1976–77 Atlanta Flames season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	1976–77
Year:	1976
Team:	Atlanta Flames
Divisionrank:	3rd
Record:	34–34–12
Goalsfor:	264
Goalsagainst:	265
Altcaptain:	None
Goalsleader:	Willi Plett (33)
Assistsleader:	Tom Lysiak (51)
Pointsleader:	Tom Lysiak (81)
Pimleader:	Willi Plett (123)
Winsleader:	Dan Bouchard, Phil Myre (17)
Gaaleader:	Phil Myre (3.07)

The 1976–77 Atlanta Flames season was the fifth season for the franchise.

Regular season

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Attendance
1	L	October 5, 1976	5–6	@ Washington Capitals (1976–77)	0–1–0	13,152
2	W	October 7, 1976	4–2	Los Angeles Kings (1976–77)	1–1–0	9,140
3	W	October 9, 1976	4–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77)	2–1–0	13,091
4	L	October 12, 1976	0–7	@ New York Islanders (1976–77)	2–2–0	12,331
5	W	October 13, 1976	4–2	@ Cleveland Barons (1976–77)	3–2–0	3,812
6	W	October 15, 1976	2–1	Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77)	4–2–0	9,336
7	W	October 17, 1976	6–5	@ Buffalo Sabres (1976–77)	5–2–0	16,433
8	L	October 20, 1976	3–4	@ Minnesota North Stars (1976–77)	5–3–0	7,130
9	L	October 22, 1976	3–5	Vancouver Canucks (1976–77)	5–4–0	9,702
10	T	October 24, 1976	3–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77)	5–4–1	7,787
11	L	October 27, 1976	2–4	@ Colorado Rockies (1976–77)	5–5–1	3,763
12	L	October 28, 1976	1–5	@ Los Angeles Kings (1976–77)	5–6–1	9,104
13	T	October 30, 1976	3–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1976–77)	5–6–2	15,610
14	W	November 3, 1976	7–0	Washington Capitals (1976–77)	6–6–2	8,146
15	L	November 5, 1976	2–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1976–77)	6–7–2	10,259
16	T	November 7, 1976	0–0	@ Detroit Red Wings (1976–77)	6–7–3	8,810
17	T	November 10, 1976	2–2	Montreal Canadiens (1976–77)	6–7–4	11,235
18	T	November 12, 1976	3–3	Cleveland Barons (1976–77)	6–7–5	9,431
19	W	November 13, 1976	5–3	@ St. Louis Blues (1976–77)	7–7–5	15,128
20	W	November 17, 1976	6–3	Colorado Rockies (1976–77)	8–7–5	8,337
21	W	November 19, 1976	5–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77)	9–7–5	12,444
22	L	November 21, 1976	5–6	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77)	9–8–5	17,077
23	W	November 24, 1976	6–2	Washington Capitals (1976–77)	10–8–5	9,287
24	W	November 26, 1976	5–2	St. Louis Blues (1976–77)	11–8–5	12,193
25	T	November 30, 1976	2–2	New York Rangers (1976–77)	11–8–6	9,262
26	W	December 3, 1976	3–1	Boston Bruins (1976–77)	12–8–6	12,325
27	W	December 4, 1976	1–0	@ St. Louis Blues (1976–77)	13–8–6	14,344
28	W	December 8, 1976	5–0	@ Minnesota North Stars (1976–77)	14–8–6	6,085
29	T	December 10, 1976	3–3	Minnesota North Stars (1976–77)	14–8–7	10,101
30	W	December 11, 1976	3–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77)	15–8–7	11,711
31	L	December 15, 1976	1–3	Los Angeles Kings (1976–77)	15–9–7	11,264
32	L	December 17, 1976	2–4	New York Islanders (1976–77)	15–10–7	9,467
33	L	December 18, 1976	3–6	@ Detroit Red Wings (1976–77)	15–11–7	8,742
34	L	December 20, 1976	2–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1976–77)	15–12–7	16,485
35	W	December 22, 1976	2–1	Detroit Red Wings (1976–77)	16–12–7	14,244
36	W	December 27, 1976	6–2	Colorado Rockies (1976–77)	17–12–7	12,613
37	L	December 29, 1976	3–6	Buffalo Sabres (1976–77)	17–13–7	14,727
38	W	December 31, 1976	4–2	@ New York Rangers (1976–77)	18–13–7	17,500
39	L	January 2, 1977	0–7	@ Montreal Canadiens (1976–77)	18–14–7	15,782
40	W	January 5, 1977	4–1	Vancouver Canucks (1976–77)	19–14–7	11,319
41	L	January 7, 1977	4–5	New York Islanders (1976–77)	19–15–7	14,280
42	L	January 8, 1977	3–6	@ New York Islanders (1976–77)	19–16–7	15,149
43	W	January 12, 1977	6–1	New York Rangers (1976–77)	20–16–7	11,241
44	W	January 14, 1977	3–2	St. Louis Blues (1976–77)	21–16–7	12,436
45	W	January 16, 1977	6–5	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77)	22–16–7	10,138
46	T	January 20, 1977	4–4	@ Minnesota North Stars (1976–77)	22–16–8	7,479
47	T	January 22, 1977	4–4	Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77)	22–16–9	15,155
48	L	January 23, 1977	0–3	@ Boston Bruins (1976–77)	22–17–9	11,391
49	T	January 27, 1977	1–1	@ Buffalo Sabres (1976–77)	22–17–10	16,433
50	T	January 28, 1977	3–3	Colorado Rockies (1976–77)	22–17–11	13,941
51	W	January 31, 1977	7–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1976–77)	23–17–11	14,126
52	L	February 2, 1977	2–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77)	23–18–11	N/A
53	W	February 4, 1977	6–3	Boston Bruins (1976–77)	24–18–11	15,151
54	L	February 7, 1977	4–7	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77)	24–19–11	17,077
55	L	February 9, 1977	1–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1976–77)	24–20–11	16,416
56	L	February 12, 1977	1–3	@ St. Louis Blues (1976–77)	24–21–11	14,856
57	L	February 13, 1977	2–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77)	24–22–11	N/A
58	W	February 17, 1977	4–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (1976–77)	25–22–11	11,059
59	L	February 19, 1977	1–5	@ Vancouver Canucks (1976–77)	25–23–11	N/A
60	L	February 21, 1977	2–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1976–77)	25–24–11	16,583
61	L	February 23, 1977	2–4	Montreal Canadiens (1976–77)	25–25–11	14,705
62	W	February 25, 1977	6–2	Minnesota North Stars (1976–77)	26–25–11	15,087
63	L	February 26, 1977	2–8	@ New York Islanders (1976–77)	26–26–11	15,317
64	L	March 2, 1977	1–2	Vancouver Canucks (1976–77)	26–27–11	11,609
65	L	March 5, 1977	1–2	Cleveland Barons (1976–77)	26–28–11	13,341
66	W	March 6, 1977	4–2	@ Washington Capitals (1976–77)	27–28–11	10,098
67	L	March 8, 1977	2–3	@ Boston Bruins (1976–77)	27–29–11	10,771
68	L	March 9, 1977	2–6	New York Islanders (1976–77)	27–30–11	11,230
69	W	March 12, 1977	6–3	New York Rangers (1976–77)	28–30–11	15,155
70	W	March 13, 1977	5–3	@ New York Rangers (1976–77)	29–30–11	17,500
71	W	March 15, 1977	7–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77)	30–30–11	13,161
72	W	March 17, 1977	4–1	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77)	31–30–11	17,077
73	L	March 19, 1977	4–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1976–77)	31–31–11	16,485
74	L	March 20, 1977	4–5	@ Cleveland Barons (1976–77)	31–32–11	10,829
75	L	March 22, 1977	3–6	Buffalo Sabres (1976–77)	31–33–11	12,034
76	W	March 24, 1977	3–1	Detroit Red Wings (1976–77)	32–33–11	14,783
77	W	March 26, 1977	2–1	@ Colorado Rockies (1976–77)	33–33–11	7,338
78	L	March 30, 1977	3–4	@ New York Rangers (1976–77)	33–34–11	17,500
79	W	April 1, 1977	6–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77)	34–34–11	13,931
80	T	April 3, 1977	3–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77)	34–34–12	15,110

