Pittsburgh Penguins

The Pittsburgh Penguins are a professional ice hockey team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

They are members of the Metropolitan Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL).

The franchise was founded in 1967 as one of the first expansion teams during the league's original expansion from six to twelve teams. The Penguins played in the Civic Arena, also known to Pittsburgh fans as "The Igloo", from the time of their inception through the end of the 2009–10 season.

The Penguins moved into their new arena, PPG Paints Arena to begin the 2010–11 NHL season.

They have qualified for five Stanley Cup Finals, winning the Stanley Cup four times: in 1991, 1992, 2009 and 2016.

Franchise History

Beginnings (1967-1969)

Before the Penguins, Pittsburgh had been the home of the NHL's Pittsburgh Pirates from 1925 to 1930 and of the American Hockey League Hornets franchise from 1936 to 1967 (with a short break from 1956 to 1961).

In the spring of 1965, Jack McGregor, a state senator from Kittanning, began lobbying campaign contributors and community leaders to bring an NHL franchise back to Pittsburgh.

The group focused on leveraging the NHL as an urban renewal tool for Pittsburgh. The senator formed a group of local investors that included H. J. Heinz Company heir H. J. Heinz III, Pittsburgh Steelers owner Art Rooney and the Mellon family's, Richard Mellon Scaife.

The projected league expansion depended on securing votes from the then-current NHL owners; to ensure that Pittsburgh would be selected as one of the expansion cities, McGregor enlisted Rooney to petition votes from James D. Norris (the owner of the Chicago Black Hawks) and his brother Bruce Norris (the owner of the Detroit Red Wings).

The effort was successful, and on February 8, 1966, the NHL awarded an expansion team to Pittsburgh for the 1967–68 season. The Penguins paid $2.5 million ($18.7 million today) for their entry and $750,000 ($5.4 million today) more for start-up costs.

The Civic Arena's capacity was then boosted from 10,732 to 12,500 to meet the NHL requirements for expansion. The Pens also paid an indemnification bill to settle with the Detroit Red Wings, which owned the Pittsburgh Hornets franchise. The investor group named McGregor president and chief executive officer, and he represented Pittsburgh on the NHL's Board of Governors.

A contest was held where 700 of 26,000 entries picked "Penguins" as the nickname for the team. Mark Peters had the winning entry (which was inspired by the fact that the team was to play in the "Igloo," the nickname of the Pittsburgh Civic Arena), a logo was chosen that had a penguin in front of a triangle, which symbolized the "Golden Triangle" of downtown Pittsburgh."

The Penguins' first general manager, Jack Riley opened the first preseason camp for the franchise in Brantford, Ontario on September 13, 1967, playing the franchise's first exhibition match in Brantford against the Philadelphia Flyers on September 23, 1967.

The Pens (along with the rest of the expansion teams) were hampered by restrictive rules which kept most major talent with the existing "Original Six" teams. Beyond aging sniper Andy Bathgate, All-Star defenseman Leo Boivin (who had begun his professional career with the Hornets) and Ranger veteran Earl Ingarfield, the first Penguins team was largely manned by a cast of former minor leaguers.

A number of the players had played for the Hornets the previous season: Bathgate, wingers Val Fonteyne and Ab McDonald, and goaltenders Hank Bassen & Joe Daley. George Sullivan was named the head coach for the club's first two seasons, and McDonald was named the team's first captain.

On October 11, 1967, league president Clarence Campbell and McGregor jointly dropped the ceremonial first puck of the Penguins opening home game against the Montreal Canadiens.

On October 21, 1967, they became the first team from the expansion class to beat an Original Six team, as they defeated the Chicago Black Hawks 4–2. However, the Penguins went 27–34–13 and finished in fifth place in the West Division, missing the playoffs and ending with the third worst record in the league.

The team's best player proved to be longtime Cleveland Barons AHL goaltender Les Binkley, who recorded a 2.88 goals against average and was second in the league in shutouts with six.

Defensive winger Ken Schinkel won the team's sole league honor, being named to represent the Penguins in the NHL All-Star Game. Bathgate led the team in scoring with 59 points, but retired at season's end. McDonald, who led the team in goals and was second in team scoring, was also gone at season's end, traded to St. Louis for center Lou Angotti.

