1973–74 Pittsburgh Penguins season

1973–74 Pittsburgh Penguins
Division	5th West
1973–74 record	28-41-9
Goals for	242
Goals against	271
Team information
General Manager	Jack Riley (Oct-Jan) Jack Button (Jan-Apr)
Coach	Marc Boileau
Captain	Ron Schock
Alternate captains	Syl Apps Dave Burrows
Arena	Pittsburgh Civic Arena
Team leaders
Goals	Lowell MacDonald (43)
Assists	Syl Apps (61)
Points	Syl Apps (85)
Penalties in minutes	Steve Durbano (138)
Wins	Andy Brown (13)
Goals against average	Gary Inness (3.26

<1972–73	1974–75>

The 1973–74 Pittsburgh Penguins season was the franchise's seventh season in the National Hockey League.

1 Offseason
2 Regular season
- 2.1 Final standings
- 2.2 Game log
3 Player stats
4 Transactions
- 4.1 Trades
- 4.2 Additions and subtractions
5 References

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

West Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Philadelphia Flyers	78	50	16	12	273	164	112
Chicago Black Hawks	78	41	14	23	272	164	105
Los Angeles Kings	78	33	33	12	233	231	78
Atlanta Flames	78	30	34	14	214	238	74
Pittsburgh Penguins	78	28	41	9	242	273	65
St. Louis Blues	78	26	40	12	206	248	64
Minnesota North Stars	78	23	38	17	235	275	63
California Golden Seals	78	13	55	10	195	342	36

