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1976–77 Detroit Red Wings season

1976–77 Detroit Red Wings
Division5th Norris
ConferenceWales
1976–77 record16–55–9
Goals for183
Goals against309
Team information
General managerAlex Delvecchio (Oct–Mar)
Ted Lindsay (Mar–Apr)
CoachAlex Delvecchio,
Larry Wilson
CaptainDanny Grant
Dennis Polonich
Alternate captainsNone
Team leaders
GoalsWalt McKechnie (25)
AssistsWalt McKechnie (34)
PointsWalt McKechnie (59)
Penalty minutesDennis Polonich (277)
WinsEd Giacomin (8)
Goals against averageEd Giacomin (3.58)

The 1976–77 Detroit Red Wings season was the 51st season for the Detroit franchise, 45th as the Red Wings.

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Norris Division
GP W L T GF GA Pts
Montreal Canadiens 80 60 8 12 387 171 132
Los Angeles Kings 80 34 31 15 271 241 83
Pittsburgh Penguins 80 34 33 13 240 252 81
Washington Capitals 80 24 42 14 221 307 62
Detroit Red Wings 80 16 55 9 183 309 41

[1]Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Record vs. opponents

Norris Division record vs. opponents


Schedule and results

No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1 T October 7, 1976 3–3 Washington Capitals (1976–77) 0–0–1
2 W October 9, 1976 4–0 Buffalo Sabres (1976–77) 1–0–1
3 L October 12, 1976 2–4 Montreal Canadiens (1976–77) 1–1–1
4 L October 16, 1976 3–4 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77) 1–2–1
5 L October 17, 1976 4–7 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77) 1–3–1
6 W October 22, 1976 5–0 New York Islanders (1976–77) 2–3–1
7 L October 23, 1976 2–4 @ St. Louis Blues (1976–77) 2–4–1
8 L October 26, 1976 2–3 @ Los Angeles Kings (1976–77) 2–5–1
9 L October 28, 1976 1–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1976–77) 2–6–1
10 L October 30, 1976 1–4 Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77) 2–7–1
11 W October 31, 1976 6–5 @ New York Rangers (1976–77) 3–7–1
12 W November 4, 1976 3–2 Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77) 4–7–1
13 T November 7, 1976 0–0 Atlanta Flames (1976–77) 4–7–2
14 L November 9, 1976 1–8 @ New York Islanders (1976–77) 4–8–2
15 L November 10, 1976 4–6 Boston Bruins (1976–77) 4–9–2
16 T November 13, 1976 3–3 Los Angeles Kings (1976–77) 4–9–3
17 L November 16, 1976 0–2 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77) 4–10–3
18 T November 17, 1976 5–5 St. Louis Blues (1976–77) 4–10–4
19 W November 19, 1976 5–2 Cleveland Barons (1976–77) 5–10–4
20 L November 21, 1976 2–4 @ Boston Bruins (1976–77) 5–11–4
21 W November 24, 1976 4–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1976–77) 6–11–4
22 W November 25, 1976 3–1 @ New York Islanders (1976–77) 7–11–4
23 L November 27, 1976 0–5 New York Rangers (1976–77) 7–12–4
24 L November 28, 1976 1–3 @ Buffalo Sabres (1976–77) 7–13–4
25 W December 1, 1976 5–2 @ Vancouver Canucks (1976–77) 8–13–4
26 L December 4, 1976 1–4 @ Los Angeles Kings (1976–77) 8–14–4
27 L December 11, 1976 0–5 @ Montreal Canadiens (1976–77) 8–15–4
28 W December 12, 1976 5–3 @ Boston Bruins (1976–77) 9–15–4
29 L December 15, 1976 3–7 @ Cleveland Barons (1976–77) 9–16–4
30 W December 16, 1976 7–3 Vancouver Canucks (1976–77) 10–16–4
31 W December 18, 1976 6–3 Atlanta Flames (1976–77) 11–16–4
32 L December 19, 1976 1–6 @ Buffalo Sabres (1976–77) 11–17–4
33 L December 22, 1976 1–2 @ Atlanta Flames (1976–77) 11–18–4
34 W December 23, 1976 5–2 Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77) 12–18–4
35 L December 27, 1976 4–7 Los Angeles Kings (1976–77) 12–19–4
36 L December 29, 1976 3–6 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77) 12–20–4
37 W December 31, 1976 4–2 Cleveland Barons (1976–77) 13–20–4
38 L January 2, 1977 4–6 Colorado Rockies (1976–77) 13–21–4
39 T January 4, 1977 2–2 @ Washington Capitals (1976–77) 13–21–5
40 L January 6, 1977 2–7 Minnesota North Stars (1976–77) 13–22–5
41 L January 10, 1977 0–2 Washington Capitals (1976–77) 13–23–5
42 L January 12, 1977 1–3 @ Cleveland Barons (1976–77) 13–24–5
43 L January 13, 1977 2–4 @ Colorado Rockies (1976–77) 13–25–5
44 L January 15, 1977 0–4 @ St. Louis Blues (1976–77) 13–26–5
45 L January 20, 1977 1–3 Colorado Rockies (1976–77) 13–27–5
46 L January 22, 1977 0–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77) 13–28–5
47 T January 23, 1977 2–2 @ Montreal Canadiens (1976–77) 13–28–6
48 L January 27, 1977 1–4 @ Washington Capitals (1976–77) 13–29–6
49 W January 29, 1977 4–3 Cleveland Barons (1976–77) 14–29–6
50 L February 2, 1977 1–9 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1976–77) 14–30–6
51 L February 5, 1977 1–3 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77) 14–31–6
52 W February 6, 1977 3–2 Vancouver Canucks (1976–77) 15–31–6
53 L February 10, 1977 4–5 New York Rangers (1976–77) 15–32–6
54 T February 12, 1977 2–2 @ Minnesota North Stars (1976–77) 15–32–7
55 L February 13, 1977 3–5 Montreal Canadiens (1976–77) 15–33–7
56 L February 15, 1977 2–6 @ Colorado Rockies (1976–77) 15–34–7
57 T February 17, 1977 2–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1976–77) 15–34–8
58 L February 19, 1977 1–2 Buffalo Sabres (1976–77) 15–35–8
59 L February 20, 1977 2–3 @ New York Rangers (1976–77) 15–36–8
60 L February 23, 1977 2–5 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77) 15–37–8
61 W February 24, 1977 3–2 Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77) 16–37–8
62 L February 26, 1977 3–4 Los Angeles Kings (1976–77) 16–38–8
63 L March 1, 1977 3–8 @ Boston Bruins (1976–77) 16–39–8
64 L March 3, 1977 2–4 New York Islanders (1976–77) 16–40–8
65 L March 5, 1977 1–4 Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77) 16–41–8
66 L March 9, 1977 3–6 @ Buffalo Sabres (1976–77) 16–42–8
67 L March 10, 1977 2–4 St. Louis Blues (1976–77) 16–43–8
68 L March 12, 1977 0–6 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1976–77) 16–44–8
69 T March 13, 1977 3–3 Washington Capitals (1976–77) 16–44–9
70 L March 15, 1977 1–7 @ Vancouver Canucks (1976–77) 16–45–9
71 L March 17, 1977 2–3 @ Los Angeles Kings (1976–77) 16–46–9
72 L March 20, 1977 1–2 @ Minnesota North Stars (1976–77) 16–47–9
73 L March 23, 1977 0–6 Boston Bruins (1976–77) 16–48–9
74 L March 24, 1977 1–3 @ Atlanta Flames (1976–77) 16–49–9
75 L March 26, 1977 0–4 @ Montreal Canadiens (1976–77) 16–50–9
76 L March 27, 1977 0–6 Montreal Canadiens (1976–77) 16–51–9
77 L March 29, 1977 1–6 @ Washington Capitals (1976–77) 16–52–9
78 L March 31, 1977 1–3 Minnesota North Stars (1976–77) 16–53–9
79 L April 2, 1977 3–4 Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77) 16–54–9
80 L April 3, 1977 2–4 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77) 16–55–9

