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Back-to-back Stanley Cup champions. No NHL team this century could stake that claim. Until the Pittsburgh Penguins topped the Nashville Predators in the 2017 Final to bring Lord Stanley home for the second consecutive season. In their 50th NHL season, the Penguins overcame adversity en route to the franchise's fifth Stanley Cup. Key players, including Kris Letang and goalie Matt Murray, missed time due to injuries and the team played a compressed...
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Long one of America's favorite teams since their heyday in the 1970s, the Pittsburgh Steelers reasserted themselves in the 2000s with a pair of Super Bowl victories that pushed the franchise to a record-breaking six in total. Players like Ben Roethlisberger, Troy Polamalu, and Hines Ward endeared themselves to Steeler Nation by performing big in both games and maintaining a thread of continuity and excellence that won over a new generation of a fans....
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In their run to the 2016 Stanley Cup, the Pittsburgh Penguins showed a work ethic that matched the city in which they play. Near the bottom of the standings in December, the Penguins replaced head coach Mike Johnston with Mike Sullivan. Led by superstar Sidney Crosby, veteran Evgeni Malkin, and new addition Phil Kessel, Pittsburgh overcame this initial adversity to finish the regular season with 104 points, third-best in the Eastern Conference. In...
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Less than three days after the Pittsburgh Steelers won Super Bowl XLIII, 27-23 against the Arizona Cardinals, Super Six: The Steelers' Record-Setting Super Bowl Season by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette will begin hitting stores in Steelers territory by Wed., Feb. 4. Super Six will be the first Steelers' commemorative keepsake book to hit bookstores throughout the Pennsylvania region. Packed with hundreds of photographs and stories from the award-winning...