Primary Owner:
Edward J. Debartolo

General Manager:
Baz Bastien

Head Coach:
Ed Johnston

Captains:
Orest Kindrachuk &
Randy Carlyle

Rookie of the Year:
Mark Johnson

Player's Player:
Rick Kehoe

Most Valuable Player:
Randy Carlyle

Booster Club:
Randy Carlyle

November 18
Obtained Paul Gardner and Dave Burrows from Toronto for Paul Marshall and Kim Davis.

January 2
Obtained Gary Rissling from Washington for a fifth round choice in the 1981 Entry Draft.

March 10
Obtained Pat Price from Edmonton for Pat Hughes.

1980-81


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1980-81 Pittsburgh Penguins Season Capsule
(30-37-13) Finished 3rd in Norris Division
Front row: Nick Ricci, Randy Carlyle, Orest Kindrachuk, Aldege “Baz” Bastien (General Manager), Paul Martha (Vice President), Ed Johnston (Head Coach), Rick Kehoe, Ron Stackhouse & Greg Millen

Middle row: Mike Corrigan (Asst. Coach), Ross Lonsberry, Greg Malone, Mario Faubert, Dave Burrows, Bennett Wolf, Russ Anderson, Paul Baxter, George Ferguson, Gregg Sheppard & Terry Schiffhauer (PR)

Back row: Steve Thomas (Trainer), Mark Johnson, Rod Schutt, Errol Thompson, Nick Libett, Paul Gardner, Pat Hughes, Peter Lee, Gary Rissling & John Doolan (Equip. Manager)
SEASON HIGHLIGHTS
• Ed Johnston is named head coach of the Penguins on July 15.

• Paul Gardner scores four goals vs. Philadelphia on December 13, becoming the first player in Penguins history to accomplish this feat.

• Penguins set franchise record with six consecutive victories from February 22 to March 4.

• Rick Kehoe's 55 goals sets a single-season franchise record.

• St. Louis' Mike Crombeen scores at 5:16 of the second OT to give St. Louis a 4-3 win in the deciding game of the preliminary playoff round.

• Randy Carlyle is named First Team All-Star.

• Rick Kehoe wins the Lady Byng Trophy and Randy Carlyle wins the James Norris Trophy, the first time a Penguins' player wins an NHL Award.
UNIFORM NUMBERS & SEASON STATISTICS
REGULAR SEASON
PLAYOFFS
#
Player
GP
G
A
PTS
PIM
GP
G
A
PTS
PIM
17
Rick Kehoe
80
55
33
88
6
5
0
3
3
0
25
Randy Carlyle
76
16
67
83
136
5
4
5
9
9
32
Paul Gardner
62
34
40
74
59
5
1
0
1
8
10
Peter Lee
80
30
34
64
86
5
0
4
4
4
27
Rod Schutt
80
25
35
60
55
5
3
3
6
16
5
Mario Faubert
72
8
44
52
118
5
1
1
2
4
18
Ross Lonsberry
80
17
33
50
76
5
0
0
0
2
12
Greg Malone
62
21
29
50
68
5
2
3
5
16
11
George Ferguson
79
25
18
43
42
5
2
6
8
9
3
Ron Stackhouse
74
6
29
35
86
4
0
1
1
6
9
Mark Johnson
73
10
23
33
50
5
2
1
3
6
19
Gregg Sheppard
47
11
17
28
49
5
2
4
6
2
4
Paul Baxter
51
5
14
19
204
5
0
1
1
28
24
Pat Hughes
58
10
9
19
161
-
-
-
-
-
7
Russ Anderson
34
3
14
17
112
-
-
-
-
-
6
Errol Thompson
34
6
8
14
12
-
-
-
-
-
14
Nick Libett
43
6
6
12
4
-
-
-
-
-
16
Gary McAdam
34
3
9
12
30
-
-
-
-
-
26
Orest Kindrachuk
13
3
9
12
34
-
-
-
-
-
2
Pat Price
13
0
10
10
33
5
1
1
2
21
24
Marc Chorney
8
1
6
7
14
2
0
1
1
2
28
Jim Hamilton
20
1
6
7
18
1
0
0
0
0
22
Mike Bullard
15
1
2
3
19
4
3
3
6
0
20
Paul Marshall
13
3
0
3
4
-
-
-
-
-
8
Dave Burrows
53
0
2
2
28
1
0
0
0
0
22
Kim Davis
8
1
0
1
4
-
-
-
-
-
2
Gilles Lupien
31
0
1
1
34
-
-
-
-
-
23
Gary Rissling
25
1
0
1
143
5
0
1
1
4
6
Bennett Wolf
24
0
1
1
94
-
-
-
-
-
33
Tony Feltrin
2
0
0
0
0
-
-
-
-
-
#
Goalie GP G A PTS PIM W L T MIN GA GAA SO SV PCT
29
Greg Millen
63
0
2
2
6
25
27
10
3721
258
4.16
0
0
.000
5
0
0
0
0
2
3
-
325
19
3.51
31
Nick Ricci
9
0
0
0
2
4
5
0
540
35
3.89
0
0
.000
1
Robert Holland
10
0
0
0
0
1
5