Stephanie Lewark
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Stephanie Lewark resides in Johnstown, PA where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown (UPJ) and is still, perhaps perpetually, in the process of deciding what career she would like to pursue with it. While at UPJ, Stephanie worked part-time in the federal government as a “Stay-in-School” employee. Luckily, she was hired full-time on a permanent basis and worked towards a few promotions to fill her current position as a Senior Case Technician (while continuing to decide what she would like to do with her degree). She fell in love with the city of Pittsburgh at a very young age and has followed the Steelers and been a die-hard Penguins fan for just about as long. Stephanie learned early on in her marriage that her husband can tolerate only so much Penguins / hockey talk, so she began her original blog, The Steel City Sports Fan (Penguins Edition) from which her love of hockey became entangled with a new love of writing about it and her favorite team, the Pittsburgh Penguins. Since then she has grown as a fan (become a Penguins Season-Ticket Holder) and a writer / blogger through several outlets with a short-stint writing for The Hockey Writers and a current contributing writer for Inside Hockey (in addition to writing for the FanAttic Network with Steel City on Ice which migrated to RantSports in January 2012). You can follow Stephanie on Twitter @Steelcitysports
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On This Date in Pittsburgh Penguins History (July 3) / Penguins Trivia
2009 the Pittsburgh Penguins signed free agent defenseman Nate Guenin to a one-year contract; Guenin, a native of Sewickley, became the third native to play for the Penguins (following the footsteps of Ryan Malone and Bill Thomas) Tom Fitzgerald was named assistant to General Manager, Ray Shero Prior to performing front-office duties with the Penguins, Fitzgerald [...]
TweetOn This Date in Pittsburgh Penguins History (July 2) / Penguins Trivia
2008 the Pittsburgh Penguins signed defenseman Brooks Orpik to a six-year, $22.5 million contract that began with the 2009-10 season the Pittsburgh Penguins also signed center Evgeni Malkin to a multi-year contract extension worth $8.7 million a year over five years also starting with the 2009-10 season 2007 the Penguins signed free agent defenseman Darryl Sydor and [...]
TweetOn This Date in Pittsburgh Penguins History (June 29) / Penguins Trivia
2009 the Pittsburgh Penguins and players Bill Guerin and Craig Adams agree to extend their contracts by one and two-years, respectively Bill Guerin was originally drafted in first-round of the 1989 NHL Entry Draft (5th overall) by the New Jersey Devils for whom he played from 1991 through 1998. After his time with New Jersey, [...]
TweetOn This Date in Pittsburgh Penguins History (June 27) / Penguins Trivia
2009 the Pittsburgh Penguins selected defenseman Philip Samuelsson – 61st overall (son of former Pittsburgh defenseman, Ulf Samuelsson) in the second round, Ben Hanowksi in the third round, Nick Petersen in the fourth round, Alex Velischeck and Andy Bathgate (grandson of former Penguins centerman, Andy Bathgate), and Viktor Ekbom in the sixth-round of the NHL [...]
TweetOn This Date in Pittsburgh Penguins History (June 26) / Penguins Trivia
2009 the Pittsburgh Penguins selected defenseman Simon Despres in the first-round of the NHL Entry Draft (30th overall) Despres currently plays for the Pens AHL affiliate in Wilkes-Barre Scranton; however, he has made a good showing and growth over the past few seasons and may make the NHL roster within the next season or two. He [...]
TweetOn This Date in Pittsburgh Penguins History (June 25) / Penguins Trivia
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO FORMER PITTSBURGH PENGUIN SEBASTIEN CARON!! (he turns 32 this date) Sebastien Caron is a butterfly goaltender. He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the fourth-round of the 1999 NHL Amateur Draft (86th overall). Most recently, on June 15, 2012, Caron was traded from the Tampa Bay Lightning to the Nashville Predators [...]
TweetOn This Date in Pittsburgh Penguins History (June 24) / Penguins Trivia
2006 the Pittsburgh Penguins selected Jordan Staal in the first-round of the NHL Amateur Draft (second pick overall) Staal signed a three-year, entry-level contract that October and immediately made the NHL roster that season at the young age of 18. In January 2009, his contract was extended with Pittsburgh for four additional years at $16 million [...]
TweetOn This Date in Pittsburgh Penguins History (June 23) / Penguins Trivia
2007 the Pittsburgh Penguins obtained center Tim Brent from the Anaheim Ducks for center Stephen Dixon Brent spent only one season with the Penguins before being traded to the Chicago Blackhawks for Danny Richmond. While with Pittsburgh, he spent all but one game playing for their AHL affiliate in Wilkes-Barre Scranton. He led the AHL team [...]
TweetOn This Date in Pittsburgh Penguins History (June 22) / Penguins Trivia
2011 Pittsburgh Penguins head coach Dan Bylsma earned the Jack Adams award as the NHL‘s Coach of the Year (he is the first Penguins head coach to receive the honor) Bylsma was named the interim head coach of the Pittsburgh Penguins on February 15, 2009, replacing Michel Therrien. Just four months later, in June 2009, [...]
TweetPittsburgh Penguins Trade Jordan Staal and Zbynek Michalek
If we would’ve taken the word of Pittsburgh Penguins general manager, Ray Shero, the unexpected announcement that came within the first hour of the 2012 NHL draft at the CONSOL Energy Center would not have come to pass. But, it did and in exchange for the Carolina Hurricane‘s first round draft pick (at eighth), centerman [...]
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