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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 1974-75. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Glenn Resch NYI · 25 GP, 0.916 Ken Lockett VAN · 25 GP, 0.886 Michel Larocque MTL · 25 GP, 0.892 Gary Edwards LAK · 27 GP, 0.916 Roger Crozier BUF · 23 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

1974-75 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
25 22 514400 845 754 91 3.94 0.892

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 6, 1975 vs STL L 2-3 L 39 36 3 0.923 60:00
Apr 1, 1975 vs LAK W 3-1 W 36 35 1 0.972 60:00
Mar 29, 1975 @ MTL L 1-4 L 31 27 4 0.871 60:00
Mar 26, 1975 vs TOR T 2-2 T 32 30 2 0.938 60:00
Mar 19, 1975 vs NYI L 1-3 L 28 26 2 0.929 59:05
Mar 14, 1975 @ STL L 1-6 L 36 30 6 0.833 60:00
Mar 8, 1975 @ DET L 1-5 L 38 33 5 0.868 60:00
Mar 5, 1975 vs PIT T 4-4 T 32 28 4 0.875 60:00
Mar 2, 1975 @ AFM L 0-4 L 30 26 4 0.867 60:00
Feb 26, 1975 @ TOR L 2-4 L 32 28 4 0.875 60:00
Feb 20, 1975 vs MTL L 3-6 L 42 36 6 0.857 60:00
Feb 16, 1975 @ WSH L 0-3 L 36 33 3 0.917 60:00
Feb 15, 1975 vs CGS L 0-3 14 13 1 0.929 20:00
Feb 13, 1975 vs WSH W 5-1 W 30 29 1 0.967 60:00
Feb 11, 1975 @ VAN L 0-4 L 42 38 4 0.905 60:00
Feb 6, 1975 vs TOR W 3-2 W 28 26 2 0.929 60:00
Feb 4, 1975 vs CHI T 3-3 T 34 31 3 0.912 60:00
Feb 2, 1975 @ BUF L 1-8 L 58 50 8 0.862 60:00
Jan 27, 1975 vs BOS T 3-3 T 31 28 3 0.903 60:00
Jan 23, 1975 @ BOS W 3-2 W 36 34 2 0.944 60:00
Jan 19, 1975 @ BUF L 0-5 L 40 35 5 0.875 60:00
Jan 16, 1975 @ DET L 4-7 L 42 35 7 0.833 60:00
Jan 8, 1975 @ CHI L 5-7 1 0 1 0.000 00:43
Dec 30, 1974 vs TOR W 7-5 W 40 35 5 0.875 60:00
Dec 21, 1974 @ MNS L 7-8 L 37 32 5 0.865 46:30