1976–77 Indianapolis Racers season

The 1976–77 Indianapolis Racers season was the Racers' 3rd season in the World Hockey Association (WHA). The Racers finished 3rd in the Eastern Division and lost in the Semi-finals to the Quebec Nordiques 4 games to 1.
==Off-season==
The Racers jerseys were the same design as in the 1974-75 season.
==Pre-season==
The Racers had two exhibition games against teams from the NHL, losing both:
September 26, 1976: Washington Capitals 2, Indianapolis Racers 1
September 30, 1976: Pittsburgh Penguins 6, Indianapolis Racers 4
==Regular Season==
===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 	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===
#	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===
#	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 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable"	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
# 	Player	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
2 	 	D 	81	16	55	71 	114	4 	5 	1 	3
14 	 	RW 	81	34	30	64 	28 	10 	8 	0 	3
7 	 	C 	46	21	35	56 	21 	10 	4 	4 	0
8 	 	RW 	68	25	30	55 	43 	-7 	2 	0 	0
9 	 	LW 	79	25	30	55 	34 	-9 	5 	0 	0
16 	 	C 	75	18	37	55 	39 	6 	8 	0 	0
12 	 	D 	81	8 	45	53 	29 	-28	4 	0 	0
22 	 	LW 	64	22	26	48 	21 	-1 	6 	0 	0
15 	 	C 	65	17	28	45 	23 	5 	4 	0 	0
6 	 	C 	67	18	25	43 	91 	-3 	2 	0 	0
17 	 	C 	60	12	24	36 	14 	-8 	1 	0 	0
11 	 	C 	50	15	13	28 	48 	-20	5 	2 	0
19 	 	LW 	57	15	8 	23 	8 	-13	2 	0 	0
25 	 	RW 	56	9 	12	21 	14 	-11	0 	0 	0
10 	 	D 	32	4 	12	16 	20 	10 	0 	0 	0
5 	 	D 	55	0 	15	15 	63 	-22	0 	0 	0
3 	 	D 	55	2 	12	14 	33 	-7 	0 	0 	0
24 	 	D 	52	3 	10	13 	25 	-12	0 	0 	0
4 	 	D 	71	3 	8 	11 	168	-9 	0 	0 	0
23 	 	C 	15	3 	4 	7 	2 	-2 	0 	0 	0
18 	 	LW 	16	1 	5 	6 	4 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	 	C 	8 	1 	4 	5 	6 	-8 	1 	0 	0
21 	 	C 	16	0 	5 	5 	4 	-11	0 	0 	0
 	 	D 	10	2 	2 	4 	8 	-1 	0 	0 	0
20 	 	RW 	27	2 	2 	4 	2 	-16	0 	0 	0
31 	 	G 	5 	0 	1 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
28 	 	G 	31	0 	1 	1 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
1 	 	G 	10	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	 	G 	11	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
30 	 	G 	42	0 	0 	0 	0 	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
 	LW 	9 	7	9	16 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	9 	7	8	15 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	8 	3	6	9 	8 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	9 	2	6	8 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	9 	3	4	7 	33 	0 	0 	2
 	LW 	9 	3	3	6 	2 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	9 	1	4	5 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	9 	0	5	5 	15 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	9 	3	1	4 	17 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	6 	2	1	3 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	9 	0	3	3 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	6 	1	1	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	9 	1	1	2 	4 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	9 	0	2	2 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	9 	0	2	2 	8 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	5 	0	1	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	5 	0	1	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	9 	0	1	1 	24 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	2 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	4 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	9 	0	0	0 	5 	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==
*Darryl Maggs, Defense, WHA First Team All-Star
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
==Farm Teams==
*Mohawk Valley Comets, NAHL
==See Also==
*1976–77 WHA season
==References==
Indianapolis Racers season, 1976–77
Indianapolis Racers season, 1976–77
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