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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

Opponents by the Numbers . . . . . . . . .71

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

Devils Roster. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

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

Devils Headshots. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Flyers Roster. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77 Flyers Headshots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

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

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

Penguins Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

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

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

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

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

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

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

Staff Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Season Ticket Holder Spotlight . . . . . .19

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One-on-One with AT&T SportsNet’s Steve Mears

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

GNC Student Rush. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Pens Pass: Last Minute Ticket Club . 55

Penguins 100 Point Club. . . . . . . . . . 138

NHL Fan Code of Conduct. . . . . . . . . . 56

Declaration of Principles. . . . . . . . . . . 141

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

Five Youth Hockey Player Pointers . .142

Get Social with the Penguins. . . . . . . .61

One-on-One with AT&T SportsNet’s Steve Mears . . . . . . . . . .151

Official Penguins Twitter Handles . . . 63

Invaluable Lessons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Penguins Players Social Handles . . . 65

Penguins Selects Return for Another Season of Spring Hockey . . . . . . . . . .167

2017.18 Ice Crew Members. . . . . . . . . 81 Ice Crew Member Spotlight: Dan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Lafferty One Step Closer to Realizing Childhood Dream. . . . . . . . . 84

Frozen in Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .170 Penguins Professional Hockey Hall of Fame Inductees . . . . . . . . . . . .175 PPG PAINTS ARENA

In the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

DICK’S Sporting Goods Box Office . . .51

PensTV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Upcoming Events. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Iceburgh Calls the Penalties. . . . . . . 102

Arena Seat Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Hockey Etiquette 101. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Concessions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107

WBS Penguins Schedule . . . . . . . . . .115

Building Info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Wheeling Nailers Schedule . . . . . . . . 116 Penguins Honors and Awards . . . . . . 119

PITTSBURGH PENGUINS FOUNDATION

Penguins Radio Network . . . . . . . . . .123

Penguins Foundation Raises Over $450,000 at Night of Assists Gala . . 23

Radio Broadcasters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125

50/50 Raffle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31

2017.18 On and Off-Ice Officials . . . . 131

Warm-Up Pucks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

2017.18 NHL Key Dates . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Silent Auction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .176

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NHL LEAGUE

LEADERS As of 03.20.18

POINTS RNK NAME

GP

G

A PTS +/- PIM

SOG

SPCT

PPG

1 2

70 68 64 72 72

36 40 38 34 27

57 49 51 55 57

36 67 53 26 51

252 210 247 243 203

14.3 19.0 15.4 14.0 13.3

7 14 12 5 15

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Nikita Kucherov, TBL Evgeni Malkin, PIT Nathan MacKinnon, COL Connor McDavid, EDM Steven Stamkos, TBL

93 89 89 89 84

17 19 15 19 23

PPP SHG TOI 33 34 28 16 33

0 0 0 0 0

19:54 18:53 19:36 21:37 18:58

GOALS RNK NAME

GP

G

A PTS +/- PIM

SOG

SPCT

PPG

PPP SHG TOI

1

72 72 68 72 73

43 43 40 39 39

25 35 49 26 32

22 26 67 12 36

214 305 210 164 208

20.1 14.1 19.0 23.8 18.8

19 13 14 7 11.0

29 27 34 12 16

PPP SHG TOI

3 4

Patrik Laine, WPG Alex Ovechkin, WSH Evgeni Malkin, PIT William Karlsson, VGK Eric Staal, MIN

68 78 89 65 71

9 3 19 39 11

0 0 0 2 2

16:41 20:04 18:53 18:36 17:52

ASSISTS RNK NAME

GP

G

A PTS +/- PIM

SOG

SPCT

PPG

1

Blake Wheeler, WPG

72

19

61

80

5

2 3 4 5

Jakub Voracek, PHI Johnny Gaudreau, CGY Claude Giroux, PHI Steven Stamkos, TBL

73 74 73 72

18 23 26 27

60 59 58 57

78 82 84 84

9 5 19 23

44 42 24 20 51

220 211 216 164 203

8.6 8.5 10.6 15.8 13.3

6 5 3 8 15

37 33 24 32 33

0 0 0 0 0

20:23 19:32 19:28 20:26 18:58

POWER-PLAY GOALS RNK NAME

GP

G

A PTS +/- PIM

SOG

SPCT

PPG

1 2 3 4

72 72 68 70 72

43 27 40 28 43

25 57 49 38 35

22 51 67 50 26

214 203 210 244 305

20.1 13.3 19.0 11.5 14.1

19 15 14 13 13

A PTS +/- PIM

Patrik Laine, WPG Steven Stamkos, TBL Evgeni Malkin, PIT Vincent Trocheck, FLA Alex Ovechkin, WSH

