
1968–69 Pittsburgh Penguins | |
Division | West 5th |
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1968–69 record | 20-45-11 |
Goals for | 189 |
Goals against | 248 |
Team information | |
General manager | Jack Riley |
Coach | George "Red" Sullivan |
Alternate captains | Lou Angotti Noel Price Ken Schinkel Bob Woytowich |
Arena | Pittsburgh Civic Arena |
Average attendance | 6,008 |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Keith McCreary (25) |
Assists | Charlie Burns (38) |
Points | Ken Schinkel (52) |
Penalty minutes | Dunc McCallum (81) |
Wins | Les Binkley Joe Daley (10) |
Goals against average | Marv Edwards (3.00) |
The 1968–69 Pittsburgh Penguins season was the franchise's 2nd season in the National Hockey League. The Penguins finished 5th in the West Division and did not qualify for the playoffs.
Off-season[]
Andy Bathgate, the team leading scorer from the 1967-68 season was loaned to the Vancouver Canucks of the Western Hockey League. His scoring was replaced with the acquisition of Jean Pronovost from the Boston Bruins.

Val Fonteyne and Les Binkley's 1968-69 jerseys.
The Penguins made a significant change to their jersey design from that introduced in the 1967-68 season. While retaining the powder blue, navy blue and white colour scheme, shoulder yolks were added to both the powder blue home and white away jerseys along with a simplified three stripe pattern on the arms and body, dark blue sleeve ends and a different font for the outlined numbers. A new logo featuring a hockey playing penguin against a yellow triangle enclosed in a circle which had the team name written in it completed the new jerseys, which would remain for the next two seasons.
Regular Season[]
Doug Barrie played his first NHL game in the 6-4 loss to the Chicago Black Hawks on November 14, 1968 while Bill LeCaine played his first of four NHL games on November 20, 1968 as the Penguins lost to the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-2.

Gordie Howe scores his 700th career goal, December 4, 1968.
Gordie Howe scored the 700th goal of his career during the 7-2 win over the Penguins on December 4, 1968.
Jean-Guy Lagace played his first NHL game during the 4-3 loss to the Oakland Seals on December 28, 1968. Garry Swain played the first of a nine game NHL career on January 25, 1969 in the 2-0 loss to the Maple Leafs. After a 13 year career in the minors, goalie Marv Edwards played his first NHL game in a 3-0 loss to the Detroit Red Wings on February 20, 1969.
The Penguins scored at a similiar level to the previous season but suffered from a steep increase in goals against, despite having basically the same defensive core, strengthened with the addition of Bob Woytowich. A six game unbeaten streak to finish the season, coupled with the Minnesota North Stars having a seven game winless run, saw the Penguins tied with Minnesota for last place in the West Division and the league. However, the Penguins had more wins and were awarded the tie breaker. Ron Snell was called up for the last four games of the season and scored in his first game, a 3-1 win over the North Stars on March 25, 1969. Snell had a goal and an assist in the next game on March 26 and then another goal on March 29 and finished with 4 points in 4 games.
Jean Pronovost had an excellent rookie season, the first of ten he'd spend with the Penguins in his 998 game NHL career.
Final Standings[]
GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS | |
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St. Louis Blues | 76 | 37 | 25 | 14 | 204 | 157 | 88 |
Oakland Seals | 76 | 29 | 36 | 11 | 219 | 251 | 69 |
Philadelphia Flyers | 76 | 20 | 35 | 21 | 174 | 225 | 61 |
Los Angeles Kings | 76 | 24 | 42 | 10 | 185 | 260 | 58 |
Pittsburgh Penguins | 76 | 20 | 45 | 11 | 189 | 252 | 51 |
Minnesota North Stars | 76 | 18 | 43 | 15 | 189 | 270 | 51 |
Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.
