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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
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1971-72 Statistics ▪ Games
| 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 |
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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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |