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1979-80 Pittsburgh Penguins Roster

27 players used · 36-44-0 record

The Pittsburgh Penguins used 27 players in the 1979-80 season, with a 36-44-0 record. Rick Kehoe led the team with 60 points (30 goals, 30 assists) in 79 games. Greg Millen played the most games in goal (44).

Points leader
60 PTS
30 G · 30 A in 79 games
Goals leader
30 G
7 on the power play
Assists leader
32 A
51 points overall
Goalie wins leader
24 W
3.57 GAA · 0.000 SV%
24
Skaters
16 forwards · 8 defence
3
Goalies
Greg Millen started most
251
Goals scored
in 80 games
25.6
Average age
19 to 34 years
3
Birth countries
Part of the season
Position
🏒 Forwards 16 players · sorted by points
# Player — sort by name GP — sort by games played Streak G — sort by goals A — sort by assists PTS — sort by points P/GP — sort by points per game PPG — sort by power-play goals SOG — sort by shots on goal HIT — sort by hits BLK — sort by blocked shots PIM — sort by penalty minutes TOI — sort by average ice time
1 RK Rick Kehoe 🇨🇦 RW 28 79 🔥 4 30 30 60 0.76 7 239 0 0 4
2 GM Greg Malone 🇨🇦 C 24 51 🔥 1 19 32 51 1.00 5 103 0 0 46
3 GF George Ferguson 🇨🇦 C 27 73 🧊 1 21 28 49 0.67 1 176 0 0 36
4 OK Orest Kindrachuk 🇨🇦 C 29 52 🧊 1 17 29 46 0.88 2 95 0 0 63
5 PL Peter Lee 🇬🇧 RW 24 74 🔥 1 16 29 45 0.61 4 161 0 0 20
6 GM Gary McAdam 🇨🇦 RW 24 78 🧊 1 19 22 41 0.53 3 195 0 0 63
7 RS Rod Schutt 🇨🇦 LW 23 73 🧊 1 18 21 39 0.53 3 170 0 0 43
8 GS Gregg Sheppard 🇨🇦 C 30 76 🧊 1 13 24 37 0.49 3 136 0 0 20
9 RL Ross Lonsberry 🇨🇦 LW 33 76 🧊 7 15 18 33 0.43 2 135 0 0 36
10 PH Pat Hughes 🇨🇦 RW 25 76 🧊 3 18 14 32 0.42 5 159 0 0 78
11 NL Nick Libett 🇨🇦 LW 34 78 🧊 5 14 12 26 0.33 1 118 0 0 14
12 PM Paul Marshall 🇨🇦 LW 19 46 🧊 2 9 12 21 0.46 1 68 0 0 9
13 KD Kim Davis 🇨🇦 C 22 25 🧊 5 3 7 10 0.40 0 25 0 0 43
14 MJ Mark Johnson 🇺🇸 C 22 17 🧊 1 3 5 8 0.47 1 32 0 0 4
15 JH Jim Hamilton 🇨🇦 RW 23 10 🧊 5 2 0 2 0.20 0 12 0 0 0
16 BC Blair Chapman 🇨🇦 RW 23 1 🧊 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 0 0 0
Team totals · 16 skaters 80 217 283 500 6.25 38 1825 0 0 479
Click a column to sort. Ages are as of the end of the season. Totals cover the skaters shown, and the games column is the team's games played.
🧤 Goalies 3 goalies · sorted by saves
# Goalie — sort by name GP — sort by games played W — sort by wins GAA — sort by goals against average SV% — sort by save percentage SV — sort by saves GA — sort by goals against TOI
1 GM Greg Millen 🇨🇦 G 22 44 24 3.57 0.000 0 157 58:39
2 RH Rob Holland 🇨🇦 G 22 34 11 3.71 0.000 0 126 57:53
3 NR Nick Ricci 🇨🇦 G 25 4 2 3.50 0.000 0 14 59:49
🌍 Where the roster was born 3 countries · against the whole NHL in 1979-80

89% of this roster was born in Canada, against 84% across the league. The team leans on United Kingdom: 4% of its players, against 0% league-wide. Canadian-born players scored 88% of the team's points.

Share of this roster Share of all NHL players
Country Players Share of roster vs NHL Points Who
Canada 24
89%
+5 569 (88%) Kehoe, Malone, Ferguson, Kindrachuk +20
United States 2
7%
-3 35 (5%) Anderson, Johnson
United Kingdom 1
4%
+4 45 (7%) Lee
By country of birth, from the NHL's player records. "vs NHL" is the gap in percentage points.

1979-80 Pittsburgh Penguins roster questions

Who led the Pittsburgh Penguins in scoring in 1979-80?

Rick Kehoe led the Pittsburgh Penguins in scoring in 1979-80 with 60 points — 30 goals and 30 assists in 79 games. Next came Greg Malone (51) and George Ferguson (49).

Who scored the most goals for the Pittsburgh Penguins in 1979-80?

Rick Kehoe scored 30 goals for the Pittsburgh Penguins in 1979-80, 7 of them on the power play.

How many players did the Pittsburgh Penguins use in 1979-80?

The Pittsburgh Penguins dressed 27 players in 1979-80: 24 skaters and 3 goalies. Together the skaters scored 251 goals.

Who was the Pittsburgh Penguins starting goalie in 1979-80?

Greg Millen played the most games in goal for the Pittsburgh Penguins in 1979-80: 44 games, 24 wins, a 0.000 save percentage and a 3.57 goals against average. Rob Holland was the backup, in 34 games.

How old was the 1979-80 Pittsburgh Penguins roster?

The average age was 25.6 years. Paul Marshall was the youngest at 19, and Nick Libett the oldest at 34.

Where were the 1979-80 Pittsburgh Penguins players born?

The Pittsburgh Penguins used 27 players in 1979-80 with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 24 in Canada, 2 in the United States and 1 in the United Kingdom. League-wide that season, 84% of players were born in Canada, against 89% on this roster.