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

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

Playoffs

Indianapolis Racers 4, Cincinnati Stingers 0 – Division Quarterfinals

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record
1	April 9	Indianapolis Racers	4–3	Cincinnati Stingers	1–0
2	April 12	Indianapolis Racers	7–2	Cincinnati Stingers	2–0
3	April 14	Cincinnati Stingers	3–5	Indianapolis Racers	3–0
4	April 16	Cincinnati Stingers	1–3	Indianapolis Racers	4–0

Quebec Nordiques 4, Indianapolis Racers 1 – Division Semifinals

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record
1	April 23	Indianapolis Racers	1–3	Quebec Nordiques	0–1
2	April 25	Indianapolis Racers	3–8	Quebec Nordiques	0–2
3	April 28	Quebec Nordiques	6–5	Indianapolis Racers	0–3
4	April 30	Quebec Nordiques	0–2	Indianapolis Racers	1–3
5	May 2	Indianapolis Racers	3–8	Quebec Nordiques	1–4

Player stats

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Daryl Maggs D 81 16 55 71 114 4 5 1 3 Blair MacDonald RW 81 34 30 64 28 10 8 0 3 Hugh Harris C 46 21 35 56 21 10 4 4 0 Rene Leclerc RW 68 25 30 55 43 −7 2 0 0 Reg Thomas LW 79 25 30 55 34 −9 5 0 0 Michel Parizeau C 75 18 37 55 39 6 8 0 0 Pat Stapleton D 81 8 45 53 29 −28 4 0 0 Gene Peacosh LW 64 22 26 48 21 −1 6 0 0 Al Karlander C 65 17 28 45 23 5 4 0 0 Rosaire Paiement C 67 18 25 43 91 −3 2 0 0 Bob Sicinski C 60 12 24 36 14 −8 1 0 0 Brian McDonald C 50 15 13 28 48 −20 5 2 0 Frank Rochon LW 57 15 8 23 8 −13 2 0 0 Mark Lomenda RW 56 9 12 21 14 −11 0 0 0 Dave Inkpen D 32 4 12 16 20 10 0 0 0 Bryon Baltimore D 55 0 15 15 63 −22 0 0 0 Dick Proceviat D 55 2 12 14 33 −7 0 0 0 Ken Block D 52 3 10 13 25 −12 0 0 0 Kim Clackson D 71 3 8 11 168 −9 0 0 0 Mike Zuke C 15 3 4 7 2 −2 0 0 0 Brian Coates LW 16 1 5 6 4 −2 0 0 0 Bryan Campbell C 8 1 4 5 6 −8 1 0 0 Gary MacGregor C 16 0 5 5 4 −11 0 0 0 Nick Harbaruk RW 27 2 2 4 2 −16 0 0 0 Larry Mavety D 10 2 2 4 8 −1 0 0 0 Randy Burchell G 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Jim Park G 31 0 1 1 6 0 0 0 0 Andy Brown G 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Michel Dion G 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Paul Hoganson G 11 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO Michel Dion 2286 42 17 19 3 128 3.36 1 Jim Park 1727 31 14 12 4 114 3.96 1 Paul Hoganson 395 11 3 2 0 24 3.65 0 Andy Brown 430 10 1 4 1 26 3.63 0 Randy 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 PPG SHG GWG Reg Thomas LW 9 7 9 16 4 0 0 0 Blair MacDonald RW 9 7 8 15 4 0 0 0 Michel Parizeau C 8 3 6 9 8 0 0 1 Pat Stapleton D 9 2 6 8 0 0 0 0 Brian McDonald C 9 3 4 7 33 0 0 2 Gene Peacosh LW 9 3 3 6 2 0 0 1 Daryl Maggs D 9 1 4 5 4 0 0 0 Rosaire Paiement C 9 0 5 5 15 0 0 0 Mark Lomenda RW 9 3 1 4 17 0 0 0 Al Karlander C 6 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 Bob Sicinski C 9 0 3 3 4 0 0 0 Nick Harbaruk RW 6 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 Rene Leclerc RW 9 1 1 2 4 0 0 1 Ken Block D 9 0 2 2 6 0 0 0 Dave Inkpen D 9 0 2 2 8 0 0 0 Kim Clackson D 9 0 1 1 24 0 0 0 Paul Hoganson G 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 Frank Rochon LW 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 Bryon Baltimore D 9 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 Michel Dion G 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hugh Harris C 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO Paul Hoganson 348 5 3 2 17 2.93 1 Michel Dion 245 4 2 2 17 4.16 0 Team: 593 9 5 4 34 3.44 1

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;

Draft picks

Indianapolis's draft picks at the 1976 WHA Amateur Draft.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	4	Bobby Simpson (LW)	Canada	Sherbrooke Castors (QMJHL)
2	15	Alex McKendry (F)	Canada	Sudbury Wolves (OHA)
4	40	Dave Dornseif (D)	United States	Providence College (ECAC)
5	52	Jean Gagnon (D)	Canada	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
6	64	Joe Kowal (LW)	Canada	Hamilton Fincups (OHA)
7	76	Greg Malone (C)	Canada	Oshawa Generals (OHA)
8	88	Jim Kirkpatrick (D)	Canada	Toronto Marlboros (OHA)
9	99	Rik Garcia (D)	Canada	Hull Festivals (QMJHL)
10	110	Remi Levesque (C)	Canada	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)

See also

• 1976–77 WHA season