1976–77 San Diego Mariners season

1976–77 San Diego Mariners
Division	3rd West
1976–77 record	40–37–4
Goals for	284
Goals against	283
Team information
Coach	Ron Ingram

The 1976–77 San Diego Mariners season was the third and final season of operation of the San Diego Mariners of the World Hockey Association (WHA). The Mariners finished third in the Western Division and qualified for the playoffs, losing in the first round to the Winnipeg Jets.

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

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Playoffs

Winnipeg Jets 4, San Diego Mariners 3

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record
1	April 10	San Diego Mariners	1–5	Winnipeg Jets	0–1
2	April 12	San Diego Mariners	1–4	Winnipeg Jets	0–2
3	April 16	Winnipeg Jets	4–5	San Diego Mariners	1–2
4	April 17	Winnipeg Jets	4–6	San Diego Mariners	2–2
5	April 20	San Diego Mariners	0–3	Winnipeg Jets	2–3
6	April 22	Winnipeg Jets	1–3	San Diego Mariners	3–3
7	April 24	San Diego Mariners	3–7	Winnipeg Jets	3–4

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Lacroix, AndreAndre Lacroix	C	81	32	82	114	79	2	11	3	0
Noris, JoeJoe Noris	C/D	73	35	57	92	30	2	9	6	5
Ferguson, NormNorm Ferguson	RW	77	39	32	71	5	-5	10	0	8
Devine, KevinKevin Devine	LW	81	30	20	50	114	-12	7	1	0
Shmyr, PaulPaul Shmyr	D	81	13	37	50	103	-4	3	0	0
Rivers, WayneWayne Rivers	RW	60	18	31	49	40	5	7	0	0
Burgess, DonDon Burgess	LW	77	20	22	42	8	-8	4	1	0
Morrison, KevinKevin Morrison	D	75	8	30	38	68	-30	4	0	0
French, JohnJohn French	C/LW	44	14	21	35	6	-3	2	0	0
Veneruzzo, GaryGary Veneruzzo	W	40	14	11	25	18	4	3	0	0
Cassolato, TonyTony Cassolato	RW	43	13	12	25	26	9	2	0	0
Dobek, BobBob Dobek	C	58	7	17	24	17	-9	2	0	0
Rhiness, BradBrad Rhiness	C	58	9	14	23	14	-17	0	0	0
Sentes, DickDick Sentes	LW	24	10	11	21	16	7	2	0	0
Pinder, GerryGerry Pinder	LW	44	6	13	19	36	-24	2	0	0
Hughes, BrentBrent Hughes	D	62	4	13	17	48	-3	0	0	0
Hornung, LarryLarry Hornung	D	58	4	9	13	8	-7	0	0	0
Legge, RandyRandy Legge	D	69	1	9	10	69	-18	0	0	0
McNamee, PeterPeter McNamee	D	41	3	6	9	38	-7	0	0	0
Adduono, RayRay Adduono	C	13	2	5	7	5	1	1	0	0
Falkenberg, BobBob Falkenberg	D	64	0	6	6	34	-11	0	0	0
Boddy, GreggGregg Boddy	D	18	1	2	3	19	-6	0	0	0
Cournoyer, NormNorm Cournoyer	C	19	1	2	3	8	-14	0	0	0
O'Connell, TimTim O'Connell	RW	16	0	3	3	4	-12	0	0	0
Wakely, ErnieErnie Wakely	G	46	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Lockett, KenKen Lockett	G	45	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0
Winograd, BobBob Winograd	D	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Wakely, ErnieErnie Wakely	2506	46	22	18	3	129	3.09	3
Lockett, KenKen Lockett	2397	45	18	19	1	148	3.70	1
Team:	4903	81	40	37	4	277	3.39	4

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GWG
Lacroix, AndreAndre Lacroix	C	7	1	6	7	6	0
Ferguson, NormNorm Ferguson	RW	7	2	4	6	0	1
Adduono, RayRay Adduono	C	7	3	2	5	18	0
French, JohnJohn French	C/LW	7	2	3	5	2	0
Sentes, DickDick Sentes	LW	5	4	0	4	12	2
Burgess, DonDon Burgess	LW	7	2	2	4	0	0
Devine, KevinKevin Devine	LW	7	1	3	4	14	0
Morrison, KevinKevin Morrison	D	7	1	3	4	8	0
Hughes, BrentBrent Hughes	D	7	0	4	4	0	0
Noris, JoeJoe Noris	C/D	7	2	1	3	6	0
Rivers, WayneWayne Rivers	RW	7	1	1	2	2	0
Shmyr, PaulPaul Shmyr	D	7	0	2	2	8	0
Rhiness, BradBrad Rhiness	C	5	0	1	1	0	0
Cassolato, TonyTony Cassolato	RW	3	0	0	0	4	0
Dobek, BobBob Dobek	C	5	0	0	0	4	0
Falkenberg, BobBob Falkenberg	D	2	0	0	0	0	0
Hornung, LarryLarry Hornung	D	6	0	0	0	0	0
Legge, RandyRandy Legge	D	7	0	0	0	18	0
Lockett, KenKen Lockett	G	5	0	0	0	0	0
McNamee, PeterPeter McNamee	D	2	0	0	0	2	0
Veneruzzo, GaryGary Veneruzzo	W	7	0	0	0	0	0
Wakely, ErnieErnie Wakely	G	3	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA
Wakely, ErnieErnie Wakely	160	3	2	1	9	3.38
Lockett, KenKen Lockett	260	5	1	3	19	4.38
Team:	420	7	3	4	28	4.00

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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 San Diego Mariners Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-02.
↑ "1976-77 San Diego Mariners Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-02.

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

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1976–77 San Diego Mariners season

Regular season

Final standings

Game log

Playoffs

Winnipeg Jets 4, San Diego Mariners 3

Player stats

See also

References

External links