Game Log[]
Regular Season Results | |||||
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No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
1 | T | October 12, 1968 | 1–1 | Montreal Canadiens (1968–69) | 0–0–1 |
2 | T | October 16, 1968 | 2–2 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69) | 0–0–2 |
3 | L | October 17, 1968 | 0–3 | @ Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69) | 0–1–2 |
4 | L | October 19, 1968 | 1–5 | Boston Bruins (1968–69) | 0–2–2 |
5 | L | October 23, 1968 | 5–8 | Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69) | 0–3–2 |
6 | W | October 26, 1968 | 4–2 | St. Louis Blues (1968–69) | 1–3–2 |
7 | L | October 30, 1968 | 3–7 | @ New York Rangers (1968–69) | 1–4–2 |
8 | L | November 2, 1968 | 2–3 | @ Los Angeles Kings (1968–69) | 1–5–2 |
9 | W | November 3, 1968 | 3–1 | @ Oakland Seals (1968–69) | 2–5–2 |
10 | L | November 6, 1968 | 1–3 | St. Louis Blues (1968–69) | 2–6–2 |
11 | L | November 7, 1968 | 4–5 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1968–69) | 2–7–2 |
12 | L | November 9, 1968 | 0–3 | Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69) | 2–8–2 |
13 | L | November 13, 1968 | 5–6 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69) | 2–9–2 |
14 | L | November 14, 1968 | 4–6 | Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69) | 2–10–2 |
15 | L | November 16, 1968 | 1–2 | New York Rangers (1968–69) | 2–11–2 |
16 | L | November 20, 1968 | 2–5 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69) | 2–12–2 |
17 | W | November 21, 1968 | 3–1 | Oakland Seals (1968–69) | 3–12–2 |
18 | T | November 23, 1968 | 2–2 | Los Angeles Kings (1968–69) | 3–12–3 |
19 | T | November 27, 1968 | 3–3 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69) | 3–12–4 |
20 | W | November 28, 1968 | 3–2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69) | 4–12–4 |
21 | W | November 30, 1968 | 4–2 | @ Los Angeles Kings (1968–69) | 5–12–4 |
22 | T | December 1, 1968 | 4–4 | @ Oakland Seals (1968–69) | 5–12–5 |
23 | L | December 4, 1968 | 2–7 | Detroit Red Wings (1968–69) | 5–13–5 |
24 | T | December 7, 1968 | 1–1 | @ St. Louis Blues (1968–69) | 5–13–6 |
25 | L | December 8, 1968 | 1–4 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69) | 5–14–6 |
26 | W | December 11, 1968 | 4–2 | @ Minnesota North Stars (1968–69) | 6–14–6 |
27 | L | December 14, 1968 | 1–2 | Los Angeles Kings (1968–69) | 6–15–6 |
28 | L | December 15, 1968 | 3–5 | @ Boston Bruins (1968–69) | 6–16–6 |
29 | L | December 17, 1968 | 2–8 | @ Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69) | 6–17–6 |
30 | L | December 21, 1968 | 1–3 | Minnesota North Stars (1968–69) | 6–18–6 |
31 | L | December 22, 1968 | 1–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69) | 6–19–6 |
32 | W | December 25, 1968 | 6–3 | Detroit Red Wings (1968–69) | 7–19–6 |
33 | L | December 26, 1968 | 2–3 | @ St. Louis Blues (1968–69) | 7–20–6 |
34 | L | December 28, 1968 | 3–4 | Oakland Seals (1968–69) | 7–21–6 |
35 | L | December 31, 1968 | 3–4 | Montreal Canadiens (1968–69) | 7–22–6 |
36 | W | January 2, 1969 | 5–2 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1968–69) | 8–22–6 |
37 | T | January 4, 1969 | 1–1 | Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69) | 8–22–7 |
