1971-1972 Pittsburgh Penguins team stats

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1971-1972 Pittsburgh Penguins: 26-38-14
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 18-15-6 (132 goals scored, 125 allowed) Road record: 8-23-8 (88 goals scored, 133 allowed) Head Coach: Red Kelly Power Play: 46/286 (16.1%) Penalty Killing: 191/246 (77.6%) Shorthanded Goals For-Against: 5-7 Even Strength Goals For-Against: 169-196 220 goals scored (6th of 14 teams), 258 goals allowed (9th), 978 PIM (7th) NHL Averages: 3.07 goals/game (239.1 goals/team), 953.5 PIM/team



Pos    #  Player               Hgt   Wgt  Age   GP    G    A  Pts  PIM  PP  SH  TGF  PGF  TGA  PGA   S    S%   +/-
C     26  Syl Apps             6'0   185   24   72   15   44   59   78   3   1   80   19   55   12  164   9.1  +18
RW    19  Jean Pronovost       6'0   185   26   68   30   23   53   12   3   1   75   18   51    9  214  14.0  +15
LW    22  Greg Polis           6'0   195   21   76   30   19   49   38   8   0   74   20   58    0  208  14.4   -4
C     17  Ron Schock           5'11  180   28   77   17   29   46   22   3   2   60   11   96   37  151  11.3  -10
RW    12  Ken Schinkel         5'10  172   39   74   15   30   45   10   1   0   65   15   63    3  154   9.7  -10
C      7  Bryan Hextall        5'11  185   30   78   20   24   44  126   5   0   60   14   72    0  145  13.8  -26
D     25  Darryl Edestrand     5'11  180   26   77   10   23   33   52   2   1   75   18   84   15  156   6.4  -12
C     23  Bob Leiter           5'9   175   30   78   14   17   31   18   5   0   42   15   54    2  147   9.5  -25
RW    11  Nick Harbaruk        6'0   195   28   78   12   17   29   46   3   0   43    7   72   23  140   8.6  -13
D      2  Duane Rupp           6'1   195   33   34    4   18   22   32   0   0   54    6   62   14   91   4.4    0
D      5  Bryan Watson         5'9   175   29   75    3   17   20  212   0   0   77    3   95   26  106   2.8   +5
LW     8  Val Fonteyne         5'10  160   38   68    6   13   19    0   1   0   35    5   50   19   35  17.1   -1
RW     9  Al McDonough         6'1   175   21   37    7   11   18    8   1   0   35   17   24    0  113   6.2   -6
RW    14  Rene Robert          5'10  184   22   49    7   11   18   42   3   0   28   12   29    2   71   9.9  -11
LW    20  Steve Cardwell       5'11  190   21   28    7    8   15   18   2   0   23    5   18    0   47  14.9    0
LW    24  Eddie Shack          6'1   200   34   18    5    9   14   12   4   0   24   11    8    0   47  10.6   +5
D      4  Dave Burrows         6'1   190   22   77    2   10   12   48   0   0   77    7  104   27  100   2.0   -7
D     24  Tim Horton           5'10  180   41   44    2    9   11   40   0   0   50    7   54   16   84   2.4   +5
LW    20  John Stewart         6'0   180   21   25    2    8   10   23   0   0   16    3   19    0   33   6.1   -6
RW    10  Keith McCreary       5'10  180   31   33    4    4    8   22   0   0   13    2   21    0   68   5.9  -10
C/D   27  Joe Noris            6'0   185   20   35    2    5    7   20   0   0   22    1   31    2   48   4.2   -8
D      6  Sheldon Kannegiesser 6'0   198   24   54    2    4    6   47   0   0   30    0   49    5   49   4.1  -14
D      3  Bob Woytowich        6'0   185   30   31    1    4    5    8   1   0   19    7   38    7   36   2.8  -19
RW     9  Bill Hicke           5'8   164   33   12    2    0    2    6   1   0    3    1    8    0   19  10.5   -6
LW    15  Brian McKenzie       5'10  165   20    6    1    1    2    4   0   0    3    1    4    0    8  12.5   -2
C     18  Wally Boyer          5'8   165   34    1    0    1    1    0   0   0    1    0    2    0    0   ---   -1
C     15  Rick Kessell         5'10  175   22    3    0    1    1    0   0   0    1    1    1    0    3   0.0   -1
G      1  Roy Edwards          5'8   165   34   15    0    1    1    0  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---   --
LW    25  Robin Burns          6'0   195   25    5    0    0    0    8   0   0    1    1    4    0    4   0.0   -4
G     20  Les Binkley          6'0   175   35   31    0    0    0    2  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---   --
G     29  Jim Rutherford       5'8   168   22   40    0    0    0   16  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---   --

