Pittsburgh Penguins Tickets : The Pittsburgh Penguins Have Qualified For Four Stanley Cup Finals

The Pittsburgh Penguins are a professional ice hockey team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). The franchise was founded in 1967 as one of the first expansion teams during the league's original expansion from six to twelve teams.

The Penguins played in the Civic Arena from the time of their inception through the end of the 2009-10 season. They moved into their new arena, Consol Energy Center, to begin the 2010/11 NHL season. They have qualified for four Stanley Cup Finals, winning 3 Stanley Cups in their history, in 1990/91, 1991/92, and 2008/09.

In the 2008/09 season, Malkin won the Art Ross by narrowly defeating rival Ovechkin in the points race and was a candidate for the Hart Memorial Trophy for MVP. Crosby finished third in league scoring with 33 goals and 70 assists for 103 points despite missing 5 games. The Penguins' record dipped mid-season but lifted after head coach Michel Therrien was replaced by Dan Bylsma and defenseman Sergei Gonchar returned from injury.

The effect was almost instantaneous and the Penguins recovered enough to secure home ice advantage in their first round matchup against the Philadelphia Flyers, whom the Penguins defeated in six games. The next round was highly publicized due to the presence of Crosby, Ovechkin, and Malkin. The series took all seven games for the Penguins to win, sending them to the Eastern Conference Finals where they beat the Carolina Hurricanes in four games.

After defeating the Hurricanes, the Penguins earned their second consecutive trip to the Stanley Cup Finals against the Detroit Red Wings, to whom they had lost the previous year. After losing Games 1 and 2 in Detroit, just like the previous year, the Penguins won Games 3 and 4 in Pittsburgh. Each team won on home ice in Games 5 and 6.

In Game 7 in Detroit, Max Talbot scored two goals and the Penguins won 2/1 to earn their third Stanley Cup.On Friday October 2 the Penguins season got underway against the New York Rangers. It was the last home opener at the Mellon Arena & it was also the night the team raised the championship banner. The Penguins started the season by winning a franchise record seven road games to start a season.

For the second straight year the Penguins finished the season in second place behind New Jersey. The Penguins seeded 4th in the conference started their title defense against the Ottawa Senators.

The Penguins lost game 1 5-4 but went on to win the next 3. With the Penguins up 3-1 in their series they looked to close out the series in 5 games. Game 5 went to 3 overtimes before Matt Carkner won the game. The Penguins won game 6 in overtime despite being down 3-0 early in the game.

In the Next round the Penguins faced the Montreal Canadiens. The teams would swap wins with the Penguins taking a 3-2 series lead. The Penguins lost game 6 3-4. In game 7 the Penguins never got off on the right foot and lost 5-2 ending their season and their tenure at the Mellon Arena. In a weird twist the Canadiens open and closed the Mellon Arena with wins.

While the Penguins, as with the rest of the NHL, have worn their dark jerseys at home since the league made the initiative to do so starting with the 2003/04 NHL season, the team wore their white jerseys in some home games during the 2007/08 NHL season and at least once during the 2008/09 NHL season, as well as wearing their powder blue, 1968/72 throwbacks against the Buffalo Sabres in the AMP Energy NHL Winter Classic. On November 5, 2008, this jersey was introduced as the current third jersey.

This was worn for select home games during the 2008/09, 2009-2010 and 2010/11 seasons. This throwback was supposedly to be retired with the introduction of a new dark blue third jersey that made its debut at the 2011 NHL Winter Classic at Heinz Field but it has been worn at several games since the Winter Classic. The new 2011 Winter Classic jersey was first worn as the third jersey against the LA Kings on February 10, 2011.