Readers have the chance to meet the Pittsburgh Penguins, one of the wildest, wackiest, most wonderful sports franchises that ever waddled its way across North America. If Penguins fans are not shedding tears of sadness, they are crying for joy or simply laughing so hard they cannot stop. No franchise has survived more near-death experiences than this one, which twice went bankrupt and many times escaped the threat of relocation. In 1975, things were so tough that players had their postgame oranges taken away. Nevertheless, they have persevered. Known across the league as lovable losers for its first 24 years, the team began the climb to the top in the 1990s, winning the Stanley Cup twice in that decade and again in 2009 and 2016. In Tales from the Pittsburgh Penguins Locker Room, sportswriter Joe Starkey takes fans inside the locker rooms, onto the team buses (including the one defenseman Bryan “Bugsy” Watson hijacked), and behind the personalities that have shaped Penguins hockey since 1967.
They weren't superstars, but you win Stanley Cups with guys like Bobby and Troy. Tom Barrasso Some people out there don't like Tom Barrasso, and he's earned a lot of it. But I still love Tommy, and I know my teammates do, too.
After a few players spouted clichés about working harder and the like, Bourque, Peter Taglianetti, and Bob Errey, among others, spoke up. “I flat-out said to Craig, 'I don't think we can win with Scotty Bowman,'” Bourque recalled.
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housing the most Stanley Cup Championships, was the Montreal Forum in Quebec, Canada. Built in 1924 at the corner of Atwater and St. Catherine Street, it was the home of the Montreal Canadiens from 1926 to 1996.
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According to Chadwick, it helped him, as he recalls, “You see, because I was using only one eye, that fact was always on my mind and it made me work harder than the other fellows.” In 1945, he called the seventh game of the Stanley Cup ...
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