Game log

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 12, 1973	4–3	@ Atlanta Flames (1973–74)	1–0–0
2	L	October 13, 1973	2–8	New York Rangers (1973–74)	1–1–0
3	W	October 17, 1973	4–2	@ Minnesota North Stars (1973–74)	2–1–0
4	W	October 20, 1973	5–3	California Golden Seals (1973–74)	3–1–0
5	L	October 21, 1973	2–8	@ Boston Bruins (1973–74)	3–2–0
6	L	October 24, 1973	2–3	Montreal Canadiens (1973–74)	3–3–0
7	L	October 27, 1973	0–6	Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74)	3–4–0
8	W	October 28, 1973	7–2	@ New York Rangers (1973–74)	4–4–0
9	T	October 31, 1973	1–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1973–74)	4–4–1
10	L	November 3, 1973	0–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1973–74)	4–5–1
11	L	November 4, 1973	0–7	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74)	4–6–1
12	T	November 7, 1973	1–1	New York Islanders (1973–74)	4–6–2
13	T	November 10, 1973	4–4	Atlanta Flames (1973–74)	4–6–3
14	W	November 13, 1973	5–2	Minnesota North Stars (1973–74)	5–6–3
15	L	November 15, 1973	3–5	@ St. Louis Blues (1973–74)	5–7–3
16	L	November 17, 1973	1–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74)	5–8–3
17	L	November 18, 1973	0–7	@ New York Rangers (1973–74)	5–9–3
18	W	November 21, 1973	5–4	Vancouver Canucks (1973–74)	6–9–3
19	W	November 22, 1973	4–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1973–74)	7–9–3
20	L	November 24, 1973	2–5	Montreal Canadiens (1973–74)	7–10–3
21	L	November 28, 1973	3–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1973–74)	7–11–3
22	T	December 1, 1973	2–2	Atlanta Flames (1973–74)	7–11–4
23	L	December 2, 1973	1–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74)	7–12–4
24	L	December 5, 1973	1–4	@ Los Angeles Kings (1973–74)	7–13–4
25	L	December 7, 1973	3–4	@ California Golden Seals (1973–74)	7–14–4
26	L	December 8, 1973	2–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1973–74)	7–15–4
27	W	December 12, 1973	9–1	California Golden Seals (1973–74)	8–15–4
28	L	December 15, 1973	0–2	Detroit Red Wings (1973–74)	8–16–4
29	W	December 16, 1973	2–1	@ Atlanta Flames (1973–74)	9–16–4
30	L	December 20, 1973	5–6	@ Boston Bruins (1973–74)	9–17–4
31	L	December 22, 1973	1–4	New York Rangers (1973–74)	9–18–4
32	L	December 23, 1973	2–3	@ Buffalo Sabres (1973–74)	9–19–4
33	T	December 26, 1973	2–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1973–74)	9–19–5
34	L	December 28, 1973	1–3	St. Louis Blues (1973–74)	9–20–5
35	L	December 29, 1973	2–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74)	9–21–5
36	L	January 2, 1974	4–8	@ Minnesota North Stars (1973–74)	9–22–5
37	L	January 3, 1974	1–6	@ Buffalo Sabres (1973–74)	9–23–5
38	W	January 5, 1974	5–2	Buffalo Sabres (1973–74)	10–23–5
39	L	January 9, 1974	4–6	Toronto Maple Leafs (1973–74)	10–24–5
40	W	January 12, 1974	5–2	Buffalo Sabres (1973–74)	11–24–5
41	L	January 13, 1974	3–5	Boston Bruins (1973–74)	11–25–5
42	L	January 16, 1974	0–2	Los Angeles Kings (1973–74)	11–26–5
43	W	January 18, 1974	6–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (1973–74)	12–26–5
44	W	January 20, 1974	5–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74)	13–26–5
45	W	January 23, 1974	4–1	St. Louis Blues (1973–74)	14–26–5
46	L	January 26, 1974	0–2	Los Angeles Kings (1973–74)	14–27–5
47	L	January 27, 1974	5–6	@ Detroit Red Wings (1973–74)	14–28–5
48	L	January 30, 1974	2–4	New York Rangers (1973–74)	14–29–5
49	L	February 2, 1974	1–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74)	14–30–5
50	L	February 3, 1974	4–5	@ Boston Bruins (1973–74)	14–31–5
51	L	February 7, 1974	4–5	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74)	14–32–5
52	W	February 9, 1974	3–2	@ New York Islanders (1973–74)	15–32–5
53	L	February 10, 1974	3–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74)	15–33–5
54	W	February 13, 1974	5–3	Detroit Red Wings (1973–74)	16–33–5
55	W	February 16, 1974	7–3	California Golden Seals (1973–74)	17–33–5
56	T	February 20, 1974	1–1	St. Louis Blues (1973–74)	17–33–6
57	L	February 23, 1974	2–6	Boston Bruins (1973–74)	17–34–6
58	W	February 24, 1974	4–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74)	18–34–6
59	W	February 27, 1974	4–1	Los Angeles Kings (1973–74)	19–34–6
60	L	February 28, 1974	1–7	@ Montreal Canadiens (1973–74)	19–35–6
61	W	March 2, 1974	6–1	Vancouver Canucks (1973–74)	20–35–6
62	W	March 5, 1974	2–1	@ New York Islanders (1973–74)	21–35–6
63	T	March 7, 1974	2–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1973–74)	21–35–7
64	W	March 9, 1974	7–5	@ St. Louis Blues (1973–74)	22–35–7
65	L	March 10, 1974	4–5	Montreal Canadiens (1973–74)	22–36–7
66	L	March 13, 1974	1–5	@ Los Angeles Kings (1973–74)	22–37–7
67	W	March 15, 1974	6–1	@ California Golden Seals (1973–74)	23–37–7
68	W	March 16, 1974	8–6	@ Vancouver Canucks (1973–74)	24–37–7
69	T	March 20, 1974	1–1	New York Islanders (1973–74)	24–37–8
70	L	March 23, 1974	1–5	@ Minnesota North Stars (1973–74)	24–38–8
71	W	March 24, 1974	8–0	Detroit Red Wings (1973–74)	25–38–8
72	T	March 27, 1974	3–3	Minnesota North Stars (1973–74)	25–38–9
73	L	March 30, 1974	3–4	@ St. Louis Blues (1973–74)	25–39–9
74	W	March 31, 1974	4–2	Atlanta Flames (1973–74)	26–39–9
75	L	April 2, 1974	2–3	@ New York Islanders (1973–74)	26–40–9
76	W	April 4, 1974	4–2	Buffalo Sabres (1973–74)	27–40–9
77	W	April 6, 1974	6–1	Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74)	28–40–9
78	L	April 7, 1974	3–6	@ Atlanta Flames (1973–74)	28–41–9

Player stats

Forwards

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

Player	GP	G	AST	PTS	PIM
Ted Snell	55	4	12	16	8
Chuck Arnason	41	13	5	18	4
Al McDonough	37	14	22	36	12
Jean Pronovost	77	40	32	72	22
Lowell MacDonald	78	43	39	82	14
Hank Nowak	13	0	0	0	11
Bob Kelly	30	7	10	17	78
Wayne Bianchin	69	12	13	25	38
Greg Polis	41	14	13	27	32
Bryan Hextall	37	2	7	9	39
Blaine Stoughton	34	5	6	11	8
Bernie Lukowich	53	9	10	19	32
Ron Lalonde	73	10	17	27	14
Jim Wiley	22	0	3	3	2
Bob McManama	47	5	14	19	18
Ron Schock	77	14	29	43	22
Syl Apps	75	24	61	85	37

Defencemen

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

Player	GP	G	AST	PTS	PIM
Darryl Edestrand	3	0	0	0	0
Ron Jones	25	0	3	3	15
Larry Bignell	20	0	3	3	2
Yvon Labre	16	1	2	3	13
Bryan Watson	38	1	4	5	137
Jack Lynch	17	0	7	7	21
Jean-Guy Lagace	31	2	6	8	34
Bob Paradise	38	2	7	9	39
Nick Beverley	67	2	14	16	21
Dave Burrows	71	3	14	17	30
Steve Durbano	33	4	14	18	138
Ron Stackhouse	36	4	15	19	33
Ab DeMarco	34	7	12	19	4

