1968–69 Pittsburgh Penguins season

1968–69 Pittsburgh Penguins
Division	West 5th
1968–69 record	20-45-11
Goals for	189
Goals against	248
Team information
General Manager	Jack Riley
Coach	George "Red" Sullivan
Captain	Vacant
Alternate captains	Lou Angotti Noel Price Ken Schinkel Bob Woytowich
Arena	Pittsburgh Civic Arena
Average attendance	6,008
Team leaders
Goals	Keith McCreary (25)
Assists	Charlie Burns (38)
Points	Ken Schinkel (52)
Penalties in minutes	Dunc McCallum (81)
Wins	Les Binkley, Joe Daley (10)
Goals against average	Marv Edwards (3.00)

<1967–68	1969–70>

The 1968–69 Pittsburgh Penguins season was the franchise's second season in the National Hockey League.

1 Offseason
2 Regular season
- 2.1 Final standings
- 2.2 Game log
3 Player stats
4 Awards and records
5 Transactions
- 5.1 Trades
- 5.2 Additions and subtractions
6 Roster
7 Draft picks
8 References
9 External links

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

West Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
St. Louis Blues	76	37	25	14	204	157	88
Oakland Seals	76	29	36	11	219	251	69
Philadelphia Flyers	76	20	35	21	174	225	61
Los Angeles Kings	76	24	42	10	185	260	58
Pittsburgh Penguins	76	20	45	11	189	252	51
Minnesota North Stars	76	18	43	15	189	270	51

