1976-77 Mohawk Valley Comets Statistics
Team Record: 29-42-3 - 61 points
in the NAHL
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Bob Woytowich (0-0)
Coach: Bill Horton (0-0)
Location: Utica, New York
The Mohawk Valley Comets of the North American Hockey League ended the 1976-77 season with a record of 29 wins and 42 losses and 3 ties for 61 points in the NAHL.
The Comets netted 316 goals and conceded 387, most in the circuit. Mike Zuke scored 42 goals for Mohawk Valley, while Frank Hamill and Brian Coates tallied 30 or more as well. Randy Wyrozub contributed 57 assists. Dan Sterigou topped the squad with 9 wins, and Bob Whidden recorded a 4.77 goals against average, best among regular goalies.
Bob Woytowich and Bill Horton coached the team. The 1976-77 Mohawk Valley Comets 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Frank Hamill | F | 71 | 35 | 49 | 84 | 16 | 0.49 | 0.69 | 1.18 | |
Randy Wyrozub | C | 73 | 26 | 57 | 83 | 18 | 0.36 | 0.78 | 1.14 | |
Bryan McSheffrey | R | 63 | 29 | 43 | 72 | 28 | 0.46 | 0.68 | 1.14 | |
Mike Zuke | C | 48 | 42 | 29 | 71 | 33 | 0.88 | 0.60 | 1.48 | |
Brian Coates | L | 43 | 34 | 35 | 69 | 48 | 0.79 | 0.81 | 1.60 | |
Al MacKenzie | D | 72 | 8 | 52 | 60 | 60 | 0.11 | 0.72 | 0.83 | |
Kerry Bond | L | 51 | 20 | 35 | 55 | 66 | 0.39 | 0.69 | 1.08 | |
John Sheridan | C | 40 | 24 | 29 | 53 | 28 | 0.60 | 0.73 | 1.33 | |
Andy Whitby | F | 60 | 21 | 28 | 49 | 34 | 0.35 | 0.47 | 0.82 | |
Rich Pumple | L | 44 | 22 | 22 | 44 | 26 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 1.00 | |
Rik Garcia | L | 35 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 41 | 0.29 | 0.51 | 0.80 | |
Grant Rowe | D | 49 | 2 | 22 | 24 | 58 | 0.04 | 0.45 | 0.49 | |
Bill Horton | D | 66 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 42 | 0.06 | 0.27 | 0.33 | |
Bob Yaciuk | F | 39 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 65 | 0.15 | 0.31 | 0.46 | |
Ron Morgan | L | 20 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 16 | 0.40 | 0.35 | 0.75 | |
Ted Scharf | R | 22 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 33 | 0.27 | 0.41 | 0.68 | |
Jeff Carlson | R | 17 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 40 | 0.24 | 0.41 | 0.65 | |
Bob Woytowich | D | 37 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 0.27 | 0.27 | ||
Bob Sauve | C | 15 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 0.07 | 0.53 | 0.60 | |
Dan Djakalovic | F | 11 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0.73 | 0.73 | ||
Paul Heaver | D | 17 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 0.12 | 0.29 | 0.41 | |
Bob O'Reilly | C | 11 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 0.09 | 0.45 | 0.55 | |
Ron Pronchuk | D | 17 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 0.35 | 0.35 | ||
Frank Rochon | L | 8 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0.50 | 0.13 | 0.63 | |
Mike Keeler | D | 19 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 0.11 | 0.16 | 0.26 | |
Jim McCrimmon | D | 13 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 0.38 | 0.38 | ||
Bim McFall | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 0.10 | 0.30 | 0.40 | ||
Paul Crowley | R | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0.25 | 0.50 | 0.75 | |
Paul Pacific | C | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0.22 | 0.22 | ||
Bob Whidden | G | 26 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0.08 | 0.08 | ||
Randy Burchell | G | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0.25 | 0.25 | ||
Bench | 74 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.01 | 0.01 | |||
Dan Sterigou | G | 28 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.04 | 0.04 | ||
Steve Eckerson | G | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Bill Cheropita | G | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
Dave Tataryn | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Jim Park | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 1140 | 316 | 533 | 849 | 778 | 0 |
Goaltenders:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dan Sterigou | 28 | 1508 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 138 | 5.49 | 963 | 825 | .857 |
Bob Whidden | 26 | 1473 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 117 | 4.77 | 827 | 710 | .859 |
Randy Burchell | 8 | 472 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 4.70 | 294 | 257 | .874 |
Steve Eckerson | 10 | 543 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 5.52 | 351 | 301 | .858 |
Bill Cheropita | 8 | 345 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 5.91 | 229 | 195 | .852 |
Jim Park | 1 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.00 | 44 | 42 | .955 |
Dave Tataryn | 1 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7.00 | 48 | 41 | .854 | ||
Totals | 82 | 4461 | 28 | 42 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 385 | 5.18 | 2756 | 2371 | .860 |
Postseason - Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | G/PG | A/PG | Pts/PG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Frank Hamill | F | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.40 | 0.40 | |
Randy Wyrozub | C | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0.80 | 0.40 | 1.20 |
Bryan McSheffrey | R | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.33 | 0.33 | |
Al MacKenzie | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |||
John Sheridan | C | 5 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 1.00 | 0.40 | 1.40 |
Andy Whitby | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Rich Pumple | L | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0.20 | 0.80 | 1.00 |
Rik Garcia | L | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0.80 | 0.80 | |
Bill Horton | D | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 0.40 | 0.40 | |
Ron Morgan | L | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0.40 | 0.20 | 0.60 |
Ted Scharf | R | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 47 | 0 | 0.80 | 0.80 | |
Jeff Carlson | R | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 0.25 | 0.25 | |
Bob Sauve | C | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0.25 | 0.50 | 0.75 |
Dan Djakalovic | F | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.20 | 0.20 | |
Paul Heaver | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.25 | 0.25 | |
Mike Keeler | D | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0.75 | 0.75 | |
Bob Whidden | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
Dan Sterigou | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Totals | 73 | 16 | 27 | 43 | 161 | 0 |