Skater data: GP: Games played; G: Goals scored; A: Assists; Pts: Total points; PIM: Penalties in minutes; PP: Power play goals; SH: Shorthanded goals; TGF: Total goals on ice for; PGF: Power play goals on ice for; TGA: Total goals on ice against; PGA: Power play goals on ice against; S: Shots taken; S%: Shooting percentage


Pos  #  Goalie              Age   GP   Min   GA   GAA   W   L   T  Sht    Pct  EN  SO
G    1  Roy Edwards          34   15   847   36  2.55   2   8   4  389   .907   2   0
G   29  Jim Rutherford       22   40  2160  116  3.22  17  15   5 1091   .894   2   1
G   20  Les Binkley          35   31  1673   98  3.51   7  15   5  809   .879   4   0

Goalie data: GP: Games played; Min: Minutes played; GA: Goals allowed; GAA: Goals allowed per 60 minutes; W: Wins; L: Losses; T: Ties; Sht: Shots faced; Pct: Save percentage; EN: Empty net goals allowed; SO: Shutouts

1971 Draft:

                                        NHL    WHA
Rnd  Ovr  Pos  Player                  Games  Games  Team
  2   18  LW   Brian McKenzie             6     87   St. Catharines Black Hawks (OHA)   
  3   32  D    Joe Noris                 55    198   Toronto Marlboros (OHA)            
  4   46  LW   Gerry Methe                       5   Oshawa Generals (OHA)              
  5   60  G    Dave Murphy                           University of North Dakota (NCAA)  
  6   74  RW   Ian Williams                          Notre Dame (NCAA)                  
  7   88  D    Doug Elliott                          Harvard University (NCAA)          

Traded draft picks:

#1 to STL (Gene Carr)
#8 to VAN (Bob Murphy)


Transactions

06-07-1971	claimed Roy Edwards on waivers from Red Wings
06-08-1971	claimed Tim Horton from Rangers in intra-league draft
06-08-1971	claimed Dave Burrows from Black Hawks in intra-league draft
06-08-1971	Red Wings claimed Al Smith in intra-league draft
06-08-1971	claimed Jim Rutherford from Red Wings in intra-league draft
06-08-1971	Sabres claimed Rod Zaine in intra-league draft
06-08-1971	claimed Rene Robert from Sabres in intra-league draft
07-1971	Andy Bathgate retired
09-07-1971	purchased Bill Hicke from Golden Seals
10-03-1971	sold Bob Blackburn to Canucks
10-06-1971	sold Dean Prentice to North Stars
12-30-1971	Roy Edwards retired
01-11-1972	traded Bob Woytowich to Kings for Al McDonough
03-04-1972	traded Rene Robert to Sabres for Eddie Shack
06-05-1972	Sabres claimed Tim Horton in intra-league draft
06-06-1972	Flames selected Keith McCreary in expansion draft
06-06-1972	Flames selected John Stewart in expansion draft
06-06-1972	Flames selected Bob Leiter in expansion draft
06-25-1972	signed Jim Wiley as a free agent
10-1972	sold Brian McKenzie to Flames

Playoff Results:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

   Date          Opponent                  Result
Round 1
04/05/1972   at Chicago Black Hawks       L   1-3 
04/06/1972   at Chicago Black Hawks       L   2-3 
04/08/1972   vs Chicago Black Hawks       L   0-2 
04/09/1972   vs Chicago Black Hawks       L   5-6 (OT)

