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2017.18 SEASON
• ISSUE 03
FRONT OFFICE
THIS WEEK’S MATCH-UP
Mario Lemieux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Game Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Ron Burkle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Penguins Roster and Headshots . . . . 66
David Morehouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Penguins by the Numbers . . . . . . . . . 68
Jim Rutherford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Panthers by the Numbers. . . . . . . . . . .71
Bill Guerin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
Panthers Roster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Jason Karmanos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41 Mike Sullivan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Sergei Gonchar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Panthers Headshots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 IN THIS ISSUE Penguins Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Jacques Martin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Promotional Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Mark Recchi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
League Leaders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Mike Buckley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
NHL Standings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Travis Williams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Season Ticket Holder Spotlight . . . . . .19
Terry Kalna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Around the NHL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Staff Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129
Pens Pass: Last Minute Ticket Club . 55
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Maatta Driven to Improve
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Shedding Light on Penguins Refresher Course
NHL Fan Code of Conduct. . . . . . . . . . 56
Declaration of Principles. . . . . . . . . . .142
Bringing Math and Science to Life Through the Game of Hockey. 59
Shedding Light on
Get Social with the Penguins. . . . . . . .61
Penguins Refresher Course . . . . . . . 144 Little Penguins Ready to Set New
Official Penguins Twitter Handles . . . 63
Participation Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151
Penguins Players Social Handles . . . 65
In the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Player Birthdays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77 In the Room . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 2017.18 Ice Crew Members. . . . . . . . . 81 Ice Crew Member Spotlight: Chad. . . 82 Maatta Driven to Improve. . . . . . . . . . 84 GNC Student Rush. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 2017.18 NHL Key Dates . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
2017.18 On and Off-Ice Officials. . . . .157 Penguins Professional Hockey Hall of Fame Inductees . . . . . . . . . . . 159 PPG PAINTS ARENA DICK’S Sporting Goods Box Office . . .51 Upcoming Events. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Pens TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Arena Seat Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Iceburgh Calls the Penalties. . . . . . . 102
Concessions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107
Hockey Etiquette 101. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Building Info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
WB/S Penguins Schedule . . . . . . . . . 116 Penguins Honors and Awards . . . . . . 119 Penguins Radio Network . . . . . . . . . .123 Radio Broadcasters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125 Tough Early-Season Slate Offers the Penguins a Stiff Challenge . . . . . . . . 135
PITTSBURGH PENGUINS FOUNDATION Alumni Tee Off for Charity. . . . . . . . . . 23 50/50 Raffle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31 Warm-Up Pucks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 Pittsburgh Penguins Silent Auction. 160
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LEADERS As of 10.10.17
POINTS RNK NAME
GP
G
A PTS +/- PIM
1 2
3 3 3 3 3
0 7 3 4 2
8 0 4 2 4
RNK NAME
GP
G
A PTS +/- PIM
1 2
3 3 3 3 3
7 4 4 4 4
0 0 0 2 2
4
Evgeny Kuznetsov, WSH Alex Ovechkin, WSH Brayden Point, TBL Brandon Saad, CHI Patrick Kane, CHI
8 7 7 6 6
4 4 4 6 3
2 0 2 0 0
SOG
SPCT
PPG
2 18 7 13 9
0.0 38.9 42.9 30.8 22.2
0 1 1 1 0
SOG
SPCT
PPG
18 8 15 26 13
38.9 50.0 26.7 15.4 30.8
1 2 3 1 1
PPP SHG TOI 2 1 1 1 0
0 0 0 0 0
18:23 18:01 19:56 18:43 20:10
GOALS Alex Ovechkin, WSH Wayne Simmonds, PHI Mika Zibanejad, NYR Evander Kane, BUF Brandon Saad, CHI
7 4 4 6 6
4 1 -2 E 6
0 2 0 2 0
PPP SHG TOI 1 2 3 1 1
0 0 0 2 0
18:01 20:03 18:07 18:52 18:43
ASSISTS RNK NAME
GP
G
A PTS +/- PIM
SOG
SPCT
PPG
1
Evgeny Kuznetsov, WSH
3
0
8
8
4
2
2
2
Steven Stamkos, TBL Ryan Hartman, CHI Bryan Rust, PIT Sidney Crosby, PIT
3 3 3 3
0 1 0 1
5 5 4 4
5 6 4 5
E 4 -1 -3
2 4 0 8
12 5 2 7
0.0 0.0 20.0 0.0 14.3
0 0 0 0 1
RNK NAME
GP
G
A PTS +/- PIM
SOG
SPCT
PPG
1 2
3 3 3 3 3
4 2 2 3 3
0 1 2 1 1
15 8 10 7 8
26.7 25.0 20.0 42.9 37.5
3 2 2 2 2
5
PPP SHG TOI 2 3 0 0 2
0 0 0 0 0
18:23 21:06 15:34 15:55 19:11
POWER-PLAY GOALS Mika Zibanejad, NYR Vladislav Namestnikov, TBL Nazem Kadri, TOR Vladimir Tarasenko, STL T.J. Oshie, WSH
4 3 4 4 4
-2 E 3 3 3
0 0 2 2 0
PPP SHG TOI 3 2 2 2 2
0 0 0 0 0
18:07 18:07 15:24 20:24 17:38
PLUS/MINUS RNK NAME
GP
G
A PTS +/- PIM
SOG
SPCT
PPG
1
Jan Rutta, CHI Jonathan Toews, CHI
3 3
2 2
2 2
4 4
7 7
4 2
5 5
40.0 40.0
0 0
1 1
0 0
19:08 19:20
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Anton Stralman, TBL William Nylander, TOR Nikita Zaitsev, TOR
3 3 3
0 1 2
2 2 2
2 3 4
6 6 6
0 2 2
4 11 5
0.0 9.1 40.0
0 0 0
0 1 0
0 0 0
22:49 16:35 21:23
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NHL
STANDINGS As of 10.10.17
EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC
GP
W
L
OTL
PTS
GF
GA
HOME
ROAD
LAST 10
TORONTO DETROIT TAMPA BAY FLORIDA BOSTON OTTAWA MONTREAL BUFFALO
3 2 3 2 2 2 3 3
3 2 2 1 1 0 1 0
0 0 1 1 1 0 2 2
0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1
6 4 4 2 2 2 2 1
19 6 13 8 4 5 4 7
10 3 11 9 7 7 10 15
2-0-0 1-0-0 2-0-0 1-0-0 1-1-0 0-0-2 0-0-0 0-1-1
1-0-0 1-0-0 0-1-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-1-0 0-1-0
3-0-0 2-0-0 2-1-0 1-1-0 1-1-0 0-0-2 1-2-0 0-2-1
METROPOLITAN
GP
W
L
OTL
PTS
GF
GA
HOME
ROAD
LAST 10
WASHINGTON NEW JERSEY PHILADELPHIA NY ISLANDERS PITTSBURGH CAROLINA COLUMBUS NY RANGERS
3 2 3 3 3 1 2 3
2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1
0 0 1 1 1 0 1 2
1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
5 4 4 3 3 2 2 2
14 10 8 8 9 5 6 9
9 3 7 11 15 4 5 12
1-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-1 1-0-1 1-0-0 1-0-0 1-1-0
1-0-1 1-0-0 2-1-0 0-1-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-1-0
2-0-1 2-0-0 2-1-0 1-1-1 1-1-1 1-0-0 1-1-0 1-2-0
WESTERN CONFERENCE CENTRAL
GP
W
L
OTL
PTS
GF
GA
HOME
ROAD
LAST 10
ST. LOUIS CHICAGO COLORADO WINNIPEG MINNESOTA DALLAS NASHVILLE
3 3 3 3 2 2 2
3 2 2 1 0 0 0
0 0 1 2 1 2 2
0 1 0 0 1 0 0
6 5 4 2 1 0 0
12 18 9 10 6 3 3
8 6 6 15 9 6 8
1-0-0 2-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-0-0
2-0-0 0-0-1 2-1-0 1-1-0 0-1-1 0-1-0 0-2-0
3-0-0 2-0-1 2-1-0 1-2-0 0-1-1 0-2-0 0-2-0
PACIFIC
GP
W
L
OTL
PTS
GF
GA
HOME
ROAD
LAST 10
LOS ANGELES VEGAS CALGARY ANAHEIM VANCOUVER EDMONTON ARIZONA SAN JOSE
2 2 3 3 1 3 2 2
2 2 2 1 1 1 0 0
0 0 1 1 0 2 1 2
0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
4 4 4 3 2 2 1 0
6 4 8 7 3 7 5 4
1 2 6 9 2 8 7 9
1-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 1-1-1 1-0-0 1-1-0 0-0-1 0-2-0
1-0-0 2-0-0 1-1-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-1-0 0-0-0
2-0-0 2-0-0 2-1-0 1-1-1 1-0-0 1-2-0 0-1-1 0-2-0
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THE SERIES vs. FLORIDA PANTHERS
Tonight the Penguins and Florida Panthers meet for the first time this season, Pittsburgh is trying to continue to dictate results in a series it has dominated now for almost 11 years. Since the Panthers won 14 of 15 games against Pittsburgh from April 2002 through January 2007, including 12 straight, the Penguins have won 27 of the last 37 games between the teams (27-8-2). Pittsburgh has earned points in nine straight games against the Panthers (7-0-2)
since suffering a 5-1 defeat here on Jan. 20, 2014, and the Penguins are 16-2-0 in their last 18 home games against Florida. Pittsburgh has won five straight games here against the Panthers since that 2014 loss. . . The teams will meet again in Florida next Friday. . . Seven of these last 27 wins over Florida have come in games in which the Penguins trailed after two periods; Pittsburgh’s record in the last 14 games in which it trailed the Panthers after two periods of play is 7-6-1. . . The Penguins have won each of the last five games against Florida that were decided in overtime. . . During this current ninecontinued on page 15
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game run without a regulation loss to Florida, Pittsburgh has outscored the Panthers, 30-13. . . The Penguins are 48-31-5 with four ties in 88 all-time games against the Panthers, including a home mark of 28-12-1 with three ties. . . Sidney Crosby is the Penguins’ all-time scoring leader against Florida, with 21 goals and 45 points in 35 games. Crosby has points in eight of his last nine games against the Panthers (8G-8A) and points in five straight home games against
THE PENGUINS
Pittsburgh begins a three-game road trip Tuesday in New York against the Rangers and will play in Tampa Bay one week from tonight, the night after they face the Panthers. The Penguins play 11 of their first
them (6G-4A). He had a hat trick in the Penguins’ 4-0 win here over Florida on March 19; he has 16 goals in his last 23 games against the Panthers. . . Evgeni Malkin has six goals and 14 points in his last 10 games against Florida. . . Pittsburgh swept the three-game series last season, earning 3-2 and 4-0 wins here and a 5-1 victory at Florida. . . The Penguins have allowed just two first-period goals in their last eight games against the Panthers while scoring seven.