Goaltending

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

Player	GP	W	L	T	SO	GAA
Andy Brown	36	13	16	4	1	3.53
Jim Rutherford	26	7	12	4	0	3.44
Gary Inness	20	7	10	1	0	3.26
Denis Herron	5	1	3	0	0	4.15

Transactions

The Penguins were involved in the following transactions during the 1973–74 season:

Trades

May 22, 1973	To Pittsburgh Penguins Hank Nowak	To Hershey Bears (AHL) cash
July 3, 1973	To Pittsburgh Penguins cash	To Toronto Maple Leafs Eddie Shack
October 4, 1973	To Pittsburgh Penguins Bob Johnson	To St. Louis Blues Nick Harbaruk
October 25, 1973	To Pittsburgh Penguins Nick Beverley	To Boston Bruins Darryl Edestrand
January 4, 1974	To Pittsburgh Penguins Chuck Arnason Bob Paradise	To Atlanta Flames Al McDonough
January 17, 1974	To Pittsburgh Penguins Ab DeMarco Steve Durbano Bob Kelly	To St. Louis Blues Greg Polis Bryan Watson 2nd round pick in 1974 Draft (Bob Hess)
January 18, 1974	To Pittsburgh Penguins Ron Stackhouse	To Detroit Red Wings Jack Lynch Jim Rutherford

Additions and subtractions

Additions
Player	Former team	Via
Gary Inness	University of Toronto Varsity Blues (CIAU)	free agency (1973–06)
Ron Jones	Boston Bruins	Intra-league Draft (1973–06–12)
Bob McManama	Harvard Crimson (Ivy League)	free agency (1973–08)
Ted Snell	Hershey Bears (AHL)	free agency (1973–10)

Subtractions
Player	New team	Via
Steve Cardwell	Minnesota Fighting Saints (WHA)	free agency (1973)
Paul Hoganson	Los Angeles Sharks (WHA)	free agency (1973)
Cam Newton	Chicago Cougars (WHA)	free agency (1973–05)
Rick Kessell	California Golden Seals	Reverse Draft (1973–06–13)
Bryan Hextall	Atlanta Flames	waivers (1974–01–06)

References

Player stats at Hockey Database
Game log on NHL Database
"1973–74 Pittsburgh Penguins Games". Hockey-reference.com. http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/PIT/1974_games.html. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

Pittsburgh Penguins seasons

1960s	1967–68 • 1968–69 • 1969–70

1970s	1970–71 • 1971–72 • 1972–73 • 1973–74 • 1974–75 • 1975–76 • 1976–77 • 1977–78 • 1978–79 • 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 • 1981–82 • 1982–83 • 1983–84 • 1984–85 • 1985–86 • 1986–87 • 1987–88 • 1988–89 • 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 • 1991–92 • 1992–93 • 1993–94 • 1994–95 • 1995–96 • 1996–97 • 1997–98 • 1998–99 • 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 • 2001–02 • 2002–03 • 2003–04 • 2004–05 • 2005–06 • 2006–07 • 2007–08 • 2008–09 • 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 • 2011–12

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

Pittsburgh Penguins

The franchise	Seasons · Draft picks · General managers · Head coaches · Team MVPs · Owners · Players · Records

Arenas	Mellon Arena · Consol Energy Center Training Facilities: Rostraver Ice Garden · Island Sports Center · IceoPlex at Southpointe

Personnel	Mario Lemieux (Owner, Chairman and Governor) • Ron Burkle (Owner) • David Morehouse (President) • Ray Shero (General Manager) • Dan Bylsma (Head Coach) • Sidney Crosby (Team Captain)

Culture / Lore	1967 Expansion · Expansion Draft · 2008 NHL Winter Classic · 2011 NHL Winter Classic · Battle of Pennsylvania · Penguins–Islanders brawl · Bob Gessner · Iceburgh · Jeff Jimerson · Vince Lascheid · Penguin Pete · "The Save"

Affiliates	AHL: Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins · ECHL: Wheeling Nailers

Media	Root Sports Pittsburgh (Paul Steigerwald · Bob Errey · Jay Caufield · Dan Potash) · Radio Network WXDX-FM (Mike Lange · Phil Bourque) · Dave Molinari

1973–74 NHL season by team

East	Boston • Buffalo • Detroit • Montreal • NY Islanders • NY Rangers • Toronto • Vancouver

West	Atlanta • California • Chicago • Los Angeles • Minnesota • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh • St. Louis

See also	1973 NHL Amateur Draft • All-Star Game • 1974 Stanley Cup Finals