1986–87 Pittsburgh Penguins season

1986–87 Pittsburgh Penguins
Division	5th Patrick
Conference	9th Wales
1986–87 record	30–38–12
Goals for	297
Goals against	290
Team information
General Manager	Eddie Johnston
Coach	Bob Berry
Captain	Mike Bullard (Oct-Nov) Terry Ruskowski (Nov-Apr)
Alternate captains	Mario Lemieux (Nov-Apr) Moe Mantha Terry Ruskowski (Oct-Nov)
Arena	Pittsburgh Civic Arena
Team leaders
Goals	Mario Lemieux (54)
Assists	Mario Lemieux (53)
Points	Mario Lemieux (107)
Penalties in minutes	Dan Frawley (218)
Wins	Gilles Meloche (13)
Goals against average	Pat Riggin (3.34)

The 1986–87 Pittsburgh Penguins season was the Penguins' 20th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Penguins did not qualify for the playoffs.

Regular season

Final standings

Patrick Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Philadelphia Flyers	80	46	26	8	310	245	100
Washington Capitals	80	38	32	10	285	278	86
New York Islanders	80	35	33	12	279	281	82
New York Rangers	80	34	38	8	307	323	76
Pittsburgh Penguins	80	30	38	12	297	290	72
New Jersey Devils	80	29	45	6	293	368	64

^[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

1986–87 Schedule

October: 8–3–0 (Home: 6–1–0 ; Road: 2–2–0), 16 Points

November: 5–5–4 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 3–4–2), 14 Points

December: 2–7–3 (Home: 2–4–1 ; Road: 0–3–2), 7 Points

January: 4–8–1 (Home: 3–2–0 ; Road: 1–6–1), 9 Points

February: 4–7–2 (Home: 2–4–1 ; Road: 2–3–1), 10 Points

March: 5–8–2 (Home: 2–3–2 ; Road: 3–5–0), 12 Points

April: 2–0–0 (Home: 2–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0), 4 Points

Legend: = Win = Loss = Tie

Playoffs

Despite a strong start at the beginning of the season, the Penguins managed to find themselves unqualified for the playoffs for the fifth straight year.

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season^[2]
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Lemieux, MarioMario Lemieux	63	54	53	107	13	57
Quinn, DanDan Quinn^†	64	28	43	71	14	40
Cunneyworth, RandyRandy Cunneyworth	79	26	27	53	14	142
Simpson, CraigCraig Simpson	72	26	25	51	11	57
Ruskowski, TerryTerry Ruskowski	70	14	37	51	8	145
Bodger, DougDoug Bodger	76	11	38	49	6	52
Mantha, MauriceMaurice Mantha	62	9	31	40	-6 !–6	44
Chabot, JohnJohn Chabot	72	14	22	36	-7 !–7	8
Errey, BobBob Errey	72	16	18	34	-5 !–5	46
Johnson, JamesJames Johnson	80	5	25	30	-6 !–6	116
Lavallee, KevinKevin Lavallee	33	8	20	28	-2 !–2	4
Frawley, WilliamWilliam Frawley	78	14	14	28	-10 !–10	218
Hannan, DavidDavid Hannan	58	10	15	25	-2 !–2	56
Lindstrom, WillyWilly Lindstrom	60	10	13	23	9	6
Siren, VilleVille Siren	69	5	17	22	8	50
Young, WarrenWarren Young	50	8	13	21	-5 !–5	103
Buskas, RodRod Buskas	68	3	15	18	2	123
Duguay, RonRon Duguay^‡	40	5	13	18	-8 !–8	30
Kontos, ChrisChris Kontos	31	8	9	17	-6 !–6	6
Loney, TroyTroy Loney	23	8	7	15	0	22
Hillier, RandyRandy Hillier	55	4	8	12	12	97
Bullard, MichaelMichael Bullard^‡	14	2	10	12	-5 !–5	17
Schofield, DwightDwight Schofield	25	1	6	7	4	59
Schmidt, NormNorm Schmidt	20	1	5	6	-8 !–8	4
McGeough, JamesJames McGeough	11	1	4	5	-5 !–5	8
Bourque, PhilPhil Bourque	22	2	3	5	-2 !–2	32
Wilson, MitchMitch Wilson	17	2	1	3	-3 !–3	83
Blaisdell, MikeMike Blaisdell	10	1	1	2	2	2
Giffin, LeeLee Giffin	8	1	1	2	2	0
Dahlquist, ChristopherChristopher Dahlquist	19	0	1	1	-2 !–2	20
Mathiasen, DwightDwight Mathiasen	6	0	1	1	-1 !–1	2
Belland, NeilNeil Belland	3	0	1	1	0	0
Lemieux, AlainAlain Lemieux	1	0	0	0	-1 !–1	0
Charlesworth, ToddTodd Charlesworth	1	0	0	0	0	0
Rowe, MikeMike Rowe	2	0	0	0	-2 !–2	0
Mokosak, CarlCarl Mokosak	3	0	0	0	-4 !–4	4
Total		297	497	794	—	1,653

