(27-41-8-5) Finished 5th in Atlantic Division

TRANSACTIONS

July 11 - Obtained Kris Beech, Ross Lupaschuk, Michal Sivek and future considerations from Washington for Jaromir Jagr and Frantisek Kucera.

January 4 - Claimed Randy Robitaille from waivers from Los Angeles.

March 15 - Claimed Shean Donovan from waivers from Atlanta.

March 17 - Obtained Kent Manderville from Philadelphia for Billy Tibbetts.

March 19 - Obtained Ville Nieminen and Rick Berry from Colorado for Darius Kasparaitis.

• The Penguins opened their 35th season at home, losing 3-1, to the defending Stanley Cup champion Colorado Avalanche.

• Rick Kehoe was named the team’s 20th head coach on October 15.

• Johan Hedberg recorded his first career shutout, making 29 saves in a 3-0 Penguins’ win in Ottawa on October 18.

• Alexei Kovalev recorded back-to-back hat tricks, November 13 at New Jersey and November 14 vs. the New York Islanders. The six goal outburst came immediately after Kovalev missed 13 games following knee surgery.

• Mario Lemieux led Canada to an Olympic Gold Medal.

• Kovalev earned his 500th career point December 11, against the Washington Capitals.

• Lemieux plays his 800th career game on January 12,  against the St. Louis Blues.

• The Penguins defeated the Washington Capitals, 6-2, on March 24 at Mellon Arena. Six different Penguins score goals.

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Front row: Johan Hedberg, Aleksey Morozov, Robert Lang, Kevin Stevens, Martin Straka, Mario Lemieux (Owner/Captain), Darius Kasparaitus, Alexei Kovalev, Jan Hrdina, Ian Moran & Jean-Sebastien Aubin

Middle row: Paul DeFazio (Locker room attendant), Mark Mortland (Trainer), Paul DeFazio (Locker room attendant), Scott Johnson (Trainer), Tom Plasko (Physical Therapist), Wayne Primeau, Kent Manderville, Randy Hillier (Asst. Coach), Rick Kehoe (Head Coach), Craig Patrick (General Manager), Ken Sawyer (President, Lemieux Group LP), Tom Rooney (President, Team Lemieux LLC), Ed Johnston (Asst. General Manager), Joe Mullen (Asst. Coach), Andrew Ference, Randy Robitaille, Steve Latin (Equip. Manager), John Welday (Conditioning Coach), & Paul Flati (Asst. Equip. Manager)

Back row: Mike Wilson, Milan Kraft, Josef Melichar, Dan LaCouture, John Jakopin, Stephane Richer, Krzysztof Oliwa, Michal Rozsival, Kris Beech & Toby Peterson

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LEADERSHIP

Primary Owner:
Mario Lemieux
(Lemieux Group LP) 

General Manager:
Craig Patrick

Head Coaches:
Ivan Hlinka & Rick Kehoe

Captain:
Mario Lemieux

 

AWARDS

Rookie of the Year:
Johan Hedberg

Player’s Player:
Alexei Kovalev & Ian Moran

Most Valuable Player:
Alexei Kovalev

Booster Club:
Alexei Kovalev

Masterton Nominee:
Stephane Richer

Baz Bastien Good Guy:
Johan Hedberg

Edward J. Debartolo:
Andrew Ference

Bob Johnson Memorial:
Ian Moran

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