I love hockey! I hope my team wins a Stanley Cup! It's the oldest professional sports trophy in North America.
I'm not too familiar with hockey. What's your team?
My favorite team is the Pittsburgh Penguins. They are a team based in Pennsylvania.
I've never heard of them. The Nashville Predators is the only team I'm somewhat familiar with.
Oh I see. They were founded in 1967, but I don't hear too many people talk about them.
I didn't realize that hockey has been around so long, especially for the Stanley Cup to be the oldest professional sports trophy.
's top-ranking amateur ice hockey club. The entire Stanley family supported the sport, the sons and daughters all playing and promoting the game. The first Cup was awarded in 1893 to Montreal Hockey Club, and winners from 1893 to 1914 were determined by challenge games and league play. Professional teams first became eligible to challenge for the Stanley Cup in 1906. In 1915, professional ice hockey organizations National Hockey Association (NHA) and the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA) reached a gentlemen's agreement in which their respective
Jackets featuring future Hall of Famers and a Stanley Cup winning coach. The NHL's Pittsburgh Pirates made several Stanley Cup playoff runs with a future Hall of Famer before folding from Great Depression financial pressures. Hockey survived with the Pittsburgh Hornets farm team (1936–1967) and their seven finals appearances and three championships in 18 playoff seasons.
Robert Morris University fields a Division I college hockey team at the Island Sports Center. Pittsburgh is a hotbed for semi-pro and amateur teams such as the top 50 ranked Junior Penguins, Predators