1976–77 Birmingham Bulls season

The 1976–77 Birmingham Bulls season was the Bulls' first season of operation in Birmingham, Alabama after the Toronto Toros relocated from Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

|1||W||October 8, 1976||4–2 || align="left"| Houston Aeros (1976–77) ||1–0–0

|2||L||October 10, 1976||3–4 OT|| align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1976–77) ||1–1–0

|3||W||October 12, 1976||6–2 || align="left"| Calgary Cowboys (1976–77) ||2–1–0

|4||T||October 14, 1976||7–7 || align="left"| Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77) ||2–1–1

|5||L||October 16, 1976||0–3 || align="left"| @ Houston Aeros (1976–77) ||2–2–1

|6||L||October 17, 1976||1–6 || align="left"| @ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1976–77) ||2–3–1

|7||L||October 19, 1976||5–6 OT|| align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1976–77) ||2–4–1

|8||W||October 21, 1976||8–5 || align="left"| Houston Aeros (1976–77) ||3–4–1

|9||W||October 23, 1976||3–1 || align="left"| @ Indianapolis Racers (1976–77) ||4–4–1

|12||L||October 28, 1976||3–4 OT|| align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1976–77) ||4–7–1

|13||L||October 30, 1976||4–5 || align="left"| @ New England Whalers (1976–77) ||4–8–1

|14||L||November 2, 1976||3–4 OT|| align="left"| San Diego Mariners (1976–77) ||4–9–1

|15||W||November 4, 1976||5–3 || align="left"| Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77) ||5–9–1

|16||L||November 6, 1976||5–6 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1976–77) ||5–10–1

|17||L||November 9, 1976||3–4 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1976–77) ||5–11–1

|18||L||November 11, 1976||2–3 || align="left"| San Diego Mariners (1976–77) ||5–12–1

|19||L||November 13, 1976||2–3 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1976–77) ||5–13–1

|20||L||November 16, 1976||4–5 || align="left"| New England Whalers (1976–77) ||5–14–1

|21||L||November 17, 1976||4–6 || align="left"| @ New England Whalers (1976–77) ||5–15–1

|22||L||November 19, 1976||0–4 || align="left"| @ Indianapolis Racers (1976–77) ||5–16–1

|23||W||November 21, 1976||4–3 || align="left"| San Diego Mariners (1976–77) ||6–16–1

|24||W||November 23, 1976||3–1 || align="left"| Calgary Cowboys (1976–77) ||7–16–1

|25||L||November 25, 1976||3–5 || align="left"| New England Whalers (1976–77) ||7–17–1

|26||L||November 27, 1976||1–2 || align="left"| @ Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77) ||7–18–1

|27||L||November 28, 1976||1–3 || align="left"| Minnesota Fighting Saints (1976–77) ||7–19–1

|28||W||November 30, 1976||3–1 || align="left"| Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77) ||8–19–1

|29||L||December 2, 1976||3–4 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1976–77) ||8–20–1

|30||L||December 7, 1976||2–3 OT|| align="left"| Indianapolis Racers (1976–77) ||8–21–1

|31||W||December 10, 1976||5–3 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1976–77) ||9–21–1

|32||L||December 12, 1976||3–5 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1976–77) ||9–22–1

|33||L||December 15, 1976||5–6 || align="left"| @ Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77) ||9–23–1

|34||W||December 17, 1976||4–3 || align="left"| @ Houston Aeros (1976–77) ||10–23–1

|35||L||December 18, 1976||2–6 || align="left"| @ New England Whalers (1976–77) ||10–24–1

|36||L||December 19, 1976||2–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Indianapolis Racers (1976–77) ||10–25–1

|37||W||December 21, 1976||3–2 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1976–77) ||11–25–1

|38||W||December 22, 1976||6–2 || align="left"| @ Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77) ||12–25–1

|39||W||December 26, 1976||6–2 || align="left"| Houston Aeros (1976–77) ||13–25–1

|40||L||December 30, 1976||2–4 || align="left"| Minnesota Fighting Saints (1976–77) ||13–26–1

|41||L||January 2, 1977||1–3 || align="left"| @ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1976–77) ||13–27–1

|42||W||January 4, 1977||8–5 || align="left"| Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77) ||14–27–1

|43||L||January 7, 1977||1–7 || align="left"| @ Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77) ||14–28–1

|44||L||January 9, 1977||1–4 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1976–77) ||14–29–1

|45||W||January 12, 1977||4–3 || align="left"| @ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1976–77) ||15–29–1

|46||L||January 14, 1977||3–5 || align="left"| @ Houston Aeros (1976–77) ||15–30–1

|47||L||January 16, 1977||2–5 || align="left"| @ San Diego Mariners (1976–77) ||15–31–1

|48||L||January 21, 1977||1–6 || align="left"| @ Houston Aeros (1976–77) ||15–32–1

|49||W||January 23, 1977||6–2 || align="left"| Indianapolis Racers (1976–77) ||16–32–1

|50||W||January 27, 1977||3–0 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1976–77) ||17–32–1

|51||W||January 30, 1977||7–1 || align="left"| Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77) ||18–32–1

|52||W||February 1, 1977||4–3 || align="left"| New England Whalers (1976–77) ||19–32–1

