Stop the Press: Pittsburgh Penguins
Miroslav Satan got numerous glimpses of the Pittsburgh Penguins last season while playing against them in the Atlantic Division, and he knows the skill they possess.
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“Let’s be honest, talented players help a lot,” Shero said.
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.
The Penguins cut their training-camp roster to 42 by reassigning nine players this afternoon.
They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League.
Before the Penguins, Pittsburgh was the home of the early NHL incarnation of the Pirates during the 1920s and the successful Hornets franchise from the 1930s through the 1960s.
Pittsburgh general manager Ray Shero insists his team’s greatest strength is not its envied array of young talent, such as superstar centers Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin, and goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury.
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But the reward for the dismal 83-84 season was the right to draft French Canadian phenomenon Mario Lemieux.
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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, as well as the Flag of Pittsburgh.
Penguins defenseman Mark Eaton has missed most of the last two seasons with injuries.
Scuderi did not speak with the media Friday.
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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.
They’re headed in different directions, and goaltenders Marc-Andre Fleury and Dany Sabourin know it.
With the first overall pick in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft Pittsburgh selected Quebec Major Junior Hockey League superstar Mario Lemieux.
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The club missed the playoffs, but were a mere six points out of 1st place in the close-fought West Division.
The franchise was founded in 1967 as an expansion team during the league’s original expansion from six to twelve teams.
Shero, in his third season at his post, believes the Penguins’ young players have also benefited from assuming leadership of the club.
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The Penguins’ first general manager was Jack Riley.
Three days ago, Dana Tyrell was wrapping up a rookie tournament in Traverse City, Mich., with some of Tampa Bay’s top prospects.
The Pittsburgh Penguins are a professional ice hockey team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Pittsburgh’s current logo; the Penguins logo from the 1972-1992 period, now with a Vegas gold triangle as opposed to yellow.
With the 2004-05 NHL season canceled 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.
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.
