1976-77 Cincinnati Stingers Statistics
World Hockey Association (WHA)
Team Record: 39-37-5 - 83 points
in the WHA's Eastern Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Terry Slater (39-37-5)
1976-77 Cincinnati Stingers RosterTeam Record: 39-37-5 - 83 points
in the WHA's Eastern Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Terry Slater (39-37-5)
The Cincinnati Stingers of the World Hockey Association ended the 1976-77 season with a record of 39 wins and 37 losses and 5 ties for 83 points in the WHA's Eastern Division.
The Stingers scored 354 goals and surrendered 303. Blaine Stoughton and Rich LeDuc netted 52 goals for Cincinnati each, while Rick Dudley, Claude Larose and Dennis Sobchuk each tallied 30 or more also. Ron Plumb recorded 58 assists. Normand Lapointe topped the squad with 21 wins and a team-best 3.73 goals against average, pacing regularly-used goaltenders.
Terry Slater coached the team. The 1976-77 Cincinnati Stingers lost in the in 1st Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rich LeDuc | C | 81 | 52 | 55 | 107 | 75 | 28 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 357 | 14.6 |
| Blaine Stoughton | R | 81 | 52 | 52 | 104 | 39 | 24 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 284 | 18.3 |
| Dennis Sobchuk | C | 81 | 44 | 52 | 96 | 38 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 312 | 14.1 |
| Rick Dudley | L | 77 | 41 | 47 | 88 | 102 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 229 | 17.9 |
| Claude Larose | L | 81 | 30 | 46 | 76 | 8 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 273 | 11.0 |
| Ron Plumb | D | 79 | 11 | 58 | 69 | 52 | 64 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 223 | 4.9 |
| Dennis Abgrall | R | 80 | 23 | 39 | 62 | 22 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 125 | 18.4 |
| Greg Carroll | C | 77 | 15 | 39 | 54 | 53 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 125 | 12.0 |
| Peter Marsh | R | 76 | 23 | 28 | 51 | 52 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 186 | 12.4 |
| Jacques Locas | C | 45 | 18 | 13 | 31 | 27 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 20.2 |
| Bill Steele | R | 81 | 9 | 22 | 31 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 76 | 11.8 |
| John Hughes | D | 79 | 3 | 27 | 30 | 113 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 107 | 2.8 |
| Barry Legge | D | 74 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 39 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 107 | 6.5 |
| Jamie Hislop | R | 46 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 11.7 |
| Pierre Guite | L | 27 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 32 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 14.5 |
| Dave Inkpen | D | 48 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 61 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 3.7 |
| Pierre Roy | D | 39 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 126 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 4.6 |
| Bryan Maxwell | D | 34 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 2.3 |
| Francois Ouimet | D | 16 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9.1 |
| Barry Melrose | D | 29 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | -22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5.9 |
| Dale Smedsmo | L | 23 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 43 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0.0 |
| Dan Justin | D | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Jacques Caron | G | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ted Long | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Normand Lapointe | G | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Hoganson | G | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1354 | 354 | 581 | 935 | 962 | 293 | 55 | 6 | 24 | 2870 | 12.3 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Hoganson | 17 | 823 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 64 | 4.67 | 401 | 337 | .840 |
| Normand Lapointe | 52 | 2817 | 21 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 175 | 3.73 | 1437 | 1262 | .878 |
| Jacques Caron | 24 | 1292 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 61 | 2.83 | 564 | 503 | .892 |
| Totals | 93 | 4932 | 39 | 37 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 300 | 3.65 | 2402 | 2102 | .875 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rich LeDuc | C | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 16 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blaine Stoughton | R | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dennis Sobchuk | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rick Dudley | L | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Claude Larose | L | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ron Plumb | D | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dennis Abgrall | R | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Greg Carroll | C | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Peter Marsh | R | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Steele | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Hughes | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Barry Legge | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jamie Hislop | R | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pierre Roy | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bryan Maxwell | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Barry Melrose | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dale Smedsmo | L | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jacques Caron | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bench | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Normand Lapointe | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 69 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 82 | -51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normand Lapointe | 4 | 273 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3.52 | 140 | 124 | .886 |
| Jacques Caron | 1 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12.86 | 9 | 6 | .667 |
| Totals | 5 | 287 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3.97 | 149 | 130 | .872 |
