1974–75 Pittsburgh Penguins season

1974–75 Pittsburgh Penguins
Division	3rd Norris
Conference	5th Prince of Wales
1974–75 record	37-28-15
Goals for	326
Goals against	289
Team information
Coach	Marc Boileau
Captain	Ron Schock
Alternate captains	Syl Apps Dave Burrows Bob Paradise
Arena	Pittsburgh Civic Arena
Team leaders
Goals	Jean Pronovost (43)
Assists	Ron Schock (63)
Points	Ron Schock (86)
Penalty minutes	Colin Campbell (172)
Wins	Gary Inness (24)
Goals against average	Gary Inness (3.09)

The 1974–75 Pittsburgh Penguins season was the franchise's 8th season in the National Hockey League. It was the Penguins first season in the Norris Division of the Prince of Wales Conference. The team finished 3rd in the Norris and qualified for the playoffs for the third time in franchise history. After defeating the St. Louis Blues in the Preliminary round, the Penguins lost in the Quarter-finals to the New York Islanders 4 games to 3 after winning the first three games of the series.

Pre-season

On October 6, 1974, the Penguins won an exhibition game 5-3 against the Cleveland Crusaders.

Regular Season

Final Standings

Norris Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Montreal Canadiens	80	47	14	19	374	225	113
Los Angeles Kings	80	42	17	21	269	185	105
Pittsburgh Penguins	80	37	28	15	326	289	89
Detroit Red Wings	80	23	45	12	259	335	58
Washington Capitals	80	8	67	5	181	446	21