68 84 89 66 78

9 23 19 -9 3

PPP SHG TOI 29 33 34 24 27

0 0 0 3 0

16:41 18:58 18:53 21:27 20:04

PLUS/MINUS RNK NAME

GP

G

SOG

SPCT

PPG

1 2

William Karlsson, VGK Reilly Smith, VGK

72 66

39 26 22 38

65 60

39 32

12 22

164 162

23.8 13.6

7

12

2

18:36

3 4 5

Brad Marchand, BOS 57 Jonathan Marchessault, VGK 69 Yanni Gourde, TBL 72

31 44 22 44 24 30

75 66 54

31 30 29

55 38 48

157 237 122

19.7 9.3 19.7

7 8 5 7

14 20 13 12

1 1 0 1

17:57 19:42 17:22 16:11

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NHL

STANDINGS As of 03.20.18

EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC

GP

W

L

OTL

PTS

GF

GA

HOME

ROAD

LAST 10

X-TAMPA BAY BOSTON TORONTO

72 71 72

49 45 43

19 17 22

4 9 7

102 99 93

260 239 243

202 184 204

26-8-2 25-7-5 25-8-2

23-11-2 20-10-4 18-14-5

7-2-1 7-2-1 6-2-2

METROPOLITAN

GP

W

L

OTL

PTS

GF

GA

HOME

ROAD

LAST 10

WASHINGTON PITTSBURGH PHILADELPHIA

72 72 73

41 41 37

24 26 25

7 5 11

89 87 85

225 237 218

214 218 215

25-9-2 26-8-1 18-13-6

16-15-5 15-18-4 19-12-5

6-4-0 5-4-1 3-6-1

WILD CARD

GP

W

L

OTL

PTS

GF

GA

HOME

ROAD

LAST 10

COLUMBUS NEW JERSEY

73 72

40 37

28 27

5 8

85 82

205 217

203 215

24-11-2 18-14-3

16-17-3 19-13-5

8-2-0 5-5-0

FLORIDA CAROLINA NY RANGERS NY ISLANDERS MONTREAL OTTAWA DETROIT BUFFALO

70 72 72 72 73 71 72 72

36 31 32 30 26 26 26 23

27 30 32 32 35 34 35 37

7 11 8 10 12 11 11 12

79 73 72 70 64 63 63 58

212 194 208 231 182 197 184 172

216 225 231 262 232 244 224 236

22-11-3 16-14-6 20-13-4 16-14-4 17-12-8 15-14-6 13-14-8 11-21-5

14-16-4 15-16-5 12-19-4 14-18-6 9-23-4 11-20-5 13-21-3 12-16-7

7-2-1 4-5-1 5-2-3 1-6-3 2-6-2 5-4-1 0-9-1 5-4-1

WESTERN CONFERENCE CENTRAL

GP

W

L

OTL

PTS

GF

GA

HOME

ROAD

LAST 10

X-NASHVILLE WINNIPEG MINNESOTA

72 72 73

48 43 41

14 19 24

10 10 8

106 96 90

236 240 227

178 189 210

25-7-4 26-7-2 24-6-7

23-7-6 17-12-8 17-18-1

9-0-1 6-3-1 5-4-1

PACIFIC

GP

W

L

OTL

PTS

GF

GA

HOME

ROAD

LAST 10

VEGAS SAN JOSE LOS ANGELES

72 72 73

46 40 40

21 23 27

5 9 6

97 86 86

244 211 211

199 184 184

25-9-2 21-11-3 19-14-3

21-12-3 19-12-6 21-13-3

5-5-0 7-2-1 6-3-1

WILD CARD

GP

W

L

OTL

PTS

GF

GA

HOME

ROAD

LAST 10

COLORADO ANAHEIM

72 73

39 37

25 24

8 12

86 86

231 206

209 197

25-9-2 22-10-5

14-16-6 15-14-7

6-1-3 6-3-1

DALLAS ST. LOUIS CALGARY CHICAGO EDMONTON VANCOUVER

73 72 74 73 72 72

38 39 35 30 31 25

27 28 29 34 36 38

8 5 10 9 5 9

84 83 80 69 67 59

209 201 204 208 201 186

197 193 222 223 231 236

24-10-3 12-15-0 15-17-4 17-15-4 16-17-3 12-18-6

14-17-5 18-13-5 20-12-6 13-19-5 15-19-2 13-20-3

2-4-4 5-4-1 3-6-1 3-6-1 4-5-1 1-7-2

X - Clinched Playoff spot

Y - Clinched Division

Z - Clinched Conference

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THE SERIES vs. NEW JERSEY DEVILS The Penguins and New Jersey Devils meet for the third time this season here on Mar. 23, with their final regular season meeting coming Mar. 29 in New Jersey. The Devils have won both previous games this season, 3-1 in New Jersey on Feb. 3 and 3-2 here on Feb. 27. . . In their Feb. 3 victory, the Devils got goals 2:35 apart early in the second period from Travis Zajac and Blake Coleman to break a scoreless tie and limited Pittsburgh to just 16 shots in the game. Zajac and Evgeni Malkin traded third-

period goals in that game. . . In the New Jersey victory here, Stefan Noesen’s goal at 5:01 of the third period broke a 2-2 tie and pushed the Devils to the victory. Zajac set up two goals in that game, in which Taylor Hall had a goal and an assist; Sidney Crosby and Matt Hunwick scored for Pittsburgh. . . Pittsburgh has missed on all three power play chances it’s had against the Devils this season, while New Jersey has converted one of its four chances against Pittsburgh.. . . The Penguins haven’t lost three straight games to New Jersey since late in the 2013-14 season. continued on page 15

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THE SERIES vs. PHILADELPHIA FLYERS The Philadelphia Flyers visit the Penguins on Mar. 25 for the fourth and final regular season game between the teams this season. Pittsburgh has won all three previous games and eight of its last 11 against the Flyers. . . The Penguins earned a 5-4 home overtime win over Philadelphia on Nov. 27 with Crosby’s goal at 1:48 against Brian Elliott. Jake Guentzel had tied that game with just 1:04 to play in the third period with his second goal of the game. Crosby set

up two goals in that game, in which the Flyers had a 3-1 lead after two periods. . . On Jan. 2 in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh earned a 5-1 win after scoring four goals in the span of 3:51 in the second period. Phil Kessel had a goal and an assist while Malkin had two assists. . . The teams’ most recent game was in Philadelphia on Mar. 7, a 5-2 Pittsburgh win in which the Penguins erased a 2-1 deficit with three goals in a 9:56 span of the second period. Conor Sheary had two of those, and Crosby finished with three assists. . . The Penguins have won four of their last five home games against the Flyers.

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THE PENGUINS

The Mar. 23 game against New Jersey is the third in four nights for the Penguins, who played in Brooklyn against the Islanders on Mar. 20 and hosted Montreal on Mar. 21. . . Eight of Pittsburgh’s final 12 games of the season are part of back-to-back situations and the Penguins will finish the season with games on consecutive nights Mar. 31 and Apr. 1 (vs. Montreal and Washington here) and Apr. 5 at Columbus and Apr. 6 here vs. Ottawa. . . Patric Hornqvist scored twice, including the gamewinner in the third period, and had 10 shots on goal in a 5-3 win at Montreal on Mar. 15. Hornqvist was the first Pittsburgh player to have 10 or more shots on goal since Malkin had 10 vs. Los Angeles here on Dec. 11, 2015. . . Matt Murray, out with a concussion when the month

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began, was aiming to return this week. . . Crosby entered the Mar. 20 road game against the Islanders needing one assist to reach 700 for his career. He would be the 53rd NHL player to hit that level. . . Malkin continues his push for the NHL scoring title and was four points behind leader Nikita Kucherov of Tampa Bay as the week began.

Malkin was plus-23 in his last 23 games before facing the Islanders.

He had 26 goals and 53 points since Jan. 1, easily most in the NHL.

