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FRONT OFFICE Mario Lemieux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Ron Burkle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 David Morehouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Jim Rutherford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Bill Guerin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41 Jason Karmanos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41 Mike Sullivan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
GAME NOTES 85
Sergei Gonchar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Jacques Martin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
I N E V E RY I S S U E
Mark Recchi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Around The NHL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Mike Buckley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Kevin Acklin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Pittsburgh Penguins Elite Teams at Thanksgiving Classic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Kevin Hart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Season Ticket Holder Spotlight . . . . . . . 9
Terry Kalna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Penguins Podcasts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
James Santilli. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Pens Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Penguins Staff Directory. . . . . . . . . . . . 131
2018.19 Schedule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
G A M E I N F O R MATI O N
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Penguins Roster and Headshots . . . . . 66 Flyers Roster. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Flyers Headshots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
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2018.19 Promotional Schedule. . . . . . . .19
One Sign. One Tweet. One Miracle. . . 138
Craig Patrick Returns to the Penguins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Frozen in Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 49 Days In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153
Hockey Etiquette 101. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51 Get Social with the Penguins. . . . . . . . 57
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Pittsburgh Penguins Making an Impact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Seat Map. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Building Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Official Penguins Twitter Handles . . . . .61
DICK’S Sporting Goods
GNC Student Rush. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Box Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Penguins Players on Social . . . . . . . . . 65
Upcoming Events. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124
Prospect Profile: Calen Addison. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Bites and Beverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
2018.19 NHL Key Dates . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
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NHL Fan Code of Conduct. . . . . . . . . . 103 Penguins Honors and Awards . . . . . . 105 2018.19 On and Off-Ice Officials . . . . 109
Warm Up Pucks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
Penguins Radio Network . . . . . . . . . . .110
50/50 Raffle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Radio Network Broadcasters . . . . . . . . 113
Penguins Players Serve Thanksgiving
Iceburgh Calls the Penalties. . . . . . . . . 116
Meal To Homestead Residents . . . . . . .91
PensTV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127
Game Day Auction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129
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Calgary scored three goals while shorthanded in a 6-1 win at Arizona on Nov. 25, the third time in franchise history the Flames had completed a short-handed hat trick. Two of the shorties were scored 24 seconds apart during the third period but they were just the third-fastest pair of shorthanded tallies in franchise annals. The fastest two short-handed goals in Calgary history are also the fastest two in NHL history since the league began tracking the statistic in 1933-34. They came four seconds apart during the final 15 seconds of the third period in an 8-8 tie on Oct. 17, 1989 at Quebec.
Winnipeg RW Patrik Laine set a franchise record with five goals in the Jets’ 8-4 win on Nov. 24 at St. Louis. Laine’s five-goal effort was the 57th such performance in an NHL regularseason game and the first since Detroit’s Johan Franzen did it on Feb. 2, 2011 at Ottawa. Minnesota’s Marian Gaborik is the only other player to score five goals in a game since 1997-98 (Dec. 20, 2007 against the Rangers). Laine (20 years, 219 days) became the third player in NHL history to score five goals in a game before his 21st birthday. The Rangers’ Don Murdoch (Oct. 12, 1976: 19 years, 353 days) and the Oilers’ Wayne Gretzky (Feb. 18, 1981: 20 years, 23 days; and Dec. 30, 1981: 20 years, 338 days) accomplished the feat previously.
RARIFIED AIR Buffalo’s 3-2 shootout win at Detroit on Nov. 24 upped the Sabres’ record to 16-6-2 (34 points) and elevated the Sabres into first place in the overall standings for the first time since Oct. 8, 2011 (2-0-0). Buffalo hadn’t been in first place overall outside of the month of October since 2006-07, the season the Sabres won the first Presidents’ Trophy in franchise history.
MORE THAN HE COULD CHEW Vancouver LW Antoine Roussel was fined $5,000, the maximum allowable under the Collective Bargaining Agreement, for biting San Jose D Marc-Edouard Vlasic on Nov. 23. 4
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in as many tournaments. After being shutout by Belleville in round robin play, the 14Us capitalized on their shot at redemption by besting Belleville in the all-important rematch by a score of 3-2. The victory gave the 14U girls their fifth banner of the season. The 12Us advanced to the Final of their age division’s tournament to make it a clean sweep of Penguins Elite teams reaching the championship game. A meeting with Little Caesars for the second time in the tournament ended with the same unfortunate result: a 1-0 defeat. A great showing by all three Pittsburgh Penguins Elite teams put a nice bow on a great weekend of hockey. Tournaments of this caliber are fantastic showcases for women’s hockey which continues to be one of the fastest growing sports in the country. In 1990, only 6,336 women were registered with USA Hockey. Today that number has grown to more than 79,000!
With a total of 65 teams and over 1,000 participants, the annual Pittsburgh Penguins Elite Thanksgiving Classic is one of the largest tournaments in the region. The tournament provides girls teams from around North America an opportunity to compete over the holiday break. The tournament features competition in the 10U, 12U and 14U age groups and saw teams from all around the United States and Canada participating. The championship games for each of the three age divisions featured a Pittsburgh Penguins Elite team as the 10Us, 12Us and 14Us all advanced to the final stage with the chance to defend their home ice with a banner. The 10U and 14U girls faced tough tests in their respective Finals as both encountered matchups with teams from Canada. The 10Us emerged victorious over the Guelph Gryphons in a closely contested 2-1 game to claim their second banner 7
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WITH WHOM DO YOU ATTEND PENGUINS GAMES? I attend games with two of my close friends, Jeff and Howie, who are longtime season ticket holders with me. I also frequently attend games with my wife, Erin, my brother, Dave, and another one of my close friends, Jim.
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player sticks to use and we added the Mylec blades (I had John Chabot’s). DO YOU, OR A FAMILY MEMBER CURRENTLY PLAY HOCKEY? IF SO, WHICH TEAM AND/OR LEAGUE? I play for the Dead Presidents at Cranberry Dek Hockey.
AT WHAT POINT IN YOUR FANDOM DID YOU REALIZE YOU WERE HOOKED ON HOCKEY? I started listening to Mike Lange when I was around 11 or 12 years old and would record the goal replays after the game. At the same time, all of my neighborhood friends began playing street hockey together. We made our first goals out of 2x4s and chicken wire and carried them to the local school playground. A neighbor who worked for the Penguins at the time gave us broken
HAVE YOU WITNESSED ANY PLAYER OR TEAM MILESTONES IN PERSON? WHICH MEMORIES STAND OUT? Yes, Mario Lemieux’s 600th goal into the empty net against the Canucks, his five goal game against St. Louis, his final goal against the Flyers’ Garth Snow prior to retiring for the first time and his first game back against Toronto. I also attended Game 7 in Detroit to see the Penguins win their third Stanley Cup, which is the greatest memory of all. 9
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WHAT IS YOUR MOST-PRIZED PENGUINS RELATED KEEPSAKE? A Wendell August Forge Christmas ornament made out Family photo: Dan with his brother Dave, dad Dave, mom Jan and wife Erin.
of metal from the Civic Arena.
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WHICH NHL TEAM OR NON-PENGUINS’ PLAYER DO YOU ENJOY WATCHING AT PPG PAINTS ARENA? The Flyers and Capitals are obviously highly anticipated games and heated rivals. It never gets old winning against them. I shake my head at how hard Alex Ovechkin shoots. I love watching the high end skill and stickhandling ability of Patrick Kane and really enjoyed seeing the speed of Connor McDavid for the first time in person last season.
Our seats are behind the goal where the Penguins shoot in the 1st and 3rd periods, so nothing beats watching the skill level that this team has and seeing it result in the puck crossing the goal line from our unique viewpoint.
WHICH PITTSBURGH PENGUINS’ PLAYER WOULD YOU CONSIDER YOURSELF MOST LIKE? WHY? Patric Hornqvist primarily because of his intense competitiveness. He’s also an agitator, which I can be too at times. IF TRAPPED IN AN ESCAPE ROOM, WHICH TWO PITTSBURGH PENGUINS’ PLAYERS WOULD YOU CHOOSE TO HELP YOU BREAKOUT AND WHY? I think it would be a guaranteed fun time with Brian Dumoulin and Olli Maatta. It doesn’t hurt that Dumoulin has been a winner everywhere he’s been in his career so we would certainly escape with plenty of time to spare.
