1979–80 Pittsburgh Penguins season

1979–80 Pittsburgh Penguins
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)
Penalty minutes	Kim Clackson (166)
Wins	Greg Millen (18)
Goals against average	Nick Ricci (3.50)
	← 1978–79 1980–81 →

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 Gold 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 the 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 30 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.

League standings^[3]
R		Div	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	p – Philadelphia Flyers	PTK	80	48	12	20	327	254	116
2	y – Buffalo Sabres	ADM	80	47	17	16	318	201	110
3	x – Montreal Canadiens	NRS	80	47	20	13	328	240	107
4	Boston Bruins	ADM	80	46	21	13	310	234	105
5	New York Islanders	PTK	80	39	28	13	281	247	91
6	Minnesota North Stars	ADM	80	36	28	16	311	253	88
7	x – Chicago Black Hawks	SMY	80	34	27	19	241	250	87
8	New York Rangers	PTK	80	38	32	10	308	284	86
9	Atlanta Flames	PTK	80	35	32	13	282	269	83
10	St. Louis Blues	SMY	80	34	34	12	266	278	80
11	Toronto Maple Leafs	ADM	80	35	40	5	304	327	75
12	Los Angeles Kings	NRS	80	30	36	14	290	313	74
13	Pittsburgh Penguins	NRS	80	30	37	13	251	303	73
14	Hartford Whalers	NRS	80	27	34	19	303	312	73
15	Vancouver Canucks	SMY	80	27	37	16	256	281	70
16	Edmonton Oilers	SMY	80	28	39	13	301	322	69

17	Washington Capitals	PTK	80	27	40	13	261	293	67
18	Detroit Red Wings	NRS	80	26	43	11	268	306	63
19	Quebec Nordiques	ADM	80	25	44	11	248	313	61
20	Winnipeg Jets	SMY	80	20	49	11	214	314	51
21	Colorado Rockies	SMY	80	19	48	13	234	308	51

Divisions: ADM – Adams, NRS – Norris, PTK – Patrick, SMY – Smythe

bold – The top 16 teams in the league qualified for the playoffs, regardless of division or conference.
x – Won division; y – Won Conference (and division); p – Won Presidents' Trophy (and conference and division)

Record vs. opponents

Norris Division record vs. opponents

Vs. Wales Conference

Vs. Norris Division

1979–80 NHL records^[4]
Team	DET	HFD	LAK	MTL	PIT	Total
Detroit	—	1–2–1	0–3–1	0–3–1	2–2	3–10–3
Hartford	2–1–1	—	2–1–1	0–1–3	2–1–1	6–4–6
Los Angeles	3–0–1	1–2–1	—	0–4	1–1–2	5–7–4
Montreal	3–0–1	1–0–3	4–0	—	2–1–1	10–1–5
Pittsburgh	2–2	1–2–1	1–1–2	1–2–1	—	5–7–4

Vs. Adams Division

1979–80 NHL records
Team	BOS	BUF	MIN	QUE	TOR	Total
Detroit	1–2–1	1–3	2–1–1	2–1–1	0–4	6–11–3
Hartford	1–2–1	1–3	0–4	1–1–2	2–2	5–12–3
Los Angeles	1–2–1	0–3–1	2–0–2	3–1	3–0–1	9–6–5
Montreal	3–1	1–1–2	3–1	2–1–1	3–1	12–5–3
Pittsburgh	2–2	0–4	1–3	2–2	2–2	7–13–0

Vs. Campbell Conference

Vs. Patrick Division

1979–80 NHL records
Team	ATL	NYI	NYR	PHI	WSH	Total
Detroit	1–2–1	3–1	1–3	0–3–1	2–1–1	7–10–3
Hartford	3–1	1–3	1–2–1	0–2–2	1–2–1	6–10–4
Los Angeles	1–2–1	1–2–1	1–3	0–4	1–3	4–14–2
Montreal	3–0–1	0–3–1	3–0–1	2–1–1	2–1–1	10–5–5
Pittsburgh	2–1–1	1–0–3	2–2	0–3–1	3–1	8–7–5

Vs. Smythe Division

1979–80 NHL records
Team	CHI	COL	EDM	STL	VAN	WIN	Total
Detroit	1−3	1−3	2−1–1	1−2−1	2−2	3−1	10−12−2
Hartford	1–1–2	2−1−1	2–1–1	2–2	1−1−2	2−2	10−8−6
Los Angeles	3−0−1	4−0	1−2−1	1−3	2−2	1−2−1	12−9−3
Montreal	2−2	3−1	3−1	2−2	2−2	3−1	15−9−0
Pittsburgh	0−2–2	2−2	1−3	1−2–1	2−1–1	4−0	10−10−4