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SEASON TICKET HOLDER

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JEREMY BECHTOLD SEASON TICKET HOLDER SINCE

2005

What motivated you to purchase Penguins season tickets? When I was in college in the mid/late 90s, several of us would go to games on nights when we didn’t have classes to take advantage of the Student Rush program. I literally sat in every level during that time — from glass seats to the last row of the F Balcony where I didn’t have to stretch to touch the roof. When I was able to afford season tickets after college, I jumped at the chance and knew

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exactly where I wanted to sit. I still love knowing that I’ll be able to take in as many home games as possible each and every year, without having to scramble when individual tickets go on sale.

What is your all-time favorite in-game entertainment feature? I’ve always enjoyed watching mites and squirts play between periods. My son is just a few years older than they are and while it was always fun to watch, now it’s a bit sentimental. continued on page 20

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How would you describe your game watching style? At home, every game gets DVR treatment so that I can pause to grab snacks or handle family things and not miss a minute.

At the arena, I’m there early and stay until the end no matter the score. I’m just in the zone when I’m there.

Jeremy and Adeline enjoying their Fan Appreciation Day milkshake tradition.

Offense or Defense? It depends on who is playing that night. I’m a goalie myself, so I love a good offensive battle where goalies shine to keep games in hand. However, if both teams are a good matchup that night, I can enjoy an 8-7 win just as much as a 1-0 goalie duel.

What Penguins related story do you retell most often? I have two.

In the late 90s, there was a sold out game against the Flyers and I really wanted to be there. I was walking up Centre Avenue when a guy looked right at me like he knew I needed a ticket. His friend couldn’t make it, and he didn’t want it to go unused, so I paid him face value and we chatted the whole game.

That was the night that Jaromir Jagr scored on his own rebound over Ron Hextall’s shoulder from his elbows.

The second goes back to the same era. Three of us were waiting for a

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Colton visiting the interactive display of his favorite goalie at PPG Paints Arena.

fourth friend outside the Igloo. The Student Rush line had long been finished, and the person working the window was closing up. A man in a suit walked into the vestibule and asked us if we’d bought our tickets yet. We told him we were waiting for a friend. He handed us four tickets and told us to enjoy the game. When we got a chance to look at the tickets, they were about 10 rows behind the Penguins bench, in the Igloo Club. The poor college kids sat in the best seats that night, and the Penguins won big.

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The gala’s circus theme was apparent as guests approached PPG Paints Arena and were greeted outside the gates by circus entertainers including a fire breather and stilt walker.

A VIP Reception was held in partnership with Trib Total Media in the Lexus Club prior to the main event where Penguins management and team mingled with guests.

At the Grand Circus located on PPG Paints Arena floor, the entire Penguins team was on hand to challenge guests at games including Blackjack, Roulette, Craps and a host of carnival games. Team management and the Penguins’ coaching staff were also available to meet and greet guests while Dan Potash from AT&T Sports Network served as the gala’s Ringmaster.

The event’s wide variety of entertainment captured the mystique

of a vintage circus from yesteryear which included a snake charmer, jugglers, contortionist, magician and a host of traditional circus performers.

Guests were treated to themed cocktails, a wine tasting with over 30 global wines and food stations featuring carnival cuisine with a twist. The event also featured a silent auction of over 100 unique items and included autographed jerseys that the players wore during the team introductions that evening.

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WAIT UNTIL HE GROWS UP: Winnipeg RW Patrik Laine, who will celebrate his 20th birthday on Apr. 19, had a pair of goals in a 4-2 win over Dallas on Mar. 18, his 11th and 12 goals through nine games in March. Laine extended his franchise-record point streak to 15 games (18G-8A), the longest by a teenager in NHL history.

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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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RON

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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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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SULLIVAN SULLIVAN HEAD COACH

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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GONCHAR GONCHAR ASSISTANT COACH

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

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

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

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

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

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MARTIN ASSISTANT COACH

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

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

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

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

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

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

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MARK

RECCHI 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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KALNA KALNA

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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Kalna also has deep connections to hockey.

