Former Pittsburgh Penguins star Mario Lemieux, as well as current Penguins stars Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Sergei Gonchar of the Ottawa Senators, and retired Pittsburgh Steeler legend Franco Harris live in Sewickley ( Lynn Swann is often thought to be a Sewickley resident, but he actually lives in the neighboring borough of Sewickley Heights ).

The team began auspiciously, signing former Detroit Red Wing star Tom Webster, hard rock Boston Bruins ' defenseman Ted Green ( the team's inaugural captain ), Toronto Maple Leafs ' defensemen Rick Ley, Jim Dorey and Brad Selwood, and former Pittsburgh Penguins ' goaltender Al Smith.

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 ).

By contrast, the Pittsburgh Penguins finished fifth, led by former Ranger star Andy Bathgate.

Ovechkin went to Washington, but the Penguins did select Evgeni Malkin with the second overall pick.

However, Evgeni Malkin, the Penguins ' 2004 NHL Entry Draft selection with their 2nd overall pick, could not come to Pittsburgh immediately due to a dispute with his Russian league.

Change came for the Penguins on October 18, 2006, when the rookie Evgeni Malkin made his NHL debut.

Complementing an already high-powered offense led by Evgeni Malkin and Crosby, Hossa proved to be a vital cog in the Penguins run to the 2008 Stanley Cup Finals.

In addition to his on-ice duties for the Penguins, Gonchar housed rookie Evgeni Malkin when he arrived from Russia in October 2006.

The following season, Gonchar helped lead the Penguins, with offensive superstars Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin, to the 2008 Stanley Cup Finals, the franchise's first finals appearance since 1992.

Bure's points total also remained the highest by any Russian player until Evgeni Malkin of the Pittsburgh Penguins recorded 36 in 2009.

Fedotenko neared career-high totals with 39 points in 67 games, benefiting as a winger on a talented Penguins team that featured centers Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Jordan Staal.

The prelude to the 2009 – 2010 season was the inaugural Penguins Black and Gold Game held on September 17, an intra-squad game which featured members of the Pittsburgh and Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins and was the first ever head-to-head meeting between Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin.

Evgeni Malkin of the Pittsburgh Penguins and Nikolai Kulemin of the Toronto Maple Leafs both used to play for the club and both are Magnitogorsk natives.

Mikhnov was one of the more famous players impacted by the inability of the National Hockey League and the Russian ice hockey federation to come to an agreement on a transfer arrangement, a situation which more famously affected Pittsburgh Penguins prospect Evgeni Malkin.

Several years later, Malkin would be hailed as the best pick of that draft ; a pick that would help to propel the Penguins back to a competitive level in future years.

On the Penguins ' final game of the season, Crosby scored a goal and an assist to become the top scoring rookie in Penguins history with 102 points ( eclipsing Lemieux ), despite losing the rookie scoring race to Russian superstar Ovechkin, who, unlike Malkin, was also set to debut that season, been able to make his way to the NHL.

Other teams offered substantial trade packages for the draft choice, but the Penguins kept the pick and drafted Lemieux first overall.

Penguins goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury, drafted first overall in 2003.

* Kenneth Agostino, drafted by Pittsburgh Penguins in 2010 NHL Draft.

* 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

In the off-season, Näslund was drafted 16th overall in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft by the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Stojanov, who had been drafted eight spots ahead of Näslund in the 1991 Draft, went on to play 45 games, scoring two goals and four assists for the Penguins over the next two seasons.

In the early 1990s, forwards Peter Forsberg and Markus Näslund emerged out of Modo's junior system and were drafted 6th and 16th overall by the Philadelphia Flyers and Pittsburgh Penguins, respectively in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft.

Aubin was drafted in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft, 7th Round, 161st Overall by the Pittsburgh Penguins.

He has also previously played in the National Hockey League ( NHL ) for the Ottawa Senators, Montreal Canadiens, Pittsburgh Penguins ( on two separate occasions ), and the New York Rangers, with whom he was originally drafted and won a Stanley Cup in 1994, playing over 1, 300 NHL games over 18 seasons.

He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins, first playing in the NHL 1988, and was a key player on their Stanley Cup winning team in 1991.

The most famous player that has come through the organization would undoubtedly be Mario Lemieux, who was drafted in 1984 by the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League ( NHL ).

After attending the University of Minnesota, where he played for Herb Brooks and won the 1974 NCAA hockey championship, Schneider was drafted 98th overall in the 1974 NHL Entry Draft by the Pittsburgh Penguins and no.

* Luca Caputi-Ice Hockey player drafted into the NHL as the 111th draft pick in 2007 by the Pittsburgh Penguins and currently plays for the Anaheim Ducks.

In 1972, Herron was drafted 40th overall by the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Labre was originally drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins, for whom he played 21 games before being selected by the Washington Capitals in the 1974 NHL Expansion Draft.

Berry's new team drafted their future franchise player, he inherited a Penguins team that had failed to reach the playoffs the previous two seasons.

He was drafted to the NHL in the 1999 entry draft as the Pittsburgh Penguins ' first round pick, making him the 18th player overall in the draft.

* Michael Gergen, drafted by Pittsburgh Penguins, Class of 2005

Rich Sutter, twin brother of Ron, was drafted 10th overall by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 1982 NHL Entry Draft.

After being drafted by the Tampa Bay Lightning, Cross went on to spend time with the Toronto Maple Leafs, New York Rangers, Edmonton Oilers, Pittsburgh Penguins and Detroit Red Wings.

He was drafted into the NHL following his second OHL season by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the second round, 50th overall, of the 1994 NHL Entry Draft.

Coincidentally, both of them were drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Kovalev's 2nd go around with the Pittsburgh Penguins | Penguins, 2010-11 NHL season | March 2011.

The first year was eventually nullified by the NHL lockout ; in the second year, with the Penguins languishing at the bottom of the NHL standings, Recchi waived his no-trade clause to be sent to the Stanley Cup-contending Carolina Hurricanes at the deadline for minor-league forward Krystofer Kolanos, left wing Niklas Nordgren, and a 2007 2nd round pick.

Robitaille was traded on July 29, 1994 to the Pittsburgh Penguins, in exchange for Rick Tocchet and the Penguins ’ 2nd round draft pick in 1995 ( Pavel Rosa ).

On March 1, 2010, he was traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins for a 2nd round draft pick in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft.