List of Pittsburgh Penguins general managers

The Pittsburgh Penguins are a franchise in the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). The team was founded as part of the league's expansion prior to the 1967–68 season. The franchise has had 11 general managers in its history, with Jack Riley serving two terms. Eight games in March and April 1983 went without a general manager due to Aldege "Baz" Bastien's death in a car crash, while the team had no interim named for a month and a half during the summer of 2023.

Key

# Number of general managers[1]
W Wins
L Loses
T Ties
W – L % Win – Loss percentage
* Elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame
* Spent entire NHL career as Penguins General Manager
† Interim

General Managers

# Name Tenure Games Record (W–L–T / OTL)[2] Points Win percentage
1 Jack Riley June 6, 1967–May 1, 1970 226 73–117–36 182 .403
2 Red Kelly May 1, 1970–January 29, 1972 126 33–64–29 95 .377
— Jack Riley January 29, 1972–January 13, 1974 149 57–73–19 133 .446
3 Jack Button January 13, 1974–July 1, 1975 117 54–44–19 127 .543
4 Wren Blair July 1, 1975–December 3, 1976 105 44–44–17 105 .500
5 Baz Bastien December 3, 1976–March 15, 1983 527 193–248–86 472 .447
— — March 16, 1983–April 3, 1983 8 2–5–1 5 .313
6 Eddie Johnston May 27, 1983–April 14, 1988 400 140–220–40 320 .400
7 Tony Esposito April 14, 1988–December 5, 1989 106 50–47–9 109 .514
8 Craig Patrick December 5, 1989–May 20, 2006 1250 575–511–127–37 1314 .526
9 Ray Shero May 20, 2006–May 16, 2014 653 388–216–49 723 .594
— Jason Botterill† May 16, 2014–June 6, 2014 — — — —
10 Jim Rutherford June 6, 2014–January 27, 2021 476 271-156-49 513 .569
— Patrik Allvin† January 27, 2021–February 9, 2021 4 1-3-0 2 —
11 Ron Hextall February 9, 2021– April 14, 2023 219 123-71-25 271 .561
— — April 14, 2023–June 1, 2023 — — — —
12 Kyle Dubas June 1, 2023–present[3]

References

  • "General Managers". General Managers & Coaches. PittsburghPenguins.com. Archived from the original on 2009-06-08. Retrieved 2008-10-09.
  • "Pittsburgh Penguins 2008–09 Media Guide" (PDF). Page 221. Pittsburgh Penguins. Retrieved 2008-10-09. [dead link‍]

Notes

  1. ^ A running total of the number of general managers of the Penguins. Thus anyone who has two separate terms as general manager is only counted once.
  2. ^ Per the 2004–05 NHL lockout no games result in a tie, instead teams receive one point for a loss in overtime. Craig Patrick served before and after the rule change, and his record is presented as W–L–T–OTL.
  3. ^ Dubas was initially named President of Hockey Operations and interim general manager on June 1, 2023, later being additionally promoted to permanent general manager on August 3, 2023.