1976–77 Birmingham Bulls season

1976–77 Birmingham Bulls
1976–77 Birmingham Bulls
Division	5th Eastern
1976–77 record	31–46–4
Goals for	289
Goals against	309
Team information
Coach	Gilles Leger

The 1976–77 Birmingham Bulls season was the Bulls' first season of operation in Birmingham, Alabama after the Toronto Toros relocated from Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

**Eastern Division**
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Quebec Nordiques	81	47	31	3	353	295	97
Cincinnati Stingers	81	39	37	5	354	303	83
Indianapolis Racers	81	36	37	8	276	305	80
New England Whalers	81	35	40	6	275	290	76
Birmingham Bulls	81	31	46	4	289	309	66
Minnesota Fighting Saints	42	19	18	5	136	129	43

Game log

Regular season schedule
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 8, 1976	4–2	Houston Aeros (1976–77)	1–0–0
2	L	October 10, 1976	3–4 OT	@ Quebec Nordiques (1976–77)	1–1–0
3	W	October 12, 1976	6–2	Calgary Cowboys (1976–77)	2–1–0
4	T	October 14, 1976	7–7	Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77)	2–1–1
5	L	October 16, 1976	0–3	@ Houston Aeros (1976–77)	2–2–1
6	L	October 17, 1976	1–6	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1976–77)	2–3–1
7	L	October 19, 1976	5–6 OT	Quebec Nordiques (1976–77)	2–4–1
8	W	October 21, 1976	8–5	Houston Aeros (1976–77)	3–4–1
9	W	October 23, 1976	3–1	@ Indianapolis Racers (1976–77)	4–4–1
12	L	October 28, 1976	3–4 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1976–77)	4–7–1
13	L	October 30, 1976	4–5	@ New England Whalers (1976–77)	4–8–1
14	L	November 2, 1976	3–4 OT	San Diego Mariners (1976–77)	4–9–1
15	W	November 4, 1976	5–3	Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77)	5–9–1
16	L	November 6, 1976	5–6	@ Quebec Nordiques (1976–77)	5–10–1
17	L	November 9, 1976	3–4	@ Quebec Nordiques (1976–77)	5–11–1
18	L	November 11, 1976	2–3	San Diego Mariners (1976–77)	5–12–1
19	L	November 13, 1976	2–3	Edmonton Oilers (1976–77)	5–13–1
20	L	November 16, 1976	4–5	New England Whalers (1976–77)	5–14–1
21	L	November 17, 1976	4–6	@ New England Whalers (1976–77)	5–15–1
22	L	November 19, 1976	0–4	@ Indianapolis Racers (1976–77)	5–16–1
23	W	November 21, 1976	4–3	San Diego Mariners (1976–77)	6–16–1
24	W	November 23, 1976	3–1	Calgary Cowboys (1976–77)	7–16–1
25	L	November 25, 1976	3–5	New England Whalers (1976–77)	7–17–1
26	L	November 27, 1976	1–2	@ Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77)	7–18–1
27	L	November 28, 1976	1–3	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1976–77)	7–19–1
28	W	November 30, 1976	3–1	Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77)	8–19–1
29	L	December 2, 1976	3–4	Edmonton Oilers (1976–77)	8–20–1
30	L	December 7, 1976	2–3 OT	Indianapolis Racers (1976–77)	8–21–1
31	W	December 10, 1976	5–3	@ Winnipeg Jets (1976–77)	9–21–1
32	L	December 12, 1976	3–5	@ Edmonton Oilers (1976–77)	9–22–1
33	L	December 15, 1976	5–6	@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77)	9–23–1
34	W	December 17, 1976	4–3	@ Houston Aeros (1976–77)	10–23–1
35	L	December 18, 1976	2–6	@ New England Whalers (1976–77)	10–24–1
36	L	December 19, 1976	2–3 OT	@ Indianapolis Racers (1976–77)	10–25–1
37	W	December 21, 1976	3–2	Quebec Nordiques (1976–77)	11–25–1