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Game log

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	T	October 12, 1968	1–1	Montreal Canadiens (1968–69)	0–0–1
2	T	October 16, 1968	2–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69)	0–0–2
3	L	October 17, 1968	0–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69)	0–1–2
4	L	October 19, 1968	1–5	Boston Bruins (1968–69)	0–2–2
5	L	October 23, 1968	5–8	Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69)	0–3–2
6	W	October 26, 1968	4–2	St. Louis Blues (1968–69)	1–3–2
7	L	October 30, 1968	3–7	@ New York Rangers (1968–69)	1–4–2
8	L	November 2, 1968	2–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (1968–69)	1–5–2
9	W	November 3, 1968	3–1	@ Oakland Seals (1968–69)	2–5–2
10	L	November 6, 1968	1–3	St. Louis Blues (1968–69)	2–6–2
11	L	November 7, 1968	4–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1968–69)	2–7–2
12	L	November 9, 1968	0–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69)	2–8–2
13	L	November 13, 1968	5–6	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69)	2–9–2
14	L	November 14, 1968	4–6	Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69)	2–10–2
15	L	November 16, 1968	1–2	New York Rangers (1968–69)	2–11–2
16	L	November 20, 1968	2–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69)	2–12–2
17	W	November 21, 1968	3–1	Oakland Seals (1968–69)	3–12–2
18	T	November 23, 1968	2–2	Los Angeles Kings (1968–69)	3–12–3
19	T	November 27, 1968	3–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69)	3–12–4
20	W	November 28, 1968	3–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69)	4–12–4
21	W	November 30, 1968	4–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (1968–69)	5–12–4
22	T	December 1, 1968	4–4	@ Oakland Seals (1968–69)	5–12–5
23	L	December 4, 1968	2–7	Detroit Red Wings (1968–69)	5–13–5
24	T	December 7, 1968	1–1	@ St. Louis Blues (1968–69)	5–13–6
25	L	December 8, 1968	1–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69)	5–14–6
26	W	December 11, 1968	4–2	@ Minnesota North Stars (1968–69)	6–14–6
27	L	December 14, 1968	1–2	Los Angeles Kings (1968–69)	6–15–6
28	L	December 15, 1968	3–5	@ Boston Bruins (1968–69)	6–16–6
29	L	December 17, 1968	2–8	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69)	6–17–6
30	L	December 21, 1968	1–3	Minnesota North Stars (1968–69)	6–18–6
31	L	December 22, 1968	1–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69)	6–19–6
32	W	December 25, 1968	6–3	Detroit Red Wings (1968–69)	7–19–6
33	L	December 26, 1968	2–3	@ St. Louis Blues (1968–69)	7–20–6
34	L	December 28, 1968	3–4	Oakland Seals (1968–69)	7–21–6
35	L	December 31, 1968	3–4	Montreal Canadiens (1968–69)	7–22–6
36	W	January 2, 1969	5–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1968–69)	8–22–6
37	T	January 4, 1969	1–1	Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69)	8–22–7
38	L	January 5, 1969	1–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1968–69)	8–23–7
39	W	January 9, 1969	7–2	Minnesota North Stars (1968–69)	9–23–7
40	L	January 11, 1969	2–4	Oakland Seals (1968–69)	9–24–7
41	L	January 12, 1969	4–8	@ Boston Bruins (1968–69)	9–25–7
42	W	January 15, 1969	3–1	@ Minnesota North Stars (1968–69)	10–25–7
43	L	January 16, 1969	2–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1968–69)	10–26–7
44	L	January 18, 1969	0–4	@ Los Angeles Kings (1968–69)	10–27–7
45	L	January 19, 1969	3–6	@ Oakland Seals (1968–69)	10–28–7
46	L	January 23, 1969	1–3	Minnesota North Stars (1968–69)	10–29–7
47	L	January 25, 1969	0–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69)	10–30–7
48	L	January 26, 1969	3–5	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69)	10–31–7
49	L	January 29, 1969	1–2	St. Louis Blues (1968–69)	10–32–7
50	T	February 1, 1969	2–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69)	10–32–8
51	L	February 2, 1969	3–7	@ New York Rangers (1968–69)	10–33–8
52	W	February 5, 1969	3–2	New York Rangers (1968–69)	11–33–8
53	L	February 8, 1969	2–4	Los Angeles Kings (1968–69)	11–34–8
54	L	February 9, 1969	1–3	@ Minnesota North Stars (1968–69)	11–35–8
55	L	February 12, 1969	0–2	@ St. Louis Blues (1968–69)	11–36–8
56	T	February 15, 1969	4–4	Oakland Seals (1968–69)	11–36–9
57	L	February 16, 1969	0–4	Montreal Canadiens (1968–69)	11–37–9
58	W	February 19, 1969	3–0	Boston Bruins (1968–69)	12–37–9
59	L	February 20, 1969	0–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1968–69)	12–38–9
60	W	February 22, 1969	3–2	Detroit Red Wings (1968–69)	13–38–9
61	W	February 27, 1969	4–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69)	14–38–9
62	T	March 1, 1969	3–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69)	14–38–10
63	L	March 2, 1969	0–4	@ Boston Bruins (1968–69)	14–39–10
64	W	March 5, 1969	4–2	St. Louis Blues (1968–69)	15–39–10
65	L	March 8, 1969	3–5	New York Rangers (1968–69)	15–40–10
66	L	March 12, 1969	3–4	@ New York Rangers (1968–69)	15–41–10
67	L	March 15, 1969	1–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (1968–69)	15–42–10
68	L	March 16, 1969	2–7	@ Oakland Seals (1968–69)	15–43–10
69	L	March 19, 1969	2–3	Boston Bruins (1968–69)	15–44–10
70	L	March 20, 1969	3–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1968–69)	15–45–10
71	W	March 22, 1969	2–1	@ St. Louis Blues (1968–69)	16–45–10
72	W	March 23, 1969	5–0	Minnesota North Stars (1968–69)	17–45–10
73	W	March 25, 1969	3–1	@ Minnesota North Stars (1968–69)	18–45–10
74	W	March 26, 1969	8–4	Los Angeles Kings (1968–69)	19–45–10
75	T	March 29, 1969	3–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69)	19–45–11
76	W	March 30, 1969	2–1	Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69)	20–45–11

