The 1976–77 WCHL season was the 11th season for the

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. Twelve teams completed a 72-game season. The New Westminster Bruins won their third consecutive President's Cup as well as the

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League notes

*The Edmonton Oil Kings relocated to

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to become the Portland Winter Hawks, the first

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based team in the WCHL. *The Winnipeg Clubs became the Winnipeg Monarchs. *The WCHL split into three divisions of four teams each.

Regular season

Final standings

Scoring leaders

''Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes''

1977 WCHL Playoffs

Preliminary round

*Calgary defeated Medicine Hat 4 games to 0 *Lethbridge defeated Saskatoon 4 games to 2

League quarter-finals

*Brandon defeated Winnipeg 5 games to 2 *Lethbridge defeated Calgary 3 games to 2 *New Westminster defeated Victoria 4 games to 0 *Portland defeated Kamloops 4 games to 1

League semi-finals

*Brandon defeated Lethbridge 4 games to 0 *New Westminster defeated Portland 4 games to 1

WHL Championship

*New Westminster defeated Brandon 4 games to 1

All-Star game

On January 19, the West All-Stars defeated the East All-Stars 3–2 at

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with a crowd of 4,120.

WHL awards

All-Star Teams

References

whl.ca
* 2005–06 WHL Guide {{DEFAULTSORT:1976-77 Wchl Season Western Hockey League seasons WHL WCHL