16 games this season on the road. . . Pittsburgh evened its record at 1-1-1 one week ago with a convincing 4-0 home victory over Nashville, with Matt Murray making 26 saves for his sixth career shutout and continued on page 16
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Olli Maatta had two goals in the first three games, doubling his goal total in 55 regular season games last season. . . Pittsburgh had two five-on-three power play goals through the opening three games. It scored only four of those all of last season. . . Kris Letang was averaging a team-high 25:15 of ice time per game through three games, easily most on the team. His defense partner Brian Dumoulin was second at 21:11. . . Greg McKegg won seven of his first 10 defensive zone faceoffs while on the penalty kill to start the season. . . The Penguins are 15-4-5 the last 24 regular season games in which they score first and 21-3-3 in their last 27 home games when they do so. . . Matt Hunwick (3:45) and Carter Rowney (3:34) were leading the Penguins in average short-handed ice time per game after three games.
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Ryan Reaves scoring his first goal in a Pittsburgh uniform. . . The Penguins played in Washington on Wednesday night and in Tampa Bay on Thursday, making this already the second time this season they’ve played three games in four nights. . . Pittsburgh began the season by killing 14 of its first 15 penalties (93.3 percent). . . Murray’s shutout last week was his third consecutive against Nashville going back to the 2017 Stanley Cup Final, pushing his personal shutout streak against them to 206:26. . . Ian Cole was injured blocking a shot in the Nashville game and was out indefinitely as the week began. . . Bryan Rust, moved from the second line to the first and from left wing to right wing for the win over Nashville and had four points in the opening three games this season — only Crosby (five) had more at that point. . . Defenseman
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SEASON TICKET HOLDER
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MARIA AMMON SEASON TICKET HOLDER SINCE
HOMETOWN PITTSBURGH, PA
2005
With whom do you attend Penguins home games? My favorite people to go to games with are my nephew and brother. I also attend with friends, other family members and co-workers. I am very popular during Penguins season! What is your earliest memory of Pittsburgh Penguins hockey? As a child in the early 80’s I was able to name all the Penguins in numerical order without taking a breath. What Penguins related story do you retell most often? I work part-time at a snack stand on a golf course. One day Phil Bourque unexpectedly
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walked in. I had my playoff towel taped up right behind me and asked if he could sign it. He came behind the counter and took his time to make sure it looked just right. At that time I could not even focus — golfers were telling me I was giving them too much change! What motivated you to purchase Penguins season tickets? My dad always had some sort of partial season ticket plan, even going back to the “Save the Pens” campaign when Gary Rissling took his order over the phone! Later, I attended nearby Duquesne University and often bought a 10 game plan. It continued on page 20
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Maria’s mom Joan and niece Julia meet the Stanley Cup.
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was only fitting that I purchased a full season ticket package as soon as I could. What is your all-time favorite ingame entertainment feature? I love the music like Metallica, Bush, and Audioslave that gets everyone pumped up. The playoff hype songs, laser lights and videos give me the chills! How would you describe your game watching style? I watch every play of every game. I don’t often get up from my seat! Offense or Defense? I am a huge Kris Letang fan so I love defense. The skill of our offense is great too. It’s like Kris and Sidney Crosby have a magnet on each other’s sticks because they always seem to connect on passes without even looking. Blowout or Nail biter? Blowouts are much less stressful to me. If every nail biter ended up the same as our Round 3 Game 7 playoff matchup last year then sure, ok!
Have you attended a Penguins away game? Do you have a favorite memory from your trip? I was on a business trip in Washington D.C. this past May. The day I arrived happened to be Game 7 of Round 2. I bought one seat and took an Uber down and back from the game. I was so happy to see the Penguins beat the Caps in Washington! If you could host three Penguins players for dinner, past or present, who would you invite? Letang, Crosby and Marc-Andre Fleury. Mostly because they are such great friends and they would love my grandmother’s spaghetti sauce recipe! How did you celebrate the Penguins most recent Stanley Cup victory? I watched it at my brother’s house with him, my mom, sister-in-law, nephew, and niece — the same as I did in 2009 and 2016. Hockey fans are very superstitious, we don’t want to change anything!
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The Penguins Alumni Association celebrated the 20th Anniversary of their signature event — the Penguins Alumni Charity Golf Classic — on August 22 at Valley Brook Country Club in McMurray, PA. Former players, coaches and general managers from the team’s storied history gathered to raise funds for the Mario Lemieux Foundation, Lending Hearts, and the Penguins Foundation. continued on page 25
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Alumni members on hand included Hockey Hall of Famers Craig Patrick, Bryan Trottier and Joe Mullen; current team management personnel Jim Rutherford, Bill Guerin and Jason Karmanos; and team broadcasters Phil Bourque and Bob Errey. Over the past 19 years, the scramble-style tournament has raised over $650,000 for local charities with an emphasis on serving children.
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ALUMNI NOTES The Penguins Alumni Association elected new officers prior to the start of the 2017.18 season: Tyler Kennedy
President
Colby Armstrong
Vice President
Christian Hanson
Vice President
Dave Hanson
Secretary
Kim Clackson
Treasurer
Bryan Trottier
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Will Butcher HIGH-SCORING STARTS: The Blackhawks set a franchise record by scoring 15 goals in their first two games. The Maple Leafs also scored 15 goals in their first two games, the most in Toronto history since the Toronto Arenas netted 20 in 1917-18, the NHL’s inaugural season.
THREE TIMES TWO: The Las Vegas Golden Knights became the third expansion franchise (since 1967-68) to open their inaugural campaign by going 2-0-0. The Los Angeles Kings and the Oakland Seals both turned the trick in 1967-68.
FIRST SEASON-TOPOSTSEASON: Six expansion teams have qualified for the Stanley Cup Playoffs in their inaugural campaign. The Philadelphia Flyers, Los Angeles Kings, St. Louis Blues, and Minnesota North Stars did it in 1967-68. And the Edmonton Oilers and Hartford Whalers turned the trick in 1979-80. The 12-team NHL was split into an Original Six division (East Division)
and a division made up of expansion teams (West Division) in 1967-68, which ensured that four of the new teams would qualify for the postseason. The Oilers and Whalers (as the New England Whalers) had played in the WHA in 1978-79.
HISTORY-MAKING DEBUT: Devils D Will Butcher had three assists in New Jersey’s 4-1 season-opening win over Colorado. That made Butcher the first player in franchise history to register three points in his NHL debut and the fifth defenseman on any team to achieve that feat since 1967-68. Butcher won the 2017 Hobey Baker Award (college hockey’s Heisman Trophy) and a national championship last season at Denver.
