The 'Pittsburgh Penguins' are a professional
ice hockey team based in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They are members of the
Atlantic Division of the
Eastern Conference of the
National Hockey League (NHL).
Franchise history
Expansion years: 1967-69
The home of the early
NHL incarnation of the
Pirates during the
1920s and the successful
Hornets American Hockey League franchise from the
1930s through the
1960s,
Pittsburgh was one of six cities awarded an
expansion team when the NHL doubled in size for the start of
1967-68.
After deciding on the "Penguin" nickname (which was inspired by the fact that the team was going to play in an "Igloo", the nickname of the Pittsburgh Civic Center)
[1], a logo was chosen, that had a penguin in front of a triangle, which is thought to be in tribute to the "
Golden Triangle."
[2]
The original Penguins logo (1967-68)
The Penguins' first general manager was
Jack Riley. His team (along with the other expansion teams) was hampered by restrictive rules that kept most major talent with the "
Original Six." Beyond aging sniper
Andy Bathgate and tough defenseman
Leo Boivin, the first Penguins team was manned by a cast of former minor-leaguers. The club missed the playoffs, but were a mere six points out of 1st place in the close-fought West Division.
Though Bathgate led the team in scoring, both he and Boivin were soon gone. Former player
George Sullivan was the head coach for the club's first two seasons, until being replaced by
Hockey Hall of Famer
Leo Kelly. Despite a handful of decent players such as
Ken Schinkel,
Keith McCreary, agitator
Bryan Watson, and goaltender
Les Binkley, talent was thin. The Penguins' missed the playoffs in five of their first seven seasons.
1970s
Logo used (1968-72)
Tragedy struck the Penguins in
1970 when promising
rookie center
Michel Briere, who finished third in scoring on the team, was injured in a car crash. After spending a year in the hospital, he died. Pittsburgh managed a playoff berth in
1972 but not much beyond that. With the Penguins battling the
California Golden Seals near the division cellar in
1973-74, Jack Riley was fired as general manager and replaced with
Jack Button. Button traded for
Steve Durbano, Ab Demarco Jr.,
Bob "Battleship" Kelly, and
Bob Paradise. The personnel moves proved successful, as the team's play improved. The Penguins just barely missed the playoffs in 1974.
Beginning in the mid-Seventies, Pittsburgh iced some powerful offensive clubs, led by the likes of the "
Century Line" of forwards
Syl Apps, Jr.,
Lowell MacDonald, and
Jean Pronovost. They came tantalizingly close to reaching the Stanley Cup semifinals in
1975, but were ousted from the playoffs by the
New York Islanders in one of only three best-of-seven game series in professional sports history where a team came back from being down three games to none. As the 70s wore on, they brought in other offensive weapons such as
Rick Kehoe,
Pierre Larouche, and
Ron Schock, along with a couple solid blue-liners such as
Ron Stackhouse and
Dave Burrows. But the Pens' success beyond the regular season was always neutralized by mediocre team defense and poor goaltending.
In 1975, the Penguins' creditors demanded payment of back debts. Through the intervention of a group that included
Wren Blair, the team was prevented from folding. A decline started when
Baz Bastien became general manager. The Penguins missed the playoffs in
1977-78 when their offense lagged, and Larouche was traded for
Pete Mahovlich and
Peter Lee. Bastien traded prime draft choices for several players whose best years were already behind them, such as
Orest Kindrachuk,
Tom Bladon, and
Rick MacLeish, and the team would suffer in the early
1980s as a result.
1980s
Logo used (1972-92)
The Penguins began the decade by changing their team colors. In January 1980, the team went from blue & white to their present-day black & gold to honor Pittsburgh's other sports teams, the
Pirates and the
Steelers. even though the change was made in the middle of the season. Both the Pirates and Steelers had worn black and gold for decades, and both were fresh off world championship seasons at that time. The
Boston Bruins protested this color change, claiming a monopoly on black and gold. The Penguins defended their choice stating that an early hockey club in Pittsburgh also used black and gold as their team colors. The NHL agreed, and Pittsburgh was allowed to use black and gold, a color scheme since adopted as well by the
Anaheim Ducks when that team changed their uniforms in 2006.
