>Less than a week ago Western Pennsylvania native Christian Hanson was saddened when his college team was eliminated in the NCAA Midwest Regional. Tonight he was playing in the NHL, becoming the 12th player from here to make the big leagues.Hanson, who wasn't drafted in the NHL, finished his college career at Notre Dame when [...]
>Mark-Andre Fleury now has 100 wins, moving him up the all-time Penguins goalie list behind Tom Barrasso and Ken Wregget. Here's a complete list of all the Pens goalie stuff ...
>First shift. First goal. An NHL record.Luca Caputi scored 14 seconds into his NHL career. It's an NHL record for fastest goal at the start of a career, but the league won't honor it.If the league kept such a stat, Caputi would have beaten Toronto's Gus Bodnar, who scored :15 seconds into his first game [...]
>Back in 2001 on this date, the Penguins officially retired #21 in memory of Michel Briere.It was a long-overdue gesture. Many of the newer fans have never heard of him or knew the story of why the number is retired. Here is his chapter of Penguins history...See rare footage of Briere's first NHL goal.
>Couldn't resist an opportunity to include a reference to our other pleasure (The Simpson's).Anyway, the Penguins have called-up Ben Lovejoy from Wilkes-Barre.If you click on the photo of the Rev. Lovejoy you'll see a well-done 10 QUESTIONS WITH WBS D BEN LOVEJOY.Lovejoy is the first Penguins player to wear #65. Here's the updated all-time numbers [...]