1980-81 Pittsburgh Penguins (NHL)

(30-37-13) Finished 3rd in Norris Division

• Ed Johnston was named head coach of the Penguins on July 15.

• Paul Gardner scored four goals vs. Philadelphia on December 13, becoming the first player in Penguins history to accomplish this feat.

• Penguins set franchise record with six consecutive victories from February 22 to March 4.

• Rick Kehoe’s 55 goals set a single-season franchise record.

• St. Louis’ Mike Crombeen scored at 5:16 of the second OT to give St. Louis a 4-3 win in the deciding game of the preliminary playoff round.

• Randy Carlyle was named First Team All-Star.

• Rick Kehoe won the Lady Byng Trophy and Randy Carlyle won the James Norris Trophy, the first time a Penguins’ player captured an NHL Award.

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Front row: Nick Ricci, Randy Carlyle, Orest Kindrachuk, Aldege "Baz" Bastien (General Manager), Paul Martha (Vice President), Ed Johnston (Head Coach), Rick Kehoe, Ron Stackhouse & Greg Millen

Middle row: Mike Corrigan (Asst. Coach), Ross Lonsberry, Greg Malone, Mario Faubert, Dave Burrows, Bennett Wolf, Russ Anderson, Paul Baxter, George Ferguson, Gregg Sheppard & Terry Schiffhauer (PR)

Back row: Steve Thomas (Trainer), Mark Johnson, Rod Schutt, Errol Thompson, Nick Libett, Paul Gardner, Pat Hughes, Peter Lee, Gary Rissling & John Doolan (Equip. Manager)

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