On the ice, the Penguins began the 1980s with defenseman
Randy Carlyle, and prolific scorers
Paul Gardner and
Mike Bullard, but little else.
During the
1982 playoffs, the Penguins held a 3-1 lead late in the fifth and final game of their playoff series against the reigning champions, the
New York Islanders. However, the Islanders rallied to force overtime and won the series on a goal by
John Tonelli. It would be the Pens' final playoff appearance until
1989.
The team had the league's worst record in both the
1983 and
1984 seasons, and with the team suffering financial problems, it again looked as though the Penguins would fold. But the reward for the dismal 83-84 season was the right to draft French Canadian phenomenon
Mario Lemieux. Other teams offered substantial trade packages for the draft choice, but the Penguins kept the pick.
The Mario Lemieux era: 1984-2004
Mario Lemieux played for the Penguins from 1984-94, 1995-97, 2000-06
With the first overall pick in the
1984 NHL Entry Draft Pittsburgh selected
Quebec Major Junior Hockey League superstar
Mario Lemieux. He paid dividends right away, scoring on the first shot of his first shift in his first NHL game. Some criticized Lemieux for neglecting his defensive responsibilities, but Pittsburgh was looking for offense.
Pittsburgh spent four more years out of the playoffs. In the late 80s, the Penguins finally gave Lemieux a strong supporting cast, trading for superstar defenseman
Paul Coffey from the
Edmonton Oilers (after the Oilers'
1987 Stanley Cup win), and bringing in young talent such as scorers
Kevin Stevens,
Rob Brown, and
John Cullen from the minors. And they finally acquired a top-flight goaltender with the acquisition of
Tom Barrasso from the
Buffalo Sabres. The Pens made the playoffs, but lost in the second round to their trans-
Pennsylvania rivals, the
Philadelphia Flyers. Though amassing 123 points, Lemieux missed 21 games in
1989-90 due to a herniated disk in his back, and the Pens slipped out of the playoff picture.
Logo used (1992-2001)
But in
1990-91, the Penguins reached the top of the standings. They drafted
Czech right-winger
Jaromir Jagr in the
1990 NHL Entry Draft, the first player from his country to attend an NHL draft without having to defect, and then paired with
Mario Lemieux as one of the league's biggest one-two scoring threat throughout the
1990s.
Mark Recchi arrived from the minors, and
Bryan Trottier signed as a free agent.
Joe Mullen in a minor trade all set up these major trades that brought
Larry Murphy,
Ron Francis, and
Ulf Samuelsson to Pittsburgh. The Penguins finally became the league's best team, defeating the currently defunct
Minnesota North Stars in the
Stanley Cup finals in six games. The following season, the team lost coach
Bob Johnson to
cancer, and
Scotty Bowman took over as coach. Under the legendary Bowman, they swept the
Chicago Blackhawks to repeat as Stanley Cup Champions.
Cancer nearly dealt the Penguins a double whammy in 1993. Not only were they reeling from Johnson's death, but Lemieux was diagnosed with
Hodgkin's disease. Only two months after the diagnosis, his comeback was one of the league's great "feel-good" stories of all time, missing 24 out of 84 games, but winning his fourth
Art Ross Trophy as scoring champion with 160 points scored, edging out
Pat LaFontaine and
Adam Oates for the award. Despite the off-ice difficulties, Pittsburgh finished with a 56-21-7 record, winning the franchise's first (and still only)
Presidents' Trophy as the team with the most points in the
regular season; the 119 points earned that year is still a franchise record. After Lemieux's return, the team played better than it ever had before, winning an NHL-record 17 consecutive games before tying the
New Jersey Devils in the final game of the season. Despite all of this success, they were still eliminated in the second round by the
New York Islanders in overtime of Game 7.
The first Penguins Stanley Cup banner.
The Penguins continued to be a formidable team throughout the
1990s. The stars of the Stanley Cup years were followed by the likes of forwards
Alexei Kovalev,
Martin Straka,
Aleksey Morozov,
Robert Lang, and
Petr Nedved, and defensemen
Sergei Zubov,
Darius Kasparaitis, and
Kevin Hatcher,. Lemieux retired in 1997 and formally passed the torch to Jagr as the league's leading scorer. Because of his legendary status, the
Hockey Hall of Fame waived its three-year waiting period and inducted him as an Honored Member in the same year he retired. When Gretzky retired two years later, everyone amongst the list of NHL superstars who was expecting a full-steam-ahead Hall of Fame berth was disappointed.
