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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 1973-74. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Billy Smith NYI · 46 GP, 0.897 Dan Bouchard AFM · 46 GP, 0.909 Jim Rutherford DET · 51 GP, 0.885 Wayne Thomas MTL · 42 GP, 0.905 Dave Dryden BUF · 53 GP, 0.894

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

1973-74 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
47 47 933501 1617 1419 198 4.25 0.878

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 5, 1974 vs AFM L 2-4 L 45 42 3 0.933 59:41
Apr 3, 1974 vs VAN L 1-4 L 34 30 4 0.882 60:00
Mar 31, 1974 @ VAN L 0-7 L 43 36 7 0.837 60:00
Mar 29, 1974 vs MTL L 3-4 L 32 28 4 0.875 59:04
Mar 24, 1974 vs LAK L 1-7 L 36 29 7 0.806 60:00
Mar 22, 1974 vs TOR L 2-3 L 39 36 3 0.923 59:36
Mar 19, 1974 @ MNS L 3-6 L 41 35 6 0.854 60:00
Mar 15, 1974 vs PIT L 1-6 L 42 36 6 0.857 60:00
Mar 10, 1974 vs BOS W 6-2 W 34 32 2 0.941 59:58
Mar 6, 1974 vs CHI T 3-3 T 29 26 3 0.897 60:00
Mar 2, 1974 @ MTL W 4-3 W 41 38 3 0.927 60:00
Feb 27, 1974 vs STL T 2-2 T 33 31 2 0.939 59:16
Feb 22, 1974 vs NYR L 3-4 L 33 29 4 0.879 59:02
Feb 20, 1974 @ CHI L 0-3 L 30 27 3 0.900 60:00
Feb 17, 1974 @ MNS L 1-7 L 44 37 7 0.841 60:00
Feb 16, 1974 @ PIT L 3-7 L 42 35 7 0.833 60:00
Feb 13, 1974 vs BOS L 6-9 L 46 37 9 0.804 60:00
Feb 8, 1974 vs BUF L 2-7 L 24 17 7 0.708 59:57
Feb 6, 1974 vs VAN W 4-2 W 30 28 2 0.933 60:00
Feb 3, 1974 vs NYI W 4-2 W 28 26 2 0.929 60:00
Feb 2, 1974 @ LAK L 1-3 L 36 34 2 0.944 59:40
Jan 31, 1974 @ CHI L 1-2 L 34 32 2 0.941 59:12
Jan 30, 1974 @ STL L 4-6 L 49 43 6 0.878 60:00
Jan 27, 1974 vs MNS T 2-2 T 28 26 2 0.929 60:00
Jan 25, 1974 vs PHI L 0-5 L 40 35 5 0.875 60:00
Jan 23, 1974 @ DET L 2-6 L 33 27 6 0.818 60:00
Jan 22, 1974 @ NYI L 3-4 L 37 33 4 0.892 59:35
Jan 20, 1974 @ BUF L 4-6 L 34 28 6 0.824 60:00
Jan 18, 1974 @ AFM L 2-6 L 48 42 6 0.875 60:00
Jan 16, 1974 vs TOR T 5-5 T 43 38 5 0.884 60:00
Nov 25, 1973 @ DET L 2-3 L 31 28 3 0.903 60:00
Nov 24, 1973 @ MNS L 3-6 L 31 25 6 0.806 60:00
Nov 21, 1973 @ NYR L 0-3 L 33 30 3 0.909 60:00
Nov 18, 1973 @ BUF W 2-0 W, SO 27 27 0 1.000 60:00
Nov 16, 1973 vs PHI L 1-2 L 35 33 2 0.943 59:13
Nov 14, 1973 vs TOR L 1-4 L 31 27 4 0.871 60:00
Nov 9, 1973 vs BUF W 6-3 W 32 29 3 0.906 60:00
Nov 7, 1973 vs CHI T 1-1 T 22 21 1 0.955 60:00
Nov 4, 1973 @ BOS L 1-4 L 37 33 4 0.892 60:00
Nov 3, 1973 @ MTL L 2-6 L 34 28 6 0.824 60:00
Nov 1, 1973 @ AFM L 2-7 L 31 24 7 0.774 60:00
Oct 26, 1973 vs AFM L 1-3 L 24 22 2 0.917 40:00
Oct 24, 1973 vs DET W 7-3 W 19 16 3 0.842 60:00
Oct 21, 1973 @ DET L 2-11 L 46 35 11 0.761 60:00
Oct 17, 1973 vs PHI L 1-5 L 33 28 5 0.848 59:54
Oct 12, 1973 vs CHI W 3-2 W 22 20 2 0.909 60:00
Oct 10, 1973 vs STL W 2-1 W 21 20 1 0.952 60:00