1976-77 Erie Blades Statistics

North American Hockey League (NAHL)
Team Record: 37-33-4 - 78 points
in the NAHL
Lost in 2nd Round
Coach: Nick Polano (37-33-4)
Location: Erie, Pennsylvania

1976-77 Erie Blades Roster

The Erie Blades of the North American Hockey League ended the 1976-77 season with a record of 37 wins and 33 losses and 4 ties for 78 points in the NAHL.

The Blades netted 257 goals and allowed 251. Robbie Neale scored 35 goals for Erie, while Greg Neeld contributed 43 assists. Lynn Zimmerman earned 32 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 3.38 goals against average, best among regular goalies.

Nick Polano coached the team. The 1976-77 Erie Blades lost in the in 2nd Round of the playoffs.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	G/PG	A/PG	Pts/PG
Robbie Neale	C	56	35	31	66	64		0.63	0.55	1.18
Greg Neeld	D	73	21	43	64	128		0.29	0.59	0.88
Jack Surbey	F	27	15	26	41	23		0.56	0.96	1.52
Steve Atkinson	R	28	18	20	38	19		0.64	0.71	1.36
Brian Marchinko	C	47	16	21	37	4		0.34	0.45	0.79
Paul Sheard	LW	68	11	26	37	65		0.16	0.38	0.54
Jim Sherrit	C	42	14	22	36	14		0.33	0.52	0.86
Dave Syvret	D	54	11	22	33	44		0.20	0.41	0.61
Don Grierson	R	27	12	18	30	14		0.44	0.67	1.11
Bill Plager	D	64	5	25	30	65		0.08	0.39	0.47
Ric Jordan	D	34	2	25	27	42		0.06	0.74	0.79
Rick Dorman	D	52	15	11	26	194		0.29	0.21	0.50
Bruce O'Grady	F	57	9	17	26	24		0.16	0.30	0.46
Peter Mara	C	39	8	18	26	4		0.21	0.46	0.67
Derek Haas	C	33	12	13	25	6		0.36	0.39	0.76
Craig Reichmuth	L	39	4	18	22	69		0.10	0.46	0.56
Blaine Rydman	D	37	4	11	15	49		0.11	0.30	0.41
Bob Whitlock	C	15	7	7	14	6		0.47	0.47	0.93
Andre Deschamps	L	13	7	7	14	32		0.54	0.54	1.08
Jim Pritchard	D	35	3	11	14	10		0.09	0.31	0.40
George Pesut	D	25	5	7	12	62		0.20	0.28	0.48
Lynn Zimmerman	G	61	0	12	12	26			0.20	0.20
Rick Jodzio	L	15	5	5	10	32		0.33	0.33	0.67
Larry Israelson	L	22	4	6	10	7		0.18	0.27	0.45
Ray Tremblay	F	32	3	7	10	16		0.09	0.22	0.31
Jim Mayer	D	15	5	4	9	15		0.33	0.27	0.60
Doug Lindskog	L	20	4	5	9	24		0.20	0.25	0.45
Rob Walton	C	5	0	4	4	0			0.80	0.80
Dave Given	R	19	1	2	3	4		0.05	0.11	0.16
Ron Smith	D	8	0	2	2	13			0.25	0.25
Jim Troy	R	5	1	0	1	2		0.20		0.20
Les Burgess	C	5	0	1	1	2			0.20	0.20
Cam Newton	G	4	0	0	0	0
Les Batog	F	1	0	0	0	0
Bench		74	0	0	0	6
Gerry Pion	D	1	0	0	0	0
Eddie Mio	G	15	0	0	0	2
Dan Brady	G	1	0	0	0	0
Totals		1168	257	447	704	1087	0

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Eddie Mio	17	771	4	6	2	0		42	3.27	459	417	.908
Lynn Zimmerman	61	3590	32	26	2	2	2	202	3.38	2019	1817	.900
Cam Newton	4	122	1	1	0	1	1	4	1.97	59	55	.932
Dan Brady	1	20	0	0		0	0	0	0.00
Totals	83	4503	37	33	4	3	3	248	3.30	2537	2289	.902

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	G/PG	A/PG	Pts/PG
Robbie Neale	C	6	2	4	6	12	0.33	0.67	1.00
Greg Neeld	D	8	1	3	4	35	0.13	0.38	0.50
Jack Surbey	F	9	5	9	14	18	0.56	1.00	1.56
Paul Sheard	LW	9	1	1	2	21	0.11	0.11	0.22
Dave Syvret	D	9	3	8	11	10	0.33	0.89	1.22
Don Grierson	R	9	6	8	14	5	0.67	0.89	1.56
Ric Jordan	D	9	0	5	5	10		0.56	0.56
Rick Dorman	D	9	0	4	4	48		0.44	0.44
Bruce O'Grady	F	9	6	0	6	36	0.67		0.67
Derek Haas	C	9	4	5	9	18	0.44	0.56	1.00
George Pesut	D	9	2	1	3	6	0.22	0.11	0.33
Lynn Zimmerman	G	8	0	1	1	4		0.13	0.13
Rick Jodzio	L	9	2	7	9	21	0.22	0.78	1.00
Larry Israelson	L	9	5	8	13	7	0.56	0.89	1.44
Doug Lindskog	L	4	0	2	2	2		0.50	0.50
Dave Given	R	3	0	0	0	0
Eddie Mio	G	2	0	0	0	0
Totals		130	37	66	103	253

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Eddie Mio	2	80	0	1	0	0	0	8	6.00		0
Totals	2	80	0	1	0	0	0	8	6.00		0

1976-77 Erie Blades Statistics

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