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Upper St. Clair's Dylan Reese has become the 13th native son to crack an NHL lineup.

Reese joined the New York Islanders on March 1 in a trade with Columbus, and dressed for the Isles tonight (March 4th). Check out the growing list of other locals in the NHL.

What's really cool, is the fact that Reese could potentially play in the Mellon Arena's regular season finale when the Islanders visit on April 8th.



Reese, at right with the Pittsburgh Forge in 2002.

LEAFS TRADE PONIKAROVSKY TO PENGUINS FOR SKOULA, CAPUTI.

Second trade in two days...

We'll be updating several pages in the next day:

• all-time numbers list
• all-time transactions
• former players stat sheet
• current season statistics

Sidney Crosby was the cover photo of Sports Illustrated in Canada the week before the Olympics, but his overtime heroics of the gold medal game against the US earned him the March 8th cover everywhere in North America.

Since Olympic hockey began in 1920:
- 50 players have won an Olympic Gold Medal and a Stanley Cup Championship.

- 10 men that played hockey in Pittsburgh are on that list.

- Four players won gold while on Pittsburgh's roster (Jagr, Lemieux, Fleury & Crosby)

Frank Fredrickson
Played for Pittsburgh Pirates 1928-30
Won gold with Canada in 1920 (Antwerp)
Won Stanley Cup with Victoria Cougars in 1925

Bert McCaffrey
Played for Pittsburgh Pirates 1928-30
Won gold with Canada in 1924 (Chamonix)
Won Stanley Cup with Montreal Canadiens in 1930

Alex Kovalev
Played for Pittsburgh Penguins 1998-2003
Won gold with Unified Team in 1992 (Albertville)
Won Stanley Cup with New York Rangers 1994

Dmitri Mironov
Played for Pittsburgh Penguins 1995-96
Won gold with Unified Team in 1992 (Albertville)
Won Stanley Cup with Detroit Red Wings in 1998

Sergei Zubov
Played for Pittsburgh Penguins 1995-96
Won gold with Unified Team in 1992 (Albertville)
Won Stanley Cup with New York Rangers 1994, Dallas Stars 1994

Jaromir Jagr
Played for Pittsburgh Penguins 1990-2001
Won gold with Czech Republic 1998 (Nagano)
Won Stanley Cup with Pittsburgh Penguins 1991, 1992

Mario Lemieux
Played for Pittsburgh Penguins 1984-2005
Won gold with Canada 2002 (Salt Lake City)
Won Stanley Cup with Pittsburgh Penguins 1991, 1992, 2009 (owner)

Mikael Samuelsson
Played for Pittsburgh Penguins 2003
Won gold with Sweden 2006 (Torino)
Won Stanley Cup with Detroit Red Wings 2008

Marc-Andre Fleury
Played for Pittsburgh Penguins 2003 - present
Won gold with Canada 2010 (Vancouver)
Won Stanley Cup with Pittsburgh 2009

Sidney Crosby
Played for Pittsburgh Penguins 2005 - present
Won gold with Canada 2010 (Vancouver)
Won Stanley Cup with Pittsburgh 2009

The Penguins signed Alexander Pechurski to a one-game tryout. He was brought in to backup John Curry, who was backing-up Brent Johnson, who of course is the back up to Marc-Andre Fleury.

Curry gave up five goals on 14 shots and the 19-year-old Pechurski was sent in to finish the game.

Pechurski was the fifth goaltender to play one game for the Pens, the others:

Martin Brochu Played 33 minutes
March 17, 2004 (New Jersey)
1 goal allowed on 19 shots / GAA 1.82

Marv Edwards
Played 60 minutes
February 20, 1969 (Detroit)
3 goals allowed on 33 shots / GAA 3.00

Greg Redquest
Played 13 minutes
March 19, 1978 (Chicago)
(Only career game in NHL)
3 goals allowed on 5 shots / all-time team highest GAA 13.85***

Rick Tabaracci
Played 33 minutes
October 21, 1988 (New Jersey)
4 goals allowed on 21 shots / GAA 7.27

His final stats:

36 minutes, 1 goal allowed on 13 shots.
.923 save percentage and 1.67 GAA.

Voted third star of the game.

Here's the pages that have been updated:
All-time jersey numbers
All-time goaltender stats
One-Game wonders
2009-10 Stats page