1977 WHA East Division Semi-Finals
Quebec Nordiques defeat New England Whalers 4-1
W-L: 35-40-6, .469
SRS: -0.13 (7th of 12)
Goals: 275 (9th of 12)
Goals Against: 290 (4th of 12)
W-L: 47-31-3, .599
SRS: 0.67 (3rd of 12)
Goals: 353 (3rd of 12)
Goals Against: 295 (6th of 12)
| Game 1, April 9 | ||
| New England Whalers | 2 | Final |
| Quebec Nordiques | 5 | |
| Game 2, April 12 | ||
| New England Whalers | 3 | Final |
| Quebec Nordiques | 7 | |
| Game 3, April 14 | ||
| Quebec Nordiques | 4 | Final |
| New England Whalers | 3 | OT |
| Game 4, April 16 | ||
| Quebec Nordiques | 4 | Final |
| New England Whalers | 6 | |
| Game 5, April 19 | ||
| New England Whalers | 0 | Final |
| Quebec Nordiques | 3 | |
1976-77 Regular Season Stats
| Saturday, Oct 16, 1976 | ||
| Quebec Nordiques | 8 | Final |
| New England Whalers | 2 | |
| Tuesday, Nov 30, 1976 | ||
| New England Whalers | 1 | Final |
| Quebec Nordiques | 2 | |
| Friday, Dec 3, 1976 | ||
| Quebec Nordiques | 5 | Final |
| New England Whalers | 5 | |
| Sunday, Dec 12, 1976 | ||
| New England Whalers | 1 | Final |
| Quebec Nordiques | 5 | |
| Tuesday, Dec 14, 1976 | ||
| New England Whalers | 3 | Final |
| Quebec Nordiques | 1 | |
| Tuesday, Jan 4, 1977 | ||
| New England Whalers | 3 | Final |
| Quebec Nordiques | 5 | |
| Friday, Jan 7, 1977 | ||
| Quebec Nordiques | 7 | Final |
| New England Whalers | 3 | |
| Thursday, Jan 20, 1977 | ||
| Quebec Nordiques | 5 | Final |
| New England Whalers | 4 | |
| Sunday, Mar 6, 1977 | ||
| Quebec Nordiques | 2 | Final |
| New England Whalers | 6 | |
| Sunday, Mar 13, 1977 | ||
| New England Whalers | 3 | Final |
| Quebec Nordiques | 5 | |
| Tuesday, Apr 5, 1977 | ||
| New England Whalers | 2 | Final |
| Quebec Nordiques | 7 | |
NEW Scoring Regular Season
| Scoring | Goals | Assists | Ice Time | Point Shares | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Age | Pos | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | EV | PP | SH | S | S% | TOI | ATOI | OPS | DPS | PS |
| 1 | Tom Webster | 28 | RW | 70 | 36 | 49 | 85 | 18 | 43 | 25 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 188 | 19.1 | ||||||||
| 2 | Mike Rogers | 22 | C | 78 | 25 | 57 | 82 | 11 | 10 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 212 | 11.8 | ||||||||
| 3 | George Lyle | 23 | LW | 75 | 39 | 33 | 72 | 30 | 62 | 27 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 229 | 17.0 | ||||||||
| 4 | Ralph Backstrom | 39 | C | 77 | 17 | 31 | 48 | 1 | 30 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 162 | 10.5 | |||||||||
| 5 | Gordie Roberts | 19 | D | 77 | 13 | 33 | 46 | 16 | 169 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 199 | 6.5 | |||||||||
| 6 | Dave Keon* | 36 | C | 34 | 14 | 25 | 39 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 107 | 13.1 | |||||||||
| 7 | Larry Pleau | 30 | LW | 78 | 11 | 21 | 32 | -17 | 22 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 146 | 7.5 | |||||||||
| 8 | John McKenzie | 39 | RW | 34 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 10 | 25 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 63 | 17.5 | |||||||||
| 9 | Thommy Abrahamsson | 29 | D | 64 | 6 | 24 | 30 | 6 | 33 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 174 | 3.4 | |||||||||
| 10 | Tom Earl | 29 | RW | 54 | 9 | 14 | 23 | -7 | 37 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 69 | 13.0 | |||||||||
| 11 | Rick Ley | 28 | D | 55 | 2 | 21 | 23 | -6 | 102 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 2.0 | |||||||||
| 12 | Al Hangsleben | 23 | D | 74 | 13 | 9 | 22 | -24 | 79 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 118 | 11.0 | |||||||||
| 13 | Danny Arndt | 21 | LW | 46 | 8 | 14 | 22 | -13 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 87 | 9.2 | |||||||||
