1970–71 Pittsburgh Penguins season

West Division^[1]
		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	Chicago Black Hawks	78	49	20	9	277	184	+93	107
2	St. Louis Blues	78	34	25	19	223	208	+15	87
3	Philadelphia Flyers	78	28	33	17	207	225	−18	73
4	Minnesota North Stars	78	28	34	16	191	223	−32	72
5	Los Angeles Kings	78	25	40	13	239	303	−64	63
6	Pittsburgh Penguins	78	21	37	20	221	240	−19	62
7	California Golden Seals	78	20	53	5	199	320	−121	45

Schedule and results

1970–71 Schedule

October: 2–4–3 (Home: 1–2–1 ; Road: 1–2–2), 7 Points

November: 3–6–5 (Home: 3–2–2 ; Road: 0–4–3), 11 Points

December: 5–7–3 (Home: 5–2–1 ; Road: 0–5–2), 13 Points

January: 6–5–1 (Home: 4–1–0 ; Road: 2–4–1), 13 Points

February: 3–7–3 (Home: 3–2–1 ; Road: 0–5–2), 9 Points

March: 2–7–3 (Home: 2–3–3 ; Road: 0–4–0), 7 Points

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

Legend: = Win = Loss = Tie

Playoffs

The Penguins failed to make the playoffs, despite making it last year.

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season^[2]
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Hextall Jr., BryanBryan Hextall Jr.	76	16	32	48	-23 !–23	133
Pronovost, JosephJoseph Pronovost	78	21	24	45	8	35
Bathgate, AndyAndy Bathgate	76	15	29	44	-11 !–11	34
Boyer, WallyWally Boyer	68	11	30	41	10	30
Schock, RonRon Schock	71	14	26	40	2	20
Prentice, DeanDean Prentice	69	21	17	38	-8 !–8	18
Schinkel, KenKen Schinkel	50	15	19	34	-19 !–19	6
Polis, GregGreg Polis	61	18	15	33	-6 !–6	40
Rupp, DuaneDuane Rupp	59	5	28	33	-10 !–10	34
McCreary, KeithKeith McCreary	59	21	12	33	7	24
McCallum, DuncDunc McCallum	77	9	20	29	-13 !–13	95
Woytowich, BobBob Woytowich	78	4	22	26	8	30
Harbaruk, NickNick Harbaruk	78	13	12	25	-9 !–9	108
Apps Jr., SylSyl Apps Jr.^†	31	9	16	25	3	21
Fonteyne, ValVal Fonteyne	70	4	9	13	-8 !–8	0
Zaine, RodRod Zaine	37	8	5	13	-8 !–8	21
Sather, GlenGlen Sather^‡	46	8	3	11	0	96
Morrison, JimJim Morrison	73	0	10	10	-12 !–12	32
Blackburn, BobBob Blackburn	64	4	5	9	0	54
Watson, BryanBryan Watson	43	2	6	8	-5 !–5	119
Stewart, JohnJohn Stewart	15	2	1	3	-9 !–9	9
Burns, RobinRobin Burns	10	0	3	3	1	4
Kessell, RickRick Kessell	6	0	2	2	1	2
Kannegiesser, SheldonSheldon Kannegiesser	18	0	2	2	-9 !–9	29
Labre, YvonYvon Labre	21	1	1	2	2	19
MacDonald, LowellLowell MacDonald	10	0	1	1	-6 !–6	0
Cardwell, SteveSteve Cardwell	5	0	1	1	-4 !–4	15
Total		221	351	572	—	1,028

Goaltenders

Regular Season^[3]
Player	GP	W	L	T	GA	SO
Binkley, LesLes Binkley	34	11	11	10	89	2
Smith, AllanAllan Smith	46	9	22	9	128	2
Newton, CamCam Newton	5	1	3	1	16	0
Hoganson, PaulPaul Hoganson	2	0	1	0	7	0
Total		21	37	20	240	4

^†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 1970–71 season:^[4]

Trades

October 2, 1970	To Montreal Canadiens cash	To Pittsburgh Penguins Robin Burns
October 9, 1970	To Buffalo Sabres Dave Dryden	To Pittsburgh Penguins cash
January 24, 1971	To Buffalo Sabres Terry Ball	To Pittsburgh Penguins Jean-Guy Lagace
January 26, 1971	To New York Rangers Glen Sather	To Pittsburgh Penguins Syl Apps Jr. Sheldon Kannegiesser
May 1, 1971	To Boston Bruins cash	To Pittsburgh Penguins Bob Leiter

Other

Player	Date	Details
Roy Edwards	June 7, 1971	Claimed off of waivers from Detroit Red Wings
Rod Zaine	June 8, 1971	Lost in intra-league draft to Buffalo Sabres
Al Smith	June 8, 1971	#2 overall pick in intra-league draft from Detroit Red Wings
Jim Rutherford	June 8, 1971	#3 overall pick in intra-league draft from Detroit Red Wings
Dave Burrows	June 8, 1971	#5 overall pick in intra-league draft from Chicago Blackhawks
Rene Robert	June 8, 1971	#22 overall pick in intra-league draft from Buffalo Sabres
Tim Horton	June 8, 1971	Claimed in intra-league draft from New York Rangers

