24 29 53 20 5 3 0 0 Lauri Mononen RW 67 21 29 50 10 −20 2 0 0 Bob Liddington LW 80 20 24 44 28 −22 0 0 0 Juhani Tamminen RW 65 10 29 39 22 −23 2 0 0 Mike Hobin C 68 17 18 35 14 −43 2 0 0 Pekka Rautakallio D 78 4 31 35 8 −24 2 0 0 Garry Lariviere D 61 7 23 30 48 −19 3 0 0 Serge Beaudoin D 77 6 24 30 136 −11 0 0 0 Michel Cormier LW 58 13 16 29 22 −26 0 0 0 John Gray RW 28 10 10 20 59 −1 0 0 0 Jim Niekamp D 79 1 15 16 91 −32 0 0 0 Jerry Rollins D 63 4 10 14 169 −25 1 0 0 Andre Hinse LW 16 2 7 9 4 −7 0 0 0 Duane Bray D 46 2 6 8 62 −41 0 0 0 Al McLeod D 29 1 5 6 35 −10 0 0 0 Jan Popiel LW 28 3 2 5 8 −24 1 0 0 Mike Sleep RW 13 2 2 4 6 −3 0 0 0 Howie Young D/RW 26 1 3 4 23 −8 0 0 0 Gary Kurt G 33 0 3 3 6 0 0 0 0 Blair Davidson D 2 0 0 0 2 −1 0 0 0 Dave Gorman RW 5 0 0 0 0 −2 0 0 0 Clay Hebenton G 56 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Målvakt
Spelare MIN GP W L T GA GAA SÅ Clay Hebenton 3129 56 17 29 3 220 4.22 0 Gary Kurt 1752 33 11 19 1 162 5,55 0 Team: 4881 80 28 48 4 382 4,70 0

Obs: Pos = Position; GP = Spelade spel; G = Mål; A = Assist; Pts = Poäng; +/- = plus/minus; PIM = Straffminuter; PPG = Power-play-mål; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Matchvinnande mål MIN = Spelade minuter; W = Vinster; L = Förluster; T = Slipsar; GA = Mål-mot; GAA = Mål-mot snitt; SO = Avstängningar;

Utkastval

Phoenixs draftval vid WHA Amateur Draft 1976 .

Runda	#	Spelare	Nationalitet	College/junior/klubblag (ligan)
4	42	Kari Makkonen (F)	Finland	Assat Pori (Liiga)
5	54	Juhani Wallenius (F)	Finland	Lukko Rauma (Liiga)
6	66	Doug Patey (F)	Kanada	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHA)
7	78	Mark Davidson (LW)	Kanada	Flin Flon bombplan (WCHL)
8	90	Jari Laiho (F)	Finland	Lukko Rauma (Liiga)
9	101	Jouni Rinne (F)	Finland	Lukko Rauma (Liiga)
10	112	Hannu Helander (D)	Finland	Ilves (Liiga)

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