Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: The Penguins nwetara mbụ n'ozuzu họrọ na
1984, wee họrọ Mario Lemieux site na Laval Voisins nke Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL). Lemieux meriri Calder Memorial Trophy dịka onye rookie kacha mma nke NHL na 1985. Ọ gara n'ihu merie iko Art Ross isii dịka onye isi ndị NHL, onye isi ndị otu egwuregwu Stanley Cup na 1991 na 1992, ma banye na Hockey Hall of Fame na 1997 mgbe ọ lara ezumike nká. O mechara lọta igwu egwu na oge ise ọzọ maka Penguins, na 1999, ghọrọ onye isi oche na onye nwe otu egwuregwu. Dị ka onye nwe ya, Lemieux kwurịtara nkwekọrịta maka iwu ụlọ egwuregwu ọhụrụ, Consol Energy Center, na-eme ka ndị otu ahụ nwee ọdịnihu na Pittsburgh. Mgbe Penguins meriri Stanley Cup na 2009, Lemieux ghọrọ onye mbụ meriri Stanley Cup dịka onye ọkpụkpọ na onye nwe ya.