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1971-72 Pittsburgh Penguins Roster and Statistics

Record: 26-38-14 (66 points), Finished 4th in NHL West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Red Kelly (26-38-14)

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Primary Arena: Pittsburgh Civic Arena

Goals For: 220 (6th of 14), Goals Against: 258 (9th of 14)
SRS: -0.45 (9th of 14), SOS: 0.04 (6th of 14)

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

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Recent Game Results

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Team Statistics

Team Statistics Table
Team	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PTS%	GF	GA	SRS	SOS	GF/G	GA/G	PP	PPO	PP%	PPA	PPOA	PK%	SH	SHA	S	S%	SA	SV%	PDO	SO
Pittsburgh Penguins	78	26	38	14	66	.423	220	258	-0.45	0.04	2.82	3.31	46	286	16.08	56	246	77.24	5	7	2441	9.0	2295	.888		1
League Average	78	32	32	13	78	.500	239	239					52	269	19.38	52	269	80.62	7	7	2417	9.9	2417	.901		5

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5)

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5) Table
Team	S%	SV%	PDO	CF	CA	CF%	xGF	xGA	aGF	aGA	axDiff	SCF	SCA	SCF%	HDF	HDA	HDF%	HDGF	HDC%	HDGA	HDCO%
Pittsburgh Penguins
League Average

Roster

Age is on February 1 of given season

Roster Table
No.	Player	Flag	Pos	Age	Ht	Wt	S/C	Exp	Birth Date
26	Syl Apps	ca	C	24	6-0	185	R/-	1	August 1, 1947
30	Les Binkley	ca	G	37	6-0	175	-/R	4	June 6, 1934
18	Wally Boyer	ca	C	34	5-8	165	L/-	6	September 27, 1937
25	Robin Burns	ca	LW	25	6-0	195	L/-	1	August 27, 1946
4	Dave Burrows	ca	D	23	6-1	190	L/-	R	January 11, 1949
20	Steve Cardwell	ca	LW	21	5-11	190	L/-	1	August 13, 1950
25	Darryl Edestrand	ca	D	26	5-11	180	L/-	2	November 6, 1945
1	Roy Edwards	ca	G	34	5-8	165	-/R	4	March 12, 1937
8	Val Fonteyne	ca	LW	38	5-10	160	L/-	12	December 2, 1933
11	Nick Harbaruk	pl	RW	28	6-0	195	R/-	2	August 16, 1943
7	Bryan Hextall	ca	C	30	5-11	185	L/-	3	May 23, 1941
9	Bill Hicke	ca	RW	33	5-8	164	L/-	12	March 31, 1938
3-24	Tim Horton	ca	D	42	5-10	180	R/-	21	January 12, 1930
6-16	Sheldon Kannegiesser	ca	D	24	6-0	198	L/-	1	August 15, 1947
15	Rick Kessell	ca	C	22	5-10	175	L/-	2	July 27, 1949
23	Bobby Leiter	ca	C	30	5-9	175	L/-	5	March 22, 1941
10	Keith McCreary	ca	LW	31	5-10	180	L/-	5	June 19, 1940
9	Al McDonough	ca	RW	21	6-1	175	R/-	1	June 6, 1950
15	Brian McKenzie	ca	LW	20	5-10	165	L/-	R	March 16, 1951
27	Joe Noris	us	C	20	6-0	185	R/-	R	October 26, 1951
22	Greg Polis	ca	LW	21	6-0	195	L/-	1	August 8, 1950
19	Jean Pronovost	ca	RW	26	6-0	185	R/-	3	December 18, 1945
14	René Robert	ca	RW	23	5-10	184	R/-	1	December 31, 1948
2	Duane Rupp	ca	D	33	6-1	195	L/-	8	March 29, 1938
1-29	Jim Rutherford	ca	G	22	5-8	168	-/L	1	February 17, 1949
12	Ken Schinkel	ca	RW	39	5-10	172	R/-	10	November 27, 1932
17	Ron Schock	ca	C	28	5-11	180	L/-	8	December 19, 1943
23-24	Eddie Shack	ca	LW	34	6-1	200	L/-	13	February 11, 1937
20	John Stewart	ca	LW	21	6-0	180	L/-	1	May 16, 1950
5	Bryan Watson	ca	D	29	5-9	175	R/-	8	November 14, 1942
3	Bob Woytowich	ca	D	30	6-0	185	R/-	7	August 18, 1941

