Dunc blows one in Vancouver

The Penguins headed west in late November 1977 to face the Vancouver Canucks, and had everything going their way - until disaster struck with eight seconds left. With the Pens ahead by one, Canucks forward Don Lever sent a hail mary shot toward the Penguins goal, which should have been an easy stop for goalkeeper Dunc Wilson. In his own words, Wilson had drifted too far out of his net and allowed the shot to go in on his short side.

Frustrated Penguins coach Johnny Wilson's view of the clunker was obscured by his players getting to their feet, ready to celebrate a win. In the dressing room afterward, he offered his best Yogi Berra-ism: "I've never seen anything like it in my life...And I didn't even see it."

The colorful Dunc Wilson

He may not have been the greatest goaltender in Penguins history, but he definitely had one of the best names: Dunc Wilson was one of the two main guardians of the Pittsburgh cage during the 1977-78 campaign, often starting a number of games in a row and then riding the bench for an equally long stretch while colleague Dennis Herron took the helm.

In this profile of Dunc from the November 16, 1977 Post-Gazette, we see a veteran goalie resigned to his fate as a journeyman puckstopper "in the twilight of a mediocre career." Definitely one of the most colorful characters to don a Pens uniform.