1979–80 Pittsburgh Penguins season

Pittsburgh Penguins
1979–80 Pittsburgh Penguins
Division	3rd Norris
Conference	7th Wales
1979–80 record	30-37-13
Goals for	251
Goals against	303
	Team information
General Manager	Baz Bastien
Coach	Johnny Wilson
Captain	Orest Kindrachuk
Alternate captains	None
Arena	Pittsburgh Civic Arena
	Team leaders
Goals	Rick Kehoe (30)
Assists	Greg Malone (32)
Points	Rick Kehoe (60)
Penalties in minutes	Kim Clackson (166)
Wins	Greg Millen (18)
Goals against average	Nick Ricci (3.50)
<1978–79	1980–81>

The 1979–80 Pittsburgh Penguins season was their 13th in the National Hockey League.

Regular season

Division standings

Norris Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Montreal Canadiens	80	47	20	13	328	240	107
Los Angeles Kings	80	30	36	14	290	313	74
Pittsburgh Penguins	80	30	37	13	251	303	73
Hartford Whalers	80	27	34	19	303	312	73
Detroit Red Wings	80	26	43	11	268	306	63

^[1]Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Schedule and results

1979–80 Schedule

October: 4–4–1 (Home: 3–1–1 ; Road: 1–3–0), 9 Points

November: 5–4–3 (Home: 3–1–2 ; Road: 2–3–1), 13 Points

December: 5–3–7 (Home: 3–1–3 ; Road: 2–2–4), 17 Points

January: 5–10–0 (Home: 3–5–0 ; Road: 2–5–0), 10 Points

February: 4–7–0 (Home: 3–2–0 ; Road: 1–5–0), 8 Points

March: 6–7–2 (Home: 4–2–1 ; Road: 2–5–1), 14 Points

April: 1–2–0 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 0–1–0), 2 Points

Legend: = Win = Loss = Tie

Playoffs

Preliminary Round vs. Boston

April 8	Pittsburgh Penguins		4–2	Boston Bruins	Boston Garden	Recap
No Scoring		First period		No Scoring
Mark Johnson (1) – pp – 08:25 Gary McAdam (1) – 14:47		Second period		No Scoring
Mark Johnson (2) – 03:10 Gregg Sheppard (1) – en – 19:24		Third period		13:44 – pp – Terry O'Reilly (1) 18:47 – Craig MacTavish (1)
Greg Millen 36 saves / 38 shots		Goalie stats		Gerry Cheevers 18 saves / 22 shots

April 10	Pittsburgh Penguins		1–4	Boston Bruins	Boston Garden	Recap
No Scoring		First period		No Scoring
No Scoring		Second period		01:42 – Rick Middleton (1) 10:38 – Don Marcotte (1) 11:41 – Brad Park (1)
Rod Schutt (1) – 12:16		Third period		11:15 – Wayne Cashman (1)
Greg Millen 38 saves / 42 shots		Goalie stats		Gerry Cheevers 16 saves / 17 shots

April 12	Boston Bruins		1–4	Pittsburgh Penguins	Civic Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period		13:28 – Ross Lonsberry (1)
No Scoring		Second period		01:17 – Ross Lonsberry (2) 16:37 – Randy Carlyle (1)
Rick Middleton (2) – 03:48		Third period		13:51 – Rod Schutt (2)
Gerry Cheevers 24 saves / 28 shots		Goalie stats		Greg Millen 19 saves / 20 shots

April 13	Boston Bruins		8–3	Pittsburgh Penguins	Civic Arena	Recap
Peter McNab (1) – 05:13 Rick Middleton (3) – 06:42 Ray Bourque (1) – 13:26 Peter McNab (2) – pp – 16:00 Craig MacTavish (2) – 18:09		First period		No Scoring
Bob Miller (1) – sh – 06:31 Dwight Foster (1) – sh – 10:08		Second period		No Scoring
Dwight Foster 2 – 16:45		Third period		06:43 – pp – Rick Kehoe (1) 14:40 – pp – Ron Stackhouse (1) 14:47 – pp – Rick Kehoe (2)
Gerry Cheevers 23 saves / 26 shots		Goalie stats		Greg Millen 21 saves / 29 shots

April 14	Pittsburgh Penguins		2–6	Boston Bruins	Boston Garden	Recap
No Scoring		First period		03:49 – Peter McNab (3) 04:57 – Bob Miller (2)
No Scoring		Second period		05:22 – Dwight Foster (3) 10:20 – pp – Wayne Cashman (2)
Bob Stewart (1) – 03:18 Nick Libett (1) – pp – 16:10		Third period		06:25 – pp – Terry O'Reilly (2) 14:22 – Brad Park (2)
Greg Millen 24 saves / 30 shots		Goalie stats		Gerry Cheevers 22 saves / 24 shots

Boston won series 3–2

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season^[2]
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Rick Kehoe	79	30	30	60	–3	4
William Malone	51	19	32	51	4	46
George Ferguson	73	21	28	49	0	36
Orest Kindrachuk	52	17	29	46	4	63
Peter Lee	74	16	29	45	–13	20
Gary Mcadam	78	19	22	41	–17	63
Rodney Schutt	73	18	21	39	–8	43
Gregory Sheppard	76	13	24	37	–22	20
Randy Carlyle	67	8	28	36	–23	45
Ronald Stackhouse	78	6	27	33	16	36
David Lonsberry	76	15	18	33	–4	36
Patrick Hughes	76	18	14	32	–38	78
Russell Anderson	76	5	22	27	11	150
Lynn Libett	78	14	12	26	–19	14
Paul Marshall	46	9	12	21	–2	9
Mario Faubert	49	5	13	18	–19	31
Dale Tallon	32	5	9	14	–4	18
Robert Stewart†	65	3	7	10	–27	52
Kim Davis	24	3	7	10	–7	43
Thomas Bladon	57	2	6	8	–25	35
Mark Johnson	17	3	5	8	–4	4
Kimbel Clackson	45	0	3	3	–8	166
James Hamilton	10	2	0	2	–6	0
Blair Chapman‡	1	0	0	0	0	0

