1970–71 Pittsburgh Penguins season

The 1970–71 Pittsburgh Penguins season was the franchie's fourth season in the National Hockey League.

[edit] Offseason

See also: 1970 NHL Amateur Draft

Round	Overall pick	Player	Nationality	Position
1	7	Greg Polis	Canada	Left wing
2	21	John Stewart	Canada	Left wing
3	35	Larry Bignell	Canada	Defenceman
4	49	Connie Forey	Canada	Left wing
5	63	Steve Cardwell	Canada	Left wing
6	77	Bob Fitchner	Canada	Center
7	90	Jim Pearson	Canada	Defenceman
8	102	Cam Newton	Canada	Goaltender
9	110	Ron Lemieux	Canada	Defenceman

West Division	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Chicago Black Hawks	78	49	20	9	277	184	107
St. Louis Blues	78	34	25	19	223	208	87
Philadelphia Flyers	78	28	33	17	207	225	73
Minnesota North Stars	78	28	34	16	191	223	72
Los Angeles Kings	78	25	40	13	239	303	63
Pittsburgh Penguins	78	21	37	20	221	240	62
California Golden Seals	78	20	53	5	199	320	45

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

Player	GP	G	AST	PTS	PIM
Lowell MacDonald	10	0	1	1	0
Nick Harbaruk	78	13	12	25	108
Ken Schinkel	50	15	19	34	6
Jean Pronovost	78	21	24	45	35
Steve Cardwell	5	0	1	1	15
Robin Burns	10	0	3	3	4
John Stewart	15	2	1	3	9
Glen Sather	46	8	3	11	96
Val Fonteyne	70	4	9	13	0
Greg Polis	61	18	15	33	40
Keith McCreary	59	21	12	33	24
Dean Prentice	69	21	17	38	18
Rick Kessell	6	0	2	2	2
Rod Zaine	37	8	5	13	21
Syl Apps	31	9	16	25	21
Ron Schock	71	14	26	40	20
Wally Boyer	68	11	30	41	30
Andy Bathgate	76	15	29	44	34
Bryan Hextall	76	16	32	48	133

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

Player	GP	G	AST	PTS	PIM
Sheldon Kannegiesser	18	0	2	2	29
Yvon Labre	21	1	1	2	19
Bryan Watson	43	2	6	8	119
Bob Blackburn	64	4	5	9	54
Jim Morrison	73	0	10	10	32
Bob Woytowich	78	4	22	26	30
Dunc McCallum	77	9	20	29	95
Duane Rupp	59	5	28	33	34

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

Player	GP	MIN	W	L	T	SO	GAA
Les Binkley	34	1870	11	11	10	2	2.86
Al Smith	46	2472	9	22	9	2	3.11
Cam Newton	5	281	1	3	1	0	3.42
Paul Hoganson	2	57	0	1	0	0	7.37

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Bold indicates Stanley Cup victory

v • d • e 1970–71 NHL season by team

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

West	Chicago • Los Angeles • Minnesota • Oakland • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh • St. Louis

See also	1970 NHL Amateur Draft • All-Star Game • 1971 Stanley Cup Finals