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Denis Herron

#1 · Goalie · Pittsburgh Penguins

Born Jun 18, 1952 in Chambly, Quebec, CAN · 5'10", 165 lb · Catches left · Drafted 40th overall in 1972 by PIT (round 3)

Trophy case

William M. Jennings Trophy Goaltender(s) on Team with Fewest Goals Against 1981-82
Vezina Trophy Top Goaltender 1980-81

Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 1972-73. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Michel Plasse MTL · 17 GP, 0.912 Andy Brown PIT · 16 GP, 0.871 Ross Brooks BOS · 16 GP, 0.904 Marv Edwards CGS · 21 GP, 0.874 Gilles Gilbert MNS · 22 GP, 0.904

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below.

02040601972-73: 18 games1872-731973-74: 5 games573-741974-75: 25 games2574-751975-76: 64 games6475-761976-77: 34 games3476-771977-78: 60 games6077-781978-79: 56 games5678-791979-80: 34 games3479-801980-81: 25 games2580-811981-82: 27 games2781-821982-83: 31 games3182-831983-84: 38 games3883-841984-85: 42 games4284-851985-86: 3 games385-86

Games played by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
1972-73 PIT 18 67202 454 399 55 3.41 0.879
1973-74 PIT 5 13000 156 138 18 4.18 0.885
1974-75 PIT 3 11000 78 67 11 6.16 0.859
1974-75 KCS 22 413400 767 687 80 3.75 0.896
1975-76 KCS 64 11391100 2211 1968 243 4.04 0.890
1976-77 PIT 34 1511501 1058 964 94 2.94 0.911
1977-78 PIT 60 20251500 2125 1915 210 3.57 0.901
1978-79 PIT 56 22191200 1667 1487 180 3.37 0.892
1979-80 MTL 34 253300 858 778 80 2.52 0.907
1980-81 MTL 25 69601 550 483 67 3.52 0.878
1981-82 MTL 27 126803 760 692 68 2.64 0.911
1982-83 PIT 31 518501 930 779 151 5.31 0.838
1983-84 PIT 38 824201 1193 1055 138 4.10 0.884
1984-85 PIT 42 1022301 1357 1188 169 4.64 0.875
1985-86 PIT 3 03000 90 76 14 4.71 0.844
14 seasons Career 462 14620376010 14254 12676 1578 3.71 0.889

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
1976-77 PIT 3 1200 114 103 11 3.70 0.904
1978-79 PIT 7 2500 221 197 24 3.43 0.891
1979-80 MTL 5 2300 138 123 15 3.01 0.891
3 seasons Playoffs 15 51000 473 423 50 3.34 0.894

1972-73 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
18 14 67202 454 399 55 3.41 0.879

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Jan 2, 1973 @ STL L 4-5 23 19 4 0.826 43:58
Dec 30, 1972 vs DET T 2-2 T 31 29 2 0.935 60:00
Dec 29, 1972 vs TOR L 0-4 6 6 0 1.000 17:03
Dec 17, 1972 @ NYR L 1-9 L 33 24 9 0.727 60:00
Dec 16, 1972 vs AFM W 5-3 W 25 22 3 0.880 60:00
Dec 13, 1972 vs NYI W 9-1 W 21 20 1 0.952 60:00
Dec 6, 1972 @ CGS T 4-4 T 20 16 4 0.800 60:00
Nov 29, 1972 vs TOR W 7-4 W 36 32 4 0.889 60:00
Nov 26, 1972 @ AFM L 2-6 L 27 23 4 0.852 55:13
Nov 18, 1972 vs AFM W 6-1 15 15 0 1.000 37:54
Nov 11, 1972 vs VAN L 3-4 L 27 23 4 0.852 59:36
Nov 1, 1972 vs MTL L 1-7 L 37 30 7 0.811 60:00
Oct 27, 1972 @ CGS L 3-6 L 22 16 6 0.727 60:00
Oct 24, 1972 @ VAN W 4-0 W, SO 23 23 0 1.000 60:00
Oct 21, 1972 vs BOS L 2-4 L 39 35 4 0.897 60:00
Oct 18, 1972 @ TOR L 3-4 L 21 20 1 0.952 32:39
Oct 17, 1972 @ NYI W 5-0 W, SO 24 24 0 1.000 60:00
Oct 14, 1972 vs CGS W 5-2 W 24 22 2 0.917 60:00