1976-77 Winnipeg Jets Statistics

World Hockey Association (WHA)
Team Record: 46-32-2 - 94 points
Finishing 2nd in the WHA's WHA West Division
Postseason: 11-9
Lost AVCO Cup finals
Division Semi-Finals - Defeated San Diego Mariners 4-3
Division Finals - Defeated Houston Aeros 4-2
Avco Cup Finals - Lost to Quebec Nordiques 4-3
Coach: Bobby Kromm (46-32-2)
Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

1976-77 Winnipeg Jets Roster
1976-77 Winnipeg Jets Results

The Winnipeg Jets of the World Hockey Association ended the 1976-77 season with a record of 46 wins and 32 losses and 2 ties for 94 points, finishing second in the WHA's WHA West Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 11-9.

The Jets topped the league with 366 goals. Winnipeg allowed 291 goals. Anders Hedberg scored 70 goals for the squad, while Ulf Nilsson, Peter Sullivan and Willy Lindstrom each netted 30 or more also. Ulf Nilsson contributed 85 assists. Joe Daley notched 39 wins for the team and a team-best 3.24 goals against average, leading goalies with significant playing time.

Bobby Kromm coached the team. The 1976-77 Winnipeg Jets lost in the AVCO Cup finals.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	SOG	SG%
Anders Hedberg	R	68	70	61	131	48	48	22	0	10	313	22.4
Ulf Nilsson	C	71	39	85	124	89	57	8	3	6	193	20.2
Peter Sullivan	C	78	31	52	83	18	11	6	0	3	176	17.6
Willy Lindstrom	R	79	44	36	80	37	-2	11	0	6	235	18.7
Veli-Pekka Ketola	C	64	25	29	54	59	-13	6	0	0	210	11.9
Bobby Hull	L	34	21	32	53	14	16	7	0	0	102	20.6
Dan Labraaten	L	64	24	27	51	21	-11	8	0	0	134	17.9
Barry Long	D	71	9	38	47	54	-1	4	0	0	178	5.1
Perry Miller	D	74	14	31	45	124	27	5	1	0	154	9.1
Bill Lesuk	L	78	14	27	41	85	23	2	0	0	90	15.6
Lars-Erik Sjoberg	D	52	2	38	40	31	9	1	1	0	77	2.6
Mats Lindh	C	73	14	17	31	2	-13	1	2	0	101	13.9
Bobby Guindon	L	69	10	17	27	19	-12	3	0	0	75	13.3
Thommie Bergman	D	42	2	24	26	37	3	0	0	0	74	2.7
Ted Green	D	70	4	21	25	45	12	2	0	0	59	6.8
Lyle Moffat	L	74	13	11	24	90	-7	2	0	0	86	15.1
Kent Ruhnke	R	51	11	11	22	2	-12	0	0	0	87	12.6
Heikki Riihiranta	D	53	1	16	17	28	-1	0	0	0	49	2.0
Dave Dunn	D	40	3	11	14	129	-1	0	0	0	30	10.0
Danny Lawson	R	14	6	7	13	2	0	2	0	0	46	13.0
Ron Ward	C	14	4	7	11	2	-2	2	0	0	24	16.7
Mike Ford	D	8	0	9	9	9	0	0	0	0	0
Fran Huck	C	12	2	2	4	10	-1	0	0	0	15	13.3
Joe Daley	G	65	0	4	4	6	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Cole	L	2	0	1	1	0	-1	0	0	0	5	0.0
Curt Larsson	G	19	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	0
Morris Mott	R	2	0	1	1	5	1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Totals		1355	366	621	987	981	144	92	7	25	2571	14.2

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Joe Daley	65	3818	39	23	2	1	3	206	3.24	1902	1696	.892
Curt Larsson	19	1019	7	9	0	2	0	82	4.83	545	463	.850
Totals	84	4837	46	32	2	3	3	288	3.57	2735	2447	.895

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	GWG
Anders Hedberg	R	20	13	16	29	13	6	2
Ulf Nilsson	C	20	6	21	27	33	5	0
Peter Sullivan	C	20	7	12	19	2	5	2
Willy Lindstrom	R	20	9	6	15	22	5	1
Bobby Hull	L	20	13	9	22	2	6	2
Dan Labraaten	L	20	7	17	24	15	8	1
Barry Long	D	20	1	5	6	10	-1	0
Perry Miller	D	20	4	6	10	27	-6	0
Bill Lesuk	L	18	2	1	3	22	-7	0
Lars-Erik Sjoberg	D	20	0	6	6	22	11	0
Mats Lindh	C	20	2	7	9	2	0	1
Bobby Guindon	L	20	4	4	8	9	-4	1
Ted Green	D	20	1	3	4	12	-4	0
Lyle Moffat	L	17	2	0	2	6	-6	0
Dave Dunn	D	20	4	4	8	23	-7	1
Danny Lawson	R	13	2	4	6	6	-1	0
Fran Huck	C	7	0	2	2	6	-1	0
Joe Daley	G	20	0	1	1	0	0	0
Curt Larsson	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		356	80	137	217	244	16	11

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Joe Daley	20	1186	11	9	1	1	71	3.59	569	498	.875
Curt Larsson	1	20	0	0	0	0	1	3.00	6	5	.833
Totals	21	1206	11	9	1	1	72	3.58	647	575	.889