38 | L | January 5, 1969 | 1–2 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1968–69) | 8–23–7 |
39 | W | January 9, 1969 | 7–2 | Minnesota North Stars (1968–69) | 9–23–7 |
40 | L | January 11, 1969 | 2–4 | Oakland Seals (1968–69) | 9–24–7 |
41 | L | January 12, 1969 | 4–8 | @ Boston Bruins (1968–69) | 9–25–7 |
42 | W | January 15, 1969 | 3–1 | @ Minnesota North Stars (1968–69) | 10–25–7 |
43 | L | January 16, 1969 | 2–3 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1968–69) | 10–26–7 |
44 | L | January 18, 1969 | 0–4 | @ Los Angeles Kings (1968–69) | 10–27–7 |
45 | L | January 19, 1969 | 3–6 | @ Oakland Seals (1968–69) | 10–28–7 |
46 | L | January 23, 1969 | 1–3 | Minnesota North Stars (1968–69) | 10–29–7 |
47 | L | January 25, 1969 | 0–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69) | 10–30–7 |
48 | L | January 26, 1969 | 3–5 | @ Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69) | 10–31–7 |
49 | L | January 29, 1969 | 1–2 | St. Louis Blues (1968–69) | 10–32–7 |
50 | T | February 1, 1969 | 2–2 | Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69) | 10–32–8 |
51 | L | February 2, 1969 | 3–7 | @ New York Rangers (1968–69) | 10–33–8 |
52 | W | February 5, 1969 | 3–2 | New York Rangers (1968–69) | 11–33–8 |
53 | L | February 8, 1969 | 2–4 | Los Angeles Kings (1968–69) | 11–34–8 |
54 | L | February 9, 1969 | 1–3 | @ Minnesota North Stars (1968–69) | 11–35–8 |
55 | L | February 12, 1969 | 0–2 | @ St. Louis Blues (1968–69) | 11–36–8 |
56 | T | February 15, 1969 | 4–4 | Oakland Seals (1968–69) | 11–36–9 |
57 | L | February 16, 1969 | 0–4 | Montreal Canadiens (1968–69) | 11–37–9 |
58 | W | February 19, 1969 | 3–0 | Boston Bruins (1968–69) | 12–37–9 |
59 | L | February 20, 1969 | 0–3 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1968–69) | 12–38–9 |
60 | W | February 22, 1969 | 3–2 | Detroit Red Wings (1968–69) | 13–38–9 |
61 | W | February 27, 1969 | 4–3 | Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69) | 14–38–9 |
62 | T | March 1, 1969 | 3–3 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69) | 14–38–10 |
63 | L | March 2, 1969 | 0–4 | @ Boston Bruins (1968–69) | 14–39–10 |
64 | W | March 5, 1969 | 4–2 | St. Louis Blues (1968–69) | 15–39–10 |
65 | L | March 8, 1969 | 3–5 | New York Rangers (1968–69) | 15–40–10 |
66 | L | March 12, 1969 | 3–4 | @ New York Rangers (1968–69) | 15–41–10 |
67 | L | March 15, 1969 | 1–3 | @ Los Angeles Kings (1968–69) | 15–42–10 |
68 | L | March 16, 1969 | 2–7 | @ Oakland Seals (1968–69) | 15–43–10 |
69 | L | March 19, 1969 | 2–3 | Boston Bruins (1968–69) | 15–44–10 |
70 | L | March 20, 1969 | 3–5 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1968–69) | 15–45–10 |
71 | W | March 22, 1969 | 2–1 | @ St. Louis Blues (1968–69) | 16–45–10 |
72 | W | March 23, 1969 | 5–0 | Minnesota North Stars (1968–69) | 17–45–10 |
73 | W | March 25, 1969 | 3–1 | @ Minnesota North Stars (1968–69) | 18–45–10 |
74 | W | March 26, 1969 | 8–4 | Los Angeles Kings (1968–69) | 19–45–10 |
75 | T | March 29, 1969 | 3–3 | @ Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69) | 19–45–11 |
76 | W | March 30, 1969 | 2–1 | Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69) | 20–45–11 |
Playoffs[]
- The Penguins did not qualify for the post season.
