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1971-72 Pittsburgh Penguins Roster and Statistics

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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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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%
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League Average

Roster

Age is on February 1 of given season

Roster Table
No.	Player	Birth	Pos	Age	Ht	Wt	S/C	Exp	Birth Date	Summary
26	Syl Apps	ca CA	C	24	6-0	185	R/-	1	August 1, 1947	15 G, 44 A, 59 P
30	Les Binkley	ca CA	G	37	6-0	175	-/R	4	June 6, 1934	7-15-5, 3.53 GAA
18	Wally Boyer	ca CA	C	34	5-8	165	L/-	6	September 27, 1937	0 G, 1 A, 1 P
25	Robin Burns	ca CA	LW	25	6-0	195	L/-	1	August 27, 1946	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
4	Dave Burrows	ca CA	D	23	6-1	190	L/-	R	January 11, 1949	2 G, 10 A, 12 P
20	Steve Cardwell	ca CA	LW	21	5-11	190	L/-	1	August 13, 1950	7 G, 8 A, 15 P
25	Darryl Edestrand	ca CA	D	26	5-11	180	L/-	2	November 6, 1945	10 G, 23 A, 33 P
1	Roy Edwards	ca CA	G	34	5-8	165	-/R	4	March 12, 1937	2-8-4, 2.55 GAA
8	Val Fonteyne	ca CA	LW	38	5-10	160	L/-	12	December 2, 1933	6 G, 13 A, 19 P
11	Nick Harbaruk	pl PL	RW	28	6-0	195	R/-	2	August 16, 1943	12 G, 17 A, 29 P
7	Bryan Hextall	ca CA	C	30	5-11	185	L/-	3	May 23, 1941	20 G, 24 A, 44 P
9	Bill Hicke	ca CA	RW	33	5-8	164	L/-	12	March 31, 1938	2 G, 0 A, 2 P
3-24	Tim Horton	ca CA	D	42	5-10	180	R/-	21	January 12, 1930	2 G, 9 A, 11 P
6-16	Sheldon Kannegiesser	ca CA	D	24	6-0	198	L/-	1	August 15, 1947	2 G, 4 A, 6 P
15	Rick Kessell	ca CA	C	22	5-10	175	L/-	2	July 27, 1949	0 G, 1 A, 1 P
23	Bobby Leiter	ca CA	C	30	5-9	175	L/-	5	March 22, 1941	14 G, 17 A, 31 P
10	Keith McCreary	ca CA	LW	31	5-10	180	L/-	5	June 19, 1940	4 G, 4 A, 8 P
9	Al McDonough	ca CA	RW	21	6-1	175	R/-	1	June 6, 1950	7 G, 11 A, 18 P
15	Brian McKenzie	ca CA	LW	20	5-10	165	L/-	R	March 16, 1951	1 G, 1 A, 2 P
27	Joe Noris	us US	C	20	6-0	185	R/-	R	October 26, 1951	2 G, 5 A, 7 P
22	Greg Polis	ca CA	LW	21	6-0	195	L/-	1	August 8, 1950	30 G, 19 A, 49 P
19	Jean Pronovost	ca CA	RW	26	6-0	185	R/-	3	December 18, 1945	30 G, 23 A, 53 P
14	René Robert	ca CA	RW	23	5-10	184	R/-	1	December 31, 1948	7 G, 11 A, 18 P
2	Duane Rupp	ca CA	D	33	6-1	195	L/-	8	March 29, 1938	4 G, 18 A, 22 P
1-29	Jim Rutherford	ca CA	G	22	5-8	168	-/L	1	February 17, 1949	17-15-5, 3.23 GAA
12	Ken Schinkel	ca CA	RW	39	5-10	172	R/-	10	November 27, 1932	15 G, 30 A, 45 P
17	Ron Schock	ca CA	C	28	5-11	180	L/-	8	December 19, 1943	17 G, 29 A, 46 P
23-24	Eddie Shack	ca CA	LW	34	6-1	200	L/-	13	February 11, 1937	5 G, 9 A, 14 P
20	John Stewart	ca CA	LW	21	6-0	180	L/-	1	May 16, 1950	2 G, 8 A, 10 P
5	Bryan Watson	ca CA	D	29	5-9	175	R/-	8	November 14, 1942	3 G, 17 A, 20 P
3	Bob Woytowich	ca CA	D	30	6-0	185	R/-	7	August 18, 1941	1 G, 4 A, 5 P

