1976-1977 Phoenix Roadrunners team stats

1976-1977 Phoenix Roadrunners: 28-48-4
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 20-18-2 (164 goals scored, 159 allowed) Road record: 8-30-2 (117 goals scored, 224 allowed) Head Coach: Al Rollins Power Play: 47/246 (19.1%) Penalty Killing: 181/243 (74.5%) Shorthanded Goals For-Against: 5-10 Even Strength Goals For-Against: 229-311 281 goals scored (7th of 12 teams), 383 goals allowed (12th), 915 PIM (8th) WHA Averages: 3.69 goals/game (285.8 goals/team), 1057.6 PIM/team



Pos    #  Player               Hgt   Wgt  Age   GP    G    A  Pts  PIM  PP  SH  TGF  PGF  TGA  PGA   S    S%   +/-
C/LW   8  Robbie Ftorek        5'10  155   24   80   46   71  117   86  11   0   --   --   --   --  284  16.2  +26
C      9  Del Hall             5'10  170   27   80   38   41   79   30   9   1   --   --   --   --  259  14.7   +6
C     22  Seppo Repo           5'10  180   29   80   29   31   60   10   5   0   --   --   --   --  143  20.3  -35
C     12  Ron Huston           5'9   170   31   80   20   29   59   10   6   4   --   --   --   --  198  10.1  -57
LW    17  Frank Hughes         5'10  180   27   48   24   29   53   20   3   0   --   --   --   --  158  15.2   +5
RW    24  Lauri Mononen        6'0   180   26   67   21   29   50   10   2   0   --   --   --   --  118  17.8  -20
LW     7  Bob Liddington       6'0   175   28   80   20   24   44   28   0   0   --   --   --   --  142  14.1  -22
LW    23  Juhani Tamminen      5'11  185   26   65   10   29   39   22   2   0   --   --   --   --  131   7.6  -23
F     20  Mike Hobin           5'11  180   22   68   17   18   35   14   2   0   --   --   --   --  132  12.9  -43
D     19  Pekka Rautakallio    5'11  185   23   78    4   31   35    8   2   0   --   --   --   --  147   2.7  -24
D      4  Garry Lariviere      6'0   190   22   61    7   23   30   48   3   0   --   --   --   --  107   6.5  -19
D      5  Serge Beaudoin       6'2   215   24   77    6   24   30  136   0   0   --   --   --   --  136   4.4  -11
RW    16  Michel Cormier       5'9   170   31   58   13   16   29   22   0   0   --   --   --   --  105  12.4  -26
LW    15  John Gray            5'10  180   27   28   10   10   20   59   0   0   --   --   --   --   54  18.5   -1
D      2  Jim Niekamp          6'1   185   30   79    1   15   16   91   0   0   --   --   --   --   61   1.6  -32
D      6  Jerry Rollins        6'3   200   21   63    4   10   14  169   1   0   --   --   --   --   70   5.7  -25
LW    15  Andre Hinse          5'9   175   31   16    2    7    9    4   0   0   --   --   --   --   19  10.5   -7
D     29  Duane Bray           6'2   195   22   46    2    6    8   62   0   0   --   --   --   --   40   5.0  -41
D      3  Al McLeod            5'11  200   27   29    1    5    6   35   0   0   --   --   --   --   23   4.3  -10
LW    18  Jan Popiel           5'9   180   29   28    3    2    5    8   1   0   --   --   --   --   31   9.7  -24
RW    27  Mike Sleep           6'0   180   21   13    2    2    4    6   0   0   --   --   --   --   16  12.5   -3
RW    44  Howie Young          5'11  175   39   26    1    3    4   23   0   0   --   --   --   --   28   3.6   -8
G      1  Gary Kurt            6'3   205   29   33    0    3    3    6  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---   --
D         Blair Davidson       5'11  180   21    2    0    0    0    2   0   0   --   --   --   --    0   ---   -1
RW    10  Dave Gorman          5'11  185   21    5    0    0    0    0   0   0   --   --   --   --    6   0.0   -2
G     25  Clay Hebenton        5'10  200   23   56    0    0    0    2  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---   --

