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And it’s one way Highmark has a helping hand in the places we call home. 3(1*8,16 )$16 ),567 ZZZ)R[6SRUWVFRP 6HDUFK3LWWVEXUJK HAVE A GREATER HAND IN YOUR HEALTH.SM TABLE OF CONTENTS PITTSBURGH PENGUINS Administrative Offices Team and Media Relations One Chatham Center, Suite 400 Mellon Arena Pittsburgh, PA 15219 66 Mario Lemieux Place Phone: (412) 642-1300 Pittsburgh, PA 15219 FAX: (412) 642-1859 Media Relations FAX: (412) 642-1322 2005-06 In Review 121-136 Opponent Shutouts 272-273 2006 Entry Draft 105 Opponents 137-195 2006-07 Season Schedule 360 Overtime 258 Active Goalies vs. Pittsburgh 197 Overtime Wins 259-260 Affiliate Coaches: Todd Richards 12 Penguins Goaltenders 234 Affiliate Coaches: Dan Bylsma 13 Penguins Hall of Fame 200-203 All-Star Game 291-292 Penguins Hat Tricks 263-264 All-Time Draft Picks 276-280 Penguins Penalty Shots 268 All-Time Leaders vs. Pittsburgh 196 Penguins Shutouts 270-271 All-Time Overtime Scoring 260 Player Bios 30-97 Assistant Coaches 10-11 Playoff Records 341-342 Assistant General Manager: Chuck Fletcher 6 Playoff Records - Career Scoring 344-345 Attendance 330 Playoff Records - Game 347 Broadcasters 352 Playoffs Records - Individuals 343 CEO/President: Ken Sawyer 4 Playoff Records - Overtime/Opponents 349 Coaches Yearly 236-239 Playoff Records - Period 348 Comebacks 282 Playoff Records - Series 346 Director of Amateur Scouting: Jay Heinbuck 8 Playoff Records - Shutouts/Hat Tricks/Penalty Shots 350 Executive VP/General Manager: Ray Shero 5 Playoff Results Year by Year 336-340 Fastest Goals 274-275 Presidents/Captains/Scouts 240 Former Penguins 208-233 Records by Season 205-207 Head Coach: Michel Therrien 9 Roster 106 General Managers & Head Coaches 235 Scouting Staff 14-16 Historic Dates 283-286 Season/Career Leaders 241-243 Honors and Awards 290 Seating Chart 2 How To Figure 356-357 Senior Advisor/Hockey Operations: Ed Johnston 7 In The Community 24-27 Shootout 262 In The System 98-104 Special Teams Year by Year 267 Individual Records 254-255 Staff Directory 28 Leaders by Season 244-249 Staff Photos 22-23 Mario Lemieux Retrospective 111-120 Streaks 256 Media Information 354-355 Team Awards 332-334 Media Relations Staff 353 Team Records 250-253 Mellon Arena 3 Training Camp 331 Mellon Arena Records 281 Training Staff 18-19 Month by Month 257 Uniform History 287 On-Ice Officials 198 Uniform Numbers 288-289 Openers 204 Vice Presidents 20-21 Opponent Hat Tricks 265-266 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins 107-108 Opponent Overtime Wins 261 Wheeling Nailers 110 Opponent Penalty Shots 269 Yearly Statistics/Results 293-329 Editor: Joe Sager Creative Director: Barb Pilarski On the cover Associate Editors: Keith Wehner, Todd Lepovsky, First-round picks Darlene Sabo Colby Armstrong, Layout & Design: Joe Sager Ryan Whitney, Marc- Contributors: Tom McMillan, Cindy Himes, Bob Andre Fleury and Sidney Crosby are Grove, Billy Wareham forming a solid Photography: Matt Polk, Getty Images Penguins nucleus. 1 SEATING CHART 2 MELLON ARENA Since their inception in 1967, the Penguins have played their home games in a building nicknamed “The Igloo” – originally known as the Civic Arena and now renamed Mellon Arena because of a multi-year sponsorship deal with Mellon Financial Corp. The Arena, now in its 45th year of operation, is the oldest facility in the National Hockey League. Hockey seating capacity was only 12,580 in 1967, but a series of expansions and modernization programs over the past three decades have increased that capacity to its current 16,940. Originally built for the Civic Light Opera, the Arena quickly evolved into a site for sporting events and concerts and was home to the Pittsburgh Hornets of the American Hockey League, as well as Duquesne University basketball and a series of pro teams ranging from indoor soccer to world team tennis. Teams such as the Pittsburgh Pipers and Pittsburgh Condors of the old American Basketball Association also called the Arena home in the 1960s and 1970s. The Penguins are Mellon Arena’s anchor tenant and feature attraction, playing more than 40 games here each season (two preseason games and 41 regular season games in 2006-07). During its lifetime, the Arena has hosted the Stanley Cup Finals, the NHL All-Star game, the NCAA men’s and women’s basketball tournaments, the Harlem Globetrotters, professional wrestling, ice skating and gymnastics competitions and popular acts ranging from Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra to Bruce Springsteen, Garth Brooks and the Backstreet Boys. Featuring a retractable stainless steel roof, the Arena was built for a cost of $22 million. It was financed by a combination of public and private funds, including outright grants from the City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County and Edgar Kaufmann. The Sports & Exhibition Authority oversees Mellon Arena on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County. The Regional Asset District (RAD) Board also has provided funding. 