1987–88 Pittsburgh Penguins season

1987–88 Pittsburgh Penguins
Division	6th Patrick
Conference	9th Wales
1987–88 record	36–35–9
Goals for	319
Goals against	316
Team information
General Manager	Eddie Johnston
Coach	Pierre Creamer
Captain	Dan Frawley (Oct-Dec) ; Mario Lemieux (Dec-Apr)
Alternate captains	Mario Lemieux (Oct-Dec) ; Dan Frawley (Dec-Apr) ; Dan Quinn
Arena	Pittsburgh Civic Arena
Team leaders
Goals	Mario Lemieux (70)
Assists	Mario Lemieux (98)
Points	Mario Lemieux (168)
Penalties in minutes	Rod Buskas (206)
Wins	Steve Guenette (12)
Goals against average	Steve Guenette (3.35)

The 1987–88 Pittsburgh Penguins season was the Penguins' 21st season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Penguins did not qualify for the playoffs.

Regular season

The Penguins were involved in one of the closest playoff races in NHL history, as they competed down the stretch with the New Jersey Devils and the New York Rangers for the final playoff spot in the Patrick Division. Despite two hefty losses to New Jersey in the last two weeks of the season, the Penguins gave themselves hope with a 7-6 overtime win against the Washington Capitals in their second to last game of the season. On the last day of the season, the Penguins defeated the Hartford Whalers 4-2 and moved ahead of New York and New Jersey. However, this position was temporary as the Rangers shut out Quebec, 3-0, to move back ahead of the Penguins. The Devils had the last laugh as they beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-3 in overtime on a goal by John MacLean to claim the fourth and final Patrick Division playoff spot ahead of the Rangers and Penguins.

The Penguins finished the regular season 1st in power-play opportunities (500), power-play opportunities against (507), power-play goals against (120) and short-handed goals allowed (19).^[1]

Final standings

Patrick Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
New York Islanders	80	39	31	10	308	267	88
Philadelphia Flyers	80	38	33	9	292	292	85
Washington Capitals	80	38	33	9	281	249	85
New Jersey Devils	80	38	36	6	295	296	82
New York Rangers	80	36	34	10	300	283	82
Pittsburgh Penguins	80	36	35	9	319	316	81

^[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

1987–88 Schedule

October

November

December

January

February

March

April

Legend: = Win = Loss = Tie

Playoffs

The Penguins missed the playoffs for the sixth consecutive year.

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season^[3]
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Mario Lemieux	77	70	98	168	23	92
Dan Quinn	70	40	39	79	–8	50
Randy Cunneyworth	71	35	39	74	13	141
Paul Coffey	46	15	52	67	–1	93
Doug Bodger	69	14	31	45	–4	103
Rob Brown	51	24	20	44	8	56
Dave Hunter^†	59	11	18	29	8	77
Charlie Simmer	50	11	17	28	6	24
Jock Callander	41	11	16	27	–13	45
Craig Simpson^‡	21	13	13	26	5	34
Ville Sirén	58	1	20	21	14	62
Dave McLlwain	66	11	8	19	–1	40
Troy Loney	65	5	13	18	–3	151
Phil Bourque	21	4	12	16	3	20
Dan Frawley	47	6	8	14	0	152
Jim Johnson	55	1	12	13	–4	87
Randy Hillier	55	1	12	13	–6	144
Rod Buskas	76	4	8	12	6	206
Zarley Zalapski	15	3	8	11	10	7
Steve Gotaas	36	5	6	11	–11	45
Moe Mantha Jr.^‡	21	2	8	10	6	23
Chris Dahlquist	44	3	6	9	3	69
Bob Errey	17	3	6	9	6	18
Mark Kachowski	38	5	3	8	1	126
Wilf Paiement	23	2	6	8	–4	39
Chris Kontos^‡	36	1	7	8	–3	12
Dave Hannan^‡	21	4	3	7	–2	23
Kevin Stevens	16	5	2	7	–6	8
Perry Ganchar^†	30	2	5	7	0	36
Dwight Mathiasen	23	0	6	6	–7	14
Bryan Erickson^†	11	1	4	5	2	0
Wayne Van Dorp	25	1	3	4	2	75
Chris Joseph^‡	17	0	4	4	2	12
Norm Schmidt	5	1	2	3	1	0
Brad Aitken	5	1	1	2	1	0
Lee Giffin	19	0	2	2	–2	9
Todd Charlesworth	6	2	0	2	0	2
Scott Gruhl	6	1	0	1	0	0
Warren Young	7	0	0	0	–4	15
Dave Goertz	2	0	0	0	–1	2
Pat Mayer	1	0	0	0	0	4
Jimmy Mann	9	0	0	0	0	53
Total		319	518	837	—	2,169

Goaltenders

Regular Season^[4]
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	A	PIM
Steve Guenette	19	1091:05	12	7	0	61	3.35	582	0.895	1	0	2
Frank Pietrangelo	21	1202:47	9	11	0	80	3.99	599	0.866	1	2	2
Gilles Meloche	27	1390:26	8	9	5	95	4.10	720	0.868	0	0	0
Patrick Riggin	22	1168:55	7	8	4	76	3.90	579	0.869	0	0	12
Total		4853:13	36	35	9	312	3.86	2480	0.874	2	2	16

^†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.

