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2017.18 SEASON

• ISSUE 02

FRONT OFFICE

THIS WEEK’S MATCH-UP

Mario Lemieux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Game Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Ron Burkle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Penguins Roster and Headshots . . . . 66

David Morehouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Penguins by the Numbers . . . . . . . . . . 68

Jim Rutherford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Predators by the Numbers . . . . . . . . . . 71

Bill Guerin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Predators Roster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Jason Karmanos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Mike Sullivan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Sergei Gonchar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Predators Headshots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 IN THIS ISSUE Penguins Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Jacques Martin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Promotional Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Mark Recchi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

League Leaders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Mike Buckley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

NHL Standings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Travis Williams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Season Ticket Holder Spotlight . . . . . . 19

Terry Kalna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Around the NHL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Staff Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Pens Pass: Last Minute Ticket Club . . 55

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Looking Back: 2017 Stanley Cup Final

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Bringing Math and Science to Life Through the Game of Hockey . 59

Declaration of Principles . . . . . . . . . . 142

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Looking Back: 2017 Stanley Cup Final . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Official Penguins Twitter Handles . . . 63

Excel Hockey Academy Opens . . . . . 151

Penguins Players Social Handles . . . . 65

Frozen in Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Player Birthdays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

2017.18 On and Off-Ice Officials . . . . 157

In the Room . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 2017.18 Ice Crew Members . . . . . . . . . 81

Penguins Professional Hockey Hall of Fame Inductees . . . . . . . . . . . 159

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Upcoming Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Arena Seat Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Concessions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Building Info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

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NHL LEAGUE

LEADERS Final 2016.17 Regular-Season Stats

POINTS RNK NAME

GP G A PTS +/- PIM SOG SPCT PPG PPP SHG TOI

1 2

4 5

82 75 82 82 74

Connor McDavid, EDM Sidney Crosby, PIT Patrick Kane, CHI Nicklas Backstrom, WSH Nikita Kucherov, TBL

30 44 34 23 40

70 45 55 63 45

100 89 89 86 85

27 17 11 17 13

26 24 32 38 38

251 255 292 162 246

12.0 17.3 11.6 14.2 16.3

3 14 7 8 17

27 25 23 35 32

1 0 0 0 0

21:07 19:52 21:23 18:15 19:26

GOALS RNK NAME

GP G A PTS +/- PIM SOG SPCT PPG PPP SHG TOI

1 2

4

75 82 74 80 82

Sidney Crosby, PIT Auston Matthews, TOR Nikita Kucherov, TBL Brad Marchand, BOS Vladimir Tarasenko, STL

44 40 40 39 39

45 29 45 46 36

89 69 85 85 75

17 2 13 18 -2

24 14 38 81 12

255 279 246 226 286

17.3 14.3 16.3 17.3 13.6

14 8 17 9 9

25 21 32 24 22

0 0 0 3 0

19:52 17:37 19:26 19:26 18:28

ASSISTS RNK NAME

GP G A PTS +/- PIM SOG SPCT PPG PPP SHG TOI

1 2 3 4 5

82 82 74 79 82

Connor McDavid, EDM Nicklas Backstrom, WSH Ryan Getzlaf, ANA Victor Hedman, TBL Patrick Kane, CHI

30 23 15 16 34

70 63 58 56 55

100 27 86 17 73 7 72 3 89 11

26 38 49 47 32

251 162 138 166 292

12.0 14.2 10.9 9.6 11.6

3 8 6 4 7

27 35 20 33 23

1 0 2 0 0

21:07 18:15 21:04 24:30 21:23

POWER-PLAY GOALS RNK NAME

GP G A PTS +/- PIM SOG SPCT PPG PPP SHG TOI

1

4 5

82 74 79 82 75

Alex Ovechkin, WSH Nikita Kucherov, TBL Brayden Schenn, PHI Wayne Simmonds, PHI Sidney Crosby, PIT

33 40 25 31 44

36 45 30 23 45

69 6 85 13 55 -13 54 -18 89 17

50 38 38 122 24

313 246 178 224 255

10.5 16.3 14.0 13.8 17.3

17 17 17 16 14

26 32 28 25 25

0 0 0 2 0

18:21 19:26 17:48 18:58 19:52

PLUS/MINUS RNK NAME

GP G A PTS +/- PIM SOG SPCT PPG PPP SHG TOI

1

3

5

82 9 31 40 34 36 164 79 22 25 47 34 30 172 74 6 17 23 33 44 135 76 10 28 38 33 20 144 79 0 14 14 32 48 93

Ryan Sutter, MIN Jason Zucker, MIN David Savard, CBJ Jared Spurgeon, MIN Brooks Orpik, WSH

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5.5 12.8 4.4 6.9 0.0

4 1 0 1 0

12 1 0 5 0

1 26:55 0 15:17 0 21:50 0 24:01 0 17:47

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NHL

STANDINGS Final 2016.17 Regular-Season Stats

EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC

GP

W

MONTREAL OTTAWA BOSTON TORONTO TAMPA BAY FLORIDA DETROIT BUFFALO

82 82 82 82 82 82 82 82

47 26 44 28 44 31 40 27 42 30 35 36 33 36 33 37

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METROPOLITAN

GP

W

WASHINGTON PITTSBURGH COLUMBUS NY RANGERS NY ISLANDERS PHILADELPHIA CAROLINA NEW JERSEY

82 55 19 82 50 21 82 50 24 82 48 28 82 41 29 82 39 33 82 36 31 82 28 40

L

OTL 9 10 7 15 10 11 13 12 OTL

PTS

GF

103 98 95 95 94 81 79 78

226 200 24-12-5 23-14-4 212 214 22-11-8 22-17-2 234 212 23-17-1 21-14-6 251 242 21-13-7 19-14-8 234 227 23-14-4 19-16-6 210 237 19-19-3 16-17-8 207 244 17-17-7 16-19-6 201 237 20-15-6 13-22-6

GA

PTS

GF

GA

HOME

HOME

ROAD

ROAD

LAST 10 6-3-1 4-4-2 6-3-1 6-4-0 8-1-1 4-6-0 4-4-2 4-6-0

LAST 10

8 118 263 182 32-7-2 23-12-6 8-2-0 11 111 282 234 31-6-4 19-15-7 4-4-2 8 108 249 195 28-12-1 22-12-7 3-5-2 6 102 256 220 21-16-4 27-12-2 3-4-3 12 94 241 242 22-12-7 19-17-5 7-3-0 10 88 219 236 25-11-5 14-22-5 6-2-2 15 87 215 236 23-12-6 13-19-9 4-4-2 14 70 183 244 16-17-8 12-23-6 1-7-2

WESTERN CONFERENCE CENTRAL

GP

W

L

CHICAGO MINNESOTA ST. LOUIS NASHVILLE WINNIPEG DALLAS COLORADO

82 82 82 82 82 82 82

50 49 46 41 40 34 22

23 25 29 29 35 37 56

PACIFIC

GP

W

L

ANAHEIM EDMONTON SAN JOSE CALGARY LOS ANGELES ARIZONA VANCOUVER

82 82 82 82 82 82 82

46 47 46 45 39 30 30

23 26 29 33 35 42 43

OTL 9 8 7 12 7 11 4 OTL 13 9 7 4 8 10 9

PTS

GF

GA

HOME

ROAD

LAST 10

109 244 213 26-10-5 24-13-4 106 266 208 27-12-2 22-13-6 99 235 218 24-12-5 22-17-2 94 240 224 24-9-8 17-20-4 87 249 256 22-18-1 18-17-6 79 223 262 22-13-6 12-24-5 48 166 278 13-26-2 9-30-2 PTS

GF

105 223 103 247 99 221 94 226 86 201 70 197 69 182

GA

HOME

ROAD

LAST 10

200 29-8-4 17-15-9 212 25-12-4 22-14-5 201 26-11-4 20-18-3 221 24-17-0 21-16-4 205 23-16-2 16-19-6 260 18-18-5 12-24-5 243 18-17-6 12-26-3

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3-3-4 5-3-2 7-1-2 5-4-1 8-2-0 5-4-1 2-7-1

8-2-0 8-2-0 4-6-0 4-6-0 5-4-1 4-5-1 1-9-0

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THE SERIES vs. PREDATORS Tonight the Penguins and Nashville Predators meet for the first time since their Stanley Cup Final series last spring, won in six games by Pittsburgh.

