1976-77 New York Rangers Statistics
Team Record: 29-37-14 - 72 points
Finishing 4th in the NHL's Patrick Division
Coach: John Ferguson (29-37-14)
Location: New York, New York
1976-77 New York Rangers Results
The New York Rangers of the National Hockey League ended the 1976-77 season with a record of 29 wins and 37 losses and 14 ties for 72 points, finishing fourth in the NHL's Patrick Division.
The Rangers scored 272 goals and allowed 310, most in the circuit. Phil Esposito netted 34 goals for New York, while Don Murdoch tallied 30 or more, too. Rod Gilbert contributed 48 assists. John Davidson topped the squad with 14 wins and a team-best 3.54 goals against average, pacing goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
John Ferguson coached the team.
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Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Phil Esposito | C | 80 | 34 | 46 | 80 | 52 | -28 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 344 | 9.9 |
Rod Gilbert | R | 77 | 27 | 48 | 75 | 50 | -17 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 187 | 14.4 |
Ken Hodge | R | 78 | 21 | 41 | 62 | 43 | -18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 141 | 14.9 |
Don Murdoch | R | 59 | 32 | 24 | 56 | 47 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 223 | 14.3 |
Steve Vickers | L | 75 | 22 | 31 | 53 | 26 | -14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 157 | 14.0 |
Walt Tkaczuk | C | 80 | 12 | 38 | 50 | 38 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 139 | 8.6 |
Carol Vadnais | D | 74 | 11 | 37 | 48 | 131 | -20 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169 | 6.5 |
Ron Greschner | D | 80 | 11 | 36 | 47 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 192 | 5.7 |
Wayne Dillon | C | 78 | 17 | 29 | 46 | 33 | -14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 158 | 10.8 |
Mike McEwen | D | 80 | 14 | 29 | 43 | 38 | -24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 204 | 6.9 |
Pat Hickey | L | 80 | 23 | 17 | 40 | 35 | -11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 130 | 17.7 |
Greg Polis | L | 77 | 16 | 23 | 39 | 44 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 187 | 8.6 |
Bill Goldsworthy | R | 61 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 43 | -17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 96 | 10.4 |
Dave Maloney | D | 66 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 100 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 126 | 2.4 |
Dave Farrish | D | 80 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 102 | -16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 116 | 1.7 |
Dan Newman | L | 41 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 37 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 67 | 13.4 |
Pete Stemkowski | C | 61 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 8 | -14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 3.6 |
Nick Fotiu | L | 70 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 174 | -23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 8.3 |
Bill Fairbairn | R | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |
Mark Heaslip | R | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 31 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11.1 |
Doug Jarrett | D | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
Gilles Gratton | G | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
John Bednarski | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
Nick Beverley | D | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
Larry Sacharuk | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
John Davidson | G | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Doug Soetaert | G | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Greg Holst | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
Dave Tataryn | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Larry Huras | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 1451 | 272 | 477 | 749 | 1146 | -226 | 60 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 29 | 14 | 2775 | 9.8 |
Goaltenders:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Davidson | 39 | 2116 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 125 | 3.54 | 0 | ||
Gilles Gratton | 41 | 2034 | 11 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 143 | 4.22 | 0 | ||
Doug Soetaert | 12 | 570 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 2.95 | 0 | ||
Dave Tataryn | 2 | 80 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7.50 | 0 | ||
Totals | 94 | 4800 | 29 | 37 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 306 | 3.83 | 0 |