Player stats

Forwards

Note: GP= Games played; G= Goals; AST= Assists; PTS = Points; PIM = Points

Player	GP	G	AST	PTS	PIM
Ron Snell	4	3	1	4	6
George Swarbrick	19	1	6	7	28
Paul Andrea	25	7	6	13	2
Lou Angotti	71	17	20	37	36
Jean Pronovost	76	16	25	41	41
Ken Schinkel	76	18	34	52	18
Bill LeCaine	4	0	0	0	0
Gene Ubriaco	49	15	11	26	14
Val Fonteyne	74	12	17	29	2
Keith McCreary	70	25	23	48	42
Bob Dillabough	14	0	0	0	2
Garry Swain	9	1	1	2	0
Billy Dea	66	10	8	18	4
Billy Harris	54	7	13	20	8
Earl Ingarfield	40	8	15	23	4
Wally Boyer	62	10	19	29	17
Charlie Burns	76	13	38	51	22

Defencemen

Note: GP= Games played; G= Goals; AST= Assists; PTS = Points; PIM = Points

Player	GP	G	AST	PTS	PIM
Jean-Guy Lagace	17	0	1	1	14
John Arbour	17	0	2	2	35
Dick Mattiussi	12	0	2	2	14
Doug Barrie	8	1	1	2	8
Bryan Watson	18	0	4	4	35
Tracy Pratt	18	0	5	5	34
Bill Speer	34	1	4	5	27
Duane Rupp	30	3	10	13	24
Dunc McCallum	62	5	13	18	81
Leo Boivin	41	5	13	18	26
Noel Price	73	2	18	20	61
Bob Woytowich	71	9	20	29	62

Goaltending

Note: GP= Games played; W= Wins; L= Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals Against

Player	GP	W	L	T	SO	GAA
Les Binkley	50	10	31	8	0	3.29
Joe Daley	29	10	13	3	2	3.23
Marv Edwards	1	0	1	0	0	3.00

Awards and records

Transactions

The Penguins were involved in the following transactions during the 1968–69 season:

Trades

May 21, 1968	To Pittsburgh Penguins John Arbour Jean Pronovost	To Boston Bruins cash
June 11, 1968	To Pittsburgh Penguins Lou Angotti	To St. Louis Blues Ab McDonald
June 12, 1968	To Pittsburgh Penguins Wally Boyer	To Montreal Canadiens Al MacNeil
October, 1968	To Pittsburgh Penguins future considerations	To Vancouver Canucks (WHL) loan of Andy Bathgate
October, 1968	To Pittsburgh Penguins Doug Barrie	To Detroit Red Wings cash
October 1, 1968	To Pittsburgh Penguins Bob Woytowich	To Minnesota North Stars 1st round pick in 1972 Draft (traded to Montreal Canadiens—Dave Gardner)
November 24, 1968	To Pittsburgh Penguins Jean-Guy Lagace	To Montreal Canadiens Larry Hillman
November 29, 1968	To Pittsburgh Penguins Billy Harris	To Oakland Seals Bob Dillabough
January 24, 1968	To Pittsburgh Penguins Duane Rupp	To Minnesota North Stars Leo Boivin
January 30, 1968	To Pittsburgh Penguins Tracy Pratt George Swarbrick Bryan Watson	To Oakland Seals Earl Ingarfield Dick Mattiussi Gene Ubriaco

Additions and subtractions

Additions
Player	Former team	Via
Charlie Burns	Oakland Seals	Intra-League Draft (1968–06–12)
Larry Hillman	Minnesota North Stars	waivers (1968–11–22)

Subtractions
Player	New team	Via

Roster

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	Position
1	4	Garry Swain	Canada	Center
2	14	Ron Snell	Canada	Right wing
3	21	Dave Simpson	Canada	Defense

References

"1968–69 Pittsburgh Penguins Games". Hockey-reference.com. http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/PIT/1969_games.html. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

^ National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p.162, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5

External links

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See also	1968 NHL Amateur Draft • All-Star Game • 1969 Stanley Cup Finals