Hockey Terminal
Be a GM

← All players

Photo of Gilles Meloche

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 1972-73. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Tony Esposito CHI · 56 GP, 0.917 Ken Dryden MTL · 54 GP, 0.926 Rogie Vachon LAK · 53 GP, 0.900 Roy Edwards DET · 52 GP, 0.904 Jim Rutherford PIT · 49 GP, 0.912

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

1972-73 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
59 57 12321401 2041 1806 235 4.07 0.885

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Mar 30, 1973 vs LAK W 3-1 W 24 23 1 0.958 60:00
Mar 28, 1973 @ LAK W 3-2 W 39 37 2 0.949 60:00
Mar 25, 1973 vs DET W 8-5 W 42 37 5 0.881 60:00
Mar 23, 1973 vs TOR W 7-4 W 38 34 4 0.895 60:00
Mar 20, 1973 @ NYI L 3-6 L 30 24 6 0.800 60:00
Mar 18, 1973 vs MNS W 2-0 W, SO 20 20 0 1.000 60:00
Mar 16, 1973 vs PIT T 5-5 T 37 32 5 0.865 60:00
Mar 14, 1973 vs VAN L 2-5 L 31 26 5 0.839 60:00
Mar 11, 1973 vs CHI L 1-5 L 16 11 5 0.688 60:00
Mar 4, 1973 @ AFM L 2-3 L 35 32 3 0.914 59:01
Feb 28, 1973 @ MNS L 3-7 L 43 36 7 0.837 60:00
Feb 23, 1973 vs NYR W 5-3 W 37 34 3 0.919 60:00
Feb 21, 1973 vs BOS L 2-6 L 38 32 6 0.842 60:00
Feb 18, 1973 vs LAK L 2-4 L 34 30 4 0.882 60:00
Feb 16, 1973 vs DET T 2-2 T 27 25 2 0.926 60:00
Feb 14, 1973 vs AFM T 3-3 T 37 34 3 0.919 60:00
Feb 11, 1973 @ AFM L 1-3 L 31 28 3 0.903 58:51
Feb 7, 1973 @ TOR L 3-5 L 53 49 4 0.925 58:48
Feb 4, 1973 vs MTL L 1-6 L 39 33 6 0.846 60:00
Feb 3, 1973 @ STL L 1-6 L 51 45 6 0.882 60:00
Jan 31, 1973 @ NYR L 1-3 L 58 55 3 0.948 60:00
Jan 28, 1973 @ PHI L 3-4 L 42 38 4 0.905 59:05
Jan 26, 1973 vs STL T 1-1 T 27 26 1 0.963 60:00
Jan 24, 1973 @ AFM W 5-2 W 32 30 2 0.938 60:00
Jan 21, 1973 @ BOS L 2-5 L 34 29 5 0.853 60:00
Jan 19, 1973 vs NYR L 0-6 L 47 41 6 0.872 60:00
Jan 17, 1973 vs TOR T 3-3 T 34 31 3 0.912 60:00
Jan 14, 1973 @ CHI T 6-6 T 35 29 6 0.829 60:00
Jan 12, 1973 vs MTL T 3-3 T 26 23 3 0.885 60:00
Jan 10, 1973 vs STL W 6-5 W 36 31 5 0.861 60:00
Jan 6, 1973 @ MTL L 0-5 L 40 35 5 0.875 60:00
Jan 3, 1973 vs VAN W 11-3 W 29 26 3 0.897 60:00
Dec 29, 1972 vs NYI W 5-2 W 29 27 2 0.931 60:00
Dec 27, 1972 vs PHI T 2-2 T 36 34 2 0.944 60:00
Dec 26, 1972 @ VAN L 3-4 L 41 37 4 0.902 59:47
Dec 20, 1972 vs MNS L 2-5 L 33 28 5 0.848 60:00
Dec 15, 1972 vs CHI L 4-9 L 36 27 9 0.750 60:00
Dec 13, 1972 vs MTL T 2-2 T 31 29 2 0.935 60:00
Dec 10, 1972 @ BOS L 4-8 L 21 16 5 0.762 40:00
Dec 9, 1972 @ MTL L 1-2 L 30 28 2 0.933 59:11
Dec 6, 1972 vs PIT T 4-4 T 31 27 4 0.871 60:00
Dec 1, 1972 vs NYR T 3-3 T 28 25 3 0.893 60:00
Nov 29, 1972 vs STL L 1-2 L 33 31 2 0.939 59:24
Nov 26, 1972 @ DET W 6-4 W 44 40 4 0.909 60:00
Nov 25, 1972 @ TOR L 0-11 15 13 2 0.867 13:26
Nov 23, 1972 @ BOS L 2-4 L 30 26 4 0.867 60:00
Nov 15, 1972 vs DET L 0-4 L 29 25 4 0.862 60:00
Nov 11, 1972 @ NYR L 2-7 L 47 40 7 0.851 60:00
Nov 8, 1972 @ MNS L 2-5 L 40 35 5 0.875 60:00
Nov 5, 1972 @ CHI T 3-3 T 41 38 3 0.927 60:00
Nov 3, 1972 vs BOS T 6-6 T 39 33 6 0.846 60:00
Nov 1, 1972 vs NYI L 2-6 L 29 23 6 0.793 60:00
Oct 27, 1972 vs PIT W 6-3 W 30 27 3 0.900 60:00
Oct 24, 1972 @ LAK L 0-5 L 35 30 5 0.857 60:00
Oct 22, 1972 vs CHI L 2-4 L 37 33 4 0.892 60:00
Oct 20, 1972 vs PHI T 3-3 T 43 40 3 0.930 60:00
Oct 14, 1972 @ PIT L 2-5 L 22 17 5 0.773 60:00
Oct 11, 1972 @ MNS L 2-5 L 38 33 5 0.868 60:00
Oct 7, 1972 @ VAN L 2-3 L 31 28 3 0.903 59:32