1976–77 Calgary Cowboys season

1976–77 Calgary Cowboys

Division

5th Western

1976–77 record

31–43–7

Goals for

252

Goals against

296

Team information

Coach

Joe Crozier

Team leaders

<1975–76

The 1976–77 Calgary Cowboys season was the Calgary Cowboys' second and final season of operation in the World Hockey Association. The Cowboys failed to make the playoffs.

Regular season

Final standings

**Western Division**
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Houston Aeros	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

Game log

Regular season schedule
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 8, 1976	1–4	@ Winnipeg Jets (1976–77)	0–1–0
2	L	October 9, 1976	2–5	@ Quebec Nordiques (1976–77)	0–2–0
3	L	October 12, 1976	2–6	@ Birmingham Bulls (1976–77)	0–3–0
4	L	October 13, 1976	1–2	@ Houston Aeros (1976–77)	0–4–0
5	L	October 16, 1976	2–4	@ San Diego Mariners (1976–77)	0–5–0
6	L	October 21, 1976	2–4	Quebec Nordiques (1976–77)	0–6–0
7	T	October 22, 1976	2–2	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1976–77)	0–6–1
8	W	October 24, 1976	6–0	San Diego Mariners (1976–77)	1–6–1
9	W	October 26, 1976	9–3	Birmingham Bulls (1976–77)	2–6–1
10	W	October 30, 1976	6–4	Houston Aeros (1976–77)	3–6–1
11	W	November 2, 1976	4–3	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1976–77)	4–6–1
12	W	November 4, 1976	4–2	Edmonton Oilers (1976–77)	5–6–1
13	W	November 7, 1976	4–2	New England Whalers (1976–77)	6–6–1
14	W	November 11, 1976	7–5	Winnipeg Jets (1976–77)	7–6–1
15	L	November 14, 1976	0–2	Winnipeg Jets (1976–77)	7–7–1
16	L	November 16, 1976	2–4	@ Houston Aeros (1976–77)	7–8–1
17	W	November 18, 1976	2–1 OT	@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77)	8–8–1
18	W	November 19, 1976	4–1	Quebec Nordiques (1976–77)	9–8–1
19	L	November 21, 1976	1–5	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1976–77)	9–9–1
20	L	November 23, 1976	1–3	@ Birmingham Bulls (1976–77)	9–10–1
21	T	November 24, 1976	3–3	@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77)	9–10–2
22	L	November 27, 1976	0–2	San Diego Mariners (1976–77)	9–11–2
23	L	December 1, 1976	4–8	@ New England Whalers (1976–77)	9–12–2
24	L	December 2, 1976	1–2	@ Indianapolis Racers (1976–77)	9–13–2
25	L	December 3, 1976	4–6	@ Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77)	9–14–2
26	W	December 5, 1976	6–0	Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77)	10–14–2
27	L	December 8, 1976	2–4	Winnipeg Jets (1976–77)	10–15–2
28	L	December 10, 1976	2–4	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1976–77)	10–16–2
29	W	December 11, 1976	3–0	Edmonton Oilers (1976–77)	11–16–2
30	W	December 18, 1976	4–2	Quebec Nordiques (1976–77)	12–16–2
31	L	December 21, 1976	1–4	@ Edmonton Oilers (1976–77)	12–17–2
32	W	December 23, 1976	2–1	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1976–77)	13–17–2
33	W	December 26, 1976	6–3	Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77)	14–17–2
34	W	January 1, 1977	5–1	Edmonton Oilers (1976–77)	15–17–2
35	L	January 5, 1977	3–4	Houston Aeros (1976–77)	15–18–2
