Thursday, March 24, 2011

On this Date in Pittsburgh Penguins History

2001
Jaromir Jagr and Martin Straka were named to the 2002 Czech Republic Olympic team

1998
Penguins obtained Sean Pronger from the Anaheim Mighty Ducks for rights to Patrick Lalime

1992
Mario Lemieux scored his 1000th career point at Detroit in only his 513th career game and became the second fastest player in NHL history to reach the mark

1976
Jean Pronovost became the first Penguins player to score 50 goals in a season and Pierre Larouche became the first to record 100 points in a season in a 5-5 tie against the Boston Bruins

Information obtained from PittsburghHockey.net

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