1976–77 Minnesota Fighting Saints season

The 1976–77 Minnesota Fighting Saints season was the last season of WHA hockey in Minnesota. The original Fighting Saints disbanded and the Cleveland Crusaders relocated to become the Minnesota Fighting Saints. The Fighting Saints disbanded on January 14, 1977 after playing 42 games.
==Off-season==
The Fighting Saints jersey design stayed the same as it was for the 1973-74 season with one exception, the dark blue was changed to a fire red. The stripe pattern, outlined numbers, the names not outlined and the logo were unchanged.
==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
3 	W 	October 10, 1976 	4–1 	Indianapolis Racers (1976–77) 	1–2–0
6 	W 	October 17, 1976 	6–1 	Birmingham Bulls (1976–77) 	2–4–0
8 	T 	October 22, 1976 	2–2 	Calgary Cowboys (1976–77) 	2–5–1
11 	L 	October 30, 1976 	1–5 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1976–77) 	3–6–2
13 	L 	November 3, 1976 	2–4 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1976–77) 	3–8–2
14 	L 	November 5, 1976 	2–9 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1976–77) 	3–9–2
15 	L 	November 7, 1976 	1–3 	Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77) 	3–10–2
16 	T 	November 11, 1976 	3–3 	New England Whalers (1976–77) 	3–10–3
17 	W 	November 13, 1976 	4–2 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1976–77) 	4–10–3
18 	L 	November 18, 1976 	5–9 	Quebec Nordiques (1976–77) 	4–11–3
19 	T 	November 20, 1976 	3–3 	@ New England Whalers (1976–77)	4–11–4
20 	W 	November 21, 1976 	5–1 	Calgary Cowboys (1976–77) 	5–11–4
21 	W 	November 23, 1976 	4–0 	Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77) 	6–11–4
22 	W 	November 26, 1976 	4–2 	Quebec Nordiques (1976–77) 	7–11–4
23 	W 	November 27, 1976 	3–1 	@ New England Whalers (1976–77)	8–11–4
24 	W 	November 28, 1976 	3–1 	@ Birmingham Bulls (1976–77) 	9–11–4
25 	L 	December 3, 1976 	3–4 	Winnipeg Jets (1976–77) 	9–12–4
26 	W 	December 5, 1976 	5–1 	Edmonton Oilers (1976–77) 	10–12–4
27 	W 	December 7, 1976 	4–2 	New England Whalers (1976–77) 	11–12–4
28 	W 	December 10, 1976 	4–2 	Calgary Cowboys (1976–77) 	12–12–4
29 	L 	December 12, 1976 	2–4 	San Diego Mariners (1976–77) 	12–13–4
30 	L 	December 15, 1976 	0–5 	@ Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77)	12–14–4
31 	W 	December 16, 1976 	5–3 	@ Indianapolis Racers (1976–77)	13–14–4
32 	W 	December 18, 1976 	4–3 	Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77) 	14–14–4
33 	L 	December 22, 1976 	3–4 	Quebec Nordiques (1976–77) 	14–15–4
34 	L 	December 23, 1976 	1–2 	@ Calgary Cowboys (1976–77) 	14–16–4
35 	L 	December 26, 1976 	2–3 	@ New England Whalers (1976–77)	14–17–4
36 	W 	December 28, 1976 	5–4 	New England Whalers (1976–77) 	15–17–4
37 	W 	December 30, 1976 	4–2 	@ Birmingham Bulls (1976–77) 	16–17–4
38 	W 	January 2, 1977 	3–1 	Birmingham Bulls (1976–77) 	17–17–4
39 	T 	January 7, 1977 	1–1 	Houston Aeros (1976–77) 	17–17–5
40 	W 	January 8, 1977 	5–0 	Edmonton Oilers (1976–77) 	18–17–5
41 	L 	January 12, 1977 	3–4 	Birmingham Bulls (1976–77) 	18–18–5
42 	W 	January 14, 1977 	9–5 	Indianapolis Racers (1976–77) 	19–18–5
==Playoffs==
*The Fighting Saints ceased operations after 42 games.
==Player Stats==
Regular Season	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Scoring 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable"	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
# 	Player	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
14 	 	C 	42	13	38	51 	2 	25 	1 	1 	0
12 	 	C 	42	27	21	48 	28 	20 	6 	0 	0
24 	 	C 	41	15	21	36 	6 	9 	4 	1 	0
19 	 	RW 	40	17	13	30 	52 	14 	3 	0 	0
26 	 	RW 	42	9 	21	30 	6 	13 	0 	0 	0
10 	 	C 	40	4 	19	23 	17 	-14	3 	0 	0
17 	 	D 	33	3 	19	22 	22 	14 	0 	0 	0
23 	 	LW 	34	10	9 	19 	19 	7 	2 	0 	0
9 	 	RW 	30	6 	11	17 	6 	4 	0 	0 	0
15 	 	LW 	35	9 	4 	13 	51 	-5 	2 	0 	0
25 	 	C 	21	5 	8 	13 	8 	3 	0 	0 	0
8 	 	D 	40	2 	10	12 	14 	7 	0 	0 	0
4 	 	D 	42	2 	9 	11 	28 	19 	0 	0 	0
6 	 	D 	40	1 	9 	10 	42 	15 	0 	0 	0
16 	 	LW 	37	6 	3 	9 	64 	-1 	0 	0 	0
20 	 	LW 	36	4 	3 	7 	55 	-1 	0 	0 	0
2 	 	D 	42	0 	7 	7 	133	5 	0 	0 	0
7 	 	LW 	15	3 	3 	6 	2 	-6 	0 	0 	0
5 	 	D 	7 	0 	2 	2 	35 	-9 	0 	0 	0
30 	 	G 	30	0 	1 	1 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	 	D 	2 	0 	0 	0 	2 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	 	D 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
11 	 	RW 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
1 	 	G 	16	0 	0 	0 	6 	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 Fighting Saints did not win any awards this season.
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
==Farm Teams==
*Syracuse Blazers, NAHL
==See Also==
*1976–77 WHA season
==References==
Minnesota Fighting Saints season, 1976–77
Minnesota Fighting Saints season, 1976–77
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