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LETTER FROM DAVID MOREHOUSE Dear Penguins Fan, We hear it all the time: There’s nothing
reward exceptional employees – all while
Business season ticket holders are
like the excitement of a Penguins game
cheering Sidney Crosby and the Penguins
able to take advantage of their tickets
in person.
to victory and enjoying the many
to create important face-to-face
amenities available at PPG Paints Arena.
connections that cannot be replicated
Our fans follow us in many ways – TV,
by phone calls, texts or emails. Our ticket
radio, social media – but there’s a unique
This link to the Penguins also enables
representatives are eager to show you
connection to the team and the sport
you to support an organization that,
how Penguins season tickets can give
that’s impossible to feel unless you’re in
like you, is very community-minded. We
you an edge!
the stands at PPG Paints Arena.
take pride that our players give back to local charities with team and individual
We hope that you will join us for the
As a business owner or executive,
events throughout the season and that
2018-19 season! As Mike Lange always
Penguins season tickets create a series
the Pittsburgh Penguins Foundation
says, “You’ve gotta be here to believe it!”
of shared experiences with clients,
does so much to help our region’s
potential clients, co-workers and
youth and youth-based activities. From
prospects in a fun, energized, non-work
our support of Children’s Hospital and
environment. You can expand your
Make-A-Wish to building free dek hockey
network of contacts, finalize business
rinks for local communities, our goal is to
deals, build relationships, pitch ideas or
always have a positive impact.
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DAVID MOREHOUSE PENGUINS PRESIDENT AND CEO
SEASON
PREVIEW The Penguins entered last season with a unique goal: three-peat. And while they ultimately weren’t able
is that the core group of players will be back. “We’re a good team, and we will be
to achieve that goal, which left them
a good team going forward,” Penguins
with an empty feeling, Penguins head
general manager Jim Rutherford said.
coach Mike Sullivan wants his team to
“We’ll have a chance to win again. We
take that disappointment and use it as
have the nucleus to do that.”
motivation heading into this season –
That core group is led, of course,
because this group still has a chance
by Sidney Crosby, who continues to
to do something incredibly special by
inspire everyone around him with his
winning three Stanley Cups in four years.
unwavering work ethic and insatiable
“I have so much belief in this group
appetite to win. “I don’t know that I’ve
of players,” Sullivan said. “When you
ever been around an athlete that is as
fall short of your ultimate goal, it stings.
driven as Sid is,” Sullivan said.
But what I can tell you is that I’m really
He’s joined by Evgeni Malkin, who is Mike Sullivan
proud of the group of players we’ve
coming off one of the best seasons of
assembled here. I think we’ve got quality
his NHL career where he finished ranked
people. We’ve got great players. I know
fourth in the NHL with 42 goals and 98
Crosby and Malkin; the Penguins also
how much they care and how much they
points – the only player in the league to
have Derick Brassard and Riley Sheahan,
want to win. I feel good about that.
finish in the top-five in both categories.
who re-signed this summer.
“I’m proud of this group and what
Rutherford did everything within his
The Penguins also brought back Matt
they’ve been able to accomplish. It
power to continue adding depth down
Cullen, inking him to a one-year deal.
doesn’t make it feel any better that we
the middle, and the Penguins now have
The player nicknamed “Dad” by his
fell short. But what it does do, for me, is
an embarrassment of riches at the
teammates and the fans is ecstatic about
it makes me that much hungrier to want
center position. Not
coming to Pittsburgh for a second stint
to do it again and I can’t wait for Day 1
only do they have
at 41 years old, saying “it’s a really cool
of training camp to get back at it with
opportunity at my age to come back and
this group.”
try to have another chance at making a
They’ll be coming back healthy and
run with this team.” The coaches will be
primed for another run after getting
counting on Cullen to bring versatility,
plenty of much-needed rest, as no one
and of course, leadership and a veteran
played more hockey over the past three
locker-room presence.
years than this group – including a lot of high-pressure playoff games. And while there were a few changes this offseason, what’s most important
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Matt Cullen
Matt Murray
Jack Johnson
Penguins lacked three pairings with a
As Sullivan wrote in a letter to the
puck-mover on it, and Johnson’s arrival
fans following his team’s playoff exit in
ensures that they will have just that.
May, “What I am most looking forward to
“Jack is a good skater, a good puck Cullen helped mentor a lot of
when our team returns for training camp
mover,” Rutherford said. “He can play
in September is having the opportunity
young players during his first stint in
both sides. He can play on either special
to play before the greatest fans in
Pittsburgh, including Bryan Rust, who
teams. We feel very strong about this
hockey, in what I’ve come to learn is one
has established a reputation as a clutch
player, that he’s going to improve our
of the great sports cities in America.
playoff performer and versatile winger
team. When you go back to the two years
who can move around the lineup. He
we won the Cup, especially the first
was rewarded this offseason with a
year, we had a terrific transition game.
four-year contract with an average
In that transition game you have to have
annual value of $3.5 million.
defensemen that can move the puck.”
“There is no better feeling than knowing every time we take the ice, we do so behind the unwavering support of this fan base. Trust me, we’re very grateful for that. It’s something we don’t take for granted. It reinforces our commitment to want to make this city proud.”