SHORT-HANDED SHOOTOUT: The Islanders and Sabres combined to score four short-handed goals in New York’s 6-3 victory over Buffalo on Oct. 7 (two each). That tied the NHL record for short-handed goals in a game, last achieved by the Senators (three) and Panthers (one) on Nov. 18, 2000.
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Mario Lemieux is known as one of the greatest players in NHL history, with two Stanley Cups, six league scoring titles, three MVP awards, two Conn Smythe Trophies, a Calder Trophy, a Masterton Trophy — and an Olympic gold medal for good measure. Now, he’s also established himself as one of the league’s greatest owners. Lemieux and co-owner Ron Burkle led the Penguins to another championship in 2016-17, their third in nine years, giving Mario more Cups as an owner than he won as a player. His transition from excellence on the ice to excellence in the front office – with five Cups in all – has been another remarkable achievement in a truly unprecedented pro sports career. “I don’t know that there’s another individual who’s had the impact on a franchise that Mario has had on the Pittsburgh Penguins,” said David Morehouse, the Penguins’ president and CEO. “He saved the team as a player and led it to two Stanley Cups. He bought the team out of bankruptcy, led the effort for a new arena and delivered three more Cups. And that doesn’t even touch on what he’s done for the city as a philanthropist with the Mario Lemieux Foundation. He is one of a kind.” Lemieux and Burkle organized a group of investors that bought the Penguins out of bankruptcy in 1999. The combination of Lemieux’s hockey acumen and Burkle’s business savvy made them a formidable
front office tandem and led to a series of spectacular achievements both on and off the ice. The Penguins, during that time, have become one of the premier franchises in all of sports, leading the way in fan relations, youth marketing, community outreach and innovative technology while consistently putting a winning team on the ice. That includes qualifying for the playoffs for 11 straight seasons — the longest streak in hockey — and reaching the Cup Final four times and the Conference Finals five times in the past 10 years. As a player, “Le Magnifique” was a gifted 6-foot-4 centerman who dominated play for parts of three decades. Although he faced a numbing series of medical setbacks, including multiple back surgeries and a battle with Hodgkin’s disease, he retired in 2006 as the No. 7 all-time scorer in NHL history with 1,723 points. He also ranked eighth all-time in goals (690) and 10th in assists (1,033). After retiring as a player for the first time in 1997, he put together an ownership group to buy the Penguins out of bankruptcy in September 1999 and then returned to the ice on December 27, 2000 — becoming the first player-owner of the modern era. He also captained Team Canada to an Olympic gold medal in 2002. In addition to his legendary hockey accomplishments, he continues to oversee the Mario Lemieux Foundation, which has raised more than $25 million for charity. More information is available at mariolemieux.org.
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Ron Burkle, one of the preeminent investors in retail, hospitality, technology and distribution industries, is also now a three-time Stanley Cup champion as co-owner of the Pittsburgh Penguins. Burkle teamed with Mario Lemieux to buy the team out of bankruptcy in September, 1999, and together they have become one of the outstanding ownership duos in professional sports, winning three Cups in the past nine seasons, including rare backto-back championships in 2016 and 2017. Among Burkle’s many significant contributions to the Penguins was his essential role in negotiations for a new arena. PPG Paints Arena is considered one of the finest indoor facilities in North America and has attracted many nationallevel events to Pittsburgh, including NCAA basketball and hockey. But he also helped create a winning mindset for the Penguins organization both on and off the ice. Although Burkle prefers to operate quietly and behind the scenes, Lemieux understands his immense role in the team’s success. “Ron is one of the main reasons we still have hockey in Pittsburgh,” Lemieux told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. “If I was not able to buy the Penguins and have Ron as our top investor, I don’t think the Penguins would be here today. He’s a great guy and a very smart businessman. He loves Pittsburgh, he loves the Penguins. I think people should know that.”
Under the leadership of Lemieux and Burkle, the Penguins have sold out every game for 10-plus seasons and consistently ranked among the most fan-friendly and community-minded teams in the NHL and all of pro sports. The Penguins have earned 11 straight playoff berths and reached the conference finals five times in the past 10 years, in addition to the three Cups. The team’s solid foundation of ownership has enabled hockey management to spend to the salary cap, sign many of the team’s core players to long-term contracts and put a competitive team on the ice year after year. Burkle founded the Yucaipa Companies in 1986 and has served as Chairman of the Board and controlling shareholder of numerous companies, including Alliance Entertainment, Golden State Foods, Dominick’s, Fred Meyer, Ralphs and Food4Less. Ron is Co-Chairman of the Burkle Center for International Relations at UCLA and is broadly involved in the community. He is a trustee of the Carter Center, the National Urban League, Frank Lloyd Wright Conservancy and AIDS Project Los Angeles (APLA). Ron was the Founder and Chairman of the Ralph’s/Food4Less Foundation and the Fred Meyer Inc. Foundation. He was a member of the board of Occidental Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: OXY), KB Home (NYSE: KBH), Kaufman & Broad S.A. (Euronext: KOF), Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO), the J. Paul Getty Trust, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Music Center and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.
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MOREHOUSE MOREHOUSE PERM AD CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER & PRESIDENT
In 10 seasons as a senior executive with the Penguins, David Morehouse has seen the team win three Stanley Cups, make the Cup finals four times and reach the conference finals five times. Though his expertise is on the team’s business side — especially branding and marketing — Morehouse’s greatest achievement has been creating a corporate culture that has driven the Penguins to consistent excellence both on and off the ice. “It’s no coincidence that we’ve enjoyed this kind of success with David Morehouse as our key senior executive” said co-owner Ron Burkle. “We’ve obviously made a lot of great acquisitions on the player side, but one of the best acquisitions we’ve ever made was David himself.” The Penguins have become one of the NHL’s strongest business entities during Morehouse’s tenure — selling out every game for 10-plus seasons, setting new standards for television ratings and corporate sales and increasing their focus on innovative youth marketing. He joined the team as consultant on the new arena project in 2004 and was named team president in April 2007. He was given the additional responsibilities of Chief Executive Officer just as the team’s new arena was opening in August 2010.
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Under Morehouse’s leadership, the Penguins have reshaped their strategic vision with an emphasis on branding, fan relations, community interaction, corporate outreach and cutting-edge technology, while maintaining a high level of performance on the ice. A strong commitment to fan outreach includes an annual event where players personally deliver season tickets to fans’ homes and a special preseason game were all 18,000 tickets are distributed free to local youth. Morehouse also was a driving force behind the new UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex, which opened in August 2015. It is the first facility to combine hockey with a world-class medical center and sports performance complex. Morehouse joined the Penguins following a career in national politics that included stints at the White House, Pentagon and on Capitol Hill — as well as key roles in two Presidential campaigns. He attended the Community College of Allegheny County and Duquesne University and received a master’s degree in Public Administration from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. He is a native of the Pittsburgh neighborhood of Beechview.
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Jim Rutherford enters his fourth season with the Penguins as the executive vice president and general manager of the NHL’s first backto-back championship team in almost two decades. Pittsburgh’s six-game defeat of the Nashville Predators in the 2017 Stanley Cup Final not only gave the Penguins a second-straight Cup victory, but it made Rutherford just the seventh GM since the 1967 NHL Expansion to win three Stanley Cups. One year earlier, Rutherford became the first GM since ‘67 to manage multiple teams to Cup victories, having also done so with the Carolina Hurricanes in 2006. During the course of the 2015-16 campaign, Rutherford transformed the Penguins into Stanley Cup champions, thanks in large part to his acquisitions of Phil Kessel, Nick Bonino, Trevor Daley and Carl Hagelin, plus the promotion of Mike Sullivan to head coach in December of 2015. As a reward for his quick, on-thefly re-shaping of the Penguins’ roster, Rutherford won the NHL General Manager of the Year Award for his work in ’15-16. Pittsburgh’s roster didn’t require as much tinkering in 2016-17, but Rutherford once again added key pieces at the right time, including bolstering his defense by trading for veteran Ron Hainsey near the deadline. Hainsey earned top-pair minutes in the absence of Kris Letang. Rutherford spent 20 years as GM of the Carolina Hurricanes/Hartford Whalers franchise from 1994-2014, where he
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was a key architect of the Hurricanes’ 2006 Stanley Cup championship squad and their 2002 Stanley Cup finalist team. In addition to his general manager duties, he also served 20 years as president of Carolina/Hartford, taking the post in 1994. In his role as president/ GM, Rutherford oversaw operations on both the hockey and business sides of the organization. Over the course of his executive career, Rutherford has won multiple awards, including The Hockey News‘ Executive of the Year in 2002 and ’06. Additionally, he was voted by his NHL general management peers as Sporting News ‘Executive of the Year’ in 2006. Before his 23 years in the NHL, Rutherford was recognized as the 1987 Canadian Hockey League (CHL) Executive of the Year, and the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) Executive of the Year in back-to-back years with the Windsor Spitfires in 1987 and ’88. He oversaw a Spitfires team that won the OHL championship in 1988 and earned a berth in the Memorial Cup. Rutherford played 13 years as a goaltender in the NHL, appearing in 457 career NHL games with Pittsburgh, Toronto, Los Angeles and Detroit. He was selected by the Detroit Red Wings in the first round (10th overall) of the 1969 NHL Draft.