Despite a strong on-ice product, the Penguins were in the midst of a battle for their survival. Their free-spending ways earlier in the decade came with a price — owners Howard Baldwin and Morris Belzberg had asked the players to defer their salaries. When they finally came due, combined with other financial pressures, the Penguins were forced to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in
November 1998--the second such filing in franchise history. Just when it appeared that the Pens were about to either move or fold, Lemieux put together an ownership group. He had become one of the team's principal creditors due to years of deferred salary, and was able to convert the money the Penguins owed him into equity with the court's blessing. Just as he saved the franchise in 1984, he did it again.
He later shocked the hockey world by deciding to come back. He returned to the ice on
December 27,
2000, becoming the first player-owner in NHL history. Lemieux helped lead the Penguins deep into the
2001 playoffs, highlighted by an overtime victory against the
Buffalo Sabres in Game 7 of the second round. Kasparaitis scored the series-clinching goal to advance the Penguins to the Eastern Conference Finals, where they lost in 5 games to the
New Jersey Devils.
Still, the Penguins needed to cut costs. They dealt Jagr and
Frantisek Kucera to the
Washington Capitals for prospects
Kris Beech,
Michal Sivek, and
Ross Lupaschuk, and $4.9 million in the summer of 2001. The absence of Jagr proved devastating to the Penguins, and in
2002 they missed the playoffs for the first time in 12 years. Further financial difficulties saw them trade fan favorite Kovalev to the
New York Rangers the next season, quickly followed by the departure of Lang in free agency. Unfortunately for the franchise, none of the prospects acquired for the stars' salary dumps materialized into NHL stars. Thus, the Penguins spent the next several seasons in the NHL's
basement.
2003 was expected to be a rebuilding year for the Penguins, with first overall pick
Marc-Andre Fleury in the
2003 NHL Entry Draft and new head coach (and former Penguin and commentator)
Eddie Olczyk. Cost restrictions made the signing of Fleury rather tense, but he later showed his resolve with excellent goaltending for a last-place club. Lemieux suffered a hip injury early in the season, and he sat out the rest of the season to recover. The Pens then traded Straka away to the
Los Angeles Kings and sent Fleury back to his junior team due to further money problems. The Penguins finished with the worst NHL record, but lost the lottery for the
2004 NHL Entry Draft to the
Washington Capitals.
The Penguins have suffered small-market syndrome for most of their existence, and cost-cutting prevented another collapse into insolvency. Financially, the team was one of the better-managed NHL franchises between its 1998 bankruptcy and the
2004-05 NHL lockout. Thanks to significant post-season runs, the Penguins broke even in 2000 and turned a small profit in 2001. Failure to make the playoffs in the next three seasons hurt the team's bottom line, but the shedding of contracts kept the team afloat as other franchises, like the
Ottawa Senators, faced significant losses or declared bankruptcy.
Lockout season: 2004-05
With the
2004-05 NHL season cancelled due to the NHL lockout, several Penguins signed with the club's
American Hockey League affiliate
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, while experienced players like
Aleksey Morozov and
Milan Kraft honed their talents in the elite European leagues.
The Sidney Crosby era: 2005-present
Sidney Crosby with the Penguins.
The Penguins won an unprecedented draft lottery in the summer of 2005, in which all thirty teams had weighted chances to win the first overall pick of the
2005 NHL Entry Draft. The Penguins chose junior league superstar
Sidney Crosby from the
Rimouski Oceanic of the
Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. With a new Collective Bargaining Agreement signed by the owners and players to end the
2004-05 NHL lockout, the Penguins began rebuilding the team under a salary cap. They signed big-name free agents
Sergei Gonchar,
John LeClair, and
Zigmund Palffy, and traded for goaltender
Jocelyn Thibault. However, they were unable to resign key clutch forward
Aleksey Morozov, as he was still under contract with his Russian club
Ak-Bars Kazan.
