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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 1977-78. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Pete Lopresti MNS · 53 GP, 0.867 Phil Myre STL · 53 GP, 0.876 Ken Dryden MTL · 52 GP, 0.922 Dan Bouchard AFM · 58 GP, 0.893 Bernie Parent PHI · 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

1977-78 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
54 51 1627801 1726 1532 194 3.76 0.888

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 9, 1978 vs PIT L 2-3 L 27 24 3 0.889 59:08
Apr 2, 1978 vs CHI W 4-2 W 36 34 2 0.944 60:00
Mar 30, 1978 @ BUF W 5-3 W 37 34 3 0.919 60:00
Mar 29, 1978 vs MNS W 7-3 W 35 32 3 0.914 60:00
Mar 25, 1978 @ NYI T 4-4 T 23 19 4 0.826 60:00
Mar 24, 1978 vs LAK L 3-4 L 36 32 4 0.889 59:14
Mar 21, 1978 vs BOS L 3-5 L 25 20 5 0.800 60:00
Mar 18, 1978 @ WSH L 3-8 8 8 0 1.000 20:00
Mar 17, 1978 vs MNS T 4-4 T 27 23 4 0.852 59:35
Mar 15, 1978 vs CLR T 2-2 T 26 24 2 0.923 60:00
Mar 8, 1978 @ NYR L 1-6 L 33 27 6 0.818 60:00
Mar 3, 1978 @ CLR T 2-2 T 35 33 2 0.943 60:00
Feb 25, 1978 vs BUF L 3-13 L 24 16 8 0.667 40:00
Feb 23, 1978 @ MTL L 1-5 L 45 40 5 0.889 60:00
Feb 17, 1978 vs VAN W 3-2 W 19 17 2 0.895 60:00
Feb 15, 1978 vs AFM T 5-5 T 19 14 5 0.737 60:00
Feb 12, 1978 vs NYI T 2-2 T 21 19 2 0.905 60:00
Feb 10, 1978 vs WSH L 1-4 L 28 24 4 0.857 60:00
Feb 8, 1978 vs BUF L 2-5 L 29 25 4 0.862 59:48
Feb 5, 1978 @ DET L 3-4 L 37 33 4 0.892 58:46
Feb 4, 1978 vs PHI T 2-2 T 31 29 2 0.935 60:00
Feb 1, 1978 vs DET W 2-0 W, SO 26 26 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 29, 1978 vs AFM L 2-6 12 11 1 0.917 20:00
Jan 28, 1978 @ MNS W 2-1 W 38 37 1 0.974 60:00
Jan 21, 1978 vs CLR W 9-4 W 28 24 4 0.857 60:00
Jan 19, 1978 @ BUF L 2-9 L 48 39 9 0.813 60:00
Jan 14, 1978 @ PIT L 2-4 L 31 27 4 0.871 60:00
Jan 11, 1978 vs NYI W 5-3 W 30 27 3 0.900 60:00
Jan 7, 1978 @ NYI L 3-5 L 36 31 5 0.861 60:00
Jan 6, 1978 vs VAN W 6-1 W 25 24 1 0.960 60:00
Jan 3, 1978 @ PHI L 4-5 L 33 28 5 0.848 59:06
Dec 30, 1977 vs TOR L 0-5 L 33 28 5 0.848 60:00
Dec 27, 1977 @ MTL L 3-5 L 36 31 5 0.861 60:00
Dec 21, 1977 vs PHI L 0-4 L 44 40 4 0.909 60:00
Dec 17, 1977 vs NYR W 4-2 W 34 32 2 0.941 60:00
Dec 12, 1977 vs MTL L 1-5 L 45 40 5 0.889 60:00
Dec 11, 1977 @ PHI L 1-11 20 17 3 0.850 20:00
Dec 8, 1977 @ BUF L 2-5 L 41 36 5 0.878 60:00
Dec 3, 1977 vs BOS T 4-4 T 52 48 4 0.923 60:00
Nov 30, 1977 vs TOR W 5-3 W 28 25 3 0.893 60:00
Nov 26, 1977 vs STL L 1-2 L 34 32 2 0.941 60:00
Nov 19, 1977 @ CLR L 2-7 L 35 28 7 0.800 60:00
Nov 15, 1977 @ VAN L 4-5 L 36 31 5 0.861 60:00
Nov 9, 1977 @ PIT L 3-5 L 40 35 5 0.875 59:36
Nov 5, 1977 @ DET W 4-3 W 44 41 3 0.932 60:00
Oct 30, 1977 @ CHI L 1-6 L 36 30 6 0.833 60:00
Oct 28, 1977 vs CHI L 2-4 L 29 25 4 0.862 60:00
Oct 25, 1977 vs NYR L 0-5 L 29 24 5 0.828 60:00
Oct 23, 1977 vs PIT L 2-3 L 26 23 3 0.885 60:00
Oct 22, 1977 @ STL W 3-2 W 53 51 2 0.962 60:00
Oct 20, 1977 @ MNS W 7-4 W 35 31 4 0.886 60:00
Oct 19, 1977 vs LAK W 3-1 W 28 27 1 0.964 60:00
Oct 15, 1977 vs WSH W 4-2 W 32 30 2 0.938 60:00
Oct 12, 1977 @ LAK L 0-2 L 28 26 2 0.929 59:33