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1

Headshots and Roster

CASEY

DESMITH

As of 03.20.18

POS: G HT: 6-0 WT: 181

3

2

4

6

CHAD

OLLI

JUSTIN

JAMIE

POS: D HT: 5-11 WT: 191

POS: D HT: 6-2 WT: 206

POS: D HT: 6-2 WT: 193

POS: D HT: 6-7 WT: 255

MAATTA

RUHWEDEL

8

SCHULTZ

12

OLEKSIAK

15

16

BRIAN

DOMINIK

RILEY

JOSH

POS: D HT: 6-4 WT: 207

POS: C HT: 5-11 WT: 176

POS: C HT: 6-3 WT: 214

POS: RW HT: 6-1 WT: 197

DUMOULIN

SIMON

17

SHEAHAN

19

JOORIS

22

30

BRYAN

DERICK

MATT

MATT

POS: RW HT: 5-11 WT: 192

POS: C HT: 6-1 WT: 202

POS: D HT: 5-11 WT: 200

POS: G HT: 6-4 WT: 178

RUST

BRASSARD

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CONOR

ZACH

POS: LW HT: 5-8 WT: 175

POS: C HT: 6-0 WT: 204

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KRIS

JAKE

CARL

EVGENI

POS: D HT: 6-0 WT: 201

POS: C HT: 5-11 WT: 180

POS: LW HT: 5-11 WT: 186

POS: C HT: 6-3 WT: 195

LETANG

GUENTZEL

HAGELIN

72

MALKIN

81

PATRIC

PHIL

SIDNEY

POS: RW HT: 5-11 WT: 189

POS: RW HT: 6-0 WT: 202

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BY THE NUMBERS

PENGUINS As of 03.20.18

PLAYER

GP

G

A

PTS +/-

Evgeni Malkin

68

40

49

89

19

PIM

PPG

PPP

SHG

SH

SPCT

TOI

67

14

34

0

210

19.0

18:53

Phil Kessel

72

29

50

79

2

36

10

36

0

234

12.4

18:46

Sidney Crosby

72

23

54

77

-1

44

8

35

0

209

11.0

20:45

Kris Letang

69

6

38

44

-5

52

3

18

0

196

3.1

1/1/1

Jake Guentzel

72

20

21

41

-12

38

7

11

0

156

12.8

16:32

Patric Hornqvist

60

22

17

39

E

46

12

18

0

210

10.5

17:17

Bryan Rust

59

12

24

36

8

20

2

4

2

107

11.2

15:52

Riley Sheahan

63

10

18

28

3

4

0

1

0

89

11.2

15:29

Carl Hagelin

71

9

18

27

10

22

0

0

1

146

6.2

15:55

Olli Maatta

72

7

19

26

3

24

0

6

0

148

4.7

18:51

Conor Sheary

69

14

10

24

-4

8

2

3

0

120

11.7

14:07

Justin Schultz

53

4

16

20

17

14

0

7

0

86

4.7

19:24

Brian Dumoulin

70

4

10

14

-4

22

0

0

0

89

4.5

20:32

Dominik Simon

31

4

8

12

2

16

0

0

0

36

11.1

11:46

Jamie Oleksiak

37

4

7

11

7

54

1

1

0

55

7.3

17:20

Matt Hunwick

39

4

5

9

-6

16

0

0

1

52

7.7

17:50

Tom Kuhnhackl

59

2

6

8

-4

6

0

1

0

55

3.6

10:10

Zach Aston-Reese

10

4

2

6

3

0

0

0

0

16

25.0

12:44

Chad Ruhwedel

37

2

3

5

-5

16

0

0

0

61

3.3

15:48

Carter Rowney

44

2

3

5

-13

4

0

0

1

21

9.5

9:20

Derick Brassard

9

1

3

4

2

2

0

0

0

19

5.3

15:34

Daniel Sprong

8

2

1

3

2

0

0

0

0

22

9.1

13:58

Jean-Sebastien Dea

5

1

0

1

1

2

0

0

0

1

100.0

5:29

Josh Jooris

2

0

0

0

E

0

0

0

0

3

0.0

7:24

Frank Corrado

5

0

0

0

-1

2

0

0

0

6

0.0

11:30

Zach Trotman

3

0

0

0

-3

0

0

0

0

6

0.0

12:47

GOALIES

GP

W

L

SV

SV%

SO

TGA

TSA

PIM

ENG

Matt Murray Tristan Jarry Casey DeSmith

41 26 12

23 14 4

13 6 4

.908 .908 .914

1 2 0

106 63 25

1159 687 291

2 4 2

3 2 1

68

OTL GAA 2 2 1

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OPPONENT As of 03.20.18

NEW JERSEY DEVILS PLAYER

GP

G

A

PTS +/-

PIM

PPG

PPP

SHG

SH

SPCT

TOI 19:10

Taylor Hall

67

31

46

77

9

34

10

29

0

236

13.1

Nico Hischier

72

16

30

46

8

20

1

6

0

160

10.0

16:13

Kyle Palmieri

53

20

16

36

-3

30

9

19

0

160

12.5

17:25

Will Butcher

71

2

33

35

3

6

0

16

0

78

2.6

16:04

Jesper Bratt

68

13

22

35

-13

18

4

12

1

92

14.1

15:25

Miles Wood

69

17

12

29

-4

79

3

3

0

150

11.3

12:41

Sami Vatanen

48

3

24

27

-2

30

1

11

0

98

3.1

22:33

Brian Gibbons

50

12

14

26

16

14

0

0

3

66

18.2

14:32

Stefan Noesen

63

11

13

24

11

34

0

0

0

106

10.4

13:07

Brian Boyle

59

13

10

23

-6

41

5

7

0

106

12.3

13:37

GOALIES

GP

W

L

OTL GAA

SV

SV%

SO

TGA

TSA

PIM

ENG

Cory Schneider Keith Kinkaid Eddie Lack Ken Appleby

38 32 4 3

17 19 1 0

14 10 2 1

.912 .909 .903 .945

1 1 0 0

105 86 11 3

1188 943 113 55

0 0 0 0

3 1 2 0

6 2 0 0

2.81 1083 2.89 857 3.18 102 1.45 52

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS PLAYER

GP

G

A

PTS +/-

PIM

PPG

PPP

SHG

SH

SPCT

TOI

Claude Giroux Jakub Voracek Sean Couturier Shayne Gostisbehere Wayne Simmonds Travis Konecny Ivan Provorov Valtteri Filppula Nolan Patrick Michael Raffl

73 73 73 69 66 72 73 73 64 73

26 18 29 12 23 19 13 11 10 11

58 60 39 41 20 22 21 21 14 8

84 78 68 53 43 41 34 32 24 19

20 42 25 25 55 44 18 18 26 28

8 5 6 6 11 1 2 3 3 1

32 33 12 27 17 3 5 4 6 1

0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

164 211 211 199 154 152 182 66 104 87

15.8 8.5 13.7 6.0 14.9 12.5 7.1 16.7 9.6 12.6

20:26 19:32 21:39 21:29 18:21 14:42 1/1/1 16:35 13:29 13:17

GOALIES

GP

W

L

SV

SV%

SO

TGA

TSA

PIM

ENG

Brian Elliott Michal Neuvirth Petr Mrazek Alex Lyon

41 21 11 8

21 8 5 3

11 7 5 2

0 1 1 0

109 44 33 15

1189 519 294 173

2 0 0 0

6 0 5 1

19 9 28 8 -12 16 12 -2 E 2

OTL GAA 7 3 1 0

2.72 1080 .908 2.61 475 .915 3.14 261 .888 2.48 158 .913

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DEVILS

ROSTER As of 03.20.18

1 2 6 8 9 10 11 12 13 17 18 19 20 21 23 25 28 35 37 39 40 44 45 63

PLAYER

Keith Kinkaid John Moore Andy Greene Will Butcher Taylor Hall Jimmy Hayes Brian Boyle Ben Lovejoy Nico Hischier Patrick Maroon Drew Stafford Travis Zajac Blake Coleman Kyle Palmieri Stefan Noesen Mirco Mueller Damon Severson Cory Schneider Pavel Zacha Brian Gibbons Michael Grabner Miles Wood Sami Vatanen Jesper Bratt

POS

G D D D LW RW C D C LW RW C C RW RW D D G C LW RW LW D LW

HT

6-3 6-2 5-11 5-10 6-1 6-5 6-6 6-1 6-1 6-3 6-2 6-2 5-11 5-11 6-1 6-3 6-2 6-3 6-3 5-8 6-1 6-2 5-10 5-10

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WT

195 210 190 190 205 215 245 205 175 225 215 185 200 185 205 210 205 200 210 175 188 195 185 175

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Keith Kinkaid 1

John Moore 2

Andy Greene 6

Will Butcher 8

Taylor Hall 9

Jimmy Hayes 10

Brian Boyle 11

Ben Lovejoy 12

Nico Hischier 13

Patrick Maroon 17

Drew Stafford 18

Travis Zajac 19

Blake Coleman 20

Kyle Palmieri 21

Stefan Noesen 23

Mirco Mueller 25

Damon Severson 28

Cory Schneider 35

Pavel Zacha 37

Brian Gibbons 39

Michael Grabner 40

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Miles Wood 44

Sami Vatanen 45

Jesper Bratt 63

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3 6 8 9 11 12 14 15 17 19 20 21 22 23 24 28 29 34 40 47 49 51 53 54 93

