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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 1975-76. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Wayne Thomas TOR · 64 GP, 0.900 Wayne Stephenson PHI · 66 GP, 0.908 Ken Dryden MTL · 62 GP, 0.927 Tony Esposito CHI · 68 GP, 0.905 John Davidson NYR · 56 GP, 0.879

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

1975-76 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
64 60 11391100 2211 1968 243 4.04 0.890

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 4, 1976 @ VAN L 2-5 L 35 30 5 0.857 60:00
Apr 3, 1976 @ LAK L 1-5 L 43 38 5 0.884 60:00
Mar 30, 1976 vs LAK L 6-8 L 52 44 8 0.846 60:00
Mar 28, 1976 @ NYR L 2-4 L 53 49 4 0.925 60:00
Mar 27, 1976 @ MTL L 2-8 L 59 51 8 0.864 60:00
Mar 24, 1976 vs MNS L 1-4 L 12 10 2 0.833 24:11
Mar 23, 1976 @ WSH T 5-5 T 35 30 5 0.857 59:44
Mar 21, 1976 @ BUF L 1-3 L 37 34 3 0.919 60:00
Mar 20, 1976 vs CGS T 2-2 T 30 28 2 0.933 60:00
Mar 16, 1976 vs CHI L 3-6 L 27 21 6 0.778 60:00
Mar 13, 1976 @ STL L 3-5 L 44 40 4 0.909 58:58
Mar 10, 1976 @ VAN L 1-3 L 45 42 3 0.933 60:00
Mar 7, 1976 @ PHI L 1-4 L 51 47 4 0.922 59:53
Mar 6, 1976 vs VAN L 3-5 L 36 31 5 0.861 60:00
Mar 4, 1976 vs PHI L 1-6 L 40 34 6 0.850 60:00
Feb 28, 1976 vs BUF T 4-4 T 40 36 4 0.900 60:00
Feb 26, 1976 @ NYI T 2-2 T 41 39 2 0.951 60:00
Feb 25, 1976 vs MTL L 1-3 L 36 33 3 0.917 60:00
Feb 17, 1976 @ PIT L 1-6 L 41 35 6 0.854 60:00
Feb 15, 1976 @ NYR L 1-5 L 49 44 5 0.898 59:57
Feb 14, 1976 vs CHI L 4-5 L 38 33 5 0.868 59:00
Feb 12, 1976 vs NYI T 2-2 T 29 27 2 0.931 60:00
Feb 7, 1976 vs WSH W 5-1 W 33 32 1 0.970 60:00
Feb 4, 1976 vs STL T 3-3 T 42 39 3 0.929 60:00
Jan 31, 1976 vs PIT T 4-4 T 35 31 4 0.886 60:00
Jan 29, 1976 @ PIT L 2-6 L 36 30 6 0.833 60:00
Jan 17, 1976 vs PHI L 1-7 L 41 34 7 0.829 60:00
Jan 14, 1976 @ DET L 3-8 L 30 22 8 0.733 60:00
Jan 10, 1976 vs NYR L 4-8 20 16 4 0.800 28:50
Jan 7, 1976 vs LAK L 2-5 L 25 20 5 0.800 60:00
Jan 3, 1976 vs AFM L 4-6 L 35 30 5 0.857 59:05
Jan 1, 1976 vs PHI L 2-4 L 33 30 3 0.909 59:00
Dec 30, 1975 @ VAN L 2-5 16 13 3 0.813 27:27
Dec 28, 1975 @ CGS W 3-1 W 43 42 1 0.977 59:51
Dec 23, 1975 vs BUF L 1-5 L 26 22 4 0.846 40:00
Dec 20, 1975 @ TOR L 1-5 L 40 35 5 0.875 60:00
Dec 19, 1975 vs DET W 4-1 W 34 33 1 0.971 60:00
Dec 17, 1975 vs VAN W 6-5 W 33 28 5 0.848 60:00
Dec 16, 1975 @ AFM L 1-3 L 39 36 3 0.923 59:10
Dec 13, 1975 @ MTL L 1-4 L 30 27 3 0.900 59:11
Dec 11, 1975 vs MNS L 3-5 L 15 10 5 0.667 59:00
Dec 9, 1975 vs PIT W 3-2 W 33 31 2 0.939 60:00
Dec 6, 1975 @ MNS L 0-4 L 33 29 4 0.879 60:00
Dec 5, 1975 vs NYR L 2-3 L 30 27 3 0.900 60:00
Dec 3, 1975 vs MTL W 6-5 W 42 37 5 0.881 60:00
Nov 30, 1975 @ CHI T 1-1 T 40 39 1 0.975 60:00
Nov 29, 1975 vs DET L 3-5 L 31 27 4 0.871 59:00
Nov 27, 1975 vs STL W 3-2 W 23 21 2 0.913 60:00
Nov 26, 1975 @ STL T 3-3 T 23 20 3 0.870 60:00
Nov 23, 1975 @ BUF L 2-6 L 27 23 4 0.852 40:00
Nov 22, 1975 @ NYI L 2-5 L 36 31 5 0.861 59:38
Nov 19, 1975 @ NYR W 6-4 W 46 42 4 0.913 60:00
Nov 16, 1975 @ BOS L 2-4 L 44 40 4 0.909 60:00
Nov 12, 1975 @ AFM L 1-2 L 40 38 2 0.950 60:00
Nov 7, 1975 vs TOR T 3-3 T 36 33 3 0.917 60:00
Nov 5, 1975 vs CGS W 3-2 W 28 26 2 0.929 60:00
Nov 1, 1975 @ TOR L 0-3 L 44 41 3 0.932 60:00
Oct 30, 1975 vs WSH L 2-6 5 3 2 0.600 20:00
Oct 25, 1975 vs CHI L 0-4 L 34 30 4 0.882 60:00
Oct 23, 1975 @ BOS W 3-2 W 37 35 2 0.946 60:00
Oct 18, 1975 vs AFM L 3-5 L 30 26 4 0.867 59:00
Oct 14, 1975 @ STL L 1-5 L 14 10 4 0.714 20:00
Oct 11, 1975 vs VAN W 4-2 W 30 28 2 0.933 60:00
Oct 8, 1975 vs NYI T 1-1 T 26 25 1 0.962 60:00