The team began the season with a long winless skid that resulted in a coaching change from Olczyk to
Michel Therrien. Palffy announced his retirement due to a lingering shoulder injury while the team's second-leading scorer. Then on
January 24,
2006, Lemieux announced his second retirement, this time for good, after developing an
irregular heart beat. He finished as the NHL's seventh all-time scorer (1,723), eighth in goals (690) and tenth in assists (1,033).
[3][4][5]
It was now, for all intents and purposes, Crosby's team, and on
April 17, Crosby became the youngest rookie in history to score 100 points. And on the Penguins' final game of the season, Crosby scored a goal and an assist to break Lemieux's record and became the top scoring rookie in team history with 102 points, despite losing the rookie scoring race to
Alexander Ovechkin. Despite a decent finish, the Penguins posted the worst record of the Eastern Conference and the highest goals-against in the league.
The team announced on
April 20 that the contract for General Manager
Craig Patrick would not be renewed. Patrick had been GM since December 1989, and the Penguins won five division titles and back-to-back
Stanley Cups during his tenure. On
May 25,
Ray Shero signed a five-year contract as General Manager.
Pittsburgh's alternate logo; the Penguins logo from 1992-2001 period, now with a vegas gold triangle as opposed to yellow.
On
October 18,
2006, young
Russian superstar
Evgeni Malkin scored a goal in his first NHL game, and went on to set the modern NHL record with a goal in each of his first six games. Also contributing early to the 2006-07 season was
Jordan Staal, the third of four Staal brothers in hockey, who was the Penguins' first pick (second overall) in the
2006 NHL Entry Draft. On February 27, 2007, the Penguins acquired
Gary Roberts from Florida and
Georges Laraque from Phoenix.
Pittsburgh's standard logo; the Penguins logo from the 1972-1992 period, now with a vegas gold triangle as opposed to yellow.
The Penguins earned points in sixteen straight games of 14 wins and only 2 overtime losses in early 2007. The streak ended on
February 19 with a last-minute loss to the
New York Islanders. It was the second longest point streak in club history.
[1]
The Penguins finished the 2006-07 season in fifth place in the Eastern Conference with a record of 47-24-11, totaling 105 points, only two points behind the division winner,
New Jersey Devils.
Sidney Crosby won the
Art Ross Trophy as the NHL's top scorer with 120 points, amassing 36 goals and 86 assists, beating
San Jose Sharks'
Joe Thornton by six points (Crosby's victory in the scoring race marked the twelfth time in the past nineteen seasons that a Penguin has won the Art Ross Trophy). In the first round of the
2007 Stanley Cup Playoffs, the Penguins were defeated four games to one, by the eventual Stanley Cup finalists, the
Ottawa Senators.
Shortly after the conclusion of the Penguins' season, the team voted that
Sidney Crosby to be the team's captain. This honour made him the youngest full team captain in NHL history at only 19 years old (In January 1984,
Brian Bellows of the
Minnesota North Stars was made captain at 5 months younger then Crosby, but he only served the latter half of the
1983-84 season replacing injured captain
Craig Hartsburg). He had been offered the position during the course of the season, but Crosby deferred stating that he did not want to mess with the chemistry of the team while they were in the playoff hunt.
Possible relocation
The Penguins have had their tradition and success on the ice tempered with a shaky ownership group from time to time. As early as the mid 1970s the ownership group experienced cash flow issues and sought to sell the team, even if it meant relocation. In the mid 1980s, only a decade later, a similar financial situation faced the team. As recently as the 2006 and 2007 seasons the franchise ownership sought alternatives that would provide a return on their investment. Various prospective owners sought to buy the team, before the Lemieux group chose instead to keep ownership but move the team to the highest bidder. As in the mid 70s and 80s, the fanbase and local government officials were successful in persuading the ownership that Pittsburgh and its region were capable of meeting the needs of a modern NHL team.
New arena agreement
On March 13th, 2007, in a joint announcement by
Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell,
Allegheny County Executive Dan Onorato,
Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl, and
Mario Lemieux of the Pittsburgh Penguins ownership group, it was made public that an agreement had been reached between the parties. A new state-of-the-art
multi-purpose arena will be built. This agreement will keep the Penguins in Pittsburgh for another thirty years. Following the announcement of this plan, the Lemieux ownership group announced that they no longer have plans to sell the team.