Skater data: GP: Games played; G: Goals scored; A: Assists; Pts: Total points; PIM: Penalties in minutes; PP: Power play goals; SH: Shorthanded goals; TGF: Total goals on ice for; PGF: Power play goals on ice for; TGA: Total goals on ice against; PGA: Power play goals on ice against; S: Shots taken; S%: Shooting percentage


Pos  #  Goalie              Age   GP   Min   GA   GAA   W   L   T  Sht    Pct  EN  SO
G   25  Clay Hebenton        23   56  3129  220  4.22  17  29   3 1761   .875   1   0
G    1  Gary Kurt            29   33  1752  162  5.55  11  19   1 1001   .838   0   0

Goalie data: GP: Games played; Min: Minutes played; GA: Goals allowed; GAA: Goals allowed per 60 minutes; W: Wins; L: Losses; T: Ties; Sht: Shots faced; Pct: Save percentage; EN: Empty net goals allowed; SO: Shutouts

1976 Draft: NHL WHA Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games Games Team 4 42 F Kari Makkonen Finland 5 54 F Juhani Wallenius Finland 6 66 Doug Patey Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHA) 7 78 LW Mark Davidson Flin-Flon Bombers (WCHL) 8 90 Jari Takio Finland 9 101 F Jouni Rinne Lukko Rauma (FNL) 10 112 D Hannu Helander Finland Traded draft picks:

Date Opponent Result Record 10/08/1976 vs Cincinnati Stingers W 8-6 1-0-0 10/09/1976 at Houston Aeros L 3-5 1-1-0 10/14/1976 vs Minn. Fighting Saints W 4-3 2-1-0 10/16/1976 vs Winnipeg Jets W 6-4 3-1-0 10/19/1976 at Edmonton Oilers L 4-5 3-2-0 10/22/1976 at Winnipeg Jets W 4-3 4-2-0 10/24/1976 at Edmonton Oilers W 5-3 5-2-0 10/26/1976 at Quebec Nordiques L 3-11 5-3-0 10/29/1976 at New England Whalers L 1-5 5-4-0 10/30/1976 at Cincinnati Stingers L 3-9 5-5-0 11/02/1976 at Quebec Nordiques W 5-3 6-5-0 11/04/1976 at Birmingham Bulls L 3-5 6-6-0 11/05/1976 at Houston Aeros L 1-9 6-7-0 11/07/1976 at Minn. Fighting Saints W 3-1 7-7-0 11/10/1976 vs Indianapolis Racers T 3-3 7-7-1 11/12/1976 vs New England Whalers W 3-1 8-7-1 11/14/1976 vs San Diego Mariners W 6-3 9-7-1 11/16/1976 vs Edmonton Oilers W 5-2 10-7-1 11/18/1976 vs Calgary Cowboys L 1-2 10-8-1 11/20/1976 vs Houston Aeros L 2-5 10-9-1 11/24/1976 vs Calgary Cowboys T 3-3 10-9-2 11/26/1976 vs Edmonton Oilers W 4-2 11-9-2 11/28/1976 at Winnipeg Jets W 5-3 12-9-2 11/30/1976 at Edmonton Oilers L 2-3 12-10-2 12/02/1976 at San Diego Mariners L 3-4 12-11-2 12/04/1976 vs San Diego Mariners L 3-4 12-12-2 12/05/1976 at Calgary Cowboys L 0-6 12-13-2 12/07/1976 at Winnipeg Jets L 2-4 12-14-2 12/09/1976 vs Quebec Nordiques L 4-5 12-15-2 12/12/1976 at Cincinnati Stingers L 0-8 12-16-2 12/14/1976 at Houston Aeros L 3-8 12-17-2 12/15/1976 vs Birmingham Bulls W 6-5 13-17-2 12/17/1976 vs Edmonton Oilers L 0-1 13-18-2 12/19/1976 vs Houston Aeros L 4-6 13-19-2 12/22/1976 vs San Diego Mariners L 4-5 13-20-2 12/28/1976 vs Indianapolis Racers W 4-3 14-20-2 01/02/1977 at Indianapolis Racers L 1-4 14-21-2 01/04/1977 at Birmingham Bulls L 5-8 14-22-2 01/08/1977 at New England Whalers W 4-3 15-22-2 01/11/1977 at Winnipeg Jets L 2-9 15-23-2

