1976–77 AHL season

The 1976–77 AHL season was the 41st season of the American Hockey League. The league lost two teams, and divisions were dissolved. Six teams played 80 games each in the schedule. The F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy is awarded is for first place in the regular season, and the John D. Chick Trophy is not awarded. The Nova Scotia Voyageurs repeated as first overall in the regular season, and won their third Calder Cup championship.
==Team changes==
* The Richmond Robins cease operations.
* The Baltimore Clippers transfer to the Southern Hockey League.
* The Providence Reds are renamed the Rhode Island Reds.
==Final standings==
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points; 
Overall 	GP	W 	L 	T	Pts	GF 	GA
Nova Scotia Voyageurs	80	52	22	6	110	308	225
New Haven Nighthawks 	80	43	31	6	92 	333	287
Rochester Americans 	80	42	33	5	89 	320	273
Hershey Bears 	80	36	38	6	78 	282	293
Springfield Indians 	80	28	51	1	57 	302	390
Rhode Island Reds 	80	25	51	4	54 	282	359
==Scoring leaders==
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player 	Team 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
Andre Peloffy 	Springfield Indians 	79	42	57	99 	106
Ed Johnstone 	New Haven Nighthawks 	80	40	58	98 	79
Doug Gibson 	Rochester Americans 	78	41	56	97 	11
Tom Colley 	New Haven Nighthawks 	80	37	56	93 	36
Blake Dunlop 	New Haven Nighthawks 	76	33	60	93 	16
Pierre Mondou 	Nova Scotia Voyageurs	71	44	45	89 	21
Walt Ledingham	Rhode Island Reds 	73	29	57	86 	20
Rod Schutt 	Nova Scotia Voyageurs	80	33	51	84 	56
* complete list
==Calder Cup playoffs==
See 1977 Calder Cup Playoffs
==Trophy and award winners==
;Team awards
Calder CupPlayoff champions: 	Nova Scotia Voyageurs
F. G. "Teddy" Oke TrophyRegular Season champions:	Nova Scotia Voyageurs
;Individual awards
Les Cunningham AwardMost valuable player: 	Doug Gibson - Rochester Americans
John B. Sollenberger TrophyTop point scorer: 	Andre Peloffy - Springfield Indians
Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial AwardRookie of the year: 	Rod Schutt - Nova Scotia Voyageurs
Eddie Shore AwardDefenceman of the year: 	Brian Engblom - Nova Scotia Voyageurs
Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial AwardLowest goals against average:	Ed Walsh & Dave Elenbaas - Nova Scotia Voyageurs
Louis A.R. Pieri Memorial AwardCoach of the year: 	Al MacNeil - Nova Scotia Voyageurs
;Other awards
James C. Hendy Memorial AwardMost outstanding executive: 	Frank Mathers
James H. Ellery Memorial Awards Outstanding media coverage:	Steve Summers & Bruce Whitman, Hershey, (newspaper)Leo MacIsaac, Nova Scotia, (radio)Rich Funke, Rochester, (television)
==See also==
*List of AHL seasons
==References==
*AHL official site
*AHL Hall of Fame
*HockeyDB
Category:American Hockey League seasons
Category:1977 in hockey