Schedule and results

1979–80 Schedule

October: 4–4–1 (home: 3–1–1 ; road: 1–3–0), 9 Points

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Location (Attendance)	Record	Points
1	Oct 10	Winnipeg Jets	2–4	Pittsburgh Penguins	Civic Arena (8,752)	1–0–0	2
2	Oct 13	Hartford Whalers	3–3	Pittsburgh Penguins	Civic Arena (8,623)	1–0–1	3
3	Oct 14	Pittsburgh Penguins	4–1	Boston Bruins	Boston Garden (9,494)	2–0–1	5
4	Oct 17	Los Angeles Kings	5–4	Pittsburgh Penguins	Civic Arena (4,815)	2–1–1	5
5	Oct 20	Washington Capitals	1–5	Pittsburgh Penguins	Civic Arena (7,629)	3–1–1	7
6	Oct 21	Pittsburgh Penguins	3–6	New York Rangers	Madison Square Garden (IV) (17,425)	3–2–1	7
7	Oct 24	Pittsburgh Penguins	3–7	Buffalo Sabres	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium (16,433)	3–3–1	7
8	Oct 25	Pittsburgh Penguins	5–8	Montreal Canadiens	Montreal Forum (15,969)	3–4–1	7
9	Oct 31	Colorado Rockies	2–4	Pittsburgh Penguins	Civic Arena (4,173)	4–4–1	9

November: 5–4–3 (home: 3–1–2 ; road: 2–3–1), 13 Points

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Location (Attendance)	Record	Points
10	Nov 3	Atlanta Flames	3–3	Pittsburgh Penguins	Civic Arena (8,543)	4–4–2	10
11	Nov 7	Montreal Canadiens	3–3	Pittsburgh Penguins	Civic Arena (9,064)	4–4–3	11
12	Nov 10	Boston Bruins	6–1	Pittsburgh Penguins	Civic Arena (12,208)	4–5–3	11
13	Nov 11	Pittsburgh Penguins	4–1	New York Rangers	Madison Square Garden (IV) (17,419)	5–5–3	13
14	Nov 15	Pittsburgh Penguins	3–3	Los Angeles Kings	The Forum (7,698)	5–5–4	14
15	Nov 16	Pittsburgh Penguins	2–5	Vancouver Canucks	Pacific Coliseum (15,127)	5–6–4	14
16	Nov 18	Pittsburgh Penguins	3–2	Winnipeg Jets	Winnipeg Arena (12,668)	6–6–4	16
17	Nov 21	St. Louis Blues	2–5	Pittsburgh Penguins	Civic Arena (11,547)	7–6–4	18
18	Nov 23	Pittsburgh Penguins	1–4	Atlanta Flames	Omni Coliseum (13,081)	7–7–4	18
19	Nov 24	New York Rangers	3–5	Pittsburgh Penguins	Civic Arena (11,629)	8–7–4	20
20	Nov 28	Quebec Nordiques	2–7	Pittsburgh Penguins	Civic Arena (8,396)	9–7–4	22
21	Nov 30	Pittsburgh Penguins	5–7	Hartford Whalers	Springfield Civic Center (7,627)	9–8–4	22

