1976–77 Edmonton Oilers season

The 1976–77 Edmonton Oilers season was the 5th season of the Edmonton Oilers in the World Hockey Association (WHA). The Oilers finished 4th in the Western Division and lost in the Quarter-finals to the Houston Aeros 4 games to 1.
==Off-season==
==Pre-season==
The Oilers had three exhibition games against teams from the NHL, winning one and losing two:
September 26, 1976: Pittsburgh Penguins 3, Edmonton Oilers 1
September 28, 1976: Pittsburgh Penguins 7, Edmonton Oilers 3
September 30, 1976: Edmonton Oilers 4, St. Louis Blues 3
==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 	2–0 	New England Whalers (1976–77) 	1–0–0
2 	L 	October 15, 1976 	1–6 	Winnipeg Jets (1976–77) 	1–1–0
3 	W 	October 17, 1976 	7–2 	Indianapolis Racers (1976–77) 	2–1–0
4 	W 	October 19, 1976 	5–4 OT 	Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77) 	3–1–0
5 	L 	October 24, 1976 	3–5 	Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77) 	3–2–0
6 	L 	October 26, 1976 	1–3 	@ Houston Aeros (1976–77) 	3–3–0
7 	W 	October 28, 1976 	4–3 OT 	@ Birmingham Bulls (1976–77) 	4–3–0
8 	L 	October 29, 1976 	3–11 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1976–77) 	4–4–0
9 	L 	October 31, 1976 	0–4 	Houston Aeros (1976–77) 	4–5–0
10 	W 	November 3, 1976 	4–2 	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1976–77) 	5–5–0
11 	L 	November 4, 1976 	2–4 	@ Calgary Cowboys (1976–77) 	5–6–0
12 	L 	November 5, 1976 	3–4 	New England Whalers (1976–77) 	5–7–0
13 	L 	November 7, 1976 	2–5 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1976–77) 	5–8–0
14 	L 	November 10, 1976 	2–4 	@ Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77) 	5–9–0
15 	W 	November 13, 1976 	3–2 	@ Birmingham Bulls (1976–77) 	6–9–0
16 	L 	November 16, 1976 	2–5 	@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77) 	6–10–0
17 	L 	November 17, 1976 	2–4 	@ San Diego Mariners (1976–77) 	6–11–0
18 	W 	November 19, 1976 	4–3 OT 	Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77) 	7–11–0
19 	W 	November 21, 1976 	6–5 	Quebec Nordiques (1976–77) 	8–11–0
20 	L 	November 23, 1976 	3–5 	@ Houston Aeros (1976–77) 	8–12–0
21 	L 	November 24, 1976 	2–4 	@ San Diego Mariners (1976–77) 	8–13–0
22 	L 	November 26, 1976 	2–4 	@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77) 	8–14–0
23 	W 	November 28, 1976 	4–0 	San Diego Mariners (1976–77) 	9–14–0
24 	W 	November 30, 1976 	3–2 OT 	Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77) 	10–14–0
25 	W 	December 2, 1976 	4–3 	@ Birmingham Bulls (1976–77) 	11–14–0
26 	T 	December 3, 1976 	0–0 	@ Houston Aeros (1976–77) 	11–14–1
27 	L 	December 4, 1976 	3–5 	@ Indianapolis Racers (1976–77) 	11–15–1
28 	L 	December 5, 1976 	1–5 	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1976–77)	11–16–1
29 	W 	December 7, 1976 	4–2 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1976–77) 	12–16–1
30 	L 	December 11, 1976 	0–3 	@ Calgary Cowboys (1976–77) 	12–17–1
31 	W 	December 12, 1976 	5–3 	Birmingham Bulls (1976–77) 	13–17–1
32 	L 	December 14, 1976 	1–6 	San Diego Mariners (1976–77) 	13–18–1
33 	L 	December 16, 1976 	0–3 	@ San Diego Mariners (1976–77) 	13–19–1
34 	W 	December 17, 1976 	1–0 	@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77) 	14–19–1
35 	W 	December 19, 1976 	4–2 	Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77) 	15–19–1
36 	W 	December 21, 1976 	4–1 	Calgary Cowboys (1976–77) 	16–19–1
37 	L 	December 28, 1976 	2–3 	Quebec Nordiques (1976–77) 	16–20–1
