1976–77 Atlanta Flames season

1976–77 Atlanta Flames
Division 3rd Patrick
1976–77 record 34–34–12
Goals for 264
Goals against 265
Team information
General Manager Cliff Fletcher
Coach Fred Creighton
Captain Pat Quinn
Alternate captains None
Arena Omni Coliseum
Team leaders
Goals Willi Plett (33)
Assists Tom Lysiak (51)
Points Tom Lysiak (81)
Penalties in minutes Willi Plett (123)
Wins Dan Bouchard, Phil Myre (17)
Goals against average Phil Myre (3.07)
<1975–76 1977–78>

The 1976–77 Atlanta Flames season was the fifth season for the franchise.

Regular season

Patrick Division
  GP W L T GF GA Pts
Philadelphia Flyers 80 48 16 16 323 213 112
New York Islanders 80 47 21 12 288 193 106
Atlanta Flames 80 34 34 12 264 265 80
New York Rangers 80 29 37 14 272 310 72

[1]Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Schedule and results

No. R Date Score Opponent Record Attendance
1LOctober 5, 19765–6 @ Washington Capitals (1976–77) 0–1–0 13,152
2WOctober 7, 19764–2 Los Angeles Kings (1976–77) 1–1–0 9,140
3WOctober 9, 19764–3 Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77) 2–1–0 13,091
4LOctober 12, 19760–7 @ New York Islanders (1976–77) 2–2–0 12,331
5WOctober 13, 19764–2 @ Cleveland Barons (1976–77) 3–2–0 3,812
6WOctober 15, 19762–1 Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77) 4–2–0 9,336
7WOctober 17, 19766–5 @ Buffalo Sabres (1976–77) 5–2–0 16,433
8LOctober 20, 19763–4 @ Minnesota North Stars (1976–77) 5–3–0 7,130
9LOctober 22, 19763–5 Vancouver Canucks (1976–77) 5–4–0 9,702
10TOctober 24, 19763–3 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77) 5–4–1 7,787
11LOctober 27, 19762–4 @ Colorado Rockies (1976–77) 5–5–1 3,763
12LOctober 28, 19761–5 @ Los Angeles Kings (1976–77) 5–6–1 9,104
13TOctober 30, 19763–3 @ Vancouver Canucks (1976–77) 5–6–2 15,610
14WNovember 3, 19767–0 Washington Capitals (1976–77) 6–6–2 8,146
15LNovember 5, 19762–4 Toronto Maple Leafs (1976–77) 6–7–2 10,259
16TNovember 7, 19760–0 @ Detroit Red Wings (1976–77) 6–7–3 8,810
17TNovember 10, 19762–2 Montreal Canadiens (1976–77) 6–7–4 11,235
18TNovember 12, 19763–3 Cleveland Barons (1976–77) 6–7–5 9,431
19WNovember 13, 19765–3 @ St. Louis Blues (1976–77) 7–7–5 15,128
20WNovember 17, 19766–3 Colorado Rockies (1976–77) 8–7–5 8,337
21WNovember 19, 19765–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77) 9–7–5 12,444
22LNovember 21, 19765–6 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77) 9–8–5 17,077
23WNovember 24, 19766–2 Washington Capitals (1976–77) 10–8–5 9,287
24WNovember 26, 19765–2 St. Louis Blues (1976–77) 11–8–5 12,193
25TNovember 30, 19762–2 New York Rangers (1976–77) 11–8–6 9,262
26WDecember 3, 19763–1 Boston Bruins (1976–77) 12–8–6 12,325
27WDecember 4, 19761–0 @ St. Louis Blues (1976–77) 13–8–6 14,344
28WDecember 8, 19765–0 @ Minnesota North Stars (1976–77) 14–8–6 6,085
29TDecember 10, 19763–3 Minnesota North Stars (1976–77) 14–8–7 10,101
30WDecember 11, 19763–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77) 15–8–7 11,711
31LDecember 15, 19761–3 Los Angeles Kings (1976–77) 15–9–7 11,264
32LDecember 17, 19762–4 New York Islanders (1976–77) 15–10–7 9,467
33LDecember 18, 19763–6 @ Detroit Red Wings (1976–77) 15–11–7 8,742
34LDecember 20, 19762–6 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1976–77) 15–12–7 16,485
35WDecember 22, 19762–1 Detroit Red Wings (1976–77) 16–12–7 14,244
