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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 1982-83. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Grant Fuhr EDM · 32 GP, 0.867 Rick St. Croix TOR · 33 GP, 0.881 Corrado Micalef DET · 34 GP, 0.861 John Garrett VAN · 34 GP, 0.889 Glen Hanlon NYR · 35 GP, 0.888

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

1982-83 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
31 29 518501 930 779 151 5.31 0.838

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Mar 21, 1983 @ VAN L 3-7 L 37 30 7 0.811 60:00
Mar 16, 1983 @ MNS L 2-3 L 37 34 3 0.919 60:00
Mar 12, 1983 @ HFD W 7-2 W 25 23 2 0.920 60:00
Mar 4, 1983 @ BUF L 2-10 L 30 20 10 0.667 60:00
Mar 1, 1983 vs NYR T 3-3 T 26 23 3 0.885 60:00
Feb 19, 1983 vs EDM L 7-10 17 13 4 0.765 32:50
Feb 17, 1983 @ NYI L 1-4 L 41 37 4 0.902 59:22
Feb 10, 1983 @ BOS L 3-7 L 45 38 7 0.844 60:00
Feb 9, 1983 vs VAN L 2-6 L 36 30 6 0.833 60:00
Feb 5, 1983 @ CGY L 4-7 L 38 31 7 0.816 60:00
Feb 2, 1983 @ CHI L 4-7 L 32 26 6 0.813 59:40
Jan 26, 1983 vs WSH L 2-6 L 16 11 5 0.688 20:00
Jan 22, 1983 vs QUE L 3-7 L 21 14 7 0.667 60:00
Jan 19, 1983 vs NJD T 1-1 T 16 15 1 0.938 60:00
Jan 7, 1983 @ EDM L 2-7 L 34 27 7 0.794 60:00
Dec 29, 1982 vs STL L 5-6 L 14 10 4 0.714 38:55
Dec 28, 1982 @ WSH L 3-6 L 33 27 6 0.818 60:00
Dec 11, 1982 vs QUE L 4-7 L 27 20 7 0.741 60:00
Dec 8, 1982 vs BUF W 4-2 W 34 32 2 0.941 60:00
Dec 4, 1982 vs PHI T 0-0 T, SO 30 30 0 1.000 60:00
Nov 26, 1982 @ MNS T 6-6 T 38 32 6 0.842 60:00
Nov 24, 1982 vs TOR W 4-3 W 33 30 3 0.909 60:00
Nov 20, 1982 vs BOS W 4-3 W 29 26 3 0.897 60:00
Nov 17, 1982 vs HFD W 4-3 W 30 27 3 0.900 60:00
Nov 14, 1982 @ BUF T 6-6 T 30 24 6 0.800 60:00
Nov 4, 1982 @ NJD T 4-4 8 6 2 0.750 20:00
Oct 31, 1982 @ NYR L 2-6 L 29 23 6 0.793 60:00
Oct 28, 1982 @ PHI L 2-9 23 20 3 0.870 34:25
Oct 21, 1982 @ QUE L 4-8 L 42 34 8 0.810 60:00
Oct 14, 1982 @ NYI L 0-9 L 51 42 9 0.824 60:00
Oct 10, 1982 @ BOS L 3-4 L 28 24 4 0.857 60:00