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A GREAT DAY FOR HOCKEY TALK Will be hosted by Paul
Steigerwald has been associated
Steigerwald, a former longtime
with the Penguins organization
Penguins broadcaster. The Scoop will
since 1980, and over the years has
be co-hosted by Josh Getzoff, Sam
seen the franchise at its highest
Kasan and Michelle Crechiolo.
highs and lowest lows. With A Great
Penguins captain Sidney Crosby
Day for Hockey Talk, Steigerwald
and hockey Hall of Fame broadcaster
will offer his own personal takes
Mike Lange highlight a list of
and memories, spanning from the
interesting guests throughout the
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season. Other guests will include
and the evolution of the franchise
players, coaches, alumni, media and
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others associated with the Penguins and the sport of hockey.
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the Penguins. The podcast will
before-heard player anecdotes from
feature an in-depth look at the
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have Craig back here with the Penguins, where he built such a legacy of success. We’re excited to add him to our staff.” Of course, it never hurts when the person you are adding to the staff is a 2001 Hockey Hall of Fame inductee and the architect of the Penguins’ first set of back-to-back Stanley Cup championships in 1991 and ’92. Discussions between Rutherford and Patrick began about 10 days before the hire was made official, and just like the one major trade the two orchestrated in their numerous years as colleagues, details developed quickly. Both men hope that this deals works out as well as that one. “I traded him Mark Recchi so that he could win a Stanley Cup,” Patrick said with a laugh about the Mar. 9, 2006 transaction that sent Recchi to Rutherford’s Carolina Hurricanes, who went on to win the championship that spring. Why would Patrick want to get back into the game at 72-years old, especially when his duties will include plenty of travel around the country? According to him, that’s an easy answer. “I want to get back into the game,” he said. “I watch games all night long every night, but there is no purpose. So it’s nice to have a purpose. Especially with this organization.” While it’s been a couple of years since Patrick has had an active role with an NHL team, he got right to work catching up to speed. His first day on the job included a meeting with
Re-joining the organization that he once built from perennial last-place finisher into one of the pillar franchises in the National Hockey League “came out of the blue” for former Penguins general manager Craig Patrick. But as Patrick told a group of beat reporters after he was hired to bolster the Penguins’ pro scouting staff on Nov. 19, there is nowhere else he would rather be. “I’d been looking around for a couple years trying to get back with a team,” Patrick said. “I was really grateful to the ownership and upper management that they gave me a call and I was able to come back and help. There’s no better place to be where you are, so it’s awesome.” Jim Rutherford, the Penguins’ current general manager, had been looking to add another body to his professional scouting staff, and luckily for him, Rutherford didn’t have to look far. “[Director of professional hockey] Derek [Clancey] has taken on more responsibility making player personnel decisions and has been more involved with free agency,” Rutherford said in the media release announcing Patrick’s hiring. “With that, I wanted to add someone to our pro scouting staff, and I knew that Craig was available. He became the obvious choice to me. “I have tremendous respect for Craig for everything he’s accomplished in his Hall of Fame hockey career. He always has been a great evaluator of talent and he brings a unique level of expertise to our scouting staff. It’s also great to 23
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1992
the Penguins’ analytics department.
Jagr, Markus Naslund and Martin
Needless to say, analytics didn’t play
Straka, a trio that combined for 3,507
much of a factor during Patrick’s time
NHL points, he’ll have no trouble in
as a GM, but he believes they play a key
that regard. When it comes to building the
role in today’s game, as he came away “impressed with what the analytics
foundation of success enjoyed by the
people brought to the equation.” In
Pittsburgh Penguins since 1991, no
addition to catching up to speed on
executive has played a more crucial
analytics, Patrick also has to get used
role than Craig Patrick. Over the
to today’s technology.
course of his 17-year stint as GM from 1989-2006, not only did Patrick play
Even as Patrick works on mastering those new skills, he’ll be out in the field
the starring role in building those back-
doing what he’s always done best:
to-back winners in ’91 and ’92, but he
evaluating talent. He already knows
also set the stage for the three Stanley
what kind of players he is looking for:
Cups won by the current core.
those with high skill and high speed,
Facing huge financial restrictions in
as “that’s where the game is going.”
the years predating the 2005 salary cap
Considering his first three first-round
that has leveled the playing field for
draft picks from 1990-92 were Jaromir
all 31 NHL teams, Patrick was tasked
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with spearheading a massive rebuild once the Penguins fell out of playoff contention in 2002. In the midst of trading off the majority of Pittsburgh’s remaining stars, Patrick’s final four drafts in charge saw the club select Maxime Talbot (8th round; 234th overall) in 2002; Marc-Andre Fleury (1st round; 1st overall) in 2003; Evgeni Malkin (1st round; 2nd overall), Alex Goligoski (2nd round; 61st overall) and Tyler Kennedy (4th round; 99th overall) in 2004; and Sidney Crosby (1st round; 1st overall) and Kris Letang (3rd round; 62nd overall) in 2005. Unfortunately Patrick wasn’t around to see the fruits of his labor come to fruition, as Ray Shero replaced him following Crosby’s rookie campaign in 2005-06. However Patrick’s influence could certainly be felt when Crosby and
Malkin combined to lead Pittsburgh to its 2009 Stanley Cup championship, as 10 of the 23 players who suited up during the postseason were either drafted or acquired by Patrick. Fourteen years after selecting Crosby, Patrick’s goal is to end his illustrious career by making active contributions to what he hopes is at least one more title run for this core. “It would be awesome if it could happen again,” Patrick said. “That’s the goal. We’re all pulling the same way, so
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Mario Lemieux is one of the greatest players in NHL history, with two Stanley Cups, six NHL 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 three Stanley Cups in a nine-year span between 2009 and 2017, giving Mario more Cups as an owner than he won as a player. 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 product on the ice. That includes qualifying for the playoffs for 12 straight seasons – the longest current streak in the NHL – and reaching the Cup Final four times and the conference finals five times in the past 11 years. The Penguins entered the 2018-19 season having sold out every game for 11-plus seasons while setting high standards for television ratings, corporate sales and social media. Lemieux and Burkle were driving forces in the quest for a new multi-purpose
arena, which opened in August, 2010. PPG Paints Arena is considered one of the top facilities in North America and has hosted such national events as the 2012, 2015 and 2018 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament opening rounds, the 2012 NHL Draft, the 2013 NCAA Frozen Four, the 2014 USA Gymnastics Championships and the 2016 and 2017 Stanley Cup Finals. NCAA national championships in wrestling and women’s volleyball will be held here in 2019. Lemieux also helped to launch the UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex in nearby Cranberry, PA. Now in its fourth year of operation, the practice home of the Penguins is the first facility of its kind to combine hockey with a world-class medical center and sports performance complex. 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. Mario and his wife, Nathalie, have raised four children and reside in Sewickley. 33
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Ron Burkle, one of the preeminent investors in retail, hospitality, technology and distribution industries, is also 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 from 2009-17. 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 national-level 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 praises 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 11-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 12 straight playoff berths and reached the conference finals five times in the past 11 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 Americold, Soho House, 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 member of the Board of The Scripps Research Institute, the National Urban League and Frank Lloyd Wright Conservancy. He is a trustee of the Carter Center, and AIDS Project Los Angeles (APLA). Ron was the Founder and Chairman of the Ralphs/ 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. He has received numerous honors and awards, incuding the AFL-CIO’s Murray Green Meany Kirkland Community Service Award, the Los Angeles County Federation Man of the Year, the Los Angeles County Boy Scouts Jimmy Stewart Person of the Year Award and the APLA Commitment to Life Award.
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April 2007. He was given the additional responsibilities of Chief Executive Officer just as the team’s new arena was opening in August, 2010. Under his 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 where 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.