They will play in Nashville on Nov. 11. . . The Penguins have won eight of the last 10 regular season games against the Predators, but the teams split their series last season. The Predators claimed a 5-1 home victory on Oct. 22 as Viktor Arvidsson had two goals and Juuse Saros made 34 saves, while

the Penguins answered with a 4-2 home win on Jan. 31 thanks to two goals from former Predator Patric Hornqvist and 37 saves from Matt Murray. . . The teams have played 25 regular season games, and Pittsburgh has a 12-10-1 record with two ties. . . Pittsburgh has won four of its last five home games against Nashville in the regular season, the only loss coming Feb. 1, 2015 by a 4-0 score. . . Nashville has scored first in seven of its 11 regular season games here. . . Sidney Crosby has 19 points in 13 career regular season games against the Predators (4G-15A) but has scored only one continued on page 15

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goal at home against them, that coming on Feb. 14, 2010 in a 4-3 shootout loss. . . Evgeni Malkin has missed three of the last five regular season games against Nashville.

He has five goals and 13 points in 10 career games against the Predators but has not scored here against them in the regular season since March 22, 2012, when he had two goals in a 5-1 victory. . . This marks the Predators’ earliest trip to Pittsburgh in a season and

THE PENGUINS

This is the Penguins’ third game in four nights, as they opened the season here Wednesday against St. Louis and played in Chicago on Thursday. Their next game is in Washington next Wednesday, to be followed the next night by a game in Tampa Bay. Pittsburgh returns home one week from tonight to face Florida. . . The Penguins finished the preseason at 3-3-1. . . Pittsburgh

their first trip here in October. . .

Murray finished the Cup Final last spring by blanking the Predators over the final 123:23 of the series. . . Nashville goaltender Pekka Rinne has never won a game in Pittsburgh, regular season or playoff. In the regular season here, he is 0-3-0 with a 4.95 goals-against average and .855 save percentage.

He also lost all three games played here last spring in the Cup Final.

plays 11 of its first 16 games this season on the road. . . Center Greg McKegg, who played with Florida and Tampa Bay last season, dressed for six of Pittsburgh’s seven preseason games while competing for playing time at center heading into the NHL deadline for setting rosters on Oct. 3. . . Kris Letang began the season needing one assist to reach 300 for his career. continued on page 16

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Only 12 active defensemen had more. . . Hornqvist did not play in the preseason and was hoping to join the lineup soon after rehabilitating a right hand injury. . . The Penguins are the fifth NHL team for defenseman Matt Hunwick, signed as a free agent from Toronto on July 1. The Warren, MI native previously played for Boston, Colorado, the New York Rangers and Toronto. He is the 13th former Michigan Wolverine to play for Pittsburgh. . . Ryan Reaves is the 13th native of Winnipeg to skate for the Penguins and the first since Jamie Leach in 1989. . . Antti Niemi, who began the season as Murray’s backup, will become the first Finnish goaltender to play for the Penguins. . . Excluding the expansion Vegas Golden Knights,

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the Predators are one of four current teams against which a Pittsburgh player has never recorded a hat trick. The others are Dallas, Colorado and Minnesota. . . Letang is the Penguins’ newest alternate captain. . . New assistant coaches Mark Recchi and Sergei Gonchar will have plenty of perspective on the Pittsburgh power play this season.

The former Penguins combined for 996 power play points in their NHL careers. . . Pittsburgh will play 13 games in October, most since it played 14 in 2009-10. . . Jake Guentzel finished the preseason with three goals and nine points in four games and led the team in scoring. He led the 2017 Stanley Cup playoffs in goal-scoring with 13 in 25 games.

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BECKY LUTZ SEASON TICKET HOLDER SINCE

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With whom do you attend Penguins home games? I attend games with a variety of people. My brother or sister, a cousin or an uncle. Plus, my nephew is now old enough to go to games, so I look forward to attending with him as well.

What is your earliest memory of Pittsburgh Penguins hockey?

I remember watching the game clincher for the Cup in ‘91 at my aunt and uncle’s house and banging pots and pans outside after the game was over.

What motivated you to purchase Penguins season tickets? Sidney Crosby. I called for tickets a day or two after we drafted Sid. I started with a 20 game plan in level C and after two years, switched to a full season in level F. Now I am starting my 13th year as a season ticket holder. Definitely a great spur of the moment decision!

What is your all-time favorite in-game entertainment feature?

The little kids playing a quick game during intermission.

How would you describe your game watching style? For regular season games, I stay pretty calm. I definitely jump out of my seat when the Penguins score. If something goes continued on page 20

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wrong, I don’t scream or yell, I shake my head and watch as play continues or watch for play to start up again. For the playoffs, it is a bit more stressful, and I’m often sitting on the edge of my seat.

Becky with her sister Valerie, mom Patty and brother Dan

Offense or Defense? Offense — I like watching the play unfold, and I’m amazed when the puck finds the littlest of areas to cross the line for a goal.

Blowout or Nail biter? It would depend on who the opponent is. A heated rival team — I love a blowout.

Score early and often.

What Penguins related story do you retell most often? The first hockey game I attended was a last minute thing. My dad received two tickets, dropped my cousin Mike and I off at the arena, and went back to work. He met us after the game under the electronic billboard. Mario Lemieux scored 5 goals in the game against Wayne Gretzky and the St. Louis Blues and the Penguins won 8-4. Not too shabby for my first hockey game!

Have you attended a Penguins away game? Do you have a favorite memory from your trip? Yes! As an early Christmas gift in 2010, I bought my brother and sister tickets to a game in Columbus. We went with a few cousins and I think there were eight of us in

Becky celebrating a Penguins win with her nephew Raymond and sister Valerie

total that attended. It was as if the game was in Pittsburgh — there were so many Penguins fans in attendance!

The Penguins won 7-2!

If you could host Three Penguins players for dinner, past or present, who would you invite? Mario Lemieux, Sidney Crosby and while he wasn’t a player, I’d have to say Badger Bob Johnson.

How did you celebrate the Penguins most recent Stanley Cup victory?

I went out to buy newspapers the following morning at 6:00 AM to make sure I could keep a few as mementos. I watched the parade from a lower floor of our office building.

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Hockey is __________________________________________________________________________.

Thrilling!

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SCHOLARSHIPS TO 20 LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES

Program Includes All Pittsburgh Public Schools and Allegheny County On August 14, the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Penguins Foundation honored 20 high school graduates with 2017 Penguins Foundation Scholarships.

In partnership with UPMC, and with the strong support of the Allegheny Intermediate Unit (AIU), the Penguins Foundation honored this year’s scholars with educational-based awards. Over the past four years, the Foundation has awarded a total of 80 scholarships.

To be eligible, students must attend a Pittsburgh Public School or an Allegheny County high

school that provides substantial aid to students for reduced-cost or free lunch programs per the National School Lunch Program (NSLP), which is administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education — Division of Food and Nutrition.

Each scholarship is valued at $1,500 for the student’s first year of college, and an additional $1,000 is awarded for the student’s second year of college if a 3.0 GPA is maintained and a minimum of 24 credit hours are earned. continued on page 25

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Penguins Foundation scholarship recipients for 2017 are as follows: Student

High School

College / University

West Mifflin

Penn State University

Taylor Allderdice

Harvard University

Gateway

Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis

Caspar, Abigail

Steel Valley

Clarion University

Edinger, Kaitlyn

Woodland Hills

Elizabethtown College

Edwards, Marc

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Dave Strader THE PRICE YOU PAY: Coach’s challenges have become more challenging this season.

Thanks to an alteration to the Coach’s Challenge Rule (Rule 78.7) approved in late September by the NHL’s Board of Governors, a two-minute minor penalty is being assessed this season for unsuccessful coach’s challenges.

The penalty for unsuccessful offside challenges replaces the loss of a team’s timeout, which had been in place since the implementation of coach’s challenges in 2015.

“I’m sure there’s opinions on both sides,” Penguins head coach Mike Sullivan said. “Personally, the way I viewed it was the intent of the rule was to try to get the call right. It seems to me like adding a punitive measure to a challenge is trying to discourage a challenge and not necessarily to get the call right.

“If the league wants less challenges, that’s exactly what’s

going to happen because if anything’s close I’m not sure coaches are going to run the risk.

For me it was more about the intent of the rule to get the call right. But I also understand that part of the league’s responsibility is trying to make the game as efficient as it can be. Maybe there were a few too many challenges and they’re trying to keep the game moving.”

REMEMBERING A LEGEND: Commissioner Gary Bettman celebrated broadcaster Dave Strader’s calls for combining “expertise, passion for our sport, the ultimate in professionalism and a calm command of the story of the moment,” upon the occasion of Strader’s passing on Oct. 1.

