Wregget was generally backup to Penguins goaltender Tom Barrasso, although Wregget was regarded as a solid goaltender in his own right.

Little Penguins only remain faithful to their partner in breeding seasons and whilst hatching eggs.

Most penguins lay two eggs in a clutch, although the two largest species, the Emperor and the King Penguins, lay only one.

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.

Dootone Records released The Penguins ' single " Hey Senorita " in late 1954 as the intended A-side, but a radio DJ flipped the record over to the B-side: " Earth Angel " worked its way up to # 1 on the Billboard charts ( the only Penguins song ever to fly that high ), and held that place for three weeks early in 1955.

The Penguins were still, despite losing ten of their last twelve games, only two games away from losing Lemieux to the Devils.

In 2000 the Penguins stunned the highly touted Washington Capitals 4 – 1 in the first round only to fall to the Philadelphia Flyers 4 – 2 in the second round.

However, they were swept four games to none by the Mario Lemieux-led defending Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins ( who, in sweeping the Blackhawks, tied the record Chicago had set only days before ).

In the following season, the Minnesota North Stars made it to the Stanley Cup Finals, only to lose to the Pittsburgh Penguins.

* December 31 – in a game between the Pittsburgh Penguins and New Jersey Devils, Mario Lemieux scores five goals and becomes the only player in NHL history to score a goal in all five possible game situations in the same game: even-strength, power play, shorthanded, penalty shot, and empty net.

In the second round against Pittsburgh, Brodeur gave up only eight goals and helped the Devils defeat the Penguins in five games.

The first third jersey in the NHL was a gold Pittsburgh Penguins home jersey used in the 1981-82 and 1982-83 seasons, then as the only home jersey in the 1983-84 season.

On February 1, 1970, in only his fourth start of the season, he recorded his 103rd and final shutout of his career by blanking the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Egg-size dimorphism is particularly large in Snares Penguins, and the larger egg hatching first only accentuates the sibling size difference.

Of these the most common on the Antarctic Peninsula are the chinstrap and gentoo, with the only breeding colony of Emperor Penguins in West Antarctica an isolated population on the Dion Islands, in Marguerite Bay on the west coast of the peninsula.

In the winter, only Emperor Penguins are staying to reproduce.

After struggling early in the 2006 – 07 season, LeClair was released by the Penguins on December 14, 2006 after only 21 games.

While only putting up 46 points in 63 games with the Penguins, he managed a strong effort with 12 points in 10 postseason games.

But the offense inexplicably stalled and the Sens scored only 5 goals in the remaining 4 games as the Penguins answered back with the next 4 wins, crushing the hopes of bringing the Calder Cup to Binghamton for the first time.

Berehowsky would finish the season as the odd man out on the Penguins defense, as he appeared in only four games with the team, and in only one playoff game.

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.

Royal Penguins breed only on Macquarie Island and, like other penguins, spend much of their time at sea, where they are assumed to be pelagic.

The 2008 Finals marked the only occasion that the Stanley Cup was presented on Mellon Arena ice, after the Penguins were defeated by the Detroit Red Wings in six games.

Adult Macaroni Penguins typically begin to breed late in October, and lay their eggs in early November.

Less than one hour from the centre of the city, it is possible to see Little Penguins in all months, including visiting sensitive areas where they remain on land for extended periods for the purposes of moulting.

Penguins have an average sense of hearing for birds ; this is used by parents and chicks to locate one another in crowded colonies.

The Penguins were one of a number of doo-wop groups of the period named after birds ( such as The Orioles, The Flamingos, and The Crows ).

This culminated in the worst record in the NHL, winning just 23 games, putting the Penguins in line to draft ' can't-miss ' Russian phenom Alexander Ovechkin with the number one pick.

El Monte is known for the long-time rock & roll hit " Memories of El Monte ", written by Frank Zappa and originally recorded by The Penguins, one of the local Doo-wop groups from the 1950s that became famous nationwide.

However, Warner Bros. began to release DVD collections of classic cartoons in 2003 entitled the Looney Tunes Golden Collection with one of the cartoons ( Frigid Hare, which depicts a stereotypical Eskimo trying to kill a baby penguin, and was still seen on Cartoon Network as late as 2002 and featured as a DVD extra in March of the Penguins ) featured on the set uncut and uncensored.

His seven shootout goals ( over 11 attempts ) tied for second in the league, one behind Erik Christensen of the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Vegas gold is one of the official athletic colors for the Pittsburgh Panthers, the South Florida Bulls, the UAB Blazers, the Pittsburgh Penguins ( formerly yellow ), and the Vanderbilt Commodores.

On March 24, 1998, the Penguins traded his rights to the Anaheim Mighty Ducks for Sean Pronger, but Lalime stayed with the Griffins, and played in one playoff game, allowing four goals in an overtime loss.

The third and final one showed Satchel and Bucky as trading cards, with Satchel being " Mario Lepooch " ( a parody of Pittsburgh Penguins owner and star Mario Lemieux ) and Bucky being " Buck Tekulve " ( after former Pirates reliever Kent Tekulve ).

He and his entire body of work were created in one day in 1944 by writers James McAuley and Harold Stewart in order to hoax Max Harris and Angry Penguins, the modernist magazine Harris had founded and edited.

On October 29, 2000, in a 9-0 victory against the Pittsburgh Penguins, Madden and Randy McKay became the first NHL teammates to each score four goals in one game since January 14, 1922.

* 2000 – 01: Buffalo Sabres ( through 2005 – 06 ), Ottawa Senators ( through 2006 – 07 ), Pittsburgh Penguins ( through 2001 – 02 ; became home uniform after one season )

After scoring the opening goal to help stave off elimination in a triple-overtime game five victory, Hossa scored his team-leading 12th and final post-season goal in the sixth and deciding game to pull the Penguins within one goal.

After a brief hiatus from the NHL, Lang returned after one season in Europe, joining the Pittsburgh Penguins as a free agent on September 2, 1997.

On May 5, 2000, Primeau scored the game-winning goal in the longest game in modern NHL playoff history ( five overtime periods for a total of 152 minutes and one second ) against Ron Tugnutt of the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals.

He scored at least one point in his first five NHL games, including his first NHL goal on October 8 against Peter Skudra of the Pittsburgh Penguins.

The viewing centre for the albatross colony is one of the peninsula's main ecotourism attractions, along with other wildlife such as seals and Yellow-eyed Penguins.

The majority ( around 88 % in one study ) of dives undertaken by King Penguins are flat-bottomed ; that is, the penguin dives to a certain depth and remains there for a period of time hunting ( roughly 50 % of total dive time ) before returning to the surface.

King Penguins form huge breeding colonies ; for example, the colony on South Georgia Island at Salisbury Plain holds over 100, 000 breeding pairs and the one at St. Andrew's Bay over 100, 000 birds.

Bathgate was chosen by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 1967 NHL Expansion Draft, and after one season, he returned to the Canucks where he would help lead the team to two consecutive Lester Patrick Cup victories, in 1969 and 1970.

He won four Stanley Cups with the Islanders, two with the Penguins and one as an assistant coach with the Colorado Avalanche.