The next season, 1968–69, saw the team slip in the standings in the midst of a sharp drop in form by Binkley, into sixth place and with the league's worst record.

Several changes were made to try to improve the team, resulting in Boivin and several others being traded, and new players (including longtime future Pens star Jean Pronovost) making their debuts. No captain was named to replace McDonaldmand the team went with four alternate captains. Schinkel was again the team's lone All-Star.

Triumph of playoff berths and tragedy of Briere (1970–1974)

With the exception of a handful of decent players (such as Ken Schinkel, Jean Pronovost, Syl Apps Jr., Keith McCreary, agitator Bryan Watson and goaltender Les Binkley), talent was otherwise thin, but enough for the Penguins to reach the playoffs in both 1970 and 1972.

In the 1969 NHL Entry Draft, the Penguins selected Michel Briere who although being chosen 26th soon was drawing comparisons to Phil Esposito and Bobby Clarke. Joining the team in November, he finished as the second place rookie scorer in the NHL (behind Bobby Clarke) with 44 points (57th overall), and third on the Penguins.

Briere placed second in Calder Memorial Trophy voting for Rookie of the Year honors to Chicago goalie Tony Esposito in leading Pittsburgh to its first NHL playoff berth since the 1928 Pirates. The Penguins defeated the Oakland Seals in a four-game sweep in the quarter-finals, with Briere scoring the series-clinching goal in overtime.

In the semi-final round, defending conference champions St. Louis Blues got the best of the Penguins during six games. Briere led the team in playoff scoring, recording five goals (including three game winners) and eight points.

Tragedy struck the Penguins just days after their playoff heroics.

On May 15, 1970, Briere was in a car crash in his native Quebec, suffering brain trauma and going into a coma from which he would never recover, dying a year later. His #21 jersey was never reissued, remaining out of circulation for the Penguins until it was formally retired in 2001.

The next season the Penguins finished five games out of the playoffs with a 21–37–20 record, the fourth worst record in the league. Pittsburgh achieved a playoff berth in 1972 only to be swept by the Chicago Black Hawks in the first round.

The Penguins battled the California Golden Seals for the division cellar in 1974 when Riley was fired as general manager and replaced with Jack Button. Button traded for Steve Durbano, Ab DeMarco, Bob "Battleship" Kelly and Bob Paradise.

The personnel moves proved successful as the team improved to a 28–41–9 record, although they remained nine points away from a playoff berth.

In early 1975, however, the Penguins' creditors demanded payment of back debts, forcing the team into bankruptcy. The doors to the team's offices were padlocked and it looked like the Penguins might fold or relocate.

Around the same time, rumors had begun to circulate that the Penguins and California Golden Seals were to be relocated to Seattle and Denver respectively, the two cities that were to have been the sites of an expansion for the 1976–77 season.

Through the intervention of a group that included former Minnesota North Stars head coach Wren Blair, the team was prevented from folding and remained in Pittsburgh, eventually being bought by shopping mall magnate Edward J. DeBartolo, Sr.

Playoff runs and a uniform change (1975–1982)

Beginning in the mid-'70s, Pittsburgh iced some powerful offensive clubs, led by the likes of the "Century Line" of Syl Apps, Lowell MacDonald and Jean Pronovost.

They nearly reached the Stanley Cup semifinals in 1975, but were ousted from the playoffs by the New York Islanders in one of the only four best-of-seven game series in NHL history where a team came back from being down three games to none.

As the 1970s wore on, the Penguins brought in other offensive weapons such as Rick Kehoe, Pierre Larouche and Ron Schock, along with solid blue-liners Ron Stackhouse and Dave Burrows, but the Pens' success beyond the regular season was always neutralized by mediocre team defense.

Goaltender Denis Herron was a stalwart in goal for parts of six seasons. Aldege "Baz" Bastien, a former coach and general manager of the AHL Hornets, later became general manager.

The Penguins missed the playoffs in the 1977–78 season when their offense lagged and Larouche was traded for Peter Mahovlich and Peter Lee.

Bastien traded prime draft choices for several players whose best years were already behind them, such as Orest Kindrachuk, Tom Bladon and Rick MacLeish and the team would suffer in the early 1980s as a result.

