1979–80 Pittsburgh Penguins season

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team
2	31.	Paul Marshall	Canada	Brantford Alexanders (OMJHL)
3	52.	Bennett Wolf	Canada	Kitchener Rangers (OMJHL)
4	73.	Brian Cross	Canada	Brantford Alexanders (OMJHL)
5	94.	Nick Ricci	Canada	Niagara Falls Flyers (OMJHL)
6	115.	Marc Chorney	Canada	University of North Dakota Fighting Sioux (WCHA)

Regular season

Division standings

Norris Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Montreal Canadiens	80	47	20	13	328	240	107
Los Angeles Kings	80	30	36	14	290	313	74
Pittsburgh Penguins	80	30	37	13	251	303	73
Hartford Whalers	80	27	34	19	303	312	73
Detroit Red Wings	80	26	43	11	268	306	63

^[1]Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 10, 1979	4–2	Winnipeg Jets (1979–80)	1–0–0
2	T	October 13, 1979	3–3	Hartford Whalers (1979–80)	1–0–1
3	W	October 14, 1979	4–1	@ Boston Bruins (1979–80)	2–0–1
4	L	October 17, 1979	4–5	Los Angeles Kings (1979–80)	2–1–1
5	W	October 20, 1979	5–1	Washington Capitals (1979–80)	3–1–1
6	L	October 21, 1979	3–6	@ New York Rangers (1979–80)	3–2–1
7	L	October 24, 1979	3–7	@ Buffalo Sabres (1979–80)	3–3–1
8	L	October 25, 1979	5–8	@ Montreal Canadiens (1979–80)	3–4–1
9	W	October 31, 1979	4–2	Colorado Rockies (1979–80)	4–4–1
10	T	November 3, 1979	3–3	Atlanta Flames (1979–80)	4–4–2
11	T	November 7, 1979	3–3	Montreal Canadiens (1979–80)	4–4–3
12	L	November 10, 1979	1–6	Boston Bruins (1979–80)	4–5–3
13	W	November 11, 1979	4–1	@ New York Rangers (1979–80)	5–5–3
14	T	November 15, 1979	3–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (1979–80)	5–5–4
15	L	November 16, 1979	2–5	@ Vancouver Canucks (1979–80)	5–6–4
16	W	November 18, 1979	3–2	@ Winnipeg Jets (1979–80)	6–6–4
17	W	November 21, 1979	5–2	St. Louis Blues (1979–80)	7–6–4
18	L	November 23, 1979	1–4	@ Atlanta Flames (1979–80)	7–7–4
19	W	November 24, 1979	5–3	New York Rangers (1979–80)	8–7–4
20	W	November 28, 1979	7–2	Quebec Nordiques (1979–80)	9–7–4
21	L	November 30, 1979	5–7	@ Hartford Whalers (1979–80)	9–8–4
22	W	December 1, 1979	5–4	Colorado Rockies (1979–80)	10–8–4
23	T	December 5, 1979	3–3	Vancouver Canucks (1979–80)	10–8–5
24	W	December 7, 1979	5–3	@ Washington Capitals (1979–80)	11–8–5
25	T	December 8, 1979	3–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1979–80)	11–8–6
26	T	December 11, 1979	3–3	@ St. Louis Blues (1979–80)	11–8–7
27	T	December 12, 1979	3–3	New York Islanders (1979–80)	11–8–8
28	T	December 15, 1979	3–3	@ New York Islanders (1979–80)	11–8–9
29	L	December 16, 1979	1–4	@ Quebec Nordiques (1979–80)	11–9–9
30	T	December 19, 1979	0–0	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1979–80)	11–9–10
31	T	December 20, 1979	1–1	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1979–80)	11–9–11
32	L	December 22, 1979	3–4	New York Rangers (1979–80)	11–10–11
33	W	December 26, 1979	6–4	Detroit Red Wings (1979–80)	12–10–11
34	W	December 28, 1979	4–2	@ Atlanta Flames (1979–80)	13–10–11
35	W	December 29, 1979	3–2	Atlanta Flames (1979–80)	14–10–11
36	L	December 31, 1979	2–4	@ Minnesota North Stars (1979–80)	14–11–11