| 14 | Mike Antonovich | 25 | C | 26 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 83 | 14.5 | |||||||||
| 15 | Doug Roberts | 34 | D | 64 | 3 | 18 | 21 | -6 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 107 | 2.8 | |||||||||
| 16 | Gary MacGregor | 22 | C | 30 | 8 | 8 | 16 | -14 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 67 | 11.9 | |||||||||
| 17 | Brett Callighen | 23 | RW | 33 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -1 | 41 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 12.2 | |||||||||
| 18 | Brad Selwood | 28 | D | 41 | 4 | 12 | 16 | -8 | 71 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 60 | 6.7 | |||||||||
| 19 | Steve Carlson | 21 | C | 31 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 40 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 7.8 | |||||||||
| 20 | Jack Carlson | 22 | LW | 35 | 7 | 5 | 12 | -2 | 81 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 15.2 | |||||||||
| 21 | Danny Bolduc | 23 | RW | 33 | 8 | 3 | 11 | -13 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 14.0 | |||||||||
| 22 | Ron Busniuk | 28 | RW | 55 | 1 | 9 | 10 | -10 | 141 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 1.3 | |||||||||
| 23 | Dave Hynes | 25 | LW | 22 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 12.2 | |||||||||
| 24 | Bill Butters | 26 | D | 26 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 65 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 2.6 | |||||||||
| 25 | Rosaire Paiement | 31 | C | 13 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 15.6 | |||||||||
| 26 | Garry Swain | 29 | C | 26 | 5 | 2 | 7 | -6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 16.7 | |||||||||
| 27 | Dale Smedsmo | 25 | LW | 15 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -6 | 54 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 16.7 | |||||||||
| 28 | Christer Abrahamsson | 29 | G | 45 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2484 | 55:12 | |||||||
| 29 | Ron Climie | 26 | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| 30 | Dave Hanson | 22 | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 31 | Bruce Landon | 27 | G | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1118 | 48:37 | |||||||
| 32 | Cap Raeder | 23 | G | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1328 | 51:05 | |||||||
| 33 | Jim Troy | 24 | RW | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| Team Total | 81 | 275 | 450 | 725 | -1 | 1242 | 220 | 47 | 8 | 11 | 2611 | 10.5 | |||||||||||
NEW Goalies Regular Season
| Goalie Stats | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Age | GP | GS | W | L | T/O | GA | SA | SV | SV% | GAA | SO | MIN | QS | QS% | RBS | GA%- | GSAA |
| 1 | Christer Abrahamsson | 29 | 45 | 15 | 22 | 4 | 159 | 3.84 | 0 | 2484 | 95 | 8.3 | |||||||
| 2 | Cap Raeder | 23 | 26 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 69 | 3.12 | 2 | 1328 | 85 | 12.6 | |||||||
| 3 | Bruce Landon | 27 | 23 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 59 | 3.17 | 1 | 1118 | 89 | 7.3 | |||||||
| Team Total | 35 | 40 | 6 | 287 | 3.49 | 3 | 4930 | ||||||||||||
QBN Scoring Regular Season
| Scoring | Goals | Assists | Ice Time | Point Shares | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Age | Pos | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | EV | PP | SH | S | S% | TOI | ATOI | OPS | DPS | PS |
| 1 | Réal Cloutier | 20 | RW | 76 | 66 | 75 | 141 | 47 | 39 | 40 | 25 | 1 | 7 | 332 | 19.9 | ||||||||
| 2 | Marc Tardif | 27 | LW | 62 | 49 | 60 | 109 | 29 | 65 | 39 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 220 | 22.3 | ||||||||
