1976–77 Calgary Cowboys season

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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

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

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

Player stats

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

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;

Game Ads

Pre-season @ Calgary

See also

• 1976–77 WHA season