Strader, 62, had been battling cancer for over a year.

Strader called games for Detroit, Arizona, Florida and Dallas, as well as nationally for NBC, and worked three Olympic Games in a career that culminated with his receiving the Foster Hewitt Memorial Award from the Hockey Hall of Fame in April.

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MARIO

LEMIEUX LEMIEUX CO-OWNER/CHAIRMAN

Mario Lemieux is known as one of the greatest players in NHL history, with two Stanley Cups, six league scoring titles, three MVP awards, two Conn Smythe Trophies, a Calder Trophy, a Masterton Trophy — and an Olympic gold medal for good measure.

Now, he’s also established himself as one of the league’s greatest owners.

Lemieux and co-owner Ron Burkle led the Penguins to another championship in 2016-17, their third in nine years, giving Mario more Cups as an owner than he won as a player.

His transition from excellence on the ice to excellence in the front office – with five Cups in all – has been another remarkable achievement in a truly unprecedented pro sports career.

“I don’t know that there’s another individual who’s had the impact on a franchise that Mario has had on the Pittsburgh Penguins,” said David Morehouse, the Penguins’ president and CEO. “He saved the team as a player and led it to two Stanley Cups. He bought the team out of bankruptcy, led the effort for a new arena and delivered three more Cups. And that doesn’t even touch on what he’s done for the city as a philanthropist with the Mario Lemieux Foundation. He is one of a kind.”

Lemieux and Burkle organized a group of investors that bought the Penguins out of bankruptcy in 1999. The combination of Lemieux’s hockey acumen and Burkle’s business savvy made them a formidable

front office tandem and led to a series of spectacular achievements both on and off the ice.

The Penguins, during that time, have become one of the premier franchises in all of sports, leading the way in fan relations, youth marketing, community outreach and innovative technology while consistently putting a winning team on the ice. That includes qualifying for the playoffs for 11 straight seasons — the longest streak in hockey — and reaching the Cup Final four times and the Conference Finals five times in the past 10 years.

As a player, “Le Magnifique” was a gifted 6-foot-4 centerman who dominated play for parts of three decades. Although he faced a numbing series of medical setbacks, including multiple back surgeries and a battle with Hodgkin’s disease, he retired in 2006 as the No. 7 all-time scorer in NHL history with 1,723 points. He also ranked eighth all-time in goals (690) and 10th in assists (1,033).

After retiring as a player for the first time in 1997, he put together an ownership group to buy the Penguins out of bankruptcy in September 1999 and then returned to the ice on December 27, 2000 — becoming the first player-owner of the modern era. He also captained Team Canada to an Olympic gold medal in 2002.

In addition to his legendary hockey accomplishments, he continues to oversee the Mario Lemieux Foundation, which has raised more than $25 million for charity. More information is available at mariolemieux.org.

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BURKLE BURKLE CO-OWNER

Ron Burkle, one of the preeminent investors in retail, hospitality, technology and distribution industries, is also now a three-time Stanley Cup champion as co-owner of the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Burkle teamed with Mario Lemieux to buy the team out of bankruptcy in September, 1999, and together they have become one of the outstanding ownership duos in professional sports, winning three Cups in the past nine seasons, including rare backto-back championships in 2016 and 2017.

Among Burkle’s many significant contributions to the Penguins was his essential role in negotiations for a new arena. PPG Paints Arena is considered one of the finest indoor facilities in North America and has attracted many nationallevel events to Pittsburgh, including NCAA basketball and hockey. But he also helped create a winning mindset for the Penguins organization both on and off the ice.

Although Burkle prefers to operate quietly and behind the scenes, Lemieux understands his immense role in the team’s success.

“Ron is one of the main reasons we still have hockey in Pittsburgh,” Lemieux told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. “If I was not able to buy the Penguins and have Ron as our top investor, I don’t think the Penguins would be here today. He’s a great guy and a very smart businessman. He loves Pittsburgh, he loves the Penguins. I think people should know that.”

Under the leadership of Lemieux and Burkle, the Penguins have sold out every game for 10-plus seasons and consistently ranked among the most fan-friendly and community-minded teams in the NHL and all of pro sports.

The Penguins have earned 11 straight playoff berths and reached the conference finals five times in the past 10 years, in addition to the three Cups. The team’s solid foundation of ownership has enabled hockey management to spend to the salary cap, sign many of the team’s core players to long-term contracts and put a competitive team on the ice year after year.

Burkle founded the Yucaipa Companies in 1986 and has served as Chairman of the Board and controlling shareholder of numerous companies, including Alliance Entertainment, Golden State Foods, Dominick’s, Fred Meyer, Ralphs and Food4Less.

Ron is Co-Chairman of the Burkle Center for International Relations at UCLA and is broadly involved in the community.

He is a trustee of the Carter Center, the National Urban League, Frank Lloyd Wright Conservancy and AIDS Project Los Angeles (APLA). Ron was the Founder and Chairman of the Ralph’s/Food4Less Foundation and the Fred Meyer Inc. Foundation. He was a member of the board of Occidental Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: OXY), KB Home (NYSE: KBH), Kaufman & Broad S.A. (Euronext: KOF), Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO), the J. Paul Getty Trust, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Music Center and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.

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DAVID

MOREHOUSE MOREHOUSE PERM AD CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER & PRESIDENT

In 10 seasons as a senior executive with the Penguins, David Morehouse has seen the team win three Stanley Cups, make the Cup finals four times and reach the conference finals five times.

Though his expertise is on the team’s business side — especially branding and marketing — Morehouse’s greatest achievement has been creating a corporate culture that has driven the Penguins to consistent excellence both on and off the ice.

“It’s no coincidence that we’ve enjoyed this kind of success with David Morehouse as our key senior executive” said co-owner Ron Burkle.

“We’ve obviously made a lot of great acquisitions on the player side, but one of the best acquisitions we’ve ever made was David himself.”

The Penguins have become one of the NHL’s strongest business entities during Morehouse’s tenure — selling out every game for 10-plus seasons, setting new standards for television ratings and corporate sales and increasing their focus on innovative youth marketing.

He joined the team as consultant on the new arena project in 2004 and was named team president in April 2007. He was given the additional responsibilities of Chief Executive Officer just as the team’s new arena was opening in August 2010.

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Under Morehouse’s leadership, the Penguins have reshaped their strategic vision with an emphasis on branding, fan relations, community interaction, corporate outreach and cutting-edge technology, while maintaining a high level of performance on the ice.

A strong commitment to fan outreach includes an annual event where players personally deliver season tickets to fans’ homes and a special preseason game were all 18,000 tickets are distributed free to local youth.

Morehouse also was a driving force behind the new UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex, which opened in August 2015.

It is the first facility to combine hockey with a world-class medical center and sports performance complex.

Morehouse joined the Penguins following a career in national politics that included stints at the White House, Pentagon and on Capitol Hill — as well as key roles in two Presidential campaigns. He attended the Community College of Allegheny County and Duquesne University and received a master’s degree in Public Administration from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. He is a native of the Pittsburgh neighborhood of Beechview.

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RUTHERFORD RUTHERFORD PERM AD EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT & GENERAL MANAGER

Jim Rutherford enters his fourth season with the Penguins as the executive vice president and general manager of the NHL’s first backto-back championship team in almost two decades.

Pittsburgh’s six-game defeat of the Nashville Predators in the 2017 Stanley Cup Final not only gave the Penguins a second-straight Cup victory, but it made Rutherford just the seventh GM since the 1967 NHL Expansion to win three Stanley Cups. One year earlier, Rutherford became the first GM since ‘67 to manage multiple teams to Cup victories, having also done so with the Carolina Hurricanes in 2006.

During the course of the 2015-16 campaign, Rutherford transformed the Penguins into Stanley Cup champions, thanks in large part to his acquisitions of Phil Kessel, Nick Bonino, Trevor Daley and Carl Hagelin, plus the promotion of Mike Sullivan to head coach in December of 2015.

As a reward for his quick, on-thefly re-shaping of the Penguins’ roster, Rutherford won the NHL General Manager of the Year Award for his work in ’15-16.

Pittsburgh’s roster didn’t require as much tinkering in 2016-17, but Rutherford once again added key pieces at the right time, including bolstering his defense by trading for veteran Ron Hainsey near the deadline. Hainsey earned top-pair minutes in the absence of Kris Letang.