On June 8th, 2007, a $325 million bond was issued and the Penguins signed a 30-year lease, binding the Penguins to the city of Pittsburgh for the next 30 years.
The new
$290 million dollar arena is expected to open in time for the
2010-11 NHL season.
[2]
Season-by-season record
''This is a partial list of the last five seasons completed by the Penguins. For the full season-by-season history, see
Pittsburgh Penguins seasons''
'''Note:' GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes''
Records as of March 7th, 2007.[6][7]
| Season | GP | W | L | T3 | OTL | Pts | GF | GA | PIM | Finish | Playoffs |
| 2001-02 | 82 | 28 | 41 | 8 | 5 | 69 | 198 | 249 | 1248 | 5th, Atlantic | Did not qualify |
| 2002-03 | 82 | 27 | 44 | 6 | 5 | 65 | 189 | 255 | 1125 | 5th, Atlantic | Did not qualify |
| 2003-04 | 82 | 23 | 47 | 8 | 4 | 58 | 190 | 303 | 1270 | 5th, Atlantic | Did not qualify |
| 2004-05 | ''Season cancelled due to 2004-05 NHL Lockout'' |
| 2005-06 | 82 | 22 | 46 | — | 14 | 58 | 244 | 316 | 1539 | 5th, Atlantic | Did not qualify |
| 2006-07 | 82 | 47 | 24 | — | 11 | 105 | 277 | 246 | | 2nd, Atlantic | Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 1-4 (Senators) |
:
1 As of the 2005-06 NHL season, all games will have a winner; the OTL column includes SOL (Shootout losses).
Notable players
Current roster
As of August 28, 2007. [3]
| Forwards |
|---|
| # | | 'Player' | Position | Shoots | Acquired | Place of Birth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| '8' | | Mark Recchi – 'A' | RW | L | 2006 | Kamloops, British Columbia |
| '10' | | Gary Roberts | LW | L | 2007 | North York, Ontario |
| '11' | | Jordan Staal | C | L | 2006 | Thunder Bay, Ontario |
| '12' | | Ryan Malone | LW | L | 1999 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| '16' | | Erik Christensen | C | L | 2002 | Edmonton, Alberta |
| '17' | | Petr Sykora | C | L | 2007 | Plzen, Czechoslovakia |
| '20' | | Colby Armstrong | RW | R | 2001 | Lloydminster, Saskatchewan |
| '25' | | Maxime Talbot | C | L | 2002 | LeMoyne, Quebec |
| '27' | | Georges Laraque | RW | R | 2007 | Montreal, Quebec |
| '37' | | Jarkko Ruutu | LW | L | 2006 | Helsinki, Finland |
| '46' | | Ryan Stone | C | L | 2003 | Calgary, Alberta |
| '71' | | Evgeni Malkin | LW | L | 2004 | Magnitogorsk, U.S.S.R. |
| '87' | | Sidney Crosby – ''C'' | C | L | 2005 | Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia |
Hall of Famers
;Players
★
Andy Bathgate, RW, 1967-71, inducted 1978
★
Leo Boivin, D, 1967-69, inducted 1986
★
Paul Coffey, D, 1987-92, inducted 2004
★
Ron Francis, C, 1990-98, to be inducted 2007
★
Tim Horton, D , 1971-72, inducted 1977
★
Mario Lemieux, C, 1984-94, 1995-97 & 2000-06, inducted 1997
★
Joe Mullen, RW, 1990-95 & 1996-97, inducted 2000
★
Larry Murphy, D, 1990-95, inducted 2004
★
