1976–77 Indianapolis Racers season

The 1976–77 Indianapolis Racers season was the Racers' third season of operation in the World Hockey Association.

Regular season Final standings

Schedule and results

|1||W||October 8, 1976||4–3 || align="left"| Minnesota Fighting Saints (1976–77) ||1–0–0

|2||L||October 10, 1976||1–4 || align="left"| @ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1976–77) ||1–1–0

|3||W||October 15, 1976||6–5 OT|| align="left"| Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77) ||2–1–0

|4||L||October 17, 1976||2–7 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1976–77) ||2–2–0

|5||L||October 19, 1976||1–6 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1976–77) ||2–3–0

|6||T||October 21, 1976||4–4 || align="left"| @ San Diego Mariners (1976–77) ||2–3–1

|7||L||October 23, 1976||1–3 || align="left"| Birmingham Bulls (1976–77) ||2–4–1

|8||L||October 27, 1976||1–5 || align="left"| San Diego Mariners (1976–77) ||2–5–1

|9||W||October 29, 1976||6–4 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1976–77) ||3–5–1

|10||L||November 3, 1976||2–8 || align="left"| @ Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77) ||3–6–1

|11||W||November 4, 1976||5–2 || align="left"| Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77) ||4–6–1

|12||L||November 7, 1976||0–3 || align="left"| @ San Diego Mariners (1976–77) ||4–7–1

|13||L||November 9, 1976||2–7 || align="left"| @ Houston Aeros (1976–77) ||4–8–1

|14||T||November 10, 1976||3–3 || align="left"| @ Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77) ||4–8–2

|15||L||November 13, 1976||3–7 || align="left"| @ Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77) ||4–9–2

|16||W||November 14, 1976||3–1 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1976–77) ||5–9–2

|17||W||November 16, 1976||5–3 || align="left"| Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77) ||6–9–2

|18||W||November 19, 1976||4–0 || align="left"| Birmingham Bulls (1976–77) ||7–9–2

|19||W||November 20, 1976||8–4 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1976–77) ||8–9–2

|20||W||November 23, 1976||4–3 || align="left"| New England Whalers (1976–77) ||9–9–2

|21||W||November 24, 1976||6–4 || align="left"| @ Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77) ||10–9–2

|22||L||November 25, 1976||0–5 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1976–77) ||10–10–2

|23||W||November 27, 1976||8–2 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1976–77) ||11–10–2

|24||W||November 28, 1976||4–3 || align="left"| @ New England Whalers (1976–77) ||12–10–2

|25||W||December 2, 1976||2–1 || align="left"| Calgary Cowboys (1976–77) ||13–10–2

|26||W||December 4, 1976||5–3 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1976–77) ||14–10–2

|27||W||December 7, 1976||3–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Birmingham Bulls (1976–77) ||15–10–2

|28||W||December 10, 1976||3–2 || align="left"| San Diego Mariners (1976–77) ||16–10–2

|29||L||December 12, 1976||1–3 || align="left"| Houston Aeros (1976–77) ||16–11–2

|30||L||December 16, 1976||3–5 || align="left"| Minnesota Fighting Saints (1976–77) ||16–12–2

|31||W||December 17, 1976||5–4 OT|| align="left"| @ New England Whalers (1976–77) ||17–12–2

|32||W||December 19, 1976||3–2 OT|| align="left"| Birmingham Bulls (1976–77) ||18–12–2

|33||L||December 26, 1976||1–2 || align="left"| @ San Diego Mariners (1976–77) ||18–13–2

|34||L||December 28, 1976||3–4 || align="left"| @ Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77) ||18–14–2

|35||W||January 2, 1977||4–1 || align="left"| Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77) ||19–14–2

|36||L||January 4, 1977||1–2 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1976–77) ||19–15–2

|37||L||January 8, 1977||3–4 || align="left"| @ Calgary Cowboys (1976–77) ||19–16–2

|38||L||January 9, 1977||3–5 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1976–77) ||19–17–2

|39||W||January 11, 1977||4–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Calgary Cowboys (1976–77) ||20–17–2

|40||W||January 13, 1977||4–1 || align="left"| New England Whalers (1976–77) ||21–17–2

|41||L||January 14, 1977||5–9 || align="left"| @ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1976–77) ||21–18–2

|42||W||January 15, 1977||6–3 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1976–77) ||22–18–2

|43||T||January 21, 1977||1–1 || align="left"| Calgary Cowboys (1976–77) ||22–18–3

|44||T||January 22, 1977||3–3 || align="left"| @ New England Whalers (1976–77) ||22–18–4

|45||L||January 23, 1977||2–6 || align="left"| @ Birmingham Bulls (1976–77) ||22–19–4

|46||L||January 25, 1977||1–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1976–77) ||22–20–4

|47||L||January 28, 1977||5–6 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1976–77) ||22–21–4

|48||W||January 30, 1977||5–0 || align="left"| New England Whalers (1976–77) ||23–21–4

|49||L||February 1, 1977||4–5 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1976–77) ||23–22–4

|50||W||February 2, 1977||6–5 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1976–77) ||24–22–4

|51||W||February 5, 1977||5–2 || align="left"| Birmingham Bulls (1976–77) ||25–22–4

|52||T||February 6, 1977||5–5 || align="left"| @ New England Whalers (1976–77) ||25–22–5

|53||T||February 8, 1977||4–4 || align="left"| Houston Aeros (1976–77) ||25–22–6

|54||L||February 9, 1977||0–9 || align="left"| @ Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77) ||25–23–6

