Primary Owner: Donald Parsons General Manager: Red Kelley Head Coach: Red Kelley Captain: No captain

Rookie of the Year: Greg Polis Player's Player: Jean Pronovost Most Valuable Player: Ron Schock Leading Scorer: Bryan Hextall Unsung Hero: Bob Blackburn

January 26 Obtained Syl Apps and Sheldon Kannegieser from the New York Rangers for Glen Sather. January 31 Obtained Jean Guy Legace from Buffalo for Terry Bell.

1970-71

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1970-71 Pittsburgh Penguins Season Capsule (21-37-20) Finished 6th in West Division

Front row: Al Smith, Duane Rupp. Ken Schinkel, Jack Riley (President), Red Kelley (Head Coach), Jack Button (General Manager), Keith McCreary, Bob Woytowich & Les Binkley Middle row: Ken Carson (Trainer), Jean Pronovost, Bryan Watson, Jim Morrison, Ron Schock, Glen Sather, Bob Blackburn, Wally Boyer & Terry Schiffhauer (PR) Back row: Val Fonteyne, Lowell MacDonald, Greg Polis, Dean Prentice, Nick Harbaruk, Dunc McCallum, Bryan Hextal, Andy Bathgate, Yvon Labre & John Doolan (Equip. Manager)

SEASON HIGHLIGHTS

• Penguins have an 18-game (0-11-7) road winless streak from October 25 through January 14. • Pittsburgh's 9-1 victory over the Detroit Red Wings on December 19 is the largest margin of victory in team history. • Penguins have a seven-game home winning streak from January 13 through February 13. • Greg Polis is named to the Western Division All-Star Team. • Les Binkley records his 11th career, and final, shutout on March 3. • Jean Provonost scores five points (2+3) on March 24 vs. Detroit. • Penguins set a home record with 18 wins. • 20 ties is also a Penguins' team record.

UNIFORM NUMBERS & SEASON STATISTICS

REGULAR SEASON PLAYOFFS # Player GP G A PTS PIM GP G A PTS PIM 7 Bryan Hextall 76 16 32 48 133 - - - - - 19 Jean Pronovost 78 21 24 45 35 - - - - - 9 Andy Bathgate 76 15 29 44 34 - - - - - 18 Wally Boyer 68 11 30 41 30 - - - - - 17 Ron Schock 71 14 26 40 20 - - - - - 20 Dean Prentice 69 21 17 38 18 - - - - - 12 Ken Schinkel 50 15 19 34 6 - - - - - 10 Keith McCreary 59 21 12 33 24 - - - - - 22 Greg Polis 61 18 15 33 40 - - - - - 2 Duane Rupp 59 5 28 33 34 - - - - - 6 Dunc McCallum 77 9 20 29 95 - - - - - 3 Bob Woytowich 78 4 22 26 30 - - - - - 26 Syl Apps 31 9 16 25 21 - - - - - 11 Nick Harbaruk 78 13 12 25 108 - - - - - 8 Val Fonteyne 70 4 9 13 0 - - - - - 24 Rod Zaine 37 8 5 13 21 - - - - - 16 Glen Sather 46 8 3 11 96 - - - - - 27 Jim Morrison 73 0 10 10 32 - - - - - 4 Bob Blackburn 64 4 5 9 54 - - - - - 5 Bryan Watson 43 2 6 8 119 - - - - - 25 Robin Burns 10 0 3 3 4 - - - - - 23 John Stewart 15 2 1 3 9 - - - - - 16 Sheldon Kannegiesser 18 0 2 2 29 - - - - - 23 Rick Kessell 6 0 2 2 2 - - - - - 15 Yvon Labre 21 1 1 2 19 - - - - - 15 Steve Cardwell 5 0 1 1 15 - - - - - 14 Lowell MacDonald 10 0 1 1 0 - - - - -

# Goalie GP G A PTS PIM W L T MIN GA GAA SO SV PCT 29 Al Smith 46 0 0 0 41 9 22 9 2472 128 3.11 2 0 .000 30 Les Binkley 34 0 0 0 0 11 11 10 1870 89 2.86 2 0 .000 1 Cam Newton 5 0 0 0 4 1 3 1 281 16 3.42 0 0 .000 1 Paul Hoganson 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 57 7 7.37 0 0 .000

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