1976–77 St. Louis Blues season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	1976–77
Year:	1976
Team:	St. Louis Blues
Record:	32–39–9
Divisionrank:	1st
Coach:	Emile Francis
Altcaptain:	None
Goalsfor:	239
Goalsagainst:	276
Goalsleader:	Garry Unger (30)
Assistsleader:	Bob MacMillan (39)
Pointsleader:	Bob MacMillan (58)
Pimleader:	Bob Gassoff (254)
Winsleader:	Eddie Johnston (13)
Gaaleader:	Yves Belanger (3.00)
Divisionwin:	Yes

The 1976–77 St. Louis Blues season was the tenth for the franchise in St. Louis, Missouri. The Blues won the Smythe Division title with a record of 32 wins, 39 losses and nine ties, good for 73 points, and received a first-round bye in the 1977 NHL Playoffs. However, the Blues were no match for the eventual Stanley Cup champion Montreal Canadiens, as the Montrealers swept the Blues in the quarter-finals.

Regular season

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 7, 1976	4–6	Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77)	0–1–0
2	W	October 9, 1976	2–1	New York Rangers (1976–77)	1–1–0
3	W	October 13, 1976	3–2	@ Colorado Rockies (1976–77)	2–1–0
4	W	October 16, 1976	6–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1976–77)	3–1–0
5	L	October 17, 1976	2–6	@ Los Angeles Kings (1976–77)	3–2–0
6	W	October 19, 1976	6–5	Boston Bruins (1976–77)	4–2–0
7	L	October 21, 1976	2–6	@ Cleveland Barons (1976–77)	4–3–0
8	W	October 23, 1976	4–2	Detroit Red Wings (1976–77)	5–3–0
9	L	October 24, 1976	2–7	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77)	5–4–0
10	W	October 26, 1976	5–2	Vancouver Canucks (1976–77)	6–4–0
11	L	October 28, 1976	2–5	@ New York Islanders (1976–77)	6–5–0
12	W	October 30, 1976	3–1	Colorado Rockies (1976–77)	7–5–0
13	W	November 3, 1976	6–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1976–77)	8–5–0
14	W	November 6, 1976	3–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1976–77)	9–5–0
15	L	November 9, 1976	1–8	Montreal Canadiens (1976–77)	9–6–0
16	L	November 10, 1976	0–5	@ Buffalo Sabres (1976–77)	9–7–0
17	L	November 13, 1976	3–5	Atlanta Flames (1976–77)	9–8–0
18	L	November 15, 1976	2–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1976–77)	9–9–0
19	T	November 17, 1976	5–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1976–77)	9–9–1
20	W	November 20, 1976	3–1	New York Rangers (1976–77)	10–9–1
21	W	November 24, 1976	4–2	@ Minnesota North Stars (1976–77)	11–9–1
22	L	November 26, 1976	2–5	@ Atlanta Flames (1976–77)	11–10–1
23	W	November 27, 1976	3–2	Buffalo Sabres (1976–77)	12–10–1
24	L	November 30, 1976	3–5	Colorado Rockies (1976–77)	12–11–1
25	T	December 3, 1976	2–2	@ Cleveland Barons (1976–77)	12–11–2
26	L	December 4, 1976	0–1	Atlanta Flames (1976–77)	12–12–2
27	L	December 7, 1976	2–4	@ New York Islanders (1976–77)	12–13–2
28	T	December 8, 1976	4–4	@ New York Rangers (1976–77)	12–13–3
29	T	December 11, 1976	1–1	Minnesota North Stars (1976–77)	12–13–4
30	L	December 12, 1976	3–5	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77)	12–14–4
31	L	December 15, 1976	1–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1976–77)	12–15–4
32	L	December 16, 1976	2–5	@ Boston Bruins (1976–77)	12–16–4
33	L	December 18, 1976	0–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77)	12–17–4
34	W	December 19, 1976	6–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77)	13–17–4
