The 1976–77 New England Whalers season was the fifth season of operation of the

New England Whalers New or NEW may refer to: Music * New, singer of K-pop group The Boyz * ''New'' (album), by Paul McCartney, 2013 ** "New" (Paul McCartney song), 2013 * ''New'' (EP), by Regurgitator, 1995 * "New" (Daya song), 2017 * "New" (No Doubt song), 1 ...

in the

World Hockey Association The World Hockey Association () was a professional ice hockey major league that operated in North America from 1972–73 WHA season, 1972 to 1978–79 WHA season, 1979. It was the first major league to compete with the National Hockey League (N ...

. The Whalers placed fourth in the Eastern Division, qualifying fourth for the playoffs, losing in the first round to the

Quebec Nordiques The Quebec Nordiques (, pronounced in Quebec French, in Canadian English; translated "Northmen" or "Northerners") were a professional ice hockey team based in Quebec City. The Nordiques played in the World Hockey Association (1972–1979) an ...

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

, - , 1, , L, , October 8, 1976, , 0–2 , , align="left", @

Edmonton Oilers The Edmonton Oilers are a professional ice hockey team based in Edmonton. The Oilers compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Pacific Division (NHL), Pacific Division in the Western Conference (NHL), Western Conference. Th ...

( 1976–77) , , 0–1–0 , - , 2, , L, , October 10, 1976, , 2–5 , , align="left", @

Winnipeg Jets The Winnipeg Jets are a professional ice hockey team based in Winnipeg. The Jets compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Central Division (NHL), Central Division in the Western Conference (NHL), Western Conference. The te ...

( 1976–77) , , 0–2–0 , - , 3, , L, , October 16, 1976, , 2–8 , , align="left",

( 1976–77) , , 0–3–0 , - , 4, , T, , October 19, 1976, , 4–4 , , align="left", @ Houston Aeros ( 1976–77) , , 0–3–1 , - , 5, , W, , October 22, 1976, , 5–2 , , align="left", Houston Aeros ( 1976–77) , , 1–3–1 , - , 6, , W, , October 23, 1976, , 5–4 , , align="left",

Cincinnati Stingers The Cincinnati Stingers were an ice hockey team based in Cincinnati that played in the World Hockey Association from 1975 to 1979 and in the Central Hockey League during the 1979–80 season. Their home arena was Riverfront Coliseum. They are th ...

( 1976–77) , , 2–3–1 , - , 7, , L, , October 26, 1976, , 0–1 , , align="left",

( 1976–77) , , 2–4–1 , - , 8, , W, , October 29, 1976, , 5–1 , , align="left", Phoenix Roadrunners ( 1976–77) , , 3–4–1 , - , 9, , W, , October 30, 1976, , 5–4 , , align="left", Birmingham Bulls ( 1976–77) , , 4–4–1 , - , - , 10, , W, , November 5, 1976, , 4–3 , , align="left", @

( 1976–77) , , 5–4–1 , - , 11, , L, , November 7, 1976, , 2–4 , , align="left", @

Calgary Cowboys The Calgary Cowboys were an ice hockey team that played two seasons in the World Hockey Association (WHA) from 1975 to 1977. The Cowboys played at the Stampede Corral in Calgary. The franchise was founded in 1972 as the Miami Screaming Eagles ...

( 1976–77) , , 5–5–1 , - , 12, , L, , November 9, 1976, , 4–5 OT, , align="left", @

( 1976–77) , , 5–6–1 , - , 13, , T, , November 11, 1976, , 3–3 , , align="left", @

Minnesota Fighting Saints The Minnesota Fighting Saints was the name of two professional ice hockey teams based in Saint Paul, Minnesota, that played in the World Hockey Association. The first team was one of the WHA's original twelve franchises, playing from 1972 to 1976 ...

( 1976–77) , , 5–6–2 , - , 14, , L, , November 12, 1976, , 1–3 , , align="left", @ Phoenix Roadrunners ( 1976–77) , , 5–7–2 , - , 15, , W, , November 16, 1976, , 5–4 , , align="left", @ Birmingham Bulls ( 1976–77) , , 6–7–2 , - , 16, , W, , November 17, 1976, , 6–4 , , align="left", Birmingham Bulls ( 1976–77) , , 7–7–2 , - , 17, , L, , November 19, 1976, , 3–7 , , align="left",

( 1976–77) , , 7–8–2 , - , 18, , T, , November 20, 1976, , 3–3 , , align="left",

( 1976–77) , , 7–8–3 , - , 19, , L, , November 23, 1976, , 3–4 , , align="left", @

Indianapolis Racers The Indianapolis Racers were a major league ice hockey team that played in the World Hockey Association (WHA) from 1974 to 1978. They competed in four full seasons before folding 25 games into the 1978–79 season. They played at Market Square ...

