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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 1976-77. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Gilles Gilbert BOS · 34 GP, 0.885 Ed Giacomin DET · 33 GP, 0.872 Wayne Thomas TOR · 33 GP, 0.890 Billy Smith NYI · 36 GP, 0.916 Gary Smith MNS · 36 GP, 0.881

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

1976-77 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
34 33 1511501 1058 964 94 2.94 0.911

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 3, 1977 vs DET W 4-2 W 16 14 2 0.875 60:00
Apr 2, 1977 @ DET W 4-3 W 26 23 3 0.885 60:00
Mar 30, 1977 vs WSH L 3-4 L 23 19 4 0.826 59:31
Mar 27, 1977 @ BOS L 0-3 L 36 33 3 0.917 60:00
Mar 22, 1977 @ MNS W 4-2 W 36 34 2 0.944 60:00
Mar 20, 1977 @ CHI L 2-3 L 36 33 3 0.917 59:11
Mar 16, 1977 vs STL W 7-3 W 34 31 3 0.912 60:00
Mar 15, 1977 @ AFM L 3-7 41 39 2 0.951 41:02
Mar 13, 1977 @ PHI L 0-4 L 39 35 4 0.897 60:00
Mar 9, 1977 vs CLR W 3-0 W, SO 32 32 0 1.000 60:00
Mar 5, 1977 @ LAK T 3-3 T 34 31 3 0.912 60:00
Mar 3, 1977 @ MTL L 1-5 L 33 28 5 0.848 60:00
Feb 26, 1977 vs WSH W 2-1 W 23 22 1 0.957 60:00
Feb 22, 1977 @ WSH L 1-3 L 36 33 3 0.917 60:00
Feb 20, 1977 vs CLE W 4-1 W 36 35 1 0.972 60:00
Feb 16, 1977 vs MTL T 4-4 T 27 23 4 0.852 60:00
Feb 12, 1977 @ LAK W 3-2 W 37 35 2 0.946 60:00
Feb 6, 1977 @ CLR L 2-5 L 49 44 5 0.898 60:00
Feb 2, 1977 vs MNS W 5-2 W 36 34 2 0.944 60:00
Jan 30, 1977 vs BOS W 5-2 W 26 24 2 0.923 60:00
Jan 20, 1977 @ LAK L 3-5 10 8 2 0.800 12:57
Jan 15, 1977 vs BUF W 5-2 W 24 22 2 0.917 60:00
Jan 6, 1977 @ WSH T 3-3 T 26 23 3 0.885 60:00
Jan 4, 1977 vs VAN T 2-2 T 22 20 2 0.909 60:00
Dec 29, 1976 vs MTL T 3-3 T 37 34 3 0.919 60:00
Dec 23, 1976 @ DET L 2-5 L 40 37 3 0.925 59:32
Dec 19, 1976 @ BOS L 3-6 L 46 40 6 0.870 60:00
Dec 16, 1976 vs CLE W 5-4 W 29 25 4 0.862 60:00
Dec 11, 1976 @ NYI L 3-6 L 33 27 6 0.818 60:00
Dec 9, 1976 @ BUF W 2-1 W 30 29 1 0.967 60:00
Dec 7, 1976 vs MNS W 6-2 W 22 20 2 0.909 60:00
Dec 4, 1976 @ MTL L 1-3 L 39 36 3 0.923 60:00
Dec 2, 1976 @ NYI W 4-2 W 39 37 2 0.949 60:00
Oct 6, 1976 vs VAN W 9-5 5 4 1 0.800 06:00