North American Hockey League 1976/77
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The 1976/77 season was the fourth and final regular season of the North American Hockey League . The eight teams should complete 74 games each in the regular season , but the game plan had to be changed after the Jaros de Beauce prematurely stopped playing. The North American Hockey League was played in a division . The team with the highest points in the regular season were the Syracuse Blazers , who also prevailed in the final games of the Lockhart Cup .
Team changes
The following changes were made during the season:
- The Buffalo Norsemen stopped the game.
- The Cape Codders stopped the game.
Regular season
Closing tables
Abbreviations: GP = games, W = wins, L = defeats, T = draws, OTL = defeat after overtime , GF = goals scored, GA = goals conceded, Pts = points
| North American Hockey League | GP | W. | L. | OTL | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Syracuse Blazers | 73 | 48 | 22nd | 3 | 372 | 261 | 99 |
| Maine Nordiques | 74 | 40 | 29 | 5 | 311 | 284 | 85 |
| Broome Dusters | 74 | 41 | 31 | 2 | 363 | 324 | 84 |
| Philadelphia Firebirds | 74 | 38 | 33 | 3 | 319 | 294 | 79 |
| Erie Blades | 74 | 37 | 33 | 4th | 257 | 251 | 78 |
| Mohawk Valley Comets | 74 | 29 | 42 | 3 | 316 | 387 | 61 |
| Johnstown Jets | 73 | 22nd | 49 | 2 | 253 | 334 | 46 |
| Jaros de Beauce | 30th | 6th | 22nd | 2 | 109 | 165 | 14th |
Lockhart Cup playoffs
| Division semi-finals | Division finals | Lockhart Cup Final | |||||||||||
| 1 | Syracuse Blazers | ||||||||||||
| bye | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Syracuse Blazers | 4th | |||||||||||
| 5 | Erie Blades | 1 | |||||||||||
| 4th | Philadelphia Firebirds | 1 | |||||||||||
| 5 | Erie Blades | 3 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Syracuse Blazers | 4th | |||||||||||
| 2 | Maine Nordiques | 0 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Maine Nordiques | 3 | |||||||||||
| 7th | Johnstown Jets | 0 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Maine Nordiques | 4th | |||||||||||
| 3 | Broome Dusters | 1 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Broome Dusters | 3 | |||||||||||
| 6th | Mohawk Valley Comets | 2 | |||||||||||