Scoring Regular Season

Players on this team's active roster in bold

Scoring Regular Season Table
					Scoring					Goals				Assists					Ice Time		Point Shares
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	PP	SH	S	S%	TOI	ATOI	OPS	DPS	PS
1	Syl Apps	24	C	72	15	44	59	17	78	11	3	1	1	33	11	0	164	9.1			3.6	1.7	5.3
2	Jean Pronovost	26	RW	68	30	23	53	13	12	26	3	1	3	16	6	1	214	14.0			4.6	1.5	6.1
3	Greg Polis	21	LW	76	30	19	49	-3	38	22	8	0	0	17	2	0	208	14.4			3.9	1.1	4.9
4	Ron Schock	28	C	77	17	29	46	-9	22	12	3	2	1	22	7	0	151	11.3			2.4	0.9	3.3
5	Ken Schinkel	39	RW	74	15	30	45	-10	8	14	1	0	1	21	8	1	154	9.7			2.2	0.8	3.1
6	Bryan Hextall	30	C	78	20	24	44	-26	126	15	5	0	5	20	4	0	145	13.8			2.4	0.4	2.8
7	Darryl Edestrand	26	D	77	10	23	33	-11	52	7	2	1	3	18	5	0	156	6.4			2.2	3.5	5.7
8	Bobby Leiter	30	C	78	14	17	31	-25	18	9	5	0	3	14	3	0	147	9.5			0.7	0.4	1.1
9	Nick Harbaruk	28	RW	78	12	17	29	-13	46	9	3	0	1	16	1	0	141	8.5			0.4	0.8	1.2
10	Duane Rupp	33	D	34	4	18	22	0	32	4	0	0	0	15	3	0	91	4.4			1.6	1.8	3.4
11	Bryan Watson	29	D	75	3	17	20	5	212	3	0	0	1	16	1	0	106	2.8			0.5	4.4	4.9
12	Val Fonteyne	38	LW	68	6	13	19	-1	0	5	1	0	0	9	2	2	35	17.1			-0.6	1.0	0.4
13	Al McDonough	21	RW	37	7	11	18	-6	8	6	1	0	1	4	7	0	113	6.2			0.7	0.4	1.1
14	René Robert	23	RW	49	7	11	18	-11	42	4	3	0	2	8	3	0	71	9.9			0.2	0.4	0.6
15	Steve Cardwell	21	LW	28	7	8	15	0	18	5	2	0	1	8	0	0	47	14.9			0.8	0.4	1.2
16	Eddie Shack	34	LW	13	5	9	14	5	12	1	4	0	2	4	5	0	47	10.6			1.2	0.4	1.5
17	Dave Burrows	23	D	77	2	10	12	-8	48	2	0	0	0	8	2	0	100	2.0			-0.4	3.7	3.3
18	Tim Horton*	42	D	44	2	9	11	5	40	2	0	0	1	6	3	0	84	2.4			0.2	2.7	2.9
19	John Stewart	21	LW	25	2	8	10	-6	23	2	0	0	0	7	1	0	33	6.1			0.0	0.2	0.2
20	Keith McCreary	31	LW	33	4	4	8	-10	22	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	68	5.9			-0.3	0.2	-0.1
21	Joe Noris	20	C	35	2	5	7	-8	20	2	0	0	0	3	1	1	48	4.2			-0.7	0.3	-0.4
22	Sheldon Kannegiesser	24	D	54	2	4	6	-14	47	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	49	4.1			-0.4	2.0	1.6
23	Bob Woytowich	30	D	31	1	4	5	-19	8	0	1	0	0	1	3	0	36	2.8			-0.1	0.4	0.3
24	Bill Hicke	33	RW	12	2	0	2	-6	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	19	10.5			-0.1	0.0	-0.2
25	Brian McKenzie	20	LW	6	1	1	2	-2	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	12.5			0.0	0.0	0.0
26	Wally Boyer	34	C	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	0.1
27	Roy Edwards	34	G	15	0	1	1	0	0				0	1			0		846	56:24	0.0	0.0	2.9
28	Rick Kessell	22	C	3	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0.0			0.0	0.0	0.0
29	Les Binkley	37	G	31	0	0	0	0	2				0	0			0		1667	53:46	0.0	0.0	3.2
30	Robin Burns	25	LW	5	0	0	0	-4	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0			-0.2	-0.1	-0.3
31	Jim Rutherford*	22	G	40	0	0	0	0	16				0	0			0		2156	53:54	0.0	0.0	5.2
	Team Total			78	220	361	581	-148	968	169	46	5	26	276	80	5	2442	9.0			24.5	29.3	65.2

Goalies Regular Season

Players on this team's active roster in bold

Goalies Regular Season Table
			Goalie Stats
Rk	Player	Age	GP	GS	W	L	T/O	GA	SA	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN	QS	QS%	RBS	GA%-	GSAA	adjGAA	GPS
1	Jim Rutherford*	22	40		17	15	5	116	1087	971	.893	3.23	1	2156				112	-12.2	3.23	5.2
2	Les Binkley	37	31		7	15	5	98	815	717	.880	3.53	0	1667				120	-16.6	3.53	3.2
3	Roy Edwards	34	15		2	8	4	36	386	350	.907	2.55	0	846				96	1.6	2.55	2.9
	Team Total				26	38	14	250	2288	2038	.891	3.21	1	4669				112	-27.1	3.21	11.4