1976–77 Calgary Cowboys season

The 1976–77 Calgary Cowboys season was the Calgary Cowboys' fifth and final season of operation in the World Hockey Association, and their second season in Calgary. The Cowboys failed to make the playoffs and folded after the season.

1976–77 Calgary Cowboys
Division	5th Western
1976–77 record	31–43–7
Goals for	252
Goals against	296
Team information
Coach	Joe Crozier
Captain	Peter Driscoll
Alternate captains	Ron Chipperfield Chris Evans Paul Terbenche

Regular season

Final standings

Western Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Houston Aeros	80	50	24	6	320	241	106
Winnipeg Jets	80	46	32	2	366	291	94
San Diego Mariners	81	40	37	4	284	283	85
Edmonton Oilers	81	34	43	4	243	304	72
Calgary Cowboys	81	31	43	7	252	296	69
Phoenix Roadrunners	80	28	48	4	281	383	60

Game log

Regular season schedule
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 8, 1976	1–4	@ Winnipeg Jets (1976–77)	0–1–0
2	L	October 9, 1976	2–5	@ Quebec Nordiques (1976–77)	0–2–0
3	L	October 12, 1976	2–6	@ Birmingham Bulls (1976–77)	0–3–0
4	L	October 13, 1976	1–2	@ Houston Aeros (1976–77)	0–4–0
5	L	October 16, 1976	2–4	@ San Diego Mariners (1976–77)	0–5–0
6	L	October 21, 1976	2–4	Quebec Nordiques (1976–77)	0–6–0
7	T	October 22, 1976	2–2	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1976–77)	0–6–1
8	W	October 24, 1976	6–0	San Diego Mariners (1976–77)	1–6–1
9	W	October 26, 1976	9–3	Birmingham Bulls (1976–77)	2–6–1
10	W	October 30, 1976	6–4	Houston Aeros (1976–77)	3–6–1
11	W	November 2, 1976	4–3	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1976–77)	4–6–1
12	W	November 4, 1976	4–2	Edmonton Oilers (1976–77)	5–6–1
13	W	November 7, 1976	4–2	New England Whalers (1976–77)	6–6–1
14	W	November 11, 1976	7–5	Winnipeg Jets (1976–77)	7–6–1
15	L	November 14, 1976	0–2	Winnipeg Jets (1976–77)	7–7–1
16	L	November 16, 1976	2–4	@ Houston Aeros (1976–77)	7–8–1
17	W	November 18, 1976	2–1 OT	@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77)	8–8–1
18	W	November 19, 1976	4–1	Quebec Nordiques (1976–77)	9–8–1
19	L	November 21, 1976	1–5	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1976–77)	9–9–1
20	L	November 23, 1976	1–3	@ Birmingham Bulls (1976–77)	9–10–1
21	T	November 24, 1976	3–3	@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77)	9–10–2
22	L	November 27, 1976	0–2	San Diego Mariners (1976–77)	9–11–2
23	L	December 1, 1976	4–8	@ New England Whalers (1976–77)	9–12–2
24	L	December 2, 1976	1–2	@ Indianapolis Racers (1976–77)	9–13–2
25	L	December 3, 1976	4–6	@ Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77)	9–14–2
26	W	December 5, 1976	6–0	Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77)	10–14–2
27	L	December 8, 1976	2–4	Winnipeg Jets (1976–77)	10–15–2
28	L	December 10, 1976	2–4	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1976–77)	10–16–2
29	W	December 11, 1976	3–0	Edmonton Oilers (1976–77)	11–16–2
30	W	December 18, 1976	4–2	Quebec Nordiques (1976–77)	12–16–2
31	L	December 21, 1976	1–4	@ Edmonton Oilers (1976–77)	12–17–2
32	W	December 23, 1976	2–1	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1976–77)	13–17–2
33	W	December 26, 1976	6–3	Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77)	14–17–2
