1976-77 Rochester Americans Statistics

American Hockey League (AHL)
Team Record: 42-33-5 - 89 points
in the AHL's Southern Division
Lost League Championship
Coach: Duane Rupp (42-33-5)
Location: Rochester, New York

1976-77 Rochester Americans Roster

The Rochester Americans of the American Hockey League ended the 1976-77 season with a record of 42 wins and 33 losses and 5 ties for 89 points in the AHL's Southern Division.

The Americans scored 320 goals and surrendered 273. Doug Gibson netted 41 goals for Rochester, while Gordie Clark and Ron Garwasiuk tallied 30 or more, too. Doug Gibson contributed 56 assists. Jim Pettie earned 25 wins in front of the net for the squad, plus Dave Reece added 15 or more wins, too. Jim Pettie recorded a 3.19 goals against average, pacing regular goalies.

Duane Rupp coached the team. The 1976-77 Rochester Americans lost in the League Championship.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	G/PG	A/PG	Pts/PG
Doug Gibson	C	78	41	56	97	11		0.53	0.72	1.24
Ron Garwasiuk	L	68	32	42	74	141		0.47	0.62	1.09
Rick Adduono	C	77	29	45	74	38		0.38	0.58	0.96
Gordie Clark	R	58	34	38	72	50		0.59	0.66	1.24
Rene Drolet	C	80	28	37	65	42		0.35	0.46	0.81
Jimmy Jones	R	74	24	34	58	66		0.32	0.46	0.78
Mike Byers	R	66	25	29	54	10		0.38	0.44	0.82
Al Sims	D	80	10	32	42	42		0.13	0.40	0.53
Earl Anderson	R	32	19	14	33	16		0.59	0.44	1.03
Doug Halward	D	54	4	28	32	26		0.07	0.52	0.59
Steve Langdon	L	43	16	15	31	4		0.37	0.35	0.72
Hank Nowak	L	34	12	17	29	26		0.35	0.50	0.85
Clayton Pachal	C	70	8	20	28	150		0.11	0.29	0.40
Rod Graham	L	70	5	22	27	77		0.07	0.31	0.39
John Wensink	L	49	11	15	26	145		0.22	0.31	0.53
Ray Maluta	D	51	2	24	26	138		0.04	0.47	0.51
Barry Smith	C	79	9	13	22	16		0.11	0.16	0.28
Darryl Edestrand	D	42	4	13	17	62		0.10	0.31	0.40
Harry Shaw	F	58	1	11	12	42		0.02	0.19	0.21
Duane Rupp	D	41	3	8	11	12		0.07	0.20	0.27
Joe Zanussi	D	17	1	9	10	18		0.06	0.53	0.59
Barry Merrell	C	29	2	6	8	6		0.07	0.21	0.28
Jim Pettie	G	43	0	3	3	55			0.07	0.07
Gary Jacquith	D	1	0	0	0	0
Mike Curran	G	9	0	0	0	4
Stan Jonathan	L	3	0	0	0	7
Rich Hart	D	3	0	0	0	48
Gary Carr	G	1	0	0	0	0
Dave Reece	G	32	0	0	0	6
Totals		1342	320	531	851	1258	0

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Jim Pettie	43	2462	25	15	1	3	2	131	3.19	1215	1084	.892
Dave Reece	32	1891	15	14	3	1	1	111	3.52	869	758	.872
Gary Carr	1	60	1	0	0	0	0	3	3.00	34	31	.912
Mike Curran	9	391	1	4	1	1	1	23	3.53	213	190	.892
Totals	85	4804	42	33	5	5	4	268	3.35	2331	2063	.885

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	G/PG	A/PG	Pts/PG
Doug Gibson	C	12	5	10	15	2	0.42	0.83	1.25
Ron Garwasiuk	L	12	2	3	5	15	0.17	0.25	0.42
Rick Adduono	C	8	3	1	4	2	0.38	0.13	0.50
Gordie Clark	R	12	7	9	16	4	0.58	0.75	1.33
Rene Drolet	C	12	5	4	9	4	0.42	0.33	0.75
Mike Byers	R	8	2	4	6	0	0.25	0.50	0.75
Al Sims	D	12	2	9	11	12	0.17	0.75	0.92
Steve Langdon	L	12	2	5	7	2	0.17	0.42	0.58
Clayton Pachal	C	9	4	2	6	2	0.44	0.22	0.67
Rod Graham	L	12	1	4	5	6	0.08	0.33	0.42
Ray Maluta	D	12	0	5	5	16		0.42	0.42
Barry Smith	C	12	3	2	5	4	0.25	0.17	0.42
Darryl Edestrand	D	12	1	3	4	8	0.08	0.25	0.33
Duane Rupp	D	2	0	0	0	0
Barry Merrell	C	12	2	7	9	4	0.17	0.58	0.75
Jim Pettie	G	11	0	0	0	0
Gary Jacquith	D	10	1	1	2	2	0.10	0.10	0.20
Bill Bennett	L	4	1	1	2	12	0.25	0.25	0.50
Steve Stirling		3	0	0	0	0
Rich Hart	D	12	0	0	0	4
Gary Carr	G	1	0	0	0	0
Totals		200	41	70	111	99

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Jim Pettie	11	660	6	5	0	0	0	36	3.27		0
Totals	11	660	6	5	0	0	0	36	3.27		0

1976-77 Rochester Americans Statistics

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