|55||L||February 11, 1977||1–5 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1976–77) ||25–24–6

|56||W||February 12, 1977||5–1 || align="left"| @ New England Whalers (1976–77) ||26–24–6

|57||L||February 13, 1977||5–7 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1976–77) ||26–25–6

|58||L||February 17, 1977||2–4 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1976–77) ||26–26–6

|59||L||February 19, 1977||5–6 || align="left"| Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77) ||26–27–6

|60||T||February 20, 1977||2–2 || align="left"| @ Birmingham Bulls (1976–77) ||26–27–7

|61||L||February 22, 1977||2–4 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1976–77) ||26–28–7

|62||W||February 25, 1977||3–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1976–77) ||27–28–7

|63||L||February 27, 1977||1–2 || align="left"| @ Calgary Cowboys (1976–77) ||27–29–7

|64||W||March 4, 1977||7–4 || align="left"| San Diego Mariners (1976–77) ||28–29–7

|65||L||March 5, 1977||0–6 || align="left"| @ Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77) ||28–30–7

|66||W||March 6, 1977||3–2 OT|| align="left"| Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77) ||29–30–7

|67||L||March 10, 1977||3–4 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1976–77) ||29–31–7

|68||W||March 12, 1977||7–2 || align="left"| Birmingham Bulls (1976–77) ||30–31–7

|69||L||March 13, 1977||0–5 || align="left"| @ Houston Aeros (1976–77) ||30–32–7

|70||W||March 15, 1977||3–1 || align="left"| Calgary Cowboys (1976–77) ||31–32–7

|71||W||March 17, 1977||5–2 || align="left"| @ Birmingham Bulls (1976–77) ||32–32–7

|72||L||March 18, 1977||5–7 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1976–77) ||32–33–7

|73||L||March 20, 1977||3–8 || align="left"| Houston Aeros (1976–77) ||32–34–7

|74||W||March 22, 1977||3–1 || align="left"| Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77) ||33–34–7

|75||W||March 24, 1977||4–3 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1976–77) ||34–34–7

|76||W||March 26, 1977||4–2 || align="left"| @ New England Whalers (1976–77) ||35–34–7

|77||L||March 27, 1977||3–7 || align="left"| @ Birmingham Bulls (1976–77) ||35–35–7

|78||T||March 30, 1977||5–5 || align="left"| Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77) ||35–35–8

|79||L||April 2, 1977||2–3 OT|| align="left"| New England Whalers (1976–77) ||35–36–8

|80||W||April 3, 1977||7–3 || align="left"| @ Houston Aeros (1976–77) ||36–36–8

|81||L||April 6, 1977||3–7 || align="left"| @ Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77) ||36–37–8

Legend:

Playoffs

| 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

| 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

Legend:

Player statistics Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG D 81 16 55 71 1144513 RW 81 34 30 64 2810803 C 46 21 35 56 2110440 RW 68 25 30 55 43−7200 LW 79 25 30 55 34−9500 C 75 18 37 55 396800 D 81 8 45 53 29−28400 LW 64 22 26 48 21−1600 C 65 17 28 45 235400 C 67 18 25 43 91−3200 C 60 12 24 36 14−8100 C 50 15 13 28 48−20520 LW 57 15 8 23 8−13200 RW 56 9 12 21 14−11000 D 32 4 12 16 2010000 D 55 0 15 15 63−22000 D 55 2 12 14 33−7000 D 52 3 10 13 25−12000 D 71 3 8 11 168−9000 C 15 3 4 7 2−2000 LW 16 1 5 6 4−2000 C 8 1 4 5 6−8100 C 16 0 5 5 4−11000 RW 27 2 2 4 2−16000 D 10 2 2 4 8−1000 G 5 0 1 1 00000 G 31 0 1 1 60000 G 10 0 0 0 00000 G 42 0 0 0 00000 G 11 0 0 0 20000Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA SO 2286 42 17 19 3 128 3.36 1 1727 31 14 12 4 114 3.96 1 395 11 3 2 0 24 3.65 0 430 10 1 4 1 26 3.63 0 136 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 LW 9 7 9 16 4000 RW 9 7 8 15 4000 C 8 3 6 9 8001 D 9 2 6 8 0000 C 9 3 4 7 33002 LW 9 3 3 6 2001 D 9 1 4 5 4000 C 9 0 5 5 15000 RW 9 3 1 4 17000 C 6 2 1 3 0000 C 9 0 3 3 4000 RW 6 1 1 2 0000 RW 9 1 1 2 4001 D 9 0 2 2 6000 D 9 0 2 2 8000 D 9 0 1 1 24000 G 5 0 1 1 0000 LW 5 0 1 1 0000 D 9 0 0 0 5000 G 4 0 0 0 0000 C 2 0 0 0 0000 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LGAGAA SO 348 5 3 2 17 2.93 1 245 4 2 2 17 4.16 0 Team: 593 9 5 4 34 3.44 1

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

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)14Bobby Simpson (LW)Sherbrooke Castors (QMJHL)215Alex McKendry (F)Sudbury Wolves (OHA)440Dave Dornseif (D)Providence College (ECAC)552Jean Gagnon (D)Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)664Joe Kowal (LW)Hamilton Fincups (OHA)776Greg Malone (C)Oshawa Generals (OHA)888Jim Kirkpatrick (D)Toronto Marlboros (OHA)999Rik Garcia (D)Hull Festivals (QMJHL)10110Remi Levesque (C)Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)

See also 1976–77 WHA season

References