Player Stats[]
Forwards[]
Note: GP= Games played; G= Goals; AST= Assists; PTS = Points; PIM = Points
# | Player | GP | G | AST | PTS | PIM |
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12 | Ken Schinkel | 76 | 18 | 34 | 52 | 18 |
9 | Charlie Burns | 76 | 13 | 38 | 51 | 22 |
21 | Keith McCreary | 70 | 25 | 23 | 48 | 42 |
19 | Jean Pronovost | 76 | 16 | 25 | 41 | 41 |
7 | Lou Angotti | 71 | 17 | 20 | 37 | 36 |
8 | Val Fonteyne | 74 | 12 | 17 | 29 | 2 |
18 | Wally Boyer | 62 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 17 |
11 | Gene Ubriaco | 49 | 15 | 11 | 26 | 14 |
10 | Earl Ingarfield | 40 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 4 |
15 | Billy Harris | 54 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 8 |
14 | Billy Dea | 66 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 4 |
22 | Paul Andrea | 25 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 2 |
10 | George Swarbrick | 19 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 28 |
16 | Ron Snell | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
24 | Garry Swain | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
17 | Bill LeCaine | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
15 | Bob Dillabough | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Defencemen[]
Note: GP= Games played; G= Goals; AST= Assists; PTS = Points; PIM = Points
# | Player | GP | G | AST | PTS | PIM |
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20 | Bob Woytowich | 71 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 62 |
4 | Noel Price | 73 | 2 | 18 | 20 | 61 |
6 | Dunc McCallum | 62 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 81 |
2 | Leo Boivin | 41 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 26 |
2 | Duane Rupp | 30 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 24 |
17, 23 | Bill Speer | 34 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 27 |
11 | Tracy Pratt | 18 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 34 |
5 | Bryan Watson | 18 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 35 |
23 | Doug Barrie | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
5 | Dick Mattiussi | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
3 | John Arbour | 17 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 35 |
23 | Jean-Guy Lagace | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
Goaltending[]
Note: GP= Games played; W= Wins; L= Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals Against
# | Player | GP | W | L | T | SO | GAA |
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30 | Les Binkley | 50 | 10 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 3.29 |
1 | Joe Daley | 29 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 3.23 |
30 | Marv Edwards | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 |
Awards and Records[]
- The Penguins did not win any awards this season.
Transactions[]
The Penguins were involved in the following transactions during the 1968–69 season:
Trades[]
May 21, 1968 | To Pittsburgh Penguins John Arbour Jean Pronovost |
To Boston Bruins cash |
June 11, 1968 | To Pittsburgh Penguins Lou Angotti |
To St. Louis Blues Ab McDonald |
June 12, 1968 | To Pittsburgh Penguins Wally Boyer |
To Montreal Canadiens Al MacNeil |
October, 1968 | To Pittsburgh Penguins future considerations |
To Vancouver Canucks (WHL) loan of Andy Bathgate |
October, 1968 | To Pittsburgh Penguins Doug Barrie |
To Detroit Red Wings cash |
October 1, 1968 | To Pittsburgh Penguins Bob Woytowich |
To Minnesota North Stars 1st round pick in 1972 Draft (traded to Montreal Canadiens—Dave Gardner) |
November 24, 1968 | To Pittsburgh Penguins Jean-Guy Lagace |
To Montreal Canadiens Larry Hillman |
November 29, 1968 | To Pittsburgh Penguins Billy Harris |
To Oakland Seals Bob Dillabough |
January 24, 1968 | To Pittsburgh Penguins Duane Rupp |
To Minnesota North Stars Leo Boivin |
January 30, 1968 | To Pittsburgh Penguins Tracy Pratt George Swarbrick Bryan Watson |
To Oakland Seals Earl Ingarfield Dick Mattiussi Gene Ubriaco |
Additions and Subtractions[]
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Draft Picks[]
- See also: 1968 NHL Amateur Draft
Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | Position |
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1 | 4 | Garry Swain | ![]() |
Center |
2 | 14 | Ron Snell | ![]() |
Right wing |
3 | 21 | Dave Simpson | ![]() |
Defense |
Trivia[]
- No Penguins recorded a Hat trick this season.
Gallery[]
References[]
- 1968–69 Pittsburgh Penguins Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-06.
- ↑ National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p.162, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5
External Links[]
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Affiliates | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL), Wheeling Nailers (ECHL) |
1968–69 NHL season by team | |
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East | Boston • Chicago • Detroit • Montreal • New York • Toronto |
West | Los Angeles • Minnesota • Oakland • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh • St. Louis |
See also | 1968 NHL Amateur Draft • All-Star Game • 1969 Stanley Cup Finals |
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