Bryan Trottier, C, 1990-1992, 1993-94, inducted 1997
;Builders
★
Scotty Bowman, Director of Player Development & Head Coach, 1990-1993, inducted 1991
★
Bob Johnson, Head Coach, 1990-1991, inducted 1992
★
Craig Patrick, GM & Head Coach, 1989-2006, inducted 2001
★
Herb Brooks, Head Coach, 1999-2000, inducted 2006
;Other
★ Media -
Mike Lange,
Foster Hewitt Memorial Award
Team captains
★
Ab McDonald, 1967-68
★ No captain, 1968-73
★
Ron Schock, 1973-77
★
Jean Pronovost, 1977-78
★
Orest Kindrachuk, 1978-81
★
Randy Carlyle, 1981-84
★
Mike Bullard, 1984-86
★
Terry Ruskowski, 1986-87
★
Dan Frawley, 1987
★
Mario Lemieux, 1987-94
★ No captain, 1994-95
★
Ron Francis, 1995
★ Mario Lemieux, 1995-97
★ Ron Francis, 1997-98
★
Jaromir Jagr, 1998-01
★ Mario Lemieux, 2001-06
★ No captain, 2006-07
★
Sidney Crosby, 2007-''present''
Retired numbers
★ '21'
Michel Briere, C, 1969-70, taken out of circulation following his death (1971) but not officially retired until
January 5,
2001
★ '66'
Mario Lemieux, C, 1984-94, 1995-97 & 2000-06, number retired
November 19,
1997; his jersey number was lowered from Mellon Arena rafters and "unretired" when he began his comeback on
December 27,
2000; number re-retired
October 5,
2006
★ '99'
Wayne Gretzky's number was retired league wide, by the NHL,
February 6 2000
First Round Draft Picks
★
1967:
Steve Rexe (2nd overall)
★
1968:
Gary Swain (4th overall)
★
1969: None
★
1970:
Greg Polis (7th overall)
★
1971: None
★
1972: None
★
1973:
Blaine Stoughton (7th overall)
★
1974:
Pierre Larouche (8th overall)
★
1975:
Gordon Laxton (15th overall)
★
1976:
Blair Chapman (2nd overall)
★
1977: None
★
1978: None
★
1979: None
★
1980:
Mike Bullard (9th overall)
★
1981: None
★
1982:
Rich Sutter (10th overall)
★
1983:
Bob Errey (15th overall)
★
1984:
Mario Lemieux (1st overall),
Doug Bodger (9th overall), &
Roger Belanger (16th overall)
★
1985:
Craig Simpson (2nd overall)
★
1986:
Zarley Zalapski (4th overall)
★
1987:
Chris Joseph (5th overall)
★
1988:
Darrin Shannon (4th overall)
★
1989:
Jamie Heward (16th overall)
★
1990:
Jaromir Jagr (5th overall)
★
1991:
Markus Naslund (16th overall)
★
1992:
Martin Straka (16th overall)
★
1993:
Stefan Bergkvist (26th overall)
★
1994:
Chris Wells (24th overall)
★
1995:
Aleksey Morozov (24th overall)
★
1996:
Craig Hillier (23rd overall)
★
1997:
Robert Dome (17th overall)
★
1998:
Milan Kraft (23rd overall)
★
1999:
Konstantin Koltsov (18th overall)
★
2000:
Brooks Orpik (18th overall)
★
2001:
Colby Armstrong (21st overall)
★
2002:
Ryan Whitney (5th overall)
★
2003:
Marc-Andre Fleury (1st overall)
★
2004:
Evgeni Malkin (2nd overall)
★
2005:
Sidney Crosby (1st overall)
★
2006:
Jordan Staal (2nd overall)
★
2007:
Angelo Esposito (20th overall)
Franchise scoring leaders
These are the top-ten point-scorers in franchise history. Figures are updated after each completed NHL regular season.
