1976–77 Indianapolis Racers season

1976–77 Indianapolis Racers
Division	3rd Eastern
1976–77 record	36–37–8
Goals for	276
Goals against	305
Team information
Coach	Jacques Demers
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The 1976–77 Indianapolis Racers season was the Racers' third season of operation in the World Hockey Association.

Offseason[]

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Regular season[]

Final standings[]

Eastern Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Quebec Nordiques	81	47	31	3	353	295	97
Cincinnati Stingers	81	39	37	5	354	303	83
Indianapolis Racers	81	36	37	8	276	305	80
New England Whalers	81	35	40	6	275	290	76
Birmingham Bulls	81	31	46	4	289	309	66
Minnesota Fighting Saints	42	19	18	5	136	129	43

Game log[]

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

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Playoffs[]

Indianapolis Racers 4, Cincinnati Stingers 0 – Division Quarterfinals[]

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record
1	April 9	Indianapolis Racers	4–3	Cincinnati Stingers	1–0
2	April 12	Indianapolis Racers	7–2	Cincinnati Stingers	2–0
3	April 14	Cincinnati Stingers	3–5	Indianapolis Racers	3–0
4	April 16	Cincinnati Stingers	1–3	Indianapolis Racers	4–0

Quebec Nordiques 4, Indianapolis Racers 1 – Division Semifinals[]

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record
1	April 23	Indianapolis Racers	1–3	Quebec Nordiques	0–1
2	April 25	Indianapolis Racers	3–8	Quebec Nordiques	0–2
3	April 28	Quebec Nordiques	6–5	Indianapolis Racers	0–3
4	April 30	Quebec Nordiques	0–2	Indianapolis Racers	1–3
5	May 2	Indianapolis Racers	3–8	Quebec Nordiques	1–4

Player stats[]

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Daryl Maggs D 81 16 55 71 114 4 5 1 3 Blair MacDonald RW 81 34 30 64 28 10 8 0 3 Hugh Harris C 46 21 35 56 21 10 4 4 0 Rene Leclerc RW 68 25 30 55 43 −7 2 0 0 Reg Thomas LW 79 25 30 55 34 −9 5 0 0 Michel Parizeau C 75 18 37 55 39 6 8 0 0 Pat Stapleton D 81 8 45 53 29 −28 4 0 0 Gene Peacosh LW 64 22 26 48 21 −1 6 0 0 Al Karlander C 65 17 28 45 23 5 4 0 0 Rosaire Paiement C 67 18 25 43 91 −3 2 0 0 Bob Sicinski C 60 12 24 36 14 −8 1 0 0 Brian McDonald C 50 15 13 28 48 −20 5 2 0 Frank Rochon LW 57 15 8 23 8 −13 2 0 0 Mark Lomenda RW 56 9 12 21 14 −11 0 0 0 Dave Inkpen D 32 4 12 16 20 10 0 0 0 Bryon Baltimore D 55 0 15 15 63 −22 0 0 0 Dick Proceviat D 55 2 12 14 33 −7 0 0 0 Ken Block D 52 3 10 13 25 −12 0 0 0 Kim Clackson D 71 3 8 11 168 −9 0 0 0 Mike Zuke C 15 3 4 7 2 −2 0 0 0 Brian Coates LW 16 1 5 6 4 −2 0 0 0 Bryan Campbell C 8 1 4 5 6 −8 1 0 0 Gary MacGregor C 16 0 5 5 4 −11 0 0 0 Nick Harbaruk RW 27 2 2 4 2 −16 0 0 0 Larry Mavety D 10 2 2 4 8 −1 0 0 0 Randy Burchell G 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Jim Park G 31 0 1 1 6 0 0 0 0 Andy Brown G 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Michel Dion G 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Paul Hoganson G 11 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO Michel Dion 2286 42 17 19 3 128 3.36 1 Jim Park 1727 31 14 12 4 114 3.96 1 Paul Hoganson 395 11 3 2 0 24 3.65 0 Andy Brown 430 10 1 4 1 26 3.63 0 Randy Burchell 136 5 1 0 0 8 3.53 0 Team: 4974 81 36 37 8 300 3.62 2

Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG Reg Thomas LW 9 7 9 16 4 0 0 0 Blair MacDonald RW 9 7 8 15 4 0 0 0 Michel Parizeau C 8 3 6 9 8 0 0 1 Pat Stapleton D 9 2 6 8 0 0 0 0 Brian McDonald C 9 3 4 7 33 0 0 2 Gene Peacosh LW 9 3 3 6 2 0 0 1 Daryl Maggs D 9 1 4 5 4 0 0 0 Rosaire Paiement C 9 0 5 5 15 0 0 0 Mark Lomenda RW 9 3 1 4 17 0 0 0 Al Karlander C 6 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 Bob Sicinski C 9 0 3 3 4 0 0 0 Nick Harbaruk RW 6 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 Rene Leclerc RW 9 1 1 2 4 0 0 1 Ken Block D 9 0 2 2 6 0 0 0 Dave Inkpen D 9 0 2 2 8 0 0 0 Kim Clackson D 9 0 1 1 24 0 0 0 Paul Hoganson G 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 Frank Rochon LW 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 Bryon Baltimore D 9 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 Michel Dion G 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hugh Harris C 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO Paul Hoganson 348 5 3 2 17 2.93 1 Michel Dion 245 4 2 2 17 4.16 0 Team: 593 9 5 4 34 3.44 1

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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;

Awards and records[]

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Transactions[]

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Draft picks[]

Indianapolis's draft picks at the 1976 WHA Amateur Draft.^[3]

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	4	Bobby Simpson (LW)	Canada	Sherbrooke Castors (QMJHL)
2	15	Alex McKendry (F)	Canada	Sudbury Wolves (OHA)
4	40	Dave Dornseif (D)	United States	Providence College (ECAC)
5	52	Jean Gagnon (D)	Canada	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
6	64	Joe Kowal (LW)	Canada	Hamilton Fincups (OHA)
7	76	Greg Malone (C)	Canada	Oshawa Generals (OHA)
8	88	Jim Kirkpatrick (D)	Canada	Toronto Marlboros (OHA)
9	99	(D)	Canada	Hull Festivals (QMJHL)
10	110	Remi Levesque (C)	Canada	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)

Farm teams[]

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See also[]

• 1976–77 WHA season

References[]

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