Pittsburgh Penguins

Mario Lemieux - Pittsburgh Penguins Player Profile Part One

Source: fans.nhl.com

While Lemieux was out with his injured back, Penguins General Manager Craig Patrick began putting together the Stanley Cup puzzle. Acquiring Ron Francis, Ulf Samuelsson, and Larry Murphy, the Penguins began taking on the look of a team serious about contending for the cup. Despite major...

Published Thu, Sep 4

Mr. Lemieux’s Weekly Top Seven Hey team, just wanted to start off ...

Source: hockey-bums (Blogspot)

or 1B)Pittsburgh Penguins: The Cup finals will be a rematch, and what a rematch it will be. Obviously there’s Crosby and Malkin, their a lock but I’m excited for third year player Jordan Staal. Staal will have a monster season(if last ...

Published Wed, Sep 3

September 3

Source: waynebrownministries.com

1999 - Mario Lemieux’s ownership group officially took over the National Hockey League’s Pittsburgh Penguins. Lemieux became the first player in the modern era of sports to buy the team he had once played for.

Published Tue, Sep 2

Pens of the Past - Bob 'Badger' Johnson

Source: PensBurgh

Managing the corps of Lemieux, Jagr, Francis and plenty other members mentioned in the Pens of the Past, Badger Bob coached the Pittsburgh Penguins to the city's first ever Stanley Cup. In a tragic twist of fulfilled fate, ...

Published Mon, Sep 1

Don't blame Lemieux because his ploy worked

Source: Washington Observer Reporter

 PA - Aug 24, 2008 Keep in mind that there is a big difference between Lemieux's Penguins and other franchises that have used moving to another city as a last-ditch ...

Published Sun, Aug 24

Lemieux’s arena “ruse” is business, just business

Source: nhl-penguins(mvn.com)

Let’s not forget, when Lemieux’s ownership group took over in 1999 and brought the team out of bankruptcy, he was “promised” a new arena by the local government.  Now, those same officials denied that promise ever occured.  And so started the back-and-forth jerking around that local of...

Published Wed, Aug 20

Penguins' Lemieux admits the team just used Kansas City

Source: article.wn.com

Lemieux Back when the Pittsburgh Penguins were sort of flirting with Kansas City and the Sprint Center officials about moving here, most Kansas Citians pretty much knew we should not get our hopes up. Yes, we had to take the flirtation somewhat seriously, just because it was always possib...

Published Sun, Aug 17

Opinion: Mario Lemieux to Kansas City, Vegas: "Thanks for Dinner, See You in Pittsburgh"

Source: Bleacher Report

During last week's groundbreaking ceremony for the Pittsburgh Penguins' new arena, Pens' owner, Mario Lemieux, was once again on center stage. This time, the grueling 18 month battle between Lemieux and Pennsylvania politicians topped the list of every media members' question sheet.

Published Sun, Aug 17