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Game Log

Regular Season Results
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 9, 1974	4–2	@ Minnesota North Stars (1974–75)	1–0–0
2	W	October 12, 1974	7–2	Detroit Red Wings (1974–75)	2–0–0
3	L	October 19, 1974	3–6	Philadelphia Flyers (1974–75)	2–1–0
4	L	October 20, 1974	1–5	@ Atlanta Flames (1974–75)	2–2–0
5	T	October 23, 1974	5–5	Boston Bruins (1974–75)	2–2–1
6	L	October 26, 1974	4–5	New York Rangers (1974–75)	2–3–1
7	L	October 28, 1974	0–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (1974–75)	2–4–1
8	L	November 1, 1974	4–7	@ Vancouver Canucks (1974–75)	2–5–1
9	T	November 3, 1974	3–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1974–75)	2–5–2
10	W	November 5, 1974	5–3	@ Kansas City Scouts (1974–75)	3–5–2
11	L	November 7, 1974	3–5	Los Angeles Kings (1974–75)	3–6–2
12	W	November 9, 1974	5–2	California Golden Seals (1974–75)	4–6–2
13	L	November 10, 1974	3–8	@ Buffalo Sabres (1974–75)	4–7–2
14	W	November 13, 1974	8–2	New York Islanders (1974–75)	5–7–2
15	W	November 16, 1974	8–1	Washington Capitals (1974–75)	6–7–2
16	W	November 17, 1974	6–0	@ Washington Capitals (1974–75)	7–7–2
17	L	November 19, 1974	3–4	@ New York Islanders (1974–75)	7–8–2
18	W	November 20, 1974	8–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1974–75)	8–8–2
19	T	November 23, 1974	0–0	Los Angeles Kings (1974–75)	8–8–3
20	L	November 24, 1974	5–7	@ New York Rangers (1974–75)	8–9–3
21	L	November 27, 1974	2–3	Montreal Canadiens (1974–75)	8–10–3
22	T	November 30, 1974	5–5	Buffalo Sabres (1974–75)	8–10–4
23	L	December 1, 1974	3–6	@ Buffalo Sabres (1974–75)	8–11–4
24	W	December 4, 1974	4–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1974–75)	9–11–4
25	L	December 7, 1974	2–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1974–75)	9–12–4
26	L	December 8, 1974	2–3	@ Boston Bruins (1974–75)	9–13–4
27	T	December 12, 1974	3–3	Montreal Canadiens (1974–75)	9–13–5
28	W	December 14, 1974	6–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1974–75)	10–13–5
29	W	December 15, 1974	3–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1974–75)	11–13–5
30	L	December 18, 1974	4–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1974–75)	11–14–5
31	T	December 19, 1974	4–4	Kansas City Scouts (1974–75)	11–14–6
32	L	December 21, 1974	7–8	@ Minnesota North Stars (1974–75)	11–15–6
33	L	December 22, 1974	0–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1974–75)	11–16–6
34	T	December 26, 1974	2–2	St. Louis Blues (1974–75)	11–16–7
35	T	December 28, 1974	3–3	Atlanta Flames (1974–75)	11–16–8
36	W	December 30, 1974	7–5	Toronto Maple Leafs (1974–75)	12–16–8
37	W	January 2, 1975	6–3	Minnesota North Stars (1974–75)	13–16–8
38	W	January 4, 1975	4–3	Vancouver Canucks (1974–75)	14–16–8
39	L	January 8, 1975	5–7	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1974–75)	14–17–8
40	T	January 10, 1975	3–3	@ Atlanta Flames (1974–75)	14–17–9
41	W	January 11, 1975	6–3	California Golden Seals (1974–75)	15–17–9
42	W	January 15, 1975	5–3	Atlanta Flames (1974–75)	16–17–9
43	T	January 18, 1975	4–4	Boston Bruins (1974–75)	16–17–10
44	W	January 19, 1975	3–2	@ Washington Capitals (1974–75)	17–17–10
45	W	January 22, 1975	7–5	California Golden Seals (1974–75)	18–17–10
46	W	January 25, 1975	5–2	New York Rangers (1974–75)	19–17–10
47	L	January 26, 1975	2–7	@ Montreal Canadiens (1974–75)	19–18–10
48	W	January 29, 1975	6–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1974–75)	20–18–10
49	L	January 30, 1975	2–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1974–75)	20–19–10
50	T	February 1, 1975	4–4	@ St. Louis Blues (1974–75)	20–19–11
51	W	February 4, 1975	3–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (1974–75)	21–19–11
52	W	February 5, 1975	3–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (1974–75)	22–19–11
53	W	February 7, 1975	4–1	@ California Golden Seals (1974–75)	23–19–11
54	L	February 11, 1975	1–2	@ New York Islanders (1974–75)	23–20–11
55	T	February 12, 1975	3–3	Buffalo Sabres (1974–75)	23–20–12
56	W	February 15, 1975	8–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1974–75)	24–20–12
57	W	February 16, 1975	3–2	New York Islanders (1974–75)	25–20–12
58	T	February 19, 1975	2–2	Los Angeles Kings (1974–75)	25–20–13
59	W	February 22, 1975	3–2	St. Louis Blues (1974–75)	26–20–13
60	L	February 23, 1975	1–3	Detroit Red Wings (1974–75)	26–21–13
61	L	February 25, 1975	4–6	@ Boston Bruins (1974–75)	26–22–13
62	W	February 26, 1975	3–1	Washington Capitals (1974–75)	27–22–13
63	W	March 1, 1975	7–3	Vancouver Canucks (1974–75)	28–22–13
64	W	March 2, 1975	8–6	@ New York Rangers (1974–75)	29–22–13
65	T	March 5, 1975	4–4	@ Kansas City Scouts (1974–75)	29–22–14
66	W	March 8, 1975	8–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1974–75)	30–22–14
67	L	March 9, 1975	4–8	@ Buffalo Sabres (1974–75)	30–23–14
68	W	March 12, 1975	5–3	Boston Bruins (1974–75)	31–23–14
69	L	March 13, 1975	0–6	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1974–75)	31–24–14
70	W	March 15, 1975	12–1	Washington Capitals (1974–75)	32–24–14
71	W	March 16, 1975	6–3	Kansas City Scouts (1974–75)	33–24–14
72	L	March 18, 1975	2–5	@ St. Louis Blues (1974–75)	33–25–14
73	T	March 19, 1975	3–3	@ California Golden Seals (1974–75)	33–25–15
74	L	March 22, 1975	0–4	@ Los Angeles Kings (1974–75)	33–26–15
75	W	March 26, 1975	6–4	Montreal Canadiens (1974–75)	34–26–15
76	W	March 29, 1975	4–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1974–75)	35–26–15
77	W	March 30, 1975	4–1	Minnesota North Stars (1974–75)	36–26–15
78	L	April 2, 1975	0–6	@ Montreal Canadiens (1974–75)	36–27–15
79	W	April 5, 1975	7–1	Detroit Red Wings (1974–75)	37–27–15
80	L	April 6, 1975	4–8	@ Washington Capitals (1974–75)	37–28–15

