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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 1983-84. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Andy Moog EDM · 38 GP, 0.882 Roland Melanson NYI · 37 GP, 0.902 Bob Sauve BUF · 40 GP, 0.868 Richard Sevigny MTL · 40 GP, 0.869 Pelle Lindbergh PHI · 36 GP, 0.860

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

1983-84 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
38 34 824201 1193 1055 138 4.10 0.884

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 1, 1984 vs NYI L 1-2 L 37 35 2 0.946 59:29
Mar 28, 1984 vs PHI L 3-5 L 39 34 5 0.872 60:00
Mar 25, 1984 vs WSH L 3-4 L 44 40 4 0.909 59:37
Mar 22, 1984 @ PHI L 4-13 L 46 33 13 0.717 60:00
Mar 21, 1984 vs TOR W 3-1 W 25 24 1 0.960 60:00
Mar 17, 1984 @ HFD W 4-2 W 47 45 2 0.957 60:00
Mar 13, 1984 @ VAN L 3-4 L 36 32 4 0.889 59:39
Mar 11, 1984 vs NYI L 4-6 L 38 33 5 0.868 59:48
Mar 8, 1984 vs QUE L 6-8 L 30 23 7 0.767 59:38
Mar 5, 1984 vs WSH L 2-5 L 34 30 4 0.882 59:16
Mar 3, 1984 vs LAK W 4-3 W 37 34 3 0.919 60:00
Feb 29, 1984 vs VAN L 5-9 L 25 18 7 0.720 40:00
Feb 26, 1984 @ NYR L 3-4 (OT) L 44 40 4 0.909 62:15
Feb 25, 1984 vs CHI T 3-3 (OT) T 37 34 3 0.919 64:21
Feb 13, 1984 @ QUE L 1-6 L 39 33 6 0.846 60:00
Feb 8, 1984 vs BUF L 5-6 (OT) L 42 36 6 0.857 60:31
Feb 4, 1984 @ NYI L 5-6 L 30 24 6 0.800 59:31
Dec 20, 1983 @ NYI L 3-11 11 8 3 0.727 20:00
Dec 17, 1983 vs LAK L 5-6 L 30 24 6 0.800 59:05
Dec 15, 1983 @ MTL L 1-3 6 5 1 0.833 14:44
Dec 11, 1983 vs MTL T 3-3 (OT) T 38 35 3 0.921 65:00
Dec 6, 1983 vs BOS L 3-5 L 9 8 1 0.889 19:32
Dec 1, 1983 vs MNS L 4-6 L 31 25 6 0.806 60:00
Nov 29, 1983 @ MNS L 4-6 L 38 33 5 0.868 59:10
Nov 25, 1983 @ DET L 2-5 L 38 34 4 0.895 59:44
Nov 23, 1983 vs NJD W 4-1 W 28 27 1 0.964 60:00
Nov 20, 1983 @ PHI L 4-5 (OT) L 44 39 5 0.886 62:43
Nov 16, 1983 vs TOR L 2-3 L 26 23 3 0.885 58:59
Nov 12, 1983 @ NYI W 4-2 W 35 33 2 0.943 60:00
Nov 11, 1983 vs NYI L 5-6 L 7 5 2 0.714 19:06
Nov 8, 1983 vs CGY T 4-4 (OT) 10 8 2 0.800 18:04
Nov 2, 1983 @ WIN W 6-3 W 33 30 3 0.909 60:00
Oct 29, 1983 vs PHI L 1-3 L 38 35 3 0.921 60:00
Oct 27, 1983 @ CHI W 4-2 W 37 35 2 0.946 60:00
Oct 25, 1983 vs WSH L 0-1 L 25 24 1 0.960 59:30
Oct 18, 1983 vs BUF L 1-3 L 36 34 2 0.944 58:50
Oct 14, 1983 @ WSH W 4-0 W, SO 29 29 0 1.000 60:00
Oct 9, 1983 @ PHI L 1-7 14 13 1 0.929 18:56