1979–80 Pittsburgh Penguins season

1979–80 Pittsburgh Penguins
Division	3rd Norris
Conference	7th Wales
1979–80 record	30-37-13
Goals for	251
Goals against	303
Team information
General Manager	Baz Bastien
Coach	Johnny Wilson
Captain	Orest Kindrachuk
Alternate captains	None
Arena	Pittsburgh Civic Arena
Team leaders
Goals	Rick Kehoe (30)
Assists	Greg Malone (32)
Points	Rick Kehoe (60)
Penalties in minutes	Kim Clackson (166)
Wins	Greg Millen (18)
Goals against average	Nick Ricci (3.50)

The 1979–80 Pittsburgh Penguins season was their 13th in the National Hockey League.

Regular season

The Penguins changed their team colors from two-tone blue to Black and Yellow in January. This move was done in part to honor the other two professional teams in Pittsburgh (the Steelers and Pirates) both of whom won their respective championships in 1979. The Boston Bruins initially challenged the change in colors as they new scheme closely matched their own. However, as the original NHL franchise in Pittsburgh, the Pirates, had nearly the same colors from their inception while the Bruins wore brown and yellow sweaters NHL president John Ziegler Jr. eventually denied the Bruins claim. The new Pittsburgh jerseys were debuted on January 30th against the visiting St. Louis Blues.^[1]

Division standings

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

^[2]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^[3]
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Rick Kehoe	79	30	30	60	–3	4
Greg Malone	51	19	32	51	4	46
George Ferguson	73	21	28	49	0	36
Orest Kindrachuk	52	17	29	46	4	63
Peter Lee	74	16	29	45	–13	20
Gary McAdam	78	19	22	41	–17	63
Rod Schutt	73	18	21	39	–8	43
Gregg Sheppard	76	13	24	37	–22	20
Randy Carlyle	67	8	28	36	–23	45
Ross Lonsberry	76	15	18	33	–4	36
Ron Stackhouse	78	6	27	33	16	36
Pat Hughes	76	18	14	32	–38	78
Russ Anderson	76	5	22	27	11	150
Nick Libett	78	14	12	26	–19	14
Paul Marshall	46	9	12	21	–2	9
Mario Faubert	49	5	13	18	–19	31
Dale Tallon	32	5	9	14	–4	18
Kim Davis	24	3	7	10	–7	43
Bob Stewart^†	65	3	7	10	–27	52
Tom Bladon	57	2	6	8	–25	35
Mark Johnson	17	3	5	8	–4	4
Kim Clackson	45	0	3	3	–8	166
Jim Hamilton	10	2	0	2	–6	0
Blair Chapman^‡	1	0	0	0	0	0
Total		251	398	649	—	1,012

Playoffs^[4]
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Rick Kehoe	5	2	5	7	0	0
Mark Johnson	5	2	2	4	0	0
Ross Lonsberry	5	2	1	3	0	2
George Ferguson	5	0	3	3	0	4
Gary McAdam	5	1	2	3	0	9
Rod Schutt	5	2	1	3	0	6
Bob Stewart	5	1	1	2	0	2
Russ Anderson	5	0	2	2	0	14
Nick Libett	5	1	1	2	0	0
Gregg Sheppard	5	1	1	2	0	0
Peter Lee	4	0	1	1	0	0
Tom Bladon	1	0	1	1	0	0
Ron Stackhouse	5	1	0	1	0	18
Mario Faubert	2	0	1	1	0	0
Randy Carlyle	5	1	0	1	0	4
Dale Tallon	4	0	0	0	0	4
Kim Clackson	3	0	0	0	0	37
Pat Hughes	5	0	0	0	0	21
Kim Davis	4	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Marshall	1	0	0	0	0	0
Total		14	22	36	—	121

Goaltenders

Regular Season^[5]
Player	GP	W	L	T	GA	SO
Gregory Millen	44	18	18	7	157	2
Robert Holland	34	10	17	6	126	1
Nick Ricci	4	2	2	0	14	0
Total		30	37	13	297	3

