1976–77 Minnesota Fighting Saints season

1976–77 Minnesota Fighting Saints

Division

6th Eastern

1976–77 record

19–18–5

Goals for

136

Goals against

129

Team information

Coach

Glen Sonmor

Team leaders

< 1975–76
1975–76

The 1976–77 Minnesota Fighting Saints season was the last season of WHA hockey in Minnesota. The original Fighting Saints disbanded and the Cleveland Crusaders relocated to become the Minnesota Fighting Saints. The season came to an early end on January 14, 1977 when the Saints played their last game without finishing the season.

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
3	W	October 10, 1976	4–1	Indianapolis Racers (1976–77)	1–2–0
6	W	October 17, 1976	6–1	Birmingham Bulls (1976–77)	2–4–0
8	T	October 22, 1976	2–2	Calgary Cowboys (1976–77)	2–5–1
11	L	October 30, 1976	1–5	@ Quebec Nordiques (1976–77)	3–6–2
13	L	November 3, 1976	2–4	@ Edmonton Oilers (1976–77)	3–8–2
14	L	November 5, 1976	2–9	@ Winnipeg Jets (1976–77)	3–9–2
15	L	November 7, 1976	1–3	Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77)	3–10–2
16	T	November 11, 1976	3–3	New England Whalers (1976–77)	3–10–3
17	W	November 13, 1976	4–2	@ Quebec Nordiques (1976–77)	4–10–3
18	L	November 18, 1976	5–9	Quebec Nordiques (1976–77)	4–11–3
19	T	November 20, 1976	3–3	@ New England Whalers (1976–77)	4–11–4
20	W	November 21, 1976	5–1	Calgary Cowboys (1976–77)	5–11–4
21	W	November 23, 1976	4–0	Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77)	6–11–4
22	W	November 26, 1976	4–2	Quebec Nordiques (1976–77)	7–11–4
23	W	November 27, 1976	3–1	@ New England Whalers (1976–77)	8–11–4
24	W	November 28, 1976	3–1	@ Birmingham Bulls (1976–77)	9–11–4
25	L	December 3, 1976	3–4	Winnipeg Jets (1976–77)	9–12–4
26	W	December 5, 1976	5–1	Edmonton Oilers (1976–77)	10–12–4
27	W	December 7, 1976	4–2	New England Whalers (1976–77)	11–12–4
28	W	December 10, 1976	4–2	Calgary Cowboys (1976–77)	12–12–4
29	L	December 12, 1976	2–4	San Diego Mariners (1976–77)	12–13–4
30	L	December 15, 1976	0–5	@ Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77)	12–14–4
31	W	December 16, 1976	5–3	@ Indianapolis Racers (1976–77)	13–14–4
32	W	December 18, 1976	4–3	Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77)	14–14–4
33	L	December 22, 1976	3–4	Quebec Nordiques (1976–77)	14–15–4
34	L	December 23, 1976	1–2	@ Calgary Cowboys (1976–77)	14–16–4
35	L	December 26, 1976	2–3	@ New England Whalers (1976–77)	14–17–4
36	W	December 28, 1976	5–4	New England Whalers (1976–77)	15–17–4
37	W	December 30, 1976	4–2	@ Birmingham Bulls (1976–77)	16–17–4
38	W	January 2, 1977	3–1	Birmingham Bulls (1976–77)	17–17–4
39	T	January 7, 1977	1–1	Houston Aeros (1976–77)	17–17–5
40	W	January 8, 1977	5–0	Edmonton Oilers (1976–77)	18–17–5
41	L	January 12, 1977	3–4	Birmingham Bulls (1976–77)	18–18–5
42	W	January 14, 1977	9–5	Indianapolis Racers (1976–77)	19–18–5

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Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG
Keon, DaveDave Keon	C	42	13	38	51	2	25	1	1
Antonovich, MikeMike Antonovich	C	42	27	21	48	28	20	6	0
Ward, RonRon Ward	C	41	15	21	36	6	9	4	1
McKenzie, JohnJohn McKenzie	RW	40	17	13	30	52	14	3	0
McDonough, AlAl McDonough	RW	42	9	21	30	6	13	0	0
Adduono, RayRay Adduono	C	40	4	19	23	17	-14	3	0
Arbour, JohnJohn Arbour	D	33	3	19	22	22	14	0	0
Gruen, DannyDanny Gruen	LW	34	10	9	19	19	7	2	0
Patrick, CraigCraig Patrick	RW	30	6	11	17	6	4	0	0
Deadmarsh, ButchButch Deadmarsh	LW	35	9	4	13	51	-5	2	0
Carlson, SteveSteve Carlson	C	21	5	8	13	8	3	0	0
Zrymiak, JerryJerry Zrymiak	D	40	2	10	12	14	7	0	0
McKay, RayRay McKay	D	42	2	9	11	28	19	0	0
Westrum, PatPat Westrum	D	40	1	9	10	42	15	0	0
Gallant, GordGord Gallant	LW	37	6	3	9	64	-1	0	0
Carlson, JackJack Carlson	LW	36	4	3	7	55	-1	0	0
Butters, BillBill Butters	D	42	0	7	7	133	5	0	0
Stewart, JohnJohn Stewart	LW	15	3	3	6	2	-6	0	0
Hanson, DaveDave Hanson	D	7	0	2	2	35	-9	0	0
Levasseur, Jean-LouisJean-Louis Levasseur	G	30	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
Clearwater, RayRay Clearwater	D	2	0	0	0	2	-3	0	0
Curran, MikeMike Curran	G	16	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
Legge, BarryBarry Legge	D	2	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0
Milani, TomTom Milani	RW	2	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Levasseur, Jean-LouisJean-Louis Levasseur	1715	30	15	11	2	78	2.73	2
Curran, MikeMike Curran	848	16	4	7	3	50	3.54	0
Team:	2563	42	19	18	5	128	3.00	2

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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 Minnesota Fighting Saints Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-29.
↑ "1976-77 Minnesota Fighting Saints Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-29.

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 Minnesota Fighting Saints season

Regular season

Final standings

Game log

Player stats

See also

References

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