1974–75 Pittsburgh Penguins season

1974–75 Pittsburgh Penguins
1974–75 Pittsburgh Penguins
Division	3rd Norris
Conference	5th Wales
1974–75 record	37–28–15
Goals for	326
Goals against	289
Team information
General manager	Jack Button
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)
	← 1973–74 1975–76 →

The 1974–75 Pittsburgh Penguins season was the franchise's eighth season in the National Hockey League. It was also the Penguins first season in the Norris division of the Prince of Wales Conference. The team qualified for the playoffs for the third time in franchise history, losing to the New York Islanders after gaining a 3–0 lead (in a best-of-seven series) in the quarter-final round.

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Norris Division^[1]
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		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	Montreal Canadiens	80	47	14	19	374	225	+149	113
2	Los Angeles Kings	80	42	17	21	269	185	+84	105
3	Pittsburgh Penguins	80	37	28	15	326	289	+37	89
4	Detroit Red Wings	80	23	45	12	259	335	−76	58
5	Washington Capitals	80	8	67	5	181	446	−265	21

Schedule and results

1974–75 Schedule

October: 2–4–1 (Home: 1–2–1 ; Road: 1–2–0), 5 Points

November: 6–6–3 (Home: 3–2–2 ; Road: 3–4–1), 15 Points

December: 4–6–4 (Home: 3–0–4 ; Road: 1–6–0), 12 Points

January: 8–3–2 (Home: 7–0–1 ; Road: 1–3–1), 18 Points

February: 7–3–3 (Home: 3–1–2 ; Road: 4–2–1), 17 Points

March: 9–4–2 (Home: 7–0–0 ; Road: 2–4–2), 20 Points

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

Legend: = Win = Loss = Tie

Playoffs

Preliminary Round vs. St. Louis Blues

April 8

St. Louis Blues

3–4

Pittsburgh Penguins

Civic Arena

April 10

Pittsburgh Penguins

5–3

St. Louis Blues

St. Louis Arena

Pittsburgh won series 2–0

Quarterfinals vs. New York Islanders

April 13

New York Islanders

4–5

Pittsburgh Penguins

Civic Arena

April 15

New York Islanders

1–3

Pittsburgh Penguins

Civic Arena

April 17

Pittsburgh Penguins

6–4

New York Islanders

Nassau Coliseum

April 20

Pittsburgh Penguins

1–3

New York Islanders

Nassau Coliseum

April 22

New York Islanders

4–2

Pittsburgh Penguins

Civic Arena

April 24

Pittsburgh Penguins

1–4

New York Islanders

Nassau Coliseum

April 26

New York Islanders

1–0

Pittsburgh Penguins

Civic Arena

New York won series 4–3

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season^[2]
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Ron Schock	80	23	63	86	22	36
Syl Apps Jr.	79	24	55	79	8	43
Jean Pronovost	78	43	32	75	13	37
Vic Hadfield	78	31	42	73	5	72
Pierre Larouche	79	31	37	68	2	52
Rick Kehoe	76	32	31	63	18	22
Lowell MacDonald	71	27	33	60	16	24
Ron Stackhouse	72	15	45	60	13	52
Chuck Arnason	78	26	32	58	0	32
J. Bob Kelly	69	27	24	51	6	120
Barry Wilkins^†	59	5	29	34	29	97
Colin Campbell	59	4	15	19	28	172
Bob Paradise	78	3	15	18	–2	109
Pete Laframboise^†	35	5	13	18	3	8
Dave Burrows	78	2	15	17	3	49
Dennis Owchar	46	6	11	17	12	67
Bob McManama	40	5	9	14	6	6
Lew Morrison^†	52	7	5	12	–5	4
Jean-Guy Lagace^‡	27	1	8	9	5	39
Nelson Debenedet	31	6	3	9	–3	11
Kelly Pratt	22	0	6	6	1	15
Ron Lalonde^‡	24	0	3	3	1	0
Ab Demarco Jr.^‡	8	2	1	3	–4	4
Mario Faubert	10	1	0	1	–2	6
Steve Durbano	1	0	1	1	0	10
Yves Bergeron	2	0	0	0	–3	0
Harvey Bennett, Jr.	7	0	0	0	–2	0
Bob Stumpf^†	3	0	0	0	–4	4
Wayne Bianchin	2	0	0	0	–1	0
Total		326	528	854	—	1,091