Rutherford spent 20 years as GM of the Carolina Hurricanes/Hartford Whalers franchise from 1994-2014, where he

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was a key architect of the Hurricanes’ 2006 Stanley Cup championship squad and their 2002 Stanley Cup finalist team.

In addition to his general manager duties, he also served 20 years as president of Carolina/Hartford, taking the post in 1994. In his role as president/ GM, Rutherford oversaw operations on both the hockey and business sides of the organization.

Over the course of his executive career, Rutherford has won multiple awards, including The Hockey News‘ Executive of the Year in 2002 and ’06. Additionally, he was voted by his NHL general management peers as Sporting News ‘Executive of the Year’ in 2006.

Before his 23 years in the NHL, Rutherford was recognized as the 1987 Canadian Hockey League (CHL) Executive of the Year, and the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) Executive of the Year in back-to-back years with the Windsor Spitfires in 1987 and ’88. He oversaw a Spitfires team that won the OHL championship in 1988 and earned a berth in the Memorial Cup. Rutherford played 13 years as a goaltender in the NHL, appearing in 457 career NHL games with Pittsburgh, Toronto, Los Angeles and Detroit. He was selected by the Detroit Red Wings in the first round (10th overall) of the 1969 NHL Draft.

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ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER Bill Guerin begins his fourth season as assistant general manager fresh off of helping the Penguins capture a second-straight Stanley Cup championship, the fourth Stanley Cup win of his career, and his second as an executive.

This season, Guerin’s duties will change slightly, as one of his primary roles will be to serve as the general manager of the Penguins’ minor-league affiliate, the Wilkes-Barre/ Scranton Penguins, where he will oversee that team’s staff and also serve as the alternate governor at AHL league meetings.

Guerin was Pittsburgh’s player development coach from 2011-14, where he was instrumental in helping develop the Penguins’ minor league, junior and college prospects,

including Tom Kuhnhackl, Bryan Rust and Conor Sheary, who all played huge roles in the Pens’ back-to-back championship runs.

Originally drafted by New Jersey in the first round (5th overall) of the 1989 NHL Draft, Guerin won two Stanley Cups (Pittsburgh, 2009; New Jersey, 1995) and spent 18 seasons in the NHL — including his final two with the Penguins.

Guerin’s leadership and on-ice performance after being acquired at the NHL trade deadline was a key in Pittsburgh’s ’09 title.

Guerin, a four-time NHL All-Star, tallied 429 career goals and 856 points in 1,263 career NHL games, including five 30-goal and two 40-goal seasons. He was elected to the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame in 2013.

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KARMANOS ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER

KARMANOS

Jason Karmanos begins his first season as the Penguins’ assistant general manager after receiving a promotion over the summer.

Karmanos spent his first three seasons in the Pittsburgh organization as the team’s vice president of hockey operations.

As assistant GM, Karmanos will continue to be involved in all facets of hockey operations decision-making, but he will also oversee the Penguins’ amateur scouting staff.

Karmanos is a three-time Stanley Cup champion, having also helped build the Carolina Hurricanes’ 2006 championship club in addition to his consecutive titles in Pittsburgh.

Before joining Pittsburgh, Karmanos spent 15 years as an executive for the Carolina Hurricanes from 1998-2013, serving various

roles with Carolina, including executive director of hockey operations and vice president/assistant general manager under Jim Rutherford. In addition to winning a Cup together in ’06, Rutherford and Karmanos also built the Hurricanes squad that was a Cup finalist in 2002.

Karmanos played four years of college hockey at Harvard University from 1992-96, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree with honors. In 1994, Karmanos represented Team USA at the World Junior Championships, compiling three points (1G-2A) in seven games.

After graduating, Karmanos attended training camp with the Penguins in 1996 and played pro hockey for two seasons before his career was cut short due to an eye injury.

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MIKE

SULLIVAN SULLIVAN HEAD COACH

Mike Sullivan made history in his first two seasons behind the Penguins’ bench, winning the Stanley Cup both years. By doing so, Sullivan became the first Americanborn coach in NHL history to win multiple Cups, and he joined the legendary Toe Blake of the Montreal Canadiens as the only coaches to win the championship in each of their first two seasons with a team.

By winning a second Cup, Sullivan joined the Steelers’ Chuck Noll (four Super Bowls) and the Pirates’ Danny Murtaugh (two World Series) as the only coaches in Pittsburgh’s professional sports history with multiple titles.

Despite the burden of being the defending champs, Sullivan’s club finished the 2016-17 regular season with 50 wins and 111 points — the latter the second-most in the history of the franchise — good enough for the second-best record in the entire league. In the playoffs, Sullivan navigated the Penguins to a secondconsecutive title despite missing top blueliner Kris Letang for the duration of the postseason.

Sullivan led the Penguins to one of the greatest in-season turnarounds in franchise history during his first year as head coach in 2015-16, a journey that resulted in a Stanley Cup victory against the San Jose Sharks on June 12, 2016.

Adhering to Sullivan’s advice to ‘Just Play’, the Penguins ended the regular season with the second-best record in the Eastern Conference and fourth-best mark in the league, in large part because of a 14-2 run to conclude the regular season. By leading the Penguins to the franchise’s fourth Cup, Sullivan became just the sixth American-born head coach to win the Stanley Cup.

Prior to being promoted to Pittsburgh, Sullivan spent the first two-plus months of the 2015-16 season as the head coach of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. During his 23-game tenure in WB/S, his club went 18-5, which was good enough for first place in the Atlantic Division. Sullivan’s club also had a franchise-best 11-game winning streak.

A native of Marshfield, Massachusetts, Sullivan began his coaching career in 2002-03, starting the season as head coach of the AHL’s Providence Bruins before joining the NHL’s Bruins as an assistant coach late in the year. He was promoted to head coach of the NHL Bruins at age 35 in 2003-04, winning a Northeast Division crown in the first of his two years at the helm.

Sullivan served as an NHL assistant coach for seven-consecutive years from 2007-14 with Tampa Bay, the NY Rangers and Vancouver.

In addition to his professional coaching experience, Sullivan has coached the United States three times internationally, including the 2016 World Cup of Hockey when he was an assistant coach. He was the head coach at the 2007 World Championship and an assistant coach at the 2006 Olympic Games in Turino, Italy.

During the 2014-15 season, Sullivan was a member of the Stanley Cup champion Chicago Blackhawks’ player development staff.

Sullivan’s 11-year NHL career began with the expansion San Jose Sharks in 1991-92 and included stops in Calgary, Boston and Arizona.

Sullivan played four years of collegiate hockey at Boston University from 1986-90, serving as the Terriers captain as a senior.

Sullivan represented the U.S. as a player at the 1988 World Junior Championship.

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GONCHAR GONCHAR ASSISTANT COACH

Sergei Gonchar enters his first season behind the bench as an assistant coach after spending his first two seasons in the Penguins organization as the club’s defensemen development coach.

Gonchar earned plenty of praise from the Penguins’ defensemen in his previous role as defenesemen development coach. He did some of his best teaching with Justin Schultz, who finshed 2016-17 as one of the NHL’s highest-scoring blueliners.

One of the top power-play quarterbacks of his era, Gonchar produced 811 career

points in 20 NHL seasons, the most of any Russian-born defenseman. He ranks in the top-20 all-time among NHL defensemen in both games played and points. During his five-year run in Pittsburgh from 2005-10, Gonchar tallied 259 points (54G-205A).

Gonchar is a three-time Stanley Cup champion, winning all three crowns with Pittsburgh. He was an alternate captain on the Penguins’ ’09 team, and an executive in 2016 and ’17. Gonchar also helped the Penguins’ advance to the Cup Final in 2008.

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MARTIN ASSISTANT COACH

Jacques Martin presided over a defensive group that overcame numerous injury woes to help the Penguins capture a second-straight Stanley Cup in 2017, the second championship of Martin’s lengthy NHL career.

One of the most respected coaches in NHL history, Martin performed some of his best work in the 2017 playoffs, as Pittsburgh had to spread its minutes out evenly on the back end with All-Star blueliner Kris Letang sidelined for the duration of the postseason.

Martin, who will be entering his fifth season with the Pittsburgh organization in 2017-18, has over 25 years of NHL

experience as a general manager, head coach and assistant coach with Pittsburgh, Montreal, Florida, Ottawa, Colorado/Quebec, Chicago and St. Louis.

He won 613 games and made 12 playoff appearances in 17 seasons as an NHL head coach. He won the Jack Adams Award as the NHL’s ‘most outstanding coach’ with Ottawa in 1999 and was a finalist for the award on three other occasions.