36	L	January 7, 1977	1–4	@ Edmonton Oilers (1976–77)	15–19–2
37	W	January 8, 1977	4–3	Indianapolis Racers (1976–77)	16–19–2
38	L	January 11, 1977	3–4 OT	Indianapolis Racers (1976–77)	16–20–2
39	L	January 14, 1977	3–5	Winnipeg Jets (1976–77)	16–21–2
40	W	January 15, 1977	5–3	@ San Diego Mariners (1976–77)	17–21–2
41	W	January 16, 1977	5–4	@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77)	18–21–2
42	T	January 21, 1977	1–1	@ Indianapolis Racers (1976–77)	18–21–3
43	L	January 22, 1977	3–5	@ Quebec Nordiques (1976–77)	18–22–3
44	L	January 23, 1977	5–10	@ Winnipeg Jets (1976–77)	18–23–3
45	W	January 25, 1977	7–3	Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77)	19–23–3
46	L	January 29, 1977	4–6	Houston Aeros (1976–77)	19–24–3
47	T	January 30, 1977	1–1	@ Edmonton Oilers (1976–77)	19–24–4
48	L	February 1, 1977	1–6	@ Houston Aeros (1976–77)	19–25–4
49	L	February 2, 1977	4–6	@ San Diego Mariners (1976–77)	19–26–4
50	W	February 5, 1977	4–1	@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77)	20–26–4
51	L	February 6, 1977	4–6	@ Winnipeg Jets (1976–77)	20–27–4
52	W	February 11, 1977	3–1	Edmonton Oilers (1976–77)	21–27–4
53	L	February 13, 1977	2–5	@ Edmonton Oilers (1976–77)	21–28–4
54	T	February 15, 1977	2–2	@ Winnipeg Jets (1976–77)	21–28–5
55	L	February 16, 1977	3–7	Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77)	21–29–5
56	W	February 18, 1977	5–3	Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77)	22–29–5
57	L	February 20, 1977	0–5	New England Whalers (1976–77)	22–30–5
58	W	February 23, 1977	3–2	Houston Aeros (1976–77)	23–30–5
59	L	February 25, 1977	2–3	New England Whalers (1976–77)	23–31–5
60	W	February 27, 1977	2–1	Indianapolis Racers (1976–77)	24–31–5
61	W	March 1, 1977	6–1	Winnipeg Jets (1976–77)	25–31–5
62	W	March 3, 1977	4–2	Birmingham Bulls (1976–77)	26–31–5
63	W	March 6, 1977	4–2	San Diego Mariners (1976–77)	27–31–5
64	W	March 9, 1977	4–3	San Diego Mariners (1976–77)	28–31–5
65	L	March 11, 1977	1–4	@ Winnipeg Jets (1976–77)	28–32–5
66	L	March 12, 1977	2–9	@ Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77)	28–33–5
67	L	March 15, 1977	1–3	@ Indianapolis Racers (1976–77)	28–34–5
68	L	March 16, 1977	3–4	@ Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77)	28–35–5
69	L	March 18, 1977	1–3	@ New England Whalers (1976–77)	28–36–5
70	L	March 19, 1977	0–8	@ Quebec Nordiques (1976–77)	28–37–5
71	L	March 20, 1977	0–9	@ New England Whalers (1976–77)	28–38–5
72	L	March 22, 1977	4–7	@ Birmingham Bulls (1976–77)	28–39–5
73	L	March 25, 1977	2–4	@ Houston Aeros (1976–77)	28–40–5
74	L	March 26, 1977	2–4	@ San Diego Mariners (1976–77)	28–41–5
75	W	March 27, 1977	5–4	Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77)	29–41–5
76	W	March 29, 1977	9–5	Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77)	30–41–5
77	W	April 1, 1977	3–1	@ Edmonton Oilers (1976–77)	31–41–5
78	T	April 2, 1977	4–4	Edmonton Oilers (1976–77)	31–41–6
79	L	April 3, 1977	4–6	@ Winnipeg Jets (1976–77)	31–42–6
80	T	April 5, 1977	4–4	Birmingham Bulls (1976–77)	31–42–7
81	L	April 7, 1977	4–6	Winnipeg Jets (1976–77)	31–43–7

