1968–69 Pittsburgh Penguins season

West Division^[1]
		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	St. Louis Blues	76	37	25	14	204	157	+47	88
2	Oakland Seals	76	29	36	11	219	251	−32	69
3	Philadelphia Flyers	76	20	35	21	174	225	−51	61
4	Los Angeles Kings	76	24	42	10	185	260	−75	58
5	Pittsburgh Penguins	76	20	45	11	189	252	−63	51
6	Minnesota North Stars	76	18	43	15	189	270	−81	51

Schedule and results

1968–69 Schedule

October: 1–4–2 (Home: 1–2–1 ; Road: 0–2–1), 4 Points

November: 4–8–2 (Home: 1–4–2 ; Road: 3–4–0), 10 Points

December: 2–10–2 (Home: 1–6–0 ; Road: 1–4–2), 6 Points

January: 3–10–1 (Home: 1–4–1 ; Road: 2–6–0), 7 Points

February: 4–6–2 (Home: 4–2–2 ; Road: 0–4–0), 10 Points

March: 6–7–2 (Home: 4–2–0 ; Road: 2–5–2), 14 Points

Legend: = Win = Loss = Tie

Playoffs

The Penguins were unable to make the playoffs for the second straight year.

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season^[2]
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Schinkel, KenKen Schinkel	76	18	34	52	-39 !–39	18
Burns, CharlieCharlie Burns	76	13	38	51	-9 !–9	22
McCreary, KeithKeith McCreary	70	25	23	48	-23 !–23	42
Pronovost, JosephJoseph Pronovost	76	16	25	41	-4 !–4	41
Angotti, LouLou Angotti	71	17	20	37	-21 !–21	36
Woytowich, BobBob Woytowich	71	9	20	29	-26 !–26	62
Fonteyne, ValVal Fonteyne	74	12	17	29	-25 !–25	2
Boyer, WallyWally Boyer	62	10	19	29	-21 !–21	17
Ubriaco, GeneGene Ubriaco^‡	49	15	11	26	0	14
Ingarfield, EarlEarl Ingarfield^‡	40	8	15	23	-17 !–17	4
Price, NoelNoel Price	73	2	18	20	-30 !–30	61
Harris, BillyBilly Harris^†	54	7	13	20	-18 !–18	8
Dea, BillyBilly Dea	66	10	8	18	-32 !–32	4
Boivin, LeoLeo Boivin^‡	41	5	13	18	-6 !–6	26
McCallum, DuncDunc McCallum	62	5	13	18	-35 !–35	81
Andrea, PaulPaul Andrea	25	7	6	13	-10 !–10	2
Rupp, DuaneDuane Rupp^†	30	3	10	13	-13 !–13	24
Swarbrick, GeorgeGeorge Swarbrick^†	19	1	6	7	-4 !–4	28
Pratt, TracyTracy Pratt	18	0	5	5	6	34
Speer, BillBill Speer	34	1	4	5	-16 !–16	27
Watson, BryanBryan Watson^†	18	0	4	4	-11 !–11	35
Snell, RonRon Snell	4	3	1	4	4	6
Swain, GarryGarry Swain	9	1	1	2	-1 !–1	0
Mattiussi, DickDick Mattiussi^‡	12	0	2	2	-2 !–2	14
Arbour, JohnJohn Arbour	17	0	2	2	-14 !–14	35
Barrie, DougDoug Barrie	8	1	1	2	-2 !–2	8
Lagace, Jean-GuyJean-Guy Lagace	17	0	1	1	-8 !–8	14
Lecaine, BillBill Lecaine	4	0	0	0	0	0
Dillabough, BobBob Dillabough^‡	14	0	0	0	-6 !–6	2
Total		189	330	519	—	667

Goaltenders

Regular Season^[3]
Player	GP	W	L	T	GA	SO
Binkley, LesLes Binkley	50	10	31	8	158	0
Daley, ThomasThomas Daley	29	10	13	3	87	2
Edwards, MarvMarv Edwards	1	0	1	0	3	0
Total		20	45	11	248	2

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Penguins. Stats reflect time with the Penguins only.
^‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Penguins only.