Standard Stats

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Standard Stats Table
					Scoring					Goals				Assists			Shots		Ice Time
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EVG	PPG	SHG	GWG	EV	PP	SH	SOG	SPCT	TOI	ATOI	Awards
1	Syl Apps	24	C	72	15	44	59	17	78	11	3	1	1	33	11	0	164	9.1
2	Jean Pronovost	26	RW	68	30	23	53	13	12	26	3	1	3	16	6	1	214	14.0
3	Greg Polis	21	LW	76	30	19	49	-3	38	22	8	0	0	17	2	0	208	14.4			ASG
4	Ron Schock	28	C	77	17	29	46	-9	22	12	3	2	1	22	7	0	151	11.3
5	Ken Schinkel	39	RW	74	15	30	45	-10	8	14	1	0	1	21	8	1	154	9.7
6	Bryan Hextall	30	C	78	20	24	44	-26	126	15	5	0	5	20	4	0	145	13.8
7	Darryl Edestrand	26	D	77	10	23	33	-11	52	7	2	1	3	18	5	0	156	6.4
8	Bobby Leiter	30	C	78	14	17	31	-25	18	9	5	0	3	14	3	0	147	9.5
9	Nick Harbaruk	28	RW	78	12	17	29	-13	46	9	3	0	1	16	1	0	141	8.5
10	Duane Rupp	33	D	34	4	18	22	0	32	4	0	0	0	15	3	0	91	4.4
11	Bryan Watson	29	D	75	3	17	20	5	212	3	0	0	1	16	1	0	106	2.8
12	Val Fonteyne	38	LW	68	6	13	19	-1	0	5	1	0	0	9	2	2	35	17.1
13	René Robert	23	RW	49	7	11	18	-11	42	4	3	0	2	8	3	0	71	9.9
14	Al McDonough	21	RW	37	7	11	18	-6	8	6	1	0	1	4	7	0	113	6.2
15	Steve Cardwell	21	LW	28	7	8	15	0	18	5	2	0	1	8	0	0	47	14.9
16	Eddie Shack	34	LW	13	5	9	14	5	12	1	4	0	2	4	5	0	47	10.6
17	Dave Burrows	23	D	77	2	10	12	-8	48	2	0	0	0	8	2	0	100	2.0			Calder-4
18	Tim Horton	42	D	44	2	9	11	5	40	2	0	0	1	6	3	0	84	2.4
19	John Stewart	21	LW	25	2	8	10	-6	23	2	0	0	0	7	1	0	33	6.1
20	Keith McCreary	31	LW	33	4	4	8	-10	22	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	68	5.9
21	Joe Noris	20	C	35	2	5	7	-8	20	2	0	0	0	3	1	1	48	4.2
22	Sheldon Kannegiesser	24	D	54	2	4	6	-14	47	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	49	4.1
23	Bob Woytowich	30	D	31	1	4	5	-19	8	0	1	0	0	1	3	0	36	2.8
24	Brian McKenzie	20	LW	6	1	1	2	-2	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	12.5
25	Bill Hicke	33	RW	12	2	0	2	-6	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	19	10.5
26	Rick Kessell	22	C	3	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0.0
27	Roy Edwards	34	G	15	0	1	1	0	0				0	1			0		846:00
28	Wally Boyer	34	C	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
29	Jim Rutherford	22	G	40	0	0	0	0	16				0	0			0		2156:18
30	Robin Burns	25	LW	5	0	0	0	-4	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
31	Les Binkley	37	G	31	0	0	0	0	2				0	0			0		1666:59
	Team Totals			78	220	361	581	-148	968	169	46	5	26	276	80	5	2442	9.0	4669:17

Standard Stats Table
					Scoring					Goals				Assists			Shots		Ice Time
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EVG	PPG	SHG	GWG	EV	PP	SH	SOG	SPCT	TOI	ATOI	Awards
1	Bobby Leiter	30	C	4	3	0	3	-4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	42.9
2	Darryl Edestrand	26	D	4	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	0.0
3	Bryan Hextall	30	C	4	0	2	2	-2	9	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	0.0
4	Greg Polis	21	LW	4	0	2	2	-3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	12	0.0
5	Jean Pronovost	26	RW	4	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	8	12.5
6	Ken Schinkel	39	RW	3	2	0	2	-2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	40.0
7	Eddie Shack	34	LW	4	0	1	1	-3	15	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	0.0
8	Ron Schock	28	C	4	1	0	1	-1	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	12.5
9	Nick Harbaruk	28	RW	4	0	1	1	-2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	10	0.0
10	Tim Horton	42	D	4	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	0.0
11	Syl Apps	24	C	4	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	6.7
12	Al McDonough	21	RW	4	0	1	1	-5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	13	0.0
13	Keith McCreary	31	RW	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
14	Bryan Watson	29	D	4	0	0	0	-5	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0
15	Jim Rutherford	22	G	4	0	0	0		0				0	0			0		240:12
16	Duane Rupp	33	D	4	0	0	0	-7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.0
17	Val Fonteyne	38	LW	4	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
18	Steve Cardwell	21	LW	4	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0
19	Dave Burrows	23	D	4	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
	Team Totals			4	8	11	19	-36	71	6	1	1	0	10	0	1	122	6.6	240:12