The decade closed with a playoff appearance in 1979 and a rousing opening series win over the Buffalo Sabres before a second-round sweep at the hands of the Boston Bruins.

The Penguins began the 1980s by changing their team colors.

In January 1980, the team switched from wearing blue and white to their present-day scheme of black and gold to honor Pittsburgh's other sports teams, the Pirates and the Steelers, as well as the Flag of Pittsburgh. Both the Pirates and Steelers had worn black and gold for decades, and both were fresh off world championship seasons at that time.

The Bruins protested this color change, claiming a monopoly on black and gold, but the Penguins defended their choice by stating that the NHL Pirates also used black and gold as their team colors, and that black and gold were Pittsburgh's traditional sporting colors. The NHL agreed, and Pittsburgh was allowed to use black and gold.

The Penguins officially debuted wearing black and gold against the St. Louis Blues at the Civic Arena on January 30, 1980.

On the ice, the Penguins began the 1980s with defenseman Randy Carlyle and prolific scorers Paul Gardner & Mike Bullard, but little else.

During the early part of the decade, the Penguins made a habit of being a tough draw for higher-seeded opponents in the playoffs.

In 1980, the 13th seeded Penguins took the Bruins to the limit in their first round playoff series. The following season, as the 15th seed, they lost the decisive game of their first-round series in overtime to the heavily favored St. Louis Blues.

In the 1982 playoffs, the Penguins held a 3–1 lead late in the fifth and final game of their playoff series against the reigning champions, the New York Islanders. However, the Islanders rallied to force overtime and won the series on a goal by John Tonelli. It would be the Pens' final playoff appearance until 1989.

Decline and the arrival of Mario Lemieux (1983–1988)

The Penguins had the league's worst record in both the 1983 and 1984 seasons and with the team suffering financial problems, it again looked as though the Penguins would either fold or relocate.

Mario Lemieux (one of the most highly touted NHL draft picks in history) was due to be drafted in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft. Heading towards the end of the season ahead of the New Jersey Devils, who were placed last, the Penguins made a number of questionable moves that appeared to weaken the team in the short-term.

The team posted three six-game winless streaks in the last 21 games of the season and earned the right to draft Lemieux amidst protests from Devils management.

Pittsburgh coach Lou Angotti later admitted that a conscious decision was made to finish the season as the team with the worst record, stating in an interview with the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that a mid-season lunch prompted the plan, in light of the fact that there was a high chance of the franchise folding if Lemieux was not drafted.

In particular, Angotti gave the example of a game the Penguins were winning 3–1, at which point general manager Eddie Johnston asked the coach "what are you doing?" in the first intermission of the game that was eventually lost 6–3.

Despite that, the Penguins were still losing ten of their last twelve games (only two games away from losing Lemieux to the Devils. However, Angotti stated that he did not feel comfortable with the plan, even though it worked and saved the franchise. Other teams offered substantial trade packages for the draft choice, but the Penguins kept the pick and drafted Lemieux first overall.

Lemieux paid dividends right away, scoring on his first ever shot of his first ever NHL shift, in his first NHL game. However, the team spent four more years out of the playoffs after his arrival.

In the late 1980s, the Penguins finally gave Lemieux a strong supporting cast, trading for superstar defenseman Paul Coffey from the Edmonton Oilers (after the Oilers' 1987 Stanley Cup win) and bringing in young talent such as scorers Kevin Stevens, Rob Brown and John Cullen from the minors.

Also, the team at last acquired a top-flight goaltender with the acquisition of Tom Barrasso from Buffalo. All this talent had an immediate impact in helping Lemieux lead the Pens; but the Penguins struggled to make the playoffs.

The 1985–86 Pens unluckily missed the playoffs on the final day of the season by one game.

In the 1986–87 season, the Penguins missed the playoffs by just two games and saw four teams with equal or worse records qualify. In the 1987–88 season, they missed the playoffs again on the last day of the season by one game.

The Mario Lemieux Era (1989–1997)

In 1989, Pittsburgh finally broke through the barrier and made the playoffs, on the back of Lemieux leading the league in goals, assists and points.

On December 31, 1988, Lemieux became the only player in history to score a goal in all five possible game situations in the same game (even strength, shorthanded, penalty shot, power play, and empty net).

