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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 1978-79. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Don Edwards BUF · 54 GP, 0.899 Denis Herron PIT · 56 GP, 0.892 Rogie Vachon DET · 50 GP, 0.863 Mario Lessard LAK · 49 GP, 0.892 Mike Palmateer TOR · 58 GP, 0.909

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

1978-79 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
53 50 2025702 1498 1325 173 3.33 0.885

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 7, 1979 @ LAK L 1-7 L 34 27 7 0.794 60:00
Apr 6, 1979 @ VAN T 2-2 T 24 22 2 0.917 60:00
Apr 4, 1979 @ CHI L 1-7 L 27 20 7 0.741 60:00
Mar 31, 1979 @ TOR L 2-6 L 31 25 6 0.806 60:00
Mar 27, 1979 vs PIT L 1-5 L 23 18 5 0.783 60:00
Mar 25, 1979 @ VAN L 1-2 L 14 12 2 0.857 59:19
Mar 21, 1979 vs PHI W 7-3 W 32 29 3 0.906 60:00
Mar 18, 1979 vs NYI L 3-5 L 26 22 4 0.846 55:00
Mar 17, 1979 @ TOR L 4-6 L 37 32 5 0.865 59:41
Mar 14, 1979 vs MTL W 4-3 W 33 30 3 0.909 60:00
Mar 10, 1979 vs BOS L 3-4 L 34 30 4 0.882 60:00
Mar 7, 1979 vs DET W 5-1 W 35 34 1 0.971 60:00
Mar 4, 1979 @ WSH L 4-5 L 27 22 5 0.815 60:00
Feb 28, 1979 vs NYR T 4-4 T 39 35 4 0.897 60:00
Feb 24, 1979 vs AFM L 3-6 L 36 30 6 0.833 60:00
Feb 23, 1979 @ AFM T 2-2 T 36 34 2 0.944 60:00
Feb 18, 1979 @ PHI L 2-3 L 35 32 3 0.914 60:00
Feb 17, 1979 vs BOS T 3-3 T 24 21 3 0.875 60:00
Feb 14, 1979 vs VAN W 8-1 W 25 24 1 0.960 60:00
Feb 4, 1979 vs TOR W 6-4 W 26 22 4 0.846 60:00
Feb 1, 1979 vs DET W 6-1 W 27 26 1 0.963 52:16
Jan 30, 1979 @ NYI W 5-4 W 26 22 4 0.846 60:00
Jan 27, 1979 vs PHI W 3-1 W 26 25 1 0.962 60:00
Jan 24, 1979 vs TOR T 2-2 T 25 23 2 0.920 60:00
Jan 19, 1979 @ CLR L 3-5 L 30 26 4 0.867 59:06
Jan 15, 1979 @ NYR W 8-1 W 34 33 1 0.971 60:00
Jan 11, 1979 @ BOS L 4-6 L 21 15 6 0.714 60:00
Jan 6, 1979 vs BOS L 2-5 L 36 32 4 0.889 59:36
Jan 3, 1979 vs STL T 3-3 T 29 26 3 0.897 60:00
Dec 30, 1978 @ CLR L 2-7 L 19 12 7 0.632 60:00
Dec 27, 1978 vs WSH W 6-1 W 29 28 1 0.966 60:00
Dec 26, 1978 @ STL W 6-4 W 25 21 4 0.840 59:58
Dec 23, 1978 vs PIT W 5-3 W 29 26 3 0.897 60:00
Dec 20, 1978 @ TOR L 2-4 L 34 30 4 0.882 59:04
Dec 19, 1978 vs VAN W 5-3 W 31 28 3 0.903 60:00
Dec 16, 1978 vs BUF L 2-5 L 26 21 5 0.808 60:00
Dec 15, 1978 @ WSH W 6-1 W 33 32 1 0.970 60:00
Dec 13, 1978 vs MTL L 2-3 L 25 22 3 0.880 59:40
Dec 10, 1978 @ BOS T 4-4 T 22 18 4 0.818 60:00
Dec 9, 1978 vs CLR W 3-0 W, SO 23 23 0 1.000 60:00
Dec 6, 1978 vs LAK W 4-0 W, SO 33 33 0 1.000 60:00
Nov 29, 1978 vs TOR L 3-5 L 30 25 5 0.833 60:00
Nov 25, 1978 vs LAK L 1-4 L 36 32 4 0.889 60:00
Nov 24, 1978 @ PHI L 3-4 L 20 16 4 0.800 59:21
Nov 22, 1978 vs NYI L 1-4 L 27 24 3 0.889 59:35
Nov 10, 1978 @ VAN W 3-2 W 24 22 2 0.917 60:00
Nov 8, 1978 @ NYR W 5-3 W 38 35 3 0.921 59:55
Nov 4, 1978 vs BUF W 2-1 W 32 31 1 0.969 60:00
Nov 1, 1978 vs STL W 9-1 W 18 17 1 0.944 60:00
Oct 28, 1978 vs CLR L 0-1 L 21 20 1 0.952 59:21
Oct 18, 1978 vs VAN W 7-2 6 5 1 0.833 10:48
Oct 14, 1978 vs BUF L 2-5 L 33 28 5 0.848 60:00
Oct 11, 1978 @ MTL L 2-5 L 32 27 5 0.844 59:51