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| 1980 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Steve Penney
Selected in eighth round
No. 166 overall by Montreal Canadiens
Born
February 2,
1961
 | Position:
Goaltender
Height: 6-1 Weight: 190
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Shawinigan (QMJHL)
Birthplace: Ste. Foy, Quebec (Canada)
Hometown:
Ste. Foy, Quebec |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | W-L-T |
GAA | SO |
SV% | | 1978-79 |
Shawinigan | QMJHL |
36 | n/a |
6.62 | 0 |
n/a | | 1979-80 |
Shawinigan | QMJHL |
31 | 9-14-5 |
5.10 | 0 |
n/a |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Worked as a beer delivery man in Ste. Foy, Quebec, during
off-seasons of his junior playing days. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: March 21, 1984 (Montreal at Buffalo)
Numbers: 37 (Montreal); 37 (Winnipeg)
Stanley
Cup: 1986. Playing Status: Retired 1988 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS |
| Years | Teams |
GP |
W-L-T | GAA |
SO | SV% |
| 1984-1988 |
Montreal, Winnipeg | 91 |
35-38-12 | 3.62 |
1 | .859 |
| | CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS |
| Years | Teams |
GP | W-L |
GAA |
SO | SV% |
| 1984-1985 |
Montreal | 27 |
15-12 | 2.69 | 4 |
.890 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
NHL All-Rookie Team: 1984-85 (Montreal)
NHL Playoffs Goals-Against Average Leader: 1984 (Mont.) (2.20)
NHL Playoffs Shutouts Leader: 1984 (Montreal) (3 shutouts)
1985-86: Was member of Montreal team that went on to win Stanley Cup,
but did not have name engraved on Cup since he did not appear in any of team's
playoff games due to injury.
Miscellaneous: Starred for Montreal in 1984 playoffs despite having
played only four regular-season games after being called up as team's third
goaltender. ... Missed part of 1984-85 season with groin injury, suffered
when he was hit by a shot during a Montreal practice in late February 1985.
His replacement on the roster was Patrick Roy, who got his first NHL call-up
in Penney's absence. ... Missed part of 1985-86 season with bruised shoulder,
an injury suffered during Montreal's Dec. 28, 1985, game vs. New Jersey. ...
Missed remainder of 1985-86 season and entire 1986 playoffs with damaged
cartilage in left
knee, an injury suffered during Montreal's March 22, 1986, game at St. Louis. The injury required season-ending
arthroscopic surgery in April 1986. ... Asked Montreal to trade him as early
as January 1986, since Patrick Roy was team's goalie of future,
and organization eventually obliged by sending him to Winnipeg before the
1986-87 season. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Shawinigan (QMJHL); Nova
Scotia (AHL); Flint (IHL); Sherbrooke (AHL); Moncton (AHL)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
1986-87: Played on AHL regular-season champion (Sherbrooke). |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE: Montreal traded Penney and the rights
to Jan Ingman to Winnipeg in exchange for Brian Hayward on August 15, 1986. |
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SNAPSHOT '80 | | Total Selected: |
210 | | Forwards: |
122 | | Defense: |
71 | | Goaltenders: |
17 | | Major Junior: |
138 | | Tier II Junior: |
7 | | College Players: |
42 | | High School: |
8 |
| Canadian: |
159 |
| Euro-Canadian: |
3 | | USA Citizens: |
35 | | U.S.-Born: |
35 |
| European: |
13 |
| Reached NHL: |
132 |
| Won Stanley Cup: |
24 | | Hall of Fame: |
4 |
| All-Star Game: |
17 |
| Year-end All-Star: |
5 |
| Olympians: |
19 |
| Picks Traded: |
25 |
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