1976-77 Cincinnati Stingers Statistics
World Hockey Association (WHA)
Team Record: 39-37-5 - 83 points
Finishing 2nd in the WHA's WHA East Division
Postseason: 0-4
Lost AVCO Cup quarter-finals
Division Semi-Finals - Lost to Indianapolis Racers 4-0
Coach: Terry Slater (39-37-5)
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
1976-77 Cincinnati Stingers RosterTeam Record: 39-37-5 - 83 points
Finishing 2nd in the WHA's WHA East Division
Postseason: 0-4
Lost AVCO Cup quarter-finals
Division Semi-Finals - Lost to Indianapolis Racers 4-0
Coach: Terry Slater (39-37-5)
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
1976-77 Cincinnati Stingers Results
The Cincinnati Stingers of the World Hockey Association ended the 1976-77 season with a record of 39 wins and 37 losses and 5 ties for 83 points, finishing second in the WHA's WHA East Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-4.
The Stingers scored 354 goals and surrendered 303. Rich LeDuc and Blaine Stoughton netted 52 goals for Cincinnati each, while Claude Larose, Dennis Sobchuk and Rick Dudley each tallied 30 or more also. Ron Plumb recorded 58 assists. Normand Lapointe topped the squad with 21 wins and a team-best 3.73 goals against average, pacing regularly-used goaltenders.
Terry Slater coached the team. The 1976-77 Cincinnati Stingers lost in the AVCO Cup quarter-finals.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rich LeDuc | C | 81 | 52 | 55 | 107 | 75 | 28 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 357 | 14.6 |
| Blaine Stoughton | R | 81 | 52 | 52 | 104 | 39 | 24 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 284 | 18.3 |
| Dennis Sobchuk | C | 81 | 44 | 52 | 96 | 38 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 312 | 14.1 |
| Rick Dudley | L | 77 | 41 | 47 | 88 | 102 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 229 | 17.9 |
| Claude Larose | L | 81 | 30 | 46 | 76 | 8 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 273 | 11.0 |
| Ron Plumb | D | 79 | 11 | 58 | 69 | 52 | 64 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 223 | 4.9 |
| Dennis Abgrall | R | 80 | 23 | 39 | 62 | 22 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 125 | 18.4 |
| Greg Carroll | C | 77 | 15 | 39 | 54 | 53 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 125 | 12.0 |
| Peter Marsh | R | 76 | 23 | 28 | 51 | 52 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 186 | 12.4 |
| Jacques Locas | C | 45 | 18 | 13 | 31 | 27 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 20.2 |
| Bill Steele | R | 81 | 9 | 22 | 31 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 11.8 |
| John Hughes | D | 79 | 3 | 27 | 30 | 113 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 107 | 2.8 |
| Barry Legge | D | 74 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 39 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 107 | 6.5 |
| Jamie Hislop | R | 46 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 11.7 |
| Pierre Guite | L | 27 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 32 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 14.5 |
| Dave Inkpen | D | 48 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 61 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 3.7 |
| Pierre Roy | D | 39 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 126 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 4.6 |
| Bryan Maxwell | D | 34 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 2.3 |
| Francois Ouimet | D | 16 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9.1 |
| Barry Melrose | D | 29 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | -22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5.9 |
| Dale Smedsmo | L | 23 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 43 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0.0 |
| Dan Justin | D | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Jacques Caron | G | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ted Long | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Paul Hoganson | G | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Normand Lapointe | G | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1354 | 354 | 581 | 935 | 962 | 293 | 55 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 2870 | 12.3 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normand Lapointe | 52 | 2817 | 21 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 175 | 3.73 | 1437 | 1262 | .878 |
| Jacques Caron | 24 | 1292 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 61 | 2.83 | 564 | 503 | .892 |
| Paul Hoganson | 17 | 823 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 64 | 4.67 | 401 | 337 | .840 |
| Totals | 93 | 4932 | 39 | 37 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 300 | 3.65 | 2702 | 2402 | .889 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rich LeDuc | C | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 16 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Blaine Stoughton | R | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Sobchuk | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Dudley | L | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Claude Larose | L | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Plumb | D | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Abgrall | R | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Greg Carroll | C | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Peter Marsh | R | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Steele | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Hughes | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Barry Legge | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jamie Hislop | R | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pierre Roy | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bryan Maxwell | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Barry Melrose | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dale Smedsmo | L | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jacques Caron | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Normand Lapointe | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 65 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 82 | -51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normand Lapointe | 4 | 273 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3.52 | 124 | 108 | .871 |
| Jacques Caron | 1 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12.86 | 6 | 3 | .500 |
| Totals | 5 | 287 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3.97 | 149 | 130 | .872 |
