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Gilles Meloche

#27 · Goalie · Pittsburgh Penguins

Born Jul 12, 1950 in Montréal, Quebec, CAN · 5'8", 169 lb · Catches right · Drafted 70th overall in 1970 by CHI (round 5)

Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 1971-72. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Doug Favell PHI · 54 GP, 0.915 Dunc Wilson VAN · 53 GP, 0.887 Roger Crozier BUF · 63 GP, 0.903 Ken Dryden MTL · 64 GP, 0.930 Tony Esposito CHI · 48 GP, 0.934

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below.

020401970-71: 2 games270-711971-72: 56 games561972-73: 59 games5972-731973-74: 47 games471974-75: 47 games4774-751975-76: 41 games411976-77: 51 games5176-771977-78: 54 games541978-79: 53 games5378-791979-80: 54 games541980-81: 38 games3880-811981-82: 51 games511982-83: 47 games4782-831983-84: 52 games521984-85: 32 games3284-851985-86: 34 games341986-87: 43 games4386-871987-88: 27 games27

Games played by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
1970-71 CHI 2 20000 72 66 6 3.00 0.917
1971-72 CGS 56 16251304 1623 1450 173 3.33 0.893
1972-73 CGS 59 12321401 2041 1806 235 4.07 0.885
1973-74 CGS 47 933501 1617 1419 198 4.25 0.878
1974-75 CGS 47 9271001 1514 1328 186 4.03 0.877
1975-76 CGS 41 1223601 1253 1113 140 3.45 0.888
1976-77 CLE 51 1924602 1548 1377 171 3.47 0.890
1977-78 CLE 54 1627801 1726 1532 194 3.76 0.888
1978-79 MNS 53 2025702 1498 1325 173 3.33 0.885
1979-80 MNS 54 2720501 1556 1396 160 3.06 0.897
1980-81 MNS 38 1714602 1076 956 120 3.26 0.888
1981-82 MNS 51 2615901 1652 1477 175 3.48 0.894
1982-83 MNS 47 20131101 1409 1249 160 3.57 0.886
1983-84 MNS 52 2117802 1521 1320 201 4.18 0.868
1984-85 MNS 32 1013600 949 834 115 3.80 0.879
1985-86 PIT 34 1315500 998 879 119 3.60 0.881
1986-87 PIT 43 1319700 1120 986 134 3.44 0.880
1987-88 PIT 27 89500 720 625 95 4.10 0.868
18 seasons Career 788 270351131020 23893 21138 2755 3.65 0.885

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
1979-80 MNS 11 5401 295 261 34 3.63 0.885
1980-81 MNS 13 8500 405 358 47 3.53 0.884
1981-82 MNS 4 1200 88 80 8 2.63 0.909
1982-83 MNS 5 2300 152 134 18 3.40 0.882
1983-84 MNS 4 1200 86 75 11 3.33 0.872
1984-85 MNS 8 4301 256 231 25 3.80 0.902
6 seasons Playoffs 45 211902 1282 1139 143 3.49 0.888

1971-72 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
56 52 16251304 1623 1450 173 3.33 0.893