Also returning on the wings are Patric
Johnson will compliment a group that
Hornqvist, Carl Hagelin, Phil Kessel
includes Brian Dumoulin, Kris Letang,
and Jake Guentzel. Kessel is coming
Olli Maatta, Jamie Oleksiak and Justin
off a terrific individual season where
Schultz, who will be holding the fort in
he established a new career high with
front of two-time Stanley Cup-winning
92 points, while Guentzel is a bonafide
goaltender Matt Murray.
young star in this league after another incredible playoff run. Despite losing Conor Sheary, Tom
Overall, it’s a group well-suited to playing to the Penguins’ identity: playing with speed, playing with pace and
Kuhnhackl and Carter Rowney during the
playing a north-south game where they
offseason, the Penguins still have plenty
challenge opponents with their puck
of balance and depth up top – and they
pursuit. And it’s a group more motivated
solidified their back end with the addition
than ever to try and bring another
of Jack Johnson. Rutherford felt that the
championship to the city of Pittsburgh.
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LOCAL BUSINESS SHARES
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Business partners Reid Smith (right) and Ed Haney at the Green Tree headquarters of Vital Solutions International.
greatest moments as a fan,” said Smith,
excitement of NHL hockey. It’s one of
Section 121, Reid Smith watched – and
who attended his first Penguins game
the reasons that he and Ed Haney –
stood, and screamed – as the Penguins
in the 1970s. “It’s so hard for a team
business partners at Vital Solutions
defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning
to even make it to the Cup finals. The
International, an IT services company
in Game 7 of the 2016 NHL Eastern
atmosphere in the arena was incredible.
based in Green Tree – place such high
Conference Finals, earning a chance to
My voice was hoarse for three days.”
value on the Penguins season tickets
From his season ticket seats in
Losing his voice aside, Smith, a native
play for the Stanley Cup. “That game, with all its emotion, with all the drama, stands out as one of my
they’ve held for decades.
of the Charleroi area, believes there is
“I’m a die-hard fan myself, but it’s
nothing in sports like the game-night
great when you can take a client to a game, go to the Lexus Club, give them a
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great evening out – our clients love it,” Smith said. “You have them in a nonwork environment, out of the hustle and
You have [your clients] in a non-work environment, out of the hustle and bustle of the work, and you get time to not only talk business but to get to know them personally.
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bustle of the work, and you get time to not only talk business but to get to know them personally. A Penguins game gives you the chance to take it beyond a business relationship. That’s very important in what we do.”
With 41 regular season home games
He has fond memories of his seats at
each season, plus playoffs, Smith and
the old Mellon Arena – “E29, row H, seats
Haney also have a chance to reward
3-4, the best seats ever in the arena,
employees with tickets for outstanding
right on the rail” – but appreciates the
performance. “But “sometimes,” he
much-improved facilities at modern PPG
admits, “I just like to keep them for
Paints Arena, including the Lexus Club,
myself. I love going to the games. Being a
where he and Haney are members. ‘It’s
business season ticket holder gives you a
just a great facility, a great organization,
lot of options.”
a great environment – we consider
Smith became a fan and street-
ourselves so lucky,” Smith said.
hockey rink rat growing up in the 1970s.
The pace of hockey itself is a key
His introduction to the Penguins came,
factor, he believes – part of the reason
ironically, because his father’s company,
clients and co-workers are so enthralled
Guttman Oil, had business season tickets.
with the tickets.
“There were times when those tickets
“The speed of the game is what really
would fall to my dad, and I got a chance
gets me.” Smith said. “When you go to a
to see games in person for the first
game, you actually have to watch it. You
time,” Smith said. “I was hooked. Another
have to pay attention for 60 minutes,
big influence was the Penguins’ PA
because there is non-stop action for 60
announcer, John Barbero, who was from
minutes. If you go to a baseball game
our area. He actually built the first dek
you can talk and just wait for the crack
rink in Roscoe, PA. It all started with a
of a bat. At a football game, there’s
grassroots love of the game.”
probably about 12 minutes of action,
One of Smith’s early memories was
when the ball is in play. Hockey is fast-
a 4-2 Penguins victory over the Boston
paced, constant action, hard hitting … all
Bruins with Bobby Orr and Phil Esposito.
of those things make it really exciting,
He started to share season tickets with
and that’s why we love it.”
others following Stanley Cup victories in
He said the advantage of having
1991 and 1992 and took over the tickets
business season tickets is evident the
himself in 1996. Another moment that
morning after a client attends a game.
stands out came in April 1997 – the final
“The most important thing to me is
home game of the first portion of Mario
the feedback we get when we give
Lemieux’s career.
the tickets to a client,” Smith said. “We
“That last goal Mario scored when Ian
always get an email the next day: ‘Thanks
Moran passed him the puck against the
so much. Love the seats. Love the Lexus
Flyers in the playoffs at home … that one
Club. We had a great, exciting time.’
will always stick with me,” Smith said. “It
And then they say, ‘By the way, if you
seemed like the play happened in slow
ever have them again, we’ll be glad to
motion, and the arena was dead silent,
take them!’
and then all of a sudden he scored and
“It’s why we make sure our best
the place went nuts. It was a memory for
clients get those tickets when we
a lifetime, because I was there to see it
don’t want to go. The value to our
in person.”
business is amazing.”
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CHUCK MATTERA PRESIDENT AND CEO, II-VI INCORPORATED
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II-VI is proud to be the High Tech Partner of the Pittsburgh Penguins. My season tickets offer me a great way to show appreciation and say thanks to our employees and partners for their outstanding work and partnership. The PPG Paints Arena and the Penguins Organization are world class and enable us to build our key relationships with valuable stakeholders including our customers and investors. Overall, the partnership with the Penguins has helped us increase the Pittsburgh community’s awareness of II-VI as a high tech employer and publicly traded global brand with over $1B in revenue and more than 11,000 employees, which delivers market leading engineered materials and optoelectronic products to enable emerging applications in rapidly growing and transformative markets, such as semiconductor lasers, 3D sensing, 5G wireless communications, and electric vehicles.
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