2018.19 Pittsburgh Penguins Season Ticket Preview

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Our businesses maximize the use of the Penguins season tickets by inviting key customers and prospects from the Pittsburgh region and beyond. It provides a unique atmosphere to build and strengthen relationships between our teams.

BRYAN IAMS, VICE PRESIDENT PPG

TA B L E O F C O N T E N TS vv Letter From David Morehouse . . . . . . . . . . .

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LETTER FROM DAVID MOREHOUSE Dear Penguins Fan, We hear it all the time: There’s nothing

reward exceptional employees – all while

Business season ticket holders are

like the excitement of a Penguins game

cheering Sidney Crosby and the Penguins

able to take advantage of their tickets

in person.

to victory and enjoying the many

to create important face-to-face

amenities available at PPG Paints Arena.

connections that cannot be replicated

Our fans follow us in many ways – TV,

by phone calls, texts or emails. Our ticket

radio, social media – but there’s a unique

This link to the Penguins also enables

representatives are eager to show you

connection to the team and the sport

you to support an organization that,

how Penguins season tickets can give

that’s impossible to feel unless you’re in

like you, is very community-minded. We

you an edge!

the stands at PPG Paints Arena.

take pride that our players give back to local charities with team and individual

We hope that you will join us for the

As a business owner or executive,

events throughout the season and that

2018-19 season! As Mike Lange always

Penguins season tickets create a series

the Pittsburgh Penguins Foundation

says, “You’ve gotta be here to believe it!”

of shared experiences with clients,

does so much to help our region’s

potential clients, co-workers and

youth and youth-based activities. From

prospects in a fun, energized, non-work

our support of Children’s Hospital and

environment. You can expand your

Make-A-Wish to building free dek hockey

network of contacts, finalize business

rinks for local communities, our goal is to

deals, build relationships, pitch ideas or

always have a positive impact.

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DAVID MOREHOUSE PENGUINS PRESIDENT AND CEO

SEASON

PREVIEW The Penguins entered last season with a unique goal: three-peat.

And while they ultimately weren’t able

is that the core group of players will be back.

“We’re a good team, and we will be

to achieve that goal, which left them

a good team going forward,” Penguins

with an empty feeling, Penguins head

general manager Jim Rutherford said.

coach Mike Sullivan wants his team to

“We’ll have a chance to win again. We

take that disappointment and use it as

have the nucleus to do that.”

motivation heading into this season –

That core group is led, of course,

because this group still has a chance

by Sidney Crosby, who continues to

to do something incredibly special by

inspire everyone around him with his

winning three Stanley Cups in four years.

unwavering work ethic and insatiable

“I have so much belief in this group

appetite to win. “I don’t know that I’ve

of players,” Sullivan said. “When you

ever been around an athlete that is as

fall short of your ultimate goal, it stings.

driven as Sid is,” Sullivan said.

But what I can tell you is that I’m really

He’s joined by Evgeni Malkin, who is Mike Sullivan

proud of the group of players we’ve

coming off one of the best seasons of

assembled here. I think we’ve got quality

his NHL career where he finished ranked

people. We’ve got great players. I know

fourth in the NHL with 42 goals and 98

Crosby and Malkin; the Penguins also

how much they care and how much they

points – the only player in the league to

have Derick Brassard and Riley Sheahan,

want to win. I feel good about that.

finish in the top-five in both categories.

who re-signed this summer.

“I’m proud of this group and what

Rutherford did everything within his

The Penguins also brought back Matt

they’ve been able to accomplish. It

power to continue adding depth down

Cullen, inking him to a one-year deal.

doesn’t make it feel any better that we

the middle, and the Penguins now have

The player nicknamed “Dad” by his

fell short. But what it does do, for me, is

an embarrassment of riches at the

teammates and the fans is ecstatic about

it makes me that much hungrier to want

center position. Not

coming to Pittsburgh for a second stint

to do it again and I can’t wait for Day 1

only do they have

at 41 years old, saying “it’s a really cool

of training camp to get back at it with

opportunity at my age to come back and

this group.”

try to have another chance at making a

They’ll be coming back healthy and

run with this team.” The coaches will be

primed for another run after getting

counting on Cullen to bring versatility,

plenty of much-needed rest, as no one

and of course, leadership and a veteran

played more hockey over the past three

locker-room presence.

years than this group – including a lot of high-pressure playoff games.

