1976-77 San Diego Mariners Statistics
World Hockey Association (WHA)
Team Record: 40-37-4 - 84 points
in the WHA's Western Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Ron Ingram (40-37-4)
1976-77 San Diego Mariners RosterTeam Record: 40-37-4 - 84 points
in the WHA's Western Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Ron Ingram (40-37-4)
The San Diego Mariners of the World Hockey Association ended the 1976-77 season with a record of 40 wins and 37 losses and 4 ties for 84 points in the WHA's Western Division.
The Mariners scored 284 goals and surrendered 283. Norm Ferguson netted 39 goals for San Diego, while Kevin Devine, Andre Lacroix and Joe Noris each tallied 30 or more, too. Andre Lacroix contributed 82 assists. Ernie Wakely topped the squad with 22 wins, plus Ken Lockett added 15 or more wins, too. Ernie Wakely recorded a 3.09 goals against average, pacing goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Ron Ingram coached the team. The 1976-77 San Diego Mariners lost in the in 1st Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andre Lacroix | C | 81 | 32 | 82 | 114 | 79 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 231 | 13.9 |
| Joe Noris | C | 73 | 35 | 57 | 92 | 30 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 243 | 14.4 |
| Norm Ferguson | R | 77 | 39 | 32 | 71 | 5 | -5 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 217 | 18.0 |
| Kevin Devine | L | 81 | 30 | 20 | 50 | 114 | -12 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 182 | 16.5 |
| Paul Shmyr | D | 81 | 13 | 37 | 50 | 103 | -4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 206 | 6.3 |
| Wayne Rivers | R | 60 | 18 | 31 | 49 | 40 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 168 | 10.7 |
| Don Burgess | L | 77 | 20 | 22 | 42 | 8 | -8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 167 | 12.0 |
| Kevin Morrison | D | 75 | 8 | 30 | 38 | 68 | -30 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 247 | 3.2 |
| John French | C/L | 44 | 14 | 21 | 35 | 6 | -3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 17.7 |
| Gary Veneruzzo | L | 40 | 14 | 11 | 25 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 14.9 |
| Tony Cassolato | R | 43 | 13 | 12 | 25 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 24.1 |
| Bob Dobek | C | 58 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 17 | -9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 8.0 |
| Brad Rhiness | C | 58 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 14 | -17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 13.6 |
| Dick Sentes | L | 24 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 17.9 |
| Gerry Pinder | R | 44 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 36 | -24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 6.7 |
| Brent Hughes | D | 62 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 48 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 7.4 |
| Larry Hornung | D | 58 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 8 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 9.5 |
| Randy Legge | D | 69 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 69 | -18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 3.4 |
| Peter McNamee | D | 41 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 38 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 11.5 |
| Ray Adduono | C | 13 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 4.3 |
| Bob Falkenberg | D | 64 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 34 | -11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0.0 |
| Norm Cournoyer | C | 19 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 3.3 |
| Gregg Boddy | D | 18 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 19 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6.7 |
| Tim O'Connell | R | 16 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | -12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.0 |
| Ernie Wakely | G | 46 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Winograd | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Ken Lockett | G | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1368 | 284 | 466 | 750 | 828 | -159 | 69 | 11 | 13 | 2469 | 11.5 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ernie Wakely | 46 | 2506 | 22 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 129 | 3.09 | 1242 | 1113 | .896 |
| Ken Lockett | 45 | 2397 | 18 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 148 | 3.70 | 1144 | 996 | .871 |
| Totals | 91 | 4903 | 40 | 37 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 277 | 3.39 | 2386 | 2109 | .884 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andre Lacroix | C | 7 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 6 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Noris | C | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Norm Ferguson | R | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Kevin Devine | L | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 14 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Shmyr | D | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wayne Rivers | R | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Burgess | L | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevin Morrison | D | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John French | C/L | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gary Veneruzzo | L | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tony Cassolato | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Dobek | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brad Rhiness | C | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dick Sentes | L | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Brent Hughes | D | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Larry Hornung | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Randy Legge | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Peter McNamee | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ray Adduono | C | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Falkenberg | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ernie Wakely | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bench | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Lockett | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 134 | 19 | 32 | 51 | 104 | -43 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ernie Wakely | 3 | 160 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3.38 | 84 | 75 | .893 |
| Ken Lockett | 5 | 260 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 4.38 | 165 | 146 | .885 |
| Totals | 8 | 420 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 4.00 | 249 | 221 | .888 |