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ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER Bill Guerin begins his fourth season as assistant general manager fresh off of helping the Penguins capture a second-straight Stanley Cup championship, the fourth Stanley Cup win of his career, and his second as an executive. This season, Guerin’s duties will change slightly, as one of his primary roles will be to serve as the general manager of the Penguins’ minor-league affiliate, the Wilkes-Barre/ Scranton Penguins, where he will oversee that team’s staff and also serve as the alternate governor at AHL league meetings. Guerin was Pittsburgh’s player development coach from 2011-14, where he was instrumental in helping develop the Penguins’ minor league, junior and college prospects,
including Tom Kuhnhackl, Bryan Rust and Conor Sheary, who all played huge roles in the Pens’ back-to-back championship runs. Originally drafted by New Jersey in the first round (5th overall) of the 1989 NHL Draft, Guerin won two Stanley Cups (Pittsburgh, 2009; New Jersey, 1995) and spent 18 seasons in the NHL — including his final two with the Penguins. Guerin’s leadership and on-ice performance after being acquired at the NHL trade deadline was a key in Pittsburgh’s ’09 title. Guerin, a four-time NHL All-Star, tallied 429 career goals and 856 points in 1,263 career NHL games, including five 30-goal and two 40-goal seasons. He was elected to the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame in 2013.
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Jason Karmanos begins his first season as the Penguins’ assistant general manager after receiving a promotion over the summer. Karmanos spent his first three seasons in the Pittsburgh organization as the team’s vice president of hockey operations. As assistant GM, Karmanos will continue to be involved in all facets of hockey operations decision-making, but he will also oversee the Penguins’ amateur scouting staff. Karmanos is a three-time Stanley Cup champion, having also helped build the Carolina Hurricanes’ 2006 championship club in addition to his consecutive titles in Pittsburgh. Before joining Pittsburgh, Karmanos spent 15 years as an executive for the Carolina Hurricanes from 1998-2013, serving various
roles with Carolina, including executive director of hockey operations and vice president/assistant general manager under Jim Rutherford. In addition to winning a Cup together in ’06, Rutherford and Karmanos also built the Hurricanes squad that was a Cup finalist in 2002. Karmanos played four years of college hockey at Harvard University from 1992-96, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree with honors. In 1994, Karmanos represented Team USA at the World Junior Championships, compiling three points (1G-2A) in seven games. After graduating, Karmanos attended training camp with the Penguins in 1996 and played pro hockey for two seasons before his career was cut short due to an eye injury.
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MIKE
SULLIVAN SULLIVAN HEAD COACH
Mike Sullivan made history in his first two seasons behind the Penguins’ bench, winning the Stanley Cup both years. By doing so, Sullivan became the first Americanborn coach in NHL history to win multiple Cups, and he joined the legendary Toe Blake of the Montreal Canadiens as the only coaches to win the championship in each of their first two seasons with a team. By winning a second Cup, Sullivan joined the Steelers’ Chuck Noll (four Super Bowls) and the Pirates’ Danny Murtaugh (two World Series) as the only coaches in Pittsburgh’s professional sports history with multiple titles. Despite the burden of being the defending champs, Sullivan’s club finished the 2016-17 regular season with 50 wins and 111 points — the latter the second-most in the history of the franchise — good enough for the second-best record in the entire league. In the playoffs, Sullivan navigated the Penguins to a secondconsecutive title despite missing top blueliner Kris Letang for the duration of the postseason. Sullivan led the Penguins to one of the greatest in-season turnarounds in franchise history during his first year as head coach in 2015-16, a journey that resulted in a Stanley Cup victory against the San Jose Sharks on June 12, 2016. Adhering to Sullivan’s advice to ‘Just Play’, the Penguins ended the regular season with the second-best record in the Eastern Conference and fourth-best mark in the league, in large part because of a 14-2 run to conclude the regular season. By leading the Penguins to the franchise’s fourth Cup, Sullivan became just the sixth American-born head coach to win the Stanley Cup.
Prior to being promoted to Pittsburgh, Sullivan spent the first two-plus months of the 2015-16 season as the head coach of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. During his 23-game tenure in WB/S, his club went 18-5, which was good enough for first place in the Atlantic Division. Sullivan’s club also had a franchise-best 11-game winning streak. A native of Marshfield, Massachusetts, Sullivan began his coaching career in 2002-03, starting the season as head coach of the AHL’s Providence Bruins before joining the NHL’s Bruins as an assistant coach late in the year. He was promoted to head coach of the NHL Bruins at age 35 in 2003-04, winning a Northeast Division crown in the first of his two years at the helm. Sullivan served as an NHL assistant coach for seven-consecutive years from 2007-14 with Tampa Bay, the NY Rangers and Vancouver. In addition to his professional coaching experience, Sullivan has coached the United States three times internationally, including the 2016 World Cup of Hockey when he was an assistant coach. He was the head coach at the 2007 World Championship and an assistant coach at the 2006 Olympic Games in Turino, Italy. During the 2014-15 season, Sullivan was a member of the Stanley Cup champion Chicago Blackhawks’ player development staff. Sullivan’s 11-year NHL career began with the expansion San Jose Sharks in 1991-92 and included stops in Calgary, Boston and Arizona. Sullivan played four years of collegiate hockey at Boston University from 1986-90, serving as the Terriers captain as a senior. Sullivan represented the U.S. as a player at the 1988 World Junior Championship.
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GONCHAR GONCHAR ASSISTANT COACH
Sergei Gonchar enters his first season behind the bench as an assistant coach after spending his first two seasons in the Penguins organization as the club’s defensemen development coach. Gonchar earned plenty of praise from the Penguins’ defensemen in his previous role as defenesemen development coach. He did some of his best teaching with Justin Schultz, who finshed 2016-17 as one of the NHL’s highest-scoring blueliners. One of the top power-play quarterbacks of his era, Gonchar produced 811 career
points in 20 NHL seasons, the most of any Russian-born defenseman. He ranks in the top-20 all-time among NHL defensemen in both games played and points. During his five-year run in Pittsburgh from 2005-10, Gonchar tallied 259 points (54G-205A). Gonchar is a three-time Stanley Cup champion, winning all three crowns with Pittsburgh. He was an alternate captain on the Penguins’ ’09 team, and an executive in 2016 and ’17. Gonchar also helped the Penguins’ advance to the Cup Final in 2008.
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MARTIN ASSISTANT COACH
Jacques Martin presided over a defensive group that overcame numerous injury woes to help the Penguins capture a second-straight Stanley Cup in 2017, the second championship of Martin’s lengthy NHL career. One of the most respected coaches in NHL history, Martin performed some of his best work in the 2017 playoffs, as Pittsburgh had to spread its minutes out evenly on the back end with All-Star blueliner Kris Letang sidelined for the duration of the postseason. Martin, who will be entering his fifth season with the Pittsburgh organization in 2017-18, has over 25 years of NHL
experience as a general manager, head coach and assistant coach with Pittsburgh, Montreal, Florida, Ottawa, Colorado/Quebec, Chicago and St. Louis. He won 613 games and made 12 playoff appearances in 17 seasons as an NHL head coach. He won the Jack Adams Award as the NHL’s ‘most outstanding coach’ with Ottawa in 1999 and was a finalist for the award on three other occasions. Martin won gold medals as an assistant coach for Team Canada at the 2002 Olympics and the 2004 World Cup of Hockey. He was also an assistant coach on the 2006 Canadian Olympic Team.
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Mark Recchi moves behind the Penguins’ bench as an assistant coach after spending the previous three seasons as the team’s player development coach. As player development coach, Recchi worked with Pittsburgh’s prospects throughout the organization from WilkesBarre/Scranton to the junior and college ranks. Two of the players Recchi worked with at WB/S, Jake Guentzel and Carter Rowney, played huge roles in Pittsburgh’s 2017 title run. Recchi enjoyed a 22-year NHL playing career that began with the Penguins in
1988-89 and wrapped up with the Boston Bruins in 2010-11. In that span, Recchi accumulated 577 goals and 1,533 points in 1,652 contests, numbers that earned him enshrinement in the Hockey Hall of Fame as a member of the Class of 2017. A seven-time NHL All-Star, Recchi won three Stanley Cup championships as a player: 1991 with Pittsburgh; 2006 as a member of the Carolina Hurricanes; and 2011 with Boston. He added his name to the Cup two more times as a Penguins executive in 2016 and ’17.
