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The 1976–77 NHL season was the 60th season of the National Hockey League. Eighteen teams each played 80 games. Not since the Ottawa Senators had relocated in 1934, becoming the St. Louis Eagles, had an NHL team moved. This year saw not one, but two teams relocate. The Kansas City Scouts moved to Denver, Colorado and became the Colorado Rockies and the California Golden Seals moved to Cleveland, Ohio and became the Cleveland Barons. The instability along with the poor performances of the Washington Capitals and the Scouts since the 1974 expansion caused the league to shelve an expansion to Denver and Seattle proposed for this season.
The Montreal Canadiens once again dominated the Stanley Cup playoffs as for the second straight year, they swept their opponent four games to none in the final series for the Cup.
This season would be Clarence Campbell's last as NHL President. He would be succeeded by John Ziegler.
[edit] Regular season
The previous season saw the Montreal Canadiens set new records in wins and points. Both of those records were broken again by the Canadiens this season as, with the second best winning percentage in NHL history, they had 60 wins and 132 points. Their home record was an impressive 33 wins, 1 loss, and 6 ties. Scoring a remarkable two hundred goals more than they allowed, the Canadiens were a full 26 points ahead of the second-place Boston Bruins, who were swept outright by Montreal in the 1977 Final.
[edit] Final standings
GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold
[edit] Prince of Wales Conference
[edit] Clarence Campbell Conference
[edit] Scoring leaders
GP = Games Played, G = Goals, A = Assists, Pts = Points, PIM = Penalties In Minutes
[edit] Stanley Cup playoffs
[edit] Playoff bracket
[edit] NHL awards
| Prince of Wales Trophy: |
Montreal Canadiens |
| Clarence S. Campbell Bowl: |
Philadelphia Flyers |
| Art Ross Memorial Trophy: |
Guy Lafleur, Montreal Canadiens |
| Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy: |
Ed Westfall, New York Islanders |
| Calder Memorial Trophy: |
Willi Plett, Atlanta Flames |
| Conn Smythe Trophy: |
Guy Lafleur, Montreal Canadiens |
| Hart Memorial Trophy: |
Guy Lafleur, Montreal Canadiens |
| Jack Adams Award: |
Scotty Bowman, Montreal Canadiens |
| James Norris Memorial Trophy: |
Larry Robinson, Montreal Canadiens |
| Lady Byng Memorial Trophy: |
Marcel Dionne, Los Angeles Kings |
| Lester B. Pearson Award: |
Guy Lafleur, Montreal Canadiens |
| NHL Plus/Minus Award: |
Larry Robinson, Montreal Canadiens |
| Vezina Trophy: |
Ken Dryden & Michel Larocque, Montreal Canadiens |
| Lester Patrick Trophy: |
John Bucyk, Murray A. Armstrong, John Mariucci |
[edit] All-Star teams
| First Team |
Position |
Second Team |
| Ken Dryden, Montreal Canadiens |
G |
Rogie Vachon, Los Angeles Kings |
| Larry Robinson, Montreal Canadiens |
D |
Denis Potvin, New York Islanders |
| Borje Salming, Toronto Maple Leafs |
D |
Guy Lapointe, Montreal Canadiens |
| Marcel Dionne, Los Angeles Kings |
C |
Gilbert Perreault, Buffalo Sabres |
| Guy Lafleur, Montreal Canadiens |
RW |
Lanny McDonald, Toronto Maple Leafs |
| Steve Shutt, Montreal Canadiens |
LW |
Rick Martin, Buffalo Sabres |
[edit] Debuts
The following is a list of players of note who played their first NHL game in 1976–77 (listed with their first team, asterisk(*) marks debut in playoffs):
[edit] Last games
The following is a list of players of note that played their last game in the NHL in 1976–77 (listed with their last team):
[edit] See also
[edit] References
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1976–77 NHL season by team |
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| Adams |
Boston • Buffalo • Cleveland • Toronto
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| Norris |
Detroit • Los Angeles • Montreal • Pittsburgh • Washington |
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