35	W	December 22, 1976	2–1	@ Colorado Rockies (1976–77)	14–17–4
36	W	December 23, 1976	4–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (1976–77)	15–17–4
37	T	December 28, 1976	4–4	New York Islanders (1976–77)	15–17–5
38	W	January 1, 1977	3–1	Minnesota North Stars (1976–77)	16–17–5
39	L	January 2, 1977	1–2	@ Washington Capitals (1976–77)	16–18–5
40	W	January 4, 1977	4–3	Los Angeles Kings (1976–77)	17–18–5
41	L	January 6, 1977	1–7	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77)	17–19–5
42	L	January 8, 1977	2–5	Vancouver Canucks (1976–77)	17–20–5
43	W	January 12, 1977	7–2	Montreal Canadiens (1976–77)	18–20–5
44	L	January 14, 1977	2–3	@ Atlanta Flames (1976–77)	18–21–5
45	W	January 15, 1977	4–0	Detroit Red Wings (1976–77)	19–21–5
46	W	January 19, 1977	5–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77)	20–21–5
47	W	January 22, 1977	2–1	Colorado Rockies (1976–77)	21–21–5
48	L	January 23, 1977	3–6	@ Washington Capitals (1976–77)	21–22–5
49	L	January 27, 1977	0–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77)	21–23–5
50	L	January 29, 1977	2–5	Washington Capitals (1976–77)	21–24–5
51	L	January 30, 1977	2–5	@ New York Rangers (1976–77)	21–25–5
52	T	February 1, 1977	3–3	Boston Bruins (1976–77)	21–25–6
53	L	February 3, 1977	4–5	@ Boston Bruins (1976–77)	21–26–6
54	W	February 5, 1977	6–5	Buffalo Sabres (1976–77)	22–26–6
55	W	February 8, 1977	6–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77)	23–26–6
56	W	February 12, 1977	3–1	Atlanta Flames (1976–77)	24–26–6
57	L	February 14, 1977	4–6	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77)	24–27–6
58	W	February 15, 1977	5–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77)	25–27–6
59	W	February 19, 1977	4–1	Washington Capitals (1976–77)	26–27–6
60	W	February 21, 1977	4–0	@ Vancouver Canucks (1976–77)	27–27–6
61	L	February 22, 1977	0–4	@ Los Angeles Kings (1976–77)	27–28–6
62	L	February 26, 1977	1–5	Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77)	27–29–6
63	L	February 28, 1977	2–5	Cleveland Barons (1976–77)	27–30–6
64	T	March 2, 1977	2–2	@ Colorado Rockies (1976–77)	27–30–7
65	W	March 5, 1977	2–1	New York Islanders (1976–77)	28–30–7
66	L	March 6, 1977	2–3	@ Minnesota North Stars (1976–77)	28–31–7
67	L	March 8, 1977	1–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77)	28–32–7
68	W	March 10, 1977	4–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1976–77)	29–32–7
69	T	March 12, 1977	3–3	Minnesota North Stars (1976–77)	29–32–8
70	L	March 15, 1977	1–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1976–77)	29–33–8
71	L	March 16, 1977	3–7	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77)	29–34–8
72	T	March 19, 1977	4–4	Vancouver Canucks (1976–77)	29–34–9
73	L	March 20, 1977	3–5	@ New York Rangers (1976–77)	29–35–9
74	W	March 22, 1977	4–2	Los Angeles Kings (1976–77)	30–35–9
75	L	March 24, 1977	1–6	@ Montreal Canadiens (1976–77)	30–36–9
76	L	March 26, 1977	2–5	@ New York Islanders (1976–77)	30–37–9
77	L	March 28, 1977	4–5	@ Minnesota North Stars (1976–77)	30–38–9
78	W	March 30, 1977	4–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77)	31–38–9
79	W	April 2, 1977	9–2	Cleveland Barons (1976–77)	32–38–9
80	L	April 3, 1977	3–7	@ Buffalo Sabres (1976–77)	32–39–9

