1976–77 Birmingham Bulls season

1976–77 Birmingham Bulls
Division 5th Eastern
1976–77 record 31–46–4
Goals for 289
Goals against 309
Team information
Coach Gilles Leger
Team leaders
< 1975–76 1977–78>

The 1976–77 Birmingham Bulls season was the Bulls' first season of operation in Birmingham, Alabama after the Toronto Toros relocated from Toronto, Canada.

Regular season

Final standings

Eastern Division
GP W L T GF GA PTS
Quebec Nordiques 81 47 31 3 353 295 97
Cincinnati Stingers 81 39 37 5 354 303 83
Indianapolis Racers 81 36 37 8 276 305 80
New England Whalers 81 35 40 6 275 290 76
Birmingham Bulls 81 31 46 4 289 309 66
Minnesota Fighting Saints 42 19 18 5 136 129 43

Game log

Regular season schedule
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1WOctober 8, 19764–2 Houston Aeros (1976–77) 1–0–0
2LOctober 10, 19763–4 OT @ Quebec Nordiques (1976–77) 1–1–0
3WOctober 12, 19766–2 Calgary Cowboys (1976–77) 2–1–0
4TOctober 14, 19767–7 Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77) 2–1–1
5LOctober 16, 19760–3 @ Houston Aeros (1976–77) 2–2–1
6LOctober 17, 19761–6 @ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1976–77) 2–3–1
7LOctober 19, 19765–6 OT Quebec Nordiques (1976–77) 2–4–1
8WOctober 21, 19768–5 Houston Aeros (1976–77) 3–4–1
9WOctober 23, 19763–1 @ Indianapolis Racers (1976–77) 4–4–1
12LOctober 28, 19763–4 OT Edmonton Oilers (1976–77) 4–7–1
13LOctober 30, 19764–5 @ New England Whalers (1976–77) 4–8–1
14LNovember 2, 19763–4 OT San Diego Mariners (1976–77) 4–9–1
15WNovember 4, 19765–3 Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77) 5–9–1
16LNovember 6, 19765–6 @ Quebec Nordiques (1976–77) 5–10–1
17LNovember 9, 19763–4 @ Quebec Nordiques (1976–77) 5–11–1
18LNovember 11, 19762–3 San Diego Mariners (1976–77) 5–12–1
19LNovember 13, 19762–3 Edmonton Oilers (1976–77) 5–13–1
20LNovember 16, 19764–5 New England Whalers (1976–77) 5–14–1
21LNovember 17, 19764–6 @ New England Whalers (1976–77) 5–15–1
22LNovember 19, 19760–4 @ Indianapolis Racers (1976–77) 5–16–1
23WNovember 21, 19764–3 San Diego Mariners (1976–77) 6–16–1
24WNovember 23, 19763–1 Calgary Cowboys (1976–77) 7–16–1
25LNovember 25, 19763–5 New England Whalers (1976–77) 7–17–1
26LNovember 27, 19761–2 @ Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77) 7–18–1
27LNovember 28, 19761–3 Minnesota Fighting Saints (1976–77) 7–19–1
28WNovember 30, 19763–1 Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77) 8–19–1
29LDecember 2, 19763–4 Edmonton Oilers (1976–77) 8–20–1
30LDecember 7, 19762–3 OT Indianapolis Racers (1976–77) 8–21–1
31WDecember 10, 19765–3 @ Winnipeg Jets (1976–77) 9–21–1
32LDecember 12, 19763–5 @ Edmonton Oilers (1976–77) 9–22–1
33LDecember 15, 19765–6 @ Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77) 9–23–1
34WDecember 17, 19764–3 @ Houston Aeros (1976–77) 10–23–1
35LDecember 18, 19762–6 @ New England Whalers (1976–77) 10–24–1
36LDecember 19, 19762–3 OT @ Indianapolis Racers (1976–77) 10–25–1
37WDecember 21, 19763–2 Quebec Nordiques (1976–77) 11–25–1
38WDecember 22, 19766–2 @ Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77) 12–25–1
39WDecember 26, 19766–2 Houston Aeros (1976–77) 13–25–1
40LDecember 30, 19762–4 Minnesota Fighting Saints (1976–77) 13–26–1
41LJanuary 2, 19771–3 @ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1976–77) 13–27–1
42WJanuary 4, 19778–5 Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77) 14–27–1
43LJanuary 7, 19771–7 @ Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77) 14–28–1
44LJanuary 9, 19771–4 @ Winnipeg Jets (1976–77) 14–29–1
45WJanuary 12, 19774–3 @ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1976–77) 15–29–1
46LJanuary 14, 19773–5 @ Houston Aeros (1976–77) 15–30–1
47LJanuary 16, 19772–5 @ San Diego Mariners (1976–77) 15–31–1
48LJanuary 21, 19771–6 @ Houston Aeros (1976–77) 15–32–1
49WJanuary 23, 19776–2 Indianapolis Racers (1976–77) 16–32–1
50WJanuary 27, 19773–0 Winnipeg Jets (1976–77) 17–32–1
51WJanuary 30, 19777–1 Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77) 18–32–1
52WFebruary 1, 19774–3 New England Whalers (1976–77) 19–32–1
53WFebruary 2, 19773–2 @ Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77) 20–32–1
54WFebruary 4, 19777–0 Quebec Nordiques (1976–77) 21–32–1
55LFebruary 5, 19772–5 @ Indianapolis Racers (1976–77) 21–33–1
56LFebruary 9, 19773–4 OT @ Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77) 21–34–1
57LFebruary 12, 19772–3 OT @ San Diego Mariners (1976–77) 21–35–1
58WFebruary 16, 19777–2 Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77) 22–35–1
59WFebruary 18, 19773–2 @ New England Whalers (1976–77) 23–35–1
60TFebruary 20, 19772–2 Indianapolis Racers (1976–77) 23–35–2
61TFebruary 22, 19774–4 Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77) 23–35–3
62WFebruary 24, 197710–6 Quebec Nordiques (1976–77) 24–35–3
63LFebruary 26, 19773–5 @ Quebec Nordiques (1976–77) 24–36–3
64WFebruary 27, 19774–0 @ Edmonton Oilers (1976–77) 25–36–3
65LMarch 3, 19772–4 @ Calgary Cowboys (1976–77) 25–37–3
66LMarch 6, 19772–5 @ Edmonton Oilers (1976–77) 25–38–3
67WMarch 9, 19774–3 OT New England Whalers (1976–77) 26–38–3
68WMarch 11, 19776–3 New England Whalers (1976–77) 27–38–3
69LMarch 12, 19772–7 @ Indianapolis Racers (1976–77) 27–39–3
70LMarch 13, 19774–7 @ Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77) 27–40–3
71WMarch 15, 19774–2 Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77) 28–40–3
72LMarch 17, 19772–5 Indianapolis Racers (1976–77) 28–41–3
73LMarch 20, 19773–4 OT Winnipeg Jets (1976–77) 28–42–3
74WMarch 22, 19777–4 Calgary Cowboys (1976–77) 29–42–3
75WMarch 23, 19774–0 @ Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77) 30–42–3
76LMarch 24, 19772–6 @ San Diego Mariners (1976–77) 30–43–3
77WMarch 27, 19777–3 Indianapolis Racers (1976–77) 31–43–3
78LMarch 29, 19772–4 Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77) 31–44–3
79LApril 2, 19775–6 Winnipeg Jets (1976–77) 31–45–3
80TApril 5, 19774–4 @ Calgary Cowboys (1976–77) 31–45–4
81LApril 6, 19774–6 @ Edmonton Oilers (1976–77) 31–46–4

