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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 1978-79. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Mike Palmateer TOR · 58 GP, 0.909 Don Edwards BUF · 54 GP, 0.899 Gilles Meloche MNS · 53 GP, 0.885 Rogie Vachon DET · 50 GP, 0.863 Tony Esposito CHI · 63 GP, 0.902

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

1978-79 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
56 54 22191200 1667 1487 180 3.37 0.892

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 8, 1979 @ WSH L 2-5 L 26 21 5 0.808 60:00
Apr 7, 1979 vs DET W 4-3 W 35 32 3 0.914 60:00
Apr 1, 1979 vs AFM L 2-7 L 12 8 4 0.667 20:00
Mar 31, 1979 @ MTL L 3-5 L 31 26 5 0.839 60:00
Mar 28, 1979 vs NYR W 7-1 W 29 28 1 0.966 60:00
Mar 27, 1979 @ MNS W 5-1 W 38 37 1 0.974 60:00
Mar 25, 1979 vs NYI T 2-2 T 27 25 2 0.926 60:00
Mar 24, 1979 @ NYI T 3-3 T 24 21 3 0.875 60:00
Mar 22, 1979 @ BOS W 3-1 W 22 21 1 0.955 60:00
Mar 21, 1979 vs WSH T 2-2 T 37 35 2 0.946 60:00
Mar 18, 1979 @ NYR W 5-1 W 29 28 1 0.966 60:00
Mar 17, 1979 @ WSH W 5-2 W 31 29 2 0.935 60:00
Mar 14, 1979 @ LAK T 3-3 T 31 28 3 0.903 60:00
Mar 13, 1979 @ VAN W 9-3 W 26 23 3 0.885 60:00
Mar 11, 1979 @ TOR L 0-4 L 36 32 4 0.889 60:00
Mar 10, 1979 vs PHI W 3-2 W 38 36 2 0.947 60:00
Mar 3, 1979 @ STL L 4-8 L 42 34 8 0.810 60:00
Feb 24, 1979 vs CHI W 5-1 W 20 19 1 0.950 60:00
Feb 22, 1979 @ MTL L 0-12 L 24 17 7 0.708 40:00
Feb 21, 1979 vs MTL W 3-1 W 36 35 1 0.972 60:00
Feb 18, 1979 @ DET L 2-6 14 13 1 0.929 40:00
Feb 15, 1979 vs MNS W 6-5 W 38 33 5 0.868 60:00
Jan 27, 1979 vs LAK W 5-3 W 31 28 3 0.903 60:00
Jan 24, 1979 @ LAK L 1-4 L 34 31 3 0.912 59:52
Jan 17, 1979 @ DET L 1-4 L 33 29 4 0.879 60:00
Jan 14, 1979 @ BUF W 5-4 W 30 26 4 0.867 60:00
Jan 13, 1979 vs BOS W 5-3 W 28 25 3 0.893 60:00
Jan 10, 1979 vs MTL W 3-2 W 31 29 2 0.935 60:00
Jan 5, 1979 @ AFM T 3-3 T 20 17 3 0.850 60:00
Dec 23, 1978 @ MNS L 3-5 L 27 22 5 0.815 59:24
Dec 17, 1978 @ CHI T 3-3 T 35 32 3 0.914 60:00
Dec 14, 1978 @ PHI L 1-2 L 33 31 2 0.939 59:56
Dec 9, 1978 vs BUF T 4-4 T 37 33 4 0.892 60:00
Dec 8, 1978 @ MTL T 3-3 T 30 27 3 0.900 60:00
Dec 6, 1978 vs TOR W 6-4 W 37 33 4 0.892 60:00
Dec 5, 1978 @ NYI T 3-3 T 45 42 3 0.933 60:00
Dec 2, 1978 vs CHI W 5-2 W 25 23 2 0.920 60:00
Dec 1, 1978 @ WSH W 7-4 W 28 24 4 0.857 60:00
Nov 29, 1978 vs WSH W 5-3 W 36 33 3 0.917 60:00
Nov 26, 1978 @ TOR L 2-8 22 17 5 0.773 40:00
Nov 25, 1978 vs PHI L 1-3 L 30 27 3 0.900 60:00
Nov 23, 1978 @ MTL L 4-8 5 2 3 0.400 07:54
Nov 16, 1978 @ VAN W 6-3 W 29 26 3 0.897 60:00
Nov 11, 1978 vs NYR L 1-2 L 33 31 2 0.939 59:13
Nov 9, 1978 @ BUF T 4-4 T 34 30 4 0.882 60:00
Nov 4, 1978 vs DET W 7-3 W 31 28 3 0.903 60:00
Nov 3, 1978 @ AFM L 0-2 L 19 18 1 0.947 59:20
Oct 29, 1978 @ NYR L 2-3 L 33 30 3 0.909 58:55
Oct 28, 1978 vs AFM L 2-4 L 23 20 3 0.870 59:54
Oct 25, 1978 vs STL T 6-6 T 32 26 6 0.813 60:00
Oct 21, 1978 vs WSH W 5-1 W 38 37 1 0.974 60:00
Oct 19, 1978 @ PHI L 1-3 L 28 25 3 0.893 59:15
Oct 18, 1978 vs NYI L 3-5 L 33 28 5 0.848 60:00
Oct 14, 1978 vs BOS T 4-4 T 26 22 4 0.846 59:40
Oct 12, 1978 @ BOS L 2-8 L 38 30 8 0.789 60:00
Oct 11, 1978 vs TOR L 2-3 L 27 24 3 0.889 59:09