In particular, Angotti gave the example of a game the Penguins were winning 3 – 1, at which point general manager Eddie Johnston asked the coach " what are you doing?

As the season went on, the Penguins signed new head coach ( and former Penguin and commentator ) Eddie Olczyk, traded Martin Straka to the Los Angeles Kings, and opted not to include the highly rated Fleury in the lineup for the bulk of the 03-04 season.

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.

Actor and former MTV VJ Dan Cortese and longtime NFL head coach legend Chuck Noll lives here, as well as former Penguins goalie Tom Barrasso.

Coincidentally, Eddie Johnston, the Hartford general manager who had orchestrated the Francis trade, would follow him to Pittsburgh as the Penguins ' head coach two years later.

Former UND students who have gone on to notable careers in athletics include former NBA player and current NBA coach Phil Jackson, ice hockey player who played in the 1980 Winter Olympics " Miracle on Ice " game Dave Christian, NHL professional ice hockey players Ed Belfour, Tony Hrkac, Jonathan Toews – captain of the Chicago Blackhawks, Zach Parise – New Jersey Devils, Travis Zajac – New Jersey Devils, T. J. Oshie – St. Louis Blues, Ryan Bayda – Pittsburgh Penguins, Drew Stafford – Buffalo Sabres, Brian Lee – Ottawa Senators, Matt Smaby – Tampa Bay Lightning, Matt Jones – Toronto Maple Leafs, Mike Commodore – Columbus Blue Jackets, Jason Blake – Anaheim Ducks, Ryan Johnson – Vancouver Canucks, NFL professional football players Jim Kleinsasser – and Dave Osborn, both of the Minnesota Vikings, CFL professional football players Weston Dressler, David Griswold – Saskatchewan Roughriders.

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

On June 6, 2011, The Pittsburgh Penguins hired Guerin as their player development coach.

As head coach, Bowman has won a record nine Stanley Cups with the Canadiens ( 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, and 1979 ), Penguins ( 1992 ) and Red Wings ( 1997, 1998, and 2002 ).

Andy Bathgate's final NHL year was with the Penguins in 1971 ; 1971 – 1972 he was playing coach for HC Ambri-Piotta in Switzerland.

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

Between 1993 and 2002, Constantine would coach the Sharks, the Pittsburgh Penguins and the New Jersey Devils, earning a record of 159 – 153 – 66.

On November 3, 2007, Al Arbour returned at the request of Nolan, to coach his 1, 500th game for the Islanders in a 3 – 2 win against the Pittsburgh Penguins.

On April 1, 2012, in a game against the Penguins, Laviolette jawed with Penguins coach Dan Bylsma after Penguin Joe Vitale hit Flyer Danny Briere late in the game.

He was named an assistant coach for the Pittsburgh Penguins on August 5, 2009.

On August 5, 2009, Granato joined the coaching staff of the Pittsburgh Penguins, signing on as an assistant coach.

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 2003, he moved from the booth to the bench and served as head coach of the Pittsburgh Penguins from June 11, 2003 until December 15, 2005.

Ohio State's coach, Jim Tressel, had previously been coach of Clarett's hometown Youngstown State Penguins.

In 2000 – 01, Hlinka returned to the NHL as head coach of the Pittsburgh Penguins He was the second European ever to coach in the NHL ( following Alpo Suhonen ).

He spent much of the time with Penguins head coach Dan Bylsma reviewing each of his hits to learn how to change his game to hit within the rules.

* 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

With the Penguins in hand, Ram was able to swing a 2-for-1 deal with Mercury Records, in which the company agreed to take on the Platters as a condition for getting the Penguins ( the group that Mercury really wanted ).

After two months of free agency, Näslund and the Penguins agreed to a deal on 9 September 1993, worth approximately US $ 1. 8 million over three years, including a $ 750, 000 signing bonus.

After becoming an unrestricted free agent in July 2009, Fedotenko took a pay cut and agreed to a one-year, $ 1. 8 million contract to remain with the Penguins.

The Penguins franchise agreed to a deal with city and state officials to fund a new home arena for the franchise in March 2007.

On October 5, 2011, Dimitrakos agreed to a 25 game PTO contract with the Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins.

Mitochondrial and nuclear DNA evidence suggests the split between Eudyptula and Spheniscus occurred around 25 million years ago, with the ancestors of the White-flippered and Little Penguins diverging about 2. 7 million years ago.

Little Penguins live year-round in large colonies, with each individual breeding pair forming a burrow in which to raise their chicks ( of which two are born at a time, usually about 2 days apart ).

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.

By 1954, as rock and roll was beginning to emerge, a number of similar acts began to cross over from the R & B charts to mainstream success, often with added honking brass and saxophone, with The Crows, The Penguins, The El Dorados and The Turbans all scoring major hits.

Cleveland Duncan continued recording as " The Penguins ", with new member Walter Saulsberry and a backing group, the Viceroys.

It was planned for Jones to appear with the Penguins the following year but he suffered a stroke while rehearsing with the group, and died shortly thereafter.

Playing on a line with Pittsburgh Penguins superstar Mario Lemieux, he recorded a tournament-best 21 points in nine games.

However, playing in a division where the same three teams — the Flyers, Capitals and Islanders — made the playoffs every year for six years running meant that the Devils found themselves in a losing battle with the Rangers and Pittsburgh Penguins for the division's last playoff spot.

The Penguins had roared through the regular season with 119 points, as well as recording a record 17 consecutive wins towards the end of the season, and were overwhelmingly favored to win a third straight championship.

Jim Smith of Newsday, Long Island's hometown newspaper, predicted that with Turgeon on the sidelines, the Penguins would sweep the Islanders out of the playoffs.

Historically, their biggest rivals have been the New York Rangers, with an intense rivalry stretching back to the 1970s, the New Jersey Devils, with whom they traded the Atlantic Division title every season between and, and their bitter cross-state rivals the Pittsburgh Penguins.

However, the Penguins went 27 – 34 – 13, missing the playoffs and ending with the third worst record in the league.

Joining the team in November, he finished as the top rookie scorer in the NHL with 44 points ( 57th overall ), and third on the Penguins.

The Penguins defeated the Oakland Seals in a four game sweep in the quarter-finals, with Briere scoring the series-clinching goal in overtime.

The next season the Penguins finished five games out of the playoffs with a 21-37-20 record, the fourth worst record in the league.

The Penguins battled the California Golden Seals for the division cellar in 1974, when Riley was fired as general manager and replaced with Jack Button.

As the 1970s wore on, the Penguins brought in other offensive weapons such as Rick Kehoe, Pierre Larouche and Ron Schock, along with solid blue-liners Ron Stackhouse and Dave Burrows.

On the ice, the Penguins began the 1980s with defenseman Randy Carlyle, and prolific scorers Paul Gardner and Mike Bullard, but little else.

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.