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1971-72 Pittsburgh Penguins

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26-38-14 (66 points), Finished 4th in NHL West Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary

Scored 220 goals, Allowed 258 goals, SRS: -0.45 (9th of 14)
Coached by Red Kelly (26-38-14)

Playoffs:
Lost Quarter-Finals (4-0) to Chicago Black Hawks

1971-72 Statistics ▪ Games

Team Statistics

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Team GP W L T PTS PTS% GF GA SRS TG/G PPG PPO PP% PPGA PPOA PK% SHG SHGA
Pittsburgh Penguins 78 26 38 14 66 .423 220 258 -0.45 6.13 46 286 16.08 55 246 77.64 5 7
League Average 78 32 32 13 78 .500 239 239 0.00 6.13 52 269 19.38 52 269 80.62 8 8

Player Statistics

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Skaters Regular Season

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1 Syl Apps C 6-0 185 24 72 15 44 59 0.82 21 0.29 80 19 55 12 18 78 11 3 1 1 164 2.28 9.1
2 Jean Pronovost RW 6-0 185 26 68 30 23 53 0.78 22 0.32 75 18 51 9 15 12 26 3 1 3 214 3.15 14.0
3 Greg Polis LW 6-0 195 21 76 30 19 49 0.64 21 0.27 74 20 58 0 -4 38 22 8 0 0 208 2.74 14.4
4 Ron Schock C 5-11 180 28 77 17 29 46 0.60 17 0.23 60 11 96 37 -10 22 12 3 2 1 151 1.96 11.3
5 Ken Schinkel RW 5-10 172 39 74 15 30 45 0.61 17 0.22 65 15 63 3 -10 8 14 1 0 1 154 2.08 9.7
6 Bryan Hextall C 5-11 185 30 78 20 24 44 0.56 17 0.22 60 14 72 0 -26 126 15 5 0 5 145 1.86 13.8
7 Darryl Edestrand D 5-11 180 26 77 10 23 33 0.43 12 0.16 75 18 84 15 -12 52 7 2 1 3 156 2.03 6.4
8 Bobby Leiter C 5-9 175 30 78 14 17 31 0.40 12 0.16 42 15 54 2 -25 18 9 5 0 3 147 1.88 9.5
9 Nick Harbaruk RW 6-0 195 28 78 12 17 29 0.37 11 0.14 43 7 72 23 -13 46 9 3 0 1 140 1.79 8.6
10 Duane Rupp D 6-1 195 33 34 4 18 22 0.65 7 0.22 54 6 62 14 0 32 4 0 0 0 91 2.68 4.4
11 Bryan Watson D 5-9 175 29 75 3 17 20 0.27 7 0.09 77 3 95 26 5 212 3 0 0 1 106 1.41 2.8
12 Val Fonteyne LW 5-10 160 38 68 6 13 19 0.28 7 0.10 35 5 50 19 -1 0 5 1 0 0 35 0.51 17.1
13 Rene Robert RW 5-10 184 23 49 7 11 18 0.37 7 0.14 28 12 29 2 -11 42 4 3 0 2 71 1.45 9.9
14 Al McDonough RW 6-1 175 21 37 7 11 18 0.49 7 0.19 35 17 24 0 -6 8 6 1 0 1 113 3.05 6.2
15 Steve Cardwell LW 5-11 190 21 28 7 8 15 0.54 6 0.21 23 5 18 0 0 18 5 2 0 1 47 1.68 14.9
16 Eddie Shack LW 6-1 200 34 18 5 9 14 0.78 5 0.29 24 11 8 0 5 12 1 4 0 2 47 2.61 10.6
17 Dave Burrows D 6-1 190 23 77 2 10 12 0.16 4 0.05 77 7 104 27 -7 48 2 0 0 0 100 1.30 2.0
18 Tim Horton D 5-10 180 42 44 2 9 11 0.25 4 0.09 50 7 54 16 5 40 2 0 0 1 84 1.91 2.4
19 John Stewart LW 6-0 180 21 25 2 8 10 0.40 3 0.14 16 3 19 0 -6 23 2 0 0 0 33 1.32 6.1
20 Keith McCreary RW 5-10 180 31 33 4 4 8 0.24 3 0.10 13 2 21 0 -10 22 4 0 0 0 68 2.06 5.9
21 Joe Noris C/D 6-0 185 20 35 2 5 7 0.20 3 0.07 22 1 31 2 -8 20 2 0 0 0 48 1.37 4.2
22 Sheldon Kannegiesser D 6-0 198 24 54 2 4 6 0.11 2 0.04 30 0 49 5 -14 47 2 0 0 0 49 0.91 4.1
23 Bob Woytowich D 6-0 185 30 31 1 4 5 0.16 2 0.06 19 7 38 7 -19 8 0 1 0 0 36 1.16 2.8
24 Brian McKenzie LW 5-10 165 20 6 1 1 2 0.33 1 0.13 3 1 4 0 -2 4 1 0 0 0 8 1.33 12.5
25 Bill Hicke RW 5-8 164 33 12 2 0 2 0.17 1 0.08 3 1 8 0 -6 6 1 1 0 0 19 1.58 10.5
26 Wally Boyer C 5-8 165 34 1 0 1 1 1.00 0 0.30 1 0 2 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
27 Rick Kessell C 5-10 175 22 3 0 1 1 0.33 0 0.10 1 1 1 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.00 0.0
28 Robin Burns LW 6-0 195 25 5 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 1 1 4 0 -4 8 0 0 0 0 4 0.80 0.0
Team Total 78 220 361 581 7.45 220 2.82 220 46 258 55 -29 968 169 46 5 26 2441 31.29 9.0

