Penguins Beat

22/10/2023

When Darius Kasparaitis played for the New York Islanders, he terrorized Mario Lemieux and other stars on the Pittsburgh Penguins every time the two teams met. Then he got traded to Pittsburgh. He suddenly became teammates with the players he had hit and slashed over and over again. "Kevin Stevens said, 'I (expletive) hated you,'" Kasparaitis says.
But Lemieux never said a word about their past.
"Mario, I guess he made me pay the price by beating me in poker on the plane rides. He always beat me. Every time."

11/10/2023

On this day in 1984, in his first NHL game, on his first shift, on his first shot, Mario Lemieux scored his first goal 🔥🔥🔥

05/10/2023

Today we celebrate Mario Lemieux on his 58th birthday! 🙌

04/10/2023

Wayne Gretzky wore No. 99, while Mario Lemieux donned No. 66. "Super Mario" now reveals the real story behind his iconic jersey number, and the reason behind it is even more legendary than we'd imagined! 🤩

Full story here: bit.ly/48GycrQ

04/10/2023

Sidney Crosby is a hero ❤️

Veronica Murray, 93, has followed Crosby's career since the early days. She was actually a friend and neighbor to Sid's late grandmother, but the super-fan had never gotten the chance to meet with the Penguins superstar. But when the Pens came to Halifax for a pre-season game against the Senators, Crosby made sure he took the time to grant the 93-year-old super-fan’s wish of meeting her idol.
"He's a very nice man and very nice to talk to," said Veronica.
"I never thought I'd see the day when I would meet him."

Full story here: bit.ly/46fYfom

04/10/2023

”I’ll tell you my favorite Sidney Crosby story. So they won the Cup in 2016, so he’s got the Stanley Cup and we went to a children’s hospital. Which is, you know, pretty emotional. We were done there and Sid said: ”Well, where else can we go?” I said: ”Well, there’s a veterans hospital I went to once, around the corner”.
So we went, we called over, went over there and they got…everyone’s kind of in the main meeting room and someone said: ”Oh, too bad Joe’s not here, Joe would have loved this”.
And someone said: ”Who’s Joes?”. And they said he’s a Korean War veteran, but he’s blind and bedridden. He’s upstairs. So I said: ”Sid, let’s go”. So up we go and they knock on the door to his room and ”Joe, Sidney Crosby’s here with the Stanley Cup”. And Joe says ”Oh, I’m sorry Sid. I’m a Montreal Canadiens fan!”. That’s a nice introduction… And Sid says: ”No problem, who’s your favorite Montreal Canadien?”.
And Joe says: ”Rocket Richard!”. So Sid bring the Cup over and traces Joe’s finger over the Rocket’s name engrave."
Source: Gord Miller, TSN Overdrive

02/10/2023

Sidney Crosby has something important to say to Connor Bedard, and as he shares valuable advice with the rookie, he also reveals his biggest regret from his own rookie season 👊
Full story here: bit.ly/3PXWlDc

01/10/2023

Finally! 🔥🔥🔥

01/10/2023

Here we go! 👊

27/09/2023

An iconic celebration 🫡

26/09/2023

Mike Sullivan: ”The power play is very important to Erik and Kris. So we’ll start with both of them on the top unit. And so we’ll see how it goes. We’ve got a lot of options”.
HERE WE GO! 🔥🔥🔥

26/09/2023

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22/09/2023

A young Jaromir Jagr 👊

22/09/2023

Sidney Crosby is set to serve as Penguins captain for the 17th season and now sits two shy of Steve Yzerman (19 w/ DET) for the most by one player in NHL history 🙌

21/09/2023

Most wins in a regular season by a Pittsburgh Penguins goalie:
1 Tom Barrasso - 43 wins in 1992-93
2 Marc Andre Fleury - 42 wins in 2011-12
3 Marc Andre Fleury - 40 wins in 2006-07
4 Marc Andre Fleury - 39 wins in 2013-14
5 Marc Andre Fleury - 37 wins in 2009-10

19/09/2023

Fans were actually in tears when Sidney Crosby showed up to personally deliver their season tickets 🥹🥹

24/08/2023

A Sidney Crosby goal provided Evgeni Malkin with his 200th point. It was also Crosby’s 100th career goal and 300th point, so after the game, Crosby asked a team trainer to cut the puck in half so both he and Malkin could commemorate the moment. Respect 👊

24/04/2023

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19/10/2022

Mario Lemieux's Peewee stats 😳

17/10/2022

Seven of the NHL's top-20 point scorers played for Pittsburgh at some point in their career 👊

14/10/2022

These guys... 🙌

14/10/2022

Good morning 🙌

10/10/2022

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07/10/2022

”I’ll tell you my favorite Sidney Crosby story. So they won the Cup in 2016, so he’s got the Stanley Cup and we went to a children’s hospital. Which is, you know, pretty emotional.
We were done there and Sid said: ”Well, where else can we go?” I said: ”Well, there’s a veterans hospital I went to once, around the corner”. So we went, we called over, went over there and they got…everyone’s kind of in the main meeting room and someone said: ”Oh, too bad Joe’s not here, Joe would have loved this”.
And someone said: ”Who’s Joes?”. And they said he’s a Korean War veteran, but he’s blind and bedridden. He’s upstairs. So I said: ”Sid, let’s go”. So up we go and they knock on the door to his room and ”Joe, Sidney Crosby’s here with the Stanley Cup”. And Joe says ”Oh, I’m sorry Sid. I’m a Montreal Canadiens fan!”.
That’s a nice introduction… And Sid says: ”No problem, who’s your favorite Montreal Canadien?”. And Joe says: ”Rocket Richard!”. So Sid bring the Cup over and traces Joe’s finger over the Rocket’s name engrave."

Source: Gord Miller, TSN Overdrive

03/10/2022

"Mario always wanted the puck. He’d scream for it all the time. He could have five guys on him and he’d want the puck. And what are you going to do — not give Mario Lemieux the puck? If you don’t, you’re an idiot. But I always knew when he wanted it back because he’d be screaming at the top of his lungs in this high-pitched voice, sounding like a hyena — a 6-foot-5 center that could beat five guys by himself, has more patience and moves than the rest of the league put together, and he sounds like a hyena. So, yeah, that gets your attention."

– Kevin Stevens
Source: The Athletic.

22/09/2022

Malkin being Malkin... 😆

19/09/2022

How could you not love Marc-Andre Fleury? What a guy! 👊🙌

Marc-Andre Fleury is one of the most well-liked players in the NHL. Of course, he is one of the greatest goalkeepers of his generation, but that’s not the entire reason behind his popularity. Whoever you ...

19/09/2022

Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Kris Letang enter this season just 118 wins shy of becoming the winningest trio of NHL teammates in history 🙌

📷 : Pittsburgh Penguins/Twitter.