In 11 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 11-plus seasons, setting new standards for television ratings and corporate sales and increasing their focus on innovative youth marketing. The Penguins again led all U.S.-based NHL teams in local television ratings in 2017-18. Morehouse joined the team as a consultant on the new arena project in 2004 and was named team president in 36
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Three-time Stanley Cup champion Jim Rutherford is in his fifth season as the executive vice president and general manager of Penguins. Highly-regarded by his peers as one of the top executives in the NHL, Rutherford’s tenure with the Penguins has included back-to-back Stanley Cup championships in 2016 and ’17, four playoff appearances and the third-most wins (regular season and playoffs) among all NHL clubs in that span entering the 2018-19 campaign. Pittsburgh’s six-game defeat of the Nashville Predators in the 2017 Stanley Cup Final not only made the Penguins the NHL’s first repeat champion since 1998, but it allowed Rutherford to become 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-the-fly reshaping 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 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. At the junior hockey level, 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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Bill Guerin is in his fifth season as assistant general manager of the Penguins. One of Guerin’s primary roles is serving as the general manager of the Penguins’ minor-league affiliate, the Wilkes-Barre/ Scranton Penguins. During his first season in charge of WBS in 2017-18, Guerin helped the team improve its consecutive playoff streak to 16-straight years, the longest active run in the AHL. A two-time Stanley Cup champion as assistant GM of the Penguins (2016 and ’17), Guerin was Pittsburgh’s player development coach from 2011-14, where he was instrumental in helping develop
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the Penguins’ minor league, junior and college prospects. 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 integral during Pittsburgh’s ’09 title run. 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.
KARMANOS
ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER
Karmanos spent 15 years as an executive with Carolina from 1998-2013, serving various roles including vice president/ assistant general manager under Jim Rutherford. In addition to winning a Cup in 2006, Karmanos helped build 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. 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.
Jason Karmanos is in his second season as the Penguins’ assistant general manager after spending his first three seasons as the team’s vice president of hockey operations. As assistant GM, Karmanos continues to be involved in all facets of hockey operations decision-making, and he also oversees the Penguins’ amateur scouting staff. He played a vital role in helping the Penguins swing the complex three-team trade to acquire Derick Brassard on February 23, 2018. A three-time Stanley Cup champion, Karmanos helped build the Carolina Hurricanes’ 2006 championship club in addition to his consecutive titles in Pittsburgh in 2016 and ‘17. 41
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Mike Sullivan begins his fourth season as head coach of the Penguins. His first three years produced back-to-back Stanley Cup championships in 2016 and ’17 and a team-record-tying nine-straight playoff series victories. Heading into the 2018-19 campaign, Sullivan is already arguably the mostsuccessful coach in club history. Not only is he the only two-time Stanley Cup winner to coach the Penguins, but his nine playoff series victories are a team record, his 38 postseason wins are second-most and his 130 regular-season victories are fourth-most. By winning the Stanley Cup in his first two years behind the Penguins bench, Sullivan became the first American-born 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. 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 secondbest record in the entire league. 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 WBS, his club went 18-5, which was good enough for first place in the Atlantic Division. A native of Marshfield, MA, 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. 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. 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. 43
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GONCHAR ASSISTANT COACH
Sergei Gonchar enters his second season as an assistant coach for the Penguins, where he and Jacques Martin work closely with the team’s defensemen. Since moving in a coaching role, which began with a two-year stint as the Penguins’ defenseman development coach from 2015-17, Gonchar earned plenty of praise for his work developing young blueliners. Justin Schultz and Jamie Oleksiak are two defensemen whose game has progressed the most under Gonchar’s tutelage.
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 titles 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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ASSISTANT COACH
Jacques Martin enters his fourth season as a Penguins’ assistant coach in 2018-19. He is in charge of the Penguins’ penalty killing unit and he works closely with Sergei Gonchar presiding over the team’s defensemen. Martin led a defensive group that overcame numerous injury woes, including the season-ending loss of Kris Letang, to help the Penguins capture a secondstraight Stanley Cup in 2017, the second championship of Martin’s lengthy NHL career. Martin 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 is in his second season as an assistant coach for the Penguins. He works closely with the team’s forwards and the power-play unit. As the Penguins’ player development coach from 2014-17, Recchi worked with Pittsburgh’s prospects throughout the organization from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton to the junior and college ranks. Two of the players Recchi worked with at WBS, Jake Guentzel and Carter Rowney, played huge roles in Pittsburgh’s 2017 Stanley Cup championship 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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Mike Buckley is in his second 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
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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Travis Williams is in his 11th season as a senior executive with the Penguins, currently serving as Chief Operating Officer and overseeing day-to-day business and arena operations. In addition, Williams serves as the Penguins’ point man on the development of the former Civic Arena site and oversaw the construction of the much-acclaimed 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 arena-related 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 sportsrelated 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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Terry Kalna is in his fourth 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 — 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. 48
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2
1
3
6
CASEY
CHAD
OLLI
JAMIE
POS: G HT: 6-0 WT: 181
POS: D HT: 5-11 WT: 191
POS: D HT: 6-2 WT: 206
POS: D HT: 6-7 WT: 255
RUHWEDEL
DESMITH
8
MAATTA
10
OLEKSIAK
12
14
BRIAN
GARRETT
DOMINIK
TANNER
POS: D HT: 6-4 WT: 207
POS: LW HT: 6-2 WT: 199
POS: C HT: 5-11 WT: 190
POS: L HT: 6-1 WT: 201
DUMOULIN
WILSON
15
SIMON
17
PEARSON
19
35
RILEY
BRYAN
DERICK
TRISTAN
POS: C HT: 6-3 WT: 214
POS: RW HT: 5-11 WT: 192
POS: C HT: 6-1 WT: 202
POS: G HT: 6-2 WT: 194
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71
72
KRIS
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EVGENI
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POS: D HT: 6-0 WT: 201
POS: LW HT: 5-11 WT: 180
POS: C HT: 6-3 WT: 195
POS: RW HT: 5-11 WT: 189
LETANG
GUENTZEL
MALKIN
73
HORNQVIST
81
87
JACK
PHIL
SIDNEY
POS: D HT: 6-1 WT: 227
POS: RW HT: 6-0 WT: 202
POS: C HT: 5-11 WT: 200
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P H I L A D E L P H I A F LY E R S AS OF 11.27.18
3 6 8 9 11 12 14 15 17 19 21 22 23 25 26 28 33 39 40 41 47 53 93
Radko Gudas Travis Sanheim Robert Hagg Ivan Provorov Travis Konecny Michael Raffl Sean Couturier Jori Lehtera Wayne Simmonds Nolan Patrick Scott Laughton Dale Weise Oskar Lindblom James van Riemsdyk Christian Folin Claude Giroux Calvin Pickard Tyrell Goulbourne Jordan Weal Anthony Stolarz Andrew MacDonald Shayne Gostisbehere Jakub Voracek
D D D D RW LW C C RW C C RW LW LW D C G LW C G D D RW
6-0 6-3 6-2 6-1 5-10 6-0 6-3 6-2 6-2 6-2 6-1 6-2 6-1 6-3 6-3 5-11 6-1 5-11 5-10 6-6 6-1 5-11 6-2
204 181 204 201 175 200 211 212 185 198 190 206 191 217 204 185 207 195 179 210 204 180 214
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F LY E R S
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NOTES Philadelphia had lost five of its last six games before hosting Ottawa on Nov. 27. This is the Flyers’ only game in a span of eight days; they next host Columbus on
CLAUDE GIROUX
Dec. 6 before embarking on a five-game road trip. . . Before facing the Senators,
jumbled the Flyers in goal, where five different players saw action through the first 23 games. . . Seven of defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere’s 11 points through 23 games had come on the power play.
