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1981-1982 Pittsburgh Penguins: 31-36-13
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 21-11-8 (167 goals scored, 143 allowed) Road record: 10-25-5 (143 goals scored, 194 allowed) Head Coach: Eddie Johnston Power Play: 99/404 (24.5%) Penalty Killing: 307/399 (76.9%) Shorthanded Goals For-Against: 8-14 Even Strength Goals For-Against: 203-231 310 goals scored (15th of 21 teams), 337 goals allowed (11th), 2212 PIM (2nd) NHL Averages: 4.01 goals/game (321.0 goals/team), 1592.7 PIM/team
Pos # Player Hgt Wgt Age GP G A Pts PIM PP SH TGF PGF TGA PGA S S% +/- RW 17 Rick Kehoe 5'11 180 30 71 33 52 85 8 17 0 119 67 80 1 249 13.3 -27 D 25 Randy Carlyle 5'10 200 25 73 11 64 75 131 7 1 167 78 154 49 193 5.7 -16 C/RW 15 Pat Boutette 5'8 175 29 80 23 51 74 230 14 1 131 72 113 31 140 16.4 -23 C 20 Paul Gardner 6'0 195 25 59 36 33 69 28 21 0 99 62 45 1 157 22.9 -7 C 22 Mike Bullard 6'0 195 20 75 36 27 63 91 10 0 82 26 58 1 145 24.8 -1 C 11 George Ferguson 6'0 195 29 71 22 31 53 45 4 3 76 16 116 50 168 13.1 -6 D 4 Paul Baxter 5'11 200 26 76 9 34 43 409 4 0 114 30 129 36 177 5.1 -9 C 12 Greg Malone 6'0 190 25 78 15 24 39 125 3 0 62 13 79 6 120 12.5 -24 D 2 Pat Price 6'2 200 26 77 7 31 38 322 2 0 98 13 107 24 107 6.5 +2 RW 10 Peter Lee 5'9 180 25 74 18 16 34 98 2 0 56 8 58 2 183 9.8 -8 C 7 Rick MacLeish 5'11 185 31 40 13 12 25 28 2 2 43 15 45 10 101 12.9 -7 C 14 Doug Shedden 6'0 185 20 38 10 15 25 12 4 0 41 17 26 0 76 13.2 -2 C 19 Gregg Sheppard 5'8 170 32 58 11 10 21 35 0 0 38 2 75 48 81 13.6 +9 C 9 Mark Johnson 5'9 170 24 46 10 11 21 30 1 1 34 7 54 13 93 10.8 -14 LW 27 Rod Schutt 5'10 185 25 35 9 12 21 42 0 0 29 2 24 0 73 12.3 +3 D 3 Ron Stackhouse 6'3 210 32 76 2 19 21 102 0 0 91 14 134 46 95 2.1 -11 LW 28 Bobby Simpson 6'0 190 25 26 9 9 18 4 0 0 25 0 28 0 37 24.3 -3 RW 26 Steve Gatzos 5'11 185 20 16 6 8 14 14 1 0 21 5 16 0 36 16.7 0 LW 24 Pat Graham 6'1 190 20 42 6 8 14 55 0 0 27 1 28 1 51 11.8 -1 C 34 Andre St. Laurent 5'10 180 28 18 8 5 13 4 1 0 20 2 21 8 33 24.2 +5 D 5 Mario Faubert 6'1 175 27 14 4 8 12 14 4 0 22 15 11 2 40 10.0 -2 D 6 Greg Hotham 5'11 183 25 25 4 6 10 16 2 0 34 18 28 6 38 10.5 -6 RW 23 Jim Hamilton 6'0 180 24 11 5 3 8 2 0 0 9 0 7 0 15 33.3 +2 LW 26 Paul Mulvey 6'4 220 23 27 1 7 8 76 0 0 16 3 20 0 44 2.3 -7 D 16 Marc Chorney 6'0 200 22 60 1 6 7 63 0 0 36 1 62 16 37 2.7 -11 RW 18 Kevin McClelland 6'2 205 19 10 1 4 5 4 0 0 9 1 4 2 18 5.6 +6 D 8 Randy Boyd 5'11 190 19 23 0 2 2 49 0 0 16 1 22 2 26 0.0 -5 D 7 Russ Anderson 6'3 210 26 31 0 1 1 98 0 0 11 0 18 3 13 0.0 -4 G 29 Michel Dion 5'10 185 27 62 0 1 1 4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- -- D 6 Bennett Wolf 6'3 205 22 1 0 0 0 2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- -- C 32 Dave Hannan 5'10 180 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 --- -2 G 31 Nick Ricci 5'10 160 22 3 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- -- D 33 Tony Feltrin 6'1 184 20 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 4 0 3 0.0 -3 G 30 Gary Edwards 5'9 165 34 6 0 0 0 2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- -- G 1 Paul Harrison 6'1 168 26 13 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- -- LW 23 Gary Rissling 5'9 175 25 16 0 0 0 55 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0.0 -2
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 29 Michel Dion 27 62 3580 226 3.79 25 24 12 1861 .879 8 0 G 31 Nick Ricci 22 3 160 14 5.25 0 3 0 89 .843 2 0 G 1 Paul Harrison 26 13 700 64 5.49 3 7 0 351 .818 1 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
1981 Draft:

