1979–80 Pittsburgh Penguins season

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
Kehoe, RickRick Kehoe	79	30	30	60	-3 !–3	4
Malone, WilliamWilliam Malone	51	19	32	51	4	46
Ferguson, GeorgeGeorge Ferguson	73	21	28	49	0	36
Kindrachuk, OrestOrest Kindrachuk	52	17	29	46	4	63
Lee, PeterPeter Lee	74	16	29	45	-13 !–13	20
McAdam, GaryGary McAdam	78	19	22	41	-17 !–17	63
Schutt, RodneyRodney Schutt	73	18	21	39	-8 !–8	43
Sheppard, GregoryGregory Sheppard	76	13	24	37	-22 !–22	20
Carlyle, RandyRandy Carlyle	67	8	28	36	-23 !–23	45
Lonsberry, DavidDavid Lonsberry	76	15	18	33	-4 !–4	36
Stackhouse, RonaldRonald Stackhouse	78	6	27	33	16	36
Hughes, PatrickPatrick Hughes	76	18	14	32	-38 !–38	78
Anderson, RussellRussell Anderson	76	5	22	27	11	150
Libett, LynnLynn Libett	78	14	12	26	-19 !–19	14
Marshall, PaulPaul Marshall	46	9	12	21	-2 !–2	9
Faubert, MarioMario Faubert	49	5	13	18	-19 !–19	31
Tallon, DaleDale Tallon	32	5	9	14	-4 !–4	18
Davis, KimKim Davis	24	3	7	10	-7 !–7	43
Stewart, RobertRobert Stewart^†	65	3	7	10	-27 !–27	52
Bladon, ThomasThomas Bladon	57	2	6	8	-25 !–25	35
Johnson, MarkMark Johnson	17	3	5	8	-4 !–4	4
Clackson, KimbelKimbel Clackson	45	0	3	3	-8 !–8	166
Hamilton, JamesJames Hamilton	10	2	0	2	-6 !–6	0
Chapman, BlairBlair Chapman^‡	1	0	0	0	0	0
Total		251	398	649	—	1,012

Playoffs^[3]
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Kehoe, RickRick Kehoe	5	2	5	7	0	0
Johnson, MarkMark Johnson	5	2	2	4	0	0
Lonsberry, DavidDavid Lonsberry	5	2	1	3	0	2
Ferguson, GeorgeGeorge Ferguson	5	0	3	3	0	4
McAdam, GaryGary McAdam	5	1	2	3	0	9
Schutt, RodneyRodney Schutt	5	2	1	3	0	6
Stewart, RobertRobert Stewart	5	1	1	2	0	2
Anderson, RussellRussell Anderson	5	0	2	2	0	14
Libett, LynnLynn Libett	5	1	1	2	0	0
Sheppard, GregoryGregory Sheppard	5	1	1	2	0	0
Lee, PeterPeter Lee	4	0	1	1	0	0
Bladon, ThomasThomas Bladon	1	0	1	1	0	0
Stackhouse, RonaldRonald Stackhouse	5	1	0	1	0	18
Faubert, MarioMario Faubert	2	0	1	1	0	0
Carlyle, RandyRandy Carlyle	5	1	0	1	0	4
Tallon, DaleDale Tallon	4	0	0	0	0	4
Clackson, KimbelKimbel Clackson	3	0	0	0	0	37
Hughes, PatrickPatrick Hughes	5	0	0	0	0	21
Davis, KimKim Davis	4	0	0	0	0	0
Marshall, PaulPaul Marshall	1	0	0	0	0	0
Total		14	22	36	—	121

Goaltenders

Regular Season^[4]
Player	GP	W	L	T	GA	SO
Millen, GregoryGregory Millen	44	18	18	7	157	2
Holland, RobertRobert Holland	34	10	17	6	126	1
Ricci, NickNick Ricci	4	2	2	0	14	0
Total		30	37	13	297	3

