1976–77 Indianapolis Racers season

1976–77 Indianapolis Racers

Division

3rd Eastern

1976–77 record

36–37–8

Goals for

276

Goals against

305

Team information

Coach

Jacques Demers

Team leaders

<1975–76

1977–78>

The 1976–77 Indianapolis Racers season was the Racers' third season of operation in the World Hockey Association.

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

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Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Maggs, DarylDaryl Maggs	D	81	16	55	71	114	4	5	1	3
MacDonald, BlairBlair MacDonald	RW	81	34	30	64	28	10	8	0	3
Harris, HughHugh Harris	C	46	21	35	56	21	10	4	4	0
Leclerc, ReneRene Leclerc	RW	68	25	30	55	43	-7	2	0	0
Thomas, RegReg Thomas	LW	79	25	30	55	34	-9	5	0	0
Parizeau, MichelMichel Parizeau	C	75	18	37	55	39	6	8	0	0
Stapleton, PatPat Stapleton	D	81	8	45	53	29	-28	4	0	0
Peacosh, GeneGene Peacosh	LW	64	22	26	48	21	-1	6	0	0
Karlander, AlAl Karlander	C	65	17	28	45	23	5	4	0	0
Paiement, RosaireRosaire Paiement	C	67	18	25	43	91	-3	2	0	0
Sicinski, BobBob Sicinski	C	60	12	24	36	14	-8	1	0	0
McDonald, BrianBrian McDonald	C	50	15	13	28	48	-20	5	2	0
Rochon, FrankFrank Rochon	LW	57	15	8	23	8	-13	2	0	0
Lomenda, MarkMark Lomenda	RW	56	9	12	21	14	-11	0	0	0
Inkpen, DaveDave Inkpen	D	32	4	12	16	20	10	0	0	0
Baltimore, BryonBryon Baltimore	D	55	0	15	15	63	-22	0	0	0
Proceviat, DickDick Proceviat	D	55	2	12	14	33	-7	0	0	0
Block, KenKen Block	D	52	3	10	13	25	-12	0	0	0
Clackson, KimKim Clackson	D	71	3	8	11	168	-9	0	0	0
Zuke, MikeMike Zuke	C	15	3	4	7	2	-2	0	0	0
Coates, BrianBrian Coates	LW	16	1	5	6	4	-2	0	0	0
Campbell, BryanBryan Campbell	C	8	1	4	5	6	-8	1	0	0
MacGregor, GaryGary MacGregor	C	16	0	5	5	4	-11	0	0	0
Harbaruk, NickNick Harbaruk	RW	27	2	2	4	2	-16	0	0	0
Mavety, LarryLarry Mavety	D	10	2	2	4	8	-1	0	0	0
Burchell, RandyRandy Burchell	G	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Park, JimJim Park	G	31	0	1	1	6	0	0	0	0
Brown, AndyAndy Brown	G	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dion, MichelMichel Dion	G	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hoganson, PaulPaul Hoganson	G	11	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Dion, MichelMichel Dion	2286	42	17	19	3	128	3.36	1
Park, JimJim Park	1727	31	14	12	4	114	3.96	1
Hoganson, PaulPaul Hoganson	395	11	3	2	0	24	3.65	0
Brown, AndyAndy Brown	430	10	1	4	1	26	3.63	0
Burchell, RandyRandy Burchell	136	5	1	0	0	8	3.53	0
Team:	4974	81	36	37	8	300	3.62	2

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GWG
Thomas, RegReg Thomas	LW	9	7	9	16	4	0
MacDonald, BlairBlair MacDonald	RW	9	7	8	15	4	0
Parizeau, MichelMichel Parizeau	C	8	3	6	9	8	1
Stapleton, PatPat Stapleton	D	9	2	6	8	0	0
McDonald, BrianBrian McDonald	C	9	3	4	7	33	2
Peacosh, GeneGene Peacosh	LW	9	3	3	6	2	1
Maggs, DarylDaryl Maggs	D	9	1	4	5	4	0
Paiement, RosaireRosaire Paiement	C	9	0	5	5	15	0
Lomenda, MarkMark Lomenda	RW	9	3	1	4	17	0
Karlander, AlAl Karlander	C	6	2	1	3	0	0
Sicinski, BobBob Sicinski	C	9	0	3	3	4	0
Harbaruk, NickNick Harbaruk	RW	6	1	1	2	0	0
Leclerc, ReneRene Leclerc	RW	9	1	1	2	4	1
Block, KenKen Block	D	9	0	2	2	6	0
Inkpen, DaveDave Inkpen	D	9	0	2	2	8	0
Clackson, KimKim Clackson	D	9	0	1	1	24	0
Hoganson, PaulPaul Hoganson	G	5	0	1	1	0	0
Rochon, FrankFrank Rochon	LW	5	0	1	1	0	0
Baltimore, BryonBryon Baltimore	D	9	0	0	0	5	0
Dion, MichelMichel Dion	G	4	0	0	0	0	0
Harris, HughHugh Harris	C	2	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Hoganson, PaulPaul Hoganson	348	5	3	2	17	2.93	1
Dion, MichelMichel Dion	245	4	2	2	17	4.16	0
Team:	593	9	5	4	34	3.44	1

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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;

References

↑ "1976–77 Indianapolis Racers Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-28.
↑ "1976-77 Indianapolis Racers Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-28.

External links

1976–77 WHA season

Eastern Division	Birmingham Cincinnati Indianapolis Minnesota New England Quebec

Western Division	Calgary Edmonton Houston Phoenix San Diego Winnipeg

See also	Draft Super Series

1976–77 Indianapolis Racers season

Regular season

Final standings

Game log

Player stats

See also

References

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