Claude Giroux was leading the Flyers in scoring with 18 points, while Sean Couturier, their second-leading scorer, had a team-high 10 goals. . . Injuries had 69
HEADSHOTS
P H I L A D E L P H I A F LY E R S AS OF 11.27.18
Radko Gudas 3
Travis Sanheim 6
Robert Hagg 8
Ivan Provorov 9
Travis Konecny 11
Michael Raffl 12
Sean Couturier 14
Jori Lehtera 15
Wayne Simmonds 17
Nolan Patrick 19
Scott Laughton 21
Dale Weise 22
Oskar Lindblom 23
James van Riemsdyk 25
Christian Folin 26
Claude Giroux 28
Calvin Pickard 33
Tyrell Goulbourne 39
Jordan Weal 40
Anthony Stolarz 41
Andrew MacDonald 47
Shayne Gostisbehere 53
Jakub Voracek 93
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C O LO R A D O AVA LA N C H E AS OF 11.27.18 #
PLAYER
POS
HT
WT
1 4 6 10 11 12 13 15 16 17 22 28 29 31 34 37 44 49 57 83 91 92 96
Semyon Varlamov Tyson Barrie Erik Johnson Sven Andrighetto Matt Calvert Patrik Nemeth Alexander Kerfoot Sheldon Dries Nikita Zadorov Tyson Jost Colin Wilson Ian Cole Nathan MacKinnon Philipp Grubauer Carl Soderberg J.T. Compher Mark Barberio Samuel Girard Gabriel Bourque Matt Nieto Vladislav Kamenev Gabriel Landeskog Mikko Rantanen
G D D RW LW D C C D C C D C G C LW D D LW LW C LW RW
6-2 5-10 6-4 5-10 5-11 6-3 5-10 5-9 6-5 5-11 6-1 6-1 6-0 6-1 6-3 6-0 6-1 5-10 5-10 5-11 6-2 6-1 6-4
205 190 225 188 186 219 175 185 230 191 221 219 205 191 210 193 200 162 206 190 194 215 215
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AVALANC H E
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NOTES Colorado was third in the Central Division through 23 games at 13-6-4 and had won four straight before playing in Nashville on Nov. 27. The Avs had points
IAN COLE
in seven straight games at that point (6-0-1), thanks in large part to their top
23 games, while MacKinnon was second with 35 and Landeskog was tied for 19th with 26. . . Former Penguin defenseman Ian Cole was plus-11 and had eight points in the first 23 games.
line of center Nathan MacKinnon and wingers Mikko Rantanen and Gabriel Landeskog. Rantanen was leading the NHL in scoring with 38 points through 73
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C O LO R A D O AVA LA N C H E AS OF 11.27.18
Semyon Varlamov 1
Tyson Barrie 4
Erik Johnson 6
Sven Andrighetto 10
Matt Calvert 11
Patrik Nemeth 12
Alexander Kerfoot 13
Sheldon Dries 15
Nikita Zadorov 16
Tyson Jost 17
Colin Wilson 22
Ian Cole 28
Nathan MacKinnon 29
Philipp Grubauer 31
Carl Soderberg 34
J.T. Compher 37
Mark Barberio 44
Samuel Girard 49
Gabriel Bourque 57
Matt Nieto 83
Vladislav Kamenev 91
Gabriel Landeskog 92
Mikko Rantanen 96
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PLAYER
POS
HT
WT
1 2 3 4 6 7 10 11 12 13 14 15 17 18 21 24 27 29 32 40 47 51 55
Thomas Greiss Nick Leddy Adam Pelech Thomas Hickey Ryan Pulock Jordan Eberle Stephen Gionta Tanner Fritz Josh Bailey Mathew Barzal Tom Kuhnhackl Cal Clutterbuck Matt Martin Anthony Beauvillier Luca Sbisa Scott Mayfield Anders Lee Brock Nelson Ross Johnston Robin Lehner Leo Komarov Valtteri Filppula Johnny Boychuk
G D D D D RW C C RW C RW RW LW LW D D LW C LW G RW C D
6-2 6-0 6-3 6-0 6-2 5-11 5-7 5-11 6-1 6-0 6-2 5-11 6-3 5-11 6-3 6-5 6-3 6-3 6-5 6-4 5-11 6-0 6-2
232 207 218 183 217 187 177 192 212 187 196 216 220 182 204 223 231 212 235 240 209 196 227
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ISLANDERS
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NOTES New York was third in the Metro Division, three points behind first-place Washington, after reeling off wins over New Jersey and Carolina on Nov. 23 and 24. They are in a 10-game stretch in which they play division opponents seven times. . . Josh Bailey was leading the Islanders in scoring through 22 games with 21 points, while Matt Barzal was second with 20. Brock Nelson had a team-high nine goals at that point. . .
JOSH BAILEY Former Penguins’ winger Tom Kuhnhackl had three goals and four points in his first 12 games this season. . . New York was 30th in the NHL in shots per game at 27.9 through 22 games. 77
HEADSHOTS
N EW YO RK I S LAN D E RS AS OF 11.27.18
Thomas Greiss 1
Nick Leddy 2
Adam Pelech 3
Thomas Hickey 4
Ryan Pulock 6
Jordan Eberle 7
Stephen Gionta 10
Tanner Fritz 11
Josh Bailey 12
Mathew Barzal 13
Tom Kuhnhackl 14
Cal Clutterbuck 15
Matt Martin 17
Anthony Beauvillier 18
Luca Sbisa 21
Scott Mayfield 24
Anders Lee 27
Brock Nelson 29
Ross Johnston 32
Robin Lehner 40
Leo Komarov 47
Valtteri Filppula 51
Johnny Boychuk 55
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CALE N
ADDISON AS OF 11.26.18
POSITION: D HEIGHT: 5-10 WEIGHT: 180 DATE OF BIRTH: 4/11/00 PLACE OF BIRTH: Brandon, MB ACQUIRED: Drafted by Penguins in 2nd round (53rd overall) of 2018 NHL Draft. CURRENT TEAM: Lethbridge Hurricanes
NEWS AND NOTES assists in his team’s 8-4 win over Moose Jaw Warriors on Nov. 24. The 5-foot-10 rearguard recently had a season-high, seven-game point streak (3G-6A) snapped on Nov. 16. His 25 points lead all Lethbridge defensemen and rank fourth overall on the team.
The Lethbridge Hurricanes finished 2-2-0 during their four-game road trip through Western Canada from Nov. 20-24. After a rather slow start individually, Calen Addison righted the ship, and amassed 25 points (4G-21A) in just 24 games this season. He also matched a career-high, posting five
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THE SERIES
V S P H I L A D E L P H I A F LY E R S On Dec. 1 the Penguins host the Philadelphia Flyers, the first meeting between the teams since the Penguins eliminated Philadelphia in the first round of the 2018 playoffs. They will not play again until Feb. 11 in Philadelphia, then they meet again outdoors for the Stadium Series game on Feb. 23. Their final regular season game here is Mar. 17. . . The Penguins have won four consecutive regular season games against the Flyers, in 2017-18 sweeping a season series from them for just the second time. The last time Pittsburgh won five or more consecutive games against Philadelphia
was during its eight-game sweep of the 2006-07 season series. . . The Penguins are 9-3-0 in their last 12 regular season games against the Flyers and 5-1-0 in their last six here. . . Sidney Crosby has more goals against the Flyers (38) than any other team. That includes goals in six of his last seven regular season home games against them.
THE SERIES
VS C O LO R AD O AVALAN C H E the Penguins had lost three of their last
Pittsburgh hosts the Colorado Avalanche on Dec. 4,
four games against Colorado, including
the only game between the
each of the last two. . . Pittsburgh has
teams here this season. They
lost each of its last two home games
met in Denver on Nov. 28. . .
against the Avalanche. . . Each of the last
Prior to their game last week,
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decided by a single goal, with Colorado winning three of those. . . Heading into last week’s game, the Avalanche had done a good job against both Crosby (one point in his last four games against them) and Evgeni Malkin (two points in his last four games against them).
THE SERIES
VS N EW YO RK I S LAN D E RS Greiss stopped 29 shots in the latter victory while Josh Bailey had a shorthanded goal and the shootout winner. . . Pittsburgh has lost three straight games to New York since a 3-2 overtime win here last Mar. 3. . . Crosby has more assists (75) and points (110) against the Islanders than any other team. . . The teams conclude their season series on Long Island on Dec. 10, the Penguins’ first visit to Nassau County Coliseum since Jan. 15, 2015.
On Dec. 6 the Penguins host the New York Islanders for the second and final time this season. The Islanders won both games of their homeand-home series against Pittsburgh earlier this season, taking a 6-3 victory here on Oct. 30 with the help of two Jordan Eberle goals and three assists from Ryan Pulock and a 3-2 home shootout victory on Nov. 1. Former Penguins’ goaltender Thomas
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THE PENGUINS Orpik for the most games played by a
Pittsburgh had points in four consecutive games (2-0-2) before playing in Winnipeg on Nov. 27 and Colorado on Nov. 28, the Penguins’ second set of back-toback games in six days. . . Kris Letang played in his 703rd career game for the Penguins in a 4-2 home win over Columbus on Nov. 24, tying Brooks
Pittsburgh defenseman. . . Matt Murray (lower) and Justin Schultz (lower) remained on the IR as Pittsburgh played in Winnipeg, and Patric Hornqvist missed the victory over Columbus with a concussion. . . Malkin took a seven-game scoring streak (2G-8A) into the game against the Jets, while Phil Kessel was riding an eight-game streak (3G-8A).
