Editing Pittsburgh Penguins (section)

====Back-to-back Stanley Cup titles (1989–1997)====
A [[herniated disc]] in Lemieux's back cut short his [[1989–90 NHL season|1989–90 season]], although he still amassed 123 points. However, the Penguins fell out of the playoff picture. They opted to strengthen their roster and support Lemieux in the 1990 off-season. Free-agent signings ([[Bryan Trottier]]) and trades ([[Joe Mullen]], [[Larry Murphy (ice hockey)|Larry Murphy]], [[Ron Francis]] and [[Ulf Samuelsson]]) played a major part in this. Arguably no move was bigger during this time than when the Penguins drafted [[Jaromír Jágr|Jaromir Jagr]] with the fifth overall pick in the [[1990 NHL entry draft]]. The first Czechoslovak player to be drafted into the NHL without first needing to defect to the West, Jagr became the Penguins' second franchise player, and quickly developed into a superstar offensive talent.
The roster overhaul culminated in the Penguins winning their first Stanley Cup title by defeating the Minnesota North Stars in the [[Stanley Cup Finals]] in six games, punctuated by an 8–0 victory in the deciding game, the largest margin of victory in a final Stanley Cup game in over 80 years. After the [[1991 Stanley Cup Finals]], the Penguins met with President [[George H. W. Bush]], the first NHL team ever to visit the [[White House]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.penguinjersey.com/Common/open.php | title=Pittsburgh Hockey History | publisher=PenguinsJersey.com | access-date=June 24, 2008 | archive-date=July 6, 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080706041457/http://www.penguinjersey.com/Common/open.php | url-status=dead}}</ref> The following season, the team lost coach [[Bob Johnson (ice hockey, born 1931)|Bob Johnson]] to [[cancer]], and [[Scotty Bowman]] took over as coach. Under Bowman, they swept the Chicago Blackhawks to repeat as Stanley Cup champions in [[1991–92 NHL season|1991–92]].<ref name="History2016" /><ref name="History2010" />

Cancer diagnosis revisited the Penguins in 1993 when Lemieux was diagnosed with [[Hodgkin lymphoma]]. Only two months after the diagnosis, missing 24 out of 84 games, he came back to win his fourth [[Art Ross Trophy]] as scoring champion with 160 points, edging out [[Pat LaFontaine]] and [[Adam Oates]]. Despite the off-ice difficulties, Pittsburgh finished with a 56–21–7 record, the franchise's best regular season ever, winning the [[Presidents' Trophy]]. After Lemieux's return, the team played better than it had before, winning an NHL-record 17 consecutive games. Despite all of the success, the [[1993 Stanley Cup playoffs|1993 playoffs]] ended in the division finals when the New York Islanders eliminated the Penguins in seven games.<ref name="History2010" /><ref name="History2016" />

The Penguins continued to be a formidable team throughout the 1990s. The stars of the Stanley Cup years were followed by the likes of forwards: [[Alexei Kovalev]], [[Martin Straka]], [[Alexei Morozov|Aleksey Morozov]], [[Robert Lang (ice hockey)|Robert Lang]] and [[Petr Nedvěd|Petr Nedved]], and defensemen [[Sergei Zubov]], [[Darius Kasparaitis]] and [[Kevin Hatcher]]. Despite the departure of many of the franchise's Stanley Cup-winning roster, the Penguins fielded enough talent to reach the first round of the playoffs in 1994 (where they lost to the [[Washington Capitals]] in six games), the second round in 1995 (where they lost to the New Jersey Devils in five games) and the conference finals in 1996 (where they lost to the [[Florida Panthers]] in seven games). The 1997 playoffs marked a turning point, as the Penguins suffered a first-round elimination at the hands of the rival Philadelphia Flyers in five games.<ref name="History2010" />