Home remodeling

The Penguins lost Pittsburgh native Ryan Malone a few days before the free agency deadline on July 1. No hometown discount from the hometown guy.

Malone wasn't the first guy from Pittsburgh to play in the NHL.

The Pens signed a hometown replacement: Bill Thomas.

Here's a list of native Pittsburghers to make it to the NHL.

Getting close on the Arena's Groundbreaking

The groundbreaking for the new arena should happen in the first week of August.

To place everyone at ease over the cash flow of Don Barden's (he won the casino license for the Majestic Star and promised new arena funding of $7.5 million for the next 20 years) – the state has an emergency funding to cover any delays from Barden.

Click on the photo at left to learn more about the three Pittsburgh arenas before Mellon Arena opened to the public in September 1961.

Malone & Roberts are gone

Gary Roberts and Ryan Malone have offically left the flock.

The free agency period starts on July 1 and we'll be busy updating the new and old players.

Click here for a list of transactions.

Click here for the all-time Penguins roster, with current players in boldface.

Final jerseys and another patch

The final installment of Penguins uniform patches has been updated into the patch history section. Click on the photo to learn more about the details of the patch and the uniform set used for the six games against the Red Wings.

The white Final jerseys were made available to the public and a few are still available as well as the jerseys from the first three rounds.

Click here to see what's left.

The end is here

It's over. The Penguins were eliminated by the Red Wings in the Stanley Cup final.

It was a wonderful season and we are a little sad - not entirely because the Pens lost, but because there's no more hockey this season. This was a special season in so many ways.

What a ride!

Petr the Great

Petr Sykora scored with 10:03 remaining in the third overtime to help the Penguins stave-off elimination to a victory to force a Game 6 back at the Mellon Arena.

Goalie Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 55 shots - several "hockey card saves" - to earn the number one star of the game.

All of it was made possible by Maxime Talbot's goal with 0:35 left in regulation.