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BUCKLEY BUCKLEY GOALTENDING COACH
Mike Buckley enters his first season as the Penguins goaltending coach after spending the previous four seasons as Pittsburgh’s goaltending development coach. Buckley played a crucial role in Pittsburgh’s back-to-back Stanley Cup championship runs, serving as an eye in the sky and traveling with the club both years. His finest work thus far has been guiding the development of Matt Murray from top prospect to the first goalie in NHL history to win the Stanley Cup-clinching game twice as a rookie. Before Murray became a star at the NHL level, Buckley worked with him as a
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first-year pro in 2014-15, when Murray was the AHL’s Rookie of the Year and Goaltender of the Year. In Buckley’s four seasons as goaltending development coach, the Wilkes-Barre/ Scranton Penguins finished with the lowest goals-against average in the league three times. Following a four-year college career at UMass-Amherst that ended in 2000, Buckley played five seasons of professional hockey from 2000-05, including parts of three campaigns with the Mississippi Sea Wolves and Gwinnett Gladiators of the ECHL.
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WILLIAMS WILLIAMS PERM AD CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
Travis Williams is in his 10th season as a senior executive with the Penguins, currently serving as Chief Operating Officer and overseeing finance, legal affairs, technology, business development and arena operations. He also assists CEO David Morehouse in the day-to-day management of the business. In addition, Williams serves as the Penguins’ point man on the development of the former Civic Arena site and oversaw the construction of the UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex in Cranberry. Williams joined the Penguins in 2008 as Senior Vice President of Business Affairs/ General Counsel. One of his first responsibilities was to guide the construction and development of the team’s new arena – bringing the project to completion on time and under budget for the start of the 2010-11 season. He now serves as
the team’s liaison with building manager AEG Facilities, working closely with AEG on all arenarelated events, including major concerts and national-level sporting events. Previously, Williams had been a partner at Reed Smith LLP, where he specialized in mergers and acquisitions, investment management, commercial lending and general corporate matters. During his 12 years at Reed Smith, Williams also represented several sports franchises, regional sports networks and other sports-related businesses. A native of Indianapolis, he graduated from Penn State University and received a Juris Doctorate from Duquesne University, summa cum laude. While at Duquesne, he was a member of the Duquesne Law Review and the Duquesne Business Law Journal.
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SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF SALES AND BROADCASTING
Terry Kalna is in his third season as senior vice president of sales and broadcasting following an 18-year career in motorsports management. Kalna, a native of Greensburg, oversees corporate sales, partnership activation, ticket sales and premium sales in addition to the Penguins Radio Network. He is also the primary contact with AT&T SportsNet, the Penguins’ local television rightsholder. Kalna spent the previous eight years as managing director of international speedway corporation, a sister company to NASCAR that operates 13 racetracks across the country —
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including Daytona, Talladega, Darlington and Richmond. Kalna also has deep connections to hockey. He has been a member of USA Hockey’s Marketing Council since 2011 and recently earned his USA Hockey Level 5 coaching certification. He played youth hockey in Greensburg and for the Amateur Penguins before moving on to prep school hockey at Tabor Academy and Cranbrook Kingswood School. He graduated from Hobart College in 1998 with degrees in economics and history.
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Headshots and Roster
CHAD
OLLI
POS: D HT: 5-11 WT: 191
POS: D HT: 6-2 WT: 206
RUHWEDEL
As of 10.03.17
4
3
8
MAATTA
17
22
JUSTIN
BRIAN
BRYAN
MATT
POS: D HT: 6-2 WT: 193
POS: D HT: 6-4 WT: 207
POS: RW HT: 5-11 WT: 192
POS: D HT: 5-11 WT: 200
SCHULTZ
DUMOULIN
23
RUST
28
HUNWICK
30
31
SCOTT
IAN
MATT
ANTTI
POS: LW HT: 5-11 WT: 183
POS: D HT: 6-1 WT: 219
POS: G HT: 6-4 WT: 178
POS: G HT: 6-2 WT: 215
WILSON
COLE
33
MURRAY
34
NIEMI
37
43
GREG
TOM
CARTER
CONOR
POS: C HT: 6-0 WT: 191
POS: RW HT: 6-2 WT: 196
POS: RW HT: 6-2 WT: 200
POS: LW HT: 5-8 WT: 175
MCKEGG
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EVGENI
PATRIC
RYAN
PHIL
POS: C HT: 6-3 WT: 195
POS: RW HT: 5-11 WT: 189
POS: RW HT: 6-1 WT: 225
POS: RW HT: 6-0 WT: 202
MALKIN
HORNQVIST
REAVES
KESSEL
87 SIDNEY
CROSBY POS: C HT: 5-11 WT: 200
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BY THE NUMBERS
PENGUINS As of 10.10.17
PLAYER
GP
G
A
Sidney Crosby
3
1
4
5
Evgeni Malkin
3
1
3
Bryan Rust
3
0
Olli Maatta
3
Jake Guentzel
PIM
PPG
PPP
SHG
SH
SPCT
TOI
-3
8
1
2
0
7
14.3
19:11
4
-2
4
0
2
0
10
10.0
17:05
4
4
-1
0
0
0
0
2
0.0
15:55
2
1
3
-1
2
0
0
0
8
25.0
18:07
3
1
2
3
-2
4
0
1
0
3
33.2
17:25
Phil Kessel
3
1
1
2
-1
12
1
1
0
13
7.7
17:18
Ryan Reaves
3
1
0
1
-1
34
0
0
0
3
33.2
06:49
Conor Sheary
3
1
0
1
-4
0
0
0
0
5
20.0
13:18
Justin Schultz
3
1
0
1
-1
2
0
0
0
5
20.0
20:24
Greg McKegg
3
0
1
1
-2
0
0
0
0
6
0.0
15:38
Carter Rowney
3
0
1
1
-1
0
0
0
0
1
0.0
12:00
Carl Hagelin
3
0
1
1
E
4
0
0
0
5
0.0
16:24
Brian Dumoulin
3
0
0
0
-3
2
0
0
0
4
0.0
21:11
Scott Wilson
3
0
0
0
-2
0
0
0
0
3
0.0
10:27
Kris Letang
3
0
0
0
-5
2
0
0
0
12
0.0
25:15
Ian Cole
3
0
0
0
-1
0
0
0
0
4
0.0
13:29
Matt Hunwick
3
0
0
0
-2
0
0
0
0
2
0.0
18:19
Tom Kuhnhackl
3
0
0
0
E
2
0
0
0
3
0.0
13:07
GOALIES
GP
W
L
SV
SV%
SO
TGA
TSA
PIM
ENG
Matt Murray
3
1
0
1
3.84
80
0.879
1
11
91
0
0
Antti Niemi
1
0
1
0 25.90
9
0.692
0
4
13
0
0
68
PTS +/-
OTL GAA
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BY THE NUMBERS
OPPONENTS As of 10.10.17
FLORIDA PANTHERS PLAYER
GP
G
A
PTS +/-
PIM
PPG
PPP
SHG
SH
SPCT
TOI
Evgenii Dadonov
2
1
2
3
-3
0
1
1
0
3
33.3
18:27
Vincent Trocheck
2
1
1
2
E
2
0
0
0
5
20.0
23:42
Nick Bjugstad
2
1
1
2
3
0
0
0
0
7
14.3
13:00
Connor Brickley
2
1
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
3
33.3
12:41
Jared McCann
2
1
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
7
14.3
11:27
Jonathan Huberdeau
2
1
1
2
-3
2
0
1
0
6
16.7
19:37
Radim Vrbata
2
0
2
2
1
2
0
0
0
9
0.0
15:21
Aleksander Barkov
2
0
2
2
-3
4
0
0
0
4
0.0
20:17
Colton Sceviour
2
1
0
1
E
4
0
0
0
4
25.0
11:51
Mark Pysyk
2
1
0
1
E
0
0
0
0
4
25.0
19:53
Micheal Haley
2
0
1
1
E
5
0
0
0
4
0.0
06:32
Aaron Ekblad
2
0
1
1
-1
2
0
1
0
0
0.0
21:53
Keith Yandle
2
0
1
1
-1
2
0
0
0
7
0.0
23:20
Alex Petrovic
2
0
1
1
E
2
0
0
0
1
0.0
12:23
Derek MacKenzie
2
0
0
0
E
0
0
0
0
5
0.0
12:33
Ian McCoshen
2
0
0
0
-1
0
0
0
0
3
0.0
13:53
Jamie McGinn
2
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
8
0.0
14:59
Mike Matheson
2
0
0
0
2
2
0
0
0
4
0.0
21:05
GOALIES
ENG
GP
W
L
SV
SV%
SO
TGA
TSA
PIM
James Reimer
1
1
0
OTL GAA 0
4.05
26
0.867
0
4
30
0
1
Roberto Luongo
1
0
1
0
4.11
20
0.833
0
4
24
0
0
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PANTHERS
ROSTER As of 10.10.17
1 3 5 6 7 11 12 13 16 17 18 19 21 23 27 34 52 62 63 71 74 88 90
PLAYER
Roberto Luongo Keith Yandle Aaron Ekblad Alex Petrovic Colton Sceviour Jonathan Huberdeau Ian McCoshen Mark Pysyk Aleksander Barkov Derek MacKenzie Micheal Haley Mike Matheson Vincent Trocheck Connor Brickley Nick Bjugstad James Reimer MacKenzie Weegar Denis Malgin Evgenii Dadonov Radim Vrbata Owen Tippett Jamie McGinn Jared McCann
POS
G D D D C LW D D C C C D C C C G D C RW RW RW LW C
HT
6-3 6-1 6-4 6-4 6-0 6-1 6-3 6-1 6-3 5-11 5-11 6-2 5-10 6-0 6-6 6-2 6-0 5-9 5-11 6-1 6-1 6-1 6-1
NOTES
Florida opened the season by splitting a home-and-home series against Tampa Bay, losing on the road (3-5) and winning at home (5-4). Pittsburgh native Vince Trocheck had the gamewinner for the Panthers in the latter game. . . Florida had four days off before hosting St. Louis on Thursday; it will play in Philadelphia on Tuesday. . . New to the Panthers are coach and former Penguin Bob Boughner and right wing Radim
WT
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Vrbata, while former Panther Evgenii Dadonov is back after playing the past five seasons in Russia. . . Dadonov had a team-high three points in the opening two games of the season.