38	W	December 22, 1976	6–2	@ Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77)	12–25–1
39	W	December 26, 1976	6–2	Houston Aeros (1976–77)	13–25–1
40	L	December 30, 1976	2–4	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1976–77)	13–26–1
41	L	January 2, 1977	1–3	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1976–77)	13–27–1
42	W	January 4, 1977	8–5	Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77)	14–27–1
43	L	January 7, 1977	1–7	@ Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77)	14–28–1
44	L	January 9, 1977	1–4	@ Winnipeg Jets (1976–77)	14–29–1
45	W	January 12, 1977	4–3	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1976–77)	15–29–1
46	L	January 14, 1977	3–5	@ Houston Aeros (1976–77)	15–30–1
47	L	January 16, 1977	2–5	@ San Diego Mariners (1976–77)	15–31–1
48	L	January 21, 1977	1–6	@ Houston Aeros (1976–77)	15–32–1
49	W	January 23, 1977	6–2	Indianapolis Racers (1976–77)	16–32–1
50	W	January 27, 1977	3–0	Winnipeg Jets (1976–77)	17–32–1
51	W	January 30, 1977	7–1	Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77)	18–32–1
52	W	February 1, 1977	4–3	New England Whalers (1976–77)	19–32–1
53	W	February 2, 1977	3–2	@ Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77)	20–32–1
54	W	February 4, 1977	7–0	Quebec Nordiques (1976–77)	21–32–1
55	L	February 5, 1977	2–5	@ Indianapolis Racers (1976–77)	21–33–1
56	L	February 9, 1977	3–4 OT	@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77)	21–34–1
57	L	February 12, 1977	2–3 OT	@ San Diego Mariners (1976–77)	21–35–1
58	W	February 16, 1977	7–2	Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77)	22–35–1
59	W	February 18, 1977	3–2	@ New England Whalers (1976–77)	23–35–1
60	T	February 20, 1977	2–2	Indianapolis Racers (1976–77)	23–35–2
61	T	February 22, 1977	4–4	Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77)	23–35–3
62	W	February 24, 1977	10–6	Quebec Nordiques (1976–77)	24–35–3
63	L	February 26, 1977	3–5	@ Quebec Nordiques (1976–77)	24–36–3
64	W	February 27, 1977	4–0	@ Edmonton Oilers (1976–77)	25–36–3
65	L	March 3, 1977	2–4	@ Calgary Cowboys (1976–77)	25–37–3
66	L	March 6, 1977	2–5	@ Edmonton Oilers (1976–77)	25–38–3
67	W	March 9, 1977	4–3 OT	New England Whalers (1976–77)	26–38–3
68	W	March 11, 1977	6–3	New England Whalers (1976–77)	27–38–3
69	L	March 12, 1977	2–7	@ Indianapolis Racers (1976–77)	27–39–3
70	L	March 13, 1977	4–7	@ Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77)	27–40–3
71	W	March 15, 1977	4–2	Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77)	28–40–3
72	L	March 17, 1977	2–5	Indianapolis Racers (1976–77)	28–41–3
73	L	March 20, 1977	3–4 OT	Winnipeg Jets (1976–77)	28–42–3
74	W	March 22, 1977	7–4	Calgary Cowboys (1976–77)	29–42–3
75	W	March 23, 1977	4–0	@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77)	30–42–3
76	L	March 24, 1977	2–6	@ San Diego Mariners (1976–77)	30–43–3
77	W	March 27, 1977	7–3	Indianapolis Racers (1976–77)	31–43–3
78	L	March 29, 1977	2–4	Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77)	31–44–3
79	L	April 2, 1977	5–6	Winnipeg Jets (1976–77)	31–45–3
80	T	April 5, 1977	4–4	@ Calgary Cowboys (1976–77)	31–45–4
81	L	April 6, 1977	4–6	@ Edmonton Oilers (1976–77)	31–46–4