Martin won gold medals as an assistant coach for Team Canada at the 2002 Olympics and the 2004 World Cup of Hockey. He was also an assistant coach on the 2006 Canadian Olympic Team.

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RECCHI RECCHI PERM AD ASSISTANT COACH

Mark Recchi moves behind the Penguins’ bench as an assistant coach after spending the previous three seasons as the team’s player development coach.

As player development coach, Recchi worked with Pittsburgh’s prospects throughout the organization from WilkesBarre/Scranton to the junior and college ranks. Two of the players Recchi worked with at WB/S, Jake Guentzel and Carter Rowney, played huge roles in Pittsburgh’s 2017 title run.

Recchi enjoyed a 22-year NHL playing career that began with the Penguins in

1988-89 and wrapped up with the Boston Bruins in 2010-11. In that span, Recchi accumulated 577 goals and 1,533 points in 1,652 contests, numbers that earned him enshrinement in the Hockey Hall of Fame as a member of the Class of 2017.

A seven-time NHL All-Star, Recchi won three Stanley Cup championships as a player: 1991 with Pittsburgh; 2006 as a member of the Carolina Hurricanes; and 2011 with Boston. He added his name to the Cup two more times as a Penguins executive in 2016 and ’17.

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BUCKLEY BUCKLEY GOALTENDING COACH

Mike Buckley enters his first season as the Penguins goaltending coach after spending the previous four seasons as Pittsburgh’s goaltending development coach.

Buckley played a crucial role in Pittsburgh’s back-to-back Stanley Cup championship runs, serving as an eye in the sky and traveling with the club both years.

His finest work thus far has been guiding the development of Matt Murray from top prospect to the first goalie in NHL history to win the Stanley Cup-clinching game twice as a rookie. Before Murray became a star at the NHL level, Buckley worked with him as a

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first-year pro in 2014-15, when Murray was the AHL’s Rookie of the Year and Goaltender of the Year.

In Buckley’s four seasons as goaltending development coach, the Wilkes-Barre/ Scranton Penguins finished with the lowest goals-against average in the league three times.

Following a four-year college career at UMass-Amherst that ended in 2000, Buckley played five seasons of professional hockey from 2000-05, including parts of three campaigns with the Mississippi Sea Wolves and Gwinnett Gladiators of the ECHL.

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WILLIAMS WILLIAMS PERM AD CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

Travis Williams is in his 10th season as a senior executive with the Penguins, currently serving as Chief Operating Officer and overseeing finance, legal affairs, technology, business development and arena operations.

He also assists CEO David Morehouse in the day-to-day management of the business.

In addition, Williams serves as the Penguins’ point man on the development of the former Civic Arena site and oversaw the construction of the UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex in Cranberry.

Williams joined the Penguins in 2008 as Senior Vice President of Business Affairs/ General Counsel. One of his first responsibilities was to guide the construction and development of the team’s new arena – bringing the project to completion on time and under budget for the start of the 2010-11 season. He now serves as

the team’s liaison with building manager AEG Facilities, working closely with AEG on all arenarelated events, including major concerts and national-level sporting events.

Previously, Williams had been a partner at Reed Smith LLP, where he specialized in mergers and acquisitions, investment management, commercial lending and general corporate matters. During his 12 years at Reed Smith, Williams also represented several sports franchises, regional sports networks and other sports-related businesses.

A native of Indianapolis, he graduated from Penn State University and received a Juris Doctorate from Duquesne University, summa cum laude. While at Duquesne, he was a member of the Duquesne Law Review and the Duquesne Business Law Journal.

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SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF SALES AND BROADCASTING

Terry Kalna is in his third season as senior vice president of sales and broadcasting following an 18-year career in motorsports management. Kalna, a native of Greensburg, oversees corporate sales, partnership activation, ticket sales and premium sales in addition to the Penguins Radio Network. He is also the primary contact with AT&T SportsNet, the Penguins’ local television rightsholder.

Kalna spent the previous eight years as managing director of international speedway corporation, a sister company to NASCAR that operates 13 racetracks across the country —

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including Daytona, Talladega, Darlington and Richmond.

Kalna also has deep connections to hockey.

He has been a member of USA Hockey’s Marketing Council since 2011 and recently earned his USA Hockey Level 5 coaching certification. He played youth hockey in Greensburg and for the Amateur Penguins before moving on to prep school hockey at Tabor Academy and Cranbrook Kingswood School. He graduated from Hobart College in 1998 with degrees in economics and history.