34	W	January 1, 1977	5–1	Edmonton Oilers (1976–77)	15–17–2
35	L	January 5, 1977	3–4	Houston Aeros (1976–77)	15–18–2
36	L	January 7, 1977	1–4	@ Edmonton Oilers (1976–77)	15–19–2
37	W	January 8, 1977	4–3	Indianapolis Racers (1976–77)	16–19–2
38	L	January 11, 1977	3–4 OT	Indianapolis Racers (1976–77)	16–20–2
39	L	January 14, 1977	3–5	Winnipeg Jets (1976–77)	16–21–2
40	W	January 15, 1977	5–3	@ San Diego Mariners (1976–77)	17–21–2
41	W	January 16, 1977	5–4	@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77)	18–21–2
42	T	January 21, 1977	1–1	@ Indianapolis Racers (1976–77)	18–21–3
43	L	January 22, 1977	3–5	@ Quebec Nordiques (1976–77)	18–22–3
44	L	January 23, 1977	5–10	@ Winnipeg Jets (1976–77)	18–23–3
45	W	January 25, 1977	7–3	Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77)	19–23–3
46	L	January 29, 1977	4–6	Houston Aeros (1976–77)	19–24–3
47	T	January 30, 1977	1–1	@ Edmonton Oilers (1976–77)	19–24–4
48	L	February 1, 1977	1–6	@ Houston Aeros (1976–77)	19–25–4
49	L	February 2, 1977	4–6	@ San Diego Mariners (1976–77)	19–26–4
50	W	February 5, 1977	4–1	@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77)	20–26–4
51	L	February 6, 1977	4–6	@ Winnipeg Jets (1976–77)	20–27–4
52	W	February 11, 1977	3–1	Edmonton Oilers (1976–77)	21–27–4
53	L	February 13, 1977	2–5	@ Edmonton Oilers (1976–77)	21–28–4
54	T	February 15, 1977	2–2	@ Winnipeg Jets (1976–77)	21–28–5
55	L	February 16, 1977	3–7	Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77)	21–29–5
56	W	February 18, 1977	5–3	Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77)	22–29–5
57	L	February 20, 1977	0–5	New England Whalers (1976–77)	22–30–5
58	W	February 23, 1977	3–2	Houston Aeros (1976–77)	23–30–5
59	L	February 25, 1977	2–3	New England Whalers (1976–77)	23–31–5
60	W	February 27, 1977	2–1	Indianapolis Racers (1976–77)	24–31–5
61	W	March 1, 1977	6–1	Winnipeg Jets (1976–77)	25–31–5
62	W	March 3, 1977	4–2	Birmingham Bulls (1976–77)	26–31–5
63	W	March 6, 1977	4–2	San Diego Mariners (1976–77)	27–31–5
64	W	March 9, 1977	4–3	San Diego Mariners (1976–77)	28–31–5
65	L	March 11, 1977	1–4	@ Winnipeg Jets (1976–77)	28–32–5
66	L	March 12, 1977	2–9	@ Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77)	28–33–5
67	L	March 15, 1977	1–3	@ Indianapolis Racers (1976–77)	28–34–5
68	L	March 16, 1977	3–4	@ Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77)	28–35–5
69	L	March 18, 1977	1–3	@ New England Whalers (1976–77)	28–36–5
70	L	March 19, 1977	0–8	@ Quebec Nordiques (1976–77)	28–37–5
71	L	March 20, 1977	0–9	@ New England Whalers (1976–77)	28–38–5
72	L	March 22, 1977	4–7	@ Birmingham Bulls (1976–77)	28–39–5
73	L	March 25, 1977	2–4	@ Houston Aeros (1976–77)	28–40–5
74	L	March 26, 1977	2–4	@ San Diego Mariners (1976–77)	28–41–5
75	W	March 27, 1977	5–4	Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77)	29–41–5
76	W	March 29, 1977	9–5	Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77)	30–41–5
77	W	April 1, 1977	3–1	@ Edmonton Oilers (1976–77)	31–41–5
78	T	April 2, 1977	4–4	Edmonton Oilers (1976–77)	31–41–6
79	L	April 3, 1977	4–6	@ Winnipeg Jets (1976–77)	31–42–6
80	T	April 5, 1977	4–4	Birmingham Bulls (1976–77)	31–42–7
81	L	April 7, 1977	4–6	Winnipeg Jets (1976–77)	31–43–7

