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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.
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El Monte, a city near Los Angeles, had spawned such popular performers as Tony Allan, Marvin & Johnny, The Shields, as well as the Penguins.
The Hollywood Flames had also recorded " I Know " in 1953, a song which has been called " a chord-for-chord blueprint for " Earth Angel ," and which featured the same Curtis Williams piano intro that Williams himself reused on the Penguins hit.
The Penguins never had another national hit, but their 1957 cover of " Pledge of Love " reached # 15 on the R & B chart.
Before the Penguins, Pittsburgh had been the home of the NHL's Pirates from 1925 to 1932 and of the Hornets AHL franchise from the 1930s to 1967.
Around the same time, rumors had begun to circulate that the Penguins and California Golden Seals were to be relocated to Seattle and Denver respectively, the two cities that were to have been the sites of an expansion for the 1976 – 77 season.
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.
All this talent had an immediate impact in helping Lemieux lead the Pens ; but the Penguins struggled to make the playoffs.
However, it left the Penguins struggling to fill in the void he had left, with a first round exit in 1998 despite being the second seeded team in the East followed by a second round exit in 1999 this time from eighth seed.
The Penguins attendance had dwindled in the late 90s.
In 1998-99, the Penguins had an average attendance 14, 825 tickets at home games, the lowest it had been since Lemieux's rookie year.
The Penguins had collapsed financially since the cup winning years of the early 90s.
One of the many reasons for the lockout included disagreements on the resolution of the financial struggles of teams like the Penguins and Ottawa Senators, who had filed for bankruptcy protection.
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.
Veteran Andre Roy, who had won the Stanley Cup with the Lightning in 2004, was claimed off waivers from the Pittsburgh Penguins.
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 Penguins of Madagascar series, Coney Island played location of Dr. Blowhole's secret lair in Dr. Blowhole's Revenge as Kowalski had said, smelling a fake King Julien, " Salty Atlantic sea air, Roller coaster grease and all beef wieners, with mustard ," and Skipper translated it to Coney Island.
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.
In early 1975, newspapers reported that the Seals and Pittsburgh Penguins were to be relocated to Denver and Seattle, respectively, in an arrangement that would have seen the two teams sold to groups in those cities that had already been awarded " conditional " franchises for the 1976-77 season.
During the streak, Lalime recorded his first shutout, a 4 – 0 win over the San Jose Sharks on December 13, and had a 49 save performance against the Calgary Flames on January 21, a 4 – 2 Penguins victory.
After struggling to beat 7th-seeded Toronto in seven games, the Devils had little trouble defeating the 6th-seeded Penguins in the Eastern Conference Finals, where Brodeur added two more shutouts, both on the road.
He also won his fifth Jennings Trophy and had the third-best GAA in the league, leading his team to back-to-back division wins that included a 6 – 0 regular-season sweep of the defending Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins.
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.
Harris was a 22-year-old avant-garde poet and critic in Adelaide, who in 1940, at the age of 18, had started Angry Penguins.
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The Penguins played in the Civic Arena from the time of their inception through the end of the 2009-10 season.
However, just like in the 1980s, the Penguins used the opportunity to rebuild through the draft and acquire elite prospects.
The Penguins then called him up and Lalime made his NHL debut on November 16 against the New York Rangers, as he replaced Ken Wregget midway through the game, allowing three goals on 14 shots in an 8 – 3 loss.
* 1995 – 96: Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, Boston Bruins ( through 2005 – 06 ), Los Angeles Kings, Pittsburgh Penguins ( through 1996 – 97 ; would eventually become their regular road shirt ), Vancouver Canucks ( through 1996 – 97 )
* 2000 – 01: Buffalo Sabres ( through 2005 – 06 ), Ottawa Senators ( through 2006 – 07 ), Pittsburgh Penguins ( through 2001 – 02 ; became home uniform after one season )
After vocal encouragement for his return from the crowd and teammates at Pittsburgh's Stanley Cup parade on June 15, as well as expressing his own affection for the city and team, Guerin signed a one-year contract extension with the Penguins on June 29 at a greatly reduced salary, to play through the 2009 – 10 season.
According to Frank Dungan & Jeff Stein, the co-creators of the show, Pittsburgh was chosen as the setting because they have the Penguins, because it was a city with seasons and sporting activities, and because it was a city going through a resurgence.
