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The Pittsburgh Penguins are a franchise in the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). The team was founded as part of the league's expansion prior to the 1967–68 season . The franchise has had ten general managers in its history, with Jack Riley serving two terms. Eight games in March and April 1983 went without a general manager due to Aldege "Baz" Bastien's death in a car crash.
Key
#
Number of general managers[ 1]
W
Wins
L
Loses
T
Ties
W – L %
Win – Loss percentage
*
Elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame
*
Spent entire NHL career as Penguins General Manager
General Managers
#
Name
Tenure
Games
Record (W–L–T / OTL)[ 2]
Points
Win percentage
1
Jack Riley
June 6, 1967–May 1, 1970
226
73–117–36
182
.403
2
Red Kelly
May 1, 1970–January 29, 1972
126
33–64–29
95
.377
—
Jack Riley
January 29, 1972–January 13, 1974
149
57–73–19
133
.446
3
Jack Button
January 13, 1974–July 1, 1975
117
54–44–19
127
.543
4
Wren Blair
July 1, 1975–December 3, 1976
105
44–44–17
105
.500
5
Baz Bastien
December 3, 1976–March 15, 1983
527
193–248–86
472
.447
—
—
March 16, 1983–April 3, 1983
8
2–5–1
5
.313
6
Eddie Johnston
May 27, 1983–April 14, 1988
400
140–220–40
320
.400
7
Tony Esposito
April 14, 1988–December 5, 1989
106
50–47–9
109
.514
8
Craig Patrick
December 5, 1989–May 20, 2006
1250
575–511–127–37
1314
.526
9
Ray Shero
May 20, 2006–May 16, 2014
653
388–216–49
723
.594
—
Jason Botterill †
May 16, 2014–June 6, 2014
—
—
—
—
10
Jim Rutherford
June 6, 2014–January 27, 2021
476
271-156-49
513
.569
11
Patrik Allvin †
January 27,2021–present
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References
Notes
^ A running total of the number of general managers of the Penguins. Thus anyone who has two separate terms as general manager is only counted once.
^ Per the 2004–05 NHL lockout no games result in a tie, instead teams receive one point for a loss in overtime. Craig Patrick served before and after the rule change, and his record is presented as W–L–T–OTL.
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