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Radko Gudas Travis Sanheim Robert Hagg Ivan Provorov Travis Konecny Michael Raffl Sean Couturier Jori Lehtera Wayne Simmonds Nolan Patrick Taylor Leier Scott Laughton Dale Weise Brandon Manning Matt Read Claude Giroux Johnny Oduya Petr Mrazek Jordan Weal Andrew MacDonald Alex Lyon Valtteri Filppula Shayne Gostisbehere Oskar Lindblom Jakub Voracek

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NOTES

Philadelphia moved within two points of the second-place Penguins last week after a 6-3 win over Washington on Mar. 18. Philadelphia had lost seven of eight games before taking a two-game win streak into its Mar. 20 game at Detroit. . . The Flyers’ Mar. 25 game here is the first of three straight on the road, as they will play in Dallas and Colorado on Mar. 27 and 28. . . Claude Giroux was leading the Flyers with 84 points

WT

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Travis Sanheim 6

Robert Hagg 8

Ivan Provorov 9

Travis Konecny 11

Michael Raffl 12

Sean Couturier 14

Jori Lehtera 15

Wayne Simmonds 17

Nolan Patrick 19

Taylor Leier 20

Scott Laughton 21

Dale Weise 22

Brandon Manning 23

Matt Read 24

Claude Giroux 28

Johnny Oduya 29

Petr Mrazek 34

Jordan Weal 40

Andrew MacDonald 47

Alex Lyon 49

Valtteri Filppula 51

Shayne Gostisbehere 53

Oskar Lindblom 54

Jakub Voracek 93

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DAN YEARS ON THE TEAM: One HOMETOWN: Gibsonia, PA OCCUPATION: General Manager and Professional DJ WHAT DO YOU DO FOR FUN: Play in a hockey league, golf, snowboard, boat, travel, and hangout with friends and family.

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After Sam Lafferty wrapped up a four-year college career at Brown University, he got into his car and began making the drive to Wilkes-Barre.

It was surreal for Lafferty, because it was just as if he was making the drive back to his hometown of Hollidaysburg, outside of Altoona.

Except he wasn’t going home.

He was turning professional with the organization he grew up cheering for and realizing a childhood dream by signing a two-year entry-level contract with the Penguins after they drafted him in the fourth round (113th overall) of the 2014 NHL Draft.

It will begin with the 2018-19 season, and he will finish out the 2017-18 season on an amateur tryout contract with WBS. “I definitely dreamed about it and

imagined it when I was a little kid.

But over the years, it’s gotten more and more realistic and for it to finally happen was just surreal,” he said.

“But my real dream is to play for the Penguins, so I’ve got my work cut out for me in here in Wilkes-Barre.”

The dream began when Lafferty was 6-years old and started watching the Penguins’ playoff run back in 2001.

“It just got my attention, I just absolutely fell in love with hockey,” Lafferty said. “So my mom took my younger brother Charlie and me to public skate and learn how to skate.”

As it turned out, a brand-new rink called Galactic Ice had just been built nearby. It was there that Lafferty’s mother Jill met Dave Weaver, who was the general manager of Galactic Ice at the time, and the two of them ended up continued on page 87

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getting married. Dave then became Sam’s coach for the next 14 years until he went to college, starting with the Altoona Trackers.

“The only real team to play for was the Trackers if you wanted to play travel hockey,” Lafferty explained.

“All of our away games were in Pittsburgh.”

They went, as Lafferty laughed, “everywhere” in the Pittsburgh area to play. Then in 2004, Weaver started a organization called the Mid-State Mustangs, which began as a tournament team for higher-level players in the central Pennsylvania region and has since developed into a full-season program.

“We’d go to States, and if you won States you’d go to Nationals,” Lafferty said. “We started having a lot of success with that and it drew some

more players to our area to play.

Kids from State College would come down and a few kids from Pittsburgh as well.”

It helped that in 2005, the Penguins won the NHL Draft Lottery and the right to select Sidney Crosby with the first overall pick. Lafferty said that it had a huge impact on growing hockey in the area and inspiring more kids to play.

“When Sid was drafted, I was 10-years-old and watching him, from then on, he was my favorite player,” Lafferty said. “I would see him do stuff on the ice and I would go to rink and I’d try to replicate it. It was just awesome.”

Lafferty hasn’t had a chance to play with Crosby yet, but that’s obviously the goal. Right now, Penguins assistant general manager continued on page 91

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Bill Guerin said Lafferty had to play a lot of different roles in college, so that over time, they’ll see where he fits best in the pros.

“But I think right now, we’re looking at him as a guy who’s going to be able to play a 200-foot game,” Guerin said. “He’s responsible in his defensive zone, he has an offensive touch to him, all those things.”

Guerin said that Lafferty is a skilled player with good speed, and that the most important improvement he’s made is becoming a lot stronger.

“That’s what he needed to do,” Guerin said. “He’s a heck of an athlete, he’s a scratch golfer, he even played on the team at Brown until eventually giving it up to concentrate full-time on hockey.

But he’s a great athlete and he did put the work in in the weight room, which he really needed to do and it’s paid off for him.”

Lafferty was Brown’s team leader this year in assists (14) and points (22), and his eight goals

were second on the club. He ended his season on a roll offensively with three assists in his final two collegiate appearances, and in his final 11 games, he produced 13 points (4G-9A).

He made his pro debut in WBS’ 2-1 win over Grand Rapids on Mar. 10, skating on a line with Tom Sestito and Joseph Cramarossa, and is looking forward to building on what he was able to do.

“I had my first game two nights ago in Wilkes-Barre and that was a great experience,” Lafferty said. “It went really well, so I definitely gained a lot of confidence from that. I think the biggest things are just soaking in everything you can from the older guys and from the coaches and just learning as much as possible.

Basically, just learning what it takes to be a pro and to play for the Penguins. So it’s a day in, day out sort of thing and I’m just trying to get better each day.”

“We’re looking at him as a guy who’s going to be able to play a 200-foot game. He’s responsible in his defensive zone, he has an offensive touch to him, all those things.”

