1976-77 Houston Aeros Statistics

World Hockey Association (WHA)
Team Record: 50-24-6 - 106 points
Finishing 1st in the WHA's WHA West Division
Postseason: 6-5
Lost AVCO Cup semi-finals
Division Semi-Finals - Defeated Edmonton Oilers 4-1
Division Finals - Lost to Winnipeg Jets 4-2
Coach: Bill Dineen (50-24-6)
Location: Houston, Texas

1976-77 Houston Aeros Roster
1976-77 Houston Aeros Results

The Houston Aeros of the World Hockey Association ended the 1976-77 season with a record of 50 wins and 24 losses and 6 ties for 106 points, finishing first in the WHA's WHA West Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 6-5.

The Aeros scored 320 goals and allowed 241. Rich Preston netted 38 goals for Houston, and Cam Connor tallied 30 or more, too. Terry Ruskowski accounted for 60 assists. Ron Grahame earned 27 wins in front of the net for the squad, while Wayne Rutledge added 15 or more wins also. Ron Grahame recorded a 2.74 goals against average, leading regular goalies.

Bill Dineen coached the team. The 1976-77 Houston Aeros lost in the AVCO Cup semi-finals.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	SOG	SG%
Terry Ruskowski	C	80	24	60	84	146	31	7	0	5	162	14.8
Rich Preston	R	80	38	41	79	54	37	6	5	5	216	17.6
Mark Howe	D	57	23	52	75	46	41	5	3	8	220	10.5
Gordie Howe	R	62	24	44	68	57	27	5	1	3	162	14.8
Poul Popiel	D	80	12	56	68	87	53	2	0	0	177	6.8
Cam Connor	R	76	35	32	67	224	23	6	1	6	217	16.1
Larry Lund	C	80	29	38	67	36	20	7	0	11	109	26.6
John Tonelli	L	80	24	31	55	109	14	6	1	0	179	13.4
Ted Taylor	L	78	16	35	51	90	28	4	0	0	145	11.0
Morris Lukowich	L	68	27	18	45	67	20	6	0	0	119	22.7
Marty Howe	D	80	17	28	45	103	29	3	0	0	226	7.5
John Gray	R	47	21	20	41	25	22	3	0	0	120	17.5
Al McLeod	D	51	7	21	28	20	19	1	0	0	69	10.1
Don Larway	R	75	11	13	24	112	5	3	0	0	152	7.2
Larry Hale	D	67	0	14	14	18	9	0	0	0	45	0.0
Frank Hughes	R	27	3	8	11	2	-5	0	0	0	40	7.5
Ron Hansis	R	22	4	3	7	6	-4	0	0	0	24	16.7
Glen Irwin	D	44	2	4	6	168	-12	0	0	0	38	5.3
John Schella	D	20	0	6	6	28	8	0	0	0	30	0.0
Andre Hinse	L	26	2	3	5	8	-9	0	0	0	33	6.1
Dwayne Pentland	D	29	1	2	3	6	3	0	0	0	13	7.7
Wayne Rutledge	G	42	0	3	3	6	0	0	0	0	0
Gary Donaldson	R	5	0	0	0	6	-3	0	0	0	14	0.0
Mike Fedorko	C	4	0	0	0	0	-4	0	0	0	4	0.0
Ron Grahame	G	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Steve West	C	3	0	0	0	2	-3	0	0	0	3	0.0
Totals		1322	320	532	852	1426	349	64	11	38	2517	12.7

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Ron Grahame	39	2345	27	10	2	1	4	107	2.74	1082	975	.901
Wayne Rutledge	42	2512	23	14	4	1	3	132	3.15	1209	1077	.891
Totals	81	4857	50	24	6	2	7	239	2.95	2530	2291	.906

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	GWG
Terry Ruskowski	C	11	6	11	17	67	8	0
Rich Preston	R	11	3	5	8	10	6	0
Mark Howe	D	11	4	10	14	2	3	1
Gordie Howe	R	11	5	3	8	11	1	0
Poul Popiel	D	11	0	7	7	10	4	0
Cam Connor	R	11	3	4	7	47	-1	0
Larry Lund	C	11	2	8	10	17	-2	0
John Tonelli	L	11	3	4	7	12	-1	0
Ted Taylor	L	11	4	4	8	28	-2	2
Morris Lukowich	L	11	6	4	10	19	4	1
Marty Howe	D	11	3	1	4	10	-3	1
John Gray	R	6	0	1	1	8	-3	0
Al McLeod	D	10	1	3	4	9	-2	0
Don Larway	R	3	1	0	1	0	0	0
Larry Hale	D	11	0	2	2	6	5	0
Ron Hansis	R	8	1	1	2	4	0	1
John Schella	D	6	1	2	3	6	1	0
Dwayne Pentland	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wayne Rutledge	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ron Grahame	G	9	0	1	1	2	0	0
Steve West	C	6	0	0	0	0	1	0
Totals		184	43	71	114	268	19	6

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Ron Grahame	9	561	4	5	36	3.85	265	229	.864
Wayne Rutledge	2	120	2	0	4	2.00	54	50	.926
Totals	11	681	6	5	40	3.52	359	319	.889