Player Stats

Skaters

Note: GP= Games played; G= Goals; AST= Assists; PTS = Points; PIM = Points

Player	#	GP	G	AST	PTS	PIM
Ron Schock	17	80	23	63	86	36
Syl Apps	26	79	24	55	79	43
Jean Pronovost	19	78	43	32	75	37
Vic Hadfield	11	78	31	42	73	72
Pierre Larouche	10	79	31	37	68	52
Rick Kehoe	8	76	32	31	63	22
Lowell MacDonald	18	71	27	33	60	24
Ron Stackhouse	3	72	15	45	60	52
Chuck Arnason	9	78	26	32	58	32
Bob Kelly	22	69	27	24	51	120
Barry Wilkins	5	59	5	29	34	97
Colin Campbell	6	59	4	15	19	172
Pete Laframboise	27	35	5	13	18	8
Bob Paradise	2	78	3	15	18	109
Dennis Owchar	25	46	6	11	17	67
Dave Burrows	4	78	2	15	17	49
Bob McManama	15	40	5	9	14	6
Lew Morrison	16	52	7	5	12	4
Nelson DeBenedet	23	31	6	3	9	11
Jean-Guy Lagace	24	27	1	8	9	39
Kelly Pratt	12	22	0	6	6	15
Ab DeMarco	5	8	2	1	3	4
Ron Lalonde	16	24	0	3	3	0
Steve Durbano	7	1	0	1	1	10
Mario Faubert	5	10	1	0	1	6
Wayne Bianchin	14	1	0	0	0	0
Yves Bergeron	20	2	0	0	0	0
Bob Stumpf	29	3	0	0	0	4
Harvey Bennett	28	7	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Note: GP= Games played; W= Wins; L= Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals Against

Player	#	GP	W	L	T	SO	GAA
Gary Inness	30	57	24	18	10	2	3.09
Michel Plasse	31	20	9	5	4	0	4.00
Bob Johnson	1	12	3	4	1	0	5.04
Denis Herron	1	3	1	1	0	0	6.11

Awards and Records

• The Penguins did not receive any awards this season.

Transactions

The Penguins were involved in the following transactions during the 1974–75 season:

Trades

May 27, 1974	To Pittsburgh Penguins Nelson Debenedet	To Detroit Red Wings Hank Nowak 3rd round pick in 1974 Draft (Dan Mandryk)
May 27, 1974	To Pittsburgh Penguins Vic Hadfield	To New York Rangers Nick Beverley
September 1, 1974	To Pittsburgh Penguins Rick Kehoe	To Toronto Maple Leafs Blaine Stoughton future considerations
November 4, 1974	To Pittsburgh Penguins Barry Wilkins	To Vancouver Canucks Ab DeMarco
December 14, 1974	To Pittsburgh Penguins Lew Morrison	To Washington Capitals Ron Lalonde
January 10, 1975	To Pittsburgh Penguins Michel Plasse	To Kansas City Scouts Denis Herron Jean-Guy Lagace
January 20, 1975	To Pittsburgh Penguins Bob Stumpf	To St. Louis Blues Bernie Lukowich
January 21, 1975	To Pittsburgh Penguins Pete Laframboise	To Washington Capitals Ron Jones

Additions and Subtractions

Additions Player Former team Via Harvey Bennett Des Moines Capitols (IHL) free agency (1974–06–25) Kelly Pratt Jacksonville Barons (AHL) free agency (1974–07–15)

Subtractions Player New team Via Andy Brown Indianapolis Racers (WHA) free agency (1974) Duane Rupp Vancouver Blazers (WHA) free agency (1974–06) Jim Wiley Vancouver Canucks Intra-League Draft (1974–06–10) Robin Burns Kansas City Scouts Expansion Draft (1974–06–12) Yvon Labre Washington Capitals Expansion Draft (1974–06–12) Ted Snell Kansas City Scouts Expansion Draft (1974–06–12)

Draft Picks

See also: 1974 NHL Amateur Draft

References

• 1974–75 Pittsburgh Penguins Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-06.
• Player stats at Hockey Database
• Game log on NHL Database