Playoffs

The Blues lost to the Montreal Canadiens 4 – 0 in the quarter-finals.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
	RW	80	19	39	58	11	1	10	0	1
	C	80	30	27	57	56	−12	7	0	5
	C	80	21	29	50	41	11	1	2	2
	C	80	21	28	49	8	−28	4	0	3
	RW	80	29	19	48	22	5	1	1	2
	LW	71	11	30	41	12	−15	3	0	1
	RW	76	18	20	38	77	−4	4	0	3
	RW	80	12	20	32	65	−31	0	0	0
	D	79	3	26	29	36	1	2	0	1
	LW	69	14	14	28	38	−16	1	0	2
	D	80	5	20	25	24	−22	1	0	0
	D	77	6	18	24	254	−2	0	0	3
	C	31	14	9	23	15	−6	6	0	3
	D	53	4	18	22	14	−2	1	0	0
	C	32	8	13	21	26	−8	3	0	2
	LW	58	7	8	15	11	1	0	1	2
	RW	33	6	8	14	10	−6	2	0	1
	LW	35	4	10	14	82	−8	0	0	0
	D	54	1	9	10	23	−9	0	0	0
	D	16	1	7	8	2	−7	1	0	0
	D	47	3	4	7	26	−13	0	0	1
	LW	15	1	2	3	2	0	0	0	0
	D	11	0	3	3	4	−6	0	0	0
	C	12	1	0	1	0	−3	0	0	0
	G	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
	D	2	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0
	D	18	0	1	1	6	−3	0	0	0
	G	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	G	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	C	3	0	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0
	G	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
	2111	38	13	16	5	108	3.07	1
	1589	29	10	16	1	108	4.08	0
	960	17	7	7	3	50	3.12	1
	140	3	2	0	0	7	3.00	0
Team:	4800	80	32	39	9	273	3.41	2

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
	C	4	1	1	2	2	0	0	0
	RW	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
	C	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
	LW	4	1	0	1	14	0	0	0
	RW	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
	D	4	0	1	1	10	0	0	0
	LW	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
	RW	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
	C	4	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
	D	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	C	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
	RW	4	0	0	0	14	0	0	0
	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	LW	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	D	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	D	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	RW	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
	D	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	LW	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
	138	3	0	2	9	3.91	0
	102	3	0	2	9	5.29	0
Team:	240	4	0	4	18	4.50	0

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Draft picks

St. Louis's draft picks at the 1976 NHL Amateur Draft held in Montreal.

Round		Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	7	Bernie Federko		Saskatoon Blades (WCHL)
2	20	Brian Sutter		Lethbridge Broncos (WCHL)
2	25	John Smrke		Toronto Marlboros (OMJHL)
3	43	Jim Kirkpatrick		Toronto Marlboros (OMJHL)
4	56	Mike Liut		Bowling Green University (CCHA)
4	61	Paul Skidmore		Boston College (ECAC)
6	97	Nels Goddard		Michigan Tech University (WCHA)
7	113	Mike Eaves		University of Wisconsin (WCHA)
8	121	Jacques Soguel		Davos (Switzerland)
9	124	Dave Dornseif		Providence College (ECAC)
10	126	Brad Wilson		Providence College (ECAC)
11	128	Dan Hoene		University of Michigan (WCHA)
12	130	Goran Lindblom		Skelleftea (Sweden)
13	132	Jim Bales		University of Denver (WCHA)
14	134	Anders Hakansson		Solna (Sweden)
15	135	Juhani Wallenius		Rauma (Finland)

See also

• 1976–77 NHL season

References

• Web site: 1976–77 St. Louis Blues Games. Hockey-reference.com . 2009-05-06 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-06-15 . 1976-77 St. Louis Blues Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.