37	W	January 2, 1980	5–3	Montreal Canadiens (1979–80)	15–11–11
38	W	January 3, 1980	4–3	@ New York Islanders (1979–80)	16–11–11
39	L	January 5, 1980	4–5	Buffalo Sabres (1979–80)	16–12–11
40	L	January 7, 1980	5–9	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1979–80)	16–13–11
41	W	January 9, 1980	4–2	Vancouver Canucks (1979–80)	17–13–11
42	L	January 12, 1980	2–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1979–80)	17–14–11
43	W	January 16, 1980	6–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1979–80)	18–14–11
44	L	January 17, 1980	1–7	@ Hartford Whalers (1979–80)	18–15–11
45	L	January 19, 1980	2–5	Edmonton Oilers (1979–80)	18–16–11
46	L	January 23, 1980	3–4	@ Edmonton Oilers (1979–80)	18–17–11
47	L	January 24, 1980	1–4	@ Colorado Rockies (1979–80)	18–18–11
48	L	January 26, 1980	4–6	Boston Bruins (1979–80)	18–19–11
49	W	January 27, 1980	5–3	@ Boston Bruins (1979–80)	19–19–11
50	L	January 30, 1980	3–4	St. Louis Blues (1979–80)	19–20–11
51	L	January 31, 1980	3–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1979–80)	19–21–11
52	L	February 2, 1980	0–4	Philadelphia Flyers (1979–80)	19–22–11
53	L	February 7, 1980	0–9	@ Buffalo Sabres (1979–80)	19–23–11
54	L	February 9, 1980	2–5	Minnesota North Stars (1979–80)	19–24–11
55	L	February 10, 1980	2–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1979–80)	19–25–11
56	W	February 13, 1980	4–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1979–80)	20–25–11
57	L	February 16, 1980	1–8	@ Montreal Canadiens (1979–80)	20–26–11
58	L	February 17, 1980	5–6	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1979–80)	20–27–11
59	W	February 20, 1980	7–5	Detroit Red Wings (1979–80)	21–27–11
60	W	February 23, 1980	2–1	Quebec Nordiques (1979–80)	22–27–11
61	L	February 24, 1980	0–2	@ Quebec Nordiques (1979–80)	22–28–11
62	W	February 27, 1980	3–2	Winnipeg Jets (1979–80)	23–28–11
63	T	March 2, 1980	0–0	New York Islanders (1979–80)	23–28–12
64	L	March 3, 1980	1–5	@ St. Louis Blues (1979–80)	23–29–12
65	L	March 5, 1980	3–5	Toronto Maple Leafs (1979–80)	23–30–12
66	W	March 8, 1980	5–4	Edmonton Oilers (1979–80)	24–30–12
67	L	March 9, 1980	2–6	@ Detroit Red Wings (1979–80)	24–31–12
68	L	March 11, 1980	3–4	Philadelphia Flyers (1979–80)	24–32–12
69	W	March 12, 1980	4–2	Los Angeles Kings (1979–80)	25–32–12
70	W	March 15, 1980	5–2	Minnesota North Stars (1979–80)	26–32–12
71	L	March 18, 1980	3–4	@ Minnesota North Stars (1979–80)	26–33–12
72	L	March 21, 1980	2–9	@ Edmonton Oilers (1979–80)	26–34–12
73	W	March 23, 1980	4–2	@ Winnipeg Jets (1979–80)	27–34–12
74	W	March 25, 1980	4–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (1979–80)	28–34–12
75	T	March 27, 1980	2–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (1979–80)	28–34–13
76	L	March 28, 1980	0–5	@ Colorado Rockies (1979–80)	28–35–13
77	W	March 30, 1980	4–0	Washington Capitals (1979–80)	29–35–13
78	L	April 1, 1980	2–6	@ Washington Capitals (1979–80)	29–36–13
79	W	April 2, 1980	6–4	Hartford Whalers (1979–80)	30–36–13
80	L	April 5, 1980	1–9	Buffalo Sabres (1979–80)	30–37–13

