The WBS Pens have gone to the Calder Cup Final three times in their twelve-year existence, most recently in 2008 by way of beating the Portland Pirates in a seven-game series in the Eastern Conference finals ; the Penguins took game seven by a score of 3-2 after being down in the series three games to two.

Penguins on the dimly lit Antarctic ice ; ... a family of gorillas, the male beating his chest, ... an American grizzly bear standing on his hind legs, ten or twelve feet tall, and staring me right in the eye.

The Penguins were an American doo-wop group of the 1950s and early 1960s, best remembered for their only Top 40 hit, " Earth Angel ( Will You Be Mine )", which was one of the first rhythm and blues hits to cross over to the pop charts.

In the midst of the lockout, the Penguins dispersed between the club's American Hockey League affiliate Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins and European leagues.

Professional ice hockey arrived in 1999 when the Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins of the American Hockey League began play at the Mohegan Sun Arena ( formerly Wachovia Arena ) in Wilkes-Barre Township.

Mario Lemieux, OC, CQ (; ; born October 5, 1965 ) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and co-owner of the National Hockey League's ( NHL ) Pittsburgh Penguins and the American Hockey League's ( AHL ) Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins.

The Seal and Penguin Coasts, is a major attraction at the zoo, opened in 1999, it allows South American Fur Seals and African Penguins to be watched both above and below the water.

He played for the Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins, an affiliate team of the Pittsburgh Penguins, in the American Hockey League during the 2004 – 05 NHL lockout.

William Robert Guerin ( born November 9, 1970 ) is an American retired professional ice hockey player and current player development coach for the Pittsburgh Penguins.

The American sicophysiologist Gerry Kooyman revolutionized the study of penguin foraging behaviour in 1971 when he published his results from attaching automatic dive-recording devices to Emperor Penguins, and recording a dive of by a King Penguin in 1982.

* The Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins, an American Hockey League ( AHL ) team

Fleury finished the QMJHL season with Cape Breton in a first round elimination and was subsequently assigned to Pittsburgh's American Hockey League ( AHL ) affiliate, the Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins and appeared in 2 post-season games.

John Clark LeClair ( born July 5, 1969 ) is an American former professional ice hockey left winger who played 16 seasons in the National Hockey League ( NHL ) for the Montreal Canadiens, Philadelphia Flyers, and Pittsburgh Penguins.

Edward Walter " Eddie " Olczyk (; born August 16, 1966 ) is an American former head coach for the National Hockey League Pittsburgh Penguins and former center for Toronto Maple Leafs, Winnipeg Jets, New York Rangers, Los Angeles Kings, Chicago Blackhawks and Pittsburgh Penguins.

In 1995 – 96, Pittsburgh sent Berehowsky to the Cleveland Lumberjacks, their American Hockey League affiliate for most of the season, as he would only appear in one game with the Penguins.

Wildlife on the island includes Gentoo Penguins, South American Gray Foxes ( introduced, not to be confused with the Falkland Islands Wolf ), Peregrine Falcons, Southern and Striated Caracaras, Guanacos, fur seals, and many seabirds.

Wildlife includes fur seals, Southern Elephant Seals, South American Sea Lions, Slender-billed Prions, Rockhopper, Gentoo and Magellanic Penguins, Dolphin Gulls, Black-browed Albatrosses, Falkland Skuas, Imperial Shags, Striated Caracaras, Upland Geese and Long-tailed Meadowlarks.

Undrafted, Brookbank has previously played for the Anchorage Aces of the West Coast Hockey League ( WCHL ), the Oklahoma City Blazers of the Central Hockey League ( CHL ), the Orlando Solar Bears of the International Hockey League ( IHL ), the Grand Rapids Griffins, Providence Bruins, Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins, Binghamton Senators, Milwaukee Admirals, Norfolk Admirals and Manitoba Moose of the American Hockey League ( AHL ), and the Nashville Predators, Vancouver Canucks, Boston Bruins and Carolina Hurricanes of the NHL.

The Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins are the American Hockey League affiliate of the NHL's Pittsburgh Penguins.

Thomas Patrick Barrasso ( born March 31, 1965 ) is a retired American professional ice hockey goaltender who played 18 seasons for the Pittsburgh Penguins, Buffalo Sabres, Ottawa Senators, Carolina Hurricanes, Toronto Maple Leafs, and St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League, and the only goaltender to ever play in the NHL directly from high school, without having played major junior, college, or some other form of professional hockey first.

The rivalry between the Philadelphia Flyers and the Pittsburgh Penguins in the National Hockey League is also fiercely contested.

Several pro, minor, college and high school sport teams have named themselves after the species, with the Pittsburgh Penguins team in the National Hockey League and the Youngstown State Penguins being the most recognizable.