And while there were a few changes this offseason, what’s most important

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Matt Cullen

Matt Murray

Jack Johnson

Penguins lacked three pairings with a

As Sullivan wrote in a letter to the

puck-mover on it, and Johnson’s arrival

fans following his team’s playoff exit in

ensures that they will have just that.

May, “What I am most looking forward to

“Jack is a good skater, a good puck Cullen helped mentor a lot of

when our team returns for training camp

mover,” Rutherford said. “He can play

in September is having the opportunity

young players during his first stint in

both sides. He can play on either special

to play before the greatest fans in

Pittsburgh, including Bryan Rust, who

teams. We feel very strong about this

hockey, in what I’ve come to learn is one

has established a reputation as a clutch

player, that he’s going to improve our

of the great sports cities in America.

playoff performer and versatile winger

team. When you go back to the two years

who can move around the lineup. He

we won the Cup, especially the first

was rewarded this offseason with a

year, we had a terrific transition game.

four-year contract with an average

In that transition game you have to have

annual value of $3.5 million.

defensemen that can move the puck.”

“There is no better feeling than knowing every time we take the ice, we do so behind the unwavering support of this fan base. Trust me, we’re very grateful for that. It’s something we don’t take for granted. It reinforces our commitment to want to make this city proud.”

Also returning on the wings are Patric

Johnson will compliment a group that

Hornqvist, Carl Hagelin, Phil Kessel

includes Brian Dumoulin, Kris Letang,

and Jake Guentzel. Kessel is coming

Olli Maatta, Jamie Oleksiak and Justin

off a terrific individual season where

Schultz, who will be holding the fort in

he established a new career high with

front of two-time Stanley Cup-winning

92 points, while Guentzel is a bonafide

goaltender Matt Murray.

young star in this league after another incredible playoff run.

Despite losing Conor Sheary, Tom

Overall, it’s a group well-suited to playing to the Penguins’ identity: playing with speed, playing with pace and

Kuhnhackl and Carter Rowney during the

playing a north-south game where they

offseason, the Penguins still have plenty

challenge opponents with their puck

of balance and depth up top – and they

pursuit. And it’s a group more motivated

solidified their back end with the addition

than ever to try and bring another

of Jack Johnson. Rutherford felt that the

championship to the city of Pittsburgh.

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LOCAL BUSINESS SHARES

SUCCESS S T O RY

Business partners Reid Smith (right) and Ed Haney at the Green Tree headquarters of Vital Solutions International.

greatest moments as a fan,” said Smith,

excitement of NHL hockey. It’s one of

Section 121, Reid Smith watched – and

who attended his first Penguins game

the reasons that he and Ed Haney –

stood, and screamed – as the Penguins

in the 1970s. “It’s so hard for a team

business partners at Vital Solutions

defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning

to even make it to the Cup finals. The

International, an IT services company

in Game 7 of the 2016 NHL Eastern

atmosphere in the arena was incredible.

based in Green Tree – place such high

Conference Finals, earning a chance to

My voice was hoarse for three days.”

value on the Penguins season tickets

From his season ticket seats in

Losing his voice aside, Smith, a native

play for the Stanley Cup. “That game, with all its emotion, with all the drama, stands out as one of my

they’ve held for decades.

of the Charleroi area, believes there is

“I’m a die-hard fan myself, but it’s

nothing in sports like the game-night

great when you can take a client to a game, go to the Lexus Club, give them a

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great evening out – our clients love it,” Smith said. “You have them in a nonwork environment, out of the hustle and

You have [your clients] in a non-work environment, out of the hustle and bustle of the work, and you get time to not only talk business but to get to know them personally.