Awards and records

Mario Lemieux became the first person to score 60 goals in a season for the Penguins. He did so in a 2–4 loss to Philadelphia on March 20th.
Mario Lemieux became the first person to score 150 points in a season for the Penguins. He did so in a 7–1 win over Washington on March 23rd.
Mario Lemieux became the first person to score 160 points in a season for the Penguins. He did so in a 6–3 win over Quebec on March 27th.
Mario Lemieux became the first person to score 70 goals in a season for the Penguins. He did so in a 4–2 win over Hartford on April 3rd.
Mario Lemieux established a new franchise record for goals (70), assists (98) and points (168) in a season. He held the previous high in all three categories.

Transactions

The Penguins were involved in the following transactions during the 1987–88 season:

Trades

November 24, 1987	To Edmonton Oilers Dave Hannan Chris Joseph Moe Mantha Craig Simpson	To Pittsburgh Penguins Paul Coffey Dave Hunter Wayne Van Dorp
December 17, 1987	To Montreal Canadiens future considerations (1988 3rd round pick)	To Pittsburgh Penguins Perry Ganchar future considerations (1988 3rd round pick)
February 4, 1988	To Los Angeles Kings Chris Kontos future considerations (1988 6th round pick)	To Pittsburgh Penguins Bryan Erickson

Additions and subtractions

Additions
Player	Former team	Via
Jimmy Mann	Quebec Nordiques	free agency (1987-06-16)
Pat Mayer	Muskegon Lumberjacks (IHL)	free agency (1987-07-10)
Jock Callander	St. Louis Blues	free agency (1987-07-31)
Mark Kachowski	Flint Spirits (IHL)	free agency (1987-08-31)
Wilf Paiement	Buffalo Sabres	free agency (1987-09-10)
Charlie Simmer	Boston Bruins	Waiver Draft (1987-10-05)
Scott Gruhl	Muskegon Lumberjacks (IHL)	free agency (1987-12-14)

Subtractions
Player	New team	Via
John Chabot	Detroit Red Wings	free agency (1987-06-25)
Neil Belland	Lukko (SM-liiga)	free agency
Kevin LaVallee	Innsbrucker EV (Austria)	free agency
Terry Ruskowski	Minnesota North Stars	free agency (1987-07)
Dwight Schofield	Winnipeg Jets	free agency (1987-07)
Mike Blaisdell	Toronto Maple Leafs	free agency (1987-07-10)

