1992-1993 Pittsburgh Penguins "A Portrait of Courage" (Part 1 of 4)

A look back at the 1992-1993 Pittsburgh Penguins season.

The Penguins set a new NHL record for consecutive victories of 17 that still stands today. The Penguins set a team record for wins (56) and points (119) in a single season. Also, the team won the Presidents' Trophy as the league's top team for the first time in club history. Mario Lemieux missed 1/3 of the season, but won the scoring title by 12 points over Pat Lafontaine despite trailing by 18 when returning from undergoing treatment for Hodgkin's disease.

The Pens lost in the final Patrick division finals in seven games to the New York Islanders. The series was arguably the biggest upset in modern NHL history. Mario missed the first two games of the series, but the Pens took a 3-2 series lead into New York for game 6, but lost 7-5. Game 7 saw the Pens trailing 3-1 with under 4 minutes left in the 3rd period. The Pens tied the game in the last minutes with 2 goals from the stick of Ronnie Francis. The Pens out shot the Isles 42-17 in game 7, but Glenn Healy had the game of his life. The Islanders would prevail in OT and win the series on David Volek's one-time slapper that beat Barrasso.

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[Truexfan2279]

@landrykkb Yeah, same. Their 1993-2000 road/3rd jerseys were SICK

[ZatchPatch]

"Treated the NHL like a day in Kennywood Park." lol

[ZatchPatch]

I'm pretty sure I own this VHS!

[landrykkb]

@kcthatsawinner I liked the Pens' 90's logo better because it was more serious.

[kcthatsawinner]

In 1993, Penguins > Islanders. But when it came to mid 90s uniforms, Islander fisherman > '90s Penguin. The Pens would win championships with the Skating Penguin, they should've not changed their logo. However, the Russian Penguins logo looked kinda cute! :)

[BuzzsawtheHedgehog]

But I can say that when he came to Pittsburgh, I actually liked the Kruncher. As a Penguin, I loved how he smashed Eric Lindros.

[pandala420]

as a pens fan, this season brings back some of the best memories (mario coming back to lead the league in scoring and the pens to the best record in the nhl) as well as the worst moments (mario's cancer and the loss to the islanders). i still say this is the best pens team ever even if they didn't win the cup.

[BuzzsawtheHedgehog]

And Darius was a mean sonovabitch too. Fuckin' hated him for giving Mario shit. Ironically, Kasparitus played for Lemieux too.

[mrceebees14]

Lemieux got pwned by a 20 year old rookie named Darius Kasparaitis.

[BuzzsawtheHedgehog]

Shows what you know, dumbass. We won 17. Watch the video closer.