Only the football and boys ' lacrosse teams retain the traditional Pegleg moniker ; other teams have their own unique names, such as the Runnin ' Rebels ( boys ' basketball ), Vixens ( girls ' volleyball ), Lemurs ( boys ' gymnastics ), Phoenix ( girls ' basketball ), Renegades ( girls ' softball ), Felines ( girls ' gymnastics ), Hookers ( boys ' bowling ), Pinheads ( girls ' bowling ), Huskies ( girls ' lacrosse ), Penguins ( girls ' swimming ), Pirates ( boys ' swimming ), Ballers ( boys ' soccer ), Mimbas ( girls ' soccer ), The Furies ( girls ' handball ), Dragons ( boys ' handball ), Smokin ' Aces ( boys ' tennis ), Sticky Fingers ( boys ' and girls ' Ultimate ), Lobsters ( girls ' tennis ), Hitmen ( baseball ), Untouchables ( boys ' and girls ' fencing ) Flying Dutchmen ( hockey ), Greyducks ( track ), Tigers ( cricket ) and Spartans ( wrestling and roller hockey ).

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.

It is home to three low-income housing projects, two elderly high-rise apartment buildings, and the AHL team The Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins in Coal St Park.

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.

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.

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 Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins, an American Hockey League ( AHL ) 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.

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.

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.

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

At the start of the day of the All-Star Game, January 31, 2011, the Penguins had the most points in the AHL with 72, which have all come from wins ( 36-12-0-0 ).

The Penguins remained the only AHL team unbeaten in overtime and shootouts until March 12, 2011, with a shootout loss against the Abbotsford Heat on the road.

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.

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 ).

Gomez saw a gem that led to the 2005 ECHL All-Star Game, and a top ECHL player that season ; the pairing led to Gomez giving Minard a shot after the lockout ended, and he played his way into the AHL, and eventually signing a two-way contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins, receiving in 2007 – 08 his first call-up to the NHL.

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

He was retained by the organization, however, and named interim head coach of the Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins for the remainder of the American Hockey League ( AHL ) season.

He split his rookie season between Pittsburgh and their American Hockey League ( AHL ) affiliate, the Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins, finishing with 6 points ( 2 goals, 4 assists ) in 30 NHL games and 28 points ( 8 goals, 20 assists ) in 44 AHL games.

The Penguins ' first general manager, Jack Riley opened the first preseason camp for the franchise in Brantford, Ontario on September 13, 1967, playing the franchise's first exhibition match in Brantford against the Philadelphia Flyers on September 23, 1967.

On April 10, 2011, the Thrashers played their last game in franchise history against the Pittsburgh Penguins.

His leadership and strong play helped the Senators as they advanced past the Pittsburgh Penguins, the New Jersey Devils, and the Buffalo Sabres advancing to the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time in modern franchise history.

The Pirates would later have a connection with Pittsburgh's next NHL franchise ; the Pittsburgh Penguins.

On April 10, 2011, the Thrashers lost to the Pittsburgh Penguins, 5-2, in their final game in franchise history.

The Civic Arena primarily served as the home to the Pittsburgh Penguins, the city's National Hockey League ( NHL ) franchise, from 1967 to 2010.

The Penguins won their first game at the Arena on October 21, when they became the first expansion team to beat an original NHL franchise — besting the Chicago Blackhawks 4 – 2.

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

Later in the same year, November 8, he scored a natural hat trick in four minutes and ten seconds in the second period against the Tampa Bay Lightning, setting a Penguins franchise record.

His early years as GM of the Penguins are remembered as some of the most productive in the history of the franchise.

* King Julien XIII, Lord-of-the-Lemurs, a character from the animated " Madagascar " movie franchise and the TV cartoon series " The Penguins of Madagascar "

Penguins owner Mario Lemieux claimed at the arena's ground-breaking ceremony that relocating the franchise was never a possibility, but instead it was a negotiation tactic to help the team get funding for the arena from both state and local officials.

At the same time, the bankrupt Pittsburgh Penguins would be sold to a Seattle group who held the other conditional franchise that had been awarded.

During the 2010 – 11 season, the Panthers honored Dvořák for playing more career games as a Panther than anyone in franchise history on November 23 before a game against the Pittsburgh Penguins.

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.

Following a series victory over the Washington Capitals in the first round of the 2010 Stanley Cup Playoffs, Cammalleri led the Canadiens into the conference finals for the first time since 1993 by tying a franchise record for goals in one series in a victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Apart from Little Penguins, they have several common names.

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 for the most part breed in large colonies, the exceptions being the Yellow-eyed and Fiordland species ; these colonies may range in size from as few as a 100 pairs for Gentoo Penguins, to several hundred thousand in the case of King, Macaroni and Chinstrap Penguins.

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.

This Order was distinct from Sphenisciformes, Penguins, and Gaviiformes, Divers, before the extinction event.

They took a 2 – 1 series lead on the defending champion Pittsburgh Penguins and then faltered in three straight ( most observers note a Ron Francis slapshot from the blue line that eluded Mike Richter as the series ' turning point ).

The Penguins played in the Civic Arena from the time of their inception through the end of the 2009-10 season.

The Penguins posted three six-game winless streaks in the last 21 games of the season and earned the right to draft Lemieux amidst protests from Devils management.

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

Mario Lemieux played for the Penguins from 1984 – 94, 1995 – 97, 2000 – 06.

In the late 1980s, the Penguins finally gave Lemieux a strong supporting cast, trading for superstar defenseman Paul Coffey from the Edmonton Oilers ( after the Oilers ' 1987 Stanley Cup win ) and bringing in young talent such as scorers Kevin Stevens, Rob Brown and John Cullen from the minors.

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 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.

On February 27, 2007, the Penguins acquired Gary Roberts from Florida and Georges Laraque from Phoenix.

Veteran Andre Roy, who had won the Stanley Cup with the Lightning in 2004, was claimed off waivers from the Pittsburgh Penguins.

The season also marked the arrival of another future Canucks superstar, as Markus Naslund was acquired from the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for Alek Stojanov.

A bevy of trade deadline deals saw the departure of some mainstays from the Cup team such as Kunitz, who was traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins for defenseman Ryan Whitney ; Pahlsson, who was traded to the Chicago Blackhawks for defenseman James Wisniewski ; and Moen, who was traded to the San Jose Sharks for two prospects.

Marlene the otter, from The Penguins of Madagascar, was moved to the New York city zoo from The Monterey Bay Aquarium, according to the creators of the show.