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Roster

#	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	NHL Draft	Birthplace
7001350000000000000♠35	Brad Aitken	LW	L	20	1986	Scarborough, Ontario
7000300000000000000♠3	Doug Bodger	D	L	21	1984	Chemainus, British Columbia
7001290000000000000♠29	Phil Bourque	LW	L	25	Undrafted	Chelmsford, Massachusetts
7001440000000000000♠44	Robert Brown	RW	L	20	1986	Kingston, Ontario
7000700000000000000♠7	Rod Buskas	D	R	27	1981	Wetaskiwin, Alberta
7001360000000000000♠36	Jock Callander	RW	R	27	Undrafted	Regina, Saskatchewan
7000200000000000000♠2	Todd Charlesworth	D	R	23	1983	Calgary, Alberta
7001770000000000000♠77	Paul Coffey	D	L	26	1980	Weston, Ontario
7001150000000000000♠15	Randy Cunneyworth	LW	L	27	1980	Etobicoke, Ontario
7000400000000000000♠4	Christopher Dahlquist	D	L	25	Undrafted	Fridley, Minnesota
7001140000000000000♠14	Bryan Erickson	C	R	28	Undrafted	Roseau, Minnesota
7001120000000000000♠12	Bob Errey	LW	L	23	1983	Montreal, Quebec
7001280000000000000♠28	William Frawley (C)	RW	R	25	1980	Sturgeon Falls, Ontario
7000800000000000000♠8	Perry Ganchar	RW	R	24	1982	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
7001170000000000000♠17	Lee Giffin	RW	R	21	1985	Comrose, Saskatchewan
7001320000000000000♠32	Dave Goertz	D	R	23	1983	Edmonton, Alberta
7001160000000000000♠16	Steve Gotaas	C	R	21	1985	Chatham, Ontario
7001380000000000000♠38	Kenneth Gruhl	LW	L	28	Undrafted	Port Colborne, Ontario
7001300000000000000♠30	Steve Guenette	G	L	22	Undrafted	Gloucester, Ontario
7001230000000000000♠23	Randy Hillier	D	L	28	1980	Toronto, Ontario
7001200000000000000♠20	David Hunter	LW	R	30	1978	Petrolia, Ontario
7000600000000000000♠6	James Johnson	D	L	25	Undrafted	New Hope, Minnesota
7001260000000000000♠26	Mark Kachowski	LW	L	23	Undrafted	Edmonton, Alberta
7001110000000000000♠11	Risto Kurkinen	LW	R	25	1987	Jyväskylä, Finland
7001660000000000000♠66	Mario Lemieux (C)	C	R	22	1984	Montreal, Quebec
7001240000000000000♠24	Troy Loney	LW	L	24	1982	Bow Island, Alberta
7001180000000000000♠18	James Mann	RW	R	29	1979	Montreal, Quebec
7001340000000000000♠34	Dwight Mathiasen	RW	R	24	Undrafted	Brandon, Manitoba
7001320000000000000♠32	Patrick Mayer	D	R	26	Undrafted	Royal Oak, Michigan
7001190000000000000♠19	Dave McLlwain	C	L	20	1986	Seaforth, Ontario
7001270000000000000♠27	Gilles Meloche	G	R	37	1970	Montreal, Quebec
7000900000000000000♠9	Wilf Paiement	RW	R	32	1974	Earleton, Ontario
7001400000000000000♠40	Frank Pietrangelo	G	L	23	1983	Niagara Falls, Ontario
7001100000000000000♠10	Dan Quinn (A)	C	L	22	1983	Ottawa, Ontario
7000100000000000000♠1	Patrick Riggin	G	R	29	1979	Kincardine, Ontario
7001250000000000000♠25	Norm Schmidt	D	R	25	1981	Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
6999000000000000000♠¹³⁄₁₆	Charles Simmer	LW	R	34	1974	Terrace Bay, Ontario
7000500000000000000♠5	Ville Siren	D	L	24	1983	Tampere, Finland
7001250000000000000♠25	Kevin Stevens	LW	L	23	1983	Brockton, Massachusetts
7001220000000000000♠22	Wayne Van Dorp	LW	L	27	Undrafted	Burnaby, British Columbia
7001110000000000000♠11	Warren Young	C	R	32	1976	Toronto, Ontario
7001330000000000000♠33	Zarley Zalapski	D	L	20	1986	Edmonton, Alberta

Draft picks

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	5	Chris Joseph	Defense	Canada	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
2	26	Richard Tabaracci	Goaltender	Canada	Cornwall Royals (OHL)
3	47	Jamie Leach	Right Wing	United States	Hamilton Steelhawks (OHL)
4	68	Risto Kurkinen	Left Wing	Finland	JyP HT Jyvaskyla (FNL)
5	89	Jeff Waver	Defense	Canada	Hamilton Steelhawks (OHL)
6	110	Shawn McEachern	Left Wing	United States	Matignon H.S. (Massachusetts)
7	131	James Bodden	Center	Canada	Chatham (SOJHL)
8	152	Jiri Kucera	Right Wing	Czech Republic	Dukla Jihlava (Czech)
9	173	Jack MacDougall	Right Wing	United States	New Prep School (Massachusetts)
10	194	Daryn McBride	Center	Canada	U. of Denver (NCAA)
11	215	Mark Carlson	Left Wing	United States	(Philadelphia Jrs.)
12	236	Ake Lilljebjorn	Goaltender	Sweden	Brynäs IF Gävle (SEL)
S	15	Dan Shea	Left Wing	United States	Boston College (Hockey East)
S	16	John Leonard	Defense	United States	Bowdoin College (NESCAC)

References

↑ https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_1988.html
↑ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 153. ISBN 9781894801225.
↑ "1987–1988 – Regular Season – Pittsburgh Penguins – All Skaters – Summary – Points – NHL.com – Stats". NHL.
↑ "1987–1988 – Regular Season – Pittsburgh Penguins – Goalie – Summary – Wins – NHL.com – Stats". NHL.

"1987–88 Pittsburgh Penguins Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

External links

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[1] ttps://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_1988.html

[nhl-gd-standings-2] Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 153. ISBN 9781894801225.

[3] "1987–1988 – Regular Season – Pittsburgh Penguins – All Skaters – Summary – Points – NHL.com – Stats". NHL.

[4] "1987–1988 – Regular Season – Pittsburgh Penguins – Goalie – Summary – Wins – NHL.com – Stats". NHL.

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Norris	Chicago Detroit Minnesota St. Louis Toronto
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See also	Entry Draft Supplemental Draft All-Star Game Stanley Cup playoffs Stanley Cup Finals