The Pittsburgh Penguins are a professional ice hockey team known to all. They are one of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). They won three Stanley Cups in the history, 2009 is the last few year of their contest. Sidney Crosby And Evgeni Malkin entered Penguins make Penguins stronger and further exciting.
Early Pittsburgh fans welcoming give Mellon Arena a nickname of “The Igloo”, has been the inland of some of the furthermost hockey players to ever lace up a pair of skates. The Penguins had been share their mark of blue-collar working-class hockey in the forty years. Here come and gone many great hockey players. One player is a extraordinary case.
He was noticed by Penguins and picked by them in 1984 NHL Entry Draft. Great amount of fans hopefully waiting him to bring the team to win. He scored in his first show decent away, this started his changeing to the team. Though he was not so luck to be health during the hockey career and struggle next to Hodgkin’s lymphoma. He was now deemed as one of the most important player in Pittsburgh franchise history, and one of the best player in Ice Hockey sport.
The occupational data of 690 goals, 1033 assists, and 1723 points, the data is hard enough for any player in the Hall of Fame to arrive. Not only for this, he compiled thest numbers merely in 915 career games.
Another significant great player is Jaromir Jagr, he mutual the ice with Lemieux in the twilight years of the latter’s career. Perhaps it was more than mere coincidence that the letters in Jag’s first name could be arranged to spell “Mario Jr”. Played for 11 seasons in the Penguins, he scored 439 goals, and would go on to score over 200 more with the Washington Capitals and New York Rangers.
The another top player is Ron Francis, who made 1798 points in his career and 613 points was done in the Penguins. We need to pay attention that his three 100-point seasons is during his Penguins career.
The existing NHL stars, Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin is known to all and deemed as the hope of the Penguins. They keep the supremacy of play skills set forth by Lemieux, Jagr, and Francis.
Sidney Crosby had 132 goals and 397 points at the continue season in his fifth season with the team. He attended the 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011 All-Star Game. Malkin, is now in his fourth season had 115 goals and 304 points, the data was compiled in only 3 full seasons. These numbers can be compared to the early carrers of Lemieux and Jagr. Also, they will be added to the list of all-time best players in Pittsburgh Penguins franchise history.