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The Pittsburgh Penguins’ organizational history has a plethora of great players, and we’ve decided to go through the best Penguins’ players to wear each jersey number. Today, we continue the list by naming the best #65 in Penguins’ history.
There has been only one player in Penguins’ history to wear #66, and this one doesn’t require explanation.
Here is your tribute to “Super Mario.”
If there was ever a true “tank” in Penguins’ history, it was during the 1983-84 season leading up to the NHL Entry Draft in 1984. The Penguins – and many other teams – vyed for last place to draft a once-in-a-lifetime phenom out of Montreal.
Many teams tried offering the Penguins a lot of shiny toys for that draft pick. But they weren’t giving up the chance to draft “Le Magnifique,” Mario Lemieux.
And Lemieux didn’t take long to make an impact: He scored on his very first shot on his very first NHL shift:
Lemieux went on to achieve great things with Pittsburgh. As a team started to build around him in the late-80s and early 90s, he only got better and better.
He led the Penguins to back-to-back Stanley Cups in 1991 and 1992, with moments that included his iconic goal against the Minnesota North Stars in 1991 and this one from 1992, which was the game-winner in Game 1 against the Chicago Blackhawks. The Penguins went on to sweep the series:
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