The Pens shocked the New York Rangers in a four-game sweep in the first round, however their run was halted by the Philadelphia Flyers in the second round. The seven game defeat featured Mario Lemieux scoring five goals in the fifth game. A herniated disc in Lemieux's back cut short his 1989–90 NHL season, although he still amassed 123 points. However, the Penguins fell out of the playoff picture.

The Penguins opted to strengthen their roster and support Lemieux in the 1990 off-season. Free agent signings (Bryan Trottier) and trades (Joe Mullen, Larry Murphy, Ron Francis and Ulf Samuelsson) played a major part of this. Arguably no move was bigger during this time than when the Penguins drafted Jaromir Jagr with the 5th overall pick in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft.

The first Czechoslovakian player to be drafted into the NHL without first needing to defect to the West, Jagr became the Penguins' second franchise player and quickly developed into a superstar offensive talent.

The roster overhaul culminated in the Penguins winning their first Stanley Cup by defeating the Minnesota North Stars in the Stanley Cup Finals in six games, punctuated by an 8–0 victory in the deciding game, the largest margin of victory in a final Cup game in over 80 years.

After the 1991 Stanley Cup Finals, the Penguins met with President George H. W. Bush, the first NHL team to ever visit the White House. The following season, the team lost coach Bob Johnson to cancer, and Scotty Bowman took over as coach. Under Bowman, they swept the Chicago Blackhawks to repeat as Stanley Cup champions in 1991–92.

Cancer revisited the Penguins in 1993 when Lemieux was diagnosed with Hodgkin's disease. Only two months after the diagnosis, missing 24 out of 84 games, he came back to win his fourth Art Ross Trophy as scoring champion with 160 points, edging out Pat LaFontaine and Adam Oates.

Despite the off-ice difficulties, Pittsburgh finished with a 56–21–7 record, the franchise's best regular season ever, winning the franchise's first (and, as of 2016, only) Presidents' Trophy.

After Lemieux's return, the team played better than it ever had before, winning an NHL-record 17 consecutive games. Despite all of this success, they were eliminated in the second round by the New York Islanders in overtime of Game 7.

The Penguins continued to be a formidable team throughout the 1990s. The stars of the Stanley Cup years were followed by the likes of forwards Alexei Kovalev, Martin Straka, Aleksey Morozov, Robert Lang & Petr Nedved, and defensemen Sergei Zubov, Darius Kasparaitis and Kevin Hatcher.

Despite the departure of many of the franchise's Cup Champion roster, the Penguins fielded enough talent to reach the first round of the playoffs in 1994, the second round in 1995, and the conference finals in 1996.

1997 marked a turning point as the Penguins suffered a first-round elimination at the hands of the rival Philadelphia Flyers in five games.

Mario Lemieux retires and then returns, second bankruptcy (1998–2001)

The franchise was rocked on April 6, 1997 when Mario Lemieux (citing ongoing health concerns, and disapproval with the way NHL hockey was being officiated) announced he would retire at the conclusion of the 1996-1997 post-season.

Lemieux was so respected in the NHL and his achievements over the course of his career were so great, that he was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in the same year as he retired, the three-year waiting period being waived. His departure would essentially be the first in a series of events that would lead the Penguins once again into regular season stagnation, and to the brink of financial ruin.

The team was eliminated in the first round of the playoffs in 1998 despite being the second-seeded team in the East. The following year, their post-season run ended in the second round.

In 2000, the Penguins stunned the highly touted Washington Capitals 4–1 in the first round only to fall to the Philadelphia Flyers 4–2 in the second round.

At this point, the lofty contracts handed out during the early 1990s were beginning to catch up with the franchise.

Their free-spending ways culminated in the team owing in excess of $90 million to various creditors. Then-owners Howard Baldwin and Morris Belzberg (who bought the Penguins after their first Cup win) asked the players to defer their salaries to help pay the bills.

When the deferred salaries finally came due, combined with other financial pressures, the Penguins were forced to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in November 1998.

At this point, Lemieux stepped in with an unusual proposal to buy the team out of bankruptcy. The Penguins owed Lemieux $32.5 million in deferred salary, making him the team's largest individual creditor.

