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1976–77 Phoenix Roadrunners season

Professional hockey season

Field	Value
League	WHA
Season	1976–77
year	1976
Team	Phoenix Roadrunners (WHA)Phoenix Roadrunners
Record	28–48–4
HomeRecord	20–18–2
RoadRecord	8–30–2
Division	Western
DivisionRank	6th
GoalsFor	281
GoalsAgainst	383
Coach	Al Rollins
Captain	Al McLeod
AltCaptain	Jim Niekamp
Robbie Ftorek
Arena	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
GoalsLeader	Robbie Ftorek (46)
AssistsLeader	Robbie Ftorek (71)
PointsLeader	Robbie Ftorek (117)
PIMLeader	Jerry Rollins (169)
WinsLeader	Clay Hebenton (17)
GAALeader	Clay Hebenton (4.22)
prev_season	[1975–76](1975-76-phoenix-roadrunners-season)

Robbie Ftorek The 1976–77 Phoenix Roadrunners season was the third and final season of the Phoenix Roadrunners in the World Hockey Association (WHA). The Roadrunners finished sixth in the Western Division and did not qualify for the playoffs.

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

|- |1||W||October 8, 1976||8–6 || align="left"| Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77) ||1–0–0 |- |2||L||October 9, 1976||3–5 || align="left"| @ Houston Aeros (1976–77) ||1–1–0 |- |3||W||October 14, 1976||4–3 || align="left"| Minnesota Fighting Saints (1976–77) ||2–1–0 |- |4||W||October 16, 1976||6–4 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1976–77) ||3–1–0 |- |5||L||October 19, 1976||4–5 OT|| align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1976–77) ||3–2–0 |- |6||W||October 22, 1976||4–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1976–77) ||4–2–0 |- |7||W||October 24, 1976||5–3 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1976–77) ||5–2–0 |- |8||L||October 26, 1976||3–11 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1976–77) ||5–3–0 |- |9||L||October 29, 1976||1–5 || align="left"| @ New England Whalers (1976–77) ||5–4–0 |- |10||L||October 30, 1976||3–9 || align="left"| @ Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77) ||5–5–0

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Player statistics

Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
C/LW	80	46	71	117	86	26	11	0	5
C	80	38	41	79	30	6	9	1	0
C	80	29	31	60	10	−35	5	0	0
C	80	20	39	59	10	−57	6	4	0
LW	48	24	29	53	20	5	3	0	0
RW	67	21	29	50	10	−20	2	0	0
LW	80	20	24	44	28	−22	0	0	0
RW	65	10	29	39	22	−23	2	0	0
C	68	17	18	35	14	−43	2	0	0
D	78	4	31	35	8	−24	2	0	0
D	61	7	23	30	48	−19	3	0	0
D	77	6	24	30	136	−11	0	0	0
LW	58	13	16	29	22	−26	0	0	0
RW	28	10	10	20	59	−1	0	0	0
D	79	1	15	16	91	−32	0	0	0
D	63	4	10	14	169	−25	1	0	0
LW	16	2	7	9	4	−7	0	0	0
D	46	2	6	8	62	−41	0	0	0
D	29	1	5	6	35	−10	0	0	0
LW	28	3	2	5	8	−24	1	0	0
RW	13	2	2	4	6	−3	0	0	0
D/RW	26	1	3	4	23	−8	0	0	0
G	33	0	3	3	6	0	0	0	0
D	2	0	0	0	2	−1	0	0	0
RW	5	0	0	0	0	−2	0	0	0
G	56	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0

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Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA
	3129	56	17	29	3	220	4.22
	1752	33	11	19	1	162	5.55
Team:	4881	80	28	48	4	382	4.70

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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

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

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
4	42	Kari Makkonen (F)	Finland	Assat Pori (Liiga)
5	54	Juhani Wallenius (F)	Finland	Lukko Rauma (Liiga)
6	66	Doug Patey (F)	Canada	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHA)
7	78	Mark Davidson (LW)	Canada	Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL)
8	90	Jari Laiho (F)	Finland	Lukko Rauma (Liiga)
9	101	Jouni Rinne (F)	Finland	Lukko Rauma (Liiga)
10	112	Hannu Helander (D)	Finland	Ilves (Liiga)

References

"1976-77 Phoenix Roadrunners Schedule".
"1976-77 Phoenix Roadrunners Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com.
"1976 WHA Amateur Draft".

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