                                        NHL    WHA
Rnd  Ovr  Pos  Player                  Games  Games  Team
  2   28  RW   Steve Gatzos              89          Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)  
  3   49  D    Tom Thornbury             14          Niagara Falls Flyers (OHA)         
  4   70  D    Norm Schmidt             125          Oshawa Generals (OHL)              
  6  109  D    Paul Edwards                          Oshawa Generals (OHL)                [pick acquired from HAR]
  6  112  D    Rod Buskas               556          Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)          
  7  133  RW   Geoff Wilson                          Winnipeg Warriors (WHL)            
  8  154  C    Mitch Lamoureux           73          Oshawa Generals (OHL)              
  9  175  LW   Dean Defazio              22          Brantford Alexanders (OHL)         
 10  196  C    Dave Hannan              841          Brantford Alexanders (OHL)         

Traded draft picks:

#1 to MTL (Mark Hunter)
#5 to WAS (Peter Sidorkiewicz)

Transactions
06-29-1981received Pat Boutette and Kevin McClelland from Whalers as compensation for their signing of Greg Millen as a free agent
06-30-1981signed Michel Dion as a free agent
09-04-1981received Paul Mulvey from Capitals as compensation for their signing of Orest Kindrachuk as a free agent
09-11-1981traded Pittsburgh's #4 pick in the 1982 draft to Maple Leafs for Paul Harrison
09-28-1981traded Rob Holland to Islanders for future considerations
10-01-1981signed Bobby Simpson as a free agent
12-29-1981traded Russ Anderson and Pittsburgh's #8 pick in the 1983 draft to Whalers for Rick MacLeish
12-30-1981Kings claimed Paul Mulvey on waivers
02-03-1982traded Pittsburgh's #6 pick in the 1982 draft to Maple Leafs for Greg Hotham
02-08-1982Sabres claimed Paul Harrison on waivers
02-14-1982traded Pittsburgh's #8 pick in the 1984 draft to Blues for Gary Edwards
02-23-1982claimed Andre St. Laurent on waivers from Kings
03-02-1982traded Mark Johnson to North Stars for Minnesota's #2 pick in the 1982 draft
07-30-1982signed Marty McSorley as a free agent
09-15-1982traded Pittsburgh's #3 pick in the 1985 draft to Canadiens for Denis Herron
10-04-1982signed Phil Bourque as a free agent
10-04-1982signed Ian Turnbull as a free agent
10-04-1982claimed Doug Lecuyer from Jets in waiver draft


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

   Date          Opponent                  Result
Round 1
04/07/1982   at New York Islanders        L   1-8 
04/08/1982   at New York Islanders        L   2-7 
04/10/1982   vs New York Islanders        W   2-1 (OT)
04/11/1982   vs New York Islanders        W   5-2 
04/13/1982   at New York Islanders        L   3-4 (OT)