Player stats

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Lynn Powis C 63 30 30 60 40 4 4 1 0 Warren Miller RW 80 23 32 55 51 11 2 0 0 Ron Chipperfield C 81 27 27 54 32 −10 5 0 0 Peter Driscoll LW 76 23 29 52 120 −8 4 0 0 Danny Lawson RW 64 24 19 43 26 −13 2 1 0 Chris Evans D 81 7 27 34 60 12 0 0 0 Dave Kryskow LW 45 16 17 33 47 −14 3 1 0 Paul Terbenche D 80 9 24 33 30 −14 0 0 0 Don Tannahill LW 72 10 22 32 4 −9 0 4 0 Butch Deadmarsh LW 38 13 17 30 77 −5 3 0 0 George Morrison LW 63 11 19 30 10 −10 2 0 0 John Miszuk D 79 2 26 28 57 5 0 0 0 Mike Ford D 54 5 20 25 14 −8 2 0 0 Dick Sentes LW 29 10 14 24 8 17 1 0 0 Rich Lemieux C 33 6 11 17 9 −4 1 0 0 John Arbour D 37 1 15 16 38 −26 1 0 0 Wayne Connelly C 25 5 6 11 4 −2 1 0 0 Ron Ward C 9 5 5 10 0 2 1 0 0 Rick Jodzio LW 46 4 6 10 61 −13 0 0 0 Veli-Pekka Ketola C 17 4 6 10 2 −17 1 0 0 Don McLeod G 67 0 9 9 2 0 0 0 0 Jacques Locas C 22 3 4 7 2 −5 1 0 0 Joe Micheletti D 14 3 3 6 10 −5 2 0 0 Paul Hurley D 34 0 6 6 32 −8 0 0 0 Jim Mayer RW 21 2 3 5 0 −9 0 0 0 Tom Serviss C 8 2 1 3 2 −1 0 0 0 Andre Deschamps LW 9 1 2 3 19 −2 0 0 0 Claude St. Sauveur C 17 0 3 3 2 −3 0 0 0 Wayne Morrin D 13 2 0 2 25 −3 0 0 0 George Pesut D 17 2 0 2 2 −7 2 0 0 Bruce Greig LW 7 1 1 2 10 −1 0 0 0 Jim Boyd C 13 0 2 2 6 −7 0 0 0 Steve Hull RW 2 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 Brian Walsh C 5 0 2 2 12 −3 0 0 0 Danny Gruen LW 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 Bernie Lukowich RW 6 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 Ken Baird D 7 0 0 0 2 −2 0 0 0 Gary Bromley G 28 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 Larry Israelson LW 2 0 0 0 0 −2 0 0 0 Ric Jordan D 5 0 0 0 4 −9 0 0 0 Doug Lindskog LW 2 0 0 0 2 −1 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO Don McLeod 3701 67 25 34 5 210 3.40 3 Gary Bromley 1237 28 6 9 2 79 3.83 0 Team: 4938 81 31 43 7 289 3.51 3

Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts;

Draft picks

Calgary's draft picks at the 1976 WHA Amateur Draft.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
2	18	David Shand (D)	Canada	Peterborough Petes (OHA)
4	43	Alain Belanger (RW)	Canada	Sherbrooke Castors (QMJHL)
5	55	Bruce Baker (RW)	Canada	Ottawa 67's (OHA)
6	67	Lorry Gloeckner (D)	Canada	Victoria Cougars (WCHL)
7	79	Phil Verchota (F)	United States	University of Minnesota (WCHA)
8	91	Don Jackson (D)	United States	University of Notre Dame (WCHA)
9	102	Rob Palmer (D)	Canada	University of Michigan (WCHA)
10	113	Cal Sandbeck (D)	United States	University of Denver (WCHA)

See also

• 1976–77 WHA season