Playoffs^[6]
Player	GP	W	L	T	GA	SO
Gregory 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

#	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	NHL Draft	Birthplace
7000700000000000000♠7	Russell Anderson	D	L	25	1975	Minneapolis, Minnesota
7000200000000000000♠2	Thomas Bladon	D	R	27	1972	Edmonton, Alberta
7001250000000000000♠25	Randy Carlyle	D	L	24	1976	Sudbury, Ontario
7000600000000000000♠6	Kimbel Clackson	D	R	25	1975	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
7001220000000000000♠22	Kim Davis	C	L	22	1977	Flin Flon, Manitoba
7000500000000000000♠5	Mario Faubert	D	R	25	1974	Valleyfield, Quebec
7001110000000000000♠11	George Ferguson	C	R	27	1972	Trenton, Ontario
7001280000000000000♠28	James Hamilton	RW	L	23	1977	Barrie, Ontario
7000100000000000000♠1	Robert Holland	G	L	22	1977	Montreal, Quebec
7001240000000000000♠24	Patrick Hughes	RW	R	25	1975	Calgary, Alberta
7000900000000000000♠9	Mark Johnson	C	L	22	1977	Madison, Wisconsin
7001170000000000000♠17	Rick Kehoe	RW	R	28	1971	Windsor, Ontario
7001260000000000000♠26	Orest Kindrachuk (C)	C	L	29	Undrafted	Nanton, Alberta
7001100000000000000♠10	Peter Lee	RW	R	24	1976	Ellesmere, Great Britain
7001140000000000000♠14	Lynn Libett	LW	L	34	Undrafted	Stratford, Ontario
7001180000000000000♠18	David Lonsberry	LW	L	33	Undrafted	Humboldt, Saskatchewan
7001120000000000000♠12	William Malone	C	L	24	1976	Fredericton, New Brunswick
7001200000000000000♠20	Paul Marshall	LW	L	19	1979	Toronto, Ontario
7001160000000000000♠16	Gary McAdam	RW	L	24	1975	Smiths Falls, Ontario
7001290000000000000♠29	Gregory Millen	G	R	22	1977	Toronto, Ontario
7001310000000000000♠31	Nick Ricci	G	R	26	1979	Niagara Falls, Ontario
6999000000000000000♠²³⁄₂₇	Rodney Schutt	LW	L	23	1976	Bancroft, Ontario
7001190000000000000♠19	Gregory Sheppard	C	L	31	Undrafted	North Battleford, Saskatchewan
7000300000000000000♠3	Ronald Stackhouse	D	R	30	1969	Haliburton, Ontario
7000800000000000000♠8	Robert Stewart	D	L	29	1970	Charlottetown, Price Edward Island
7000400000000000000♠4	Dale Tallon	D	L	29	1970	Noranda, Quebec

Draft picks

The 1979 NHL Entry Draft was held on August 9, 1979 in Montreal, Quebec.^[7]

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

↑ "A history of Penguins and 'Pittsburgh gold,' together since 1980". The Sporting News. June 7, 2016. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
↑ 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.

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[1] "A history of Penguins and 'Pittsburgh gold,' together since 1980". The Sporting News. June 7, 2016. Retrieved May 27, 2018.

[nhl-gd-standings-2] Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN 9781894801225.

[3] "1979–1980 – Regular Season – Pittsburgh Penguins – All Skaters – Summary – Points – NHL.com – Stats". NHL.

[4] "1979–1980 – Playoffs – Pittsburgh Penguins – All Skaters – Summary – Points – NHL.com – Stats". NHL.

[5] "1979–1980 – Regular Season – Pittsburgh Penguins – Goalie – Summary – Wins – NHL.com – Stats". NHL.

[6] "1979–1980 – Playoffs – Pittsburgh Penguins – Goalie – Summary – Wins – NHL.com – Stats". NHL.

[7] "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 2017–18 2018–19
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