1977 WHA West Division Semi-Finals
Winnipeg Jets defeat San Diego Mariners 4-3
W-L: 40-37-4, .519
SRS: -0.04 (6th of 12)
Goals: 284 (6th of 12)
Goals Against: 283 (3rd of 12)
W-L: 46-32-2, .588
SRS: 0.78 (2nd of 12)
Goals: 366 (1st of 12)
Goals Against: 291 (5th of 12)
| Game 1, April 10 | ||
| San Diego Mariners | 1 | Final |
| Winnipeg Jets | 5 | |
| Game 2, April 12 | ||
| San Diego Mariners | 1 | Final |
| Winnipeg Jets | 4 | |
| Game 3, April 16 | ||
| Winnipeg Jets | 4 | Final |
| San Diego Mariners | 5 | |
| Game 4, April 17 | ||
| Winnipeg Jets | 4 | Final |
| San Diego Mariners | 6 | |
| Game 5, April 20 | ||
| San Diego Mariners | 0 | Final |
| Winnipeg Jets | 3 | |
| Game 6, April 22 | ||
| Winnipeg Jets | 1 | Final |
| San Diego Mariners | 3 | |
| Game 7, April 24 | ||
| San Diego Mariners | 3 | Final |
| Winnipeg Jets | 7 | |
1976-77 Regular Season Stats
| Sunday, Oct 17, 1976 | ||
| Winnipeg Jets | 1 | Final |
| San Diego Mariners | 3 | |
| Sunday, Oct 31, 1976 | ||
| San Diego Mariners | 4 | Final |
| Winnipeg Jets | 6 | |
| Tuesday, Nov 30, 1976 | ||
| San Diego Mariners | 2 | Final |
| Winnipeg Jets | 8 | |
| Thursday, Dec 30, 1976 | ||
| Winnipeg Jets | 3 | Final |
| San Diego Mariners | 4 | |
| Saturday, Jan 29, 1977 | ||
| Winnipeg Jets | 3 | Final |
| San Diego Mariners | 5 | |
| Friday, Feb 4, 1977 | ||
| San Diego Mariners | 2 | Final |
| Winnipeg Jets | 8 | |
| Tuesday, Mar 8, 1977 | ||
| San Diego Mariners | 0 | Final |
| Winnipeg Jets | 5 | |
| Thursday, Mar 31, 1977 | ||
| Winnipeg Jets | 3 | Final |
| San Diego Mariners | 4 | |
SDM 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 | André Lacroix | 31 | C | 81 | 32 | 82 | 114 | 2 | 79 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 231 | 13.9 | ||||||||
| 2 | Joe Noris | 25 | RW | 73 | 35 | 57 | 92 | 2 | 30 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 243 | 14.4 | ||||||||
| 3 | Norm Ferguson | 31 | RW | 77 | 39 | 32 | 71 | -5 | 5 | 29 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 217 | 18.0 | ||||||||
| 4 | Kevin Devine | 22 | LW | 81 | 30 | 20 | 50 | -12 | 114 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 182 | 16.5 | |||||||||
| 5 | Paul Shmyr | 31 | D | 81 | 13 | 37 | 50 | -4 | 103 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 206 | 6.3 | |||||||||
| 6 | Wayne Rivers | 34 | RW | 60 | 18 | 31 | 49 | 5 | 40 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 168 | 10.7 | |||||||||
| 7 | Don Burgess | 30 | LW | 77 | 20 | 22 | 42 | -8 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 167 | 12.0 | |||||||||
| 8 | Kevin Morrison | 27 | D | 75 | 8 | 30 | 38 | -30 | 68 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 247 | 3.2 | |||||||||
| 9 | John French | 26 | LW | 44 | 14 | 21 | 35 | -3 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 79 | 17.7 | |||||||||
| 10 | Gary Veneruzzo | 33 | RW | 40 | 14 | 11 | 25 | 4 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 94 | 14.9 | |||||||||
| 11 | Tony Cassolato | 20 | RW | 43 | 13 | 12 | 25 | 9 | 26 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 54 | 24.1 | |||||||||
| 12 | Bob Dobek | 24 | C | 58 | 7 | 17 | 24 | -9 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 87 | 8.0 | |||||||||
| 13 | Brad Rhiness | 20 | C | 58 | 9 | 14 | 23 | -17 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 13.6 | |||||||||
| 14 | Dick Sentes | 30 | LW | 24 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 7 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 56 | 17.9 | |||||||||
| 15 | Gerry Pinder | 28 | RW | 44 | 6 | 13 | 19 | -24 | 36 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 90 | 6.7 | |||||||||
| 16 | Brent Hughes | 33 | D | 62 | 4 | 13 | 17 | -3 | 48 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 7.4 | |||||||||
| 17 | Larry Hornung | 31 | D | 58 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -7 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 9.5 | |||||||||
| 18 | Randy Legge | 31 | D | 69 | 1 | 9 | 10 | -18 | 69 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 3.4 | |||||||||
| 19 | Peter McNamee | 26 | D | 41 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -7 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 11.5 | |||||||||
| 20 | Ray Adduono | 30 | C | 13 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 4.3 | |||||||||
| 21 | Bob Falkenberg | 31 | D | 64 | 0 | 6 | 6 | -11 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| 22 | Gregg Boddy | 27 | D | 18 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -6 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6.7 | |||||||||
| 23 | Norm Cournoyer | 25 | C | 19 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -14 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 3.3 | |||||||||