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03.16.19
PENGUINS CHARITY NIGHT ON AT&T SPORTSNET Help raise $2 million+ for two tremendous causes during the eighth annual Penguins Charity Night on AT&T SportsNet! A record-setting number of Penguins Charity Bags, stuffed with exclusive items and autographed memorabilia, will go on sale on Saturday, March 16 in support of the Mario Lemieux Foundation for cancer and neonatal research and the Penguins Foundation’s youth initiatives.
Learn more today at pittsburghpenguinsfoundation.org and check back often for further details.
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The six players, all U.S.-born, who traded in their hockey jerseys for chef’s hats were goaltender Casey DeSmith; forwards Jake Guentzel, Bryan Rust and Zach Aston-Reese; and defensemen Jack Johnson and Chad Ruhwedel. The Thanksgiving feast was served mid-afternoon, after the team’s scheduled practice session at the UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex in Cranberry. Upon arrival at the Rainbow Kitchen, the players rolled up their sleeves and manned the steam table of piping hot entrée items, filled dinner plates to the brim, delivered the meals to guests seated at tables, and served a wide selection of dessert items from a mobile cart.
Pittsburgh Penguins players served a traditional Thanksgiving meal to Homestead residents at the Rainbow Kitchen on Wednesday, Nov. 14.
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Each guest was served a bountiful mid-day meal that included roasted turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, sweet potatoes, vegetables and a variety of dessert pastries. It was a wonderful afternoon for everyone — celebrating the true spirit of Thanksgiving.
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K EY DATE S (SUBJECT TO CHANGE – AS OF SEPTEMBER 11, 2018)
OCTOBER 2018
17-24 Hockey Week Across America 23 2019 Coors Light NHL Stadium Series™: Pittsburgh Penguins at Philadelphia Flyers
6 2018 NHL Global Series™ 22 NHL Alumni Awards Gala
(Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, Pa.)
NOVEMBER 2018
25 2019 NHL Trade Deadline (3 p.m. ET)
1-30 Hockey Fights Cancer Awareness Month 1-2 2018 NHL Global Series™ 9 Hockey Hall of Fame Game 12 Hockey Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony 13 NHL General Managers’ Meeting 23 2018 Discover NHL Thanksgiving Showdown™ 26 NHL Founders Day (1917)
MARCH 2019 4-6 NHL General Managers’ Meeting 29-31 NCAA Regionals
APRIL 2019 6 Last day of 2018-19 regular season (15 games)
10 Stanley Cup Playoffs begin 11-13 NCAA Frozen Four Week of 15th NHL Central Scouting Final Rankings release 18-28 IIHF Under-18 World Championship TBA 2019 NHL Draft Lottery
DECEMBER 2018 1 Signing deadline for Group 2 free agents (5 p.m. ET) 12 U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame Induction 19 101st Anniversary of League’s first games played 19-27 Holiday roster freeze in effect 24-26 Holiday break
MAY 2019
(no scheduled practices – dressing rooms closed)
10-26 IIHF World Championship 17-26 2019 CHL Memorial Cup 27-June 1 2019 NHL Scouting Combine
26-Jan. 5 IIHF World Junior Championship
JANUARY 2019 JUNE 2019
1 2019 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic® 8 USHL/NHL Top Prospects Game Week of 21st NHL Central Scouting Mid-Season Rankings release 23 CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game 24-27 NHL All-Star Break (no games played) 24-26 No scheduled practices – dressing rooms closed 25 2019 NHL All-Star Skills Competition™ 26 2019 NHL All-Star Game 27-28 2019 AHL All-Star Classic 28 NHL regular season resumes
15 Last possible day for 2019 Stanley Cup Final TBA 2019 NHL Awards™ (Las Vegas, Nev.) 20 NHL General Managers’ Meeting 21-22 2019 NHL Draft™ (Rogers Arena, Vancouver, B.C.)
JULY 2019 1 Free agency begins (12 p.m. ET) 5 Deadline for player-elected salary arbitration notification (5 p.m. ET) 6 Deadline for club-elected salary arbitration notification (5 p.m. ET) 20-Aug. 4 Salary arbitration hearings held
FEBRUARY 2019 AUGUST 2019
9 Hockey Day in Canada 9 19th Annual Scotiabank Hockey Day in Canada
6 Deadline for salary arbitration decisions to be rendered
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and recording devices are strictly prohibited in the building. For all other non-hockey events, camera policies will vary. Please check the individual event page for further information.
For the convenience of our fans, ATMs are available in the arena: KeyBank - Outside section 119 and 230, and in the lobby of the Trib Total Media Gate PNC Bank on PNC Legends Level - Outside of party suite 44 and suite 13
Designated Drivers Guests of legal drinking age who hold a valid driver’s license and wish to sign up to be a designated driver, may visit Guest Services at section 104 for specific Designated Driver booth locations during Pittsburgh Penguins games. In return for safe and sober transportation of their group from the arena, the designated driver will receive a coupon redeemable for a complimentary soft drink during the game.
Banners and Signs Banners and signs are permitted for most events, providing they are appropriate, as deemed by building management.
Emergency Evacuation In the event of an emergency, the arena staff will utilize the public address (PA) system to inform guests of the situation and any instructions as applicable. All exits and emergency exits are posted with appropriate signage.
Cameras Cameras are permitted into the arena for Pittsburgh Penguins hockey games and most events. If allowed, building policy states only small personal still cameras equipped with three (3) inch lens or smaller be brought into the building. Cameras with detachable lenses or flashes are not permitted. Video, audio and professional camera
First Aid There are two (2) First Aid Stations presented by UPMC, one on each level of the arena. First Aid is located adjacent to the Guest Services office outside section 104 and behind the concession stand at section 232. 99
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Lost and Found
Smoking Policy
If an item is lost or found during an event please see the Guest Services office located outside section 104. Guests inquiring about lost items after an event should call 412.804.7903. Items lost at events are held in storage for thirty (30) days and then either disposed of or donated to an appropriate charity.
Smoking is not permitted inside the arena.
TAG-A-KID In the event a parent and child might be separated at an arena event, parents can register their child with the Tag-A-Kid program. A wristband with the parent’s seat location and contact number will be given to the child. Registration is available at the Guest Services office located outside section 104.
Prohibited Items Bags, back packs, air horns, coolers (hard/soft sided), thermoses, large purses, cans, bottles, flasks, alcoholic beverages, laser pointers, video or audio recording devices, professional cameras/lens, tripods, banners or signs on poles, weapons or any other items deemed dangerous and/or inappropriate are strictly prohibited. Small purses, camera cases, binocular cases and diaper bags will be permitted, however, all items that do not pass security must be returned to vehicles.
Video Cameras Use of video or audio recording equipment is strictly prohibited. The arena reserves the right to confiscate any tape or film and remove the patron from the building.
Wheelchairs A limited number of wheelchairs are available for transporting guests that are disabled to their seating location. Guests can be transported from the gates to their seats. If a wheelchair is needed for the duration of the event, guests must supply their own wheelchairs. Wheelchairs cannot be reserved in advance. Upon arrival, guests can arrange for a wheelchair at any entrance of the arena. Please see an arena employee to assist with wheelchair transportation.
Questions For general questions, please call 412.642.1800.
Re-Entry Policy Exit and re-entry is not permitted at the arena.
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The National Hockey League and its Member Clubs are committed to creating a safe and comfortable environment and enjoyable entertainment experience. NHL fans have a right to expect an environment in which they will be treated in a consistent, professional and courteous manner by all Arena, Team and League personnel. The Players and Officials have the same rights. Accordingly, fans are responsible for their own conduct.