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PANTHERS
HEADSHOTS As of 10.10.17
Roberto Luongo 1
Keith Yandle 3
Aaron Ekblad 5
Alex Petrovic 6
Colton Sceviour 7
Jonathan Huberdeau 11
Ian McCoshen 12
Mark Pysyk 13
Aleksander Barkov 16
Derek MacKenzie 17
Micheal Haley 18
Mike Matheson 19
Vincent Trocheck 21
Connor Brickley 23
Nick Bjugstad 27
James Reimer 34
MacKenzie Weegar 52
Denis Malgin 62
Evgenii Dadonov 63
Radim Vrbata 71
Owen Tippett 74
Jamie McGinn 88
Jared McCann 90
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PLAYER
BIRTHDAYS
JULY
SEPTEMBER
Evgeni Malkin
July 31, 1986
Brian Dumoulin
Justin Schultz
July 6, 1990
OCTOBER
AUGUST
Phil Kessel
September 6, 1991
October 2, 1987
Antti Niemi
August 29, 1983
Josh Archibald
October 6, 1992
Sidney Crosby
August 7, 1987
Jake Guentzel
October 6, 1994
Carl Hagelin
August 23, 1988
Olli Maatta
August 22, 1994
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Whether it’s listening in on coach Mike Sullivan’s pregame speech, going to the dog park with Matt Murray, witnessing Jake Guentzel greet his family after scoring a goal in his first NHL game, or traveling to Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia, with Sidney Crosby as he trains for the upcoming season, In The Room delivers unique, unprecedented coverage of the Pittsburgh Penguins. The show has won four consecutive Emmy Awards as the
best sports series in the Mid-Atlantic region in 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017. “All-access television is part of our brand now,” said David Morehouse, CEO and president of the Penguins. “We love giving our fans exclusive behind-the-scenes looks at our players, coaches and special events, and it dates back to our experience with HBO’s 24/7 at the 2011 Winter Classic. We’re fortunate to have great support from Jim Rutherford, Mike Sullivan and our players.”
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CHAD YEARS ON THE TEAM: Two HOMETOWN: Wexford, PA OCCUPATION: Business Student at Duquesne University WHAT DO YOU DO FOR FUN: Listen to music or watch movies FAVORITE QUOTE: “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” - Ferris Bueller DREAM JOB: My dream job is to own my own restaurant in a major city. WHAT DO YOU EAT BEFORE SKATING A PENGUINS GAME: Italian hoagie with raspberry iced tea WHAT ARE SOME OF YOUR PENGUINS ICE CREW HIGHLIGHTS? Being able to experience The Stanley Cup banner raising ceremony at the home opener this year.
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MAATTA DRIVEN TO
IMPROVE BY: JEFF CARPENTER During training camp, Olli Maatta revealed something surprising to the media. “I don’t think the last few years I’ve played my best hockey,” said Maatta, now in his fifth NHL season. “I think I’m a lot better than I’ve been.” The Penguins locker room is mostly empty now, practice ended a while ago. An equipment manager remains, dealing with the final remnants of this morning’s practice. Maatta enters the room and heads to his stall. He takes off most of his equipment, lastly his skates, before talking. The sweat from today’s practice serves as a reminder of how hard the Jyväskylä, Finland native works to become the best he can be, as he’s frequently one of the last players off the ice. “I think my biggest thing is working on my skating a lot,” Maatta said. “I think that’s a good thing. Just improve in every asset of my game. Just be solid in there.”
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While most defenseman take more time to develop, Maatta played his way onto the Penguins as a 19-year-old. Maatta played in 79 games his rookie season, registering nine goals and 20 assists. His 29 points were tied for third among rookie defenseman in 2013-14. He was developing on the fly against the best players in the world and handling it well. His plus-8 that season was tops among Penguins blueliners. While Maatta was facing premier talent night in and night out, Maatta also had the privilege of going up continued on page 87
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against that world-breaking talent in diagnosed with thyroid cancer and later undergoing shoulder practice, too. surgery, limiting him to 20 games “Just getting better every day,” his sophomore campaign. Last year, Maatta said. “You can see, and you talk a lot about [Kris Letang], [Sidney the end of his regular season was derailed by hand surgery. And with Crosby], [Evgeni Malkin], how they offensively potent blueliners such work on their game every day. It doesn’t matter that they are some of as Letang and Justin Schultz, any the better players in the league, they power-play time is scarce. Maatta returned are always trying for the playoffs, to get better.” and averaged over Seeing that 20 minutes a night caliber of players with the absence every day has of Letang on the ignited Maatta’s blueline. Maatta desire to improve served as a reliable every single component of the time he touches Penguins’ second the ice. He’s Cup run, chipping proven himself to in two goals and be a capable topeight assists in four defenseman 25 games and at the NHL level. finishing a plus-8. In 2016, Maatta It seems like signed a six-year OLLI MAATTA whenever Maatta extension with has been gearing the Penguins to take the next step, he has dealt with an average annual value of with complications derailing the $4.083 million. course. Which is why, after a strong Maatta is sound defensively, spring, he is looking to really build a strong positional player off the momentum from the playoffs. with excellent hockey sense. “Last season, I felt better and While he hasn’t put up offensive better as the season wore on and numbers to replicate his rookie you just have to keep building season, some of that has been out from that,” he said. “I felt good of his control. this summer, I think I had a good Maatta was looking to build off summer, a healthy summer.” his rookie season before being
“It doesn’t matter that they are some of the better players in the league, they are always trying to get better.”
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It’s been a strong start so far to 2017-18, as Maatta scored two goals through the first three games, already eclipsing his goal total from last season. He’s been aggressive in contributing on the offensive end, along with what he already brings defensively on a consistent basis. “We’ve always believed Olli has good offensive instincts,” head coach Mike Sullivan said. “He jumps into plays when he sees them. I believe his hockey IQ is his biggest asset, he sees the ice well. He’s a cerebral player, both offensively and defensively. I believe that by getting into the offense more he’s showing that he’s more
confident. I think the fact that Olli has been really active off the offensive blueline is an indication that he’s feeling pretty good about his game right now.” When pressed about this season, and goals he has set for himself, Maatta wouldn’t reveal anything individually. For him, any goal this season is from a team-oriented perspective. “Our goals are as a team,” Maatta said. “Everybody knows we have a chance to do it again. That’s a tough goal, and everybody has to be at their best if we want to do that.”