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Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG
Powis, LynnLynn Powis	C	63	30	30	60	40	4	4	1
Miller, WarrenWarren Miller	RW	80	23	32	55	51	11	2	0
Chipperfield, RonRon Chipperfield	C	81	27	27	54	32	-10	5	0
Driscoll, PeterPeter Driscoll	LW	76	23	29	52	120	-8	4	0
Lawson, DannyDanny Lawson	RW	64	24	19	43	26	-13	2	1
Evans, ChrisChris Evans	D	81	7	27	34	60	12	0	0
Kryskow, DaveDave Kryskow	LW	45	16	17	33	47	-14	3	1
Terbenche, PaulPaul Terbenche	D	80	9	24	33	30	-14	0	0
Tannahill, DonDon Tannahill	LW	72	10	22	32	4	-9	0	4
Deadmarsh, ButchButch Deadmarsh	LW	38	13	17	30	77	-5	3	0
Morrison, GeorgeGeorge Morrison	LW	63	11	19	30	10	-10	2	0
Miszuk, JohnJohn Miszuk	D	79	2	26	28	57	5	0	0
Ford, MikeMike Ford	D	54	5	20	25	14	-8	2	0
Sentes, DickDick Sentes	LW	29	10	14	24	8	17	1	0
Lemieux, RichRich Lemieux	C	33	6	11	17	9	-4	1	0
Arbour, JohnJohn Arbour	D	37	1	15	16	38	-26	1	0
Connelly, WayneWayne Connelly	C	25	5	6	11	4	-2	1	0
Ward, RonRon Ward	C	9	5	5	10	0	2	1	0
Jodzio, RickRick Jodzio	LW	46	4	6	10	61	-13	0	0
Ketola, Veli-PekkaVeli-Pekka Ketola	C	17	4	6	10	2	-17	1	0
McLeod, DonDon McLeod	G	67	0	9	9	2	0	0	0
Locas, JacquesJacques Locas	C	22	3	4	7	2	-5	1	0
Micheletti, JoeJoe Micheletti	D	14	3	3	6	10	-5	2	0
Hurley, PaulPaul Hurley	D	34	0	6	6	32	-8	0	0
Mayer, JimJim Mayer	RW	21	2	3	5	0	-9	0	0
Serviss, TomTom Serviss	C	8	2	1	3	2	-1	0	0
Deschamps, AndreAndre Deschamps	LW	9	1	2	3	19	-2	0	0
St. Sauveur, ClaudeClaude St. Sauveur	C	17	0	3	3	2	-3	0	0
Morrin, WayneWayne Morrin	D	13	2	0	2	25	-3	0	0
Pesut, GeorgeGeorge Pesut	D	17	2	0	2	2	-7	2	0
Greig, BruceBruce Greig	LW	7	1	1	2	10	-1	0	0
Boyd, JimJim Boyd	C	13	0	2	2	6	-7	0	0
Hull, SteveSteve Hull	RW	2	0	2	2	0	1	0	0
Walsh, BrianBrian Walsh	C	5	0	2	2	12	-3	0	0
Gruen, DannyDanny Gruen	LW	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0
Lukowich, BernieBernie Lukowich	RW	6	0	1	1	0	2	0	0
Baird, KenKen Baird	D	7	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0
Bromley, GaryGary Bromley	G	28	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Israelson, LarryLarry Israelson	LW	2	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0
Jordan, RicRic Jordan	D	5	0	0	0	4	-9	0	0
Lindskog, DougDoug Lindskog	LW	2	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
McLeod, DonDon McLeod	3701	67	25	34	5	210	3.40	3
Bromley, GaryGary Bromley	1237	28	6	9	2	79	3.83	0
Team:	4938	81	31	43	7	289	3.51	3

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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 Calgary Cowboys Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-02.
↑ "1976-77 Calgary Cowboys Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-02.

External links

Philadelphia Blazers - Vancouver Blazers - Calgary Cowboys WHA seasons

Philadelphia:	1972–73

Vancouver:	1973–74 1974–75

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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

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1976–77 Calgary Cowboys season

Regular season

Final standings

Game log

Player stats

See also

References

External links