1969-70 Pittsburgh Penguins (NHL)

(26-38-12) Finished 2nd in West Division

• Leonard “Red” Kelley is named Penguins coach on July 2, 1969.

• Bob Woytowich and Dean Prentice were named to Western Division All-Star Team.

• Dean Prentice led the Penguins in scoring with 51 points (26 goals and 25 assists).

• Penguins made playoffs for the first time, sweeping Oakland, 4-0, in the Quarterfinals. Michel Briere scores the Penguins’ first overtime goal on April 12, 1970.

• Pittsburgh lost four games to two in the semi-finals to the St. Louis Blues, led by Coach Scotty Bowman.

• Red Kelley was named Hockey News’ “Coach of the Year.” Kelley replaced Jack Riley as General Manager on May 15, 1970.

• Val Fonteyne was named the team’s first “Unsung Hero”

• Michel Briere is critically injured in a car accident after returning home to Malartic, Quebec leaving the rising star in a coma.

[divider_top]

Front row: Al Smith, Keith McCreary, Duane Rupp, Jack Riley (General Manager), Jack McGregor (President), Red Kelly (Head Coach), Bob Woytowich, Ken Schinkel & Les Binkley

Middle row: Jim MacKenzie (Asst. Trainer), Nick Harbaruk, Jim Morrison, Dean Prentice, Ron Schock, Mike McMahon, Bryan Hextall, Tracy Pratt & Ken Carson (Trainer)

Back row: Val Fonteyne, Wally Boyer, Glen Sather, Bob Blackburn, Michel Briere & Jean Pronovost

[divider_top]

[three_fourth][TABLE=16][TABLE=66]

[/three_fourth]

[one_fourth_last]

[divider_top]