On This Date in Pittsburgh Penguins History / Penguins Trivia

Filed: 3rd Feb 12 7:40 am by
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2009 Luca Caputi scored his first NHL goal on his first NHL shift in a game against the Montreal Canadiens (2:30 into the game); it was the second-fastest goal by a Penguins player making his NHL debut since Rick Kessell scored 2:19 into his first NHL game against Chicago on March 21, 1970 2007 Marc-Andre [...]

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Penguins ‘Stache Tracker – FEBRUARY 2012

Filed: 2nd Feb 12 8:29 am by
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John E. Sokolowski - US PRESSWIRE

The Penguins rang in the team’s return from All-Star break with a “mustache boy” shootout competition after practice on Monday.  The result was actually something pretty rare.  But first … PER ‘MUSTACHE BOY’ RULES (which I didn’t even know existed as I’m sure not many people do - other than the players): “if a goalie allows four [...]

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On This Date in Pittsburgh Penguins History / Penguins Trivia

Filed: 2nd Feb 12 7:49 am by
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2011 Brent Johnson and Marc-Andre Fleury combined for a rare shared shutout as the Penguins defeated the Islanders, 3-0 (it was only the third time goalies shared a shutout in team history) 1990 Mario Lemieux notched his 25th career hat trick against the Edmonton Oilers Information obtained from PittsburghHockey.net TODAY’S PENGUINS TRIVIA QUESTION: Which Philadelphia [...]

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Pre-Game Notes: Pittsburgh VS Toronto – the Sequel

Filed: 1st Feb 12 9:41 am by
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Charles LeClaire - US PRESSWIRE

TONIGHT’S GAME WILL BE BROADCAST ON ROOT SPORTS – PITTSBURGH TSN and RDS FACE-OFF IS SET FOR 7:30 PM (EST) Not much to “note” today since this will be the second of back-to-back games for the two teams and the Pens had to travel to Toronto late last night after the game which went into [...]

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On This Date in Pittsburgh Penguins History / Penguins Trivia

Filed: 1st Feb 12 8:49 am by
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY to former Penguin MARK RECCHI!! (he turns 44 today) 2010 Pittsburgh’s Mark Letestu scored on Buffalo’s Ryan Miller for his first NHL goal Sidney Crosby scored his fifth career hat trick 2001 the Penguins obtained Wayne Primeau from the Tampa Bay Lightning for Matthew Barnaby 1984 Penguins goalie Roberto Romano earned his first [...]

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Pre-Game Notes: Pittsburgh VS Toronto

Filed: 31st Jan 12 10:44 am by
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Dave Miller - US PRESSWIRE

TONIGHT’S GAME WILL BE BROADCAST ON ROOT SPORTS – PITTSBURGH and TSN FACE-OFF IS SET FOR 7:00 PM (EST) CONSOL DOORS OPEN AT 5:45 PM (EST) AHL CALL-UP the Penguins announced earlier today that they recalled forward Colin McDonald from WBS CROSBY yesterday, Crosby skated for the first time since January 13th (following his December 5th injury) [...]

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On This Date in Pittsburgh Penguins History / Penguins Trivia

Filed: 31st Jan 12 8:29 am by
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1999 Jaromir Jagr recorded his 800th career point with a goal in a 5-3 win over the Montreal Canadiens 1993 Ken Wregget and Tom Barrasso began the longest shutout sequence in team history: 187:30 (1/31/93 to 2/13/93) 1971 the Penguins obtained Jean-Guy Lagace from the Buffalo Sabres for Terry Bell 1968 George Konik scored the [...]

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On This Date in Pittsburgh Penguins History / Penguins Trivia

Filed: 30th Jan 12 9:25 am by
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2009 Evgeni Malkin scored his 100th NHL goal 2007 Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 32 shots from the Florida Panthers for his fifth shutout 2002 Mario Lemieux appeared in his 807th game with the Penguins, passing Jaromir Jagr for first place on the team’s all-time games played list 2001 Penguins’ Martin Straka scored on a penalty shot [...]

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On This Date in Pittsburgh Penguins History / Penguins Trivia

Filed: 29th Jan 12 6:09 am by
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1998 Ron Francis recorded his 1,400th career point, and became the 11th player to reach the mark in NHL history 1975 Pens recorded the 200th franchise victory with a 6-1 victory win over Chicago at the Civic Arena 1972 Red Kelly stepped down as general manager but remained as coach while Jack Riley returned to [...]

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