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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 1980-81. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Michel Dion WIN · 26 GP, 0.847 Phil Myre CLR · 26 GP, 0.872 Ron Low EDM · 24 GP, 0.856 Rick St. Croix PHI · 27 GP, 0.913 Jim Craig BOS · 23 GP, 0.861

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

1980-81 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
25 19 69601 550 483 67 3.52 0.878

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 5, 1981 @ BOS W 4-2 W 10 9 1 0.900 20:00
Apr 3, 1981 vs HFD W 6-1 0 0 0 0.000 01:43
Mar 29, 1981 @ QUE L 0-4 0 0 0 0.000 01:00
Mar 28, 1981 vs NYR L 2-6 8 6 2 0.750 20:00
Mar 26, 1981 vs CGY W 8-2 0 0 0 0.000 01:07
Mar 21, 1981 vs VAN W 5-3 W 22 20 2 0.909 50:40
Mar 18, 1981 @ HFD L 3-9 L 7 2 5 0.286 17:40
Mar 9, 1981 @ MNS T 1-1 T 28 27 1 0.964 60:00
Mar 7, 1981 @ WIN L 2-4 L 40 37 3 0.925 59:16
Mar 1, 1981 @ NYR T 4-4 T 22 18 4 0.818 60:00
Feb 22, 1981 @ BUF W 4-2 W 35 33 2 0.943 60:00
Feb 15, 1981 @ PHI T 5-5 T 32 27 5 0.844 60:00
Feb 5, 1981 vs MNS W 7-0 W 4 4 0 1.000 14:00
Feb 3, 1981 @ CLR W 5-2 W 26 24 2 0.923 60:00
Jan 29, 1981 @ CGY T 4-4 T 31 27 4 0.871 60:00
Dec 20, 1980 @ EDM L 3-4 L 28 24 4 0.857 60:00
Dec 18, 1980 @ CGY W 4-0 W, SO 12 12 0 1.000 60:00
Dec 17, 1980 @ VAN T 4-4 T 26 22 4 0.846 59:46
Dec 10, 1980 @ PIT L 3-4 L 35 31 4 0.886 59:47
Nov 27, 1980 vs NYI L 3-4 L 29 25 4 0.862 59:50
Nov 6, 1980 @ DET L 2-3 L 25 22 3 0.880 59:07
Oct 28, 1980 @ NYI L 4-6 L 30 25 5 0.833 59:30
Oct 21, 1980 @ STL L 3-4 L 31 27 4 0.871 59:30
Oct 15, 1980 @ WSH T 3-3 T 35 32 3 0.914 60:00
Oct 11, 1980 vs CHI L 4-5 L 34 29 5 0.853 59:25