He proposed to recover this money by converting it into equity—enough to give him controlling interest over the team. He also vowed to keep the team in Pittsburgh. The League and the court agreed. Lemieux (with help from supermarket tycoon Ronald Burkle assumed control on September 3, 1999, thus saving the franchise for the second time.

Lemieux once again shocked the hockey world by announcing at a press conference on December 8, 2000 his intentions to return to the Penguins as an active player.

On December 27, 2000, Lemieux stepped onto NHL ice for the first time in 44 months, officially becoming the first player–owner in NHL history. Lemieux helped lead the Penguins deep into the 2001 playoffs, highlighted by an overtime victory against the Buffalo Sabres in Game 7 of the second round. Darius Kasparaitis scored the series-clinching goal to advance the Penguins to the Eastern Conference Finals where they lost in five games to the New Jersey Devils.

Season-by-season record

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

(Records as of June 12, 2016.)

Season	GP	W	L	OTL	Pts	GF	GA	Finish	Playoffs
2011–12	82	51	25	6	108	282	221	2nd, Atlantic	Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 2–4 (Flyers)
2012–13	48	36	12	0	72	165	119	1st, Atlantic	Lost in Conference Finals, 0–4 (Bruins)
2013–14	82	51	24	7	109	249	207	1st, Metropolitan	Lost in Second Round, 3–4 (Rangers)
2014–15	82	43	27	12	98	221	210	4th, Metropolitan	Lost in First Round, 1–4 (Rangers)
2015–16	82	48	26	8	104	245	203	2nd, Metropolitan	Stanley Cup Champions, 4–2 (Sharks)

Retired Numbers

Pittsburgh Penguins retired numbers

No.	Player	Position	Career	No. retirement
21	Michel Briere	C	1969–1970	January 5, 2001
66	Mario Lemieux	C	1984–1997, 2000–2006	November 19, 1997

Hall of Famers

Players

• Andy Bathgate, RW, (1967–1968, 1970–1971) inducted 1978
• Leo Boivin, D, (1967–1969) inducted 1986
• Paul Coffey, D, (1987–1992) inducted 2004
• Ron Francis, C, (1990–1998) inducted 2007
• Tim Horton, D, (1971–1972) inducted 1977
• Mario Lemieux, C, (1984–1997, 2000–06) inducted 1997
• Joe Mullen, RW, (1990–1995, 1996–1997) inducted 2000
• Larry Murphy, D, (1990–1995) inducted 2004
• Luc Robitaille, LW, (1995) inducted 2009
• Bryan Trottier, C, (1990–1994) inducted 1997

Builders

• Scotty Bowman, director of player development & head coach, (1990–1993) inducted 1991
• Bob Johnson, head coach, (1990–1991) inducted 1992
• Craig Patrick, GM & head coach, (1989–2006) inducted 2001
• Herb Brooks, head coach, (1999–00), head scout (1994–1999, 2000–2003) inducted 2006

Other

• Media – Mike Lange, broadcaster (1974–1975, 1976–present) inducted 2001 – Foster Hewitt Memorial Award
• Media – Dave Molinari, Newspaper Writer Pittsburgh Post-Gazette inducted 2009 – Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award

Penguins Hall of Fame

• Bob Johnson, head coach (1990–1991) inducted 1992
• Jean Pronovost, RW (1968–1978) inducted 1992
• Rick Kehoe, RW (1974–1985) inducted 1992
• Syl Apps, Jr., C (1970–1978) inducted 1994
• Edward J. DeBartolo Sr., owner (1977–1991) inducted 1996
• Dave Burrows, D (1971–1978, 1980–1982) inducted 1996
• Elaine Heufelder, front office (1967–2003) inducted 1996
• Mario Lemieux, C (1984–1997, 2000–2006), owner (1999–present) inducted 1999
• Jack Riley, GM (1967–1970, 1972–1974) inducted 1999
• Joe Mullen, RW (1990–1995, 1996–1997) inducted 2000
• Craig Patrick, GM (1989–06) inducted 2001
• Mike Lange, broadcaster (1974–1975, 1976–present) inducted 2001
• Anthony "A.T." Caggiano, locker room (1967–1900) inducted 2001
• Les Binkley, G (1967–1972) inducted 2003
• Ulf Samuelsson, D (1991–1995) inducted 2003
• Vince Lascheid, organist (1970–2003) inducted 2003
• Paul Coffey, D (1987–1992) inducted 2007
• Frank Sciulli, locker room (1967–2007) inducted 2007