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GP 51 57 57 35 56 41 58 48 38 56 56 42 21 19 36 32 49 38 26 24 36 51 15 9 12 9 10 16 17 13 7 3 11 3

22 13 17 16 13 9 4 11 13 9 12 7 4 3 3 1 3 7 5 0 4 0 4 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

G

25 25 20 15 16 20 24 15 12 16 8 12 13 12 11 13 10 4 6 11 6 9 4 3 1 2 2 2 0 1 1 1 0 0

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L

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6

2

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21

0

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0

62

4

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3.82 0.879

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IN THE

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WHEELING NAILERS SKATERS Reid Gardiner Riley Bourbonnais Freddie Tiffels Troy Josephs Dylan Zink Troy Josephs Jeff Taylor Jarrett Burton Kevin Spinozzi Ethan Prow

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27

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ELBOWING

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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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TAG-A-KID

In the event a parent and child might be separated at an arena event, parents can register their child with the Tag-A-Kid program.

A wristband with the parent’s seat location and contact number will be given to the child. Registration is available at the Guest Services office located outside section 104.

Video Cameras Use of video or audio recording equipment is strictly prohibited.

The arena reserves the right to confiscate any tape or film and remove the patron from the building.

Wheelchairs A limited number of wheelchairs are available for transporting guests that are disabled to their seating location. Guests can be transported from the gates to their seats. If a wheelchair is needed for the duration of the event, guests must supply their own wheelchairs.

Wheelchairs cannot be reserved in advance. Upon arrival, guests can arrange for a wheelchair at any entrance of the arena. Please see an arena employee to assist with wheelchair transportation.

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OUR GOAL? To create an awesome game experience for all fans! Help make that happen with these important reminders: 1.

DO NOT ENTER OR EXIT THE SEATING AREA DURING PLAY! Hockey is fast — and goals can be missed in an instant. Fans moving through rows and up aisles can block the view of an entire seating area. Wait until the whistle blows to make your move.

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

TV timeouts occur at the first whistle stop inside the 14:00, 10:00, and 6:00 minute mark of each period, EXCEPT following an icing call or goal. When the light comes on, this is your chance to make a dash to the restroom or your seats!

HINT #2: The concourse TVs feature a countdown clock during the intermissions. Smart, huh? Thank the season ticket holders for recommending this awesome idea!

2.

NO LEANING! We know you are into the game, but leaning creates a ripple effect, affecting the view of the fans in the rows behind you.

Sit back so all can enjoy the game!

3.

KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE PUCK! Pucks can hurt when they enter the seating area!

4.

PPG Paints Arena is a non-smoking facility; smoking of any kind, including e-cigarettes, is prohibited.

5.

It’s hard to like fans of the opposing team, we get it. However, we think it is pretty cool that they chose to come to our building. Be aware of children sitting around you and let the guys on the ice do the talking!

6.

Cheer, clap and let the players know you are here! Hockey is the best sport to watch live — have fun!

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2009

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2013

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2016

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1988, 1993, 1996

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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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1999, 2000

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2007, 2013, 2014

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2012

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1995

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1981

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2007

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1993

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1995

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2013

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2011

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1973

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1993

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One of the most unique broadcasters in professional sports, Mike Lange is calling games in his 43rd season with the Penguins, handling radio play-by-play on the club’s flagship station, 105.9 FM The X and the Penguins Radio Network.

Known for his creative and colorful style, including trademark phrases such as “Buy Sam A Drink And Get His Dog One, Too,” Lange was awarded the Foster Hewitt award by the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2001.

Lange’s relationship with the Penguins began in 1974-75, when he broke into the NHL as a radio 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.

Lange did radio exclusively until 1979, when games were simulcast on radio and

TV. He served as the television voice of the Penguins through 2005-06, before returning to the radio booth in 2006-07.

A native of Sacramento, California, Lange earned a degree in broadcasting from Sacramento State University before starting his career as the voice of the Phoenix Roadrunners (WHL) in 1970. He also served as the play-by-play voice of the San Diego Gulls (WHL) in 1973-74 before joining the Penguins. In addition to his tenure with the Penguins, Lange handled play-by-play duties for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1986-87. A well-known member of the Pittsburgh community, Lange makes numerous personal appearances throughout the year and is actively involved in charity work.

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Two-time Stanley Cup Champion Phil Bourque is in his 15th season on the Penguins broadcast team, serving as color commentator alongside Mike Lange.

A gritty winger/defenseman, Bourque was signed by Pittsburgh as a free agent in 1982, and went on to record 164 points (75G-89A) in 344 regular-season games with the Penguins between 1983 and 1992.

During his career he totaled 199 points (88G-111A) in 477 games with the Penguins, New York Rangers and Ottawa.

Since retiring from professional hockey in 2000, Bourque has co-hosted Penguins pre- and post-game shows on the Penguins Radio Network and worked as a contributor for WPXI-TV’s coverage of Penguins hockey.

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Alphonso, Shandor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Amell, Derek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Barton, Steve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Berg, Devin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Brisebois, David. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Cameron, Lonnie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Cherrey, Scott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Cormier, Michel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Daisy, Ryan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Devorski, Greg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Driscoll, Scott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68 Galloway, Ryan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Gawryletz, Brandon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Gibbons, Ryan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58 Gibbs, Darren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Henderson, Don. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Heyer, Shane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Knorr, Trent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Kovachik, Brad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Mach, Brian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 MacPherson, Matt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Miller, Steve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89 Mills, Bevan* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Murchison, Kiel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Murphy, Brian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Murray, Jonny . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Nagy, Kory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Nansen, Derek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Nowak, Tim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Pancich, Bryan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Racicot, Pierre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Rody, Vaughan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Sericolo, Anthony . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84 Smith, Andrew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Shewchyk, Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Suchanek, Libor* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Wheler, Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 * Minor League Officials Jim Gricar Zack Haney DJ Johnson Chris Keller Bob Maitland Mike McGuire

Bob Moretti Leo Rudzki Keith Schreiber Phil Spano Eugene Susi Dan Wagner

Jim Weaver Jeff Stuart Andy Tumas Dennis Lohr

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OCTOBER 3 4 4 5 6 10 23

Opening day playing rosters set (5 p.m. ET) Opening night of 2017-18 NHL regular season Pittsburgh Penguins raise Stanley Cup banner First regular-season game at Little Caesars Arena (Minnesota Wild @ Detroit Red Wings) First NHL game for Vegas Golden Knights (vs.

