1976–77 Atlanta Flames season

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1976–77 Atlanta Flames
Division	3rd Patrick
1976–77 record	34–34–12
Goals for	264
Goals against	265
General Manager	Cliff Fletcher
Coach	Fred Creighton
Captain	Pat Quinn
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)

Contents:	Regular season – Playoffs – Player stats – Awards and records - Transactions Draft picks – Farm teams – See also – References

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Season standings

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

[edit] Player stats

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] Transactions

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

[edit] 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

[edit] Draft picks

See also: 1976 NHL Amateur Draft

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)

[edit] References

• Flames on Hockey Database

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