( 1976–77) , , 7–9–3 , - , 20, , W, , November 25, 1976, , 5–3 , , align="left", @ Birmingham Bulls ( 1976–77) , , 8–9–3 , - , 21, , L, , November 27, 1976, , 1–3 , , align="left",

( 1976–77) , , 8–10–3 , - , 22, , L, , November 28, 1976, , 3–4 , , align="left",

( 1976–77) , , 8–11–3 , - , 23, , L, , November 30, 1976, , 1–2 , , align="left", @

( 1976–77) , , 8–12–3 , - , - , 24, , W, , December 1, 1976, , 8–4 , , align="left",

( 1976–77) , , 9–12–3 , - , 25, , T, , December 3, 1976, , 5–5 , , align="left",

( 1976–77) , , 9–12–4 , - , 26, , L, , December 4, 1976, , 2–6 , , align="left",

( 1976–77) , , 9–13–4 , - , 27, , L, , December 7, 1976, , 2–4 , , align="left", @

( 1976–77) , , 9–14–4 , - , 28, , W, , December 8, 1976, , 5–1 , , align="left", Houston Aeros ( 1976–77) , , 10–14–4 , - , 29, , W, , December 11, 1976, , 3–2 , , align="left",

San Diego Mariners The San Diego Mariners were a professional ice hockey team based in San Diego, California, that competed in the World Hockey Association (WHA). The team played its home games at the San Diego Sports Arena. Previous to being in San Diego, the tea ...

( 1976–77) , , 11–14–4 , - , 30, , L, , December 12, 1976, , 1–5 , , align="left", @

( 1976–77) , , 11–15–4 , - , 31, , W, , December 14, 1976, , 3–1 , , align="left", @

( 1976–77) , , 12–15–4 , - , 32, , L, , December 17, 1976, , 4–5 OT, , align="left",

( 1976–77) , , 12–16–4 , - , 33, , W, , December 18, 1976, , 6–2 , , align="left", Birmingham Bulls ( 1976–77) , , 13–16–4 , - , 34, , L, , December 21, 1976, , 0–4 , , align="left", @ Houston Aeros ( 1976–77) , , 13–17–4 , - , 35, , W, , December 23, 1976, , 5–3 , , align="left", @

( 1976–77) , , 14–17–4 , - , 36, , W, , December 26, 1976, , 3–2 , , align="left",

( 1976–77) , , 15–17–4 , - , 37, , L, , December 28, 1976, , 4–5 , , align="left", @

( 1976–77) , , 15–18–4 , - , 38, , W, , December 30, 1976, , 6–4 , , align="left", @

( 1976–77) , , 16–18–4 , - , - , 39, , W, , January 2, 1977, , 3–2 , , align="left",

( 1976–77) , , 17–18–4 , - , 40, , L, , January 4, 1977, , 3–5 , , align="left", @

( 1976–77) , , 17–19–4 , - , 41, , L, , January 5, 1977, , 1–2 , , align="left",

( 1976–77) , , 17–20–4 , - , 42, , L, , January 7, 1977, , 3–7 , , align="left",

( 1976–77) , , 17–21–4 , - , 43, , L, , January 8, 1977, , 3–4 , , align="left", Phoenix Roadrunners ( 1976–77) , , 17–22–4 , - , 44, , L, , January 11, 1977, , 2–8 , , align="left", @

( 1976–77) , , 17–23–4 , - , 45, , L, , January 13, 1977, , 1–4 , , align="left", @

( 1976–77) , , 17–24–4 , - , 46, , L, , January 14, 1977, , 3–5 , , align="left",

( 1976–77) , , 17–25–4 , - , 47, , L, , January 20, 1977, , 4–5 , , align="left",

( 1976–77) , , 17–26–4 , - , 48, , T, , January 22, 1977, , 3–3 , , align="left",

( 1976–77) , , 17–26–5 , - , 49, , W, , January 23, 1977, , 4–3 OT, , align="left",

( 1976–77) , , 18–26–5 , - , 50, , L, , January 25, 1977, , 2–4 , , align="left", @

( 1976–77) , , 18–27–5 , - , 51, , W, , January 27, 1977, , 5–3 , , align="left", @

( 1976–77) , , 19–27–5 , - , 52, , W, , January 28, 1977, , 6–2 , , align="left", @ Phoenix Roadrunners ( 1976–77) , , 20–27–5 , - , 53, , L, , January 30, 1977, , 0–5 , , align="left", @