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bustle of the work, and you get time to not only talk business but to get to know them personally. A Penguins game gives you the chance to take it beyond a business relationship. That’s very important in what we do.”

With 41 regular season home games

He has fond memories of his seats at

each season, plus playoffs, Smith and

the old Mellon Arena – “E29, row H, seats

Haney also have a chance to reward

3-4, the best seats ever in the arena,

employees with tickets for outstanding

right on the rail” – but appreciates the

performance. “But “sometimes,” he

much-improved facilities at modern PPG

admits, “I just like to keep them for

Paints Arena, including the Lexus Club,

myself. I love going to the games. Being a

where he and Haney are members. ‘It’s

business season ticket holder gives you a

just a great facility, a great organization,

lot of options.”

a great environment – we consider

Smith became a fan and street-

ourselves so lucky,” Smith said.

hockey rink rat growing up in the 1970s.

The pace of hockey itself is a key

His introduction to the Penguins came,

factor, he believes – part of the reason

ironically, because his father’s company,

clients and co-workers are so enthralled

Guttman Oil, had business season tickets.

with the tickets.

“There were times when those tickets

“The speed of the game is what really

would fall to my dad, and I got a chance

gets me.” Smith said. “When you go to a

to see games in person for the first

game, you actually have to watch it. You

time,” Smith said. “I was hooked. Another

have to pay attention for 60 minutes,

big influence was the Penguins’ PA

because there is non-stop action for 60

announcer, John Barbero, who was from

minutes. If you go to a baseball game

our area. He actually built the first dek

you can talk and just wait for the crack

rink in Roscoe, PA. It all started with a

of a bat. At a football game, there’s

grassroots love of the game.”

probably about 12 minutes of action,

One of Smith’s early memories was

when the ball is in play. Hockey is fast-

a 4-2 Penguins victory over the Boston

paced, constant action, hard hitting … all

Bruins with Bobby Orr and Phil Esposito.

of those things make it really exciting,

He started to share season tickets with

and that’s why we love it.”

others following Stanley Cup victories in

He said the advantage of having

1991 and 1992 and took over the tickets

business season tickets is evident the

himself in 1996. Another moment that

morning after a client attends a game.

stands out came in April 1997 – the final

“The most important thing to me is

home game of the first portion of Mario

the feedback we get when we give

Lemieux’s career.

the tickets to a client,” Smith said. “We

“That last goal Mario scored when Ian

always get an email the next day: ‘Thanks

Moran passed him the puck against the

so much. Love the seats. Love the Lexus

Flyers in the playoffs at home … that one

Club. We had a great, exciting time.’

will always stick with me,” Smith said. “It

And then they say, ‘By the way, if you

seemed like the play happened in slow

ever have them again, we’ll be glad to

motion, and the arena was dead silent,

take them!’

and then all of a sudden he scored and

“It’s why we make sure our best

the place went nuts. It was a memory for

clients get those tickets when we

a lifetime, because I was there to see it

don’t want to go. The value to our

in person.”

business is amazing.”

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CHUCK MATTERA PRESIDENT AND CEO, II-VI INCORPORATED

“

II-VI is proud to be the High Tech Partner of the Pittsburgh Penguins. My season tickets offer me a great way to show appreciation and say thanks to our employees and partners for their outstanding work and partnership. The PPG Paints Arena and the Penguins Organization are world class and enable us to build our key relationships with valuable stakeholders including our customers and investors.

Overall, the partnership with the Penguins has helped us increase the Pittsburgh community’s awareness of II-VI as a high tech employer and publicly traded global brand with over $1B in revenue and more than 11,000 employees, which delivers market leading engineered materials and optoelectronic products to enable emerging applications in rapidly growing and transformative markets, such as semiconductor lasers, 3D sensing, 5G wireless communications, and electric vehicles.

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