|53||W||February 2, 1977||3–2 || align="left"| @ Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77) ||20–32–1

|54||W||February 4, 1977||7–0 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1976–77) ||21–32–1

|55||L||February 5, 1977||2–5 || align="left"| @ Indianapolis Racers (1976–77) ||21–33–1

|56||L||February 9, 1977||3–4 OT|| align="left"| @ Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77) ||21–34–1

|57||L||February 12, 1977||2–3 OT|| align="left"| @ San Diego Mariners (1976–77) ||21–35–1

|58||W||February 16, 1977||7–2 || align="left"| Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77) ||22–35–1

|59||W||February 18, 1977||3–2 || align="left"| @ New England Whalers (1976–77) ||23–35–1

|60||T||February 20, 1977||2–2 || align="left"| Indianapolis Racers (1976–77) ||23–35–2

|61||T||February 22, 1977||4–4 || align="left"| Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77) ||23–35–3

|62||W||February 24, 1977||10–6 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1976–77) ||24–35–3

|63||L||February 26, 1977||3–5 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1976–77) ||24–36–3

|64||W||February 27, 1977||4–0 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1976–77) ||25–36–3

|65||L||March 3, 1977||2–4 || align="left"| @ Calgary Cowboys (1976–77) ||25–37–3

|66||L||March 6, 1977||2–5 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1976–77) ||25–38–3

|67||W||March 9, 1977||4–3 OT|| align="left"| New England Whalers (1976–77) ||26–38–3

|68||W||March 11, 1977||6–3 || align="left"| New England Whalers (1976–77) ||27–38–3

|69||L||March 12, 1977||2–7 || align="left"| @ Indianapolis Racers (1976–77) ||27–39–3

|70||L||March 13, 1977||4–7 || align="left"| @ Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77) ||27–40–3

|71||W||March 15, 1977||4–2 || align="left"| Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77) ||28–40–3

|72||L||March 17, 1977||2–5 || align="left"| Indianapolis Racers (1976–77) ||28–41–3

|73||L||March 20, 1977||3–4 OT|| align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1976–77) ||28–42–3

|74||W||March 22, 1977||7–4 || align="left"| Calgary Cowboys (1976–77) ||29–42–3

|75||W||March 23, 1977||4–0 || align="left"| @ Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77) ||30–42–3

|76||L||March 24, 1977||2–6 || align="left"| @ San Diego Mariners (1976–77) ||30–43–3

|77||W||March 27, 1977||7–3 || align="left"| Indianapolis Racers (1976–77) ||31–43–3

|78||L||March 29, 1977||2–4 || align="left"| Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77) ||31–44–3

|79||L||April 2, 1977||5–6 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1976–77) ||31–45–3

|80||T||April 5, 1977||4–4 || align="left"| @ Calgary Cowboys (1976–77) ||31–45–4

|81||L||April 6, 1977||4–6 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1976–77) ||31–46–4

Legend:

Player statistics Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG RW 80 60 36 96 2416916 RW 81 36 33 69 10−13903 C 79 23 37 60 36−7410 C 79 20 36 56 166−9110 D 81 7 48 55 481300 RW 81 23 25 48 30−9100 RW 79 21 27 48 92−1100 RW 50 26 21 47 44−2700 C 52 17 24 41 3211200 C 48 9 26 35 2−23100 D 80 6 25 31 545020 C 29 9 18 27 34−6500 D 78 2 25 27 110−8000 LW 17 3 20 23 12−1200 RW 52 9 13 22 382010 LW 34 4 13 17 628100 RW 25 7 6 13 10−12400 D 34 1 11 12 488000 RW 30 2 7 9 2−4000 LW 34 2 6 8 1331000 D 63 0 8 8 75−18000 D 23 1 6 7 82000 G 65 0 3 3 210000 LW 3 1 0 1 0−2000 D 19 0 1 1 11−5000 D 2 0 0 0 0−3000 D 4 0 0 0 01000 D 5 0 0 0 00000 D 5 0 0 0 21−3000 D 1 0 0 0 0−3000 D 8 0 0 0 17−2000 LW 4 0 0 0 2−2000 LW 1 0 0 0 00000 D 8 0 0 0 0−4000 G 23 0 0 0 00000Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA SO 3803 65 24 34 4 224 3.53 4 1132 23 7 12 0 78 4.13 0 Team: 4935 81 31 46 4 302 3.67 4

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 Birmingham's draft picks (selected while still known as the Toronto Toros) at the 1976 WHA Amateur Draft.

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)18Bjorn Johansson (D)Orebro IK (Sweden D1)211Kent Nilsson (F)Djurgardens IF (Elitserien)221Peter Lee (LW)Ottawa 67's (OHA)324Paul Gardner (C)Oshawa Generals (OHA)435Don Lemieux (D)Trois-Rivieres Draveurs (QMJHL)659Dan Djakalovic (F)Kitchener Rangers (OHA)771Mike McEwen (D)Toronto Marlboros (OHA)883Mike Kitchen (D)Toronto Marlboros (OHA)994Marc Desforges (F)Chicoutimi Sagueneens (QMJHL)10105Brian Dillon (F)Oshawa Generals (OHA)

See also 1976–77 WHA season

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