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Headshots and Roster

CHAD

OLLI

POS: D HT: 5-11 WT: 191

POS: D HT: 6-2 WT: 206

RUHWEDEL

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4

3

8

MAATTA

17

22

JUSTIN

BRIAN

BRYAN

MATT

POS: D HT: 6-2 WT: 193

POS: D HT: 6-4 WT: 207

POS: RW HT: 5-11 WT: 192

POS: D HT: 5-11 WT: 200

SCHULTZ

DUMOULIN

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RUST

28

HUNWICK

30

31

SCOTT

IAN

MATT

ANTTI

POS: LW HT: 5-11 WT: 183

POS: D HT: 6-1 WT: 219

POS: G HT: 6-4 WT: 178

POS: G HT: 6-2 WT: 215

WILSON

COLE

33

MURRAY

34

NIEMI

37

43

GREG

TOM

CARTER

CONOR

POS: C HT: 6-0 WT: 191

POS: RW HT: 6-2 WT: 196

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POS: LW HT: 5-8 WT: 175

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EVGENI

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POS: RW HT: 6-1 WT: 225

POS: RW HT: 6-0 WT: 202

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BY THE NUMBERS

PENGUINS Final 2016.17 Regular-Season Stats

PLAYER

GP G A PTS +/- PIM PPG PPP SHG SH SPCT TOI

Sidney Crosby

75

44 45 89

17

24

14

25

0

255

17.3

19:52

Evgeni Malkin

62

33

18

77

11

23

0

191

17.3

18:37

Phil Kessel

82 23 47 70 3 20 8 30 0 229 10.0 17:56

Conor Sheary

61

23 30 53

24

22

2

5

0

154

14.9

15:56

Justin Schultz

78

12

39

51

27

34

3

20

0

154

7.8

20:26

Patric Hornqvist

70

21

23 44

16

28

10

17

0

223

9.4

15:57

Kris Letang

41

5

29

34

2

32

2

14

0

122

4.1

25:31

Jake Guentzel

40

16

17

33

7

10

1

3

0

81

19.8

15:53

Bryan Rust

57 15 13 28 4 8 0 0 0 110 13.6 13:38

Scott Wilson

78 8 18 26 E 32 0 0 0 127 6.3 10:56

Ian Cole

81 5 21 26 26 72 0 1 0 89 5.6 19:49

Carl Hagelin

61 6 16 22 10 16 0 0 0 128 4.7 15:29

Tom Kuhnhackl

57 4 12 16 8 18 0 0 1 49 8.2 10:39

Brian Dumoulin

70 1 14 15 E 14 0 4 0 78 1.3 20:32

Chad Ruhwedel

34 2 8 10 9 8 0 3 0 45 4.4 17:20

Carter Rowney

27 3 4 7 2 4 0 0 0 24 12.5 10:58

Olli Maatta

55 1 6 7 17 12 0 0 0 66 1.5 18:03

Josh Archibald

10 3 0 3 3 4 0 0 1 11 27.3 10:51

Tom Sestito

13 0 2 2 E 48 0 0 0 3 0.0 05:31

Dominik Simon

2 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 13:02

Derrick Pouliot

11 0 0 0 -4 4 0 0 0 11 0.0 14:53

Jean-Sebastien Dea

1 0 0 0 E 2 0 0 0 1 0.0 11:18

Frank Corrado

2 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 0 1 0.0 07:32

Kevin Porter

2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 11:15

GOALIES

GP W L OTL GAA SV SV% SO TGA TSA PIM ENG

Matt Murray

49

Tristan Jarry

1 0 1 0 3.06 22 0.880 0 3 25 0 0

68

47

39

10

72

4

2.41 1339 0.923

4

111

1450

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BY THE NUMBERS

OPPONENTS Final 2016.17 Regular-Season Stats

NASHVILLE PREDATORS PLAYER

GP G A PTS +/- PIM PPG PPP SHG SH SPCT TOI

Viktor Arvidsson

80 31 30 61 16 28 4 9 5 246 12.6 17:09

Ryan Johansen

82

Filip Forsberg

82 31 27 58 -4 32 3 9 3 234 13.2 18:31

14

47

61

1

60

4

23

1

154

9.1

18:50

Roman Josi

72 12 37 49 7 18 7 18 0 217 5.5 25:04

P.K. Subban

66

10

30 40

-8

44

3

16

0

142

7

24:24

Ryan Ellis

71

16

22 38

17

29

4

11

1

140

11.4

23:57

Calle Jarnkrok

81

15

16

31

-1

25

2

4

1

134

11.2

15:43

Craig Smith

78

12

17

29

7

30

2

3

0

155

7.7

13:49

Mattias Ekholm

82 3 20 23 4 34 0 3 0 120 2.5 23:27

Austin Watson

77 5 12 17 14 99 0 0 0 90 5.5 12:25

Kevin Fiala

54 11 5 16 1 18 0 0 0 114 9.6 13:30

Matt Irwin

74 3 11 14 15 26 0 0 0 98 3.1 16:16

Colton Sissons

58

8

2

10

11

12

0

0

1

42

19

11:07

Yannick Weber

73 1 7 8 1 25 0 0 0 72 1.4 11:55

Anthony Bitetto

29 0 7 7 -1 25 0 0 0 17 0 11:48

Cody McLeod

31 4 1 5 -1 93 0 0 0 18 22.2 08:19

Pontus Aberg

15 1 1 2 -2 4 0 0 0 12 8.3 12:20

Frederick Gaudreau

9 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 8 0 08:39

Petter Granberg

10 0 0 0 E 10 0 0 0 4 0 09:37

Cody Bass

9 0 0 0 -1 19 0 0 0 1 0 06:46

Miikka Salomaki

5 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 0 3 0 12:12

Vladislav Kamenev

2 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 0 1 0 10:03

Alexandre Carrier

2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:23

Trevor Smith

1 0 0 0 E 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:20

GOALIES

GP W L OTL GAA SV SV% SO TGA TSA PIM ENG

Pekka Rinne

61

31

19

9

2.42 1613 0.918

3

144

1757

4

9

Juuse Saros

21

10

8

3

2.35 567 0.923

1

47

614

0

6

Marek Mazanec

4 0 2 0 4.73 73 0.839 0 14 87 0 0

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ROSTER As of 10.03.17

# Player

POS

HT

2 Anthony Bitetto 7 Yannick Weber 9 Filip Forsberg 10 Colton Sissons 13 Nick Bonino 14 Mattias Ekholm 15 Craig Smith 17 Scott Hartnell 19 Calle Jarnkrok 20 Miikka Salomaki 22 Kevin Fiala 25 Alexei Emelin 33 Viktor Arvidsson 35 Pekka Rinne 46 Pontus Aberg 51 Austin Watson 52 Matt Irwin 55 Cody McLeod 59 Roman Josi 74 Juuse Saros 76 P.K. Subban 92 Ryan Johansen 94 Samuel Girard

D 6-1 D 5-11 LW 6-1 C 6-1 C 6-1 D 6-4 RW 6-1 LW 6-2 C 5-11 RW 5-11 LW 5-10 D 6-2 LW 5-9 G 6-5 LW 5-11 LW 6-4 D 6-1 LW 6-2 D 6-1 G 5-11 D 6-0 C 6-3 D 5’ 10

WT

210 200 205 200 196 215 208 215 186 203 193 218 180 217 196 204 207 210 201 180 210 218 162

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PREDATORS

HEADSHOTS As of 10.03.17

Anthony Bitetto 2

Yannick Weber 7

Filip Forsberg 9

Colton Sissons 10

Nick Bonino 13

Mattias Ekholm 14

Craig Smith 15

Scott Hartnell 17

Calle Jarnkrok 19

Miikka Salomaki 20

Kevin Fiala 22

Alexei Emelin 25

Viktor Arvidsson 33

Pekka Rinne 35

Pontus Aberg 46

Austin Watson 51

Matt Irwin 52

Cody McLeod 55

Roman Josi 59

Juuse Saros 74

P.K. Subban 76

Ryan Johansen 92

Samuel Girard 94

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July 6, 1990

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September 6, 1991

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August 29, 1983

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October 6, 1992

Sidney Crosby

August 7, 1987

Jake Guentzel

October 6, 1994

Carl Hagelin

August 23, 1988

Olli Maatta

August 22, 1994

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“All-access television is part of our brand now,” said David Morehouse, CEO and president of the Penguins.

“We love giving our fans exclusive behind-the-scenes looks at our players, coaches and special events, and it dates back to our experience with HBO’s 24/7 at the 2011 Winter Classic. We’re fortunate to have great support from Jim Rutherford, Mike Sullivan and our players.”

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CARA YEARS ON THE TEAM: Two

HOMETOWN: Pittsburgh, PA OCCUPATION: Student at the University of Pittsburgh and Skating Instructor WHAT DO YOU DO FOR FUN: Figure skating and yoga FAVORITE QUOTE: “Only those who will risk going too far, can possibly find out how far one can go” — T.S. Eliot DREAM JOB: Wedding planner WHAT DO YOU EAT BEFORE SKATING A PENGUINS GAME: Fruit WHAT ARE SOME OF YOUR PENGUINS ICE CREW HIGHLIGHTS? Making the team and meeting new people.

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HAGELIN FEELING HEALTHY, RESTED AND

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BY: JEFF CARPENTER

For Carl Hagelin, this past summer was the most monumental of his life.

Between winning the Stanley Cup in back-to-back years, to his day with the Cup – spent amongst friends and visiting his local arena in Stockholm – to getting married, it was truly memorable.

“It was a good summer,” Hagelin said. “I got a lot of energy from it and I’m looking forward to a good season here.”

It was also a short summer, which is nothing new for the Swedish forward. Since coming into the NHL in 2011, no player has amassed more playoff games than Hagelin’s 112 in the past six seasons.

Hagelin missed 21 games last season, along with a handful in the playoffs, after battling injuries that included a concussion and a broken fibula sustained from blocking a shot. Usually when there’s a short summer, players need to revamp their summer training schedule in order to give themselves enough time to recover

after a grueling season. That wasn’t the case for Hagelin.

“I think this year, because I missed so many games at the end, I felt pretty fresh in terms of physically and mentally,” Hagelin said. “Right at the end there I started feeling good in my leg, and was able to do the things I wanted to. This summer I probably did some more stuff than I have been able to do in the last couple summers because of long seasons and injuries, but this summer I was able to do stuff right away, which is why I feel pretty good right now.”

“It was a good summer. I got a lot of energy from it and I’m looking forward to a good season here.”

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Hagelin appeared in the last four games of the Stanley Cup Final versus the Nashville Predators, scoring an empty-net goal in the Penguins’ Cup-clinching 2-0 victory in Game 6. His second goal of the playoffs was a nice finishing touch on the year, ramping up Hagelin’s excitement for the new season.

One of Hagelin’s most valuable contributions for the Penguins this season will be as a member of the penalty kill. A vital component of the shorthanded unit, Hagelin’s speed and defensive conscious illustrates his effectiveness when down a man.

“He’s been one of our core penalty killers since he got here,” head coach Mike Sullivan said.

Last season, the Penguins’ penalty kill finished 20th in the NHL, operating at 79.8 percent. One of the reasons for the middle-of-the-pack finish can be attributed to a litany of injuries sustained on the blue line throughout last season. However, there’s also some unknown on the penalty kill heading into this season up front.

Hagelin finished third on the Penguins last year with 137:58 minutes of shorthanded ice time.

The Penguins return just two of their top-six penalty killers from 2016-17, as Nick Bonino (183:15), Matt Cullen (167:40), Eric Fehr (93:24) and Chris Kunitz (51:48) are all gone. continued on page 91

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Tom Kuhnhackl’s 101:34 minutes were fourth on the team. Hagelin and Kuhnhackl should help anchor a unit that will incorporate centers Greg McKegg and Carter Rowney into the fold, with time from Bryan Rust, Scott Wilson, and Ryan Reaves as well.

Hagelin, a sensational skater, has ground-breaking speed and strong defensive awareness. The 5-foot-11, 186-pound winger won the Fastest Skater event in the 2012 Skills Competition, and the CCHA Defensive Forward of the Year in 2010-11 as a captain for the University of Michigan.

While he might not bring as much offense on the penalty kill, Hagelin’s speed has other ramifications for the opposition. It keeps them on their toes defensively, having to make quicker plays with the puck and not settle into cohesive play.

Hagelin’s ability to burst up the ice can also lead to personnel

“What I like about Hagelin is he brings that same game regardless of who he plays with.”

adjustments, such as having to employ the traditional twodefenseman look on the blue line, rather than include an extra forward on the point with the manadvantage.

