(29-16-3) Finished 2nd in Northeast Division

TRANSACTIONS

February 16 - Obtained Wendell Young from Tampa Bay for future considerations.

April 7 - Obtained Norm Maciver and Troy Murray from Ottawa for Martin Straka.

April 7 - Obtained Drake Berehowsky from Toronto for Grant Jennings.

The season was shortened by a labor dispute (timeline above starts on January 20)

• Joe Mullen became the first American-born player to record 1,000 points, with an assist on February 7, against the Florida Panthers.

• Larry Murphy recorded his 700th career assist on March 4 against the Boston Bruins.

• Jarmoir Jagr recorded an assist on May 3 and became the first European-trained player to win the Art Ross Trophy as NHL scoring champion.

• Ron Francis won the overall league plus/minus award with a plus-30 rating.

• Francis became the first Penguin to win the Selke Trophy and the second to win the Lady Byng on July 8.

• Jaromir Jagr was named to the NHL First All-Star Team at right wing and Larry Murphy was named to the Second Team on defense July 8.

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Front row: Luc Robitaille, Tomas Sandstrom, Ulf Samuelsson, Kevin Stevens, Wendell Young, Tom Barrasso, Ron Francis, Jaromir Jagr, Larry Murphy & Joe Mullen

Second row: Paul Flati (Asst. Equip. Manager), Howard Baldwin Jr., John Cullen, Troy Murray, Jack Kelley (President). Roy Mlakar (COO), Thomas Ruta (Co-Owner), Morris Belzberg (Co-Owner), Howard Baldwin (Co-Owner), Craig Patrick (General Manager), Ed Johnston (Head Coach), Rick Kehoe (Asst. coach), Bryan Trottier (Asst. coach), Norm Maciever, Shawn MacEachern & A.T. Caggiano (Locker room staff)

Third row: Bert Godin (Asst. Equip. Manager), Skip Thayer (Trainer), Rick Patterson (Scout), Phillipe DeRouville, Ed Patterson, Richard Park, Domenic Pettis, Jeff Christian, Joe Dziedzic, Chris Wells, Greg Andrusak, Ian Moran, Markus Naslund, Patrick Lalime, Gilles Meloche (Goaltending Coach) & John Welday (Strength Coach)

Back row: Len Barrie, Rusty Fitzgerald, Peter Taglianetti, Jim McKenzie, Francois Leroux, Kjell Samuelsson, Chris Tamer, Drake Berehowsy, Chris Joseph, Mike Hudson & Steve Latin (Equip. Manager)
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LEADERSHIP
Primary Owner:
Howard Baldwin, Moris Belzberg & Thomas Ruta

General Manager:
Craig Patrick

Head Coach:
Ed Johnston

Captain:
Ron Francis

 

AWARDS
Rookie of the Year:
No winner

Player’s Player:
Ron Francis

Most Valuable Player:
Jaromir Jagr

Booster Club:
Jaromir Jagr

Masterton Nominee:
John Cullen

Baz Bastien Good Guy:
Larry Murphy

Edward J. Debartolo:
Ron Francis & Bryan Trottier

Bob Johnson Memorial:
Ron Francis & Joe Mullen

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