Playoff Stats: Pos # Player Hgt Wgt Age GP G A Pts PIM PP SH TGF PGF TGA PGA S S% +/- C 23 Bob Leiter 5'9 175 30 4 3 0 3 0 1 0 RW 12 Ken Schinkel 5'10 172 39 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 D 25 Darryl Edestrand 5'11 180 26 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 C 7 Bryan Hextall 5'11 185 30 4 0 2 2 9 0 0 LW 22 Greg Polis 6'0 195 21 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 RW 19 Jean Pronovost 6'0 185 26 4 1 1 2 0 0 1 C 26 Syl Apps 6'0 185 24 4 1 0 1 2 0 0 RW 11 Nick Harbaruk 6'0 195 28 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 D 24 Tim Horton 5'10 180 41 4 0 1 1 2 0 0 RW 9 Al McDonough 6'1 175 21 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 C 17 Ron Schock 5'11 180 28 4 1 0 1 6 0 0 LW 24 Eddie Shack 6'1 200 34 4 0 1 1 15 0 0 RW 10 Keith McCreary 5'10 180 31 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 D 4 Dave Burrows 6'1 190 22 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 LW 20 Steve Cardwell 5'11 190 21 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 LW 8 Val Fonteyne 5'10 160 38 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 D 2 Duane Rupp 6'1 195 33 4 0 0 0 6 0 0 D 5 Bryan Watson 5'9 175 29 4 0 0 0 21 0 0 G 20 Les Binkley 6'0 175 35 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- C 18 Wally Boyer 5'8 165 34 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- LW 25 Robin Burns 6'0 195 25 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- G 1 Roy Edwards 5'8 165 34 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- RW 9 Bill Hicke 5'8 164 33 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- D 6 Sheldon Kannegiesser 6'0 198 24 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- C 15 Rick Kessell 5'10 175 22 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- LW 15 Brian McKenzie 5'10 165 20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- C/D 27 Joe Noris 6'0 185 20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- RW 14 Rene Robert 5'10 184 22 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- G 29 Jim Rutherford 5'8 168 22 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- LW 20 John Stewart 6'0 180 21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- D 3 Bob Woytowich 6'0 185 30 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Pos # Goalie Age GP Min GA GAA W L T Sht Pct EN SO G 29 Jim Rutherford 22 4 240 14 3.50 0 4 145 .903 0 0

Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date Opponent Result Record 10/09/1971 vs Philadelphia Flyers W 3-2 1-0-0 10/10/1971 at Buffalo Sabres L 1-2 1-1-0 10/13/1971 at Los Angeles Kings W 4-1 2-1-0 10/16/1971 at Vancouver Canucks W 2-1 3-1-0 10/17/1971 at California Golden Seals W 4-2 4-1-0 10/20/1971 vs Los Angeles Kings W 8-1 5-1-0 10/23/1971 vs Chicago Black Hawks L 2-5 5-2-0 10/24/1971 at New York Rangers T 1-1 5-2-1 10/27/1971 vs California Golden Seals L 4-6 5-3-1 10/28/1971 at Minnesota North Stars L 0-2 5-4-1 10/30/1971 vs New York Rangers T 1-1 5-4-2 10/31/1971 at Detroit Red Wings L 1-3 5-5-2 11/03/1971 at California Golden Seals L 3-5 5-6-2 11/05/1971 at Vancouver Canucks L 2-4 5-7-2 11/07/1971 at Chicago Black Hawks L 1-4 5-8-2 11/09/1971 at St. Louis Blues W 4-1 6-8-2 11/10/1971 vs Vancouver Canucks W 3-1 7-8-2 11/13/1971 vs Los Angeles Kings W 6-4 8-8-2 11/16/1971 vs Minnesota North Stars L 1-5 8-9-2 11/18/1971 at Minnesota North Stars L 3-4 8-10-2 11/20/1971 vs St. Louis Blues L 2-4 8-11-2 11/21/1971 at Chicago Black Hawks L 3-7 8-12-2 11/24/1971 vs Toronto Maple Leafs L 1-2 8-13-2 11/27/1971 at Montreal Canadiens L 1-3 8-14-2 12/01/1971 vs Detroit Red Wings W 4-2 9-14-2 12/04/1971 vs New York Rangers W 4-2 10-14-2 12/05/1971 at Boston Bruins L 3-5 10-15-2 12/08/1971 vs California Golden Seals T 1-1 10-15-3 12/11/1971 vs Buffalo Sabres T 3-3 10-15-4 12/12/1971 at New York Rangers L 1-6 10-16-4 12/15/1971 at Toronto Maple Leafs L 2-3 10-17-4 12/18/1971 vs Boston Bruins L 3-4 10-18-4 12/19/1971 at Boston Bruins T 2-2 10-18-5 12/22/1971 at New York Rangers L 2-4 10-19-5 12/25/1971 vs Montreal Canadiens W 4-2 11-19-5 12/26/1971 at Philadelphia Flyers L 1-6 11-20-5 12/28/1971 vs Toronto Maple Leafs L 2-4 11-21-5 12/31/1971 vs Buffalo Sabres T 3-3 11-21-6 01/05/1972 at Chicago Black Hawks T 3-3 11-21-7 01/08/1972 vs Chicago Black Hawks L 0-4 11-22-7