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Goalie Stats

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Goalie Stats Table
			Goalie Stats															Scoring
Rk	Player	Age	GP	W	L	T/O	GA	Shots	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN	GA%-	GSAA	GAA/A	GPS	G	A	PTS	PIM	Awards
1	Roy Edwards	34	15	2	8	4	36	386	350	.907	2.55	0	846:00	96	1.6	2.55	2.9	0	1	1	0
2	Jim Rutherford	22	40	17	15	5	116	1087	971	.893	3.23	1	2156:18	110	-10.1	3.23	5.2	0	0	0	16
3	Les Binkley	37	31	7	15	5	98	815	717	.880	3.53	0	1666:59	123	-18.6	3.53	3.2	0	0	0	2
	Team Totals		78	26	38	14	250	2288	2038	.891	3.21	1	4669:17	112	-27.1	3.21	11.4	0	1	1	18

Goalie Stats Table
			Goalie Stats													Scoring
Rk	Player	Age	GP	W	L	T/O	GA	Shots	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN	GA%-	GSAA	G	A	PTS	PIM	Awards
1	Jim Rutherford	22	4	0	4	0	14	145	131	.903	3.50	0	240:12	99	0.1	0	0	0	0
	Team Totals		4	0	4	0	14	145	131	.903	3.50	0	240:12	99	0.1	0	0	0	0

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Miscellaneous Stats

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Miscellaneous Stats Table
					Adjusted				Plus/Minus					Point Shares
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	TGF	PGF	TGA	PGA	+/-	OPS	DPS	PS	Awards
1	Syl Apps	24	C	72	15	45	60	20.5	79	19	55	12	17	3.6	1.7	5.3
2	Jean Pronovost	26	RW	68	29	23	52	22.1	75	19	52	9	13	4.6	1.5	6.1
3	Greg Polis	21	LW	76	29	19	48	21.0	75	20	58	0	-3	3.9	1.1	4.9	ASG
4	Ron Schock	28	C	77	17	29	46	17.2	60	11	95	37	-9	2.4	0.9	3.3
5	Ken Schinkel	39	RW	74	15	30	45	16.4	65	15	63	3	-10	2.2	0.8	3.1
6	Bryan Hextall	30	C	78	20	24	44	17.5	60	14	72	0	-26	2.4	0.4	2.8
7	Darryl Edestrand	26	D	77	10	23	33	11.7	75	17	84	15	-11	2.2	3.5	5.7
8	Bobby Leiter	30	C	78	14	17	31	12.3	42	15	54	2	-25	0.7	0.4	1.1
9	Nick Harbaruk	28	RW	78	12	17	29	11.2	43	7	72	23	-13	0.4	0.8	1.2
10	Duane Rupp	33	D	34	4	18	22	7.1	54	6	62	14	0	1.6	1.8	3.4
11	Bryan Watson	29	D	75	3	17	20	6.3	78	4	95	26	5	0.5	4.4	4.9
12	Val Fonteyne	38	LW	68	6	13	19	6.8	35	5	50	19	-1	-0.6	1.0	0.4
13	Al McDonough	21	RW	37	7	11	18	6.8	35	17	24	0	-6	0.7	0.4	1.1
14	René Robert	23	RW	49	7	11	18	6.8	26	11	28	2	-11	0.2	0.4	0.6
15	Steve Cardwell	21	LW	28	7	8	15	6.0	23	5	18	0	0	0.8	0.4	1.2
16	Eddie Shack	34	LW	13	5	9	14	5.2	24	11	8	0	5	1.2	0.4	1.5
17	Dave Burrows	23	D	77	2	10	12	3.8	77	7	105	27	-8	-0.4	3.7	3.3	Calder-4
18	Tim Horton	42	D	44	2	9	11	3.6	50	7	53	15	5	0.2	2.7	2.9
19	John Stewart	21	LW	25	2	8	10	3.3	16	3	19	0	-6	0.0	0.2	0.2
20	Keith McCreary	31	LW	33	4	4	8	3.3	13	2	21	0	-10	-0.3	0.2	-0.1
21	Joe Noris	20	C	35	2	5	7	2.5	22	1	31	2	-8	-0.7	0.3	-0.4
22	Sheldon Kannegiesser	24	D	54	2	4	6	2.2	30	0	49	5	-14	-0.4	2.0	1.6
23	Bob Woytowich	30	D	31	1	4	5	1.6	19	7	38	7	-19	-0.1	0.4	0.3
24	Brian McKenzie	20	LW	6	1	1	2	0.8	3	1	4	0	-2	0.0	0.0	0.0
25	Bill Hicke	33	RW	12	2	0	2	1.1	3	1	8	0	-6	-0.1	0.0	-0.2
26	Rick Kessell	22	C	3	0	1	1	0.3	1	1	1	0	-1	0.0	0.0	0.0
27	Wally Boyer	34	C	1	0	1	1	0.3	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.1
28	Robin Burns	25	LW	5	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	4	0	-4	-0.2	-0.1	-0.3

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