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Mellon Arena served as the Penguins' home arena from 1967 to 2010 and saw the team win the Stanley Cup three times. The Penguins name was inspired by the arena, which was nicknamed "The Igloo". [1] The Pittsburgh Penguins are a professional ice hockey team based in Pittsburgh. The franchise was established as one of six new teams in the 1967 ...
The Stanley Cup. The Stanley Cup is a trophy awarded annually to the playoff champion club of the National Hockey League (NHL) ice hockey league. It was donated by the Governor General of Canada Lord Stanley of Preston in 1892, and is the oldest professional sports trophy in North America. [1]
Each team won on home ice in games 5 and 6. In game 7 in Detroit, Maxime Talbot scored two goals, including the game-winner, as the Penguins won 2–1 to win their third Stanley Cup title. [36] Malkin was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy as the MVP of the playoffs. [11]
The last team to win a Stanley Cup with fewer than 100 points in the season was the 1997 Detroit Red Wings, with 94. Crosby (right) and Fleury (left) with the Stanley Cup during the Penguins' victory parade. Pittsburgh became the first city to win a Super Bowl and Stanley Cup in the same year.
The 2017 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 2016–17 season, and the culmination of the 2017 Stanley Cup playoffs.The Eastern Conference champion and defending Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the Western Conference champion Nashville Predators, four games to two to repeat as Stanley Cup champions.
The 2016–17 Pittsburgh Penguins season was the 50th season for the National Hockey League ice hockey team that was established on June 5, 1967. [2] The Penguins would win the Stanley Cup championship in back to back years, defeating the Nashville Predators in the 2017 Finals after winning the Stanley Cup in 2016 .
The 1992 Stanley Cup playoffs, the playoff tournament of the National Hockey League (NHL) began on April 18, after the conclusion of the 1991–92 NHL season. The payoffs concluded with the Pittsburgh Penguins defeating the Chicago Blackhawks in a four-game sweep to win their second consecutive Stanley Cup , and second overall in franchise history.
The 1992 Stanley Cup Final was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 1991–92 season, and the culmination of the 1992 Stanley Cup playoffs.It was contested by the Prince of Wales Conference and defending Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins and the Clarence Campbell Conference champion Chicago Blackhawks.