“When you’re playing with someone with so much speed, they create a lot of opportunities,” Phil Kessel said. “Because they’re always in the opponents’ face and don’t give them a lot of time.”

Hagelin spent time on the second and third line in the preseason, paired with Evgeni Malkin and Kessel or McKegg and Rust.

Looking forward to this season, one thing is for sure – Hagelin will bring the same dependable play to whichever line he’s on.

“What I like about Hagelin is he brings that same game regardless of who he plays with,” Sullivan said.

“He brings that element of speed, puck pursuit, forces turnovers, and is a responsible player.

He’s a really good two-way player that brings a defensive conscious to any line he plays on.

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Disallowing of a goal when signaled by a referee. No offside or icing when used by a linesman

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For all other non-hockey events, camera policies will vary. Please check the individual event page for further information.

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Smoking is not permitted inside the arena.

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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.

Questions For general questions, please call 412.642.1800.

Re-Entry Policy Exit and re-entry is not permitted at the arena.

Security In the interest of guests and staff safety, a search process is required for all events in order to prevent guests from bringing unauthorized and prohibited items into the arena.

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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.

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HINT #1: The red light above the penalty boxes is lit for TV timeouts.

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2016

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1999

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2007, 2013

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2012

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1985

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2007

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1995

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1981

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1993

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1995

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2013

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2009, 2012

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2011

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1993

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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 play-by-play man. He left for one season, but returned in 1976-77 and has been a fixture on the Penguins’ scene ever since.

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DIRECTORY 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 COO/General Counsel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Travis Williams Senior Vice President, Sales and Broadcasting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Kalna Senior Vice President, Finance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kevin Hart Vice President, Communications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tom McMillan Vice President, Marketing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . James Santilli Vice President, Ticket Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chad Slencak Director, Events and Hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kat Smerdel Executive Assistants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Susan Carper, Nicole Schaaf, Molly Trunzo Coordinator, Shipping and Receiving. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brett Hart Receptionist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kelly Hart

KEVIN HART

Senior Vice President, Finance

TOM MCMILLAN

Vice President, Communications

HOCKEY OPERATIONS Assistant General Managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bill Guerin, Jason Karmanos Head Coach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mike Sullivan Assistant Coaches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sergei Gonchar, Jacques Martin, Mark Recchi Goaltending Coach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mike Buckley Video Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Andy Saucier Director, Player Development. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scott Young Player Development Coach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jarrod Skalde Goaltending Development Coach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brendan Sullivan Director, Team Operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jim Britt Director of Hockey Research. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sam Ventura Hockey Operations Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Erik Heasley Executive Assistant to EVP/GM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michele Colaianni

SCOUTS Director, Professional Scouting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Derek Clancey Professional Scouts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ryan Bowness, Al Santilli Director of Amateur Scouting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Patrik Allvin Amateur Scouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Colin Alexander, Brian Fitzgerald, Luc Gauthier,

Frank Golden, Jay Heinbuck, Jamie Huffman, Dan McLean,

Wayne Meier, Casey Torres, Warren Young European Scouts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Petri Pakaslanti, Tommy Westlund Special Assignment Scouts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gilles Meloche, Kevin Stevens

EQUIPMENT/TRAINING STAFF Head Equipment Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dana Heinze Assistant Equipment Managers. . . . . . . . . . . JC Ihrig, Danny Kroll, Jon Taglianetti Head Athletic Trainer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chris Stewart Director of Sports Performance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Curtis Bell Assistant Athletic Trainer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Patrick Steidle Physical Therapist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rick Joreitz Head Team Physician. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr. Dharmesh Vyas, M.D. Assistant Team Physician. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr. Melissa McLane, D.O. Director, Sport Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Andy O’Brien Strength and Conditioning Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alex Trinca Assistant Strength Coach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alexi Pianosi

JAMES SANTILLI

Vice President, Marketing

CHAD SLENCAK

Vice President, Ticketing

DAVE SOLTESZ President, Pittsburgh Penguins Foundation

RICH HIXON

President, UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex

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COMMUNICATIONS

GAME ENTERTAINMENT AND PRODUCTION

Senior Director, Communications. . . . Jennifer Bullano Ridgley Director, Communications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jason Seidling

Senior Director, Production and Game Presentation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rod Murray

Producer, Penguins Radio Network. . . . . . . . . David Reynolds

Director, Event Presentation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bill Wareham

Producer, Penguins Radio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wayne Anderson

Director, Production Operations. . . . . . . . . . . . Mike Davenport

Radio Broadcasters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Phil Bourque, Mike Lange

Producer, New Media Video. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mark Cottington

Radio Host. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Josh Getzoff

Producers, In The Room. . . . . . . . . . Andrew McIntyre, Jon Otte

Communications Specialist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paul Steigerwald

Producer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Meghan McManimon

PARTNERSHIP SALES/MARKETING

Manager, Motion Graphics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aaron Spiegel

Senior Director, Partnership Sales and Media . . . . Mark Turley

Producers, Motion Graphics Design. . . . . . . . . . . . Dave Distilli,

Ethan Mansberger

Senior Director, Partnership Marketing . . . . . . . . . . . Ross Miller

Producer/Host, PensTV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Celina Pompeani

Senior Director, Partnership Sales. . . . . . . . . . . George Manias

Public Address Announcer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ryan Mill

Director, Partnership Sales. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jack Tipton Manager, Partnership Sales. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Brett Baur

FINANCE

Director, Partnership Marketing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lori Wineland

Director, Finance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark R. Kuczinski

Managers, Partnership Marketing . . . . . . . . . . . . Devin Beahm,

Matt Dentinger, Paige Hancher,

Erin Lockwood, Jim Meyer Liaison, Partnership Sales. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pierre Larouche

Senior Accountant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Troy Ussack Financial Analyst. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Derek Bacon Payroll Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Andrea Winschel Accounts Payable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tawni Love

MARKETING Senior Director, Creative Services and Publications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barb Pilarski Senior Director, Digital Marketing. . . . . . . . . . . Leo McCafferty Manager, Publications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Erin Halley Graphic Designer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dave Scheponik Director, Fan Development and Special Events. . . . Jill Shipley Manager, Fan Development. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Laura Spencer Coordinator, Marketing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Christine King Manager, Youth Hockey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mike Chiasson Local Manager, Learn to Play Program. . . . . . .Rocky Saganiuk

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TICKETING Senior Director, Premium Seating. . . . . . . . . . . . Brian Magness Senior Director, Ticket Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . George Murphy Managers, Premium Seating. . . . . . . . Kyle Lux, Jon Seelnacht Manager, Premium Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Julia Ivery Managers, Group Sales . . . . . . . . . Mike Zatchey, Ashley Smith Manager, Ticket Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nicole Rudy Senior Ticket Sales Account Executives. . . . . . George Birman,

Jeff Blizman, Bonnie Golinski Inside Sales Representatives. . . . . . . Auguste DeRose-Jones,

Kevin Devine, Derek Leto, Paige Wise Managers, Box Office. . . . . . . . . . . Carol Coulson, Kelly Gabany

Director, Content. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sam Kasan

Manager, Box Office Operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jason Onufer

Manager, Content. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michelle Crechiolo

Director, Customer Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kathy Davis

Director, New Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Andi Perelman

Customer Service Representative. . . . . . . . . . . . Holly Bandish

Coordinators, New Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jonathan Kabana,

Jamie Louden, Evan Schall

Senior Director, Database Marketing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Erin Exley

TECHNOLOGY Senior Director, Technology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Erik Watts Building Audio/Video Specialist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aaron Miller,

Drew Warren Systems Administrator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jason Henry Junior Systems Administrators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Justin Mellor,

Alex Navarette Manager, CRM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark Walczak

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Manager, Database Marketing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Danny Gardner

PENGUINS FOUNDATION President. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dave Soltesz Director, Foundation Programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amanda Susko Program Coordinators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Abbey Braddock,

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BONINO!

BY: JASON SEIDLING

The morning of July 28, 2015 started off like many others in an NHL front office during the dead of summer. Those of us at the bottom of the Penguins’ communications department were excited because our bosses were off, which meant an early afternoon dismissal.

But the big boss — general manager Jim Rutherford — had other ideas. Late that morning, Rutherford swung a trade with the Vancouver Canucks, acquiring Nick Bonino and Adam Clendening for Brandon Sutter, and at the same time he signed free agent Eric Fehr.

