1976-77 Detroit Red Wings Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 16-55-9 - 41 points
Finishing 5th in the NHL's Norris Division
Coach: Alex Delvecchio (13-26-5)
Coach: Larry Wilson (3-29-4)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1976-77 Detroit Red Wings RosterTeam Record: 16-55-9 - 41 points
Finishing 5th in the NHL's Norris Division
Coach: Alex Delvecchio (13-26-5)
Coach: Larry Wilson (3-29-4)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1976-77 Detroit Red Wings Results
The Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League ended the 1976-77 season with a record of 16 wins and 55 losses and 9 ties for 41 points, finishing fifth in the NHL's Norris Division.
The Red Wings scored 183 goals, worst in the league and gave up 309. Walt McKechnie netted 25 goals for Detroit and accounted for 34 assists. Ed Giacomin topped the squad with 8 wins and a team-best 3.58 goals against average, pacing regular goalies.
Alex Delvecchio and Larry Wilson coached the team.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walt McKechnie | C | 80 | 25 | 34 | 59 | 50 | -24 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 189 | 13.2 |
| Dennis Polonich | R | 79 | 18 | 28 | 46 | 274 | -20 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 183 | 9.8 |
| Dennis Hextall | C | 78 | 14 | 32 | 46 | 158 | -35 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 129 | 10.9 |
| Nick Libett | L | 80 | 14 | 27 | 41 | 25 | -25 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 210 | 6.7 |
| Michel Bergeron | R | 74 | 21 | 12 | 33 | 98 | -40 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 197 | 10.7 |
| Bill Lochead | F | 61 | 16 | 14 | 30 | 39 | -11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 127 | 12.6 |
| Dan Maloney | L | 34 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 64 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 107 | 12.1 |
| Buster Harvey | R | 54 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 18 | -13 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 105 | 10.5 |
| J.P. LeBlanc | C | 74 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 40 | -16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 77 | 9.1 |
| Jim Nahrgang | D | 53 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 34 | -12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 96 | 5.2 |
| Al Cameron | D | 80 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 112 | -43 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 139 | 2.2 |
| Rick Wilson | D | 77 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 56 | -20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 5.0 |
| Rick Lapointe | D | 49 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 80 | -17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 59 | 3.4 |
| Terry Harper | D | 52 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 28 | -23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 6.7 |
| Danny Grant | L | 42 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 4 | -34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 3.2 |
| Greg Joly | D | 53 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 14 | -22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 1.4 |
| Jean Hamel | D | 71 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 63 | -18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 1.2 |
| Mike Bloom | L | 45 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 22 | -10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 15.0 |
| Bobby Sheehan | C | 34 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 2 | -10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 11.1 |
| Bob Ritchie | L | 17 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 18.2 |
| Fred Williams | C | 44 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | -17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 6.3 |
| Terry Murray | D | 23 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 10 | -18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0.0 |
| Dave Kelly | R | 16 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 11.8 |
| Steve Coates | R | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20.0 |
| Dwight Schofield | D | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 33.3 |
| Reed Larson | D | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 23 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0.0 |
| Ed Giacomin | G | 33 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Rutherford | G | 48 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bryan Watson | D | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Fern LeBlanc | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Terry Richardson | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Larry Giroux | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Kevin Schamehorn | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Don Martineau | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brian McCutcheon | L | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Fred Berry | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1416 | 183 | 294 | 477 | 1322 | -454 | 37 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 2198 | 8.3 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Giacomin | 33 | 1791 | 8 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 107 | 3.58 | 0 | ||
| Jim Rutherford | 48 | 2740 | 7 | 34 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 180 | 3.94 | 0 | ||
| Terry Richardson | 5 | 269 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 4.01 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 86 | 4800 | 16 | 55 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 305 | 3.81 | 0 |
