Pittsburgh Penguins Back-To-Back Championship Notes

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STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONS


PITTSBURGH PENGUINS BACK-TO-BACK CHAMPS

2017

2016

2009

1992

1991

5 CUPS STANLEY

PIT: FIRST Most Stanley Cups since BACK-TO-BACK

CHAMPION SINCE THE

1997-98 DETROIT

1967 NHL Expansion:

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RED WINGS The Core Components

Pens to skate on all 3 Stanley Cup teams since 2009

Kris Letang

Evgeni Malkin

Sidney Crosby

Chris Kunitz

Marc-Andre Fleury


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A Decade of Excellence Penguins rank 1st in the

over the last 10 years in...

Stanley Cups

3

90

Playoff Wins

Stanley Cup Finals

4

467

Regular-Season Wins

Conference Finals

5

484

Consecutive Sellouts

City of Champions 6x

Super Bowl Champions

5x

Stanley Cup Champions

5x

World Series Champions

The Penguins’ 2017 Stanley Cup championship allowed Pittsburgh to join Boston as the only 2 cities to have at least 5 Stanley Cups, 5 World Series, and 5 Super Bowls.


PITTSBURGH PENGUINS BACK-TO-BACK CHAMPS

JIM RUTHERFORD 3-TIME STANLEY CUP CHAMP

MIKE SULLIVAN

FIRST AMERICAN-BORN COACH TO WIN THE STANLEY CUP TWICE

In June of 2016, Jim Rutherford became the first GM since the 1967 NHL Expansion to manage multiple teams to Stanley Cup championships when the Penguins beat the San Jose Sharks. The Penguins victory against Nashville in 2017 made Rutherford one of just seven general managers since ’67 to win three Stanley Cups. He also won a Cup with the Carolina Hurricanes in 2006.

By guiding the Penguins to a Stanley Cup championship in 2017, Mike Sullivan became the first American-born coach in NHL history to win multiple Stanley Cups. He defeated fellow U.S.-born bench boss Peter Laviolette in the first-ever Cup Final featuring two Americans behind the bench. Sullivan became the second head coach to win Stanley Cups in his first two years behind the bench with a team, joining Montreal’s Toe Blake.

General Managers to win 3 Stanley Cups since 1967-68:

Pittsburgh Coaches with Multiple Titles

Jim Rutherford | CAR/PIT | 2006, ‘16, ‘17 Stan Bowman | CHI |2010, ‘12, ‘14 Ken Holland | DET | 1998, 2002, ‘08 Lou Lamiorello | NJD | 1995, 2000, ‘03 Glen Slather | EDM | 1984, ‘85, ‘87, ‘88, ‘90 Bill Torrey | NYI | 1980, ‘81, ‘82, ‘83 Sam Pollock | MTL | 1968, ‘69, ‘71, ‘73, ‘76, ‘77, ‘78

Danny1971Murtaugh 1960

Chuck1974Noll 1974

1974

Mike Sullivan 2017 2016

1974


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All-Time Pens Conn Smythe Trophy Winners

Mario Lemieux 1991

Mario Lemieux 1992

Evgeni Malkin 2009

Sidney Crosby 2016

Sidney Crosby 2017

SIDNEY CROSBY 3-TIME STANLEY CUP CHAMPION 2-TIME CONN SMYTHE WINNER Penguins captain Sidney Crosby won the Conn Smythe Trophy for the second-straight year as the MVP of the playoffs in 2016. He is the first player to win back-to-back Conn Smythe Trophies since Mario Lemieux (1991 and ’92). Crosby is just the third player in NHL history to win back-to-back Conn Smythe Trophies, joining Lemieux and Philadelphia’s Bernie Parent (1974 and ‘75). Crosby is the sixth player in NHL history to win two or more Conn Smythe Trophies, joining, Lemieux, Parent, Wayne Gretzky, Patrick Roy and Bobby Orr. Crosby and Gretzky are the only players in NHL history to captain teams to three or more Stanley Cups AND win the Conn Smythe Trophy twice.


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Evgeni Malkin

THREE...

Stanley Cups makes him the fourth Russianborn player to win the Stanley Cup three times, joining Sergei Fedorov, Sergei Brylin and Igor Larionov.

TWO...

2009 2017

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Times he has led the NHL in points during the playoffs. Of four players (Wayne Gretzky, Bryan Trottier and

ONE...

Guy Lafleur) to win at least three Stanley Cups, lead the NHL playoffs in scoring twice and capture the Conn Smythe Trophy at least once.

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Matt Murray

FIRST GOALIE

To win the Stanley Cup twice as a rookie.

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Stanley Cup Final wins by the age of 25 tied Terry Sawchuk for second-most in NHL history behind Grant Fuhr (10). Postseason wins is the most by a player in NHL history under the rookie designation.


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Phil Kessel

18G 45PTS Over the last two playoff runs led all NHL players.

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Combined from the 2016 and ‘17 playoffs trailed only Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin (46 each).

Jake Guentzel

BREAKING RECORDS

21PTS 5GWG 29

In the 2017 postseason tied the NHL rookie record. Is a rookie record and tied Mario Lemeiux’s team record.

Marc-Andre Fleury

His 62 career playoff wins were a Penguins’ franchise record.

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GAME 7 SHUTOUT

Round 2 against Washington in the 2017 playoffs.


PITTSBURGH PENGUINS BACK-TO-BACK CHAMPS Pens’ Top 5 All-Time Stanley Cup Final Point Leaders

4 Goals 16 Assists 10 Goals 9 Assists

Sidney Crosby 20 Points

Mario Lemieux 19 Points

8 Goals 10 Assists

Evgeni Malkin

2 Goals 11 Assists

Larry Murphy

6 Goals 6 Assists

Kevin Stevens

18 Points 13 Points

12 Points

Top 5 Pens Playoff Point Leaders

2017

2016 Phil Kessel

22

Evgeni Malkin

Sidney Crosby

19

Sidney Crosby

Evgeni Malkin

18

Phil Kessel

Nick Bonino

18

Jake Guentzel

Carl Hagelin

16

Justin Schultz

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Stanley Cup Clinching Goals


PITTSBURGH PENGUINS BACK-TO-BACK 2016 2017

STANLEY

CUP CHAMPS

Playoff GP # STANLEY Player CUP CHAMPIONS 49 28 Ian Cole 49 7 Matt Cullen 49 8 Brian Dumoulin 49 81 Phil Kessel 48 87 Sidney Crosby 48 71 Evgeni Malkin 46 17 Bryan Rust 45 13 Nick Bonino 45 43 Conor Sheary 44 14 Chris Kunitz 43 3 Olli Maatta 43 72 Patric Hornqvist 39 62 Carl Hagelin 36 6 Trevor Daley 36 4 Justin Schultz 35 34 Tom Kuhnhackl 32 30 Matt Murray 25 59 Jake Guentzel 25 65 Ron Hainsey 24 12 Ben Lovejoy 23 16 Eric Fehr 23 58 Kris Letang 20 23 Scott Wilson 20 37 Carter Rowney 17 29 Marc-Andre Fleury 6 2 Chad Ruhwedel 4 45 Josh Archibald 3 32 Mark Streit 2 51 Derrick Pouliot 2 40 Oskar Sundqvist 2 37 Jeff Zatkoff 1 19 Beau Bennett 2-Time Stanley Cup Champ 2017 Champion 2016 Champion


June 12, 2016 Game 6 vs. San Jose Sharks at SAP Center

June 11, 2017 Game 6 vs. Nashville Predators at Bridgestone Arena


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