Goaltenders

Regular Season^[3]
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV%
Meloche, GillesGilles Meloche	43	2343:00	13	19	7	134	3.43	1123	0.881
Romano, RobertoRoberto Romano^‡	25	1438:00	9	11	2	87	3.63	713	0.878
Riggin, PatrickPatrick Riggin^†	17	988:00	8	6	3	55	3.34	465	0.882
Guenette, SteveSteve Guenette	2	113:00	0	2	0	8	4.25	54	0.852
Total		4882:00	30	38	12	284	3.49	2355	0.879

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

Transactions

The Penguins were involved in the following transactions during the 1986–87 season:

Trades

October 3, 1986	To Buffalo Sabres cash	To Pittsburgh Penguins Craig Muni
October 8, 1986	To Washington Capitals cash	To Pittsburgh Penguins Dwight Schofield
October 9, 1986	To Detroit Red Wings cash	To Pittsburgh Penguins Warren Young
November 12, 1986	To Calgary Flames Mike Bullard	To Pittsburgh Penguins Dan Quinn
January 21, 1987	To New York Rangers Ron Duguay	To Pittsburgh Penguins Chris Kontos
February 6, 1987	To Boston Bruins Roberto Romano	To Pittsburgh Penguins Pat Riggin
May 29, 1987	To Detroit Red Wings Warren Young	To Pittsburgh Penguins cash

Additions and subtractions

Additions
Player	Former team	Via
Carl Mokosak	Philadelphia Flyers	free agency (1986-07-23)
Mitch Wilson	New Jersey Devils	free agency (1986-07-24)
Kevin LaVallee	St. Louis Blues	free agency (1986-09-13)
Neil Belland	Vancouver Canucks	free agency (1986-09-29)
Alain Lemieux	Quebec Nordiques	free agency (1986-12)

Subtractions
Player	New team	Via
Tom Roulston	EC Salzburg (Austria)	free agency
Mitch Lamoureux	Philadelphia Flyers	free agency (1986-06-30)
Andy Brickley	New Jersey Devils	free agency (1986-07-08)
Tom O'Regan	Detroit Red Wings	free agency (1986-09-29)

