Posts About "Mario Lemieux"
Pittsburgh Penguins' 50-Goal Scorers
March 25th, 2019 Players who score 50 goals in a season are considered elite scorers. Throughout the league's 101-year history, 91 unique players have combined to reach the 50-goal plateau 194 different times. The Pittsburgh Penguins, while not joining the NHL until the expansion wave of 1967, have nine players who've combined to reach this plateau...
Art Ross Trophy | 5 Things You Didn't Know
March 9th, 2019 The Art Ross Trophy is awarded annually to the NHL's top scorer. While looking into this year's race we came across some unusual/little known facts: 1. Art Ross Was a Defenseman I had erroneously assumed that because the trophy that bears his name is for the league's top scorer, that Art Ross himself would have been a high scoring...
The NHL 600-Goal Club
February 1st, 2019 For most hockey players, winning the Stanley Cup is the ultimate goal. From being drafted to helping a team through the regular season, playoffs and eventually Stanley Cup Finals, hoisting the cup is always the end-goal. Along the way, however, players all seek to play the best they can for a variety of purposes. While players always...
10 Greatest Pittsburgh Penguins in Franchise History
January 6th, 2019 The Penguins have been supremely fortunate to offer their fans two of the game's all-time legends in Mario Lemieux and Sidney Crosby. But it takes more than a single superstar to win Cups, they need other greats to support them. These players as well as some of the legends in the team's storied past fill out the THW list of Pittsburgh...
The 400-Goal, 1,000-Assist Club
January 5th, 2019 It’s been nearly two months since San Jose Sharks’ grizzled veteran Joe Thornton tallied his 400th career NHL goal on Nov. 13 against the Nashville Predators. While he’s netted another three goals since that game - and currently sits at 403 career goals - it was that one in particular that landed him a spot among some of the games...
Penguins Ring in New Year With Old Traditions
December 27th, 2018 New Year’s Eve and Day and hockey players have some things in common: superstitions and traditions. From eating pork and sauerkraut to not washing your game-day socks during a winning streak, some of the superstitions can get out of hand. The traditions, however, like Pittsburgh Penguins hockey ushering out the old year and ringing in...