As we diligently prepared press

releases to announce the moves, we took a moment to ask ourselves, what did we know about Nick Bonino before we looked up his career stats? The only thing we could come up with was how well we had watched him play for the Anaheim Ducks in the playoffs, and, of course, his really cool beard.

Two seasons, and two Stanley Cup championships later, I’d say that initial scouting report on Bonino proved to be right on the money.

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quickly become the enemy once the puck drops, we get the first chance this season to celebrate a central figure to the Penguins’ back-to-back championships who has moved on to new pastures.

As someone who played defense growing up, and blocked his fair share of shots, I can’t help but still cringe as the replay unfolds in my memory.

Pittsburgh was killing a penalty midway through the first period of Game 2 in last year’s Stanley Cup Final. Nashville’s P.K. Subban drew his stick back and prepared to unleash a slap shot towards the Penguins’ net. Without hesitation, standing a mere feet in front of Subban, Bonino selflessly flung his body in front of the oncoming shot, taking the puck in one of the worst places possible — the foot.

Nobody knew for sure at the time, but that Subban shot instantly broke Bonino’s foot. Being a hockey player, Bonino managed to regain his footing and two more times, put his body in Subban’s shooting lane, before Bonino collapsed to the ice at the next whistle. As his teammates carried him down the runway, you could only assume Bonino’s season was over.

Except, it wasn’t quite yet.

Bonino received treatment, then returned for the final two periods, helping the Penguins take a 2-0

series lead. He would try multiple times in the ensuing games to keep playing through the injury, but the pain prevented that from happening.

While the image of Bonino blocking Subban’s shot might not live in fans’ memories like some of his other highlights, it’s symbolic of Bonino’s tenure in Pittsburgh. When the spotlight shined the brightest, Bonino was there when his teammates needed him the most, willing to do whatever it took to win.

For those of us lucky enough to enjoy a daily behind-the-scenes experience with the club, we know how much Bonino was valued inside the dressing room. One of the funniest players to wear the black and gold, he wasn’t shy about busting the chops of his fellow stars, something that endeared himself to the group.

Bonino, as down-to-earth as they come, was always one of the first players to step up to attend charitable events. And who can forget how Bonino treated us all to hilarious social media postings of his daughter, Maisie, and dog, Kali.

No matter how many goals Bonino scored, or how many people he touched off the ice, his lasting legacy in Pittsburgh will always revert back to May 10, 2016.

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back at the Verizon Center. Overtime loomed at PPG Paints Arena, and the Caps held all the momentum.

Fortunately for Penguins fans, Bonino was Johnny-on-the-spot, in the right place at the right time.

Bonino cue-balled a Carl Hagelin rebound along the ice behind Washington’s Braden Holtby, capping a wild, 4-3 Pittsburgh win that completed a 4-2 series victory.

And of course, the Bonino legend only grew from there once the famed Harnarayan Singh “Bonino! Bonino!

Bonino!” goal call from the Hockey Night in Canada Punjabi feed spread through the Twittersphere.

Bonino’s goal was a fitting end to that series, one where his ‘HBK Line’ with Hagelin and Phil Kessel dominated offensively, leading to the trio becoming folk heroes across Pittsburgh, complete with their own signature sandwich at Primanti Brothers.

Over the next year following that goal, Bonino contributed plenty more clutch tallies to the championship cause, but for Penguins fans, when the name Nick Bonino comes up, the accompanying image will always be his goal against the Caps.

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BY: MIKE PRISUTA They’re looking ahead, not behind.

They’re stalking the next championship, not still celebrating their most recent achievement.

The new season has begun, it’s off and running. And for the Penguins it’s all about, as head coach Mike Sullivan loves to acknowledge, “moving forward.”

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But with the Nashville Predators visiting PPG Paints Arena tonight a little reminiscing right about now feels appropriate.

It’s also a difficult temptation to resist.

So with that in mind, here’s one last look back at the 2017 Stanley Cup Final.

GAME 1 PENGUINS 5, PREDATORS 3

MAY 29, PPG PAINTS ARENA

The Penguins struck for two goals in a span of 1:05 late in the first period (Evgeni Malkin on the power play at 15:32 and Conor Sheary at 16:37) on the way to building a 3-0 lead prior to the first intermission.

Rather than come unglued, the Predators dug in and battled back.

Frederick Gaudreau’s first of the playoffs at 13:29 of the third brought Nashville all the way back at 3-3.

But Jake Guentzel struck for the eventual game-winning goal at 16:43 and Nick Bonino provided the exclamation point with his second of the night, this one into an empty net.

GAME 2 PENGUINS 4, PREDATORS 1

MAY 31, PPG PAINTS ARENA

Nashville achieved its first lead of the series on Pontus Aberg’s goal at 12:57 of the first but Guentzel countered at 16:36.

The puck dropped for the third with the game still tied at 1-1,

but Guentzel untied it quickly (10 seconds in) and the Penguins responded with two more before the period was five minutes old (Scott Wilson at 3:13 and Malkin at 3:28) to assume control.

GAME 3 PREDATORS 5, PENGUINS 1

JUNE 3, BRIDGESTONE ARENA

Guentzel got the Penguins off to a fast start with his 13th of the playoffs and fourth of the series at 2:46, a lead the Penguins carried into the second period.

But Roman Josi scored on the power play early in the second

period and suddenly Nashville was off and running. Gaudreau found the net a mere 42 seconds after Josi for what turned out to be the second of five unanswered goals by the home team.

GAME 4 PREDATORS 4, PENGUINS 1

JUNE 5, BRIDGESTONE ARENA

The teams traded goals just over a minute apart late in the first period — Calle Jarnkrok for Nashville at 14:51 and Sidney Crosby for the Penguins at 15:57 — and went to the intermission tied at 1-1.

It was all Predators after that.

Gaudreau, Viktor Arvidsson and Filip Forsberg scored in succession as Nashville evened the series with a pair of home-ice triumphs during which it outscored the Penguins by a combined 9-2.

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GAME 5 PENGUINS 6, PREDATORS 0

JUNE 8, PPG PAINTS ARENA

The Penguins wasted little time re-establishing control. Justin Schultz opened the scoring at 1:31 of the first period on the power play.

Bryan Rust added a goal at 6:43 and Malkin delivered a staggering blow with a third Penguins goal, this one coming just 11 seconds before the break.

Sheary, Phil Kessel and Ron Hainsey got into the scoring act in

the second period and the Penguins cruised home from there.

Matt Murray stopped all 24 shots the Predators threw onto his net in registering the shutout that reclaimed the series lead for the Penguins and advanced them to within one game of a second consecutive Stanley Cup championship.

GAME 6 PENGUINS 2, PREDATORS 0

JUNE 11, BRIDGESTONE ARENA

The Predators fought desperately to stave off elimination and the Penguins did the same in an effort to close out the series. The game remained scoreless until Patric Hornqvist found a way to nudge a puck past Pekka Rinne at 18:25 of the third. Carl Hagelin’s empty-netter at 19:46 cued the celebration.

“It’s hard to express it in words, how proud we are of this group of players,” Sullivan acknowledged.

“These guys are such great people first and foremost, and they’re terrific hockey players.

“You don’t win championships without character. I believe we have it in abundance.”

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BY: ROBERTO BAGNATO For the second straight year, the Pittsburgh Penguins, the USHL, and the Butler County Tourism and Convention Bureau were proud to welcome over 1,000 players to the Fall Classic in Pittsburgh and Cranberry, PA. All 17 USHL teams competed in a showcase, performing in front of a record 250+ scouts and recruiters.

Director of NHL Central Scouting, Dan Marr was pleased with the number of pro-hockey personnel on hand to take in the event, “This event here, when you factor in all the NCAA (personnel), that there are a number of Canadian Hockey League teams here along with the National Hockey League scouts, I don’t know that there are this many eyes on prospects as there are in any other event in the world.

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The Penguins Elite 16U were faced with a difficult draw, facing Shattuck- St.Mary’s, Team Wisconsin, and Compuware. After a decisive win against Shattuck St. Mary’s, the team finished 1-3-0 in the tournament.

The Penguins Elite 14U team played fantastic hockey throughout the weekend. After going 3-0 in the preliminary round, the 14U boys team won their semi-final decisively 5-1 against the Buffalo Jr. Sabres, advancing to the final against the Minnesota Blades. After allowing four first period goals, the team battled back to score three unanswered, but couldn’t find the fourth to tie the game.

The Penguins would like to thank all of the participants, volunteers, and franchises for their support on a successful 2017 Fall Classic!

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