Dallas Stars) First NHL home game for Golden Knights at T-Mobile Arena (vs. Arizona Coyotes) NHL Alumni Awards Gala – Honorees: Mario Lemieux, Wendy McCreary (Toronto, Ont.)

NOVEMBER 1 10-11

10 13 17 24 26

Hockey Fights Cancer Awareness Month 2017 SAP NHL Global Series™: Colorado Avalanche & Ottawa Senators (Ericsson Globe, Stockholm, Sweden) Hockey Hall of Fame Game: Boston Bruins at Toronto Maple Leafs Hockey Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (Toronto, Ont.) NHL General Managers’ Meeting 2017 Discover NHL Thanksgiving Showdown™: Pittsburgh Penguins at Boston Bruins NHL Founders Day (1917)

DECEMBER 1 13 16

Signing deadline for Group 2 free agents (5 p.m. ET) U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame Induction 2017 Scotiabank NHL 100 Classic™: Montreal Canadiens at Ottawa Senators (Lansdowne Park, Ottawa, Ont.) 19 100th Anniversary of League’s first games played 19-27 Holiday roster freeze in effect 24-26 Holiday break (no scheduled practices – dressing rooms closed) 26-Jan. 5 IIHF World Junior Championship (Orchard Park/ Buffalo, NY)

JANUARY 1

2018 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic®: Buffalo Sabres at New York Rangers (Citi Field, New York, NY) Week of 15th NHL Central Scouting Mid-Season Rankings release 20 18th Annual Scotiabank Hockey Day in Canada (Host: Corner Brook, Nfld.)

25 CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game (Guelph, Ont.) 26-29 NHL All-Star Break (no games played) 26-28 No scheduled practices – dressing rooms closed 27-29 2018 NHL All-Star Weekend (Amalie Arena, Tampa Bay, Fla.) 30 NHL regular season resumes

FEBRUARY 1 26

Hockey Is for Everyone Month 2018 NHL Trade Deadline (3 p.m. ET)

MARCH 1 2-4 3

19-21 23-25

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APRIL 5-7

NCAA Frozen Four (Xcel Energy Center, Saint Paul, Minn.)

7 Last day of regular season Week of 9th NHL Central Scouting Final Rankings release 11 Stanley Cup Playoffs begin 19-29 IIHF Under-18 World Championship (Chelyabinsk/ Magnitogorsk, Russia) TBA 2018 NHL Draft Lottery

MAY 4-20

IIHF World Championship (Copenhagen/Herning, Denmark) 17-27 CHL Memorial Cup (Brandt Centre, Regina, Sask.)

27-June 2 2018 NHL Scouting Combine (Buffalo, N.Y.)

JUNE 13 22-23 TBA

Last possible day for 2018 Stanley Cup Final 2018 NHL Draft™ (American Airlines Center, Dallas, Tex.) 2018 NHL Awards

JULY 1 5

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AUGUST 6

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Pay attention to your passing.

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STAFF

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

PARTNERSHIP SALES/MARKETING Senior Director, Partnership Sales and Media . . . .Mark Turley Senior Director, Partnership Marketing . . . . . . . . . . Ross Miller Director, Partnership Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jack Tipton Manager, Partnership Sales. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Brett Baur Director, Partnership Marketing . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lori Wineland Managers, Partnership Marketing . . . . . . . . . . . .Devin Beahm, Matt Dentinger, Paige Hancher, Erin Lockwood, Jim Meyer Liaison, Partnership Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pierre Larouche

MARKETING

Producers, Motion Graphics Design . . . . . . . . . . . . Dave Distilli, Ethan Mansberger Producer/Host, PensTV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Celina Pompeani Public Address Announcer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ryan Mill

FINANCE Director, Finance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark R. Kuczinski Senior Accountant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Troy Ussack Financial Analyst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Derek Bacon Payroll Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Andrea Winschel Accounts Payable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tawni Love

Senior Director, Creative Services and Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Barb Pilarski

TICKETING

Senior Director, Digital Marketing . . . . . . . . . . . Leo McCafferty

Senior Director, Premium Seating. . . . . . . . . . . .Brian Magness

Manager, Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Erin Halley

Senior Director, Ticket Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . George Murphy

Graphic Designers . . . . . . . . . . . . Jen Navari, Dave Scheponik

Managers, Premium Seating . . . . . . . . Kyle Lux, Jon Seelnacht

Director, Fan Development and Special Events . . . Jill Shipley

Manager, Premium Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Julia Ivery

Manager, Fan Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Laura Spencer

Managers, Group Sales . . . . . . . . . Mike Zatchey, Ashley Smith

Coordinator, Marketing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Christine King

Manager, Ticket Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nicole Rudy

Manager, Youth Hockey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mike Chiasson

Senior Ticket Sales Account Executives . . . . . George Birman, Jeff Blizman, Bonnie Golinski

Local Manager, Learn to Play Program. . . . . . .Rocky Saganiuk

Ticket Sales Account Executive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brian Fischer

NEW MEDIA

Inside Sales Representatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kevin Devine, Dani McSweeney, Paige Wise

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

Managers, Box Office . . . . . . . . . . Carol Coulson, Kelly Gabany

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

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

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

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

Coordinators, New Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jonathan Kabana, Jamie Louden, Evan Schall

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

Graphics Coordinator, New Media . . . . . . . . . Jourdan Gottlieb

TECHNOLOGY Senior Director, Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Erik Watts Building Audio/Video Specialist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aaron Miller, Drew Warren Systems Administrator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jason Henry Junior Systems Administrators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dan Lange, Justin Mellor, Alex Navarette Manager, CRM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark Walczak

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STEVE MEARS BY: JASON SEIDLING Growing up in Murrysville, PA, Steve Mears always dreamed of working for his hometown Penguins.

Eventually, that dream shifted to wanting to broadcast their games.

Fast forward to 2017, and Mears has now realized both of those dreams.

The Franklin Regional High School graduate originally joined his hometown club for three seasons beginning in 2009, where his duties included being a host on

the Penguins Radio Network and also on PensTV. Following a fiveyear stint doing a variety of roles in a prominent national broadcasting position at the NHL Network, Mears returned to Pittsburgh this season as the Penguins’ television play-byplay broadcaster for AT&T SportsNet. A rising talent in the broadcast profession, Mears has accomplished way more in his young career than we have space to cover. He was continued on page 152

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nice enough to take a break from his pre-game preparation recently for a brief Q&A.

older and into college, listening to different broadcasters, you just think that is the greatest job.