36WDecember 27, 19766–2 Colorado Rockies (1976–77) 17–12–7 12,613
37LDecember 29, 19763–6 Buffalo Sabres (1976–77) 17–13–7 14,727
38WDecember 31, 19764–2 @ New York Rangers (1976–77) 18–13–7 17,500
39LJanuary 2, 19770–7 @ Montreal Canadiens (1976–77) 18–14–7 15,782
40WJanuary 5, 19774–1 Vancouver Canucks (1976–77) 19–14–7 11,319
41LJanuary 7, 19774–5 New York Islanders (1976–77) 19–15–7 14,280
42LJanuary 8, 19773–6 @ New York Islanders (1976–77) 19–16–7 15,149
43WJanuary 12, 19776–1 New York Rangers (1976–77) 20–16–7 11,241
44WJanuary 14, 19773–2 St. Louis Blues (1976–77) 21–16–7 12,436
45WJanuary 16, 19776–5 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77) 22–16–7 10,138
46TJanuary 20, 19774–4 @ Minnesota North Stars (1976–77) 22–16–8 7,479
47TJanuary 22, 19774–4 Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77) 22–16–9 15,155
48LJanuary 23, 19770–3 @ Boston Bruins (1976–77) 22–17–9 11,391
49TJanuary 27, 19771–1 @ Buffalo Sabres (1976–77) 22–17–10 16,433
50TJanuary 28, 19773–3 Colorado Rockies (1976–77) 22–17–11 13,941
51WJanuary 31, 19777–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1976–77) 23–17–11 14,126
52LFebruary 2, 19772–4 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77) 23–18–11 N/A
53WFebruary 4, 19776–3 Boston Bruins (1976–77) 24–18–11 15,151
54LFebruary 7, 19774–7 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77) 24–19–11 17,077
55LFebruary 9, 19771–5 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1976–77) 24–20–11 16,416
56LFebruary 12, 19771–3 @ St. Louis Blues (1976–77) 24–21–11 14,856
57LFebruary 13, 19772–4 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77) 24–22–11 N/A
58WFebruary 17, 19774–3 @ Los Angeles Kings (1976–77) 25–22–11 11,059
59LFebruary 19, 19771–5 @ Vancouver Canucks (1976–77) 25–23–11 N/A
60LFebruary 21, 19772–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (1976–77) 25–24–11 16,583
61LFebruary 23, 19772–4 Montreal Canadiens (1976–77) 25–25–11 14,705
62WFebruary 25, 19776–2 Minnesota North Stars (1976–77) 26–25–11 15,087
63LFebruary 26, 19772–8 @ New York Islanders (1976–77) 26–26–11 15,317
64LMarch 2, 19771–2 Vancouver Canucks (1976–77) 26–27–11 11,609
65LMarch 5, 19771–2 Cleveland Barons (1976–77) 26–28–11 13,341
66WMarch 6, 19774–2 @ Washington Capitals (1976–77) 27–28–11 10,098
67LMarch 8, 19772–3 @ Boston Bruins (1976–77) 27–29–11 10,771
68LMarch 9, 19772–6 New York Islanders (1976–77) 27–30–11 11,230
69WMarch 12, 19776–3 New York Rangers (1976–77) 28–30–11 15,155
70WMarch 13, 19775–3 @ New York Rangers (1976–77) 29–30–11 17,500
71WMarch 15, 19777–3 Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77) 30–30–11 13,161
72WMarch 17, 19774–1 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77) 31–30–11 17,077
73LMarch 19, 19774–5 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1976–77) 31–31–11 16,485
74LMarch 20, 19774–5 @ Cleveland Barons (1976–77) 31–32–11 10,829
75LMarch 22, 19773–6 Buffalo Sabres (1976–77) 31–33–11 12,034
76WMarch 24, 19773–1 Detroit Red Wings (1976–77) 32–33–11 14,783
77WMarch 26, 19772–1 @ Colorado Rockies (1976–77) 33–33–11 7,338
78LMarch 30, 19773–4 @ New York Rangers (1976–77) 33–34–11 17,500
79WApril 1, 19776–4 Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77) 34–34–11 13,931
80TApril 3, 19773–3 Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77) 34–34–12 15,110

