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unusual facts about The Penguins


Dootsie Williams

Dootsie Williams was an American record producer, and record label owner who released early records by Redd Foxx and The Penguins.



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1996 Stanley Cup playoffs

The Penguins were looking to advance to the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time since 1992, while the Panthers were playing in their first-ever Conference Finals.

2012–13 Hershey Bears season

Before a crowd of 17,311 at Hersheypark Stadium, Hershey kept the Penguins scoreless for two periods before they tied it in the third, then Paul Thompson scored a game-winning breakaway goal 1:19 into overtime.

Arne Sucksdorff

Sucksdorff's last film was the 1971 feature Cry of the Penguins (also titled Mr. Forbush and the Penguins), starring John Hurt and Hayley Mills.

Ben Hanowski

Hanowski's NHL rights were traded late in his senior season as the Penguins dealt him to the Calgary Flames along with Kenny Agostino and a first round draft pick in exchange for Calgary captain Jarome Iginla.

Casey Pierro-Zabotel

In February 2011, Pierro-Zabotel's wife Levi criticized the Penguins organization on Twitter, unhappy that her husband was not giving more opportunities to play at the AHL level.

Ellie Mathews

Her book, Ambassador to the Penguins, A Naturalist’s Year Aboard a Yankee Whaleship about Robert Cushman Murphy's 1912 journey to South Georgia Island, came out to starred reviews.

Hickory Heights, Pennsylvania

Because of its close proximity to the IceoPlex at Southpointe, which is a practice facility for the Pittsburgh Penguins, a number of members of the Penguins have resided in the neighborhood.

High School Cadets

The final portion of the song (one apiece of the 'C' and 'D' segments) was used for the melody of "The March of the Penguins" in Gloria Jean's 1939 film, The Under-Pup.

Maxime Talbot

While playing for the Penguins, Talbot has appeared in numerous television commercials, including Valley Pool and Spa, City of Champions Crunch cereal (which featured Talbot on one side of the box and Pittsburgh Steeler Hines Ward on the other), and three commercials for Pittsburgh A&L Motor Sales (these A&L commercials have earned him the nickname "Superstar").

MV Treasure oil spill

The 12-week rehabilitation process, which cared for over 20,000 birds, required over 130 international team members supervising over 45,000 volunteers, 400 tons of fish to feed the penguins, 7,000 tons of beach sand used in bird pens, and 302 25-liter containers of Detergent used to wash the oil off the penguins' feathers.

Pierre Larouche

On December 31, 2010 he served as one of the coaches for the alumni game of the 2011 NHL Winter Classic at Heinz Field between the Penguins and Washington Capitals.

Ray Shero

In his first season on the job with the Penguins, Shero made a small splash in the free agent market, signing forwards Mark Recchi and Jarkko Ruutu, along with defenseman Mark Eaton.

Robert Cushman Murphy

Eleanor Mathews, Ambassador to the Penguins: A Naturalist's Year Aboard a Yankee Whaleship, Boston: David R. Godine, 2003 ISBN 1-56792-246-5

Ron Stackhouse

Stackhouse played with the Penguins until 1982, when he retired from hockey and returned to live in Haliburton, where he taught at Haliburton Highlands Secondary School.

Ryan Whitney

Under the guidance of new general manager, Ray Shero, the Penguins improved from a last-place finish in the Eastern Conference the year before, to a playoff berth, with Whitney part of the youth movement in Pittsburgh that included forwards Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Jordan Staal and goaltender Marc-André Fleury.

Scotty Bowman

In the summer of Bob Johnson, who had just won the Stanley Cup with the Penguins, was diagnosed with brain cancer.

Sutter family

During the 2012 NHL Draft, he was traded to the Penguins, with Brian Dumoulin and the 8th overall pick, for Jordan Staal.