Date Opponent Result Record 01/09/1972 at Detroit Red Wings L 2-4 11-23-7 01/12/1972 vs Boston Bruins T 2-2 11-23-8 01/13/1972 at Montreal Canadiens L 1-7 11-24-8 01/15/1972 vs Philadelphia Flyers W 4-2 12-24-8 01/19/1972 vs Vancouver Canucks L 1-6 12-25-8 01/22/1972 at St. Louis Blues L 0-1 12-26-8 01/23/1972 vs Montreal Canadiens T 3-3 12-26-9 01/26/1972 vs St. Louis Blues L 1-2 12-27-9 01/29/1972 vs Chicago Black Hawks L 2-4 12-28-9 01/30/1972 at Philadelphia Flyers L 0-4 12-29-9 02/03/1972 at St. Louis Blues W 4-3 13-29-9 02/05/1972 at Los Angeles Kings L 1-8 13-30-9 02/09/1972 at Toronto Maple Leafs W 4-1 14-30-9 02/10/1972 vs Los Angeles Kings W 6-1 15-30-9 02/12/1972 vs New York Rangers L 3-8 15-31-9 02/13/1972 vs Vancouver Canucks W 6-4 16-31-9 02/16/1972 vs Toronto Maple Leafs W 4-2 17-31-9 02/17/1972 at Buffalo Sabres W 2-0 18-31-9 02/19/1972 vs Detroit Red Wings L 2-6 18-32-9 02/20/1972 at Minnesota North Stars L 0-2 18-33-9 02/23/1972 at Toronto Maple Leafs L 0-2 18-34-9 02/26/1972 vs Philadelphia Flyers W 5-2 19-34-9 02/27/1972 at Montreal Canadiens L 3-5 19-35-9 03/02/1972 vs Detroit Red Wings W 7-4 20-35-9 03/04/1972 vs Minnesota North Stars W 4-2 21-35-9 03/05/1972 at Detroit Red Wings L 3-6 21-36-9 03/08/1972 vs Montreal Canadiens L 4-5 21-37-9 03/11/1972 vs Boston Bruins W 6-4 22-37-9 03/12/1972 at Boston Bruins T 4-4 22-37-10 03/14/1972 at Vancouver Canucks W 7-4 23-37-10 03/18/1972 at Los Angeles Kings T 4-4 23-37-11 03/19/1972 at California Golden Seals T 3-3 23-37-12 03/22/1972 vs Buffalo Sabres L 3-4 23-38-12 03/25/1972 vs Minnesota North Stars W 3-2 24-38-12 03/26/1972 at Buffalo Sabres T 2-2 24-38-13 03/29/1972 vs California Golden Seals W 5-4 25-38-13 04/01/1972 at Philadelphia Flyers T 4-4 25-38-14 04/02/1972 vs St. Louis Blues W 6-2 26-38-14

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