Player statistics

Skaters

Note: GP= Games played; G= Goals; A= Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in Minutes

		Regular season					Playoffs
Player	#	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Rick Kehoe	17	79	30	30	60	4	5	2	5	7	0
Greg Malone	12	51	19	32	51	46	-	-	-	-	-
George Ferguson	11	73	21	28	49	36	5	0	3	3	4
Orest Kindrachuk	26	52	17	29	46	63	-	-	-	-	-
Peter Lee	10	74	16	29	45	20	4	0	1	1	0
Gary McAdam	16	78	19	22	41	63	5	1	2	3	9
Rod Schutt	23	73	18	21	39	43	5	2	1	3	6
Gregg Sheppard	19	76	13	24	37	20	5	1	1	2	0
Randy Carlyle	25	67	8	28	36	45	5	1	0	1	4
Ross Lonsberry	18	76	15	18	33	36	5	2	1	3	2
Ron Stackhouse	3	78	6	27	33	36	5	1	0	1	18
Pat Hughes	24	76	18	14	32	78	5	0	0	0	21
Russ Anderson	7	76	5	22	27	150	5	0	2	2	14
Nick Libett	14	78	14	12	26	14	5	1	1	2	0
Paul Marshall	20	46	9	12	21	9	1	0	0	0	0
Mario Faubert	5	49	5	13	18	31	2	0	1	1	0
Dale Tallon	4	32	5	9	14	18	4	0	0	0	4
Kim Davis	22	24	3	7	10	43	4	0	0	0	0
Bob Stewart^†	8	65	3	7	10	52	5	1	1	2	2
Mark Johnson	9	17	3	5	8	4	5	2	2	4	0
Tom Bladon	2	57	2	6	8	35	1	0	1	1	0
Greg Millen	29	44	0	3	3	14	5	0	0	0	0
Kim Clackson	6	45	0	3	3	166	3	0	0	0	37
Jim Hamilton	28	10	2	0	2	0	-	-	-	-	-
Blair Chapman^‡	9	1	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
Nick Ricci	31	4	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
Rob Holland	1	34	0	0	0	2	-	-	-	-	-

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Penguins. Stats reflect time with the Penguins only. ^‡Traded mid-season

Goaltenders

Note: GP= Games played; TOI= Time on ice (minutes); W= Wins; L= Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals Against Average

		Regular season								Playoffs
Player	#	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	SO	GAA	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	SO	GAA
Nick Ricci	31	4	240	2	2	0	14	0	3.50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Greg Millen	29	44	2586	18	18	7	157	2	3.64	5	300	2	3	21	0	4.20
Rob Holland	1	34	1974	10	17	6	126	1	3.83	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Transactions

The Penguins were involved in the following transactions during the 1979–80 season:

Trades

August 3, 1979	To Pittsburgh Penguins Nick Libett	To Detroit Red Wings Peter Mahovlich
August 30, 1979	To Pittsburgh Penguins Rob Holland Pat Hughes	To Montreal Canadiens Denis Herron 2nd round pick in 1982 Draft (Jocelyn Gauvreau)
November 13, 1979	To Pittsburgh Penguins Bob Stewart	To St. Louis Blues Blair Chapman

Additions and subtractions

Additions
Player	Former team	Via

Subtractions
Player	New team	Via
Wayne Bianchin	Edmonton Oilers	Expansion Draft (1979-06-13)
Colin Campbell	Edmonton Oilers	Expansion Draft (1979-06-13)
John Flesch	Colorado Rockies	free agency (1980-01-30)

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References

Penguins on Hockey Database

↑ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN 9781894801225.

Pittsburgh Penguins seasons

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

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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 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15

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Patrick	Atlanta NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Washington

Adams	Boston Buffalo Minnesota Quebec Toronto

Norris	Detroit Hartford Los Angeles Montreal Pittsburgh

Smythe	Chicago Colorado Edmonton St. Louis Vancouver Winnipeg

See also	NHL–WHA merger Expansion Draft Entry Draft All-Star Game Playoffs Stanley Cup Final