( 1976–77) , , 20–28–5 , - , - , 54, , L, , February 1, 1977, , 3–4 , , align="left", @ Birmingham Bulls ( 1976–77) , , 20–29–5 , - , 55, , L, , February 4, 1977, , 1–4 , , align="left", @ Houston Aeros ( 1976–77) , , 20–30–5 , - , 56, , L, , February 5, 1977, , 3–8 , , align="left", @

( 1976–77) , , 20–31–5 , - , 57, , T, , February 6, 1977, , 5–5 , , align="left",

( 1976–77) , , 20–31–6 , - , 58, , W, , February 10, 1977, , 6–3 , , align="left",

( 1976–77) , , 21–31–6 , - , 59, , L, , February 12, 1977, , 1–5 , , align="left",

( 1976–77) , , 21–32–6 , - , 60, , W, , February 13, 1977, , 5–4 , , align="left", @

( 1976–77) , , 22–32–6 , - , 61, , W, , February 17, 1977, , 4–2 , , align="left", Phoenix Roadrunners ( 1976–77) , , 23–32–6 , - , 62, , L, , February 18, 1977, , 2–3 , , align="left", Birmingham Bulls ( 1976–77) , , 23–33–6 , - , 63, , W, , February 20, 1977, , 5–0 , , align="left", @

( 1976–77) , , 24–33–6 , - , 64, , L, , February 22, 1977, , 3–4 , , align="left", @

( 1976–77) , , 24–34–6 , - , 65, , W, , February 25, 1977, , 3–2 , , align="left", @

( 1976–77) , , 25–34–6 , - , 66, , W, , February 27, 1977, , 3–2 , , align="left", @

( 1976–77) , , 26–34–6 , - , - , 67, , W, , March 2, 1977, , 2–0 , , align="left",

( 1976–77) , , 27–34–6 , - , 68, , W, , March 4, 1977, , 3–2 , , align="left", Houston Aeros ( 1976–77) , , 28–34–6 , - , 69, , W, , March 6, 1977, , 6–2 , , align="left",

( 1976–77) , , 29–34–6 , - , 70, , L, , March 9, 1977, , 3–4 OT, , align="left", @ Birmingham Bulls ( 1976–77) , , 29–35–6 , - , 71, , L, , March 11, 1977, , 3–6 , , align="left", @ Birmingham Bulls ( 1976–77) , , 29–36–6 , - , 72, , L, , March 13, 1977, , 3–5 , , align="left", @

( 1976–77) , , 29–37–6 , - , 73, , W, , March 18, 1977, , 3–1 , , align="left",

( 1976–77) , , 30–37–6 , - , 74, , W, , March 20, 1977, , 9–0 , , align="left",

( 1976–77) , , 31–37–6 , - , 75, , L, , March 24, 1977, , 4–5 , , align="left",

( 1976–77) , , 31–38–6 , - , 76, , L, , March 26, 1977, , 2–4 , , align="left",

( 1976–77) , , 31–39–6 , - , 77, , W, , March 27, 1977, , 5–2 , , align="left",

( 1976–77) , , 32–39–6 , - , 78, , W, , March 29, 1977, , 5–4 , , align="left", @

( 1976–77) , , 33–39–6 , - , 79, , W, , March 31, 1977, , 6–2 , , align="left", @ Phoenix Roadrunners ( 1976–77) , , 34–39–6 , - , - , 80, , W, , April 2, 1977, , 3–2 OT, , align="left", @

( 1976–77) , , 35–39–6 , - , 81, , L, , April 5, 1977, , 2–7 , , align="left", @

( 1976–77) , , 35–40–6 , - , - , ''Legend'':

Playoffs

The Whalers met the

in the first round of the playoffs. The Nordiques defeated the Whalers 4–1 to win the round. The Nordiques would go on to win the league championship. , - , 1 , , April 9 , ,

, , 2–5 , ,

, , 0–1 , - , 2 , , April 12 , , New England Whalers , , 3–7 , , Quebec Nordiques , , 0–2 , - , 3 , , April 14 , , Quebec Nordiques , , 4 – 3 OT , , New England Whalers , , 0–3 , - , 4 , , April 16 , , Quebec Nordiques , , 4–6 , , New England Whalers , , 1–3 , - , 5 , , April 19 , , New England Whalers , , 0–3 , , Quebec Nordiques , , 1–4 , - , - , ''Legend'':

Player statistics

Awards and records

Transactions

Draft picks

New England's draft picks at the 1976 WHA Amateur Draft.

References

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New New or NEW may refer to: Music * New, singer of K-pop group The Boyz * ''New'' (album), by Paul McCartney, 2013 ** "New" (Paul McCartney song), 2013 * ''New'' (EP), by Regurgitator, 1995 * "New" (Daya song), 2017 * "New" (No Doubt song), 1 ...

New England Whalers seasons

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