1972–73 Pittsburgh Penguins season

The 1971–72 Pittsburgh Penguins season was the franchie's sixth season in the National Hockey League.

[edit] NHL draft

See also: 1972 NHL Amateur Draft

Round	Overall pick	Player	Nationality	Position
2	24	Jack Lynch	Canada	Defense
2	30	Bernie Lukowich	Canada	Forward
3	40	Denis Herron	Canada	Goaltender
4	56	Ron Lalonde	Canada
5	72	Brian Walker
6	88	Jeff Ablett
7	104	D'Arcy Keating
8	120	Yves Bergeron
9	136	Jay Babcock
10	149	Don Atchison

West Division	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Chicago Black Hawks	78	42	27	9	284	225	93
Philadelphia Flyers	78	37	30	11	296	256	85
Minnesota North Stars	78	37	30	11	254	230	85
St. Louis Blues	78	32	34	12	233	251	76
Pittsburgh Penguins	78	32	37	9	257	265	73
Los Angeles Kings	78	31	36	11	232	245	73
Atlanta Flames	78	25	38	15	191	239	65
California Golden Seals	78	16	46	16	213	323	48

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

Player	GP	G	AST	PTS	PIM
Ken Schinkel	42	11	10	21	16
Nick Harbaruk	78	10	15	25	47
Jean Pronovost	66	21	22	43	16
Lowell MacDonald	78	34	41	75	8
Al McDonough	78	35	41	76	26
Robin Burns	26	0	2	2	20
Jim Shires	18	1	2	3	2
Steve Cardwell	20	2	2	4	2
Greg Polis	78	26	23	49	36
Ron Lalonde	9	0	0	0	2
Eddie Shack	74	25	20	45	84
Bryan Hextall	78	21	33	54	113
Jim Wiley	4	0	1	1	0
Rick Kessell	66	1	13	14	0
Ron Schock	78	13	36	49	23
Syl Apps	77	29	56	85	18

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

Player	GP	G	AST	PTS	PIM
Sheldon Kannegiesser	3	0	0	0	0
Jean-Guy Lagace	31	1	5	6	32
Bryan Watson	69	1	17	18	179
Jack Lynch	47	1	18	19	40
Duane Rupp	78	7	13	20	62
Dave Burrows	78	3	24	27	42
Darryl Edestrand	78	15	24	39	88

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

Player	GP	W	L	T	SO	GAA
Jim Rutherford	49	20	22	5	3	2.91
Denis Herron	18	6	7	2	2	3.41
Cam Newton	11	3	4	0	0	3.94
Andy Brown	9	3	4	2	0	4.73

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Bold indicates Stanley Cup victory

v • d • e 1972–73 NHL season by team

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

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

See also	1972 NHL Amateur Draft • All-Star Game • 1973 Stanley Cup Finals