Player statistics

Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

    Regular season   Playoffs
Player # GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
Tom Lysiak 12 79 30 51 81 52 3 1 3 4 8
Eric Vail 27 78 32 39 71 22 3 1 3 4 0
Willi Plett 25 64 33 23 56 123 3 1 0 1 19
Guy Chouinard 16 80 17 33 50 8 3 2 0 2 0
Curt Bennett 5 76 22 25 47 36 3 1 0 1 7
Ken Houston 6 78 20 24 44 35 3 0 0 0 4
Richard Mulhern 4 79 12 32 44 80 3 0 2 2 5
Bill Clement 10 67 17 26 43 27 3 1 1 2 0
Rey Comeau 18 80 15 18 33 16 3 0 0 0 2
Randy Manery 7 73 5 24 29 33 3 0 0 0 0
Tim Ecclestone 14 78 9 18 27 26 3 0 2 2 6
Ed Kea 19 72 4 21 25 63 3 0 1 1 2
Bobby Simpson 11 72 13 10 23 45 2 0 1 1 0
John Gould† 21 54 8 15 23 8 3 0 0 0 2
Barry Gibbs 2 66 1 16 17 63 3 0 0 0 2
Dave Shand 8 55 5 11 16 62 3 0 0 0 33
Hilliard Graves‡ 17 25 8 5 13 17 - - - - -
Pat Quinn 3 59 1 12 13 58 1 0 0 0 0
Larry Romanchych 21/9 25 4 5 9 4 1 0 0 0 0
Bill Flett‡ 9 24 4 4 8 6 - - - - -
Larry Carriere‡ 23 25 2 3 5 16 - - - - -
Pat Ribble 23 23 2 2 4 31 2 0 0 0 6
Rick Bowness 15 28 0 4 4 29 - - - - -
Phil Myre 1 43 0 2 2 6 2 0 0 0 0
Dan Bouchard 30 42 0 1 1 9 1 0 0 0 0

†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Atlanta. Stats reflect time with the Flames only.
‡Traded mid-season

Goaltending

Note: GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/shootout losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average

    Regular season   Playoffs
Player # GP TOI W L T GA SO GAA GP TOI W L GA SO GAA
Phil Myre 1 43 2422 17 17 7 124 3 3.07 2 120 1 1 5 0 2.50
Dan Bouchard 30 42 2378 17 17 5 139 1 3.51 1 60 0 1 5 0 5.00

Transactions

The Flames were involved in the following transactions during the 1976–77 season.

Trades

December 1, 1976 To Atlanta Flames ----Cash To Edmonton Oilers (WHA) ----Bill Flett
December 2, 1976 To Atlanta Flames ----John Gould
Kings' 2nd round pick in 1977 (Brian Hill)		 To Vancouver Canucks ----Larry Carriere
Hilliard Graves
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Draft picks

Round Pick Player Nationality College/Junior/Club Team
1 8. Dave Shand (D)  Canada Peterborough Petes (OHA)
1 10. Harold Phillipoff (LW)  Canada New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
2 28. Bobby Simpson (LW)  Canada Sherbrooke Beavers (QMJHL)
3 46. Rick Hodgson (D)  Canada Calgary Centennials (WCHL)
4 64. Kent Nilsson (C)  Sweden Djurgårdens IF (Elitserien)
5 82. Mark Earp (G)  Canada Kamloops Chiefs (WCHL)

References

  1. ↑ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 151. ISBN 9781894801225.
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