| 24 | Tim O'Connell | 23 | LW | 16 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| 25 | Ernie Wakely | 36 | G | 46 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2506 | 54:29 | |||||||
| 26 | Ken Lockett | 29 | G | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2397 | 53:16 | |||||||
| 27 | Bob Winograd | 26 | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| Team Total | 81 | 284 | 466 | 750 | -159 | 828 | 204 | 69 | 11 | 13 | 2469 | 11.5 | |||||||||||
SDM 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 | Ernie Wakely | 36 | 46 | 22 | 18 | 3 | 129 | 3.09 | 3 | 2506 | 89 | 15.5 | |||||||
| 2 | Ken Lockett | 29 | 45 | 18 | 19 | 1 | 148 | 3.70 | 1 | 2397 | 111 | -14.9 | |||||||
| Team Total | 40 | 37 | 4 | 277 | 3.39 | 4 | 4903 | ||||||||||||
WNJ 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 | Anders Hedberg | 25 | RW | 68 | 70 | 61 | 131 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 22 | 0 | 10 | 313 | 22.4 | ||||||||
| 2 | Ulf Nilsson | 26 | C | 71 | 39 | 85 | 124 | 57 | 89 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 193 | 20.2 | ||||||||
| 3 | Peter Sullivan | 25 | C | 78 | 31 | 52 | 83 | 11 | 18 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 176 | 17.6 | ||||||||
| 4 | Willy Lindström | 25 | LW | 79 | 44 | 36 | 80 | -2 | 37 | 33 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 235 | 18.7 | ||||||||
| 5 | Veli-Pekka Ketola | 28 | C | 64 | 25 | 29 | 54 | -13 | 59 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 210 | 11.9 | |||||||||
| 6 | Bobby Hull* | 38 | LW | 34 | 21 | 32 | 53 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 102 | 20.6 | |||||||||
| 7 | Dan Labraaten | 25 | LW | 64 | 24 | 27 | 51 | -11 | 21 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 134 | 17.9 | |||||||||
| 8 | Barry Long | 28 | D | 71 | 9 | 38 | 47 | -1 | 54 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 178 | 5.1 | |||||||||
| 9 | Perry Miller | 24 | D | 74 | 14 | 31 | 45 | 27 | 124 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 154 | 9.1 | |||||||||
| 10 | Bill Lesuk | 30 | LW | 78 | 14 | 27 | 41 | 23 | 85 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 90 | 15.6 | |||||||||
| 11 | Lars-Erik Sjöberg | 32 | D | 52 | 2 | 38 | 40 | 9 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 77 | 2.6 | |||||||||
| 12 | Mats Lindh | 29 | C | 73 | 14 | 17 | 31 | -13 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 101 | 13.9 | |||||||||
| 13 | Bobby Guindon | 26 | LW | 69 | 10 | 17 | 27 | -12 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 75 | 13.3 | |||||||||
| 14 | Thommie Bergman | 29 | D | 42 | 2 | 24 | 26 | 3 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 2.7 | |||||||||
| 15 | Ted Green | 36 | D | 70 | 4 | 21 | 25 | 12 | 45 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 59 | 6.8 | |||||||||
| 16 | Lyle Moffat | 28 | LW | 74 | 13 | 11 | 24 | -7 | 90 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 86 | 15.1 | |||||||||
| 17 | Kent Ruhnke | 24 | RW | 51 | 11 | 11 | 22 | -12 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 12.6 | |||||||||
| 18 | Mike Ford | 24 | D | 22 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 5.3 | |||||||||
| 19 | Heikki Riihiranta | 28 | D | 53 | 1 | 16 | 17 | -1 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 2.0 | |||||||||
| 20 | Dave Dunn | 28 | D | 40 | 3 | 11 | 14 | -1 | 129 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 10.0 | |||||||||
| 21 | Danny Lawson | 29 | RW | 14 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 46 | 13.0 | |||||||||
| 22 | Ron Ward | 32 | C | 14 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 16.7 | |||||||||
| 23 | Fran Huck | 31 | C | 12 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 13.3 | |||||||||
| 24 | Joe Daley | 33 | G | 65 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3818 | 58:44 | |||||||
| 25 | Jim Cole | 25 | LW | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| 26 | Curt Larsson | 32 | G | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1019 | 53:38 | |||||||
| 27 | Morris Mott | 30 | RW | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| Team Total | 80 | 366 | 621 | 987 | 144 | 981 | 267 | 92 | 7 | 25 | 2571 | 14.2 | |||||||||||
WNJ 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 | Joe Daley | 33 | 65 | 39 | 23 | 2 | 206 | 3.24 | 3 | 3818 | 93 | 15.3 | |||||||
| 2 | Curt Larsson | 32 | 19 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 82 | 4.83 | 0 | 1019 | 129 | -18.6 | |||||||
| Team Total | 46 | 32 | 2 | 288 | 3.57 | 3 | 4837 | ||||||||||||
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