Player statistics

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
	12		79	30	51	81	52		3	1	3	4	8
	27		78	32	39	71	22		3	1	3	4	0
	25		64	33	23	56	123		3	1	0	1	19
	16		80	17	33	50	8		3	2	0	2	0
	5		76	22	25	47	36		3	1	0	1	7
	6		78	20	24	44	35		3	0	0	0	4
	4		79	12	32	44	80		3	0	2	2	5
	10		67	17	26	43	27		3	1	1	2	0
	18		80	15	18	33	16		3	0	0	0	2
	7		73	5	24	29	33		3	0	0	0	0
	14		78	9	18	27	26		3	0	2	2	6
	19		72	4	21	25	63		3	0	1	1	2
	11		72	13	10	23	45		2	0	1	1	0
John Gould^†	21		54	8	15	23	8		3	0	0	0	2
	2		66	1	16	17	63		3	0	0	0	2
	8		55	5	11	16	62		3	0	0	0	33
Hilliard Graves^‡	17		25	8	5	13	17		-	-	-	-	-
	3		59	1	12	13	58		1	0	0	0	0
	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		-	-	-	-	-
	23		23	2	2	4	31		2	0	0	0	6
	15		28	0	4	4	29		-	-	-	-	-
	1		43	0	2	2	6		2	0	0	0	0
	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

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
	1		43	2422	17	17	7	124	3	3.07		2	120	1	1	5	0	2.50
	30		42	2378	17	17	5	139	1	3.51		1	60	0	1	5	0	5.00

Transactions

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

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

Draft picks

See also: 1976 NHL Amateur Draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team
1	8.	Dave Shand (D)		Peterborough Petes (OHA)
1	10.	Harold Phillipoff (LW)		New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
2	28.	Bobby Simpson (LW)		Sherbrooke Beavers (QMJHL)
3	46.	Rick Hodgson (D)		Calgary Centennials (WCHL)
4	64.	Kent Nilsson (C)		Djurgårdens IF (Elitserien)
5	82.	Mark Earp (G)		Kamloops Chiefs (WCHL)

References

• Flames on Hockey Database