1976-77 San Diego Mariners Statistics

World Hockey Association (WHA)
Team Record: 40-37-4 - 84 points
Finishing 3rd in the WHA's WHA West Division
Postseason: 3-4
Lost AVCO Cup quarter-finals
Division Semi-Finals - Lost to Winnipeg Jets 4-3
Coach: Ron Ingram (40-37-4)
Location: San Diego, California

1976-77 San Diego Mariners Roster
1976-77 San Diego Mariners Results

The San Diego Mariners of the World Hockey Association ended the 1976-77 season with a record of 40 wins and 37 losses and 4 ties for 84 points, finishing third in the WHA's WHA West Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 3-4.

The Mariners scored 284 goals and surrendered 283. Norm Ferguson netted 39 goals for San Diego, while Joe Noris, Andre Lacroix and Kevin Devine each tallied 30 or more, too. Andre Lacroix contributed 82 assists. Ernie Wakely topped the squad with 22 wins, plus Ken Lockett added 15 or more wins, too. Ernie Wakely recorded a 3.09 goals against average, pacing goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.

Ron Ingram coached the team. The 1976-77 San Diego Mariners lost in the AVCO Cup quarter-finals.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	SOG	SG%
Andre Lacroix	C	81	32	82	114	79	2	11	3	0	231	13.9
Joe Noris	C	73	35	57	92	30	2	9	6	5	243	14.4
Norm Ferguson	R	77	39	32	71	5	-5	10	0	8	217	18.0
Kevin Devine	L	81	30	20	50	114	-12	7	1	0	182	16.5
Paul Shmyr	D	81	13	37	50	103	-4	3	0	0	206	6.3
Wayne Rivers	R	60	18	31	49	40	5	7	0	0	168	10.7
Don Burgess	L	77	20	22	42	8	-8	4	1	0	167	12.0
Kevin Morrison	D	75	8	30	38	68	-30	4	0	0	247	3.2
John French	C/L	44	14	21	35	6	-3	2	0	0	79	17.7
Gary Veneruzzo	L	40	14	11	25	18	4	3	0	0	94	14.9
Tony Cassolato	R	43	13	12	25	26	9	2	0	0	54	24.1
Bob Dobek	C	58	7	17	24	17	-9	2	0	0	87	8.0
Brad Rhiness	C	58	9	14	23	14	-17	0	0	0	66	13.6
Dick Sentes	L	24	10	11	21	16	7	2	0	0	56	17.9
Gerry Pinder	R	44	6	13	19	36	-24	2	0	0	90	6.7
Brent Hughes	D	62	4	13	17	48	-3	0	0	0	54	7.4
Larry Hornung	D	58	4	9	13	8	-7	0	0	0	42	9.5
Randy Legge	D	69	1	9	10	69	-18	0	0	0	29	3.4
Peter McNamee	D	41	3	6	9	38	-7	0	0	0	26	11.5
Ray Adduono	C	13	2	5	7	5	1	1	0	0	47	4.3
Bob Falkenberg	D	64	0	6	6	34	-11	0	0	0	25	0.0
Gregg Boddy	D	18	1	2	3	19	-6	0	0	0	15	6.7
Norm Cournoyer	C	19	1	2	3	8	-14	0	0	0	30	3.3
Tim O'Connell	R	16	0	3	3	4	-12	0	0	0	13	0.0
Ernie Wakely	G	46	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ken Lockett	G	45	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Winograd	D	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Totals		1368	284	466	750	828	-159	69	11	13	2469	11.5

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Ernie Wakely	46	2506	22	18	3	2	3	129	3.09	1242	1113	.896
Ken Lockett	45	2397	18	19	1	4	1	148	3.70	1144	996	.871
Totals	91	4903	40	37	4	6	4	277	3.39	2663	2386	.896

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	GWG
Andre Lacroix	C	7	1	6	7	6	-1	0
Joe Noris	C	7	2	1	3	6	-5	0
Norm Ferguson	R	7	2	4	6	0	2	1
Kevin Devine	L	7	1	3	4	14	-5	0
Paul Shmyr	D	7	0	2	2	8	-12	0
Wayne Rivers	R	7	1	1	2	2	-4	0
Don Burgess	L	7	2	2	4	0	-2	0
Kevin Morrison	D	7	1	3	4	8	6	0
John French	C/L	7	2	3	5	2	1	0
Gary Veneruzzo	L	7	0	0	0	0	-1	0
Tony Cassolato	R	3	0	0	0	4	-4	0
Bob Dobek	C	5	0	0	0	4	-2	0
Brad Rhiness	C	5	0	1	1	0	1	0
Dick Sentes	L	5	4	0	4	12	-3	2
Brent Hughes	D	7	0	4	4	0	5	0
Larry Hornung	D	6	0	0	0	0	-12	0
Randy Legge	D	7	0	0	0	18	-6	0
Peter McNamee	D	2	0	0	0	2	-1	0
Ray Adduono	C	7	3	2	5	18	0	0
Bob Falkenberg	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ernie Wakely	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ken Lockett	G	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		127	19	32	51	104	-43	3

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Ernie Wakely	3	160	2	1	9	3.38	75	66	.880
Ken Lockett	5	260	1	3	19	4.38	146	127	.870
Totals	8	420	3	4	28	4.00	249	221	.888