Date Opponent Result Record 01/12/1977 vs Houston Aeros W 4-2 16-23-2 01/14/1977 vs Cincinnati Stingers W 6-5 17-23-2 01/16/1977 vs Calgary Cowboys L 4-5 17-24-2 01/20/1977 vs Cincinnati Stingers W 9-4 18-24-2 01/22/1977 vs Edmonton Oilers W 4-1 19-24-2 01/23/1977 at Edmonton Oilers L 2-9 19-25-2 01/25/1977 at Calgary Cowboys L 3-7 19-26-2 01/28/1977 vs New England Whalers L 2-6 19-27-2 01/30/1977 vs Winnipeg Jets W 8-5 20-27-2 02/01/1977 at San Diego Mariners L 1-5 20-28-2 02/03/1977 vs Houston Aeros W 5-3 21-28-2 02/05/1977 vs Calgary Cowboys L 1-4 21-29-2 02/09/1977 vs Birmingham Bulls W 4-3 22-29-2 02/11/1977 vs San Diego Mariners L 3-5 22-30-2 02/13/1977 at San Diego Mariners L 2-5 22-31-2 02/16/1977 at Birmingham Bulls L 2-7 22-32-2 02/17/1977 at New England Whalers L 2-4 22-33-2 02/19/1977 at Indianapolis Racers W 6-5 23-33-2 02/20/1977 at Cincinnati Stingers L 3-4 23-34-2 02/23/1977 vs Winnipeg Jets W 6-3 24-34-2 02/24/1977 at San Diego Mariners T 3-3 24-34-3 02/25/1977 vs Houston Aeros L 3-9 24-35-3 02/27/1977 vs Houston Aeros L 4-5 24-36-3 03/01/1977 at Houston Aeros L 3-8 24-37-3 03/05/1977 vs Winnipeg Jets W 4-1 25-37-3 03/06/1977 at Indianapolis Racers L 2-3 25-38-3 03/08/1977 at Quebec Nordiques L 2-9 25-39-3 03/12/1977 at San Diego Mariners W 7-6 26-39-3 03/15/1977 at San Diego Mariners T 4-4 26-39-4 03/17/1977 vs Quebec Nordiques L 3-4 26-40-4 03/18/1977 at Houston Aeros L 3-6 26-41-4 03/19/1977 vs San Diego Mariners W 7-5 27-41-4 03/20/1977 at San Diego Mariners L 1-6 27-42-4 03/23/1977 vs Birmingham Bulls L 0-4 27-43-4 03/25/1977 vs San Diego Mariners L 3-7 27-44-4 03/27/1977 at Calgary Cowboys L 4-5 27-45-4 03/29/1977 at Calgary Cowboys L 5-9 27-46-4 03/31/1977 vs New England Whalers L 2-6 27-47-4 04/02/1977 vs Quebec Nordiques L 5-6 27-48-4 04/06/1977 vs Indianapolis Racers W 7-3 28-48-4

08-1976	traded Gary Veneruzzo to Mariners for future considerations
10-1976	traded Cam Connor to Aeros for Bob Liddington
11-1976	traded Dave Gorman to Bulls for Jerry Rollins
12-1976	traded John Gray and Al McLeod to Aeros for Andre Hinse and Frank Hughes
02-1977	signed Howie Young as a free agent
03-1977	sold Garry Lariviere to Nordiques