Playoff Stats: Pos # Player Hgt Wgt Age GP G A Pts PIM PP SH TGF PGF TGA PGA S S% +/- C 20 Paul Gardner 6'0 195 25 5 1 5 6 2 1 0 RW 17 Rick Kehoe 5'11 180 30 5 2 3 5 2 0 0 C/RW 15 Pat Boutette 5'8 175 29 5 3 1 4 8 2 0 D 25 Randy Carlyle 5'10 200 25 5 1 3 4 16 0 0 D 6 Greg Hotham 5'11 183 25 5 0 3 3 6 0 0 LW 27 Rod Schutt 5'10 185 25 5 1 2 3 0 0 0 C 34 Andre St. Laurent 5'10 180 28 5 2 1 3 8 0 0 C 22 Mike Bullard 6'0 195 20 5 1 1 2 4 0 0 C 7 Rick MacLeish 5'11 185 31 5 1 1 2 0 0 0 RW 18 Kevin McClelland 6'2 205 19 5 1 1 2 5 0 0 C 11 George Ferguson 6'0 195 29 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 RW 26 Steve Gatzos 5'11 185 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 D 3 Ron Stackhouse 6'3 210 32 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 LW 28 Bobby Simpson 6'0 190 25 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 D 8 Randy Boyd 5'11 190 19 3 0 0 0 11 0 0 RW 10 Peter Lee 5'9 180 25 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 C 12 Greg Malone 6'0 190 25 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 LW 24 Pat Graham 6'1 190 20 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 D 4 Paul Baxter 5'11 200 26 5 0 0 0 14 0 0 D 16 Marc Chorney 6'0 200 22 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 G 29 Michel Dion 5'10 185 27 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 D 2 Pat Price 6'2 200 26 5 0 0 0 28 0 0 D 7 Russ Anderson 6'3 210 26 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- G 30 Gary Edwards 5'9 165 34 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- D 5 Mario Faubert 6'1 175 27 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- D 33 Tony Feltrin 6'1 184 20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- RW 23 Jim Hamilton 6'0 180 24 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- C 32 Dave Hannan 5'10 180 20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- G 1 Paul Harrison 6'1 168 26 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- C 9 Mark Johnson 5'9 170 24 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- LW 26 Paul Mulvey 6'4 220 23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- G 31 Nick Ricci 5'10 160 22 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- LW 23 Gary Rissling 5'9 175 25 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- C 14 Doug Shedden 6'0 185 20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- C 19 Gregg Sheppard 5'8 170 32 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- D 6 Bennett Wolf 6'3 205 22 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Pos # Goalie Age GP Min GA GAA W L T Sht Pct EN SO G 29 Michel Dion 27 5 310 22 4.26 2 3 182 .879 0 0