Team Captains

• Ab McDonald, 1967–1968
• Earl Ingarfield, 1968–1969
• No captain, 1969–1973
• Ron Schock, 1973–1977
• Jean Pronovost, 1977–1978
• Orest Kindrachuk, 1978–1981
• Randy Carlyle, 1981–1984
• Mike Bullard, 1984–1986
• Terry Ruskowski, 1986–1987
• Dan Frawley, 1987
• Mario Lemieux, 1987–1994
• Ron Francis, 1995
• Mario Lemieux, 1995–1997
• Ron Francis, 1997–1998
• Jaromir Jagr, 1998–2001
• Mario Lemieux, 2001–2006
• Sidney Crosby, 2007–present

Head Coaches

• George Sullivan, 1967–1969
• Red Kelly, 1969–1973
• Ken Schinkel, 1973–1974
• Marc Boileau, 1974–1976
• Ken Schinkel, 1976–1977
• Johnny Wilson, 1977–1980
• Eddie Johnston, 1980–1983
• Lou Angotti, 1983–1984
• Bob Berry, 1984–1987
• Pierre Creamer, 1987–1988
• Gene Ubriaco, 1988–1989
• Craig Patrick (interim), 1989–1990
• Bob Johnson, 1990–1991
• Scotty Bowman, 1991–1993
• Eddie Johnston, 1993–1997
• Kevin Constantine, 1997–1999
• Herb Brooks, 1999–2000
• Ivan Hlinka, 2000–2001
• Rick Kehoe, 2001–2003
• Ed Olczyk, 2003–2005
• Michel Therrien, 2005–2009
• Dan Bylsma, 2009–2014
• Mike Johnston, 2014–2015
• Mike Sullivan, 2015–present

Penguins' Ring of Honor

A mural honoring members of the franchise's "Millennium Team", it was first displayed September 26, 2003.

This was a permanent display at Mellon Arena until its demolition, designed to honor past greats without having to retire their numbers.

The current members are:

• Tom Barrasso (G)
• Les Binkley (G)
• Herb Brooks (Coach)
• Dave Burrows (D)
• Paul Coffey (D)
• Ron Francis (F)
• Jaromir Jagr (F)
• Bob Johnson (Coach)
• Rick Kehoe (F)
• Mario Lemieux (F)
• Larry Murphy (D)
• Craig Patrick (GM-coach)
• Jean Pronovost (F)
• Ulf Samuelsson (D)
• Kevin Stevens (F)
• Mark Recchi (F)

Dapper Dan Sportsman of the Year

Eight Penguins have won the Dapper Dan Sportsman of the Year Award at ten banquets.

The award has been bestowed on the most outstanding athlete in Western Pennsylvania since 1939 at an annual charitable banquet in the city.

The following Penguins have won:

• Baz Bastien (1967)
• Mario Lemieux (1986, 1988, 1999)
• Bob Johnson (1991)
• Jaromir Jagr (1995)
• Sidney Crosby (2006, 2007)
• Evgeni Malkin (2009)
• Dan Bylsma & Marc-Andre Fleury (2011)

Franchise scoring leaders

Player	Seasons	Pos	Template:Abbr	Template:Abbr	Template:Abbr	Template:Abbr	Template:Abbr	Template:Abbr
Mario Lemieux	1984–1997, 2000–2006	C	915	690	1,033	1,723	115	834
Jaromir Jagr	1990–2001	RW	806	439	640	1,079	207	593
Sidney Crosby	2005–present	C	707	338	600	938	148	552
Evgeni Malkin	2006–present	C	644	295	464	760	57	649
Rick Kehoe	1974–1985	RW	722	312	324	636	−86	88
Ron Francis	1990–1998	C	533	164	449	613	70	295
Jean Pronovost	1968–1978	RW	753	316	287	603	32	306
Kevin Stevens	1987–1995, 2000–2002	LW	522	260	295	555	−40	1,048
Syl Apps, Jr.	1970–1978	C	495	151	349	500	94	241
Martin Straka	1992–1995, 1997–2004	C	560	165	277	442	49	215