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 1, 1972 @ LAK L 4-9 L 43 34 9 0.791 60:00
Mar 29, 1972 @ PIT L 4-5 L 31 26 5 0.839 58:54
Mar 25, 1972 @ PHI L 0-3 L 26 24 2 0.923 59:42
Mar 22, 1972 @ STL L 1-4 11 10 1 0.909 20:00
Mar 21, 1972 @ MNS L 2-4 L 30 26 4 0.867 60:00
Mar 17, 1972 vs STL T 2-2 T 30 28 2 0.933 60:00
Mar 15, 1972 vs LAK W 5-2 W 21 19 2 0.905 60:00
Mar 11, 1972 @ TOR L 1-2 L 54 52 2 0.963 59:02
Mar 8, 1972 vs BUF W 6-3 W 31 28 3 0.903 60:00
Mar 3, 1972 vs CHI T 4-4 T 22 18 4 0.818 60:00
Mar 1, 1972 @ NYR L 1-4 L 29 25 4 0.862 60:00
Feb 27, 1972 @ BUF T 4-4 T 31 27 4 0.871 60:00
Feb 26, 1972 @ CHI L 0-3 L 28 25 3 0.893 60:00
Feb 23, 1972 vs BOS L 6-8 L 36 29 7 0.806 59:32
Feb 20, 1972 vs STL T 4-4 T 32 28 4 0.875 60:00
Feb 16, 1972 @ MTL T 1-1 T 34 33 1 0.971 60:00
Feb 12, 1972 @ TOR L 0-3 L 26 23 3 0.885 60:00
Feb 9, 1972 vs PHI W 3-2 W 40 38 2 0.950 60:00
Feb 6, 1972 @ DET L 2-8 L 13 9 4 0.692 22:23
Feb 4, 1972 vs MTL T 2-2 T 45 43 2 0.956 60:00
Feb 2, 1972 vs VAN L 1-5 L 31 26 5 0.839 40:00
Jan 30, 1972 @ VAN W 2-0 W, SO 29 29 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 28, 1972 vs TOR W 3-0 W, SO 30 30 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 23, 1972 vs PHI W 3-1 W 36 35 1 0.972 60:00
Jan 19, 1972 @ CHI L 0-2 L 36 34 2 0.944 60:00
Jan 18, 1972 @ MNS T 1-1 T 26 25 1 0.962 60:00
Jan 14, 1972 vs VAN W 5-3 W 16 13 3 0.813 60:00
Jan 12, 1972 vs MNS W 2-0 W, SO 24 24 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 9, 1972 @ PHI L 3-10 L 27 21 6 0.778 40:00
Jan 5, 1972 vs LAK W 6-2 W 19 17 2 0.895 60:00
Jan 2, 1972 @ BUF T 4-4 T 23 19 4 0.826 60:00
Dec 31, 1971 @ DET L 3-6 L 18 13 5 0.722 44:26
Dec 29, 1971 @ MTL L 2-3 L 32 29 3 0.906 60:00
Dec 25, 1971 @ LAK W 3-1 W 28 27 1 0.964 60:00
Dec 22, 1971 vs CHI L 1-4 L 25 21 4 0.840 60:00
Dec 19, 1971 vs MTL T 3-3 T 29 26 3 0.897 60:00
Dec 17, 1971 vs DET T 3-3 T 29 26 3 0.897 60:00
Dec 12, 1971 vs BOS W 4-2 W 26 24 2 0.923 60:00
Dec 10, 1971 vs STL T 4-4 T 41 37 4 0.902 60:00
Dec 8, 1971 @ PIT T 1-1 T 28 27 1 0.964 60:00
Dec 5, 1971 @ PHI L 0-3 L 37 34 3 0.919 60:00
Dec 3, 1971 vs CHI W 2-1 W 27 26 1 0.963 60:00
Dec 1, 1971 @ MNS L 1-4 16 15 1 0.938 40:00
Nov 30, 1971 @ STL L 2-5 L 33 28 5 0.848 60:00
Nov 26, 1971 vs MNS L 1-2 L 29 27 2 0.931 59:13
Nov 21, 1971 @ NYR L 1-12 L 42 33 9 0.786 51:03
Nov 20, 1971 @ TOR L 1-5 L 41 36 5 0.878 60:00
Nov 18, 1971 @ BUF W 7-5 W 15 12 3 0.800 23:52
Nov 16, 1971 @ MTL L 2-7 L 39 32 7 0.821 60:00
Nov 14, 1971 @ CHI L 1-4 L 29 25 4 0.862 60:00
Nov 11, 1971 @ BOS L 2-5 L 31 27 4 0.871 59:45
Nov 7, 1971 vs TOR W 8-1 W 15 14 1 0.933 60:00
Nov 5, 1971 vs NYR L 1-8 L 11 6 5 0.545 20:00
Nov 3, 1971 vs PIT W 5-3 W 33 30 3 0.909 60:00
Oct 31, 1971 vs BUF T 2-2 T 25 23 2 0.920 60:00
Oct 28, 1971 @ BOS W 2-0 W, SO 34 34 0 1.000 60:00