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

Date Opponent Result Record 10/06/1981 at St. Louis Blues L 2-6 0-1-0 10/07/1981 at Chicago Black Hawks T 5-5 0-1-1 10/10/1981 vs Quebec Nordiques W 2-1 1-1-1 10/11/1981 at Philadelphia Flyers L 2-8 1-2-1 10/14/1981 vs New York Islanders L 1-4 1-3-1 10/17/1981 vs Minnesota North Stars W 5-2 2-3-1 10/18/1981 at Detroit Red Wings L 2-3 2-4-1 10/20/1981 vs Colorado Rockies W 5-3 3-4-1 10/22/1981 at Calgary Flames T 3-3 3-4-2 10/23/1981 at Edmonton Oilers L 3-8 3-5-2 10/25/1981 at Vancouver Canucks W 6-4 4-5-2 10/28/1981 vs Toronto Maple Leafs L 3-5 4-6-2 10/29/1981 at Philadelphia Flyers L 4-6 4-7-2 10/31/1981 vs Buffalo Sabres W 3-1 5-7-2 11/04/1981 vs New York Rangers W 6-3 6-7-2 11/07/1981 vs Philadelphia Flyers W 7-2 7-7-2 11/11/1981 at Washington Capitals W 3-2 8-7-2 11/14/1981 at Boston Bruins T 3-3 8-7-3 11/18/1981 vs St. Louis Blues W 6-1 9-7-3 11/20/1981 vs Toronto Maple Leafs T 3-3 9-7-4 11/21/1981 at Montreal Canadiens L 5-9 9-8-4 11/24/1981 at Quebec Nordiques W 7-1 10-8-4 11/25/1981 vs Montreal Canadiens W 2-1 11-8-4 11/28/1981 vs Detroit Red Wings W 5-3 12-8-4 12/02/1981 vs Winnipeg Jets W 4-2 13-8-4 12/05/1981 at St. Louis Blues L 1-3 13-9-4 12/06/1981 at Buffalo Sabres L 4-7 13-10-4 12/09/1981 vs Philadelphia Flyers L 1-4 13-11-4 12/12/1981 vs Washington Capitals W 7-4 14-11-4 12/14/1981 at New York Rangers L 4-5 14-12-4 12/16/1981 vs Los Angeles Kings W 7-6 15-12-4 12/19/1981 vs New York Rangers T 3-3 15-12-5 12/20/1981 at Philadelphia Flyers L 1-3 15-13-5 12/23/1981 at Toronto Maple Leafs T 4-4 15-13-6 12/26/1981 vs Buffalo Sabres L 5-7 15-14-6 12/27/1981 at New York Rangers L 3-5 15-15-6 12/30/1981 vs Washington Capitals W 6-2 16-15-6 01/02/1982 vs Hartford Whalers W 9-4 17-15-6 01/03/1982 at Hartford Whalers W 6-4 18-15-6 01/06/1982 at Chicago Black Hawks L 3-6 18-16-6
Date Opponent Result Record 01/07/1982 at Detroit Red Wings L 4-5 18-17-6 01/09/1982 vs Vancouver Canucks W 4-3 19-17-6 01/13/1982 at Winnipeg Jets L 1-6 19-18-6 01/16/1982 at Calgary Flames L 0-4 19-19-6 01/17/1982 at Vancouver Canucks T 3-3 19-19-7 01/20/1982 vs Boston Bruins W 5-4 20-19-7 01/21/1982 at New York Islanders L 1-6 20-20-7 01/23/1982 vs Philadelphia Flyers T 5-5 20-20-8 01/26/1982 at New York Islanders L 2-9 20-21-8 01/27/1982 vs New York Islanders L 3-6 20-22-8 01/30/1982 vs Winnipeg Jets W 2-1 21-22-8 01/31/1982 at Washington Capitals L 3-8 21-23-8 02/03/1982 vs Minnesota North Stars L 6-9 21-24-8 02/06/1982 vs Washington Capitals L 4-6 21-25-8 02/07/1982 at Philadelphia Flyers L 4-5 21-26-8 02/10/1982 vs Hartford Whalers T 3-3 21-26-9 02/11/1982 at Montreal Canadiens L 2-4 21-27-9 02/13/1982 vs Los Angeles Kings T 3-3 21-27-10 02/16/1982 at New York Islanders L 2-6 21-28-10 02/17/1982 vs New York Rangers L 3-5 21-29-10 02/20/1982 vs Philadelphia Flyers W 6-5 22-29-10 02/21/1982 vs New York Islanders W 4-3 23-29-10 02/25/1982 at New York Islanders L 2-4 23-30-10 02/27/1982 vs Edmonton Oilers L 1-4 23-31-10 02/28/1982 at New York Rangers W 4-2 24-31-10 03/03/1982 vs Boston Bruins L 2-3 24-32-10 03/06/1982 at Quebec Nordiques W 6-4 25-32-10 03/07/1982 vs Calgary Flames T 4-4 25-32-11 03/10/1982 at Washington Capitals W 7-2 26-32-11 03/13/1982 vs Colorado Rockies W 6-2 27-32-11 03/15/1982 at Minnesota North Stars L 3-4 27-33-11 03/17/1982 at Edmonton Oilers L 4-10 27-34-11 03/20/1982 at Los Angeles Kings L 5-7 27-35-11 03/21/1982 at Colorado Rockies W 6-0 28-35-11 03/24/1982 vs New York Rangers L 2-7 28-36-11 03/27/1982 vs Chicago Black Hawks T 3-3 28-36-12 03/28/1982 at Washington Capitals W 6-5 29-36-12 03/31/1982 vs Washington Capitals T 4-4 29-36-13 04/02/1982 at New York Rangers W 7-5 30-36-13 04/04/1982 vs New York Islanders W 7-2 31-36-13

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