38 	L 	January 1, 1977 	1–5 	@ Calgary Cowboys (1976–77) 	16–21–1
39 	L 	January 4, 1977 	3–5 	Houston Aeros (1976–77) 	16–22–1
40 	W 	January 7, 1977 	4–1 	Calgary Cowboys (1976–77) 	17–22–1
41 	L 	January 8, 1977 	0–5 	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1976–77)	17–23–1
42 	W 	January 9, 1977 	5–3 	Indianapolis Racers (1976–77) 	18–23–1
43 	W 	January 14, 1977 	5–3 	@ New England Whalers (1976–77) 	19–23–1
44 	L 	January 15, 1977 	3–6 	@ Indianapolis Racers (1976–77) 	19–24–1
45 	L 	January 16, 1977 	1–3 	@ Houston Aeros (1976–77) 	19–25–1
46 	L 	January 20, 1977 	1–5 	@ San Diego Mariners (1976–77) 	19–26–1
47 	L 	January 22, 1977 	1–4 	@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77) 	19–27–1
48 	W 	January 23, 1977 	9–2 	Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77) 	20–27–1
49 	W 	January 26, 1977 	5–4 OT 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1976–77) 	21–27–1
50 	L 	January 28, 1977 	1–4 	Houston Aeros (1976–77) 	21–28–1
51 	T 	January 30, 1977 	1–1 	Calgary Cowboys (1976–77) 	21–28–2
52 	L 	February 1, 1977 	1–11 	Winnipeg Jets (1976–77) 	21–29–2
53 	W 	February 6, 1977 	4–2 	San Diego Mariners (1976–77) 	22–29–2
54 	L 	February 8, 1977 	5–6 	San Diego Mariners (1976–77) 	22–30–2
55 	L 	February 11, 1977 	1–3 	@ Calgary Cowboys (1976–77) 	22–31–2
56 	W 	February 13, 1977 	5–2 	Calgary Cowboys (1976–77) 	23–31–2
57 	L 	February 15, 1977 	4–7 	Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77) 	23–32–2
58 	W 	February 18, 1977 	3–2 	Winnipeg Jets (1976–77) 	24–32–2
59 	L 	February 20, 1977 	2–4 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1976–77) 	24–33–2
60 	W 	February 22, 1977 	4–3 	New England Whalers (1976–77) 	25–33–2
61 	L 	February 25, 1977 	2–3 OT 	Indianapolis Racers (1976–77) 	25–34–2
62 	L 	February 27, 1977 	0–4 	Birmingham Bulls (1976–77) 	25–35–2
63 	L 	March 1, 1977 	4–5 	Quebec Nordiques (1976–77) 	25–36–2
64 	W 	March 3, 1977 	5–4 	Winnipeg Jets (1976–77) 	26–36–2
65 	W 	March 6, 1977 	5–2 	Birmingham Bulls (1976–77) 	27–36–2
66 	L 	March 8, 1977 	3–5 	@ Houston Aeros (1976–77) 	27–37–2
67 	L 	March 9, 1977 	3–5 	@ Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77) 	27–38–2
68 	W 	March 10, 1977 	4–3 	@ Indianapolis Racers (1976–77) 	28–38–2
69 	T 	March 12, 1977 	3–3 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1976–77) 	28–38–3
70 	L 	March 13, 1977 	3–9 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1976–77) 	28–39–3
71 	L 	March 15, 1977 	0–7 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1976–77) 	28–40–3
72 	W 	March 17, 1977 	4–3 	Winnipeg Jets (1976–77) 	29–40–3
73 	L 	March 22, 1977 	3–8 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1976–77) 	29–41–3
74 	W 	March 24, 1977 	5–4 	@ New England Whalers (1976–77) 	30–41–3
75 	W 	March 25, 1977 	4–3 OT 	@ Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77) 	31–41–3
76 	L 	March 27, 1977 	2–5 	@ New England Whalers (1976–77) 	31–42–3
77 	W 	March 30, 1977 	8–0 	Houston Aeros (1976–77) 	32–42–3
78 	L 	April 1, 1977 	1–3 	Calgary Cowboys (1976–77) 	32–43–3
79 	T 	April 2, 1977 	4–4 	@ Calgary Cowboys (1976–77) 	32–43–4
80 	W 	April 4, 1977 	6–2 	Winnipeg Jets (1976–77) 	33–43–4
81 	W 	April 6, 1977 	6–4 	Birmingham Bulls (1976–77) 	34–43–4
==Playoffs==
===Houston Aeros 4, Edmonton Oilers 1===
#	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	Record
1	April 13	Edmonton Oilers	3–4 OT	Houston Aeros 	0–1
2	April 15	Edmonton Oilers	2–6 	Houston Aeros 	0–2
