1970-71 Pittsburgh Penguins Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 21-37-20 - 62 points
Finishing 6th in the NHL's West Division
Coach: Red Kelly (21-37-20)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1970-71 Pittsburgh Penguins RosterTeam Record: 21-37-20 - 62 points
Finishing 6th in the NHL's West Division
Coach: Red Kelly (21-37-20)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1970-71 Pittsburgh Penguins Results
The Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League ended the 1970-71 season with a record of 21 wins and 37 losses and 20 ties for 62 points, finishing sixth in the NHL's West Division.
The Penguins scored 221 goals and allowed 240. Keith McCreary, Jean Pronovost and Dean Prentice netted 21 goals for Pittsburgh each, while Bryan Hextall contributed 32 assists. Les Binkley topped the squad with 11 wins and a team-best 2.86 goals against average, pacing qualifying goaltenders.
Red Kelly coached the team.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryan Hextall | C | 76 | 16 | 32 | 48 | 133 | -23 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 181 | 8.8 |
| Jean Pronovost | R | 78 | 21 | 24 | 45 | 35 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 225 | 9.3 |
| Andy Bathgate | R | 76 | 15 | 29 | 44 | 34 | -11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 209 | 7.2 |
| Wally Boyer | C | 68 | 11 | 30 | 41 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 111 | 9.9 |
| Ron Schock | C | 71 | 14 | 26 | 40 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 148 | 9.5 |
| Dean Prentice | L | 69 | 21 | 17 | 38 | 18 | -8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 135 | 15.6 |
| Ken Schinkel | R | 50 | 15 | 19 | 34 | 6 | -19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 120 | 12.5 |
| Keith McCreary | L | 59 | 21 | 12 | 33 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 116 | 18.1 |
| Greg Polis | L | 61 | 18 | 15 | 33 | 40 | -6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 157 | 11.5 |
| Duane Rupp | D | 59 | 5 | 28 | 33 | 34 | -10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 152 | 3.3 |
| Dunc McCallum | D | 77 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 95 | -13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 104 | 8.7 |
| Bob Woytowich | D | 78 | 4 | 22 | 26 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 149 | 2.7 |
| Nick Harbaruk | R | 78 | 13 | 12 | 25 | 108 | -9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 147 | 8.8 |
| Syl Apps | C | 31 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 75 | 12.0 |
| Rod Zaine | C | 37 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 21 | -8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 23.5 |
| Val Fonteyne | L | 70 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 0 | -8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 6.8 |
| Glen Sather | L | 46 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 96 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 64 | 12.5 |
| Jim Morrison | D | 73 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 32 | -12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 134 | 0.0 |
| Bob Blackburn | D | 64 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 87 | 4.6 |
| Bryan Watson | D | 43 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 119 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 4.2 |
| John Stewart | L | 15 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | -9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 8.0 |
| Robin Burns | L | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Yvon Labre | D | 21 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 3.3 |
| Sheldon Kannegiesser | D | 18 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 29 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.0 |
| Rick Kessell | C | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0.0 |
| Steve Cardwell | L | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Lowell MacDonald | L | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 |
| Cam Newton | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Hoganson | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Les Binkley | G | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Al Smith | G | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1436 | 221 | 351 | 572 | 1073 | -118 | 56 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 18 | 2562 | 8.6 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Binkley | 34 | 1870 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 89 | 2.86 | 0 | ||
| Al Smith | 46 | 2472 | 9 | 22 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 128 | 3.11 | 0 | ||
| Cam Newton | 5 | 281 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3.42 | 0 | ||
| Paul Hoganson | 2 | 57 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7.37 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 87 | 4680 | 21 | 37 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 240 | 3.08 | 0 |
