1976-77 New England Whalers Statistics

World Hockey Association (WHA)
Team Record: 35-40-6 - 76 points
Finishing 4th in the WHA's WHA East Division
Postseason: 1-4
Lost AVCO Cup quarter-finals
Division Semi-Finals - Lost to Quebec Nordiques 4-1
Coach: Harry Neale (35-40-6)
Location: Hartford, Connecticut

1976-77 New England Whalers Roster
1976-77 New England Whalers Results

The New England Whalers of the World Hockey Association ended the 1976-77 season with a record of 35 wins and 40 losses and 6 ties for 76 points, finishing fourth in the WHA's WHA East Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-4.

The Whalers scored 275 goals and allowed 290. George Lyle netted 39 goals for New England, and Tom Webster tallied 30 or more, too. Mike Rogers contributed 57 assists. Christer Abrahamsson topped the squad with 15 wins and a team-best 3.84 goals against average, pacing goalies with significant playing time.

Harry Neale coached the team. The 1976-77 New England Whalers lost in the AVCO Cup quarter-finals.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	SOG	SG%
Tom Webster	R	70	36	49	85	43	18	11	0	5	188	19.1
Mike Rogers	C	78	25	57	82	10	11	6	0	4	212	11.8
George Lyle	L	75	39	33	72	62	30	12	0	2	229	17.0
Ralph Backstrom	C	77	17	31	48	30	1	0	0	0	162	10.5
Gordie Roberts	D	77	13	33	46	169	16	2	0	0	199	6.5
Dave Keon	C	34	14	25	39	8	13	5	1	0	107	13.1
Larry Pleau	C	78	11	21	32	22	-17	0	0	0	146	7.5
John McKenzie	R	34	11	19	30	25	10	0	3	0	63	17.5
Thommy Abrahamsson	D	64	6	24	30	33	6	0	0	0	174	3.4
Tom Earl	R/C	54	9	14	23	37	-7	0	1	0	69	13.0
Rick Ley	D	55	2	21	23	102	-6	0	0	0	98	2.0
Al Hangsleben	D	74	13	9	22	79	-24	0	0	0	118	11.0
Danny Arndt	L	46	8	14	22	11	-13	1	0	0	87	9.2
Mike Antonovich	C	26	12	9	21	10	11	1	0	0	83	14.5
Doug Roberts	R	64	3	18	21	33	-6	0	0	0	107	2.8
Gary MacGregor	C	30	8	8	16	4	-14	3	0	0	67	11.9
Brett Callighen	L	33	6	10	16	41	-1	1	0	0	49	12.2
Brad Selwood	D	41	4	12	16	71	-8	2	0	0	60	6.7
Steve Carlson	C	31	4	9	13	40	0	0	0	0	51	7.8
Jack Carlson	L	35	7	5	12	81	-2	0	0	0	46	15.2
Danny Bolduc	R	33	8	3	11	15	-13	0	0	0	57	14.0
Ron Busniuk	D	55	1	9	10	141	-10	0	0	0	78	1.3
Dave Hynes	L	22	5	4	9	4	5	0	1	0	41	12.2
Bill Butters	D	26	1	8	9	65	13	0	0	0	38	2.6
Rosaire Paiement	R	13	5	2	7	12	2	1	0	0	32	15.6
Garry Swain	C	26	5	2	7	6	-6	1	2	0	30	16.7
Dale Smedsmo	L	15	2	0	2	54	-6	1	0	0	12	16.7
Christer Abrahamsson	G	45	0	1	1	12	0	0	0	0	0
Ron Climie	L	3	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	4	0.0
Cap Raeder	G	26	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Hanson	D	1	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0
Bruce Landon	G	23	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Troy	R	7	0	0	0	7	-3	0	0	0	4	0.0
Totals		1371	275	450	725	1242	-1	47	8	11	2611	10.5

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Christer Abrahamsson	45	2484	15	22	4	0	0	159	3.84	1438	1279	.889
Cap Raeder	26	1328	12	10	1	0	2	69	3.12	701	632	.902
Bruce Landon	23	1118	8	8	1	3	1	59	3.17	570	511	.896
Totals	94	4930	35	40	6	3	3	287	3.49	2996	2709	.904

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	GWG
Tom Webster	R	5	1	1	2	0	-5	0
Mike Rogers	C	5	1	1	2	2	-4	0
George Lyle	L	5	1	0	1	4	-4	1
Ralph Backstrom	C	3	0	0	0	0	-1	0
Gordie Roberts	D	5	2	2	4	4	-2	0
Dave Keon	C	5	3	1	4	0	4	0
Larry Pleau	C	5	1	0	1	0	-4	0
John McKenzie	R	5	2	1	3	8	4	0
Thommy Abrahamsson	D	5	0	3	3	0	-3	0
Tom Earl	R/C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rick Ley	D	5	0	4	4	4	1	0
Al Hangsleben	D	4	0	0	0	9	-1	0
Mike Antonovich	C	5	2	2	4	4	5	0
Doug Roberts	R	2	0	0	0	0	-1	0
Brad Selwood	D	5	0	0	0	2	-1	0
Steve Carlson	C	5	0	0	0	9	-2	0
Jack Carlson	L	5	1	1	2	9	-2	0
Bill Butters	D	5	0	1	1	15	-1	0
Garry Swain	C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Christer Abrahamsson	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cap Raeder	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Hanson	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bruce Landon	G	3	0	1	1	0	0	0
Totals		89	14	18	32	70	-17	1

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Christer Abrahamsson	2	90	0	1	5	3.33	51	46	.902
Cap Raeder	1	60	0	1	7	7.00	34	27	.794
Bruce Landon	3	152	1	2	11	4.34	75	64	.853
Totals	6	302	1	4	23	4.57	183	160	.874