3	April 17	Houston Aeros 	2–7 	Edmonton Oilers	1–2
4	April 20	Houston Aeros 	4–1 	Edmonton Oilers	1–3
5	April 22	Edmonton Oilers	3–4 	Houston Aeros 	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
19 	 	RW 	48	34	20	54 	20 	7 	7 	0 	0
8, 21 	 	C 	66	12	42	54 	18 	-10	0 	1 	0
14 	 	LW 	81	19	34	53 	77 	-17	2 	0 	0
3 	 	D 	81	8 	37	45 	60 	-19	3 	0 	0
9 	 	C 	67	16	27	43 	28 	-23	4 	0 	0
17 	 	RW 	73	25	16	41 	57 	-23	8 	0 	0
10, 11 	 	C 	52	8 	28	36 	16 	-4 	3 	0 	0
7 	 	LW 	79	18	17	35 	76 	-1 	1 	0 	0
12 	 	C 	38	13	15	28 	18 	0 	4 	0 	0
6 	 	D 	51	4 	24	28 	75 	-7 	0 	0 	0
5 	 	D 	70	8 	19	27 	92 	-4 	2 	0 	0
18 	 	C 	29	9 	16	25 	48 	6 	2 	0 	0
15 	 	RW 	28	15	8 	23 	4 	-7 	4 	0 	0
26 	 	D 	77	7 	16	23 	94 	-16	2 	0 	0
2 	 	D 	46	1 	17	18 	41 	-1 	1 	0 	0
20 	 	C/LW	40	9 	6 	15 	8 	-10	1 	0 	0
25 	 	C 	57	7 	6 	13 	41 	-10	0 	0 	0
25, 27 	 	LW 	68	4 	9 	13 	274	-12	0 	0 	0
12, 16 	 	RW 	29	3 	10	13 	16 	-9 	1 	0 	0
15 	 	C 	15	5 	7 	12 	2 	-1 	0 	0 	0
21 	 	LW 	11	5 	4 	9 	14 	2 	2 	0 	0
8 	 	RW 	13	3 	2 	5 	0 	-8 	1 	0 	0
16 	 	RW 	15	3 	2 	5 	16 	2 	0 	0 	0
20 	 	LW/C	17	0 	5 	5 	12 	-6 	0 	0 	0
8 	 	RW 	29	2 	2 	4 	83 	0 	0 	0 	0
11 	 	C 	10	1 	3 	4 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
24 	 	D 	23	0 	4 	4 	62 	-10	0 	0 	0
4 	 	D 	21	2 	1 	3 	0 	-6 	0 	0 	0
24 	 	D 	2 	1 	2 	3 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
1 	 	G 	40	0 	3 	3 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
18 	 	C 	7 	1 	1 	2 	0 	-3 	0 	0 	0
10 	 	RW 	5 	0 	2 	2 	14 	-1 	0 	0 	0
8 	 	D 	7 	0 	2 	2 	17 	-2 	0 	0 	0
23 	 	D 	23	0 	2 	2 	2 	-18	0 	0 	0
28 	 	G 	24	0 	2 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
2 	 	D 	2 	0 	1 	1 	2 	-4 	0 	0 	0
24 	 	LW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
10 	 	LW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
16 	 	LW/D	2 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
22 	 	LW 	3 	0 	0 	0 	2 	-2 	0 	0 	0
4 	 	D 	3 	0 	0 	0 	2 	2 	0 	0 	0
30 	 	G 	21	0 	0 	0 	2 	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 	5 	4	1	5 	7 	0 	0 	1
 	C/LW	5 	3	2	5 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	3	1	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0	4	4 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	2	1	3 	9 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	1	2	3 	14 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	0	3	3 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	5 	1	1	2 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	5 	0	2	2 	21 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	5 	0	2	2 	37 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	5 	0	2	2 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	1	0	1 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	1	0	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0	1	1 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	0	1	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	5 	0	1	1 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	2 	0	0	0 	8 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	2 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	3 	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==
*The Oilers did not win any awards this season.
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
==Farm Teams==
*Baltimore Clippers, SHL
==Gallery==
76-77WHAEdmontonGameAd.jpg
==See Also==
*1976–77 WHA season
==References==
Edmonton Oilers season, 1976–77
Edmonton Oilers season, 1976–77
Category:Edmonton Oilers seasons