Playoffs^[3]
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Ron Stackhouse	9	2	6	8	0	10
J. Bob Kelly	9	5	3	8	0	17
Pierre Larouche	9	2	5	7	0	2
Chuck Arnason	9	2	4	6	0	4
Vic Hadfield	9	4	2	6	0	0
Lowell MacDonald	9	4	2	6	0	4
Jean Pronovost	9	3	3	6	0	6
Syl Apps Jr.	9	2	3	5	0	9
Ron Schock	9	0	4	4	0	10
Colin Campbell	9	1	3	4	0	21
Dave Burrows	9	1	1	2	0	12
Rick Kehoe	9	0	2	2	0	0
Dennis Owchar	6	0	1	1	0	4
Bob McManama	8	0	1	1	0	6
Pete Laframboise	9	1	0	1	0	0
Bob Paradise	6	0	1	1	0	17
Barry Wilkins	3	0	0	0	0	0
Larry Bignell	3	0	0	0	0	2
Lew Morrison	9	0	0	0	0	0
Total		27	41	68	—	124

Goaltenders

Regular Season^[4]
Player	GP	W	L	T	GA	SO
Gary Inness	57	24	18	10	161	2
Michel Plasse^†	20	9	5	4	73	0
Bob Johnson	12	3	4	1	40	0
Denis Herron^‡	3	1	1	0	11	0
Total		37	28	15	285	2

Playoffs^[5]
Player	GP	W	L	T	GA	SO
Gary Inness	9	5	4	0	24	0
Total		5	4	0	24	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.

Awards and records

Jean Pronovost became the first player to score 300 points for the Penguins. He did so in a 5–5 tie with Boston on October 23rd.
Syl Apps Jr. became the first player to record 200 assists for the Penguins. He did so in a 7–5 win over Toronto on December 30th.
Jean Pronovost became the first person to play 500 games for the Penguins. He did so in a 8–6 win over New York on March 2nd.
Pierre Larouche established a rookie record for the Penguins in terms of goals (31) assists (37) and points (68).
Ron Schock established a new franchise record for assists in a season with 63, besting the previous high of 61 held by Syl Apps Jr..
Ron Schock established a new franchise record for points in a season with 86, besting the previous high of 85 held by Syl Apps Jr..
Ron Stackhouse established a new franchise defenseman record for assists (45) and points (60) in a season. He topped the previous highs held by Duane Rupp (28 assists) and Darryl Edstrand (39 points).

Transactions

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

Trades

June 4, 1974	To Vancouver Canucks Ab DeMarco Jr.	To Pittsburgh Penguins Barry Wilkins
September 13, 1974	To Toronto Maple Leafs Blaine Stoughton 1977 1st round pick	To Pittsburgh Penguins Rick Kehoe
November 2, 1974	To Vancouver Canucks Ab DeMarco Jr.	To Pittsburgh Penguins Barry Wilkins
December 14, 1974	To Washington Capitals Ron Lalonde	To Pittsburgh Penguins Lew Morrison
January 10, 1975	To Kansas City Scouts Denis Herron Jean-Guy Lagace	To Pittsburgh Penguins Michel Plasse
January 20, 1975	To St. Louis Blues Bernie Lukowich	To Pittsburgh Penguins Bob Stumpf
January 21, 1975	To Washington Capitals Ron Jones	To Pittsburgh Penguins Pete Laframboise

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)

Roster

#	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	NHL Draft	Birthplace
26	Syl Apps Jr. (A)	C	R	27	1964	Toronto, Ontario
9	Ernest Arnason	RW	R	23	1971	Dauphin, Manitoba
28	Harvey Bennett	C	L	22	Undrafted	Cranston, Rhode Island
27	Yves Bergeron	RW	R	23	1972	Malartic, Quebec
14	Wayne Bianchin	RW	L	21	1973	Nanaimo, British Columbia
4	David Burrows (A)	D	L	26	Undrafted	Toronto, Ontario
6	Colin Campbell	D	L	22	1973	Toronto, Ontario
23	Nelson Debenedet	LW	L	27	Undrafted	Cordenons, Italy
7	Steve Durbano	D	L	23	1971	Toronto, Ontario
24	Mario Faubert	D	R	20	1974	Valleyfield, Quebec
11	Vic Hadfield	LW	L	34	Undrafted	Oakville, Ontario
30	Gary Inness	G	L	25	Undrafted	Toronto, Ontario
1	Bob Johnson	G	L	26	Undrafted	Farmington, Michigan
8	Rick Kehoe	RW	R	23	1971	Windsor, Ontario
22	John Kelly	RW	L	28	1967	Fort William, Ontario
27	Pete Laframboise	LW	L	25	1970	Ottawa, Ontario
10	Pierre Larouche	C	R	19	1974	Taschereau, Quebec
18	Lowell MacDonald	LW	R	33	Undrafted	New Glasgow, Nova Scotia
15	Bob McManama	C	L	23	Undrafted	Belmont, Massachusetts
16	Lew Morrison	RW	R	27	1968	Gainsborough, Saskatchewan
25	Dennis Owchar	D	R	22	1973	Dryden, Ontario
2	Robert Paradise (A)	D	L	31	Undrafted	St. Paul, Minnesota
31	Michel Plasse	G	L	26	1968	Montreal, Quebec
12	Kelly Pratt	RW	R	22	Undrafted	High Prairie, Alberta
19	Jean Pronovost	RW	R	29	Undrafted	Shawinigan Falls, Quebec
17	Ron Schock (C)	C	L	31	Undrafted	Chapleau, Ontario
3	Ronald Stackhouse	D	R	25	1969	Haliburton, Ontario
29	Bob Stumpf	RW	R	22	1973	Milo, Alberta
5	Barry Wilkins	D	L	28	Undrafted	Toronto, Ontario