Playoffs^[3]
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Rick Kehoe	5	2	5	7	0
Mark Johnson	5	2	2	4	0
George Ferguson	5	0	3	3	4
Gary Mcadam	5	1	2	3	9
Rodney Schutt	5	2	1	3	6
David Lonsberry	5	2	1	3	2
Gregory Sheppard	5	1	1	2	0
Russell Anderson	5	0	2	2	14
Lynn Libett	5	1	1	2	0
Robert Stewart	5	1	1	2	2
Randy Carlyle	5	1	0	1	4
Ronald Stackhouse	5	1	0	1	18
Peter Lee	4	0	1	1	0
Mario Faubert	2	0	1	1	0
Thomas Bladon	1	0	1	1	0
Patrick Hughes	5	0	0	0	21
Dale Tallon	4	0	0	0	4
Kim Davis	4	0	0	0	0
Kimbel Clackson	3	0	0	0	37
Paul Marshall	1	0	0	0	0

Goaltenders

Regular Season^[4]
Player	GP	W	L	T	GA	SO
Gregory Millen	44	18	18	7	157	2
Robert Holland	34	10	17	6	126	1
Nick Ricci	4	2	2	0	14	0

Playoffs^[5]
Player	GP	W	L	T	GA	SO
Gregory Millen	5	2	3	0	21	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Penguins. Stats reflect time with the Penguins only.
^‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Penguins only.

Transactions

The Penguins were involved in the following transactions during the 1979–80 season:

Trades

August 30, 1979	To Montreal Canadiens Denis Herron 1982 2nd round pick	To Pittsburgh Penguins Rob Holland Pat Hughes
November 13, 1979	To St. Louis Blues Blair Chapman	To Pittsburgh Penguins Bob Stewart

Additions and subtractions

Additions
Player	Former team	Via

Subtractions
Player	New team	Via
Wayne Bianchin	Edmonton Oilers	Expansion Draft (1979-06-13)
Colin Campbell	Edmonton Oilers	Expansion Draft (1979-06-13)
John Flesch	Colorado Rockies	free agency (1980-01-30)

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Roster

#	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	NHL Draft	Birthplace
7	Russell Anderson	D	L	25	1975	Minneapolis, Minnesota
2	Thomas Bladon	D	R	27	1972	Edmonton, Alberta
25	Randy Carlyle	D	L	24	1976	Sudbury, Ontario
6	Kimbel Clackson	D	R	25	1975	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
22	Kim Davis	C	L	22	1977	Flin Flon, Manitoba
5	Mario Faubert	D	R	25	1974	Valleyfield, Quebec
11	George Ferguson	C	R	27	1972	Trenton, Ontario
28	James Hamilton	RW	L	23	1977	Barrie, Ontario
1	Robert Holland	G	L	22	1977	Montreal, Quebec
24	Patrick Hughes	RW	R	25	1975	Calgary, Alberta
9	Mark Johnson	C	L	22	1977	Madison, Wisconsin
17	Rick Kehoe	RW	R	28	1971	Windsor, Ontario
26	Orest Kindrachuk	C	L	29	Undrafted	Nanton, Alberta
10	Peter Lee	RW	R	24	1976	Ellesmere, Great Britain
14	Lynn Libett	LW	L	34	Undrafted	Stratford, Ontario
18	David Lonsberry	LW	L	33	Undrafted	Humboldt, Saskatchewan
12	William Malone	C	L	24	1976	Fredericton, New Brunswick
20	Paul Marshall	LW	L	19	1979	Toronto, Ontario
16	Gary McAdam	RW	L	24	1975	Smiths Falls, Ontario
29	Gregory Millen	G	R	22	1977	Toronto, Ontario
31	Nick Ricci	G	R	26	1979	Niagara Falls, Ontario
23/27	Rodney Schutt	LW	L	23	1976	Bancroft, Ontario
19	Gregory Sheppard	C	L	31	Undrafted	North Battleford, Saskatchewan
3	Ronald Stackhouse	D	R	30	1969	Haliburton, Ontario
8	Robert Stewart	D	L	29	1970	Charlottetown, Price Edward Island
4	Dale Tallon	D	L	29	1970	Noranda, Quebec

Draft picks

The 1979 NHL Entry Draft was held on August 9, 1979 in Montreal, Quebec.^[6]

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
2	31	Paul Marshall	Left Wing	Canada	Brantford Alexanders (OHA)
3	52	Bennett Wolf	Defense	Canada	Kitchener Rangers (OHA)
4	73	Brian Cross	Defense	Canada	Brantford Alexanders (OHA)
5	94	Nick Ricci	Goaltender	Canada	Niagara Falls Flyers (OHA)
6	115	Marc Chorney	Defense	Canada	U. of North Dakota (NCAA)

References

Penguins on Hockey Database

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Schedule and results

Playoffs

Preliminary Round vs. Boston

Player statistics

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