WHEN DID YOU KNOW YOU WANTED TO BE A BROADCASTER? I don’t know what that moment was. I do know that the first time I walked into the ‘Igloo’ (Civic Arena) I wanted to be associated with hockey in some way. Someone had given tickets to my dad and me for a Penguins-Flyers game.

It was his first game as well. To just walk in and feel that place, it sounds very cliché, but I remember immediately feeling that I wanted to be associated with it in every way possible. I remember going home and wanting to be associated with this sport, and this team, for the rest of my life. Certainly my early days listening to Mike Lange inspired my career choice. Gradually as I got

WAS THERE A MOMENT WHEN YOU SAID TO YOURSELF, “I CAN DEFINITELY BE A BROADCASTER?” I do remember doing a game in college (at Bowling Green) for the first time, and you think it is terrible.

You are all nervous and you had never done it before. But as the game (against Michigan State) went on, I remember saying, “you have done this before. You have done it while playing PlayStation or in the driveway.” It’s really the same thing. Then I got good reaction from people who heard it, and thought I had been doing it a long time.

But it was my first college game I had ever done. To hear that kind of reaction, I thought maybe I have something here. continued on page 155

“I do remember doing a game in college for the first time, and you think it is terrible.

You are all nervous and you had never done it before. But as the game went on, I remember saying, ‘you have done this before. You have done it while playing PlayStation or in the driveway.’”

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YOU’VE HAD A CHANCE TO BROADCAST OR HOST A WIDE VARIETY OF VARIOUS GAMES AND EVENTS. HOW WOULD YOU RANK SOME OF YOUR FAVORITES? Calling the last two NHL Stanley Cup Finals, getting to say, “The Penguins win the Stanley Cup!” How many people get to do that? I was lucky enough getting to do the NHL International broadcast going around the world. I was going to get to do (the Final) either way, but the fact that it was the Penguins, and this resurgence with the team, and they are the one to win it of all teams.

Secretly, it was the outcome that I was hoping for. That list is short,

the people that get to call those games. You have U.S. television, Canadian television and a host of other nations. But for the most part, there are only a handful of people that get to say those words (this team wins the Stanley Cup). The other one would be both gold medal wins for the United States at the World Juniors. I really enjoyed the 2017 World Junior, which the U.S. won in dramatic fashion in Canada in primetime on NHL Network. It went to a shootout, and it was one of the most riveting sporting events I’ve ever seen in person. To be behind the microphone for that was really cool. continued on page 157

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WHAT TIPS WOULD YOU GIVE A STUDENT WHO WANTS TO GO TO COLLEGE FOR BROADCASTING? I have been able to talk to a lot of kids here in Pittsburgh throughout the years, and for years I have always said, “DO EVERYTHING!” That is one thing that I did not do, but I wish I had, when I was in college. I was so focused on doing play-by-play, but I wish I had done everything. I still tell college kids to this day to dabble into every different aspect (of media) because you never know what is going to pique an interest. Every sport, every aspect of media, be it

broadcasting, print, radio. Now you have all of these other sources where you can have a YouTube channel or a podcast. These are opportunities I didn’t have when I was in college because the technology wasn’t around. You never know where the work is going to be or where your career path is going to take you.

There are only 31 NHL teams. Not everyone is going to call games in the NHL. But there are so many other opportunities within hockey and within sports where you can have a tremendous career in this field.

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INVALUABLE

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Whether the remaining regular-season performances are representative of a complete team effort or a total team collapse, there’s much the Penguins can glean between now and the postseason.

How those lessons are learned will potentially have profound ramifications the rest of the way.

“Our priority is the one game in front of us, that’s the mindset that we have to have,” head coach Mike Sullivan announced in mid-March. “We can’t look ahead of ourselves. We understand what our ultimate goal is, and priority one there is to make the playoffs and that’s a challenge in and of itself with how tight the league is, and we know that. Our approach has to be just taking that one game in front of us and making sure we control what we can, to give ourselves the best chance to be successful.

“We’ll learn from each experience, we’ll move by it and we’ll get ready for the next one.

That’s the approach that we have to have. We have to have a playoff mindset right now and it’s been that way for a while. I just think it’s the nature of the league right now with the format of the league and how close the races are in each

division for the playoffs. We would ultimately like to put ourselves in the best possible position to be successful, and the way to do that is to stay in the moment.”

Recent moments afforded the Penguins perspective at both ends of the NHL spectrum.

On Mar. 14 in New York, they surrendered a pair of third-period leads and lost in overtime, 4-3, to a Rangers team that had been sellers as opposed to buyers approaching and at the NHL’s trade deadline.

“We threw away that game in the third,” defenseman Kris Letang lamented. “It was like we were not even interested. We have to learn from that.

“In this league, there are no bad teams. There are teams that are outside of the playoffs but there are still tons of good players on those teams and they’re going to make you pay if you don’t respect them.”

The next night in Montreal, the Penguins fell behind 2-0 early, battled back in what became a 3-3 tie after 40 minutes and then closed with a flourish in a 5-3 triumph.

“We responded the right way,” winger Patric Hornqvist assessed.

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the right way and we got the against the Canadiens. “We stayed result. This is a really good bounceon the right side of the puck. We back game from our side from all made good decisions with the puck. the players.

We forced them to have to come “We can’t just have a few guys from their deep ice to get to our going on some nights and then end zone. some other guys the next night. It’s “We didn’t really give them a lot a team effort and that’s going to be in the third period.” key here getting The lessons in the playoffs therein might and going prove invaluable, from there.” even to a team The that’s grown comeback accustomed victory in to winning Montreal was championships. as revealing as “You never the previous arrive,” Sullivan night’s insisted. “It’s come-froma hard league ahead loss. and it’s hard Experiencing to win. And so such situations every time you will prepare go through an MIKE SULLIVAN the Penguins experience for what they it’s a learning anticipate they’ll be facing in opportunity. Whether it’s a success the playoffs. or failure, there’s always something They’ll remind the Penguins that you can take away from it that of the consequences when they will help you be a better person, a venture off script, and of what can better player or a better team. be achieved when they’re all on the “We try to heed all of the lessons, same page. every experience we go through.

“We kept trying to get the next We try to look at it, assess it goal, we were just doing it the right objectively, remove the emotion and way,” Sullivan said of the comeback learn from it.”

“We try to heed all of the lessons, every experience we go through.

We try to look at it, assess it objectively, remove the emotion and learn from it.”

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