Primary Owners: Peter Block, Elmore Keener & Peter Burchfield, & NHL*** General Manager: Jack Button Head Coach: Marc Boileau Captain: Ron Schock

Rookie of the Year: Pierre Larouche Player's Player: Ron Schock Most Valuable Players: Ron Schock & Ron Stackhouse Booster Club: Vic Hadfield Leading Scorer: Ron Schock Unsung Hero: Gary Inness

September 13 Obtained Rick Kehoe from Toronto for Blaine Stoughton and a first round choice in the 1977 Amateur Draft. November 4 Obtained Barry Wilkins from Vancouver for Ab DeMarco. December 14 Obtained Lew Morrison from Washington for Ron Lalonde. January 10 Obtained Michel Plasse from Kansas City for Jean Guy Lagace and Denis Herron.

1974-75

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1974-75 Pittsburgh Penguins Season Capsule (37-28-15) Finished 3rd in Norris Division

Front row: Gary Inness, Bob Paradise, Lowell MacDonald, Jack Button (General Manager), Ron Schock, Marc Boileau (Head Coach), Dave Burrows, Syp Apps & Michel Plasse Middle row: Jean Pronovost, Vic Hadfield, Pete Lafromboise, Ron Stackhouse, Bob Kelly, Mario Faubert, Rick Kehoe & Terry Schiffhauer (PR) Back row: Ken Carson (Trainer), Barry Wilkins, Lew Morrison, Bob McManama, Chuck Arnason, Pierre Larouche, Colin Campbell & Bob DeMarco (Equip. Manager)

SEASON HIGHLIGHTS

• The ice surface at the Civic Arena was reduced from 205 feet to 200 feet. • Penguins select Pierre Larouche in first round of the 1974 Amateur Draft and William "Buzz" Schneider who later would win a Gold Medal for the 1980 USA Olympic Team. • Penguins play in Norris Division, Prince of Wales Conference, following NHL realignment. • Syl Apps is named MVP of All-Star Game at Montreal Forum. He is joined on the Prince of Wales squad by teammates Pierre Larouche and Jean Pronovost. • Pens record the 200th franchise victory with a 6-1 victory win over Chicago on January 29 at the Civic Arena. • Ron Stackhouse records six assists on March 8 vs. Philadelphia. • Pierre Larouche leads all NHL rookie scorers with 68 points (31+37). • Penguins set club record for wins (37) and points (89) in a season. • Vic Hadfield wins the team's first Booster Club Award • Penguins squander a 3-0 lead in playoffs to NY Islanders. It is only the second time in NHL history a team has rallied from a 3-0 deficit. *** The NHL took ownership of the Penguins from June to July, before Al Savill, Otto Frenzel & Wren Blair took the team ownership.

UNIFORM NUMBERS & SEASON STATISTICS

REGULAR SEASON PLAYOFFS # Player GP G A PTS PIM GP G A PTS PIM 17 Ron Schock 80 23 63 86 36 9 0 4 4 10 26 Syl Apps 79 24 55 79 43 9 2 3 5 9 19 Jean Pronovost 78 43 32 75 37 9 3 3 6 6 11 Vic Hadfield 78 31 42 73 72 9 4 2 6 0 10 Pierre Larouche 79 31 37 68 52 9 2 5 7 2 8 Rick Kehoe 76 32 31 63 22 9 0 2 2 0 18 Lowell MacDonald 71 27 33 60 24 9 4 2 6 4 3 Ron Stackhouse 72 15 45 60 52 9 2 6 8 10 9 Chuck Arnason 78 26 32 58 32 9 2 4 6 4 22 J. Bob Kelly 69 27 24 51 120 9 5 3 8 17 5 Barry Wilkins 59 5 29 34 97 3 0 0 0 0 6 Colin Campbell 59 4 15 19 172 9 1 3 4 21 28 Pete Laframboise 35 5 13 18 8 9 1 0 1 0 2 Bob Paradise 78 3 15 18 109 6 0 1 1 17 4 Dave Burrows 78 2 15 17 49 9 1 1 2 12 25 Dennis Owchar 46 6 11 17 67 6 0 1 1 4 15 Bob McManama 40 5 9 14 6 8 0 1 1 6 16 Lew Morrison 52 7 5 12 4 9 0 0 0 0 23 Nelson Debenedet 31 6 3 9 11 - - - - - 24 Jean-Guy Lagace 27 1 8 9 39 - - - - - 12 Kelly Pratt 22 0 6 6 15 - - - - - 5 Ab DeMarco 8 2 1 3 4 - - - - - 16 Ron Lalonde 24 0 3 3 0 - - - - - 7 Steve Durbano 1 0 1 1 10 - - - - - 28 Mario Faubert 10 1 0 1 6 - - - - - 27 Harvey Bennett 7 0 0 0 0 - - - - - 28 Yves Bergeron 2 0 0 0 0 - - - - - 14 Wayne Bianchin 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - - 24 Larry Bignell 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 29 Bob Stumpf 3 0 0 0 4 - - - - -

# Goalie GP G A PTS PIM W L T MIN GA GAA SO SV PCT 30 Gary Inness 57 0 2 2 2 24 18 10 3122 161 3.09 2 0 .000 9 0 0 0 0 5 4 - 540 24 2.67 0 31 Michel Plasse 20 0 1 1 6 9 5 4 1094 73 4.00 0 0 .000 1 Bob Johnson 12 0 0 0 6 3 4 1 476 40 5.04 0 0 .000 1 Denis Herron 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 108 11 6.11 0 0 .000

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