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Pittsburgh Penguins regular season game log
An 82 game collapsible schedule, colors are easily altered for use of any team. If games are in other month they are simply cut and pasted into the correct month. To un-collapse delete the word "collapsed" from the Class line.


 * Green background indicates win. (2 points)
 * Red background indicates regulation loss. (0 points)
 * White background indicates overtime/shootout loss. (1 point)

Pens model season
The 1974–75 Pittsburgh Penguins season was the franchise's eigth season in the National Hockey League. It was also the Penguins first season in the Norris division of the Prince of Wales Conference. The team qualified for the playoffs for the third time in franchise history, losing to the New York Islanders in the quarterfinal round.

Skaters
Note: GP= Games played; G= Goals; AST= Assists; PTS = Points; PIM = Points

Goaltending
Note: GP= Games played; W= Wins; L= Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals Against

Intro
The National Hockey League (NHL) formed in 1917 when several owners from the National Hockey Association (NHA) left the league over a dispute with Toronto Blueshirts owner Eddie Livingstone. Originally intended to be a temporary league, by 2007 the 30 teams of the NHL were worth a combined US$6 billion.

1917–42
The league began play with four teams: the Montreal Canadians, Montreal Wanderers, Toronto Arenas, and the Ottawa Senators. Although an original member, the Quebec Bulldogs would not begin play until 1919 due to financial difficulties. Also in 1919, the Toronto St. Patricks began play, replacing the Arenas. After a single season of play, the Bulldogs would relocate, becoming the Hamilton Tigers. The four team league would continue until adding the Montreal Maroons and the Boston Bruins for the 1924–25 season. The New York Americans began play in 1925 along with the NHL's third American-based team, the Pittsburgh Pirates. Another expansion for the 1926–27 season added the New York Rangers, Chicago Black Hawks, and Detroit Cougars, who would later become the Red Wings. The three new franchises brought the NHL to ten teams. At the end of the 1929–30 season, the Pittsburgh Pirates were $400,000 in debt and relocated to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to become the Philadelphia Quakers. Despite the relocation, the franchise would last only last for one more season before suspending operations in 1931 along with the Ottawa Senators. The Senators would resume operations after missing a single season. They would play through the 1933–34 season, at which point they relocated and became the St. Louis Eagles. After a season in St. Louis, the league bought and dissolved the team. In financial difficulty, and unable to compete with the Canadiens for fan support in Montreal, the Maroons suspended operations prior to the 1938–39 season. Due to a lack of players, because of those serving in World War II, and financial problems the Americans were suspended prior to the 1942–43 season. Thus began what became known as the "Original Six" era of the National Hockey League.



Original Six
The Original Six consisted of the Montreal Canadiens, Toronto Maple Leafs, Boston Bruins, New York Rangers, Detroit Red Wings, and the Chicago Blackhawks. They would make up the leagues for 24 seasons from the 1942-43 season to the 1967 NHL Expansion.


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 * Notes
 * Toronto Maple Leafs known as the St. Patricks 1919–1927
 * Detroit Red Wings known as the Cougars 1926–1930 and Falcons 1930–1932
 * New York Americans known as the Brooklyn Americans 1941–1942

=Steelers history=

In 1916, Art Rooney founded the Hope Harvey semi-pro football team. "In a way, I guess that was the start of the Steelers. It grew from that," Rooney would later say. Rooney, who was born and raised in the Pittsburgh area, was an "exceptional all-around athlete". He was recruited by Knute Rockne to play football for Notre Dame. Both the Boston Red Sox and Chicago Cubs were intrested in his baseball skill. He was named to the 1920 Olympic boxing team, but did not participate. His love of sports would lead to him becoming organizer and promoter of sports, which played a role in his founding of the Harveys. The Harveys, who would later change names to the J.P. Rooneys, played at Exposition Park in Pittsburgh. Due to Pennsylvania's blue laws, which prohibited athletic competition on Sundays because it was the Sabbath, the team did not join the NFL. However, in 1933 some blue laws were repealed, allowing the team to join the league. Rooney founded his new NFL team under the name the Pittsburgh Pirates, on July 8 1933, for US$2,500.

Despite his new football team, Art Rooney's concentration remained on placing bets on horse racing. A life long hobby, Rooney once won an estimated $250,000 to $300,000 in a single day of betting, in 1936. It would later become legend that Art Rooney won the Pirates while betting on a horse race, however, this is not true. While Rooney faired well off the field, Pirates struggled on it. Rooney hired Forrest "Jap" Douds to be the team's first head coach, but he would last only one season. Pittsburgh's first game, against the New York Giants would be a 23–2 defeat. Rooney wrote of the game, "The Giants won. Our team looks terrible. The fans didn't get their money's worth." The Pirates would rebound to gain their first ever franchise vicory a week later, by a single point, against the Chicago Cardinals.

=Penguins 2009.10 season=

The 2009–10 Pittsburgh Penguins season will be the 42nd season of the franchise in the National Hockey League (NHL). It is scheduled to be the last season during which the Penguins' home venue will be Mellon Arena, the only home arena the Penguins have ever had, before they move into their new arena, which is being built adjacent to the Mellon Arena across Centre Avenue.

Draft picks
The 2009 NHL Entry Draft will be the 47th NHL Entry Draft. It is scheduled to be held June 26-27 at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, the first NHL draft to be held in Montreal since 1992.


 * Notes on Draft Picks:
 * The Tampa Bay Lightning's third round pick will go to the Penguins as the result of a trade on 28 June 2008 that sent Gary Roberts and Ryan Malone to Tampa Bay in exchange for this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade). The condition – Ryan Malone is signed by Tampa Bay prior to the 2008-09 season – was converted on 29 June 2008.
 * The Penguins' fifth round pick was traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs on 26 February 2008 in the trade that sent Hal Gill to Pittsburgh for a 2nd round pick in 2008 and this pick. The Maple Leafs later sent the pick to the New York Rangers on 14 July 2008 in a trade that sent Ryan Hollweg to the Leafs in exchange for this pick.
 * The Tampa Bay Lightning's fifth round pick will go to the Penguins as the result of a trade on 1 October 2008 that sent Michal Sersen to Tampa Bay for this pick.

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