Franchise goaltending leaders

Player	Seasons	Template:Abbr	Template:Abbr	Template:Abbr	Template:Abbr	Template:Abbr	Template:Abbr	Template:Abbr	Template:Abbr	Template:Abbr	Template:Abbr	Template:Abbr
Marc-Andre Fleury	2003–present	653	37,646	357	206	2	59	1,606	2.56	18,308	.912	43
Tom Barrasso	1988–2000	460	25,879	226	153	53	8	1,409	3.27	13,479	.896	22
Ken Wregget	1991–1998	212	11,738	104	67	21	4	644	3.29	6,285	.898	6
Denis Herron	1972–1986	290	16,105	88	133	44	—	1,041	3.88	3,585	.879	6
Jean-Sebastien Aubin	1998–2004	168	8,888	63	72	11	10	432	2.92	4,369	.901	6
Les Binkley	1967–1972	196	11,046	58	94	34	—	575	3.12	—	—	11
Gregory Millen	1978–1981	135	7,839	57	56	18	—	501	3.83	—	—	4
Johan Hedberg	2000–2003	116	6,831	46	57	12	6	328	2.88	3,301	.901	7
Roberto Romano	1982–1987, 1993–1994	125	7,051	46	62	8	0	465	3.96	3,862	.863	4
Jim Rutherford	1971–1974	115	6,252	44	49	14	—	327	3.14	—	—	4

100-point seasons

• Rob Brown, RW
  • 1988–89 (115)
• Paul Coffey, D
  • 1988–89 (113)
  • 1989–90 (102)
• Sidney Crosby, C
  • 2005–06 (102)
  • 2006–07 (120)
  • 2008–09 (103)
  • 2009–10 (109)
  • 2013–14 (104)
• John Cullen, C
  • 1990–91 (110)
• Ron Francis, C
  • 1992–93 (100)
  • 1995–96 (119)
• Jaromir Jagr, RW
  • 1995–96 (149)
  • 1997–98 (102)
  • 1998–99 (127)
  • 2000–01 (121)
• Pierre Larouche, C
  • 1975–76 (111)
• Mario Lemieux, C
  • 1984–85 (100)
  • 1985–86 (141)
  • 1986–87 (107)
  • 1987–88 (168)
  • 1988–89 (199)
  • 1989–90 (123)
  • 1991–92 (131)
  • 1992–93 (160)
  • 1995–96 (161)
  • 1996–97 (122)
• Evgeni Malkin, C
  • 2007–08 (106)
  • 2008–09 (113)
  • 2011–12 (109)
• Jean Pronovost, RW
  • 1975–76 (104)
• Mark Recchi, RW
  • 1990–91 (113)
• Kevin Stevens, LW
  • 1991–92 (123)
  • 1992–93 (111)
• Rick Tocchet, RW
  • 1992–93 (109)

NHL awards and trophies

Stanley Cup

• 1990–91, 1991–92, 2008–09, 2015–16

Presidents' Trophy

• 1992–93

Prince of Wales Trophy

• 1990–91, 1991–92, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2015–16

Art Ross Trophy

• Mario Lemieux: 1987–88, 1988–89, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1995–96, 1996–97
• Jaromir Jagr: 1994–95, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01
• Sidney Crosby: 2006–07, 2013–14
• Evgeni Malkin: 2008–09, 2011–12

Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy

• Lowell MacDonald: 1972–73
• Mario Lemieux: 1992–93

Calder Memorial Trophy

• Mario Lemieux: 1984–85
• Evgeni Malkin: 2006–07

Conn Smythe Trophy

• Mario Lemieux: 1990–91, 1991–92
• Evgeni Malkin: 2008–09
• Sidney Crosby: 2015–16

Frank J. Selke Trophy

• Ron Francis: 1994–95

Hart Memorial Trophy

• Mario Lemieux: 1987–88, 1992–93, 1995–96
• Jaromir Jagr: 1998–99
• Sidney Crosby: 2006–07, 2013–14
• Evgeni Malkin: 2011–12

James Norris Memorial Trophy

• Randy Carlyle: 1980–81

Lady Byng Memorial Trophy

• Rick Kehoe: 1980–81
• Ron Francis: 1994–95, 1997–98

Lester B. Pearson/Ted Lindsay Award

• Mario Lemieux: 1985–86, 1987–88, 1992–93, 1995–96
• Jaromir Jagr: 1998–99, 1999–00
• Sidney Crosby: 2006–07, 2012–13. 2013–14
• Evgeni Malkin: 2011–12

