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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 1981-82. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Gilles Gilbert DET · 27 GP, 0.848 Don Beaupre MNS · 28 GP, 0.889 John Garrett QUE · 28 GP, 0.854 Al Jensen WSH · 26 GP, 0.885 Murray Bannerman CHI · 29 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

1981-82 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
27 26 126803 760 692 68 2.64 0.911

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Mar 25, 1982 @ NYI L 1-3 L 22 19 3 0.864 59:19
Mar 18, 1982 vs VAN L 2-4 L 18 14 4 0.778 60:00
Mar 13, 1982 vs HFD W 5-0 W, SO 24 24 0 1.000 60:00
Mar 7, 1982 @ BUF W 5-3 W 34 31 3 0.912 60:00
Feb 28, 1982 @ HFD W 5-0 W, SO 28 28 0 1.000 60:00
Feb 27, 1982 vs TOR T 3-3 T 34 31 3 0.912 60:00
Feb 20, 1982 vs BUF T 2-2 T 17 15 2 0.882 60:00
Feb 18, 1982 vs STL W 5-3 W 41 38 3 0.927 60:00
Jan 23, 1982 vs CGY W 6-2 W 18 16 2 0.889 40:00
Jan 21, 1982 @ PHI W 4-2 W 31 29 2 0.935 60:00
Dec 29, 1981 @ NYI W 5-4 6 4 2 0.667 20:00
Dec 27, 1981 vs QUE W 6-3 W 32 29 3 0.906 60:00
Dec 11, 1981 @ WIN T 5-5 T 35 30 5 0.857 60:00
Dec 9, 1981 @ MNS T 6-6 T 45 39 6 0.867 60:00
Dec 3, 1981 @ DET L 3-4 L 41 37 4 0.902 58:42
Nov 25, 1981 @ PIT L 1-2 L 33 31 2 0.939 59:03
Nov 24, 1981 @ STL T 2-2 T 32 30 2 0.938 60:00
Nov 14, 1981 @ VAN W 4-1 W 28 27 1 0.964 60:00
Nov 11, 1981 @ CLR W 9-0 W 15 15 0 1.000 54:27
Nov 2, 1981 @ QUE L 4-5 L 40 35 5 0.875 60:00
Oct 31, 1981 vs NYI L 1-2 L 25 23 2 0.920 60:00
Oct 29, 1981 @ BOS T 5-5 T 25 20 5 0.800 60:00
Oct 27, 1981 vs PHI W 11-2 W 25 23 2 0.920 60:00
Oct 25, 1981 @ NYR W 4-2 W 29 27 2 0.931 60:00
Oct 24, 1981 vs BOS W 7-0 W, SO 25 25 0 1.000 60:00
Oct 21, 1981 @ CHI T 3-3 T 30 28 2 0.933 53:08
Oct 18, 1981 @ BUF T 3-3 T 27 24 3 0.889 60:00