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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 1979-80. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Eddie Mio EDM · 34 GP, 0.868 Rob Holland PIT · 34 GP, 0.864 Pierre Hamel WIN · 35 GP, 0.877 Gilles Gilbert BOS · 33 GP, 0.891 Bob Sauve BUF · 32 GP, 0.901

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

1979-80 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
34 34 253300 858 778 80 2.52 0.907

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 5, 1980 vs BOS W 6-1 W 27 26 1 0.963 60:00
Mar 28, 1980 vs NYI T 2-2 T 19 17 2 0.895 60:00
Mar 23, 1980 @ NYR W 6-1 W 24 23 1 0.958 60:00
Mar 19, 1980 @ HFD T 5-5 T 31 26 5 0.839 60:00
Mar 15, 1980 @ EDM W 7-3 W 32 29 3 0.906 60:00
Mar 14, 1980 @ WIN W 4-3 W 29 26 3 0.897 60:00
Mar 12, 1980 @ MNS W 4-3 W 31 28 3 0.903 60:00
Mar 8, 1980 vs NYR W 5-2 W 34 32 2 0.941 60:00
Mar 6, 1980 vs EDM W 5-4 W 32 28 4 0.875 60:00
Mar 2, 1980 @ PHI W 5-1 W 37 36 1 0.973 60:00
Feb 28, 1980 vs MNS W 6-3 W 29 26 3 0.897 60:00
Feb 23, 1980 vs DET W 5-1 W 26 25 1 0.962 60:00
Feb 19, 1980 @ WSH L 1-3 L 15 13 2 0.867 59:52
Feb 16, 1980 vs PIT W 8-1 W 22 21 1 0.955 60:00
Feb 14, 1980 vs QUE W 5-1 W 26 25 1 0.962 60:00
Feb 10, 1980 @ BOS W 3-2 W 28 26 2 0.929 60:00
Feb 7, 1980 vs CLR W 4-3 W 28 25 3 0.893 60:00
Jan 30, 1980 @ CLR W 3-2 W 35 33 2 0.943 60:00
Jan 26, 1980 vs BUF L 2-7 L 28 21 7 0.750 60:00
Jan 24, 1980 @ HFD W 7-2 W 20 18 2 0.900 60:00
Jan 19, 1980 vs TOR W 7-2 W 23 21 2 0.913 60:00
Jan 14, 1980 vs AFM W 3-2 11 10 1 0.909 20:00
Jan 12, 1980 vs PHI W 4-3 W 22 19 3 0.864 60:00
Jan 9, 1980 @ TOR W 5-3 W 31 28 3 0.903 60:00
Jan 7, 1980 vs EDM W 4-3 W 22 19 3 0.864 60:00
Jan 5, 1980 vs CHI L 3-4 L 23 19 4 0.826 60:00
Nov 13, 1979 @ STL W 5-2 6 5 1 0.833 07:42
Nov 3, 1979 vs PHI L 3-5 12 11 1 0.917 21:05
Nov 1, 1979 vs MNS W 5-1 W 23 22 1 0.957 60:00
Oct 30, 1979 @ WSH T 2-2 T 26 24 2 0.923 59:11
Oct 27, 1979 vs DET W 3-2 W 26 24 2 0.923 60:00
Oct 23, 1979 @ AFM W 5-3 W 31 28 3 0.903 60:00
Oct 20, 1979 vs NYR W 5-4 W 27 23 4 0.852 60:00
Oct 13, 1979 vs QUE W 3-1 W 22 21 1 0.955 59:50