The following standards have been established with respect to fan conduct: Fans are entitled to enjoy the hockey experience free from disruptive or inconsiderate behaviors or unruly actions. Fans may not interfere with the event and/or athletes in any manner. Fans shall refrain from using abusive language or obscene gestures. Fans may not engage in fighting, throwing objects or other behavior deemed detrimental to the experience of other guests and those who engage in any of these actions will immediately be ejected from the game. Fans are encouraged to report inappropriate behavior to arena staff. Fans who choose to consume alcohol must do so in a legal and responsible manner. Intervention with an intoxicated or impaired fan will be handled in a prompt and safe manner. Fans shall comply with requests from arena staff regarding arena operational and emergency procedures. Fans may not engage in unauthorized commercial activity while on arena property. Violation of the Fan Code of Conduct may result in eviction from the arena without a ticket refund.
The NHL and its Member Clubs thank you for adhering to the provisions of the NHL Fan Code of Conduct. NHL and the NHL Shield are registered trademarks of the National Hockey League. Š NHL 2018. All Rights Reserved.
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PENGUINS
HONORS AND AWARDS
2017
CHAMPIONSHIPS STANLEY CUP
1991, 1992, 2009, 2016, 2017
PRESIDENTS’ TROPHY
1993
5
1
PRINCE OF WALES TROPHY
1991, 1992, 2008, 2009, 2016, 2017
DIVISION TITLES
1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2008, 2013, 2014
6
8
NHL AWARD WINNERS CONN SMYTHE TROPHY
HART MEMORIAL TROPHY
Mario Lemieux
1991, 1992
2
Evgeni Malkin
2009
1
Sidney Crosby
2016, 2017
2
GENERAL MANAGER OF THE YEAR AWARD
Ray Shero
2013
1
Jim Rutherford
2016
1
Mario Lemieux
1988, 1993, 1996
3
Jaromir Jagr
1999
1
Sidney Crosby
2007, 2013
2
Evgeni Malkin
2012
1
CALDER MEMORIAL TROPHY
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Mario Lemieux
1985
1
Evgeni Malkin
2007
1
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NHL AWARD WINNERS CONTINUED TED LINDSAY/LESTER B. PEARSON AWARD
Mario Lemieux
1986, 1988, 1993, 1996
4
Jaromir Jagr
1999, 2000
2
Sidney Crosby
2007, 2013, 2014
3
Evgeni Malkin
2012
1
FRANK J. SELKE TROPHY
Ron Francis
1995
1
JAMES NORRIS TROPHY
Randy Carlyle
1981
1
LADY BYNG MEMORIAL TROPHY
2007 2010, 2017
1981
1
Ron Francis
1995, 1998
2
NHL PLUS/MINUS AWARD
MAURICE “ROCKET” RICHARD TROPHY
Sidney Crosby
Rick Kehoe
2
Mario Lemieux
1993
1
Ron Francis
1995
1
Pascal Dupuis
2013
1
JACK ADAMS AWARD
ART ROSS TROPHY
Dan Bylsma
Mario Lemieux
1988, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997
6
Jaromir Jagr
1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001
5
Sidney Crosby
2007, 2014
2
Evgeni Malkin
2009, 2012
2
2011
1
BILL MASTERTON MEMORIAL TROPHY
Lowell MacDonald
1973
1
Mario Lemieux
1993
1
2012
MARK MESSIER LEADERSHIP AWARD
Sidney Crosby
2010
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LINESMEN
Anderson, Reid*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Blandina, Brandon* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Brenk, Jacob . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Charron, Francis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Chmielewski, Tom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Dunning, Mitch*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Dwyer, Gord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 Furlatt, Eric. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Halkidis, Beaudry*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Hanson, Trevor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Hebert, Ghislain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Hebert, Jean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Joannette, Marc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Kozari, Steve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Lambert, Pierre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 L’Ecuyer, Frederick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 Lee, Chris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Luxmore, Thomas John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 MacDougall, Peter* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Markovic, Michael* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 McCauley, Wes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 McIsaac, Jon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Meier, Brad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Morton, Dean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Nicholson, Kendrick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 O’Donnell, Conor* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 O’Halloran, Dan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 O’Rourke, Dan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Peel, Tim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Pochmara, Brian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Pollock, Kevin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Rank, Garrett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Rehman, Kyle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Rooney, Chris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Schlenker, Chris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Skilliter, Graham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 South, Furman* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Schrader, Brandon*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 St-Laurent, Francois . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 St. Pierre, Justin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 Sutherland, Kelly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 Syvret, Corey* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Walsh, Ian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Watson, Brad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
NHL OFF-ICE OFFICIALS
Alphonso, Shandor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Amell, Derek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Baker, Tyson* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88 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 Gawryletz, Travis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Gibbons, Ryan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58 Gibbs, Darren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Knorr, Trent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Kovachik, Brad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Mach, Brian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 MacPherson, Matt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Marquis, Jesse*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86 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 Tobias, James* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 * Minor league officials
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Bob Moretti Leo Rudzki Keith Schreiber Phil Spano Eugene Susi Dan Wagner
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PENGUINS RADIO NETWORK PLAY-BY-PLAY ANNOUNCER
One of the most unique broadcasters in professional sports, Mike Lange is calling games in his 44th season with the Penguins, handling radio play-by-play on the club’s flagship station, 105.9 FM The X and the Penguins Radio Network. Known for his creative and colorful style, including trademark phrases such as “Buy Sam A Drink And Get His Dog One, Too,” Lange was awarded the Foster Hewitt award by the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2001. Lange’s relationship with the Penguins began in 1974-75, when he broke into the NHL as a radio playby-play man. He left for one season, but returned in 1976-77 and has been a fixture on the Penguins’ scene ever since.
Lange did radio exclusively until 1979, when games were simulcast on radio and TV. He served as the television voice of the Penguins through 2005-06, before returning to the radio booth in 2006-07. A native of Sacramento, CA, Lange earned a degree in broadcasting from Sacramento State University before starting his career as the voice of the Phoenix Roadrunners (WHL) in 1970. He also served as the play-by-play voice of the San Diego Gulls (WHL) in 1973-74 before joining the Penguins. In addition to his tenure with the Penguins, Lange handled play-by-play duties for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1986-87. A well-known member of the Pittsburgh community, Lange makes numerous personal appearances throughout the year and is actively involved in charity work.
PHIL
BOURQUE
PENGUINS RADIO NETWORK COLOR ANALYST
Two-time Stanley Cup Champion Phil Bourque is in his 16th season on the Penguins broadcast team, serving as color commentator alongside Mike Lange. A gritty winger/defenseman, Bourque was signed by Pittsburgh as a free agent in 1982, and went on to record 164 points (75G-89A) in 344 regular-season
games with the Penguins between 1983 and 1992. For his career he totaled 199 points (88G-111A) in 477 games with the Pittsburgh Penguins, New York Rangers and Ottawa Senators. Since retiring from professional hockey in 2000, Bourque has co-hosted Penguins pre- and post-game shows on the Penguins Radio Network and worked as a contributor for WPXITV’s coverage of Penguins hockey. 113
JOSH
GETZOFF
RADIO BROADCAST HOST AND PENSTV HOST
Josh Getzoff is in his fourth season as a radio broadcast host and PensTV host with the Pittsburgh Penguins. He joins the Penguins after spending the previous two years as the sports director for FOX Champaign in Champaign, IL. While in Champaign, Getzoff covered the University of Illinois and Big Ten athletics, local high school athletics, and various professional teams in the region. In June of 2015, he was named the Television
Sportscaster of the Year by the Illinois Broadcasters Association. In addition to his time in Illinois, Getzoff has also worked as a sports anchor/reporter at WENY-TV and radio update anchor at 1410 WELM ESPN Radio in Elmira, NY, and served as a member of the on-site production team during NBC’s coverage of Men’s and Women’s Ice Hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia. He is a graduate of Ithaca College’s Roy H. Park School of Communications in Ithaca, NY.