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Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Mark Napier	RW	80	60	36	96	24	16	9	1	6
Vaclav Nedomansky	RW	81	36	33	69	10	−13	9	0	3
Peter Marrin	C	79	23	37	60	36	−7	4	1	0
Lou Nistico	C	79	20	36	56	166	−9	1	1	0
Dale Hoganson	D	81	7	48	55	48	1	3	0	0
Paul Henderson	RW	81	23	25	48	30	−9	1	0	0
Jeff Jacques	RW	79	21	27	48	92	−1	1	0	0
Tim Sheehy	RW	50	26	21	47	44	−2	7	0	0
John Stewart	C	52	17	24	41	32	11	2	0	0
Richard Farda	C	48	9	26	35	2	−23	1	0	0
Jim Turkiewicz	D	80	6	25	31	54	5	0	2	0
Gavin Kirk	C	29	9	18	27	34	−6	5	0	0
Jean-Guy Lagace	D	78	2	25	27	110	−8	0	0	0
Frank Mahovlich	LW	17	3	20	23	12	−1	2	0	0
Dave Gorman	RW	52	9	13	22	38	2	0	1	0
Gord Gallant	LW	34	4	13	17	62	8	1	0	0
Tom Simpson	RW	25	7	6	13	10	−12	4	0	0
Pat Westrum	D	34	1	11	12	48	8	0	0	0
Jean-Luc Phaneuf	RW	30	2	7	9	2	−4	0	0	0
Gilles Bilodeau	LW	34	2	6	8	133	1	0	0	0
Rick Cunningham	D	63	0	8	8	75	−18	0	0	0
Terry Ball	D	23	1	6	7	8	2	0	0	0
John Garrett	G	65	0	3	3	21	0	0	0	0
Wayne Carleton	LW	3	1	0	1	0	−2	0	0	0
Ray McKay	D	19	0	1	1	11	−5	0	0	0
Peter Folco	D	2	0	0	0	0	−3	0	0	0
Rich Hart	D	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Paul Heaver	D	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Keith Kokkola	D	5	0	0	0	21	−3	0	0	0
Jim Marsh	D	1	0	0	0	0	−3	0	0	0
Jerry Rollins	D	8	0	0	0	17	−2	0	0	0
Buzz Schneider	LW	4	0	0	0	2	−2	0	0	0
John Stewart	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Syvret	D	8	0	0	0	0	−4	0	0	0
Wayne Wood	G	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
John Garrett	3803	65	24	34	4	224	3.53	4
Wayne Wood	1132	23	7	12	0	78	4.13	0
Team:	4935	81	31	46	4	302	3.67	4

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Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts;

Draft picks

Birmingham's draft picks (selected while still known as the Toronto Toros) at the 1976 WHA Amateur Draft.[3]

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	8	Bjorn Johansson (D)	Sweden	Orebro IK (Sweden D1)
2	11	Kent Nilsson (F)	Sweden	Djurgardens IF (Elitserien)
2	21	Peter Lee (LW)	Canada	Ottawa 67's (OHA)
3	24	Paul Gardner (C)	Canada	Oshawa Generals (OHA)
4	35	Don Lemieux (D)	Canada	Trois-Rivieres Draveurs (QMJHL)
6	59	Dan Djakalovic (F)	Canada	Kitchener Rangers (OHA)
7	71	Mike McEwen (D)	Canada	Toronto Marlboros (OHA)
8	83	Mike Kitchen (D)	Canada	Toronto Marlboros (OHA)
9	94	Marc Desforges (F)	Canada	Chicoutimi Sagueneens (QMJHL)
10	105	Brian Dillon (F)	Canada	Oshawa Generals (OHA)

References

"1976–77 Birmingham Bulls Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 28, 2009.
"1976-77 Birmingham Bulls Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 28, 2009.
"1976 WHA Amateur Draft". hockeyDB.com. Retrieved December 19, 2018.

External links

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[1] "1976–77 Birmingham Bulls Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 28, 2009.

[2] "1976-77 Birmingham Bulls Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 28, 2009.

[3] "1976 WHA Amateur Draft". hockeyDB.com. Retrieved December 19, 2018.

Ottawa Nationals - Toronto Toros - Birmingham Bulls seasons
Ottawa Nationals:	1972–73
Toronto Toros:	1973–74 1974–75 1975–76
Birmingham Bulls:	1976–77 1977–78 1978–79

1976–77 WHA season
Eastern Division	Birmingham Cincinnati Indianapolis Minnesota New England Quebec
Western Division	Calgary Edmonton Houston Phoenix San Diego Winnipeg
See also	Draft Super Series

1976–77 Birmingham Bulls season

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Game log

Player stats

Draft picks

See also

References

External links