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Player stats

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Napier, MarkMark Napier RW 80 60 36 96 2416916
Nedomansky, VaclavVaclav Nedomansky RW 81 36 33 69 10-13903
Marrin, PeterPeter Marrin C 79 23 37 60 36-7410
Nistico, LouLou Nistico C 79 20 36 56 166-9110
Hoganson, DaleDale Hoganson D 81 7 48 55 481300
Henderson, PaulPaul Henderson RW 81 23 25 48 30-9100
Jacques, JeffJeff Jacques RW 79 21 27 48 92-1100
Sheehy, TimTim Sheehy RW 50 26 21 47 44-2700
Stewart, JohnJohn Stewart C 52 17 24 41 3211200
Farda, RichardRichard Farda C 48 9 26 35 2-23100
Turkiewicz, JimJim Turkiewicz D 80 6 25 31 545020
Kirk, GavinGavin Kirk C 29 9 18 27 34-6500
Lagace, Jean-GuyJean-Guy Lagace D 78 2 25 27 110-8000
Mahovlich, FrankFrank Mahovlich LW 17 3 20 23 12-1200
Gorman, DaveDave Gorman RW 52 9 13 22 382010
Gallant, GordGord Gallant LW 34 4 13 17 628100
Simpson, TomTom Simpson RW 25 7 6 13 10-12400
Westrum, PatPat Westrum D 34 1 11 12 488000
Phaneuf, Jean-LucJean-Luc Phaneuf RW 30 2 7 9 2-4000
Bilodeau, GillesGilles Bilodeau LW 34 2 6 8 1331000
Cunningham, RickRick Cunningham D 63 0 8 8 75-18000
Ball, TerryTerry Ball D 23 1 6 7 82000
Garrett, JohnJohn Garrett G 65 0 3 3 210000
Carleton, WayneWayne Carleton LW 3 1 0 1 0-2000
McKay, RayRay McKay D 19 0 1 1 11-5000
Folco, PeterPeter Folco D 2 0 0 0 0-3000
Hart, RichRich Hart D 4 0 0 0 01000
Heaver, PaulPaul Heaver D 5 0 0 0 00000
Kokkola, KeithKeith Kokkola D 5 0 0 0 21-3000
Marsh, JimJim Marsh D 1 0 0 0 0-3000
Rollins, JerryJerry Rollins D 8 0 0 0 17-2000
Schneider, BuzzBuzz Schneider LW 4 0 0 0 2-2000
Stewart, JohnJohn Stewart LW 1 0 0 0 00000
Syvret, DaveDave Syvret D 8 0 0 0 0-4000
Wood, WayneWayne Wood G 23 0 0 0 00000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Garrett, JohnJohn Garrett 3803 65 24 34 4 224 3.53 4
Wood, WayneWayne Wood 1132 23 7 12 0 78 4.13 0
Team: 4935 81 31 46 4 302 3.67 4

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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;

See also

References

  1. ↑ "1976–77 Birmingham Bulls Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-28.
  2. ↑ "1976-77 Birmingham Bulls Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-28.

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