The 1977 WHA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the World Hockey Association's 1976-1977 season. The tournament concluded with the Eastern Division...
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The 1978 WHA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the World Hockey Association's 1977-1978 season. The sixth WHA tournament, it was the only one with...
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Trophy "1975 WHA Playoffs Summary". "1976 WHA Playoffs Summary". "1977 WHA Playoffs Summary". "1978 WHA Playoffs Summary". "1979 WHA Playoffs Summary"....
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Division championship and swept the rival Cincinnati Stingers in the 1977 WHA playoffs. Notable players for the Racers include Wayne Gretzky, Mark Messier...
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The 1977–78 WHA season was the sixth season of the World Hockey Association (WHA). Eight teams played 80 games each. The Avco World Trophy winner was the...
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The 1976 WHA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the World Hockey Association's 1975-1976 season. The fourth WHA tournament, it was the only one...
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Massacre". This was the only one of the three WHA Birmingham Bulls teams to qualify for the WHA playoffs. Facing Bobby Hull and the Winnipeg Jets, who...
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Edmonton Oilers (redirect from Edmonton Oilers (WHA))
of the major professional World Hockey Association (WHA). They were intended to be one of two WHA Alberta teams along with the Calgary Broncos. However...
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Winnipeg Jets (1972–1996) (redirect from Winnipeg Jets (WHA))
World Hockey Association (WHA) in 1972. The club joined the National Hockey League (NHL) in 1979 after the NHL merged with the WHA. Due to mounting financial...
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missed the playoffs. Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF= Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points Cincinnati's draft picks at the 1977 WHA Amateur...
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assists, including playoffs: 2,223 Most assists, one season: 163 in 1985–86, 80-game schedule Most assists, one season, including playoffs: 174 in 1985–86...
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Hartford Whalers (section WHA history)
the WHA. They recorded only three winning seasons in their 18 years in the NHL, made the Stanley Cup playoffs eight times and won only one playoff series...
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1979 NHL expansion (redirect from NHL-WHA merger)
two after the WHA aggressively recruited NHL players upon the former's founding in 1971. The two sides came close to an agreement in 1977, but the proposed...
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Quebec Nordiques (section Beginnings in the WHA)
points in 17 playoff games. They represented Canada at the 1977 Izvestia Trophy in Moscow, finishing last with a 0–3–1 record. By 1978, the WHA was in crisis...
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a professional ice hockey team in the World Hockey Association (WHA) from 1974 to 1977. They played at Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Phoenix, Arizona...
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Hockey Association (WHA) from 1972 to 1978. The Aeros were originally slated to play in Dayton, Ohio, as a charter member of the WHA. However, Dayton residents...
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Steve Carlson (category Edmonton Oilers (WHA) players)
Jean-Louis Levasseur and John McKenzie, January 1977. Traded to New England (WHA) by Edmonton (WHA) with Jack Carlson, Dave Dryden, Dave Keon, and John...
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Association/Avco Trophy playoffs. Per the conditions of the NHL–WHA merger, the NHL does not officially recognize the WHA history, playoffs and records. Furthermore...
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World Hockey Association (section Legacy of the WHA)
Trophy – Coach of the year WHA Playoff MVP – Most valuable player in the playoffs Three Canadian teams completed all seven WHA seasons based in the same...
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Jacques Demers (section WHA)
coach Wayne Gretzky in the 1979 WHA All-Star Series. The format of the series was a three-game set that pitted the WHA All-Stars against HC Moscow Dynamo...
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Marc Tardif (category Quebec Nordiques (WHA) players)
preeminent stars. He finished the 1974–75 WHA season with 50 goals, and added a league-leading 10 goals in the playoffs en route to the AVCO Cup finals against...
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Bobby Hull (category Winnipeg Jets (WHA) players)
American major league professional total of 1,018 goals (NHL and WHA including playoffs) is the third most of all-time after Wayne Gretzky (1,072) and Gordie...
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Mark Messier (section Early years and WHA)
Canucks. He also played professionally with the World Hockey Association (WHA)'s Indianapolis Racers and Cincinnati Stingers. He also played a short four-game...
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downtown St. John's | the Telegram". "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Archived from...
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Calgary Cowboys (redirect from Blazers/Cowboys (WHA))
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...
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the first NHL playoff series between these two teams. When both were in the WHA, the Nordiques beat the Whalers 4 games to 1 in the 1977 quarterfinals...
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Colorado Rockies qualified for the playoffs for the first time in franchise history. They would not make the playoffs again until after the team had moved...
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List of Edmonton Oilers draft picks (section WHA)
Association (WHA) and played in the WHA until 1979 when they joined the NHL. During their time in the WHA the Oilers drafted 59 players with the 1977 draft being...
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Wayne Gretzky (category Edmonton Oilers (WHA) players)
draft order. The WHA completed the playoffs of its final season as planned. The Oilers reached the Avco World Trophy finals (the only WHA championship series...
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Colorado Avalanche (section Playoffs)
the league's opening. During their seven WHA seasons, the Nordiques won the Avco World Trophy once, in 1977, and lost the finals once, in 1975. In 1979...
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