Lester Patrick Trophy

• Joe Mullen: 1994–95
• Mario Lemieux: 1999–00
• Craig Patrick: 1999–00
• Herb Brooks: 2001–02

Mark Messier Leadership Award

• Sidney Crosby: 2009–10

Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy

• Sidney Crosby: 2009–10 (shared with Steven Stamkos of the Tampa Bay Lightning)

Jack Adams Award

• Dan Bylsma: 2010–11

NHL General Manager of the Year Award

• Ray Shero: 2012–13
• Jim Rutherford: 2015–16

NHL Plus/Minus Award

• Mario Lemieux: 1992–93
• Ron Francis: 1994–95

NHL All-Star Game MVP

• Greg Polis: 1973
• Mario Lemieux: 1985, 1988, 1990

NHL All-Rookie Team

• 1985: Mario Lemieux, Warren Young
• 1989: Zarley Zalapski
• 1991: Jaromir Jagr
• 1997: Patrick Lalime
• 2003: Sebastien Caron
• 2004: Ryan Malone
• 2006: Sidney Crosby
• 2007: Evgeni Malkin, Jordan Staal

First Team All-Star

• 1981: Randy Carlyle
• 1988: Mario Lemieux
• 1989: Paul Coffey, Mario Lemieux
• 1992: Kevin Stevens
• 1993: Mario Lemieux
• 1995: Jaromir Jagr
• 1996: Jaromir Jagr, Mario Lemieux
• 1997: Mario Lemieux
• 1998: Jaromir Jagr
• 1999: Jaromir Jagr
• 2000: Jaromir Jagr
• 2001: Jaromir Jagr
• 2007: Sidney Crosby
• 2008: Evgeni Malkin
• 2009: Evgeni Malkin
• 2012: Evgeni Malkin, James Neal
• 2013: Sidney Crosby, Chris Kunitz
• 2014: Sidney Crosby
• 2016: Sidney Crosby

Second Team All-Star

• 1986: Mario Lemieux
• 1987: Mario Lemieux
• 1990: Paul Coffey
• 1991: Kevin Stevens
• 1992: Mario Lemieux
• 1993: Tom Barrasso, Larry Murphy, Kevin Stevens
• 1995: Larry Murphy
• 1997: Jaromir Jagr
• 2001: Mario Lemieux
• 2013: Kris Letang
• 2015: Sidney Crosby
• 2016: Kris Letang

Franchise individual records

Season

• Most goals in a season: Mario Lemieux, 85 (1988–89)
• Most assists in a season: Mario Lemieux, 114 (1988–89)
• Most points in a season: Mario Lemieux, 199 (1988–89)
• Most penalty minutes in a season: Paul Baxter, 409 (1981–82)
• Most points in a season, defenseman: Paul Coffey, 113 (1988–89)
• Most points in a season, rookie: Sidney Crosby, 102 (2005–06)
• Most wins in a season: Tom Barrasso, 43 (1992–93)
• Most shutouts in a season Marc-Andre Fleury, 10 (2014–15)

Playoffs

• Most Goals in a playoff season: Kevin Stevens, 17 (1990–91)
• Most Assists in a playoff Season: Mario Lemieux, 28 (1990–91)
• Most Points in a playoff Season: Mario Lemieux, 44 (1990–91)
• Most Points in a playoff Season, defenseman: Larry Murphy, 23 (1990–91)
• Most wins in a playoff season: Tom Barrasso, 16 (1991–92) and Marc-Andre Fleury, 16 (2008–09)
• Lowest goals against average in a playoff season: Ron Tugnutt, 1.77 (1999–00)
• Highest save percentage in a playoff season: Ron Tugnutt, .945 (1999–00)
• Most playoff shutouts: Marc-Andre Fleury, 8
• Most shutouts in a playoff season: Marc-Andre Fleury, 3 (2007–08)
• Most consecutive games in a single playoff with multiple points: Evgeni Malkin, 6 (2009)
• Longest playoff shutout streak: Marc-Andre Fleury, 143:45 (2014)