Primary Owner:
Donald Parsons

General Managers:
Jack Riley &
Red Kelley

Head Coach:
Red Kelley

Captain:
No Captain

Rookie of the Year:
Michel Briere
Player's Players:
Jean Pronovost & Dean Prentice

Most Valuable Player:
Jean Pronovost

Leading Scorer:
Dean Prentice

Unsung Hero:
Val Fonteyne

June 6
Obtained Ron Schock and Craig Cameron from St. Louis for Lou Angotti and a first round choice in the 1971 Amateur Draft. (Joe Norris)

October 28
Obtained Mike MacMahon from Detroit for Billy Dea.

1969-70

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1969-70 Pittsburgh Penguins Season Capsule
(26-38-12) Finished 2nd in West Division
Front row: Al Smith, Keith McCreary, Duane Rupp, Jack Riley (General Manager), Jack McGregor (President), Red Kelly (Head Coach), Bob Woytowich, Ken Schinkel & Les Binkley

Middle row: Jim MacKenzie (Asst. Trainer), Nick Harbaruk, Jim Morrison, Dean Prentice, Ron Schock, Mike McMahon, Bryan Hextall, Tracy Pratt & Ken Carson (Trainer)

Back row: Val Fonteyne, Wally Boyer, Glen Sather, Bob Blackburn, Michel Briere & Jean Pronovost
SEASON HIGHLIGHTS
• Leonard "Red" Kelley is named Penguins coach on July 2, 1969.

• Bob Woytowich and Dean Prentice are named to Western Division All-Star Team.

• Dean Prentice leads Penguins in scoring with 51 points (26 goals and 25 assists).

• Penguins make playoffs for the first time, sweeping Oakland, 4-0, in the Quarterfinals. Michel Briere scores the Penguins' first overtime goal on April 12, 1970.

• Pittsburgh loses four games to two in the semi-finals to the St. Louis Blues, led by Coach Scotty Bowman.

• Red Kelley is named Hockey News' "Coach of the Year." Kelley replaced Jack Riley as General Manager on May 15, 1970.

• Val Fonteyne is named the team's first "Unsung Hero"

• Michel Briere is critically injured in a car accident after returning home to Malartic, Quebec leaving the rising star in a coma.  
UNIFORM NUMBERS & SEASON STATISTICS
REGULAR SEASON
 PLAYOFFS
#
 Player
GP
G
A
PTS
PIM
GP
G
A
PTS
PIM
20
 Dean Prentice
75
26
25
51
14
10
2
5
7
8
12
 Ken Schinkel
72
20
25
45
19
10
4
1
5
4
21
 Michel Briere
76
12
32
44
20
10
5
3
8
17
19
 Jean Pronovost
72
20
21
41
45
10
3
4
7
2
3
 Bob Woytowich
68
8
25
33
49
10
1
2
3
2
7
 Bryan Hextall
66
12
19
31
87
10
0
1
1
34
17
 Ron Schock
76
8
21
29
40
10
1
6
7
7
8
 Val Fonteyne
68
11
15
26
2
10
0
2
2
0
10
 Keith McCreary
60
18
8
26
67
10
0
4
4
4
16
 Glen Sather
76
12
14
26
114
10
0
2
2
17
18
 Wally Boyer
72
11
12
23
34
10
1
2
3
0
11
 Nick Harbaruk
74
5
17
22
56
10
3
0
3
20
27
 Jim Morrison
59
5
15
20
40
8
0
3
3
10
2
 Duane Rupp
64
2
14
16
18
6
2
2
4
2
6
 Tracy Pratt
65
5
7
12
124
10
0
1
1
51
4
 Bob Blackburn
60
4
7
11
51
6
0
0
0
4
5
 Bryan Watson
61
1
9
10
189
10
0
0
0
17
26
 Mike McMahon
12
1
3
4
19
-
-
-
-
-
14
 Rick Kessell
8
1
2
3
2
-
-
-
-
-
14
 Ron Snell
3
0
1
1
0
-
-
-
-
-
10, 15,
20, 23
 George Swarbrick
12
0
1
1
8
-
-
-
-
-
26
 Dunc McCallum
14
0
0
0
16
10
1
2
3
12
#
 Goalie GP G A PTS PIM W L T MIN GA GAA SO SV PCT
30
 Les Binkley
27
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1477
79
3.21
3
0
.000
7
0
0
0
0
5
2
-
428
15
2.00
0
29
 Al Smith
46
0
0
0
20
0
0
0
2555
129
3.03
2
0
.000
3
0
0
0
0
1
2
-
180
10
3.33
0
1
 Joe Daley
9
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
528
26
2.95
0
0
.000

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