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

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	NHL Draft	Birthplace
7	USA !	Anderson, RussellRussell Anderson	2.0 !D	L	25	1975	Minneapolis, Minnesota
2	CAN !	Bladon, ThomasThomas Bladon	2.0 !D	R	27	1972	Edmonton, Alberta
25	CAN !	Carlyle, RandyRandy Carlyle	2.0 !D	L	24	1976	Sudbury, Ontario
6	CAN !	Clackson, KimbelKimbel Clackson	2.0 !D	R	25	1975	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
22	CAN !	Davis, KimKim Davis	4.0 !C	L	22	1977	Flin Flon, Manitoba
5	CAN !	Faubert, MarioMario Faubert	2.0 !D	R	25	1974	Valleyfield, Quebec
11	CAN !	Ferguson, GeorgeGeorge Ferguson	4.0 !C	R	27	1972	Trenton, Ontario
28	CAN !	Hamilton, JamesJames Hamilton	7.0 !RW	L	23	1977	Barrie, Ontario
1	CAN !	Holland, RobertRobert Holland	1.0 !G	L	22	1977	Montreal, Quebec
24	CAN !	Hughes, PatrickPatrick Hughes	7.0 !RW	R	25	1975	Calgary, Alberta
9	USA !	Johnson, MarkMark Johnson	4.0 !C	L	22	1977	Madison, Wisconsin
17	CAN !	Kehoe, RickRick Kehoe	7.0 !RW	R	28	1971	Windsor, Ontario
26	CAN !	Kindrachuk, OrestOrest Kindrachuk	4.0 !C	L	29	Undrafted	Nanton, Alberta
10	GBR !	Lee, PeterPeter Lee	7.0 !RW	R	24	1976	Ellesmere, Great Britain
14	CAN !	Libett, LynnLynn Libett	6.0 !LW	L	34	Undrafted	Stratford, Ontario
18	CAN !	Lonsberry, DavidDavid Lonsberry	6.0 !LW	L	33	Undrafted	Humboldt, Saskatchewan
12	CAN !	Malone, WilliamWilliam Malone	4.0 !C	L	24	1976	Fredericton, New Brunswick
20	CAN !	Marshall, PaulPaul Marshall	6.0 !LW	L	19	1979	Toronto, Ontario
16	CAN !	McAdam, GaryGary McAdam	7.0 !RW	L	24	1975	Smiths Falls, Ontario
29	CAN !	Millen, GregoryGregory Millen	1.0 !G	R	22	1977	Toronto, Ontario
31	CAN !	Ricci, NickNick Ricci	1.0 !G	R	26	1979	Niagara Falls, Ontario
23/27	CAN !	Schutt, RodneyRodney Schutt	6.0 !LW	L	23	1976	Bancroft, Ontario
19	CAN !	Sheppard, GregoryGregory Sheppard	4.0 !C	L	31	Undrafted	North Battleford, Saskatchewan
3	CAN !	Stackhouse, RonaldRonald Stackhouse	2.0 !D	R	30	1969	Haliburton, Ontario
8	CAN !	Stewart, RobertRobert Stewart	2.0 !D	L	29	1970	Charlottetown, Price Edward Island
4	CAN !	Tallon, DaleDale Tallon	2.0 !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

↑ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN 9781894801225.
↑ "1979–1980 – Regular Season – Pittsburgh Penguins – All Skaters – Summary – Points – NHL.com – Stats". NHL.
↑ "1979–1980 – Playoffs – Pittsburgh Penguins – All Skaters – Summary – Points – NHL.com – Stats". NHL.
↑ "1979–1980 – Regular Season – Pittsburgh Penguins – Goalie – Summary – Wins – NHL.com – Stats". NHL.
↑ "1979–1980 – Playoffs – Pittsburgh Penguins – Goalie – Summary – Wins – NHL.com – Stats". NHL.
↑ "NHL Entry Draft Year by Year Results". NHL.

Pittsburgh Penguins seasons

1960s	1967–68 1968–69 1969–70

1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

1979–80 NHL season

Patrick	Atlanta NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Washington

Adams	Boston Buffalo Minnesota Quebec Toronto

Norris	Detroit Hartford Los Angeles Montreal Pittsburgh

Smythe	Chicago Colorado Edmonton St. Louis Vancouver Winnipeg

See also	NHL–WHA merger Expansion Draft Entry Draft All-Star Game Playoffs Stanley Cup Final

Pittsburgh Penguins

Founded in 1967
Based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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Owners: Ronald Burkle; Mario Lemieux
General manager: Jim Rutherford
Head coach: Mike Sullivan
Team captain: Sidney Crosby
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