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C A L L S T H E P E N A LT I E S
SPEARING
SLASHING
ROUGHING
Using the stick like a spear
Swinging the stick at an opponent
Engaging in fisticuffs or shoving
ELBOWING
KNEEING
HOOKING
Using the elbow to impede an opponent
Using the knee to impede an opponent
Using the stick or blade to hook an opponent
BOARDING
HOLDING
TRIPPING
Driving the opponent into the boards
Using hands on an opponent or his equipment
Using the stick, arm or leg to cause the opponent to trip or fall
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CHARGING
HIGH STICKING
MISCONDUCT
Taking three or more strides before checking an opponent
Carrying the stick above the shoulder against an opponent
Called for various forms of unsportsmanlike conduct
WASHOUT
ICING
CROSS CHECKING
Disallowing of a goal when signaled by a referee. No offside or icing when used by a linesman
Shooting the puck across the opponent’s goal line from behind the center red line and allowing the opponent to touch the puck first
Hitting an opponent with both hands on the stick and no part of the stick on the ice
UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT
INTERFERENCE Having contact with an opponent not in possession of the puck
Challenging or disputing the ruling of an official and abusing the line of respect 117
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D I R E CTO RY OWNERSHIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pittsburgh Penguins LP
EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS Co-owner/Chairman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mario Lemieux Co-owner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ron Burkle CEO/President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . David Morehouse Executive Vice President and General Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jim Rutherford Senior Vice President and General Counsel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kevin Acklin Senior Vice President, Finance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kevin Hart Senior Vice President, Sales and Broadcasting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Kalna Senior Vice President, Marketing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . James Santilli Vice President, Facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rich Hixon Vice President, Communications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tom McMillan 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
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tom Kostopoulos Goaltending Development Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Andy Chiodo Skills Development Professional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ty Hennes Director, Team Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jim Britt Director of Hockey Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sam Ventura Manager Hockey Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Erik Heasley Executive Assistant to EVP/GM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michele Colaianni
CHAD SLENCAK
Vice President, Ticketing
SCOUTS Director, Professional Scouting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Derek Clancey Professional Scouts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ryan Bowness, Craig Patrick, 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, Reine Rauhala, Casey Torres, Warren Young European Scouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Petri Pakaslahti, Tommy Westlund Special Assignment Scouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gilles Meloche, Kevin Stevens
DAVE SOLTESZ President, Pittsburgh Penguins Foundation
EQUIPMENT/TRAINING STAFF Head Equipment Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dana Heinze Assistant Equipment Managers. . . . . . . . . . . . Paul DeFazio, Danny Kroll, Jon Taglianetti Head Athletic Trainer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Chris Stewart Director of Sports Performance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Curtis Bell Assistant Athletic Trainer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Patrick Steidle 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 & Conditioning Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Alexi Pianosi
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Vice President, Facilities
COMMUNICATIONS
PARTNERSHIP SALES/MARKETING
Sr. Director, Communications. . . . . Jennifer Bullano Ridgley
Sr. Director, Partnership Sales and Media . . . . . Mark Turley
Director, Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jason Seidling
Sr. Director, Partnership Marketing . . . . . . . . . . . . Ross Miller
Executive Producer, Penguins Radio. . . . . Wayne Anderson
Sr. Director, Partnership Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jack Tipton
Radio Broadcasters . . . . . . . . . . . . Phil Bourque, Mike Lange
Sr. Manager, Partnership Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brett Baur
Radio Broadcast/PensTV Host . . . . . . . . . . . . . Josh Getzoff
Manager, Partnership Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Darryle Bajomo
Communications Specialist . . . . . . . . . . . . .Paul Steigerwald
Director, Partnership Operations . . . . . . . . . . . Lori Wineland
NEW MEDIA
Sr. Managers, Partnership Marketing . . . . . . . Devin Beahm, Paige Hancher, Erin Lockwood, Jim Meyer
Director, Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sam Kasan
Manager, Partnership Marketing . . . . . . . . . . Matt Dentinger
Manager, Content. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michelle Crechiolo
Liaison, Partnership Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Pierre Larouche
Director, New Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Andi Perelman
FINANCE
Coordinators, New Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jonathan Kabana, Jamie Louden, Evan Schall
Director, Finance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark R. Kuczinski Sr. Accountant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Troy Ussack
MARKETING
Financial Analyst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Derek Bacon
Sr. Director, Creative Services and Publications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barb Pilarski
Payroll Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Andrea Winschel Accounts Payable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tawni Love
Sr. Director, Digital Marketing. . . . . . . . . . . . Leo McCafferty
TICKETING
Manager, Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Erin Tirpak Manager, Graphic Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dave Scheponik
Sr. Director, Premium Seating . . . . . . . . . . . . Brian Magness
Graphic Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jen Navari
Sr. Director, Ticket Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . George Murphy
Director, Fan Development and Special Events. . Jill Shipley
Managers, Premium Seating . . . . . .Kyle Lux, Jon Seelnacht
Manager, Fan Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Laura Spencer
Manager, Premium Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Julia Ivery
Manager, Youth Hockey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mike Chiasson
Managers, Group Sales . . . . . . . .Mike Zatchey, Ashley Smith
Local Manager, Learn to Play Program . . . . Rocky Saganiuk
Manager, Ticket Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nicole Rudy
TECHNOLOGY
Sr. Ticket Sales Account Executives . . . . . . . George Birman, Jeff Blizman, Bonnie Golinski
Systems Administrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jason Henry
Ticket Sales Account Executive. . . . . . . . . . . . . Brian Fischer
Junior Systems Administrators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dan Lange, Justin Mellor, Alex Navarrete
Inside Sales Representatives. . . . . . . . . . Carlianna Cottone, Kevin Devine, Kate Hartill, Dani McSweeney
Manager, CRM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark Walczak
Manager, Box Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kelly Gabany Manager, Box Office Operations . . . . . . . . . . . .Jason Onufer
GAME ENTERTAINMENT AND PRODUCTION
Box Office Assistant Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kirsten Burkes Director, Customer Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kathy Davis
Sr. Director, Production and Game Presentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rod Murray
Customer Service Representative. . . . . . . . . . Holly Bandish
Director, Event Presentation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bill Wareham
Sr. Director, Database Marketing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Erin Exley
Director, Production Operations. . . . . . . . . . .Mike Davenport
Manager, Database Marketing . . . . . . . . . . . . Danny Gardner
Producers, In The Room . . . . . . . Andrew McIntyre, Jon Otte
PENGUINS FOUNDATION
Producers, PensTV. . . . . . . . . Mark Cottington, Ryan Yorgen Producer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Meghan McManimon
President. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dave Soltesz
Manager, Motion Graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aaron Spiegel
Director, Foundation Programs. . . . . . . . . . . . Amanda Susko Manager, Foundation Programs . . . . . . . . . . Abbey Braddock
Producers, Motion Graphics Design . . . . . . . . . .Dave Distilli, Ethan Mansberger
Program Coordinators . . . . .Madison Connelly, Darya Snozik
Host . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Celina Pompeani
Director, Community/Alumni Relations. . . . . . . Cindy Himes
Public Address Announcer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ryan Mill
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Sports teams can bring people together, melding a tribe of faithful followers that form unbreakable bonds through the crucible of competition. And, sometimes, sports teams can save lives. That was the case for Kelly Sowatsky and the Pittsburgh Penguins. The Lancaster native and Penguins fan was in desperate need of a kidney transplant. The normally reserved and private Sowatsky took a leap of faith.
