The 1976–77 Minnesota Fighting Saints season was the last season of WHA hockey in Minnesota. The ''original'' Fighting Saints disbanded and the

Cleveland Crusaders The Cleveland Crusaders were a professional ice hockey team from Cleveland. They played in the World Hockey Association from 1972 to 1976. Their home ice was the Cleveland Arena from 1972 to 1974, and the Richfield Coliseum from 1974 to 1976. T ...

relocated to become the ''new'' Minnesota Fighting Saints. The season came to an early end on January 14, 1977, when the Saints played their last game without finishing the season.

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Game log

Playoffs

Player stats

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;

Awards and records

Transactions

Draft picks

Minnesota's draft picks (selected while still known as the Cleveland Crusaders) at the

1976 WHA Amateur Draft The 1976 WHA Amateur Draft was the fourth draft held by the World Hockey Association. __NOTOC__ Selections by Round Below are listed the selections in the 1976 WHA Amateur Draft. Round 1 The Toronto Toros, New England Whalers and Houston Aero ...

Farm teams

References

External links

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