Draft picks

Pittsburgh Penguins' picks at the 1974 NHL Amateur Draft.^[6]

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	8	Pierre Larouche	C	Canada	Sorel Black Hawks (QMJHL)
2	27^[a]	Jacques Cossette	RW	Canada	Sorel Black Hawks (QMJHL)
4	62	Mario Faubert	D	Canada	St. Louis University (NCAA)
5	80	Bruce Aberhart	G	Canada	London Knights (OHA)
6	98	William Schneider	LW	United States	University of Minnesota (NCAA)
7	116	Rob Laird	LW	Canada	Regina Pats (WCHL)
8	133	Larry Finck	D	Canada	St. Catharines Black Hawks (OHA)
9	150	Jim Chicoyne	D	Canada	Brandon Wheat Kings (WCHL)
10	166	Rick Uhrich	RW	Canada	Regina Pats (WCHL)
11	181	Serge Gamelin	RW	Canada	Sorel Black Hawks (QMJHL)
12	195	Rich Perron	D	Canada	Quebec Ramparts (QMJHL)
13	206	Rick Hindmarch	RW	Canada	University of Calgary (CIAU)
14	216	Bill Davis	D	Canada	Colgate University (NCAA)
15	223	James Mathers	D	United States	Northeastern University (NCAA)

Draft notes^[7]

The Pittsburgh Penguins' second-round pick went to the St. Louis Blues as the result of a January 17, 1974, trade that sent Steve Durbano, Ab DeMarco, and Bob Kelly to the Penguins in exchange for Bryan Watson, Greg Polis and this pick.
^a The Detroit Red Wings' second-round pick went to the Pittsburgh Penguins as a result of an October 6, 1972, trade that sent Roy Edwards to the Red Wings in exchange for a 1973 second-round pick and this pick.
The Pittsburgh Penguins' third-round pick went to the Detroit Red Wings as the result of a June 27, 1974, trade that sent Nelson Debenedet to the Penguins in exchange for Hank Nowak and this pick.

References

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

^ "1974-1975 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
^ "1974–1975 – Regular Season – Pittsburgh Penguins – All Skaters – Summary – Points – NHL.com – Stats". NHL.
^ "1974–1975 – Playoffs – Pittsburgh Penguins – All Skaters – Summary – Points – NHL.com – Stats". NHL.
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^ "1974–1975 – Playoffs – Pittsburgh Penguins – Goalie – Summary – Wins – NHL.com – Stats". NHL.
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[standings-div-1] "1974-1975 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.

[2] "1974–1975 – Regular Season – Pittsburgh Penguins – All Skaters – Summary – Points – NHL.com – Stats". NHL.

[3] "1974–1975 – Playoffs – Pittsburgh Penguins – All Skaters – Summary – Points – NHL.com – Stats". NHL.

[4] "1974–1975 – Regular Season – Pittsburgh Penguins – Goalie – Summary – Wins – NHL.com – Stats". NHL.

[5] "1974–1975 – Playoffs – Pittsburgh Penguins – Goalie – Summary – Wins – NHL.com – Stats". NHL.

[6] "NHL Entry Draft Year by Year Results". NHL. Retrieved April 29, 2013.

[7] "1974 NHL Entry Draft Pending Transactions". Pro Sports Transactions. Retrieved April 29, 2013. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

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