1976-77 Minnesota Fighting Saints Statistics
World Hockey Association (WHA)
Team Record: 19-18-5 - 43 points
Finishing 6th in the WHA's WHA East Division
Coach: Glen Sonmor (19-18-5)
Location: St. Paul, Minnesota
1976-77 Minnesota Fighting Saints RosterTeam Record: 19-18-5 - 43 points
Finishing 6th in the WHA's WHA East Division
Coach: Glen Sonmor (19-18-5)
Location: St. Paul, Minnesota
1976-77 Minnesota Fighting Saints Results
The Minnesota Fighting Saints of the World Hockey Association ended the 1976-77 season with a record of 19 wins and 18 losses and 5 ties for 43 points, finishing sixth in the WHA's WHA East Division.
The Fighting Saints gave up 129 goals, the lowest total in the circuit. Minnesota netted 136 goals, worst in the league. Mike Antonovich scored 27 goals for the team, and Dave Keon recorded 38 assists. Jean-Louis Levasseur topped the squad with 15 wins and a team-best 2.73 goals against average, leading regularly-used goaltenders.
Glen Sonmor coached the team.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Keon | C | 42 | 13 | 38 | 51 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151 | 8.6 |
| Mike Antonovich | C | 42 | 27 | 21 | 48 | 28 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157 | 17.2 |
| Ron Ward | C | 41 | 15 | 21 | 36 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 15.6 |
| John McKenzie | R | 40 | 17 | 13 | 30 | 52 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 17.3 |
| Al McDonough | R | 42 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ray Adduono | C | 40 | 4 | 19 | 23 | 17 | -14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 8.5 |
| John Arbour | D | 33 | 3 | 19 | 22 | 22 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 3.4 |
| Danny Gruen | L | 34 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 12.2 |
| Craig Patrick | R | 30 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Butch Deadmarsh | L | 35 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 51 | -5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 11.0 |
| Steve Carlson | C | 21 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 13.2 |
| Jerry Zrymiak | D | 40 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ray McKay | D | 42 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 28 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 3.8 |
| Pat Westrum | D | 40 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 42 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 2.2 |
| Gord Gallant | L | 37 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 64 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 10.9 |
| Jack Carlson | L | 36 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 55 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 8.0 |
| Bill Butters | D | 42 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 133 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 0.0 |
| John Stewart | L | 15 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 8.1 |
| Dave Hanson | D | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 35 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Jean-Louis Levasseur | G | 30 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ray Clearwater | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Curran | G | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Milani | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Barry Legge | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 711 | 136 | 231 | 367 | 600 | 113 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1133 | 12.0 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jean-Louis Levasseur | 30 | 1715 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 78 | 2.73 | 974 | 896 | .920 |
| Mike Curran | 16 | 848 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 3.54 | 474 | 424 | .895 |
| Totals | 46 | 2563 | 19 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 128 | 3.00 | 1576 | 1448 | .919 |
