FAST FACTS

• The Penguins did not own a minor league team until 1999 when the WBS Penguins (AHL) & Wheeling Nailers were developed.

Mario Lemieux played exactly one minor league game in his career. On Sept. 22, 2001 Lemieux captained the WBS Penguins in an exhibition game against the Pittsburgh Penguins at the First Union Arena in Wilkes Barre, PA. The Baby Pens lost to the NHL Penguins, 4-2.

We had 23 guys, total, at training camp, and (left winger) Jim Hamilton was our farm club.
EDDIE JOHNSTON, Former coach and GM of the Pens explaining the Penguins’ minor league system in 1983


A list of the Penguins minor-league farm teams:

1967-68
AHL		 1968-69
CHL		 1969-70
AHL		 1970-71
AHL		 1970-71
AHL
BaltimoreClip AmarWrang BaltimoreClip BaltimoreClip AmarWrang
Baltimore Clippers
Amarillo Wranglers
Baltimore Clippers
Baltimore Clippers
Amarillo Wranglers
AAA50x50
1971-75
AHL		 1971-75
IHL		 1974-75
NAHL		 1975-77
AHL		 1977-79
AHL
Hersey FWKomets johnjets Hersey BroomeDust
Hershey Bears
Ft. Wayne Komets
Johnstown Jets
Hershey Bears
Binghamton Broome Dusters
 AAA50x50
1977-79
IHL		 1978-79
IHL		 1980-81
AHL		 1981-82
AHL		 1981-82
IHL
DayOwl GRowls BroomeDust ErieBlades MuskMoh
Dayton Owls
Grand Rapids Owls
Binghamton Broome Dusters
Erie Blades
Muskegon Mohawks
 AAA50x50
1982-82
AHL		 1987-90
IHL		 1990-92
ECHL		 1992-97
IHL		 1993-94
ECHL
BaltSkip MuskLJack KnoxChero CleveLumber LouIHAWks
Baltimore Skipjacks
Muskegon Lumberjacks
Knoxville Cherokees
Cleveland Lumberjacks
Louisville Ice Hawks
 AAA50x50
1995-96
ECHL		 1996-98
ECHL		 1997-99
AHL		 1999-Present
ECHL		 1999-Present
AHL
HRRoads JohnsChief SyracuseCrunch Wheeling WBSPens
Hampton Roads Admirals
Johnstown Chiefs
Syracuse Crunch
Wheeling Nailers
Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguins
 AAA50x50
Logos used courtesy of hockeydb.com. This list was compiled by examining three different sources. We are constantly looking to fine tune our database.