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HONORS AWARDS AND
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1993
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Mario Lemieux
1991, 1992
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Evgeni Malkin
2009
1
Sidney Crosby
2016, 2017
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2013
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2016
1
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1988, 1993, 1996
3
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1999
1
Sidney Crosby
2007, 2013
2
Evgeni Malkin
2012
1
CALDER MEMORIAL TROPHY Mario Lemieux
1985
1
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2007
1
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1999, 2000
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2007, 2013, 2014
3
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2012
1
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1995
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1981
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2007
1
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EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS Co-owner/Chairman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mario Lemieux Co-owner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ron Burkle CEO/President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .David Morehouse Executive Vice President and General Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jim Rutherford COO/General Counsel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Travis Williams Senior Vice President, Sales and Broadcasting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Kalna Senior Vice President, Finance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kevin Hart Vice President, Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tom McMillan Vice President, Marketing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . James Santilli Vice President, Ticket Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chad Slencak Director, Events and Hospitality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kat Smerdel Executive Assistants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Susan Carper, Nicole Schaaf, Molly Trunzo Coordinator, Shipping and Receiving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brett Hart Receptionist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kelly Hart
KEVIN HART
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TOM MCMILLAN
Vice President, Communications
HOCKEY OPERATIONS Assistant General Managers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bill Guerin, Jason Karmanos Head Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mike Sullivan Assistant Coaches . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sergei Gonchar, Jacques Martin, Mark Recchi Goaltending Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mike Buckley Video Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Andy Saucier Director, Player Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scott Young Player Development Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jarrod Skalde Goaltending Development Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brendan Sullivan Director, Team Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jim Britt Director of Hockey Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sam Ventura Hockey Operations Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Erik Heasley Executive Assistant to EVP/GM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michele Colaianni
SCOUTS Director, Professional Scouting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Derek Clancey Professional Scouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ryan Bowness, Al Santilli Director of Amateur Scouting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Patrik Allvin Amateur Scouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Colin Alexander, Brian Fitzgerald, Luc Gauthier, Frank Golden, Jay Heinbuck, Jamie Huffman, Dan McLean, Wayne Meier, Casey Torres, Warren Young European Scouts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Petri Pakaslanti, Tommy Westlund Special Assignment Scouts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gilles Meloche, Kevin Stevens
EQUIPMENT/TRAINING STAFF Head Equipment Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dana Heinze Assistant Equipment Managers . . . . . . . . . . .JC Ihrig, Danny Kroll, Jon Taglianetti Head Athletic Trainer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chris Stewart Director of Sports Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Curtis Bell Assistant Athletic Trainer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Patrick Steidle Physical Therapist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rick Joreitz Head Team Physician . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dr. Dharmesh Vyas, M.D. Assistant Team Physician . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dr. Melissa McLane, D.O. Director, Sport Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Andy O’Brien Strength and Conditioning Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alex Trinca Assistant Strength Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alexi Pianosi
JAMES SANTILLI
Vice President, Marketing
CHAD SLENCAK
Vice President, Ticketing
DAVE SOLTESZ President, Pittsburgh Penguins Foundation
RICH HIXON
President, UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex
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COMMUNICATIONS
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Senior Director, Communications . . . .Jennifer Bullano Ridgley Director, Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jason Seidling
Senior Director, Production and Game Presentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rod Murray
Producer, Penguins Radio Network . . . . . . . . . David Reynolds
Director, Event Presentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bill Wareham
Producer, Penguins Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wayne Anderson
Director, Production Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . Mike Davenport
Radio Broadcasters . . . . . . . . . . . . . Phil Bourque, Mike Lange
Producer, New Media Video. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mark Cottington
Radio Host . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Josh Getzoff
Producers, In The Room . . . . . . . . . Andrew McIntyre, Jon Otte
Communications Specialist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paul Steigerwald
PARTNERSHIP SALES/MARKETING
Producer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Meghan McManimon Manager, Motion Graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Aaron Spiegel
Senior Director, Partnership Sales and Media . . . .Mark Turley
Producers, Motion Graphics Design . . . . . . . . . . . . Dave Distilli, Ethan Mansberger
Senior Director, Partnership Marketing . . . . . . . . . . Ross Miller
Producer/Host, PensTV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Celina Pompeani
Senior Director, Partnership Sales . . . . . . . . . . .George Manias
Public Address Announcer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ryan Mill
Director, Partnership Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jack Tipton Manager, Partnership Sales. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Brett Baur
FINANCE
Director, Partnership Marketing . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lori Wineland
Director, Finance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark R. Kuczinski
Managers, Partnership Marketing . . . . . . . . . . . .Devin Beahm, Matt Dentinger, Paige Hancher, Erin Lockwood, Jim Meyer
Financial Analyst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Derek Bacon
Liaison, Partnership Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pierre Larouche
Payroll Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Andrea Winschel
Senior Accountant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Troy Ussack
Accounts Payable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tawni Love
MARKETING Senior Director, Creative Services and Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Barb Pilarski Senior Director, Digital Marketing . . . . . . . . . . . Leo McCafferty Manager, Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Erin Halley Graphic Designer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dave Scheponik Director, Fan Development and Special Events . . . Jill Shipley Manager, Fan Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Laura Spencer Coordinator, Marketing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Christine King Manager, Youth Hockey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mike Chiasson Local Manager, Learn to Play Program. . . . . . .Rocky Saganiuk
NEW MEDIA Director, Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sam Kasan
TICKETING Senior Director, Premium Seating. . . . . . . . . . . .Brian Magness Senior Director, Ticket Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . George Murphy Managers, Premium Seating . . . . . . . . Kyle Lux, Jon Seelnacht Manager, Premium Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Julia Ivery Managers, Group Sales . . . . . . . . . Mike Zatchey, Ashley Smith Manager, Ticket Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nicole Rudy Senior Ticket Sales Account Executives . . . . . George Birman, Jeff Blizman, Bonnie Golinski Inside Sales Representatives . . . . . . .Auguste DeRose-Jones, Kevin Devine, Derek Leto, Paige Wise Managers, Box Office . . . . . . . . . . Carol Coulson, Kelly Gabany Manager, Box Office Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jason Onufer
Manager, Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Michelle Crechiolo
Director, Customer Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kathy Davis
Director, New Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Andi Perelman
Customer Service Representative . . . . . . . . . . . .Holly Bandish
Coordinators, New Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jonathan Kabana, Jamie Louden, Evan Schall
Senior Director, Database Marketing . . . . . . . . . . . . . Erin Exley
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Nothing is more magnified in sports than a team’s performance at the beginning or end of a regular season. Start on a long winning streak, and you’re bound to go 82-0 en route to a Stanley Cup championship. On the flip side, if you stumble out of the gate, you’re well on your way to a lottery pick. Sure, that’s an extreme take, but if you just use social media or talk radio as your barometers, you’d believe either to be true. Luckily for the Pittsburgh Penguins, those back-to-back Stanley Cup titles earned the previous two seasons kept fans from getting into the normal tizzy
that would come from dropping your first two games by a 15-5 margin. But that doesn’t mean fans weren’t at least a little worried, especially after the Chicago Blackhawks put up a 10-spot in the second game of the season. Head coach Mike Sullivan, who takes losses about as well as you would expect from watching him behind the bench, called that defeat “disturbing” to reporters afterwards. As has been the norm under Sullivan’s watch, his team rebounded quickly, shutting out the Nashville Predators, 4-0, to earn the club’s first win of the season in a Stanley Cup Final rematch on October 7 at PPG Paints Arena. continued on page 136
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favorite to go far again this year. “That was our main message Just in case that didn’t make in the meeting tonight before the the schedule challenging enough, game — let’s just trust the process,” 13 of the first 20 games are on the Sullivan said following the Nashville road, against the likes of Connor victory. “We are more concerned McDavid, Alex Ovechkin (twice in with how we are playing right now. that span) and a raucous fan base in As long as we are playing the game Nashville that is licking its chops for the right way, we believe we have a another chance at the Penguins on good group. We will get the results, November 11. they will follow.” The next 21 games after that You hear it all the time, the 82include just seven games against game NHL season is a grind. Ideally, playoff teams from a season ago. you’re peaking come February and Twelve of those March rather 21 games will than October. come at the To get there, friendly confines as Sullivan of PPG Paints said, you Arena, where the have to play Penguins have the game put together a a certain fairly impressive way. For the 69-17-7 in their Penguins, last 93 games this means (regular season staying and playoffs). the course So, as long through a MIKE SULLIVAN as the Penguins tough earlyfind a way to season slate tread water in the first quarter as that features many of the league’s they come together, the wins and top clubs. the goals should fall into place as Consider that in the first quarter the holiday season begins. of the season, the Penguins play 12 Hey, that formula worked perfectly of their 20 games against playoff for Pittsburgh last season. teams from a year ago, plus not one, but two, visits to the Tampa On the morning of December 1, Bay Lightning, which barely missed Pittsburgh owned a 13-7-3 record — qualifying for the postseason dance a good number, but certainly not an by a whisker, and is considered a elite one. At that point, the Penguins
“As long as we are playing the game the right way, we believe we have a good group. We will get the results, they will follow.”
