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1976–77 Detroit Red Wings season

National Hockey League team season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	1976–77
year	1976
Team	Detroit Red Wings
Record	16–55–9
HomeRecord	12–22–6
RoadRecord	4–33–3
Conference	Wales
ConferenceRank	9th
Division	Norris
DivisionRank	5th
GoalsFor	183
GoalsAgainst	309
GeneralManager	Alex Delvecchio (Oct–Mar)
Ted Lindsay (Mar–Apr)
Coach	Alex Delvecchio,
Larry Wilson
Captain	Danny Grant
Dennis Polonich
AltCaptain	None
Arena	Detroit Olympia
GoalsLeader	Walt McKechnie (25)
AssistsLeader	Walt McKechnie (34)
PointsLeader	Walt McKechnie (59)
PIMLeader	Dennis Polonich (277)
WinsLeader	Ed Giacomin (8)
GAALeader	Ed Giacomin (3.58)

Ted Lindsay (Mar–Apr) Larry Wilson Dennis Polonich The 1976–77 Detroit Red Wings season was the 51st season for the Detroit franchise, 45th as the Red Wings. The Red Wings failed to qualify to the playoffs for the seventh straight year.

Regular season

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

|- |1||T||October 7, 1976||3–3 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (1976–77) ||0–0–1 |- |2||W||October 9, 1976||4–0 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1976–77) ||1–0–1 |- |3||L||October 12, 1976||2–4 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1976–77) ||1–1–1 |- |4||L||October 16, 1976||3–4 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77) ||1–2–1 |- |5||L||October 17, 1976||4–7 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77) ||1–3–1 |- |6||W||October 22, 1976||5–0 || align="left"| New York Islanders (1976–77) ||2–3–1 |- |7||L||October 23, 1976||2–4 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1976–77) ||2–4–1 |- |8||L||October 26, 1976||2–3 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1976–77) ||2–5–1 |- |9||L||October 28, 1976||1–3 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1976–77) ||2–6–1 |- |10||L||October 30, 1976||1–4 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77) ||2–7–1 |- |11||W||October 31, 1976||6–5 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1976–77) ||3–7–1

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Player statistics

Regular season

;Scoring

Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
C	80	25	34	59	50	−24	3	3	1
C/RW	79	18	28	46	274	−20	6	1	1
LW	78	14	32	46	158	−35	5	0	1
LW	80	14	27	41	25	−25	3	1	0
RW	74	21	12	33	98	−40	3	0	5
LW	61	16	14	30	39	−11	4	0	3
LW	34	13	13	26	64	3	3	1	0
RW	54	11	11	22	18	−13	2	3	1
C	74	7	11	18	40	−16	0	0	2
D	53	5	11	16	34	−12	3	1	1
D	80	3	13	16	112	−43	1	0	0
D	77	3	13	16	56	−20	0	0	0
D	49	2	11	13	80	−17	1	0	0
D	52	4	8	12	28	−23	1	0	0
RW	42	2	10	12	4	−34	0	0	0
D	53	1	11	12	14	−22	1	0	0
D	71	1	10	11	63	−18	0	0	0
LW	45	6	3	9	22	−10	0	0	0
C	34	5	4	9	2	−10	0	0	0
LW	17	6	2	8	10	−13	1	0	0
C	44	2	5	7	10	−17	0	0	0
D	23	0	7	7	10	−18	0	0	0
RW	16	2	0	2	4	−8	0	0	1
RW	5	1	0	1	24	−1	0	0	0
D	3	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0
G	33	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0
D	14	0	1	1	23	−2	0	0	0
G	48	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
D	14	0	1	1	39	2	0	0	0
C	3	0	0	0	0	−3	0	0	0
D	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
C	3	0	0	0	0	−3	0	0	0
RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
LW	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
G	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
RW	3	0	0	0	9	−1	0	0	0

;Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
	1791	33	8	18	3	107	3.58	3
	2740	48	7	34	6	180	3.94	0
	269	5	1	3	0	18	4.01	0
Team:	4800	80	16	55	9	305	3.81	3

Note: 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

Detroit's draft picks at the 1976 NHL amateur draft held in Montreal.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	4	Fred Williams	Canada	Saskatoon Blades (WCHL)
2	22	Reed Larson	United States	University of Minnesota (WCHA)
3	40	Fred Berry	Canada	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
4	58	Kevin Schamehorn	Canada	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
5	78	Dwight Schofield	United States	London Knights (OMJHL)
6	94	Tony Horvath	Canada	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OMJHL)
7	111	Fern LeBlanc	Canada	Sherbrooke Castors (QMJHL)
8	120	Claude Legris	Canada	Sorel Eperviers (QMJHL)

References

"1976-77 Detroit Red Wings Schedule".
"1976-77 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com.

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