3 mario lemieux Chairman The greatest player in franchise history and a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame, Mario Lemieux fills a unique role in sports as Cha riman of the Pittsburgh Penguins ownership group. Lemieux’s name has been virtually synonymous with the Penguins franchise, and he established himself as one of Pittsburgh’s all-time sports legends even before assembling a group of investors to buy the club out of bankruptcy in September 1999. In addition to his feats in the hockey world, Lemieux continues to oversee the Mario Lemieux Foundation for cancer research and neo-natal research and hosts its annual celebrity golf tournament, which raises millions of dollars for charity. Mario, his wife Nathalie and their four children live in the Pittsburgh suburb of Sewickley. ken sawyer Chief Executive Officer & President In his role as CEO and president of the Penguins, Ken Sawyer oversees all of the Penguins’ operations.This past off-season, he revamped the club’s hockey operations department by hiring Ray Shero as executive vice president and general manager. He also represents the Penguins in all league matters and is a member of the NHL’s Board of Governors. Sawyer’s career spans 35 years, including 14 as the Chief Financial Officer of the National Hockey League and the past seven as an executive with the Penguins.He joined the Penguins as a key part of Mario Lemieux’s senior management team in 1999. He was named executive vice president and chief financial officer of the Penguins in September 1999 and was promoted to team president in March, 2003. In January,2006 he was named CEO of the club. Sawyer is a graduate of McGill University in his native Montreal. He and his wife, Shirley,reside in Pittsburgh. They have two sons and two grandchildren. 4 ray shero Executive Vice President & General Manager The Penguins ushered in a new era in hockey management when they named Ray Shero as executive vice president and general manager on May 25, 2006. Shero, 44, a fresh and dynamic leader, brings 14 years of NHL management experience to his new post. He spent the previous eight years as assistant general manager of the Nashville Predators after serving for six years in a similar role with the Ottawa Senators. During his time in Nashville, Shero worked closely with veteran general manager David Poile on all aspects of the club’s hockey operations. His specific responsibilities included scouting at the amateur and professional levels, contract negotiations, and personnel matters such as arbitration, in addition to overseeing operations of the Predators’ top minor-league affiliate, the Milwaukee Admirals of the American Hockey League. It is not surprising, then, that Poile was one of his biggest boosters for the Pittsburgh job. “The timing is perfect,” Poile said. “You’ve have a young, up-and-coming team with a lot of potential, and you have a young, up-and- coming general manager with a lot of potential.” A native of St. Paul, Minn., Shero played college hockey at St. Lawrence University, serving twice as team captain, and was drafted by the Los Angeles Kings in 1982. He worked for seven years as a player agent before making the transition to the front office. Shero is the son of the late Fred Shero, who coached the Philadelphia Flyers for seven years and led them to back-to-back Stanley Cup championships in 1973-74 and 1974- 75. Fred Shero also was GM and coach of the New York Rangers from 1978-80. Both Ottawa and Nashville made significant improvement during Shero’s tenure as assistant GM, building with youth while adhering to a budget and business plan. The Predators went 49-25-8 and established a club record with 106 points in 2005-06, qualifying for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the second straight season. They had the third-best record in the Western Conference and fifth-best in the NHL. Shero also played an important role in the success of the Milwaukee Admirals, Nashville’s top affiliate in the American Hockey League. In 2003-04, the Admirals led the AHL in wins (43) and points (102) and won the Calder Cup by defeating the Wilkes- Barre/Scranton Penguins in the league finals.