1976-77 New Haven Nighthawks Statistics

American Hockey League (AHL)
Team Record: 43-31-6 - 92 points
in the AHL's Southern Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Parker MacDonald (43-31-6)
Location: New Haven, Connecticut

1976-77 New Haven Nighthawks Roster

The New Haven Nighthawks of the American Hockey League ended the 1976-77 season with a record of 43 wins and 31 losses and 6 ties for 92 points in the AHL's Southern Division.

The Nighthawks scored 333 goals, best in the league. New Haven conceded 287 goals. Eddie Johnstone netted 40 goals for the team, while Jerry Byers, Tom Colley and Blake Dunlop each tallied 30 or more, too. Blake Dunlop contributed 60 assists. Paul Harrison earned 32 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 3.16 goals against average, best among goalies with significant playing time.

Parker MacDonald coached the team. The 1976-77 New Haven Nighthawks lost in the in 1st Round of the playoffs.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	G/PG	A/PG	Pts/PG
Eddie Johnstone	R	80	40	58	98	79		0.50	0.73	1.23
Tom Colley	C	80	37	56	93	36		0.46	0.70	1.16
Blake Dunlop	C	76	33	60	93	16		0.43	0.79	1.22
Dale Lewis	L	80	25	45	70	10		0.31	0.56	0.88
Jerry Byers	F	77	31	34	65	18		0.40	0.44	0.84
Jerry Holland	L	72	28	34	62	35		0.39	0.47	0.86
John Bednarski	D	74	10	48	58	110		0.14	0.65	0.78
Dave Cressman	L	80	25	31	56	64		0.31	0.39	0.70
Larry Sacharuk	D	55	23	31	54	18		0.42	0.56	0.98
Greg Holst	C	63	21	25	46	90		0.33	0.40	0.73
Craig Cameron	R	79	14	26	40	33		0.18	0.33	0.51
Gary Geldart	D	79	6	34	40	110		0.08	0.43	0.51
Dan Newman	L	33	12	17	29	57		0.36	0.52	0.88
Mark Heaslip	R	24	8	16	24	35		0.33	0.67	1.00
Dwight Bialowas	D	39	4	20	24	25		0.10	0.51	0.62
Jerry Engele	D	52	2	10	12	84		0.04	0.19	0.23
Jim Roberts	L	10	7	3	10	6		0.70	0.30	1.00
Doug Jarrett	D	40	2	7	9	10		0.05	0.18	0.23
Chris Ahrens	D	29	1	6	7	82		0.03	0.21	0.24
Larry Huras	D	48	0	6	6	82			0.13	0.13
Greg Hickey	L	4	2	0	2	2		0.50		0.50
Barry Scully	F	4	1	1	2	0		0.25	0.25	0.50
Claude Periard	LW	7	1	1	2	9		0.14	0.14	0.29
Paul Harrison	G	55	0	2	2	22			0.04	0.04
Keith Kokkola	D	7	0	2	2	53			0.29	0.29
Scott MacPhail	RW	3	0	0	0	2
Peter McDuffe	G	6	0	0	0	0
John Davidson	G	2	0	0	0	2
Alain Langlais	L	4	0	0	0	4
Paul Stewart	D	1	0	0	0	6
Doug Rombough	C	4	0	0	0	0
Jim Setters	D	1	0	0	0	0
Dave Tataryn	G	3	0	0	0	0
Doug Soetaert	G	16	0	0	0	2
Totals		1287	333	573	906	1102	0

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Doug Soetaert	16	947	6	9	0	1		61	3.86	475	414	.872
Paul Harrison	55	3265	32	17	6	5	2	172	3.16	1689	1517	.898
Dave Tataryn	3	179	2	1	0	0		11	3.69	115	104	.904
Peter McDuffe	6	323	2	3	0	0	0	32	5.94	181	149	.823
John Davidson	2	119	1	1	0	0	0	5	2.52	73	68	.932
Totals	82	4833	43	31	6	6	2	281	3.49	2533	2252	.889

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	G/PG	A/PG	Pts/PG
Eddie Johnstone	R	6	3	6	9	7	0.50	1.00	1.50
Tom Colley	C	6	2	2	4	0	0.33	0.33	0.67
Blake Dunlop	C	6	2	4	6	14	0.33	0.67	1.00
Dale Lewis	L	6	4	1	5	2	0.67	0.17	0.83
Jerry Byers	F	6	1	3	4	0	0.17	0.50	0.67
Jerry Holland	L	6	0	3	3	0		0.50	0.50
John Bednarski	D	6	2	6	8	4	0.33	1.00	1.33
Dave Cressman	L	6	1	0	1	4	0.17		0.17
Greg Holst	C	6	2	3	5	2	0.33	0.50	0.83
Craig Cameron	R	6	0	0	0	2
Gary Geldart	D	6	0	0	0	2
Mark Heaslip	R	6	1	1	2	6	0.17	0.17	0.33
Dwight Bialowas	D	6	0	1	1	0		0.17	0.17
Larry Huras	D	4	0	0	0	0
Paul Harrison	G	6	0	0	0	0
Keith Kokkola	D	6	1	1	2	2	0.17	0.17	0.33
Bud Stefanski	C	2	1	0	1	0	0.50		0.50
Totals		96	20	31	51	45

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Paul Harrison	6	363	2	4	0	0	0	25	4.13		0
Totals	6	363	2	4	0	0	0	25	4.13		0

1976-77 New Haven Nighthawks Statistics

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