December: 5–3–7 (home: 3–1–3 ; road: 2–2–4), 17 Points

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Location (Attendance)	Record	Points
22	Dec 1	Colorado Rockies	4–5	Pittsburgh Penguins	Civic Arena (12,051)	10–8–4	24
23	Dec 5	Vancouver Canucks	3–3	Pittsburgh Penguins	Civic Arena (7,511)	10–8–5	25
24	Dec 7	Pittsburgh Penguins	5–3	Washington Capitals	Capital Centre (7,652)	11–8–5	27
25	Dec 8	Chicago Black Hawks	3–3	Pittsburgh Penguins	Civic Arena (10,284)	11–8–6	28
26	Dec 11	Pittsburgh Penguins	3–3	St. Louis Blues	The Checkerdome (8,605)	11–8–7	29
27	Dec 12	New York Islanders	3–3	Pittsburgh Penguins	Civic Arena (8,036)	11–8–8	30
28	Dec 15	Pittsburgh Penguins	3–3	New York Islanders	Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum (14,995)	11–8–9	31
29	Dec 16	Pittsburgh Penguins	1–4	Quebec Nordiques	Quebec Coliseum (10,279)	11–9–9	31
30	Dec 19	Pittsburgh Penguins	0–0	Chicago Black Hawks	Chicago Stadium (8,215)	11–9–10	32
31	Dec 20	Pittsburgh Penguins	1–1	Philadelphia Flyers	The Spectrum (17,077)	11–9–11	33
32	Dec 22	New York Rangers	4–3	Pittsburgh Penguins	Civic Arena (11,587)	11–10–11	33
33	Dec 26	Detroit Red Wings	4–6	Pittsburgh Penguins	Civic Arena (11,243)	12–10–11	35
34	Dec 28	Pittsburgh Penguins	4–2	Atlanta Flames	Omni Coliseum (9,133)	13–10–11	37
35	Dec 29	Atlanta Flames	2–3	Pittsburgh Penguins	Civic Arena (10,416)	14–10–11	39
36	Dec 31	Pittsburgh Penguins	2–4	Minnesota North Stars	Met Center (11,475)	14–11–11	39

January: 5–10–0 (home: 3–5–0 ; road: 2–5–0), 10 Points

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Location (Attendance)	Record	Points
37	Jan 2	Montreal Canadiens	3–5	Pittsburgh Penguins	Civic Arena (13,309)	15–11–11	41
38	Jan 3	Pittsburgh Penguins	4–3	New York Islanders	Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum (14,580)	16–11–11	43
39	Jan 5	Buffalo Sabres	5–4	Pittsburgh Penguins	Civic Arena (15,583)	16–12–11	43
40	Jan 7	Pittsburgh Penguins	5–9	Toronto Maple Leafs	Maple Leaf Gardens (16,485)	16–13–11	43
41	Jan 9	Vancouver Canucks	2–4	Pittsburgh Penguins	Civic Arena (8,784)	17–13–11	45
42	Jan 12	Chicago Black Hawks	3–2	Pittsburgh Penguins	Civic Arena (13,825)	17–14–11	45
43	Jan 16	Toronto Maple Leafs	4–6	Pittsburgh Penguins	Civic Arena (9,002)	18–14–11	47
44	Jan 17	Pittsburgh Penguins	1–7	Hartford Whalers	Springfield Civic Center (7,627)	18–15–11	47
45	Jan 19	Edmonton Oilers	5–2	Pittsburgh Penguins	Civic Arena (12,896)	18–16–11	47
46	Jan 23	Pittsburgh Penguins	3–4	Edmonton Oilers	Northlands Coliseum (15,423)	18–17–11	47
47	Jan 24	Pittsburgh Penguins	1–4	Colorado Rockies	McNichols Sports Arena (7,615)	18–18–11	47
48	Jan 26	Boston Bruins	6–4	Pittsburgh Penguins	Civic Arena (16,033)	18–19–11	47
49	Jan 27	Pittsburgh Penguins	5–3	Boston Bruins	Boston Garden (13,131)	19–19–11	49
50	Jan 30	St. Louis Blues	4–3	Pittsburgh Penguins	Civic Arena (12,345)	19–20–11	49
51	Jan 31	Pittsburgh Penguins	3–4	Detroit Red Wings	Joe Louis Arena (14,432)	19–21–11	49

February: 4–7–0 (home: 3–2–0 ; road: 1–5–0), 8 Points

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Location (Attendance)	Record	Points
52	Feb 2	Philadelphia Flyers	4–0	Pittsburgh Penguins	Civic Arena (16,033)	19–22–11	49
53	Feb 7	Pittsburgh Penguins	0–9	Buffalo Sabres	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium (16,433)	19–23–11	49
54	Feb 9	Minnesota North Stars	5–2	Pittsburgh Penguins	Civic Arena (13,011)	19–24–11	49
55	Feb 10	Pittsburgh Penguins	2–3	Chicago Black Hawks	Chicago Stadium (12,272)	19–25–11	49
56	Feb 13	Pittsburgh Penguins	4–2	Toronto Maple Leafs	Maple Leaf Gardens (16,485)	20–25–11	51
57	Feb 16	Pittsburgh Penguins	1–8	Montreal Canadiens	Montreal Forum (17,075)	20–26–11	51
58	Feb 17	Pittsburgh Penguins	5–6	Philadelphia Flyers	The Spectrum (17,077)	20–27–11	51
59	Feb 20	Detroit Red Wings	5–7	Pittsburgh Penguins	Civic Arena (8,077)	21–27–11	53
60	Feb 23	Quebec Nordiques	1–2	Pittsburgh Penguins	Civic Arena (14,116)	22–27–11	55
61	Feb 24	Pittsburgh Penguins	0–2	Quebec Nordiques	Quebec Coliseum (10,227)	22–28–11	55
62	Feb 27	Winnipeg Jets	2–3	Pittsburgh Penguins	Civic Arena (8,977)	23–28–11	57

