1976-77 NHL season

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The 1976-77 NHL season was the 60th season of the National Hockey League. Eighteen teams each played 80 games. Not since the Ottawa Senators had relocated in 1934, becoming the St. Louis Eagles, had an NHL team moved. This year saw not one, but two teams relocate. The Kansas City Scouts moved to Denver, Colorado and became the Colorado Rockies and the California Golden Seals moved to Cleveland, Ohio and became the Cleveland Barons. The instability along with the poor performances of the Washington Capitals and the Scouts since the 1974 expansion caused the league to shelve an expansion to Denver and Seattle proposed for this season.

The Montreal Canadiens once again dominated the Stanley Cup playoffs as for the second straight year, they swept their opponent four games to none in the final series for the Cup.

Contents 1 Regular season 2 Final standings 2.1 Prince of Wales Conference 2.2 Clarence Campbell Conference 2.3 Scoring leaders 3 Stanley Cup playoffs 3.1 Playoff bracket 4 NHL awards 5 See also 6 References

[edit] Regular season

The previous season saw the Montreal Canadiens set new records in wins and points. Both of those records were broken again by the Canadiens this season as they had 60 wins and 132 points. Their home record was an impressive 33 wins, 1 loss, and 6 ties. The Canadiens were a full 26 points ahead of the second-place Boston Bruins, who were swept outright by Montreal in the 1977 Final.

[edit] Final standings

GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold

[edit] Prince of Wales Conference

Adams Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA	PIM
Boston Bruins	80	49	23	8	106	312	240	1065
Buffalo Sabres	80	48	24	8	104	301	220	848
Toronto Maple Leafs	80	33	32	15	81	301	285	1200
Cleveland Barons	80	25	42	13	63	240	292	1011

Norris Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA	PIM
Montreal Canadiens	80	60	8	12	132	387	171	764
Los Angeles Kings	80	34	31	15	83	271	241	1186
Pittsburgh Penguins	80	34	33	13	81	240	252	669
Washington Capitals	80	24	42	14	62	221	307	1231
Detroit Red Wings	80	16	55	9	41	183	309	1332

[edit] Clarence Campbell Conference

Patrick Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA	PIM
Philadelphia Flyers	80	48	16	16	112	323	213	1547
New York Islanders	80	47	21	12	106	288	193	1012
Atlanta Flames	80	34	34	12	80	264	265	889
New York Rangers	80	29	37	14	72	272	310	1164

Smythe Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA	PIM
St. Louis Blues	80	32	39	9	73	239	276	877
Minnesota North Stars	80	23	39	18	64	240	310	774
Chicago Black Hawks	80	26	43	11	63	240	298	1104
Vancouver Canucks	80	25	42	13	63	235	294	1078
Colorado Rockies	80	20	46	14	54	226	307	978

[edit] Scoring leaders

GP = Games Played, G = Goals, A = Assists, Pts = Points, PIM = Penalties In Minutes

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Guy Lafleur	Montreal Canadiens	80	56	80	136	20
Marcel Dionne	Los Angeles Kings	80	53	69	122	12
Steve Shutt	Montreal Canadiens	80	60	45	105	28
Rick MacLeish	Philadelphia Flyers	79	49	48	97	42
Gilbert Perreault	Buffalo Sabres	80	39	56	95	30
Tim Young	Minnesota North Stars	80	29	66	95	58
Jean Ratelle	Boston Bruins	78	33	61	94	22
Lanny McDonald	Toronto Maple Leafs	80	46	44	90	77
Darryl Sittler	Toronto Maple Leafs	73	38	52	90	89
Bobby Clarke	Philadelphia Flyers	80	27	63	90	71

[edit] Stanley Cup playoffs

[edit] Playoff bracket

	Preliminary Round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
						1	Montreal Canadiens	4
						10	St. Louis Blues	0
											1	Montreal Canadiens	4
										4	New York Islanders	2
	4	New York Islanders	2
	12	Chicago Black Hawks	0
						4	New York Islanders	4
						5	Buffalo Sabres	0
	5	Buffalo Sabres	2
	11	Minnesota North Stars	0
																1	Montreal Canadiens	4
																3	Boston Bruins	0
						2	Philadelphia Flyers	4
						8	Toronto Maple Leafs	2
	7	Pittsburgh Penguins	1
	8	Toronto Maple Leafs	2
											2	Philadelphia Flyers	0
										3	Boston Bruins	4
						3	Boston Bruins	4
						6	Los Angeles Kings	2
	6	Los Angeles Kings	2
	9	Atlanta Flames	1

[edit] NHL awards

Prince of Wales Trophy:	Montreal Canadiens
Clarence S. Campbell Bowl:	Philadelphia Flyers
Art Ross Memorial Trophy:	Guy Lafleur, Montreal Canadiens
Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy:	Ed Westfall, New York Islanders
Calder Memorial Trophy:	Willi Plett, Atlanta Flames
Conn Smythe Trophy:	Guy Lafleur, Montreal Canadiens
Hart Memorial Trophy:	Guy Lafleur, Montreal Canadiens
Jack Adams Award:	Scotty Bowman, Montreal Canadiens
James Norris Memorial Trophy:	Larry Robinson, Montreal Canadiens
Lady Byng Memorial Trophy:	Marcel Dionne, Los Angeles Kings
Lester B. Pearson Award:	Guy Lafleur, Montreal Canadiens
NHL Plus/Minus Award:	Larry Robinson, Montreal Canadiens
Vezina Trophy:	Ken Dryden & Michel Larocque, Montreal Canadiens
Lester Patrick Trophy:	John Bucyk, Murray A. Armstrong, John Mariucci

[edit] See also

• List of Stanley Cup champions
• 1976 NHL Amateur Draft
• 1976 Canada Cup
• 30th National Hockey League All-Star Game
• National Hockey League All-Star Game
• 1976-77 WHA season
• 1976 in sports
• 1977 in sports

[edit] References

• Hockey Database
• NHL.com

NHL seasons
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