She attended a Penguins’ game against Montreal on Mar. 31, 2018 with her plea inscribed on a sign: “Calling All Hockey Fans! I Need A Kidney! Kidney! Kidney! Gratefully Yours, Kelly.” Andi Perelman, who oversees the Penguins’ social media, noticed the neon sign at the game. She tweeted a picture of Sowatsky holding her sign from the team’s official handle. Other outlets picked up the story and it went viral. Nearly 300 miles away in Delaware 138
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another Penguins fan, Jeff Lynd, saw the tweet and offered to donate his kidney. It took eight months for everything to come to fruition, but on Nov. 6 doctors at UPMC performed kidney transplant surgery. Sowatsky now has a new, fully functioning kidney, as well as a 10-inch scar on her abdomen from the surgery. “It’s a scar that tells a story,” she said. “It’s part of my story.” And that story is bigger than just any one individual. It’s a story of the power of sports, social media and the bond of a fan base. “There’s no words to really express the gratitude and the way I feel about what (Lynd) did for me because he literally saved my life,” Sowatsky said. “And the doctors, too. If you trickle it down, the Pittsburgh Penguins are the reason my life is being saved, too. If it weren’t for (Perelman) and for me loving the Penguins ... ” Or, as Lynd put it: “She always cries and thanks me and I always tell her to thank Mario (Lemieux). If Mario didn’t save the team then none of us would be here.” Sowatsky, 31, and Lynd, 35, have a unique bond with the team. It was their mutual love of the Penguins that brought them together: The Penguins, a handmade sign, a tweet and fate. “There are no words,” said Jackie Sowatsky, Kelly’s mother. “It’s just mindboggling for me as a parent, as her mom, her caregiver that a simple sign did so much for Kelly. And that the Pittsburgh Penguins actually caught the sign and made the information available.
get choked up every time I think about it. “It’s a miracle.” Kelly Sowatsky was preparing dinner on Christmas Eve in 2015 when she began feeling ill. She assumed the feeling would pass; however by 8:30PM that evening she found herself in a hospital. Sowatsky had an infection that turned into septicemia. The infection soon spread, and her lungs and kidneys started shutting down. After two months in the hospital, Sowatsky was released in stable condition. Over the next few months her kidney function dropped from 50 percent to as low as seven percent. She was put on a donor list, but could have to wait for 4-5 years. Sowatsky took the matter into her own hands. Literally. On Mar. 31 when the Penguins hosted Montreal, Sowatsky stood at the glass during the Pens’ warmup with her sign on full display. An ode to her favorite player, one side of her sign read: “Hey (Jake) Guentzel, I’d love a hockey stick but what I need is a kidney.” The other side was the plea to all hockey fans. Both sides had her Google voice phone number. “I held up the sign for Jake so that he could see it through the glass if he looked up and then everybody behind us could see my plea for a kidney,” Sowatsky said. “People were asking about it and we were briefly talking to anybody who asked questions.” 139
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A Penguins’ social media photographer approached Sowatsky and asked to take a picture of her with the sign. The team’s official Twitter handle (@penguins) tweeted out the image of Sowatsky holding her sign and smiling prior to the game. She was stunned when she saw the tweet. And the onslaught of support overwhelmed her. “I said what the heck, that’s the coolest thing that’s ever happened,” Sowatsky said. “From that point on, my phone just never stopped ringing. It was non-stop phone calls, emails, text messages and voice mails. “I was speechless.”
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said. “We’re just covering a game like normal and see this sign that’s out of the ordinary.” The social media group exchanged ideas on what to use for the caption that would accompany the photo. They settled on four simple words: “Penguins fan: Seeking hero.”
Andi Perelman was sitting in her perch from the media level high above the ice at PPG Paints Arena when she noticed an interesting sign down below. “We saw the sign in the lower bowl. We sent a social photographer down to get a photo,” said Perelman, the Penguins’ director of new media. “We had never seen a sign like that at a game. I thought, ‘we have to help if we can.’ “I can tell you this, we never imagined we’d help Kelly find a donor through that tweet.” The tweet had the desired effect, netting over 500,000 impressions and causing Sowatsky’s phone to explode with an outpouring of support. And all with the simple click of a tweet button. “I think this is the coolest thing that’s ever happened on our social,” Perelman
Jeff Lynd, 35, was scrolling through Twitter from his Delaware home on Easter morning. Lynd was born and raised in Pittsburgh’s Bethel Park before relocating, and is a lifelong Penguins fan. As he scrolled through the team’s Twitter account, he came upon the image of Sowatsky holding her call for help. Lynd knew immediately that their fates would become intertwined. “My heart just started racing because I had this instinct that I was going to be the one that was going to be selected 141
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Jeff Lynd (donor), Dr. Amit D. Tevar (surgeon) and Kelly Sowatsky pose with the famous neon sign.
for it,” Lynd recalled of the moment. After six months of going through the process, the surgery was conducted by UPMC on Nov. 6. Sowatsky arrived in her hospital room — fittingly room No. 87 — with her kidney functional at just nine percent. Following a 13-hour surgery, her new kidney — which she nicknamed Sidney the Kidney — was working at 99 percent. “This is where Jeff’s contribution, his altruism, his bravery on being a donor comes into play,” said UPMC’s Dr. Amit D. Tevar, who conducted the surgery. “Not only did he save Kelly’s life; her coming off the cadaveric list moves everyone up. So in my estimation, two people actually benefit from this.” Many people have shared Dr. Tevar’s view of Lynd. The donor himself, however, does not.
“I don’t see it like that. I see it as a guy helping somebody out,” Lynd said. “She needed help and I was able to do it. If it wasn’t me, it would have been somebody else.” Penguins fans are a proud bunch. Their love of the team is limitless. Their commitment immeasurable. And their connection to each other is unwavering. “(Pittsburgh is) where I’m from. It’s where my roots are from,” Lynd said. “I have a passion for the Penguins and I’ve had that ever since I was a little kid. To be able to do this in the hometown where this all started I think it fits perfectly.” It’s a storybook ending. “It’s something you see out of a movie,” Lynd said. “It’s just incredible because of the way everything had to transpire and every specific event that had to work in order to be where we are.” 145
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The NHL is getting younger, and establishing a propensity for higher-scoring games in which few if any leads are safe. Those were among the trends that were evident when the league completed a quarter of its regular-season schedule the day before Thanksgiving. Among the most intriguing of those through 49 days and 317 games were:
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The average of 6.1 goals per game was slightly ahead of last season’s full-season average of 5.9 per contest. And that 2017-18 figure had tied for the second-highest since NHL teams averaged 6.2 goals per game in 2005-06.
Nine of the top 15 scorers were 23 or younger, including the top four (Colorado RW Mikko Rantanen, Edmonton C Connor McDavid, Colorado C Nathan MacKinnon and Toronto RW Mitchell Marner). And 46.4 percent of the players to have appeared in at least one game had been 25 or younger (375 of 808).
Teams scored at least seven goals in a game 25 times, the most since 1995-96 (31 in 266 games). Fifty-two players were averaging at least one point per game (minimum 10 games played), the most since 1995-96 (55). 23 hat tricks were registered, the most since 26 were produced in 2010-11.
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San Jose’s Rob Gaudreau (10 in 1992-93).
The top four draft picks in 2018 (Buffalo D Rasmus Dahlin, Carolina RW Andrei Svechnikov, Montreal C Jesperi Kotkaniemi and Ottawa LW Brady Tkachuk) each scored at least one goal and accounted for at least eight points. That hadn’t been done by the first four overall selections in a season immediately following their draft since 2009-10 (John Tavares, Victor Hedman, Matt Duchene and Evander Kane).
IT AIN’T OVER ’TIL IT’S OVER The 144 comeback wins were the second-most in NHL history behind the 146 in 2012-13. Those included 61 occasions on which a team overcame a third-period deficit to win, the second-most in NHL history (62 in 2012-13), and 19 game-tying goals scored in the final two minutes of regulation, the second-most in NHL history (21 in 307 games in 2000-01).
Vancouver C Elias Pettersson, who turned 20 on Nov. 12, became the fifth player since the NHL’s inaugural season to score 10 or more goals in his first 10 career games. That had been done previously by Montreal’s Odie Cleghorn (12 in 1918-19), the Rangers’ Don Murdoch (11 in 1976-77), Boston’s Dmitri Kvartalnov (10 in 1992-93) and
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The 73 instances upon which overtime was required were the most in the 3-on-3 era. A total of 51 of those overtime games ended before a shootout was necessary (69.9 percent), the highest percent of OT affairs ending in less than five minutes in the shootout era.
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One trend that was holding steady a quarter of the way through was the trend toward postseason turnover. Six teams that hadn’t reached the Stanley Cup Playoffs last season were holding a qualifying position this season (Buffalo, Montreal and the New York Rangers in the Eastern Conference and Calgary, Vancouver and Dallas in the Western Conference). Five teams on the outside of the postseason picture and looking in at the quarter point of the 2017-18 season went on to make the playoffs (Boston, Colorado, Minnesota, Philadelphia and San Jose). At least five teams have qualified for the playoffs after having failed to do so in the previous season in 11 of the past 13 seasons.
McDavid became the first player in NHL history to figure in on his team’s first nine goals of a season (4G-5A). New Jersey RW Kyle Palmieri became the first player in NHL history to score his team’s first goal in four consecutive games to start a season.
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