1976–77 Edmonton Oilers season

1976–77 Edmonton Oilers
Division	4th Western
1976–77 record	34–43–4
Home record	24–15–3
Road record	10–28–1
Goals for	243 (11th)
Goals against	304 (8th)
Team information
General manager	Bep Guidolin
Coach	Bep Guidolin (25–36–2) Glen Sather (9–7–2)
Captain	Glen Sather (Oct–Mar) Vacant (Mar-Apr)
Alternate captains	Doug Barrie Ron Busniuk
Arena	Northlands Coliseum
Team leaders
Goals	Bill Flett (34)
Assists	Bryan Campbell (42)
Points	Bill Flett (54) Bryan Campbell (54)
Penalty minutes	Frank Beaton (274)
Plus/minus	Bill Flett (+7)
Wins	Ken Broderick (18)
Goals against average	Dave Dryden (3.26)

The 1976–77 Edmonton Oilers season was the Oilers' fifth season of operation. The Oilers placed fourth to qualify for the playoffs, losing in the first round.

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

Schedule and results

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

Playoffs

Houston Aeros 4, Edmonton Oilers 1 – Semifinals

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record
1	April 13	Edmonton Oilers	3–4 OT	Houston Aeros	0–1
2	April 15	Edmonton Oilers	2–6	Houston Aeros	0–2
3	April 17	Houston Aeros	2–7	Edmonton Oilers	1–2
4	April 20	Houston Aeros	4–1	Edmonton Oilers	1–3
5	April 22	Edmonton Oilers	3–4	Houston Aeros	1–4

Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Bill Flett RW 48 34 20 54 20 7 7 0 0 Bryan Campbell C 66 12 42 54 18 -10 0 1 0 Glen Sather LW 81 19 34 53 77 -17 2 0 0 Al Hamilton D 81 8 37 45 60 -19 3 0 0 Norm Ullman C 67 16 27 43 28 -23 4 0 0 Rusty Patenaude RW 73 25 16 41 57 -23 8 0 0 Gavin Kirk C 52 8 28 36 16 -4 3 0 0 Rick Morris LW 79 18 17 35 76 -1 1 0 0 Wayne Connelly C 38 13 15 28 18 0 4 0 0 Barry Wilkins D 51 4 24 28 75 -7 0 0 0 Doug Barrie D 70 8 19 27 92 -4 2 0 0 Brett Callighen C 29 9 16 25 48 6 2 0 0 Tim Sheehy RW 28 15 8 23 4 -7 4 0 0 Dave Langevin D 77 7 16 23 94 -16 2 0 0 Gregg Boddy D 46 1 17 18 41 -1 1 0 0 Randy Rota C/LW 40 9 6 15 8 -10 1 0 0 Bob Russell C 57 7 6 13 41 -10 0 0 0 Frank Beaton LW 68 4 9 13 274 -12 0 0 0 Butch Williams RW 29 3 10 13 16 -9 1 0 0 Claude St. Sauveur C 15 5 7 12 2 -1 0 0 0 Gene Peacosh LW 11 5 4 9 14 2 2 0 0 Bob Nevin RW 13 3 2 5 0 -8 1 0 0 Tom Simpson RW 15 3 2 5 16 2 0 0 0 Pete Laframboise LW/C 17 0 5 5 12 -6 0 0 0 Ron Busniuk RW 29 2 2 4 83 0 0 0 0 Barry Merrell C 10 1 3 4 0 -2 0 0 0 Glenn Patrick D 23 0 4 4 62 -10 0 0 0 Larry Hornung D 21 2 1 3 0 -6 0 0 0 Ken Baird D 2 1 2 3 0 2 0 0 0 Ken Broderick G 40 0 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 Mike Antonovich C 7 1 1 2 0 -3 0 0 0 Bill Butters D 7 0 2 2 17 -2 0 0 0 Dave Dryden G 24 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 Dennis Patterson D 23 0 2 2 2 -18 0 0 0 Ted Scharf RW 5 0 2 2 14 -1 0 0 0 Barry Long D 2 0 1 1 2 -4 0 0 0 Danny Arndt LW 1 0 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 Joe Fortunato LW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jean-Louis Levasseur G 21 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 Peter Morris LW 3 0 0 0 2 -2 0 0 0 Bill Prentice D 3 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 Paul Stewart LW/D 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO Ken Broderick 2301 40 18 18 1 134 3.49 4 Dave Dryden 1416 24 10 13 0 77 3.26 1 Jean-Louis Levasseur 1213 21 6 12 3 88 4.35 0 Team: 4930 81 34 43 4 299 3.64 5

Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG Brett Callighen C 5 4 1 5 7 0 0 1 Randy Rota C/LW 5 3 2 5 0 0 0 0 Bryan Campbell C 5 3 1 4 0 0 0 0 Al Hamilton D 5 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 Dave Langevin D 5 2 1 3 9 0 0 0 Gregg Boddy D 4 1 2 3 14 0 0 0 Norm Ullman C 5 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 Glen Sather LW 5 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 Frank Beaton LW 5 0 2 2 21 0 0 0 Ron Busniuk RW 5 0 2 2 37 0 0 0 Bill Flett RW 5 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 Gavin Kirk C 5 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 Claude St. Sauveur C 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 Wayne Connelly C 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 Rick Morris LW 5 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 Barry Wilkins D 4 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 Doug Barrie D 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ken Broderick G 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jean-Louis Levasseur G 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 Rusty Patenaude RW 2 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 Glenn Patrick D 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bob Russell C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO Ken Broderick 179 3 1 2 10 3.35 0 Jean-Louis Levasseur 133 2 0 2 10 4.51 0 Team: 312 5 1 4 20 3.85 0

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

• 1976–77 WHA season