HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO FORMER PITTSBURGH PENGUIN
LUCA CAPUTI
(he turns 24 on this date)!!
He currently plays for the Syracuse Crunch
1997
- free agent Rob Brown signs with the Pittsburgh Penguins
- the Los Angeles Kings tied the Penguins, 3-3 (it was the earliest date the Pens played a regular season game)
1991
- Scott Bowman is named interim head coach of the Penguins
1977
- the Penguins obtained Bob Paradise from the Washington Capitals for the rights to Don Awrey
1967
- the Pittsburgh Pens AHL club beat the Buffalo Bisons by a score of 6-1
1964
- the Pittsburgh Hornets lost, 5-2, to the Detroit Red Wings, their parent NHL club
1954
- the Hornets lost to the Toronto Maple Leafs (NHL) by a score of 10-1
1950
- the Hornets lost, 7-1, to the Maple Leafs (NHL)
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TODAY’S PENGUINS TRIVIA QUESTION:
Which Pittsburgh Penguins player scored a goal in the first game of the 2010 Stanley Cup Playoffs after not scoring a goal in all 82 games of the 2009-10 regular season?
Find out tomorrow!
ANSWER (to yesterday’s TRIVIA QUESTION – CLICK HERE to view it):
Rick Kehoe
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