Transactions

The Penguins were involved in the following transactions during the 1968–69 season:

Trades

July 4, 1968	To Oakland Seals George Konik	To Pittsburgh Penguins cash
September 1, 1968	To Philadelphia Flyers loan of Bob Rivard	To Pittsburgh Penguins cash
October 1, 1968	To Minnesota North Stars 1972 1st round pick	To Pittsburgh Penguins Bob Woytowich
October 1, 1968	To Detroit Red Wings cash	To Pittsburgh Penguins Doug Barrie
November 22, 1968	To Montreal Canadiens Larry Hillman	To Pittsburgh Penguins Jean-Guy Lagace cash
November 29, 1968	To Oakland Seals Bob Dillabough	To Pittsburgh Penguins Billy Harris
January 24, 1969	To Minnesota North Stars Leo Boivin	To Pittsburgh Penguins Duane Rupp
January 30, 1969	To Oakland Seals Earl Ingarfield Sr. Dick Mattiussi Gene Ubriaco	To Pittsburgh Penguins Tracy Pratt George Swarbrick Bryan Watson
May 30, 1969	To Toronto Maple Leafs cash	To Pittsburgh Penguins Forbes Kennedy
June 6, 1969	To St. Louis Blues Lou Angotti 1971 1st round pick	To Pittsburgh Penguins Craig Cameron Ron Schock 1972 2nd round pick

Additions and subtractions

Additions
Player	Former team	Via
Charlie Burns	Oakland Seals	Intra-League Draft (1968–06–12)
Larry Hillman	Minnesota North Stars	waivers (1968–11–22)

Subtractions
Player	New team	Via

Roster

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	NHL Draft	Birthplace
22	CAN !	Andrea, PaulPaul Andrea	7.0 !RW	L	27	Undrafted	North Sydney, Nova Scotia
7	CAN !	Angotti, LouLou Angotti	4.0 !C	R	31	Undrafted	Toronto, Ontario
3	CAN !	Arbour, JohnJohn Arbour	2.0 !D	L	23	Undrafted	Niagara Falls, Ontario
23	CAN !	Barrie, DougDoug Barrie	2.0 !D	R	22	Undrafted	Edmonton, Alberta
30	CAN !	Binkley, LesLes Binkley	1.0 !G	R	34	Undrafted	Owen Sound, Ontario
18	CAN !	Boyer, WallyWally Boyer	4.0 !C	L	31	Undrafted	Cowan, Manitoba
9	USA !	Burns, CharlieCharlie Burns	4.0 !C	L	33	Undrafted	Detroit, Michigan
1	CAN !	Daley, ThomasThomas Daley	1.0 !G	L	26	Undrafted	Winnipeg, Manitoba
14	CAN !	Dea, BillyBilly Dea	6.0 !LW	L	36	Undrafted	Edmonton, Alberta
30	CAN !	Edwards, MarvMarv Edwards	1.0 !G	L	33	Undrafted	St. Catharines, Ontario
8	CAN !	Fonteyne, ValVal Fonteyne	6.0 !LW	L	35	Undrafted	Wetaskiwin, Alberta
15	CAN !	Harris, BillyBilly Harris	4.0 !C	L	33	Undrafted	Toronto, Ontario
23	CAN !	Lagace, Jean-GuyJean-Guy Lagace	2.0 !D	R	24	Undrafted	L'Abord-a-Plouffe, Quebec
17	CAN !	Lecaine, BillBill Lecaine	6.0 !LW	R	29	Undrafted	Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
6	CAN !	McCallum, DuncDunc McCallum	2.0 !D	R	29	Undrafted	Flin Flon, Manitoba
21	CAN !	McCreary, KeithKeith McCreary	7.0 !RW	L	28	Undrafted	Sundridge, Ontario
11	USA !	Pratt, TracyTracy Pratt	2.0 !D	L	26	Undrafted	New York City, New York
4	CAN !	Price, NoelNoel Price	2.0 !D	L	33	Undrafted	Brockville, Ontario
19	CAN !	Pronovost, JosephJoseph Pronovost	7.0 !RW	0	23	Undrafted	Shawinigan Falls, Quebec
2	CAN !	Rupp, DuaneDuane Rupp	2.0 !D	L	31	Undrafted	MacNutt, Saskatchewan
12	CAN !	Schinkel, KenKen Schinkel	7.0 !RW	R	36	Undrafted	Jansen, Saskatchewan
16	CAN !	Snell, RonRon Snell	7.0 !RW	R	20	1968	Regina, Saskatchewan
17	CAN !	Speer, BillBill Speer	2.0 !D	L	27	Undrafted	Lindsay, Ontario
24	CAN !	Swain, GarryGarry Swain	4.0 !C	L	21	1968	Welland, Ontario
10	CAN !	Swarbrick, GeorgeGeorge Swarbrick	7.0 !RW	R	27	Undrafted	Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
5	CAN !	Watson, BryanBryan Watson	2.0 !D	R	26	Undrafted	Bancroft, Ontario
20	CAN !	Woytowich, BobBob Woytowich	2.0 !D	R	27	Undrafted	Winnipeg, Manitoba

Draft picks

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	4	Garry Swain	Center	Canada	Niagara Falls Flyers (OHA)
2	14	Ron Snell	Right Wing	Canada	Regina Pats (WCHL)
3	21	Dave Simpson	Defense	Canada

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