The Senators entered the playoffs on a roll, winners of 11 of their last 13 games, and continued their dominance by cruising through the first 2 games of their first round best of 7 series against the Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins, scoring 9 goals.
However, the Penguins did not own the building nor its naming rights-the Sports Commission of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County did, and the deal fell through.
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 ).
Midway through the season, he became the first player in Penguins ' history to have consecutive four-goal games, doing so against the New York Islanders on December 23, 1991, and the Toronto Maple Leafs three days later.
Mullen was removed from his role midway through the 2005 – 06 NHL season when the Penguins fired Olczyk and his entire staff.
Midway through the following campaign, he was dealt to the Pittsburgh Penguins in a six-player trade on January 8, 1990.
* It is also mentioned in an episode of Penguins of Madagascar called " Gone In A Flash " where the penguins go to rescue Maurice and have to travel through the subway system.
" After winning two Stanley Cups with the Flyers ( 1973 – 4 and 1974 – 5 ), " The Hammer " drifted through several teams ( Pittsburgh Penguins, Los Angeles Kings and Buffalo Sabres ) in search of a permanent position.
He played for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Philadelphia Flyers, Pittsburgh Penguins, Calgary Flames, and Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League from 1983 through 2000.
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* Art Ross Memorial Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Jaromir Jagr, Pittsburgh Penguins
* Art Ross Memorial Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Jaromir Jagr, Pittsburgh Penguins
* Art Ross Memorial Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Jaromir Jagr, Pittsburgh Penguins
* Art Ross Memorial Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Mario Lemieux, Pittsburgh Penguins
* Art Ross Memorial Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Mario Lemieux, Pittsburgh Penguins
* Art Ross Memorial Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Jaromir Jagr, Pittsburgh Penguins
* Art Ross Memorial Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Mario Lemieux, Pittsburgh Penguins
* Art Ross Memorial Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Mario Lemieux, Pittsburgh Penguins
* Art Ross Memorial Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Mario Lemieux, Pittsburgh Penguins
* Art Ross Memorial Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Mario Lemieux, Pittsburgh Penguins
Hossa completed the regular season with 66 points in 72 games split between the Thrashers and Penguins.
After a 65-point regular season ( the eighth 50-plus point season of his career ), Gonchar added 14 points in 20 playoff games, as the Penguins lost in the finals to the Detroit Red Wings.
He played in the final 25 games of the regular season and tallied 19 points, helping the Penguins into the 2009 playoffs as the fourth seed.
Gonchar returned to Pittsburgh on October 18, 2010, for a regular season game against the Penguins where he was welcomed by Pittsburgh fans with a standing ovation and highlight reel from his career with the team.
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.
Shortly after, the New Jersey Devils, relocated from Colorado, playing their first regular season game there on October 5, resulting in a 3 – 3 tie with the Pittsburgh Penguins.
On April 8, 2010, Olczyk returned to Pittsburgh to join more than 50 former Penguins being honored in a pre-game ceremony before the final regular season game at Mellon Arena.
The Pittsburgh Penguins played their final regular season game at the Mellon Arena on April 8, 2010 when they defeated the New York Islanders 7-3.
Pittsburgh Penguins past and present were honored during a pregame ceremony prior to the final regular season game at Mellon Arena, April 8, 2010.
On Saturday April 2, 2011, the Penguins captured the Macgregor Kilpatrick Trophy, which is awarded annually to the AHL team that acquires the most points in the regular season, thus ensuring home-ice advantage throughout the 2010-11 playoffs.
On March 21, Cooke was suspended for the final ten games of the Penguins regular season schedule as well as the first round of the 2011 Stanley Cup playoffs stemming from an elbow to the head of New York Rangers defenseman Ryan McDonagh.
In the last game of the 1971 – 72 regular season, the Flyers needed a win or a tie against the Sabres to beat out the Pittsburgh Penguins for the final playoff spot.
He was claimed on waivers by the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2002, then traded to the Calgary Flames in 2002, where he had a breakout season in 2003 – 04, scoring 18 goals in the regular season, and was part of the playoff run which saw the Flames defeat the Vancouver Canucks, Detroit Red Wings, and San Jose Sharks before falling to the Tampa Bay Lightning by a single goal in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final.
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