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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 ...
With their Stanley Cup wins in 2016 and 2017, the Penguins became the first back-to-back champions in the salary cap era. Several of the team's former members have been inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame , including co-owner Mario Lemieux , who purchased the Penguins in 1999 and brought the club out of bankruptcy.
After their win in 1925, the Victoria Cougars became the last team outside the NHL to win the Stanley Cup. [28] For the 1925–26 season the WCHL was renamed the Western Hockey League (WHL). With the Victoria Cougars' loss in 1926, it would be the last time a non-NHL team competed for the Stanley Cup.
Team trophies awarded to the Pittsburgh Penguins Award Description Times won Seasons References Stanley Cup: NHL championship 5 1990–91, 1991–92, 2008–09, 2015–16, 2016–17 [1] [2] Prince of Wales Trophy: Wales/Eastern Conference playoff championship (1981–present) 6: 1990–91, 1991–92, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2015–16, 2016–17 [3]
All five of these scouts were awarded Stanley Cup rings. Randy Gilhen was the first German-born player to win the Stanley Cup, but grew up in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; Jim Paek was the first Korean-born hockey player to both play in the NHL, and have his name engraved on the Stanley Cup. Included on the team picture, but left off the Stanley Cup
1992 Pittsburgh Penguins filled the last spot on the shoulder of the Stanley Cup. No winning team name since has been added to the Stanley Cup shoulder. Since the last larger ring was filled in 1991. The NHL decided to remove the top ring with winning teams from 1927-28 to 1939-40 and retire it to the Hockey Hall of Fame. A new blank ring was ...
The 2016 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 2015–16 season, and the culmination of the 2016 Stanley Cup playoffs.The Eastern Conference champion Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the Western Conference champion San Jose Sharks four games to two to win their fourth championship in franchise history.
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.