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had actually been outscored in their first 20 games, 69-67, suggesting that maybe that mark should have been a little closer to .500 than it was. At that point, Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Justin Schultz paced an offensive attack that hit its stride, going 12-1-2 in December to put the Penguins right back atop the league standings. That type of takeoff is exactly what Sullivan hoped to foreshadow. “As long as we are playing the right way, we’ll get the results,” Sullivan said. “We are going to score, I know we are going to score.” And one more point, which also goes hand-in-hand with the difficult early schedule. Each defeat, no matter the score or the opponent,
is just one tally in the loss column, whether it’s a loss by one, or by nine. Last year, before the Penguins went on that 12-1-2 run, they lost three of five games, giving up 16 goals in those defeats. That didn’t stop them from quickly turning the page. And that one December regulation loss? A crushing 7-1 loss in Columbus to the same Blue Jackets team that Pittsburgh eventually beat in five games in the playoffs. The moral of the story is simple. As long as the Penguins spend their first six weeks finding their game amid a challenging schedule, they should be in a great position to make their move down the stretch. We all know how well doing that has worked the past two seasons.
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The opening of the regular season included a little bit of everything for the Penguins, who lost in overtime to St. Louis, got blown out in Chicago and shut out Nashville in a Stanley Cup rematch. What those first three games
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of 2017-18 provided more than anything else was a reminder of what’s required when both teams are playing for keeps. The specifics of the Penguins’ refresher course included light shed on:
THE IMPORTANCE OF THE RIGHT APPROACH “We’ve got a long way to go and it starts with a mindset,” head coach Mike Sullivan said after the 10-1 debacle on Oct. 5 in Chicago. “It’s hard to win in this league. You gotta stop on pucks. You gotta get involved physically. You gotta win puck battles. “You can’t play the game in constant motion. It’s hard to play the game the right way and it’s hard to win in this league and it appeared like we weren’t committed to playing the game the right way.”
THE NEED TO ROLL FOUR LINES “We’re primarily a four-line team,” Sullivan said. “We have been to play the style we’re trying to play. We’re trying to win the game right in front of us but also understanding that we have a whole season to play, as well, and we have to make sure we don’t over-tax certain guys. That’s always a balance that coaching staffs in this league have to manage.”
RELYING ON EXPERIENCE “We have the ability to draw on our prior experience,” Sullivan said regarding the defense of a Stanley Cup championship (or two). “We’re in a similar situation. I think the most important take away, and
this is what we’ve been preaching to our players from Day One of training camp, is that we have to be forward thinking. “This is a whole new challenge and we’re a new team and so we’ve gotta go out and earn it all over again. We can’t get ahead of ourselves. We have to stay right in the moment. I think we have a lot of experience to draw on, we have a mature group. I think they understand the importance of staying in the moment and staying on task and that’s something that we preach to our guys daily.”
THE NEED TO PROGRESSIVELY GET BETTER “I don’t think we’re redeveloping our identity,” Sullivan said. “I think it’s crystal clear what our identity is and our players understand that. I think every team’s a work in progress. I don’t know that we ever arrive. We’re always striving to get better, we’re striving to improve. “Even though we had a lot of returning players last year it was a new team, it was a new challenge. This year is no different. We have a handful of new players but certainly it’s a brand new season. It’s a whole new challenge. We have to go out and earn our way just like we did in prior years. I don’t think we’re any different than most other teams in continued on page 147
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the league in the sense that, we’re all a work in progress. We’re all trying to get better to become the best team that we can be when the stakes get high at the end of the season.”
KRIS LETANG’S RETURN “I don’t think there’s any question we get out of our end zone much more efficiently when ‘Tanger’ is in our lineup,” Sullivan said. “He can be a one-man breakout, he has that ability. He’s one of those elite
players that can shake a forecheck by himself. I don’t think there’s any question when he’s in our lineup we’re a better team. Our transition game is better, we get out of our end zone cleaner and more efficiently and more effectively. Our hope is he’ll continue to bring what he’s always brought to our team. “He’s also a guy that’s missed a lot of hockey. It’s going to take a little bit of time for ‘Tanger’ to get to his true form. One of the messages that we’ve been preaching to him is just keeping the game simple and take what the game gives him and don’t try to do too much. When ‘Tanger’ does that he plays an efficient game. He doesn’t chase the game. The game tends to come to him. When he does that we think he’s at his best.”
“[Letang is] one of those elite players that can shake a forecheck by himself. I don’t think there’s any question when he’s in our lineup we’re a better team.” MIKE SULLIVAN
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PARTICIPATION RECORD BY: ROBERTO BAGNATO As the Penguins begin their quest to break records in 2017-18 on the ice, off the ice, the Little Penguins program is looking to do the same. For 10 years, Sidney Crosby, USA Hockey, DICK’S Sporting Goods, CCM, the National Hockey League, and the Penguins Foundation have been providing free head-to-toe hockey equipment and low cost programming, to youth in Western Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Ohio. The Little Penguins program, led by Crosby and the Penguins, has recently been modeled by the NHL through their Learn to Play Initiative. Now, all 31 Canadian and U.S. NHL hockey markets are currently operating a Learn to Play initiative, offering children across North America the chance to learn the sport of hockey. This year, the Little Penguins program is set to accept a new high of over 2,000 participants into the program. The introduction of a Fall session (September – December),
and a Spring session (April-June) in 2017 have complimented the original Winter session (January-March) of the program. Set to double its participants from the previous year, the Penguins Youth Hockey program is excited for the new challenge ahead. “It’s great to see the popularity and growth of youth hockey in Western Pennsylvania due to the success of the Little Penguins program,” said Penguins Manager of Youth Hockey Mike Chiasson. “We’re excited to introduce 2,000 children to the sport of hockey, something that wouldn’t be possible without our generous and dedicated partners.” The expansion of the Little Penguins program will not only strengthen our community but will provide additional opportunities for youth to fall in love with the game of hockey.
If you, or someone you know, is interested in registering their child for the Little Penguins Program, please visit: https://learntoplay.nhl.com/penguins Online registration will take place on Tuesday, Nov. 7 at 10:00am.
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WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON PENGUINS SKATERS Thomas Di Pauli Daniel Sprong Teddy Blueger Zach Aston-Reese Lukas Bengtsson Jarrett Burton Frank Corrado Kevin Czuczman Jean-Sebastien Dea Adam Johnson Tom Kostopoulos Andrey Pedan Tom Sestito Dominik Simon Chris Summers Christian Thomas Zach Trotman Garrett Wilson
GOALTENDERS Tristan Jarry Casey DeSmith
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AMATEURS FORWARDS Anthony Angello/Cornell (ECAC) Kasper Bjorkqvist/Providence (HE) Jordy Bellerive/Lethbridge (WHL) Jan Drozg/Shawinigan (QMJHL) Sam Lafferty/Brown (ECAC) Sam Miletic/London (OHL) Nikita Pavlychev/Penn State (BigTen) Linus Olund/Brynas (SHL) Dominik Uher/Sparta Praha (Czech)
DEFENSEMEN Niclas Almari/HPK(SM-Liiga) Dane Birks/Michigan Tech (WCHA) Connor Hall/Kitchener (OHL) Ryan Jones/Nebraska-Omaha (NCHC) Zach Lauzon/Rouyn-Noranda (QMJHL) Joseph Masonius/Connecticut (HE) Antti Palojarvi/Lukko (SM-Liiga Jr) Clayton Phillips/Fargo (USHL) Will Reilly/RPI (ECAC)
GOALTENDERS Alex D'Orio/Saint John (QMJHL) Filip Gustavsson/Lulea (SHL) Alexander Pechurskiy/Magnitogorsk(KHL)
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Alphonso, Shandor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Amell, Derek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Barton, Steve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Berg, Devin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Brisebois, David. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Cameron, Lonnie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Cherrey, Scott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Cormier, Michel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Daisy, Ryan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Devorski, Greg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Driscoll, Scott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68 Galloway, Ryan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Gawryletz, Brandon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Gibbons, Ryan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58 Gibbs, Darren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Henderson, Don. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Heyer, Shane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Knorr, Trent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Kovachik, Brad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Mach, Brian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 MacPherson, Matt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Miller, Steve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89 Mills, Bevan* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Murchison, Kiel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Murphy, Brian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Murray, Jonny . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Nagy, Kory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Nansen, Derek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Nowak, Tim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Pancich, Bryan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Racicot, Pierre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Rody, Vaughan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Sericolo, Anthony . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84 Smith, Andrew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Shewchyk, Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Suchanek, Libor* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Wheler, Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 * Minor League officials Jim Gricar Zack Haney DJ Johnson Chris Keller Bob Maitland Mike McGuire
Bob Moretti Leo Rudzki Keith Schreiber Phil Spano Eugene Susi Dan Wagner
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