# seasons – 53
Record – 1,903-1,734-383-151 (4,340 points)
Playoff appearances – 36
Stanley Cups – 5
First player: Joe Daley G 1st round 1967 NHL Expansion Draft.
First-ever Draft Selection: Steve Rexe 1967, 2nd overall
Highest Draft selection: Mario Lemieux 1984, 1st overall Marc-Andre Fleury 2003, 1st overall Sidney Crosby 2005, 1st overall
HOFers – Mario Lemieux, Joe Mullen
Retired #’s – #21- Michel Briere, #66- Mario Lemieux
Leaders
Games Played – Sidney Crosby, 1,039
Goals – Mario Lemieux, 690
Assists – Mario Lemieux, 1,033
Points – Mario Lemieux, 1,723
Plus/minus – Jaromir Jagr, +207
Penalty Minutes – Kevin Stevens, 1,048
Power Play Goals – Mario Lemieux, 236
Shorthanded Goals – Mario Lemieux, 49
Hat Tricks – Mario Lemieux, 40
Goalie Wins – Marc-Andre Fleury, 375
Goals Against Average – Marc-Andre Fleury, 2.58
Save pct. – Matt Murray, .914
Shutouts – Marc-Andre Fleury, 44
Coaching Wins Leader – Dan Bylsma, 252
Team Captains
Ab McDonald ‘67-68
Earl Ingarfield ‘68-69
Ron Schock ‘73-77
Jean Pronovost ‘77-78
Orest Kindrachuk 78-81
Randy Carlyle ‘81-84
Mike Bullard ‘84-87
Terry Ruskowski ‘86-87
Mario Lemieux ‘87-94 ‘95-97 ‘01-06
Dan Frawley ‘87-88
Ron Francis ‘94-95 ‘97-98
Jaromir Jagr ‘98-01
Sidney Crosby ‘07-
| Did you know… … The Penguins hold the league record with 5 goals in 2 minutes and 7 seconds. … The Penguins have won 5 Stanley Cups in team history. Twice they have won them back-to-back (1990-91 and 1991-92, 2015-16 and 2016-17). They also won in 2008-09. The Penguins have won 5 of their 6 trips to the Finals. … The Penguins scored 12 even-strength goals against the expansion Washington Capitals on March 15th, 1975. … When The Igloo in Pittsburgh was demolished after the Penguins moved to their new facility, the team sold 40,000 ornaments made from the Igloo’s retractable roof panels. | ||
| Did you know… … Shortly after Mario Lemieux returned from Hodgkin’s disease treatments, The Penguins won 17 games in a row before losing the season finale. Lemieux had a superhuman 51 points over the streak. … The Pittsburgh Penguins had 14 consecutive playoff wins over the 1992 and 1993 playoffs. … The Pittsburgh Penguins were so-named upon becoming a new franchise in 1967 because they were going to be playing in Pittsburgh Civic Arena which was nicknamed “The Igloo”, despite the fact that igloos are arctic and penguins live in Antarctica. … Hall of Famer Mario Lemieux assisted on Hall of Famer Mark Recchi’s 1st NHL goal (1/20/89) and 1st NHL hat trick goal (11/18/91). … Teammates Sidney Crosby and Jack Johnson attended Shattuck-St. Mary’s School in Faribault, Minnesota together. … The Pittsburgh Penguins first mascot was a Humbolt Penguin from Ecuador on loan from the Pittsburgh Zoo. Penguin Pete made his debut on February 21st, 1968 during the second intermission of the Penguins games versus the Flyers. Penguin Pete had specially made ice skates and had learned to skate. … Sidney Crosby (2007) is the longest tenured captain in the league. Evgeni Malkin (2008) is the longest tenured alternate captain. … Pittsburgh native Ryan Malone was the first homegrown player to play for the Penguins. |
Quotables…
“All that matters is that you find a way to put the puck in the net. It doesn’t matter how. I learned that from Mario.” – Jaromir Jagr
“I’m trying not to be a kid all the time, but it’s hard.” – Jaromir Jagr