1976-77 Syracuse Blazers Statistics

North American Hockey League (NAHL)
Team Record: 48-22-3 - 99 points
in the NAHL
Won League Championship
Coach: Danny Belisle (48-22-3)
Location: Syracuse, New York

1976-77 Syracuse Blazers Roster

The Syracuse Blazers of the North American Hockey League ended the 1976-77 season with a record of 48 wins and 22 losses and 3 ties for 99 points in the NAHL.

The Blazers paced the league with 372 goals. Syracuse allowed 261 goals. Tom Milani scored 56 goals for the squad, while Pat Russell, Jim Cowell, Terry West and Bernie Johnston each tallied 30 or more also. Bernie Johnston accounted for 71 assists. Norm Tesluk earned 28 wins in front of the net for the team and a team-best 3.42 goals against average, topping goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.

Danny Belisle coached the team. The 1976-77 Syracuse Blazers won the League Championship.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	G/PG	A/PG	Pts/PG
Bernie Johnston	C	73	53	71	124	40		0.73	0.97	1.70
Tom Milani	R	72	56	65	121	15		0.78	0.90	1.68
Jim Cowell	F	73	50	60	110	74		0.68	0.82	1.51
Terry West	F	69	34	58	92	54		0.49	0.84	1.33
Pat Russell	F	72	37	40	77	100		0.51	0.56	1.07
Jim Marsh	D	72	9	55	64	60		0.13	0.76	0.89
Tim Sanche	C	67	25	38	63	117		0.37	0.57	0.94
John Stewart	C	18	18	36	54	4		1.00	2.00	3.00
Gary Sittler	D	71	9	38	47	191		0.13	0.54	0.66
Peter Mara	C	33	15	31	46	4		0.45	0.94	1.39
Darryl Knowles	D	64	13	22	35	56		0.20	0.34	0.55
Ron Krezanski		45	7	27	34	69		0.16	0.60	0.76
Gordie Cole	LW	52	9	19	28	82		0.17	0.37	0.54
Allie Sutherland	D	28	9	15	24	38		0.32	0.54	0.86
Gerry Teeple	C	19	9	15	24	0		0.47	0.79	1.26
Mike Haworth		23	4	15	19	28		0.17	0.65	0.83
Bob Young	D	42	4	14	18	51		0.10	0.33	0.43
Kevin MacDonald	D	66	0	17	17	64			0.26	0.26
Mike Smith	C	26	10	4	14	33		0.38	0.15	0.54
Jacques Caron	G	22	0	2	2	0			0.09	0.09
Doug McKay	D	9	1	0	1	19		0.11		0.11
Norm Tesluk	G	40	0	1	1	0			0.03	0.03
Rick Szabo	R	12	0	1	1	2			0.08	0.08
Bench		73	0	0	0	6
Bob Mears	G	1	0	0	0	0
Totals		1142	372	644	1016	1107	0

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Rick Szabo	12	700	7	3	1	2	0	38	3.26	329	291	.884
Norm Tesluk	40	2370	28	10	1	2	2	135	3.42	1098	963	.877
Jacques Caron	22	1307	13	8	1	2	1	79	3.63	635	556	.876
Bob Mears	1	60	0	1	0	0	0	3	3.00	30	27	.900
Totals	75	4437	48	22	3	6	3	255	3.45	2092	1837	.878

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	G/PG	A/PG	Pts/PG
Bernie Johnston	C	9	1	9	10	2	0.11	1.00	1.11
Tom Milani	R	9	6	7	13	2	0.67	0.78	1.44
Jim Cowell	F	9	7	13	20	2	0.78	1.44	2.22
Terry West	F	9	6	12	18	6	0.67	1.33	2.00
Pat Russell	F	9	6	5	11	2	0.67	0.56	1.22
Jim Marsh	D	9	0	4	4	16		0.44	0.44
Tim Sanche	C	9	4	4	8	18	0.44	0.44	0.89
Gary Sittler	D	9	4	7	11	10	0.44	0.78	1.22
Peter Mara	C	9	5	9	14	2	0.56	1.00	1.56
Darryl Knowles	D	9	2	1	3	7	0.22	0.11	0.33
Ron Krezanski		9	1	3	4	32	0.11	0.33	0.44
Gordie Cole	LW	1	0	0	0	0
Allie Sutherland	D	9	4	4	8	26	0.44	0.44	0.89
Mike Haworth		9	1	4	5	57	0.11	0.44	0.56
Kevin MacDonald	D	9	1	1	2	9	0.11	0.11	0.22
Norm Tesluk	G	5	0	1	1	0		0.20	0.20
Rick Szabo	R	4	0	1	1	2		0.25	0.25
Totals		136	48	85	133	193

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Totals	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0

1976-77 Syracuse Blazers Statistics

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