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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 1977-78. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Dan Bouchard AFM · 58 GP, 0.893 Mike Palmateer TOR · 63 GP, 0.911 Tony Esposito CHI · 64 GP, 0.914 Gilles Meloche CLE · 54 GP, 0.888 Pete Lopresti MNS · 53 GP, 0.867

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

1977-78 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
60 58 20251500 2125 1915 210 3.57 0.901

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 9, 1978 @ CLE W 3-2 W 43 41 2 0.953 60:00
Apr 8, 1978 vs WSH L 4-6 L 30 24 6 0.800 60:00
Apr 6, 1978 @ DET L 4-6 L 33 28 5 0.848 59:17
Apr 5, 1978 vs MNS W 7-2 W 32 30 2 0.938 60:00
Apr 2, 1978 vs TOR W 6-3 W 29 29 0 1.000 46:32
Mar 29, 1978 @ MTL L 2-6 L 40 34 6 0.850 60:00
Mar 25, 1978 vs DET T 2-2 T 34 32 2 0.941 60:00
Mar 22, 1978 vs CLR L 2-5 L 32 28 4 0.875 59:45
Mar 21, 1978 @ MNS L 1-7 L 39 32 7 0.821 60:00
Mar 19, 1978 @ CHI L 1-9 L 32 26 6 0.813 47:13
Mar 18, 1978 @ TOR W 3-2 W 43 41 2 0.953 60:00
Mar 14, 1978 @ LAK L 2-4 L 36 32 4 0.889 60:00
Mar 12, 1978 vs TOR L 1-7 L 16 12 4 0.750 40:00
Mar 11, 1978 vs VAN L 1-3 L 28 25 3 0.893 59:16
Mar 8, 1978 vs CLR W 5-3 W 40 37 3 0.925 60:00
Mar 5, 1978 vs NYI T 3-3 T 30 27 3 0.900 59:45
Mar 4, 1978 @ NYI L 3-6 L 38 32 6 0.842 60:00
Mar 1, 1978 vs MTL L 2-5 L 39 34 5 0.872 60:00
Feb 26, 1978 @ BUF T 4-4 T 49 45 4 0.918 60:00
Feb 25, 1978 vs PHI L 1-3 L 38 36 2 0.947 59:21
Feb 22, 1978 vs STL T 2-2 T 33 31 2 0.939 60:00
Feb 21, 1978 @ STL W 5-4 W 29 25 4 0.862 60:00
Feb 19, 1978 @ CHI T 2-2 T 33 31 2 0.939 60:00
Feb 18, 1978 vs LAK T 1-1 T 43 42 1 0.977 60:00
Feb 14, 1978 vs CHI W 2-1 W 38 37 1 0.974 60:00
Feb 11, 1978 @ LAK T 3-3 T 47 44 3 0.936 60:00
Feb 7, 1978 @ CLR W 4-2 W 44 42 2 0.955 60:00
Feb 4, 1978 vs BOS L 1-8 L 38 30 8 0.789 60:00
Feb 1, 1978 vs MNS W 6-1 W 30 29 1 0.967 60:00
Jan 31, 1978 @ DET W 5-3 W 51 48 3 0.941 60:00
Jan 28, 1978 vs BUF T 3-3 T 26 23 3 0.885 60:00
Jan 22, 1978 vs NYR W 3-1 W 41 40 1 0.976 60:00
Jan 7, 1978 vs LAK T 3-3 T 32 29 3 0.906 59:48
Jan 4, 1978 vs VAN W 8-3 W 33 30 3 0.909 60:00
Jan 2, 1978 @ WSH L 2-3 L 34 31 3 0.912 59:08
Dec 31, 1977 vs CLE W 6-3 W 40 37 3 0.925 60:00
Dec 29, 1977 @ MTL L 3-4 L 41 37 4 0.902 59:17
Dec 28, 1977 vs WSH T 2-2 T 29 27 2 0.931 60:00
Dec 26, 1977 @ TOR W 5-4 W 34 30 4 0.882 60:00
Dec 23, 1977 vs TOR L 2-6 L 28 22 6 0.786 60:00
Dec 22, 1977 @ BUF T 3-3 T 36 33 3 0.917 60:00
Dec 17, 1977 vs MTL W 5-3 W 25 22 3 0.880 60:00
Dec 14, 1977 @ STL L 2-3 L 45 42 3 0.933 59:34
Dec 11, 1977 vs AFM L 1-5 L 37 32 5 0.865 60:00
Dec 10, 1977 @ BOS L 2-6 L 47 41 6 0.872 60:00
Dec 6, 1977 @ CLR T 3-3 T 41 38 3 0.927 59:45
Dec 3, 1977 vs BUF T 4-4 T 33 29 4 0.879 60:00
Nov 29, 1977 @ MTL L 1-9 L 39 30 9 0.769 60:00
Nov 26, 1977 vs NYI W 5-2 W 40 38 2 0.950 60:00
Nov 24, 1977 @ LAK L 3-5 L 47 43 4 0.915 59:17
Nov 13, 1977 @ BUF T 3-3 T 44 41 3 0.932 60:00
Nov 12, 1977 vs CHI W 7-4 W 26 22 4 0.846 60:00
Nov 9, 1977 vs CLE W 5-3 W 26 23 3 0.885 60:00
Nov 5, 1977 @ NYI L 3-4 L 33 29 4 0.879 59:24
Nov 4, 1977 @ AFM L 2-5 L 28 23 5 0.821 40:00
Nov 2, 1977 @ DET L 1-3 L 25 22 3 0.880 60:00
Oct 26, 1977 vs DET L 3-4 L 25 21 4 0.840 59:18
Oct 22, 1977 vs AFM W 5-2 W 29 27 2 0.931 60:00
Oct 19, 1977 @ NYR T 3-3 T 39 36 3 0.923 60:00
Oct 12, 1977 vs STL W 4-2 W 35 33 2 0.943 60:00