March: 6–7–2 (home: 4–2–1 ; road: 2–5–1), 14 Points

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Location (Attendance)	Record	Points
63	Mar 2	New York Islanders	0–0	Pittsburgh Penguins	Civic Arena (14,879)	23–28–12	58
64	Mar 3	Pittsburgh Penguins	1–5	St. Louis Blues	The Checkerdome (12,752)	23–29–12	58
65	Mar 5	Toronto Maple Leafs	5–3	Pittsburgh Penguins	Civic Arena (8,925)	23–30–12	58
66	Mar 8	Edmonton Oilers	4–5	Pittsburgh Penguins	Civic Arena (10,660)	24–30–12	60
67	Mar 9	Pittsburgh Penguins	2–6	Detroit Red Wings	Joe Louis Arena (12,819)	24–31–12	60
68	Mar 11	Philadelphia Flyers	4–3	Pittsburgh Penguins	Civic Arena (9,972)	24–32–12	60
69	Mar 12	Los Angeles Kings	2–4	Pittsburgh Penguins	Civic Arena (9,294)	25–32–12	62
70	Mar 15	Minnesota North Stars	2–5	Pittsburgh Penguins	Civic Arena (10,426)	26–32–12	64
71	Mar 18	Pittsburgh Penguins	3–4	Minnesota North Stars	Met Center (10,797)	26–33–12	64
72	Mar 21	Pittsburgh Penguins	2–9	Edmonton Oilers	Northlands Coliseum (15,423)	26–34–12	64
73	Mar 23	Pittsburgh Penguins	4–2	Winnipeg Jets	Winnipeg Arena (12,377)	27–34–12	66
74	Mar 25	Pittsburgh Penguins	4–2	Vancouver Canucks	Pacific Coliseum (12,998)	28–34–12	68
75	Mar 27	Pittsburgh Penguins	2–2	Los Angeles Kings	The Forum (9,781)	28–34–13	69
76	Mar 28	Pittsburgh Penguins	0–5	Colorado Rockies	McNichols Sports Arena (11,610)	28–35–13	69
77	Mar 30	Washington Capitals	0–4	Pittsburgh Penguins	Civic Arena (9,638)	29–35–13	71

April: 1–2–0 (home: 1–1–0 ; road: 0–1–0), 2 Points

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Location (Attendance)	Record	Points
78	Apr 1	Pittsburgh Penguins	2–6	Washington Capitals	Capital Centre (15,821)	29–36–13	71
79	Apr 2	Hartford Whalers	4–6	Pittsburgh Penguins	Civic Arena (11,491)	30–36–13	73
80	Apr 5	Buffalo Sabres	9–1	Pittsburgh Penguins	Civic Arena (12,397)	30–37–13	73

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^[5]
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^[6]
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^[7]
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^[8]
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)

Draft picks

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

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

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v t e 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 2019–20
2020s	2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

v t e 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

v t e Pittsburgh Penguins
Founded in 1967 Based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Franchise	Team General managers Coaches Players Captains Draft picks expansion draft Seasons Current season
History	1967 expansion Owners Records Award winners Retired numbers Broadcasters
Personnel	Owner(s) Fenway Sports Group (majority) Ronald Burkle Mario Lemieux General manager Kyle Dubas Head coach Mike Sullivan Team captain Sidney Crosby Current roster
Arenas	Civic Arena PPG Paints Arena
Rivalries	Philadelphia Flyers Washington Capitals
Affiliates	AHL Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins ECHL Wheeling Nailers
Media	TV SportsNet Pittsburgh Radio Pittsburgh Penguins Radio Network WXDX WBGG
Culture and lore	Penguins lore Bob Gessner Vince Lascheid Jeff Jimerson Penguin Pete Iceburgh Russian Penguins YinzCam Foundation Sudden Death She's Out of My League "Black and Yellow" Penguins–Islanders brawl 2008 Winter Classic 2011 Winter Classic 2014 Stadium Series 2017 Stadium Series 2019 Stadium Series Mullet (haircut) 2023 Winter Classic 2024 Big City Greens Classic
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