| 3 | Christian Bordeleau | 29 | C | 72 | 32 | 75 | 107 | 28 | 34 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 230 | 13.9 | ||||||||
| 4 | Serge Bernier | 29 | C | 74 | 43 | 53 | 96 | 1 | 94 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 293 | 14.7 | ||||||||
| 5 | Paulin Bordeleau | 24 | RW | 80 | 42 | 41 | 83 | 7 | 52 | 26 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 210 | 20.0 | ||||||||
| 6 | Jim Dorey | 29 | D | 73 | 13 | 34 | 47 | 26 | 102 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 135 | 9.6 | |||||||||
| 7 | André Boudrias | 33 | C | 74 | 12 | 31 | 43 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 92 | 13.0 | |||||||||
| 8 | Bob Fitchner | 26 | C | 81 | 9 | 30 | 39 | 1 | 105 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 110 | 8.2 | |||||||||
| 9 | J.C. Tremblay | 38 | D | 53 | 4 | 31 | 35 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 75 | 5.3 | |||||||||
| 10 | Norm Dubé | 25 | LW | 39 | 15 | 18 | 33 | 11 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 75 | 20.0 | |||||||||
| 11 | Charles Constantin | 22 | LW | 77 | 14 | 19 | 33 | 1 | 93 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 117 | 12.0 | |||||||||
| 12 | Curt Brackenbury | 25 | RW | 77 | 16 | 13 | 29 | 2 | 146 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 112 | 14.3 | |||||||||
| 13 | François Lacombe | 28 | D | 81 | 5 | 22 | 27 | 17 | 86 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 141 | 3.5 | |||||||||
| 14 | Paul Baxter | 21 | D | 66 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 14 | 244 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 123 | 4.9 | |||||||||
| 15 | Richard Grenier | 24 | C | 34 | 11 | 9 | 20 | -6 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 60 | 18.3 | |||||||||
| 16 | Wally Weir | 22 | D | 69 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 13 | 197 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 123 | 2.4 | |||||||||
| 17 | Steve Sutherland | 30 | LW | 36 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 10.0 | |||||||||
| 18 | Jean Bernier | 22 | D | 72 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 115 | 1.7 | |||||||||
| 19 | Pierre Roy | 24 | D | 29 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 50 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 8.6 | |||||||||
| 20 | Pierre Guite | 24 | LW | 35 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -3 | 67 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 4.2 | |||||||||
| 21 | Garry Lariviere | 22 | D | 15 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| 22 | Serge Aubry | 35 | G | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 769 | 36:37 | |||||||
| 23 | Richard Brodeur | 24 | G | 53 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2906 | 54:50 | |||||||
| 24 | Ed Humphreys | 23 | G | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1240 | 56:22 | |||||||
| 25 | Michel Dubois | 22 | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| Team Total | 81 | 353 | 584 | 937 | 218 | 1479 | 267 | 70 | 16 | 25 | 2726 | 12.9 | |||||||||||
QBN Goalies Regular Season
| Goalie Stats | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Age | GP | GS | W | L | T/O | GA | SA | SV | SV% | GAA | SO | MIN | QS | QS% | RBS | GA%- | GSAA |
| 1 | Richard Brodeur | 24 | 53 | 29 | 18 | 2 | 167 | 3.45 | 2 | 2906 | 103 | -4.6 | |||||||
| 2 | Ed Humphreys | 23 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 74 | 3.58 | 1 | 1240 | 103 | -2.0 | |||||||
| 3 | Serge Aubry | 35 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 51 | 3.98 | 1 | 769 | 119 | -8.1 | |||||||
| Team Total | 47 | 31 | 3 | 292 | 3.56 | 4 | 4915 | ||||||||||||
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