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==Players and personnel== ===Current roster=== {{Pittsburgh Penguins roster}} ===Honored members=== {{Further|List of Pittsburgh Penguins award winners}} ====Retired numbers==== [[File:Consol Retired Jerseys.JPG|thumb|alt=See caption |The banners of numbers retired by the Penguins franchise (pictured prior to the retirement of Jagr's jersey) hang in the rafters of [[PPG Paints Arena]]; prior to the Jagr ceremony, the banners were replaced with new ones that had Lemieux with gold numbers on a black background while Briere was given a blue background.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/pittsburgh-penguins/latest-news/pittsburgh-penguins-update-banners-jaromir-jagr-ceremony |title=Penguins Update Banners Ahead of Jaromir Jagr Ceremony |work=The Hockey News |last=Horwat |first=Nick |date=February 18, 2024 |access-date=February 20, 2025}}</ref>]] {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ style="background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#000000 5px solid; border-bottom:#FFB81C 5px solid;" | Pittsburgh Penguins retired numbers |- ! width="40" |No. ! width="130" |Player ! width="40" |Position ! width="150" |Career ! width="150" |Date Of Retirement |- | '''21'''<ref>{{cite web|last=Kovacevic|first=Dejan|title=Penguins Report: 01/06/01|url=http://old.post-gazette.com/penguins/20010106penslog7.asp|work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|access-date=March 3, 2013|date=January 6, 2001|archive-date=October 7, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007060816/http://old.post-gazette.com/penguins/20010106penslog7.asp|url-status=live}}</ref> || [[Michel Brière|Michel Briere]] || C || [[1969–70 NHL season|1969–1970]] || January 5, 2001{{ref label|Note1|A|A}} |- | '''66'''<ref>{{cite web|last=Robinson|first=Alan|title=Lemieux Teary as His Jersey Retired|url=http://old.post-gazette.com/Penguins/mario.asp|work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|access-date=March 3, 2013|date=November 20, 1997|archive-date=November 1, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101043358/http://old.post-gazette.com/Penguins/mario.asp|url-status=live}}</ref> || [[Mario Lemieux]] || C || [[1984–85 NHL season|1984]]–[[1996–97 NHL season|1997]]<br />[[2000–01 NHL season|2000]]–[[2005–06 NHL season|2006]] || November 19, 1997{{ref label|Note1|B|B}} |- | '''68'''<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gulitti |first1=Tom |title=Jagr's No. 68 retired by Penguins in 'great day' for legend |url=https://www.nhl.com/news/jaromir-jagr-number-68-retired-by-pittsburgh-penguins |website=NHL.com |access-date=February 19, 2024 |date=February 18, 2024}}</ref> || [[Jaromír Jágr|Jaromir Jagr]] || RW || [[1990–91 NHL season|1990]]–[[2000–01 NHL season|2001]] || February 18, 2024 |} =====Notes===== * {{Note label|Note1|A|A}} Taken out of circulation following Briere's death (1971), but not officially retired until January 5, 2001. * {{Note label|Note1|B|B}} Lemieux's number was restored when he resumed playing for the team on December 27, 2000, and once again retired on October 5, 2006. * The NHL retired [[Wayne Gretzky]]'s No. 99 for all its member teams at the [[50th National Hockey League All-Star Game|2000 NHL All-Star Game]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Perfect setting: Gretzky's number retired before All-Star Game |publisher=CNN Sports Illustrated |agency=Associated Press |date=February 6, 2000 |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/hockey/nhl/2000/nhl_allstar/news/2000/02/06/gretsky_99/ |access-date=June 9, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112022319/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/hockey/nhl/2000/nhl_allstar/news/2000/02/06/gretsky_99/ |archive-date=November 12, 2013}}</ref> ====Hockey Hall of Fame==== The Pittsburgh Penguins presently acknowledge an affiliation with a number of inductees to the Hockey Hall of Fame. Inductees affiliated with the Penguins include 15 former players and five builders of the sport.