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The Pittsburgh Penguins are a franchise in the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). The team was founded as part of the league's expansion prior to the 1967–68 season. The franchise has had 11 general managers in its history, with Jack Riley serving two terms. Eight games in March and April 1983 went without a general ...
g Mike Johnston coached the Penguins to a 15–10–3 record to start the 2015–16 season, at which point he was replaced by Mike Sullivan. [36] General "Pittsburgh Penguins coaches". General Managers & Coaches. PittsburghPenguins.com. Archived from the original on 2009-06-08 "Pittsburgh Penguins". History. CBS Sports.
History: Pittsburgh Penguins 1967 ... the fourth-worst record in the league. Pittsburgh achieved a playoff ... Ray Shero signed a five-year contract as general manager.
Sidney Crosby set the Penguins record for points by a rookie, scoring 102 in 2005–06. Most goals: Mario Lemieux, 85 (1988–89) Most assists: Mario Lemieux, 114 (1988–89) Most points: Mario Lemieux, 199 (1988–89) Most PIM: Paul Baxter, 409 (1981–82) Most points, defenceman: Paul Coffey, 113 (1988–89)
The Penguins played their home games at Mellon Arena from the team's inception until 2010, when they moved into the PPG Paints Arena. [2] Pittsburgh has qualified for the playoffs 36 times, winning the Stanley Cup five times: 1991, 1992, 2009, 2016, and 2017. From 2007 to 2022, the Penguins qualified for the playoffs for sixteen consecutive ...
He became head coach of the Black Hawks during the 1979–80 NHL season and compiled a 34–27–19 record. The following year, he became head coach of the Pittsburgh Penguins and in 1983 was appointed general manager. He held the GM post at Pittsburgh for five years.
He was named head coach of the Pittsburgh Penguins on December 12, 2015, upon the firing of then-head coach Mike Johnston. [16] On June 12, 2016, Sullivan became just the sixth head coach in NHL history to win the Stanley Cup after being hired mid-season. He did so when the Penguins defeated the San Jose Sharks in the 2016 Stanley Cup Finals. [17]
He then joined the Pittsburgh Penguins as general manager, having been named to that position on June 6, 2014, and resigning on January 27, 2021, [3] citing "personal reasons". [4] Rutherford has won the Stanley Cup three times as a general manager, with the Hurricanes in 2006 and with the Penguins in 2016 and 2017.