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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 1979-80. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Dan Bouchard AFM · 53 GP, 0.898 Wayne Stephenson WSH · 56 GP, 0.880 John Garrett HFD · 52 GP, 0.866 Glen Hanlon VAN · 57 GP, 0.883 Mario Lessard LAK · 50 GP, 0.870

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

1979-80 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
54 53 2720501 1556 1396 160 3.06 0.897

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 6, 1980 @ BOS L 2-4 L 35 31 4 0.886 60:00
Apr 2, 1980 @ EDM T 1-1 10 10 0 1.000 19:55
Mar 30, 1980 @ VAN L 3-5 L 25 20 5 0.800 59:15
Mar 25, 1980 vs TOR W 7-2 W 22 20 2 0.909 60:00
Mar 21, 1980 @ WSH W 4-3 W 29 26 3 0.897 60:00
Mar 19, 1980 vs BOS W 7-4 W 33 29 4 0.879 60:00
Mar 15, 1980 @ PIT L 2-5 L 32 28 4 0.875 59:31
Mar 12, 1980 vs MTL L 3-4 L 30 26 4 0.867 60:00
Mar 9, 1980 @ NYR L 2-4 L 25 21 4 0.840 60:00
Mar 8, 1980 vs PHI L 2-6 L 31 25 6 0.806 60:00
Mar 5, 1980 @ QUE T 3-3 T 25 22 3 0.880 59:18
Mar 1, 1980 vs CHI L 1-4 L 32 28 4 0.875 60:00
Feb 28, 1980 @ MTL L 3-6 L 30 24 6 0.800 60:00
Feb 26, 1980 vs VAN W 5-4 W 29 25 4 0.862 60:00
Feb 23, 1980 vs NYR W 6-3 W 39 36 3 0.923 60:00
Feb 21, 1980 @ NYI W 5-2 W 28 26 2 0.929 60:00
Feb 18, 1980 vs QUE W 6-2 W 35 33 2 0.943 60:00
Feb 13, 1980 vs EDM L 3-5 L 26 21 5 0.808 59:15
Feb 9, 1980 @ PIT W 5-2 W 45 43 2 0.956 60:00
Feb 2, 1980 vs VAN L 4-5 L 30 25 5 0.833 59:55
Jan 31, 1980 @ PHI L 2-4 L 24 20 4 0.833 59:12
Jan 29, 1980 @ NYI T 2-2 T 34 32 2 0.941 60:00
Jan 27, 1980 @ CHI L 0-3 L 42 39 3 0.929 60:00
Jan 21, 1980 @ BOS L 0-3 L 27 24 3 0.889 60:00
Jan 19, 1980 vs DET L 4-5 L 37 32 5 0.865 59:22
Jan 16, 1980 vs STL W 7-3 W 29 26 3 0.897 60:00
Jan 15, 1980 @ STL L 1-2 L 24 22 2 0.917 59:13
Jan 12, 1980 vs LAK L 5-6 L 32 26 6 0.813 59:57
Jan 9, 1980 vs HFD W 6-2 W 30 28 2 0.933 60:00
Jan 7, 1980 vs PHI W 7-1 W 31 30 1 0.968 60:00
Jan 5, 1980 vs WSH T 2-2 T 33 31 2 0.939 60:00
Jan 2, 1980 vs BOS W 2-1 W 23 22 1 0.957 60:00
Dec 31, 1979 vs PIT W 4-2 W 33 31 2 0.939 60:00
Dec 29, 1979 @ LAK L 3-4 L 24 20 4 0.833 59:40
Dec 26, 1979 vs WIN W 6-0 W, SO 26 26 0 1.000 60:00
Dec 19, 1979 vs MTL W 5-2 W 36 34 2 0.944 60:00
Dec 17, 1979 vs TOR W 5-1 W 28 27 1 0.964 60:00
Dec 15, 1979 @ STL W 3-1 W 25 24 1 0.960 60:00
Dec 12, 1979 @ WSH W 5-4 W 31 27 4 0.871 60:00
Dec 8, 1979 vs AFM W 4-1 W 34 33 1 0.971 60:00
Dec 5, 1979 vs EDM W 6-1 W 24 23 1 0.958 60:00
Nov 29, 1979 @ PHI L 4-6 L 40 34 6 0.850 59:37
Nov 28, 1979 @ NYR T 4-4 T 29 25 4 0.862 60:00
Nov 24, 1979 vs DET T 3-3 T 23 20 3 0.870 60:00
Nov 21, 1979 vs NYI W 3-1 W 24 23 1 0.958 60:00
Nov 17, 1979 vs BUF L 2-4 L 35 31 4 0.886 59:22
Nov 14, 1979 vs QUE W 7-2 W 18 16 2 0.889 60:00
Nov 9, 1979 @ CLR W 6-5 W 36 31 5 0.861 60:00
Nov 6, 1979 @ VAN T 7-7 1 1 0 1.000 00:41
Nov 3, 1979 vs WSH W 7-1 W 37 36 1 0.973 60:00
Oct 31, 1979 @ DET W 5-3 W 29 26 3 0.897 60:00
Oct 24, 1979 vs STL W 5-2 W 19 17 2 0.895 60:00
Oct 17, 1979 @ TOR L 2-6 L 30 24 6 0.800 60:00
Oct 13, 1979 vs CHI W 5-1 W 17 16 1 0.941 60:00