1976–77 San Diego Mariners season

The 1976–77 San Diego Mariners season was the 3rd and final season of the San Diego Mariners of the World Hockey Association (WHA). The Mariners finished 3rd in the Western Division and lost in the Quarter-finals to the Winnipeg Jets 4 games to 3.
==Off-season==
The Mariners jerseys were the same design as in the 1974-75 season except that the names were placed on a contrasting nameplate.
==Regular Season==
San Diego Padres and McDonald's owner Ray Kroc sold the team to a group who planned to move it to Melbourne, Florida. The new owners couldn't find a suitable arena who then sold the team to former Philadelphia Flyers minority owner Bill Putnam, who changed the team's name to the Florida Breakers and announced they would play at the Hollywood Sportatorium in Hollywood, between Miami and Fort Lauderdale. After this deal fell apart Jerry Saperstein tried to buy the team and move them to the same area as the Florida Icegators. However, this deal collapsed as well. The Mariners folded just before training camp opened in the fall of 1977. Fans who put down deposits for season tickets never got their money back. 
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results 	Regular Season Results
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
==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 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable"	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
# 	Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
7 	 	C 	81	32	82	114	79 	2 	11 	3 	0
21 	 	C/D 	73	35	57	92 	30 	2 	9 	6 	5
9 	 	RW 	77	39	32	71 	5 	-5 	10 	0 	8
16 	 	LW 	81	30	20	50 	114	-12	7 	1 	0
3 	 	D 	81	13	37	50 	103	-4 	3 	0 	0
12 	 	RW 	60	18	31	49 	40 	5 	7 	0 	0
8 	 	LW 	77	20	22	42 	8 	-8 	4 	1 	0
4 	 	D 	75	8 	30	38 	68 	-30	4 	0 	0
11 	 	C/LW	44	14	21	35 	6 	-3 	2 	0 	0
17 	 	W 	40	14	11	25 	18 	4 	3 	0 	0
22 	 	RW 	43	13	12	25 	26 	9 	2 	0 	0
19 	 	C 	58	7 	17	24 	17 	-9 	2 	0 	0
10, 15 	 	C 	58	9 	14	23 	14 	-17	0 	0 	0
28 	 	LW 	24	10	11	21 	16 	7 	2 	0 	0
14 	 	LW 	44	6 	13	19 	36 	-24	2 	0 	0
2 	 	D 	62	4 	13	17 	48 	-3 	0 	0 	0
29 	 	D 	58	4 	9 	13 	8 	-7 	0 	0 	0
5 	 	D 	69	1 	9 	10 	69 	-18	0 	0 	0
18 	 	D 	41	3 	6 	9 	38 	-7 	0 	0 	0
10 	 	C 	13	2 	5 	7 	5 	1 	1 	0 	0
6 	 	D 	64	0 	6 	6 	34 	-11	0 	0 	0
18 	 	D 	18	1 	2 	3 	19 	-6 	0 	0 	0
27 	 	C 	19	1 	2 	3 	8 	-14	0 	0 	0
20 	 	RW 	16	0 	3 	3 	4 	-12	0 	0 	0
31 	 	G 	46	0 	1 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
1 	 	G 	45	0 	0 	0 	15 	0 	0 	0 	0
Playoffs	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Scoring 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable"	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Player 	Pos 	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	7 	1	6	7 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	7 	2	4	6 	0 	0 	0 	1
 	C 	7 	3	2	5 	18 	0 	0 	0
 	C/LW	7 	2	3	5 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	5 	4	0	4 	12 	0 	0 	2
 	LW 	7 	2	2	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	7 	1	3	4 	14 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	1	3	4 	8 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	0	4	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C/D 	7 	2	1	3 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	7 	1	1	2 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	0	2	2 	8 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	0	1	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	3 	0	0	0 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	0	0	0 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	0	0	0 	18 	0 	0 	0
 	W 	7 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	3 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	5 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	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 
==Awards and Records==
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
San Diego's draft picks at the 1976 WHA Amateur Draft.
Round	# 	Player 	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 	5 	Dave Farrish (D) 	 	Sudbury Wolves (OHA)
3 	23 	Romano Carlucci (F)	 	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHA)
3 	25 	Mark Suzor (D) 	 	Kingston Canadians (OHA)
3 	29 	Tony Horvath (D) 	 	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHA)
4 	41 	John Smrke (C) 	 	Toronto Marlboros (OHA)
5 	53 	Archie King (RW) 	 	Hamilton Fincups (OHA)
6 	65 	Rick Hodgson (D) 	 	Calgary Centennials (WCHL)
7 	77 	Rob Tudor (C) 	 	Regina Pats (WCHL)
8 	89 	Claude Legris (G) 	 	Sorel Black Hawks (QMJHL)
9 	100	Don Moores (C) 	 	Kamloops Chiefs (WCHL)
10 	111	Ron Roscoe (D) 	 	Hamilton Fincups (OHA)
==Farm Teams==
==See Also==
*1976–77 WHA season
==References==
San Diego Mariners season, 1976–77
San Diego Mariners season, 1976–77
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