The Penguins chose highly touted junior league player Sidney Crosby from the Rimouski Océanic of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, who had been training with Lemieux over the summer.

Its leading career scorers were Ken Gribbons, who played most of his career in the IHL ; Bob McCammon, a lifelong IHLer who went on to be a National Hockey League coach with the Philadelphia Flyers and the Vancouver Canucks ; Bill LeCaine and Larry Gould, who played a handful of NHL games with the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Vancouver Canucks, respectively.

* Jock Callander Hockey Player ( 1978 – 2000 ) for the Pittsburgh Penguins ( NHL ), Cleveland Lumberjacks ( IHL ), and other professional hockey teams.

Lalime played twelve seasons in the National Hockey League ( NHL ) with the Pittsburgh Penguins, Ottawa Senators, St. Louis Blues, Chicago Blackhawks and Buffalo Sabres.

* Gene Carr, NHL Hockey Player drafted by St. Louis Blues ( 1st round, 4th overall of the 1971 NHL Amateur draft ), New York Rangers, L. A. Kings, Pittsburgh Penguins and Atlanta Flames

Craig D. Adams ( born April 26, 1977 ) is a Bruneian-born Canadian professional ice hockey player for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League.

Jersey number 66 was retired by the Pittsburgh Penguins ( National Hockey League ) in honor of Mario Lemieux.

He played in 22 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Toronto Maple Leafs, New York Rangers, Pittsburgh Penguins, and Buffalo Sabres.

He played 431 National Hockey League games with the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Guerin played eighteen seasons in the National Hockey League ( NHL ) winning two Stanley Cup championships with the New Jersey Devils and Pittsburgh Penguins teams.

He played in the National Hockey League ( NHL ) for the Pittsburgh Penguins, Vancouver Canucks and New York Rangers, as well as in the Elitserien with Modo Hockey.

As a result, he was demoted to the Penguins ' International Hockey League ( IHL ) affiliate, the Cleveland Lumberjacks, on several occasions.

Tomáš Vokoun (; born July 2, 1976 ) is a Czech professional ice hockey goaltender who is currently playing for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League ( NHL ).

* The Pittsburgh Penguins, a National Hockey League ( NHL ) team

Andrew James Bathgate ( born August 28, 1932 ) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey centre who played 17 seasons in the National Hockey League for the New York Rangers, Toronto Maple Leafs, Detroit Red Wings and Pittsburgh Penguins.

Marc-André Fleury ( born November 28, 1984 ) is a French Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender playing for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League ( NHL ).

Drafted out of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League ( QMJHL ) first overall by the Penguins in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft, Fleury played major junior for four seasons with the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles, earning both the Mike Bossy Trophy as the league's top prospect and the Telus Cup as the top defensive player in 2003.

Other attractions responsible for recent popularity and favorable attention to the Scranton area include the Snö Mountain ski resort ( formerly Montage Mountain ), the Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins, AHL affiliate of the Pittsburgh Penguins, the Scranton / Wilkes-Barre Yankees ( formerly the Red Barons ), AAA affiliate of the New York Yankees, and their PNC Field, The Houdini Museum and the Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain concert venue.

On April 17 – 18, 2009, the Bridgeport Sound Tigers, the AHL affiliate of the New York Islanders, played two of their home playoff games against the Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins at the Coliseum due to a scheduling conflict at the Sound Tigers ' regular home, the Arena at Harbor Yard.

They are the ECHL affiliate of the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Montreal Canadiens of the NHL and the Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins and the Hamilton Bulldogs of the AHL.

The Pittsburgh Penguins ' top minor league affiliate throughout the 1990s was the Cleveland Lumberjacks of the IHL ( in sharp contrast to the rivalry between the Cleveland Browns and Pittsburgh Steelers in the NFL ).

For this reason, the Penguins wanted their top minor league affiliate in the AHL.

The Penguins ' biggest rivals had been the Philadelphia Phantoms, the AHL affiliate of Pennsylvania's other NHL team, the Philadelphia Flyers.

After that team moved to Glens Falls, New York, the Hershey Bears, also located in Pennsylvania, became the major rivals of the Penguins ( they are currently the AHL affiliate of another developing rival of the Pittsburgh Penguins, the Washington Capitals ).

Having not been claimed by another team, Šatan was assigned to the Penguins ' American Hockey League ( AHL ) affiliate, the Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins.

The Wheeling Nailers, the ECHL affiliate of the Pittsburgh Penguins, announced prior to the Chiefs season finale that they would play 10 of their 36 regular season home games and one preseason game at the Cambria County War Memorial Arena during the 2010-11 ECHL season.