1973–74 Pittsburgh Penguins season

West Division^[1]
		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	Philadelphia Flyers	78	50	16	12	273	164	+109	112
2	Chicago Black Hawks	78	41	14	23	272	164	+108	105
3	Los Angeles Kings	78	33	33	12	233	231	+2	78
4	Atlanta Flames	78	30	34	14	214	238	−24	74
5	Pittsburgh Penguins	78	28	41	9	242	273	−31	65
6	St. Louis Blues	78	26	40	12	206	248	−42	64
7	Minnesota North Stars	78	23	38	17	235	275	−40	63
8	California Golden Seals	78	13	55	10	195	342	−147	36

Schedule and results

1973–74 Game log^[2]

October: 4–4–1 (Home: 1–3–0; Road: 3–1–1)

November: 3–7–2 (Home: 2–3–2; Road: 1–4–0)

December: 2–10–2 (Home: 1–4–1; Road: 1–6–1)

January: 5–8–0 (Home: 3–5–0; Road: 2–3–0)

February: 5–6–1 (Home: 3–2–1; Road: 2–4–0)

March: 7–4–3 (Home: 3–1–2; Road: 4–3–1)

April: 2–2–0 (Home: 2–0–0; Road: 0–2–0)

Legend: = Win = Loss = Tie

Playoffs

The Penguins failed to make the playoffs for the second consecutive year.

Player statistics

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)

Roster

1973–74 Pittsburgh Penguins

Goaltenders

1 – Denis Herron
1 – Jim Rutherford
29 – Gary Inness
30 – Andy Brown

Defencemen

2 – Bob Paradise
3 – Jack Lynch
3 – Ron Stackhouse
4 – Dave Burrows – A
5 – Ab DeMarco
5 – Bryan Watson
6 – Ron Jones
7 – Steve Durbano
20 – Yvon Labre
24 – Larry Bignell
24 – Jean-Guy Lagace
25 – Nick Beverley
25 – Darryl Edestrand

Wingers

9 – Chuck Arnason
9 – Al McDonough
10 – Ted Snell
11 – Bernie Lukowich
12 – Blaine Stoughton
14 – Wayne Bianchin
18 – Lowell MacDonald
19 – Jean Pronovost
22 – Bob Kelly
22 – Greg Polis
27 – Hank Nowak

Centers

7 – Bryan Hextall
8 – Jim Wiley
15 – Bob McManama
16 – Ron Lalonde
17 – Ron Schock – C
26 – Syl Apps – A

GM: Jack Riley (Oct.–Jan.)
GM: Jack Button (Jan.–Apr.)
Coach: Ken Schinkel (14–31–5)
Coach: Marc Boileau (14–10–4)

Draft picks

Pittsburgh Penguins' picks at the 1973 NHL Amateur Draft.^[3]

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	7	Blaine Stoughton	Left Wing	Canada	Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL)
2	23	Wayne Bianchin	Right Wing	Canada	Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL)
2	27^[a]	Colin Campbell	Defense	Canada	Peterborough Petes (OHA)
4	55	Dennis Owchar	Defense	Canada	Toronto Marlboros (OHA)
5	71	Guido Tenesi	Defense	United States	Oshawa Generals (OHA)
6	87	Don Seiling	Left Wing	Canada	Oshawa Generals (OHA)
7	103	Terry Ewasiuk	Left Wing	Canada	Victoria Cougars (WCHL)
8	119	Fred Comrie	Center	Canada	Edmonton Oil Kings (WCHL)
9	134	Gordon Lane	Defense	Canada	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
10	150	Randy Aimoe	Defense	Canada	Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)
11	164	Don McLeod	Center	Canada	Saskatoon Blades (WCHL)

Draft notes^[4]

^a The Detroit Red Wings' second-round pick went to the Pittsburgh Penguins as a result of an October 6, 1972 trade that sent Roy Edwards to the Red Wings in exchange for a 1974 second-round pick and this pick.
The Pittsburgh Penguins' third-round pick went to the Detroit Red Wings as the result of a February 25, 1973 trade that sent Andy Brown to the Penguins in exchange for this pick.

References

↑ "1973-1974 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
↑ "1973–74 Pittsburgh Penguins Results and Schedule". hockeyDB.
↑ "NHL Entry Draft Year by Year Results". NHL.com. Retrieved February 25, 2013.
↑ "1973 NHL Entry Draft Pending Transactions". Pro Sports Transactions. Retrieved February 25, 2013.

Pittsburgh Penguins

Founded in 1967
Based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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Owners: Ronald Burkle; Mario Lemieux
General manager: Jim Rutherford
Head coach: Mike Sullivan
Team captain: Sidney Crosby
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Training facilities: Brantford Civic Centre; Rostraver Ice Garden; Island Sports Center; IceoPlex at Southpointe

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See also	Draft All-Star Game Stanley Cup Finals

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