'''Note:' Pos = Position; GP = Games Played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game;
★ = current Penguins player''
NHL awards and trophies
'
Stanley Cup'
★
1990-91,
1991-92
'
Presidents' Trophy'
★
1992-93
'
Prince of Wales Trophy'
★
1990-91,
1991-92
'
Art Ross Trophy'
★
Mario Lemieux:
1987-88,
1988-89,
1991-92,
1992-93,
1995-96,
1996-97
★
Jaromir Jagr:
1994-95,
1997-98,
1998-99,
1999-00,
2000-01
★
Sidney Crosby:
2006-07
'
Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy'
★
Lowell MacDonald:
1972-73
★
Mario Lemieux:
1992-93
'
Calder Memorial Trophy'
★
Mario Lemieux:
1984-85
★
Evgeni Malkin:
2006-07
'
Conn Smythe Trophy'
★
Mario Lemieux:
1990-91,
1991-92
'
Frank J. Selke Trophy'
★
Ron Francis:
1994-95
'
Hart Memorial Trophy'
★
Mario Lemieux:
1987-88,
1992-93,
1995-96
★
Jaromir Jagr:
1998-99
★
Sidney Crosby:
2006-07
'
James Norris Memorial Trophy'
★
Randy Carlyle:
1980-81
'
Lady Byng Memorial Trophy'
★
Rick Kehoe:
1980-81
★
Ron Francis:
1994-95,
1997-98
'
Lester B. Pearson Award'
★
Mario Lemieux:
1985-86,
1987-88,
1992-93,
1995-96
★
Jaromir Jagr:
1998-99,
1999-00
★
Sidney Crosby:
2006-07
'
Lester Patrick Trophy'
★
Jack Riley:
1985-86
★
Joe Mullen:
1994-95
★
Mario Lemieux:
1999-00
★
Craig Patrick:
1999-00
★
Herb Brooks:
2001-02
'
NHL Plus/Minus Award'
★
Mario Lemieux:
1992-93
★
Ron Francis:
1994-95
'
NHL All-Rookie Team'
★
1985:
Mario Lemieux,
Warren Young
★
1989:
Zarley Zalapski
★
1991:
Jaromir Jagr
★
1997:
Patrick Lalime
★
2003:
Sebastien Caron
★
2004:
Ryan Malone
★
2006:
Sidney Crosby
★
2007:
Evgeni Malkin,
Jordan Staal
'First Team All-Star'
★
1981:
Randy Carlyle
★
1988:
Mario Lemieux
★
1989:
Paul Coffey,
Mario Lemieux
★
1992:
Kevin Stevens
★
1993:
Mario Lemieux
★
1995:
Jaromir Jagr
★
1996:
Jaromir Jagr,
Mario Lemieux
★
1997:
Mario Lemieux
★
1998:
Jaromir Jagr
★
1999:
Jaromir Jagr
★
2000:
Jaromir Jagr
★
2001:
Jaromir Jagr
★
2007:
Sidney Crosby
'Second Team All-Star'
★
1986:
Mario Lemieux
★
1987:
Mario Lemieux
★
1990:
Paul Coffey
★
1991:
Kevin Stevens
★
1992:
Mario Lemieux
★
1993:
Tom Barrasso,
Larry Murphy,
Kevin Stevens
★
1995:
Larry Murphy
★
1997:
Jaromir Jagr
★
2001:
Mario Lemieux
Franchise individual records
'Season'
★ Most Goals in a season:
Mario Lemieux, 85 (1988-89)
★ Most Assists in a season:
Mario Lemieux, 114 (1988-89)
★ Most Points in a season:
Mario Lemieux, 199 (1988-89)
★ Most Penalty Minutes in a season:
Paul Baxter, 409 (1981-82)
★ Most Points in a season, defenseman:
Paul Coffey, 113 (1988-89)
★ Most Points in a season, rookie:
Sidney Crosby, 102 (2005-06)
★ Most Wins in a season:
Tom Barrasso, 43 (1992-93)
'Playoffs'
★ Most Wins in a playoff season:
Tom Barrasso, 16 (1991-92)
★ Lowest goals against average in a playoff season:
Ron Tugnutt, 1.77 (1999-00)
★ Highest save percentage in a playoff season:
Ron Tugnutt, .945% (1999-00)
★ Most shutouts in a playoff season: Tied
Tom Barrasso,
Johan Hedberg, and
Ron Tugnutt, 3
Media
Broadcasters
;Television
★
Paul Steigerwald, Play-by-play
★
Bob Errey, Color-commentator
;Radio
★
Mike Lange, Play-by-play
★
Phil Bourque, Color-commentator
★
Bob Grove, Pre & Postgame host
References
1. http://www.letsgopens.com/pensname.php
2. http://www.pittsburghpenguins.com/history/history.php
3. http://www.pittsburghpenguins.com/team/press/arts/1621.0.php
4. http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=2304087
5. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/hockey/nhl/penguins/2006-01-24-lemieux-retire_x.htm
6. Hockeydb.com, Pittsburgh Penguins season statistics and records.
7. ESPN.com, ESPN.com - NHL - NHL Standings
See also
★
1967 NHL Expansion
★
List of NHL players
★
List of NHL seasons
★
List of Stanley Cup champions
External links
★
Official website of the Pittsburgh Penguins
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