1969–70 Pittsburgh Penguins season

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1969–70 Pittsburgh Penguins
Division	2nd West
1969–70 record	26–38–12
Goals for	182
Goals against	238
Captain	No Captain
Team leaders
Goals	Dean Prentice (26)
Assists	Michel Briere (32)
Points	Dean Prentice (51)
Penalties in minutes	Bryan Watson (189)
Goals against average	Joe Daley (2.95)

The 1969–70 Pittsburgh Penguins season was the franchie's third season in the National Hockey League. The season saw the Penguins qualify for the playoffs, for the first time in franchise history. The Penguins finished the season in second place in the West Division, 22 points behing the first place St. Louis Blues.

1 Offseason
- 1.1 NHL Draft
2 Regular season
- 2.1 Season standings
3 Player stats
4 Playoffs
5 Awards and records
6 References

[edit] Offseason

[edit] NHL Draft

Main article: 1969 NHL Amateur Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality
2	15	Rick Kessell	Canada
3	26	Michel Brière	Canada
4	38	Yvon Labre	Canada
5	50	Ed Patenaude	Canada
6	62	Paul Hoganson	Canada

[edit] Regular season

Tragedy struck the Penguins in 1970 when promising rookie center Michel Briere, who finished third in scoring on the team, was injured in a car crash. After spending a year in the hospital, he died.

[edit] Season standings

West Division	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
St. Louis Blues	76	37	27	12	224	179	86
Pittsburgh Penguins	76	26	38	12	182	238	64
Minnesota North Stars	76	19	35	22	224	257	60
Oakland Seals	76	22	40	14	169	243	58
Philadelphia Flyers	76	17	35	24	197	225	58
Los Angeles Kings	76	14	52	150	168	290	38

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Forwards

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

Player	GP	G	AST	PTS	PIM
Rick Kessell	8	1	2	3	2
Ron Snell	3	0	1	1	0
George Swarbrick	12	0	1	1	8
Dean Prentice	75	26	25	51	14
Ken Schinkel	72	20	25	45	19
Michel Briere	76	12	32	44	20
Jean Pronovost	72	20	21	41	45
Bryan Hextall	66	12	19	31	87
Ron Schock	76	8	21	29	40
Keith McCreary	60	18	8	26	67
Glen Sather	76	12	14	26	114
Val Fonteyne	68	11	15	26	2
Wally Boyer	72	11	12	23	34
Nick Harbaruk	74	5	17	22	56
Bryan Hextall	66	12	19	31	87

[edit] Defencemen

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

Player	GP	G	AST	PTS	PIM
Dunc McCallum	14	0	0	0	16
Mike McMahon	12	1	3	4	19
Bryan Watson	61	1	9	10	189
Bob Blackburn	60	4	7	11	51
Tracy Pratt	65	5	7	12	124
Duane Rupp	64	2	14	16	18
Jim Morrison	59	5	15	20	40
Bob Woytowich	68	8	25	33	49

[edit] Goaltending

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

Player	GP	MIN	W	L	T	SO	GAA
Joe Daley	9	528	1	5	3	0	2.95
Al Smith	46	2555	15	20	8	2	3.03
Les Binkley	27	1477	10	13	1	3	3.21

[edit] Playoffs

The Penguins would reach the playoffs for the first time in 1970, advancing to the Western Conference Finals where they lost to the St. Louis Blues. In the Pittsburgh-Oakland series, in game one, Nick Harbaruk's goal midway through the third period was the winner as Pittsburgh won 2–1. In game two, Gary Jarrett gave Oakland a 1–0 lead, but Pittsburgh came back to win 3–1. Game three at Oakland featured a hat trick by Ken Schinkel of the Penguins as Pittsburgh won 5–2. Game four featured Oakland having 1–0 and 2–1 leads, but the Seals just couldn't hold on and the game was tied 2–2 at the end of regulation time. Overtime was necessary and Michel Briere scored the series winning goal at 8:28 of overtime for Pittsburgh. In the West Division finals, the St. Louis Blues beat the Pittsburgh Penguins in six games.

Green background indicates win.
Red indicates loss.

1970 Playoffs

Conference Semifinals vs Oakland: 4–0 (Home: 2–0 ; Road: 2–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Series
1	April 8	Oakland	1 – 2	Pittsburgh	1–0
2	April 9	Oakland	1 – 3	Pittsburgh	2–0
3	April 11	Pittsburgh	5 – 2	Oakland	3–0
4	April 12	Pittsburgh	3 – 2	Oakland	4–0

Conference Finals vs St. Louis Blues: 2–4 (Home: 2–1 ; Road: 0–3)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Series
1	April 19	Pittsburgh	1 – 3	St. Louis	0–1
2	April 21	Pittsburgh	1 – 4	St. Louis	0–2
3	April 23	St. Louis	2 – 3	Pittsburgh	1–2
4	April 26	St. Louis	1 – 2	Pittsburgh	2–2
5	April 28	Pittsburgh	0 – 5	St. Louis	2–3
6	April 30	St. Louis	4 – 3	Pittsburgh	2–4

[edit] Awards and records

[edit] References

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Bold indicates Stanley Cup victory

v • d • e 1969–70 NHL season by team

East	Boston • Chicago • Detroit • Montreal • NY Rangers • Toronto

West	Los Angeles • Minnesota • Oakland • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh • St. Louis

See also	1969 NHL Amateur Draft • All-Star Game • 1970 Stanley Cup Finals

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