Playoffs

The Red Wings failed to qualify to the playoffs.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Walt McKechnie C 80 25 34 59 50 −24 3 3 1
Dennis Polonich C/RW 79 18 28 46 274 −20 6 1 1
Dennis Hextall LW 78 14 32 46 158 −35 5 0 1
Nick Libett LW 80 14 27 41 25 −25 3 1 0
Michel Bergeron RW 74 21 12 33 98 −40 3 0 5
Bill Lochead LW 61 16 14 30 39 −11 4 0 3
Dan Maloney LW 34 13 13 26 64 3 3 1 0
Buster Harvey RW 54 11 11 22 18 −13 2 3 1
J.P. LeBlanc C 74 7 11 18 40 −16 0 0 2
Jim Nahrgang D 53 5 11 16 34 −12 3 1 1
Al Cameron D 80 3 13 16 112 −43 1 0 0
Rick Wilson D 77 3 13 16 56 −20 0 0 0
Rick Lapointe D 49 2 11 13 80 −17 1 0 0
Terry Harper D 52 4 8 12 28 −23 1 0 0
Danny Grant RW 42 2 10 12 4 −34 0 0 0
Greg Joly D 53 1 11 12 14 −22 1 0 0
Jean Hamel D 71 1 10 11 63 −18 0 0 0
Mike Bloom LW 45 6 3 9 22 −10 0 0 0
Bobby Sheehan C 34 5 4 9 2 −10 0 0 0
Bob Ritchie LW 17 6 2 8 10 −13 1 0 0
Fred Williams C 44 2 5 7 10 −17 0 0 0
Terry Murray D 23 0 7 7 10 −18 0 0 0
Dave Kelly RW 16 2 0 2 4 −8 0 0 1
Steve Coates RW 5 1 0 1 24 −1 0 0 0
Dwight Schofield D 3 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0
Ed Giacomin G 33 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0
Reed Larson D 14 0 1 1 23 −2 0 0 0
Jim Rutherford G 48 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
Bryan Watson D 14 0 1 1 39 2 0 0 0
Fred Berry C 3 0 0 0 0 −3 0 0 0
Larry Giroux D 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Fern LeBlanc C 3 0 0 0 0 −3 0 0 0
Don Martineau RW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brian McCutcheon LW 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Terry Richardson G 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Kevin Schamehorn RW 3 0 0 0 9 −1 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Ed Giacomin 1791 33 8 18 3 107 3.58 3
Jim Rutherford 2740 48 7 34 6 180 3.94 0
Terry Richardson 269 5 1 3 0 18 4.01 0
Team: 4800 80 16 55 9 305 3.81 3

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Note: 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

Detroit's draft picks at the 1976 NHL Amateur Draft held in Montreal.

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
1 4 Fred Williams  Canada Saskatoon Blades (WCHL)
2 22 Reed Larson  United States University of Minnesota (WCHA)
3 40 Fred Berry  Canada New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
4 58 Kevin Schamehorn  Canada New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
5 78 Dwight Schofield  United States London Knights (OMJHL)
6 94 Tony Horvath  Canada Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OMJHL)
7 111 Fern LeBlanc  Canada Sherbrooke Castors (QMJHL)
8 120 Claude Legris  Canada Sorel Eperviers (QMJHL)

Farm teams

See also

References

  1. ^ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 151. ISBN 9781894801225.
  2. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "1976-77 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 2, 2009.
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