1976-77 Birmingham Bulls Statistics
World Hockey Association (WHA)
Team Record: 31-46-4 - 66 points
in the WHA's Eastern Division
Coach: Gilles Leger (7-16-1)
Coach: Pat Kelly (24-30-3)
1976-77 Birmingham Bulls RosterTeam Record: 31-46-4 - 66 points
in the WHA's Eastern Division
Coach: Gilles Leger (7-16-1)
Coach: Pat Kelly (24-30-3)
The Birmingham Bulls of the World Hockey Association ended the 1976-77 season with a record of 31 wins and 46 losses and 4 ties for 66 points in the WHA's Eastern Division.
The Bulls potted 289 goals and gave up 309. Mark Napier scored 60 goals for Birmingham, while Vaclav Nedomansky netted 30 or more also. Dale Hoganson contributed 48 assists. John Garrett earned 24 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 3.53 goals against average, topping goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Gilles Leger and Pat Kelly coached the team.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Napier | R | 80 | 60 | 36 | 96 | 24 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 254 | 23.6 |
| Vaclav Nedomansky | R | 81 | 36 | 33 | 69 | 10 | -13 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 306 | 11.8 |
| Peter Marrin | C | 79 | 23 | 37 | 60 | 36 | -7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 148 | 15.5 |
| Lou Nistico | L | 79 | 20 | 36 | 56 | 166 | -9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 200 | 10.0 |
| Dale Hoganson | D | 81 | 7 | 48 | 55 | 48 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 129 | 5.4 |
| Paul Henderson | L | 81 | 23 | 25 | 48 | 30 | -9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 176 | 13.1 |
| Jeff Jacques | R | 79 | 21 | 27 | 48 | 92 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 139 | 15.1 |
| Tim Sheehy | R | 50 | 26 | 21 | 47 | 44 | -2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 177 | 14.7 |
| John Stewart | C | 52 | 17 | 24 | 41 | 32 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 18.7 |
| Richard Farda | C | 48 | 9 | 26 | 35 | 2 | -23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 11.8 |
| Jim Turkiewicz | D | 80 | 6 | 25 | 31 | 54 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 90 | 6.7 |
| Gavin Kirk | C | 29 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 34 | -6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 19.6 |
| Jean-Guy Lagace | D | 78 | 2 | 25 | 27 | 110 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 2.6 |
| Frank Mahovlich | L | 17 | 3 | 20 | 23 | 12 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 6.7 |
| Dave Gorman | R | 52 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 62 | 14.5 |
| Gord Gallant | L | 34 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 62 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 8.0 |
| Tom Simpson | R | 25 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 10 | -12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 11.3 |
| Pat Westrum | D | 34 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 48 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 4.2 |
| Jean-Luc Phaneuf | R | 30 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 4.7 |
| Gilles Bilodeau | L | 34 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 133 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 20.0 |
| Rick Cunningham | D | 63 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 75 | -18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 0.0 |
| Terry Ball | D | 23 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 3.0 |
| John Garrett | G | 65 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wayne Carleton | C | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 |
| Ray McKay | D | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Peter Folco | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Keith Kokkola | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| John Stewart | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Paul Heaver | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Wayne Wood | G | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Marsh | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Buzz Schneider | L | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jerry Rollins | D | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Rich Hart | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Syvret | D | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1357 | 289 | 475 | 764 | 1142 | -82 | 50 | 6 | 9 | 2362 | 12.2 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Wood | 23 | 1132 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 78 | 4.13 | 669 | 591 | .883 |
| John Garrett | 65 | 3803 | 24 | 34 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 224 | 3.53 | 2212 | 1988 | .899 |
| Totals | 88 | 4935 | 31 | 46 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 302 | 3.67 | 2881 | 2579 | .895 |