Goalies Regular Season

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP MIN W L T/OT PTS PTS% SO GA GAA SOG SV SV% G A PTS PIM
1 Jim Rutherford G 5-8 168 22 40 2160 17 15 5 39 .527 1 116 3.22 0 0 0 16
2 Les Binkley G 6-0 175 37 31 1673 7 15 5 19 .352 0 98 3.51 0 0 0 2
3 Roy Edwards G 5-8 165 34 15 847 2 8 4 8 .286 0 36 2.55 0 1 1 0
Team Total 78 4680 26 38 14 1 250 3.21

Skaters Playoffs

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP G A PTS PTS/G +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1 Bobby Leiter C 5-9 175 30 4 3 0 3 0.75 0 2 1 0 0
2 Jean Pronovost RW 6-0 185 26 4 1 1 2 0.50 0 0 0 1 0
3 Bryan Hextall C 5-11 185 30 4 0 2 2 0.50 9 0 0 0 0
4 Greg Polis LW 6-0 195 21 4 0 2 2 0.50 0 0 0 0 0
5 Ken Schinkel RW 5-10 172 39 3 2 0 2 0.67 0 2 0 0 0
6 Darryl Edestrand D 5-11 180 26 4 0 2 2 0.50 0 0 0 0 0
7 Ron Schock C 5-11 180 28 4 1 0 1 0.25 6 1 0 0 0
8 Eddie Shack LW 6-1 200 34 4 0 1 1 0.25 15 0 0 0 0
9 Tim Horton D 5-10 180 42 4 0 1 1 0.25 2 0 0 0 0
10 Syl Apps C 6-0 185 24 4 1 0 1 0.25 2 1 0 0 0
11 Al McDonough RW 6-1 175 21 4 0 1 1 0.25 0 0 0 0 0
12 Nick Harbaruk RW 6-0 195 28 4 0 1 1 0.25 0 0 0 0 0
13 Duane Rupp D 6-1 195 33 4 0 0 0 0.00 6 0 0 0 0
14 Keith McCreary RW 5-10 180 31 1 0 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0
15 Val Fonteyne LW 5-10 160 38 4 0 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0
16 Steve Cardwell LW 5-11 190 21 4 0 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0
17 Dave Burrows D 6-1 190 23 4 0 0 0 0.00 4 0 0 0 0
18 Bryan Watson D 5-9 175 29 4 0 0 0 0.00 21 0 0 0 0
Team Total 4 8 11 19 4.75 71 6 1 1 0

Goalies Playoffs

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP MIN W L T/OT PTS PTS% SO GA GAA SOG SV SV% G A PTS PIM
1 Jim Rutherford G 5-8 168 22 4 240 0 4 0 .000 0 14 3.50 0 0 0 0
Team Total 78 240 0 4 0 14 3.50