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Roster

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	NHL Draft	Birthplace
22	CAN !	Belland, NeilNeil Belland	2.0 !D	R	26	Undrafted	Parry Sound, Ontario
26	CAN !	Blaisdell, MikeMike Blaisdell	7.0 !RW	R	27	1980	Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
3	CAN !	Bodger, DougDoug Bodger	2.0 !D	L	20	1984	Chemainus, British Columbia
29	USA !	Bourque, PhilPhil Bourque	6.0 !LW	L	24	Undrafted	Chelmsford, Massachusetts
7	CAN !	Buskas, RodRod Buskas	2.0 !D	R	26	1981	Wetaskiwin, Alberta
9	CAN !	Chabot, JohnJohn Chabot	4.0 !C	L	25	1980	Summerside, Price Edward Island
34	CAN !	Charlesworth, ToddTodd Charlesworth	2.0 !D	R	22	1983	Calgary, Alberta
15	CAN !	Cunneyworth, RandyRandy Cunneyworth	6.0 !LW	L	26	1980	Etobicoke, Ontario
2	USA !	Dahlquist, ChristopherChristopher Dahlquist	2.0 !D	L	24	Undrafted	Fridley, Minnesota
12	CAN !	Errey, BobBob Errey	6.0 !LW	L	22	1983	Montreal, Quebec
28	CAN !	Frawley, WilliamWilliam Frawley	7.0 !RW	R	24	1980	Sturgeon Falls, Ontario
11	CAN !	Giffin, LeeLee Giffin	7.0 !RW	R	20	1985	Comrose, Saskatchewan
1	CAN !	Guenette, SteveSteve Guenette	1.0 !G	L	21	Undrafted	Gloucester, Ontario
32	CAN !	Hannan, DavidDavid Hannan	4.0 !C	L	25	1981	Sudbury, Ontario
23	CAN !	Hillier, RandyRandy Hillier	2.0 !D	L	27	1980	Toronto, Ontario
6	USA !	Johnson, JamesJames Johnson	2.0 !D	L	24	Undrafted	New Hope, Minnesota
14	CAN !	Kontos, ChrisChris Kontos	4.0 !C	L	23	1982	Toronto, Ontario
16	CAN !	LaVallee, KevinKevin LaVallee	6.0 !LW	R	25	1980	Sudbury, Ontario
11	CAN !	Lemieux, AlainAlain Lemieux	4.0 !C	R	26	1980	Montreal, Quebec
66	CAN !	Lemieux, MarioMario Lemieux (A)	4.0 !C	R	21	1984	Montreal, Quebec
19	SWE !	Lindstrom, WillyWilly Lindstrom	7.0 !RW	R	36	Undrafted	Grums, Sweden
24	CAN !	Loney, TroyTroy Loney	6.0 !LW	L	23	1982	Bow Island, Alberta
20	USA !	Mantha, MauriceMaurice Mantha (A)	2.0 !D	R	26	1980	Lakewood, Ohio
11	CAN !	Mathiasen, DwightDwight Mathiasen	7.0 !RW	R	23	Undrafted	Brandon, Manitoba
22	CAN !	McGeough, JamesJames McGeough	4.0 !C	R	24	1981	Regina, Saskatchewan
27	CAN !	Meloche, GillesGilles Meloche	1.0 !G	R	36	1970	Montreal, Quebec
31	CAN !	Mokosak, CarlCarl Mokosak	6.0 !LW	R	24	Undrafted	Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta
10/14	CAN !	Quinn, DanDan Quinn	4.0 !C	L	21	1983	Ottawa, Ontario
1	CAN !	Riggin, PatrickPatrick Riggin	1.0 !G	R	28	1979	Kincardine, Ontario
33	CAN !	Rowe, MikeMike Rowe	2.0 !D	R	22	1983	Kingston, Ontario
8	CAN !	Ruskowski, TerryTerry Ruskowski (C)	4.0 !C	R	32	1974	Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
25	CAN !	Schmidt, NormNorm Schmidt	2.0 !D	R	24	1981	Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
4	USA !	Schofield, DwightDwight Schofield	2.0 !D	R	31	1976	Waltham, Massachusetts
18	CAN !	Simpson, CraigCraig Simpson	6.0 !LW	R	20	1985	London, Ontario
5	FIN !	Siren, VilleVille Siren	2.0 !D	L	23	1983	Tampere, Finland
33	CAN !	Wilson, MitchMitch Wilson	7.0 !RW	R	27	Undrafted	Calgary, Alberta
35	CAN !	Young, WarrenWarren Young	4.0 !C	R	31	1976	Toronto, Ontario

Draft picks

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	4	Zarley Zalapski	Defense	Canada	Canadian National Team (Intl)
2	25	Dave Capuano	Left Wing	United States	Mount St. Charles H.S. (R.I.)
3	46	Brad Aitken	Left Wing	Canada	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
4	67	Robert Brown	Right Wing	Canada	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
5	88	Sandy Smith	Right Wing	United States	Brainerd H.S. (Minn.)
6	109	Jeff Daniels	Left Wing	Canada	Oshawa Generals (OHL)
7	130	Doug Hobson	Defense	Canada	Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
8	151	Steve Rohlik	Left Wing	United States	Hill-Murray H.S. (Minn.)
9	172	Dave McLlwain	Center	Canada	North Bay Centennials (OHL)
10	193	Kelly Cain	Center	Canada	London Knights (OHL)
11	214	Stan Drulia	Right Wing	United States	Belleville Bulls (OHL)
12	235	Robert Wilson	Defense	Canada	Sudbury Wolves (OHL)

References

↑ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 153. ISBN 9781894801225.
↑ "1986–1987 – Regular Season – Pittsburgh Penguins – All Skaters – Summary – Points – NHL.com – Stats". NHL.
↑ "1986–1987 – Regular Season – Pittsburgh Penguins – Goalie – Summary – Wins – NHL.com – Stats". NHL.

"1986–87 Pittsburgh Penguins Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

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Culture and lore

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See also	Entry Draft Supplemental Draft Rendez-vous '87 Easter Epic Stanley Cup playoffs Stanley Cup Finals

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1986–87 Pittsburgh Penguins season

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Playoffs

Player statistics

Transactions

Trades

Additions and subtractions

Roster

Draft picks

See also

References

External links