Roster

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	NHL Draft	Birthplace
26	CAN !	Apps Jr., SylSyl Apps Jr.	4.0 !C	R	23	1964	Toronto, Ontario
9	CAN !	Bathgate, AndyAndy Bathgate	7.0 !RW	R	38	Undrafted	Winnipeg, Manitoba
30	CAN !	Binkley, LesLes Binkley	1.0 !G	R	36	Undrafted	Owen Sound, Ontario
4	CAN !	Blackburn, BobBob Blackburn	2.0 !D	L	33	Undrafted	Rouyn, Quebec
18	CAN !	Boyer, WallyWally Boyer	4.0 !C	L	33	Undrafted	Cowan, Manitoba
10	CAN !	Burns, RobinRobin Burns	6.0 !LW	L	24	Undrafted	Montreal, Quebec
15	CAN !	Cardwell, SteveSteve Cardwell	6.0 !LW	L	20	1970	Toronto, Ontario
8	CAN !	Fonteyne, ValVal Fonteyne	6.0 !LW	L	37	Undrafted	Wetaskiwin, Alberta
11	POL !	Harbaruk, NickNick Harbaruk	7.0 !RW	R	27	Undrafted	Drohiczyn, Poland
7	CAN !	Hextall Jr., BryanBryan Hextall Jr.	4.0 !C	L	29	Undrafted	Winnipeg, Manitoba
1	CAN !	Hoganson, PaulPaul Hoganson	1.0 !G	R	21	1969	Toronto, Ontario
16	CAN !	Kannegiesser, SheldonSheldon Kannegiesser	2.0 !D	L	23	Undrafted	North Bay, Ontario
23	CAN !	Kessell, RickRick Kessell	4.0 !C	L	21	1969	Toronto, Ontario
15	CAN !	Labre, YvonYvon Labre	2.0 !D	L	21	1969	Sudbury, Ontario
14	CAN !	MacDonald, LowellLowell MacDonald	6.0 !LW	R	29	Undrafted	New Glasgow, Nova Scotia
6	CAN !	McCallum, DuncDunc McCallum	2.0 !D	R	31	Undrafted	Flin Flon, Manitoba
10	CAN !	McCreary, KeithKeith McCreary	7.0 !RW	L	30	Undrafted	Sundridge, Ontario
27	CAN !	Morrison, JimJim Morrison	2.0 !D	L	39	Undrafted	Montreal, Quebec
1	CAN !	Newton, CamCam Newton	1.0 !G	L	21	1970	Peterborough, Ontario
22	CAN !	Polis, GregGreg Polis	7.0 !RW	L	20	1970	Westlock, Alberta
20	CAN !	Prentice, DeanDean Prentice	6.0 !LW	L	38	Undrafted	Schumacher, Ontario
19	CAN !	Pronovost, JosephJoseph Pronovost	7.0 !RW	R	25	Undrafted	Shawinigan Falls, Quebec
2	CAN !	Rupp, DuaneDuane Rupp	2.0 !D	L	33	Undrafted	MacNutt, Saskatchewan
12	CAN !	Schinkel, KenKen Schinkel	7.0 !RW	R	38	Undrafted	Jansen, Saskatchewan
17	CAN !	Schock, RonRon Schock	4.0 !C	L	27	Undrafted	Chapleau, Ontario
29	CAN !	Smith, AllanAllan Smith	1.0 !G	L	25	Undrafted	Toronto, Ontario
23	CAN !	Stewart, JohnJohn Stewart	6.0 !LW	L	21	1970	Eriksdale, Manitoba
5	CAN !	Watson, BryanBryan Watson	2.0 !D	R	28	Undrafted	Bancroft, Ontario
3	CAN !	Woytowich, BobBob Woytowich	2.0 !D	R	29	Undrafted	Winnipeg, Manitoba
24	CAN !	Zaine, RodRod Zaine	4.0 !C	L	25	Undrafted	Ottawa, Ontario

Draft picks

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	7	Greg Polis	Left Wing	Canada	Estevan Bruins (WCHL)
2	21	John Stewart	Left Wing	Canada	Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL)
3	35	Larry Bignell	Defenceman	Canada	Edmonton Oil Kings (WCHL)
4	49	Connie Forey	Left Wing	Canada	Ottawa 67's (OHA)
5	63	Steve Cardwell	Left Wing	Canada	Oshawa Generals (OHA)
6	77	Bob Fitchner	Center	Canada	Brandon Wheat Kings (WCHL)
7	90	Jim Pearson	Defenceman	Canada	St. Catharines Black Hawks (OHA)
8	102	Cam Newton	Goaltender	Canada	Kitchener Rangers (OHA)
9	110	Ron Lemieux	Defenceman	Canada	Dauphin Kings (MJHL)

References

"1970–71 Pittsburgh Penguins Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.
Player stats on Hockey Database
Game log on NHL Database

↑ "1970–1971 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
↑ "1970–1971 – Regular Season – Pittsburgh Penguins – All Skaters – Summary – Points – NHL.com – Stats". NHL.
↑ "1970–1971 – Regular Season – Pittsburgh Penguins – Goalie – Summary – Wins – NHL.com – Stats". NHL.
↑ "Hockey Transactions Search Results". Pro Sports Transactions.
↑ "NHL Entry Draft Year by Year Results". NHL.com. Retrieved February 25, 2013.

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

Pittsburgh Penguins

Founded in 1967
Based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Franchise

History

Personnel

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

Arenas

Main facilities: Civic Arena; PPG Paints Arena

Training facilities: Brantford Civic Centre; Rostraver Ice Garden; Island Sports Center; IceoPlex at Southpointe; UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex

Rivalries

Affiliates

AHL: Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins

ECHL: Wheeling Nailers

General managers

Head coaches

Media

Networks

TV	Root Sports Pittsburgh

Radio	WXDX WBGG

Broadcasters

TV	Paul Steigerwald Bob Errey

Radio	Mike Lange Phil Bourque

Culture and lore

1970–71 NHL season

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West	California Chicago Los Angeles Minnesota Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

See also	Amateur Draft Expansion Draft All-Star Game Stanley Cup Finals

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