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1976–77 Atlanta Flames season

NHL team season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	1976–77
year	1976
Team	Atlanta Flames
Conference	Campbell
ConferenceRank	3rd
Division	Patrick
DivisionRank	3rd
Record	34–34–12
HomeRecord	22–11–7
RoadRecord	12–23–5
GoalsFor	264
GoalsAgainst	265
GeneralManager	Cliff Fletcher
Coach	Fred Creighton
Captain	Pat Quinn
AltCaptain	None
Arena	Omni Coliseum
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

|- |1||L||October 5, 1976||5–6 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (1976–77) ||0–1–0 ||13,152 |- |2||W||October 7, 1976||4–2 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1976–77) ||1–1–0 ||9,140 |- |3||W||October 9, 1976||4–3 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77) ||2–1–0 ||13,091 |- |4||L||October 12, 1976||0–7 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (1976–77) ||2–2–0 ||12,331 |- |5||W||October 13, 1976||4–2 || align="left"| @ Cleveland Barons (1976–77) ||3–2–0 ||3,812 |- |6||W||October 15, 1976||2–1 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77) ||4–2–0 ||9,336 |- |7||W||October 17, 1976||6–5 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1976–77) ||5–2–0 ||16,433 |- |8||L||October 20, 1976||3–4 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1976–77) ||5–3–0 ||7,130 |- |9||L||October 22, 1976||3–5 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1976–77) ||5–4–0 ||9,702 |- |10||T||October 24, 1976||3–3 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77) ||5–4–1 ||7,787 |- |11||L||October 27, 1976||2–4 || align="left"| @ Colorado Rockies (1976–77) ||5–5–1 ||3,763 |- |12||L||October 28, 1976||1–5 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1976–77) ||5–6–1 ||9,104 |- |13||T||October 30, 1976||3–3 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1976–77) ||5–6–2 ||15,610

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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
Tom Lysiak	12	79	30	51	81	52	3	1	3	4	8
Eric Vail	27	78	32	39	71	22	3	1	3	4	0
Willi Plett	25	64	33	23	56	123	3	1	0	1	19
Guy Chouinard	16	80	17	33	50	8	3	2	0	2	0
Curt Bennett	5	76	22	25	47	36	3	1	0	1	7
Ken Houston	6	78	20	24	44	35	3	0	0	0	4
Richard Mulhern	4	79	12	32	44	80	3	0	2	2	5
Bill Clement	10	67	17	26	43	27	3	1	1	2	0
Rey Comeau	18	80	15	18	33	16	3	0	0	0	2
Randy Manery	7	73	5	24	29	33	3	0	0	0	0
Tim Ecclestone	14	78	9	18	27	26	3	0	2	2	6
Ed Kea	19	72	4	21	25	63	3	0	1	1	2
Bobby Simpson	11	72	13	10	23	45	2	0	1	1	0
John Gould†	21	54	8	15	23	8	3	0	0	0	2
Barry Gibbs	2	66	1	16	17	63	3	0	0	0	2
Dave Shand	8	55	5	11	16	62	3	0	0	0	33
Hilliard Graves‡	17	25	8	5	13	17	–	–	–	–	-
Pat Quinn	3	59	1	12	13	58	1	0	0	0	0
Larry Romanchych	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	–	–	–	–	-
Pat Ribble	23	23	2	2	4	31	2	0	0	0	6
Rick Bowness	15	28	0	4	4	29	–	–	–	–	-
Phil Myre	1	43	0	2	2	6	2	0	0	0	0
Dan Bouchard	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
Phil Myre	1	43	2422	17	17	7	124	3	3.07	2	120	1	1	5	0	2.50
Dan Bouchard	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 2, 1976	To Atlanta Flames ----John Gould
Kings' 2nd round pick in [1977](1977-nhl-amateur-draft) (Brian Hill)	To Vancouver Canucks ----Larry Carriere
Hilliard Graves

Draft picks

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

References

Flames on Hockey Database

References

"1976-77 Atlanta Flames Schedule".

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