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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 1984-85. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

John Vanbiesbrouck NYR · 42 GP, 0.879 Kelly Hrudey NYI · 41 GP, 0.886 Glen Hanlon NYR · 44 GP, 0.879 Mike Liut HFD · 44 GP, 0.888 Rick Wamsley STL · 40 GP, 0.885

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

1984-85 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
42 39 1022301 1357 1188 169 4.64 0.875

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 6, 1985 vs WSH L 4-7 L 39 33 6 0.846 59:50
Apr 3, 1985 vs DET L 2-3 L 33 30 3 0.909 59:13
Mar 31, 1985 vs MTL L 2-4 L 33 29 4 0.879 59:19
Mar 30, 1985 @ NJD L 4-6 L 45 39 6 0.867 59:26
Mar 27, 1985 vs NJD W 4-3 W 35 32 3 0.914 60:00
Mar 26, 1985 @ NYR L 4-5 L 40 35 5 0.875 58:56
Mar 22, 1985 @ BUF L 1-3 L 39 36 3 0.923 59:07
Mar 19, 1985 vs PHI L 3-5 L 42 38 4 0.905 59:01
Mar 17, 1985 @ HFD L 3-4 L 42 38 4 0.905 59:42
Mar 16, 1985 vs NYR W 5-0 W, SO 26 26 0 1.000 60:00
Mar 7, 1985 @ STL L 1-5 L 34 29 5 0.853 60:00
Mar 3, 1985 @ NYR L 3-7 L 49 42 7 0.857 60:00
Mar 2, 1985 vs NYR W 5-4 W 36 32 4 0.889 60:00
Feb 16, 1985 vs QUE L 1-8 L 22 15 7 0.682 40:00
Feb 9, 1985 @ NYI L 1-4 L 35 31 4 0.886 60:00
Jan 30, 1985 vs TOR L 5-6 18 14 4 0.778 21:54
Jan 26, 1985 @ EDM L 3-6 L 37 31 6 0.838 60:00
Jan 19, 1985 vs CHI W 5-4 16 12 4 0.750 20:00
Jan 16, 1985 vs WSH L 4-5 L 32 27 5 0.844 59:56
Jan 12, 1985 vs EDM W 4-3 W 48 45 3 0.938 60:00
Jan 4, 1985 @ BUF L 2-7 L 34 27 7 0.794 60:00
Dec 29, 1984 @ QUE L 2-10 9 4 5 0.444 20:00
Dec 22, 1984 @ NYI L 2-5 L 36 31 5 0.861 60:00
Dec 15, 1984 @ TOR W 5-2 13 12 1 0.923 20:00
Dec 12, 1984 vs NYI W 4-3 W 34 31 3 0.912 60:00
Dec 8, 1984 vs CGY W 6-4 W 37 33 4 0.892 60:00
Dec 7, 1984 @ NYR W 4-3 (OT) W 29 26 3 0.897 61:35
Dec 5, 1984 vs STL W 7-4 2 2 0 1.000 03:16
Dec 2, 1984 @ WSH L 1-9 12 9 3 0.750 20:00
Nov 29, 1984 vs CHI L 3-6 L 35 29 6 0.829 60:00
Nov 27, 1984 vs BUF T 2-2 (OT) T 36 34 2 0.944 65:00
Nov 24, 1984 vs NJD L 3-5 L 27 22 5 0.815 60:00
Nov 22, 1984 @ HFD L 3-9 L 23 18 5 0.783 40:00
Nov 21, 1984 vs WSH T 3-3 (OT) T 49 46 3 0.939 65:00
Nov 17, 1984 @ LAK L 3-5 L 39 35 4 0.897 59:51
Nov 10, 1984 @ NYI L 4-5 7 6 1 0.857 10:41
Nov 6, 1984 vs EDM T 3-3 (OT) T 37 34 3 0.919 65:00
Oct 31, 1984 @ NJD W 7-6 W 41 35 6 0.854 60:00
Oct 27, 1984 vs MTL W 6-5 W 38 33 5 0.868 60:00
Oct 21, 1984 @ PHI L 2-4 L 37 33 4 0.892 59:57
Oct 17, 1984 vs VAN W 4-3 W 45 42 3 0.933 60:00
Oct 11, 1984 @ BOS L 3-4 L 36 32 4 0.889 59:32