{{efn|The Penguins also recognize an affiliation with Hall of Famer [[Red Kelly]], who served as the Penguins' head coach from 1969 to 1973. However, he was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in the players' category in 1969, not its builder category, and had never played for the Penguins. However, the team continues to acknowledge an affiliation as a Penguins Hall of Famer.<ref name=medgu/>}}<ref name=medgu>{{cite book|url=https://nhl.bamcontent.com/images/assets/binary/282071864/binary-file/file.pdf|chapter=Honors/Awards|title=2016.17 Pittsburgh Penguins Media Guide|page=291|publisher=Pittsburgh Penguins|year=2016|access-date=April 28, 2018|archive-date=April 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180429024134/https://nhl.bamcontent.com/images/assets/binary/282071864/binary-file/file.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> The four individuals recognized as builders by the Hockey Hall of Fame includes former head coaches, and general managers. In addition to builders and players, broadcasters and [[sports journalists]] have also been recognized by the Hockey Hall of Fame, however are not inductees. In 2001, radio [[play-by-play]] broadcaster [[Mike Lange]], was awarded the [[Foster Hewitt Memorial Award]] from the Hall of Fame.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hhof.com/html/leg_broadcasters.shtml|title=Foster Hewitt Memorial Award winners|publisher=Hockey Hall of Fame and Museum|year=2018|access-date=April 28, 2018|archive-date=June 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612142146/https://www.hhof.com/html/leg_broadcasters.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2009, [[Dave Molinari]], a sports journalist for the ''Pittsburgh Post-Gazette'' was awarded the [[Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award]] from the Hall of Fame.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hhof.com/html/leg_writers.shtml|title=Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award Winners|publisher=Hockey Hall of Fame and Museum|year=2018|access-date=April 28, 2018|archive-date=February 8, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140208004534/http://www.hhof.com/html/leg_writers.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> '''Players''' {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * [[Tom Barrasso]] * [[Andy Bathgate]] * [[Leo Boivin]] * [[Paul Coffey]] * [[Ron Francis]] * [[Tim Horton]] * [[Marián Hossa|Marian Hossa]] * [[Jarome Iginla]] * [[Mario Lemieux]] * [[Joe Mullen]] * [[Larry Murphy (ice hockey)|Larry Murphy]] * [[Mark Recchi]] * [[Luc Robitaille]] * [[Bryan Trottier]] * [[Sergei Zubov]] {{div col end}} '''Builders''' * [[Scotty Bowman]] * [[Herb Brooks]] * [[Bob Johnson (ice hockey, born 1931)|Bob Johnson]] * [[Craig Patrick]] * [[Jim Rutherford]] ====Team captains==== [[File:Sidney Crosby 2016-04-28 2.JPG|thumb|right|The team's current captain, Sidney Crosby, during a playoff game in 2016.]] All the players who have served as team captain with the Penguins franchise {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * [[Ab McDonald]], 1967–1968 * [[Earl Ingarfield Sr.|Earl Ingarfield]], 1968–1969 * [[Ron Schock]], 1973–1977 * [[Jean Pronovost]], 1977–1978 * [[Orest Kindrachuk]], 1978–1981 * [[Randy Carlyle]], 1981–1984 * [[Mike Bullard (ice hockey)|Mike Bullard]], 1984–1986 * [[Terry Ruskowski]], 1986–1987 * [[Dan Frawley (ice hockey)|Dan Frawley]], 1987 * [[Mario Lemieux]], 1987–1994, 1995–1997, 2001–2006 * [[Ron Francis]], 1995,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legendsofhockey.net:8080/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=10497 |title=Ron Francis |publisher=Legends of Hockey |access-date=February 4, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071112235441/http://www.legendsofhockey.net:8080/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=10497 |archive-date=November 12, 2007}}</ref> 1997–1998 * [[Jaromír Jágr|Jaromir Jagr]], 1998–2001 * [[Sidney Crosby]], 2007–present {{div col end}} {{clear}}
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