He made it to the Hall of Fame before Gretzky did.

HERB BROOKS

Director of Player Development and later coach of the Penguins on Lemieux's enshirnement in 1997. (Gretzky retired in 1999)

• Buzz Schnieder of the 1980 USA Olympic Hockey team was actually drafted by the Penguins, but never played for them. • Craig Patrick was the assistant coach for Herb Brooks when the US struck gold at the 1980 Olympics. • Seven players won gold medals while playing for the Penguins: - Jaromir Jagr - Martin Straka - Robert Lang - Jan Hrdina - Mario Lemieux – MA Fleury – Sidney Crosby • Pittsburgh native Ryan Malone was selected to play for Team USA in the 2010 Olympics. Malone is the first city native on an Olympics roster and became the first from the city to score a goal in the Olympics on February 16, 2010. Did you know that the very first U.S. Olympic Team was formed in Pittsburgh? It all started in 1920 ...

BY THE NUMBERS 78 Number of Penguins players on rosters for the Olympics (All-time) 5 Number of Penguins players on rosters for the 2010 Olympics 17 Players that were on the Penguins, or were in the system, won Olympic Medals 7 Number of players that won gold while part of the Penguins roster 10 Number of Pittsburgh players (out of 50) to win an Olympic Gold Medal and the Stanley Cup 4 Number of Pittsburgh players to win an Olympic Gold Medal while on active Penguins roster

Pittsburgh's Olympic Hockey Connections

Pittsburgh native Ryan Malone was selected to play for Team USA in the 2010 Olympics.

Olympians who have worn a Penguins’ sweater

78 men played for Pittsburgh and represented their country in Olympic competition: CANADA (19): George Swarbrick; J.J. Daigneault; Darren Lowe; Dave Tippett; Zarley Zalapski; Kent Manderville; Dave Hannan; Patrick Lebeau; Jason Woolley; Todd Hlushko; Peter Ferraro; Greg Johnson; Chris Kontos; Petr Nedved; Brad Werenka; Mark Recchi; Mario Lemieux; Sidney Crosby; Marc-Andre Fleury. USA (20): Bob Paradise; Mike Ramsey; Mark Johnson; Scott Bjugstad; Ed Olczyk; Scott Young; Greg Brown; Kevin Stevens; Kevin Miller; Stephen Leach; Shawn McEachern; Moe Mantha; Garth Snow; John LeClair; Bill Guerin; Kevin Hatcher; Tom Barrasso; Brooks Orpik; Ryan Malone; Ryan Whitney. CZECH REPUBLIC (8): Robert Lang; Jiri Slegr; Jaromir Jagr; Martin Straka; Josef Beranek; Martin Skoula; Petr Sykora; Jan Hrdina. FINLAND (7): Ville Siren; Petteri Lehto; Arto Javanainen; Janne Laukkanen; Tuomas Gronman; Jarkko Ruutu; Ville Nieminen. RUSSIA/UNIFIED TEAM (8): Sergei Zubov; Dmitri Mironov; Darius Kasparaitis; Sergei Gonchar; German Titov; Aleksey Morozov; Alexei Kovalev; Evgeni Malkin. SWEDEN (7): Tomas Sandstrom; Ulf Samuelsson; Andreas Johansson; Johan Hedberg; Fredrik Olausson; Markus Naslund; Mikael Samuelsson. SLOVAKIA (7): Miroslav Satan; Ziggy Palffy; Marian Hossa; Richard Lintner; Martin Strbak; Tomas Surovy; Ronald Petrovicky. BELARUS (1): Konstantin Koltsov. GERMANY (1): Sven Butenschon.

Pittsburgh players and coaches to win an Olympic Medal

Those who have had played or coached parts of their careers for a Pittsburgh hockey team and participated for a medal-winning Olympic team. All listed are players unless noted. Players in bold were with Pittsburgh the same year as the Olympics.

Player Team Year & City Medal Connection to Pittsburgh Frank Frederickson 1920 Antwerp Pittsburgh Pirates (1928-30) Herb Drury 1920 Antwerp Pittsburgh Pirates (1925-30) Bert McCaffrey 1924 Chamonix Pittsburgh Pirates (1928-30) Herb Drury 1924 Chamonix Pittsburgh Pirates (1925-30) Dave Trottier 1928 St. Moritz Pittsburgh Hornets (1938-39) Mark Johnson 1980 Lake Placid Pittsburgh Penguins (1980-82) Mike Ramsey 1980 Lake Placid Pittsburgh Penguins (1993-94) Craig Patrick, Asst. Coach 1980 Lake Placid General Manager of the Pittsburgh Penguins (1989-06) Herb Brooks, Head Coach 1980 Lake Placid Pittsburgh Penguins' Coach (1999-00) Dir. of Player Development (1991-97) Buzz Schnieder 1980 Lake Placid Drafted by Pittsburgh in 1974, but never played for the Penguins. Alexei Kovalev 1992 Meribel Pittsburgh Penguins (1998-03) Sergei Zubov 1992 Meribel Pittsburgh Penguins (1995-96) Dave Tippett 1992 Meribel Pittsburgh Penguins (1992-93) Jason Woolley 1992 Meribel Pittsburgh Penguins (1996-97) Kent Manderville 1992 Meribel Pittsburgh Penguins (2002-03) Robert Lang 1992 Meribel Pittsburgh Penguins (1997-2002) Todd Hlushko 1994 Lillehammer Pittsburgh Penguins (1998-99) Greg Johnson 1994 Lillehammer Pittsburgh Penguins (1996-98) Chris Kontos 1994 Lillehammer Pittsburgh Penguins (1986-88) Petr Nedved 1994 Lillehammer Pittsburgh Penguins (1995-97) Brad Werenka 1994 Lillehammer Pittsburgh Penguins (1997-99) Janne Laukkanen 1994 Lillehammer Pittsburgh Penguins (2000-03) Jaromir Jagr 1998 Nagano Pittsburgh Penguins (1990-2001) Robert Lang 1998 Nagano Pittsburgh Penguins (1997-2002) Martin Straka 1998 Nagano Pittsburgh Penguins (1993-94 and 1997-2004) Jan Hrdina 1998 Nagano Pittsburgh Penguins (1998-2003) Ivan Hlinka, Head Coach 1998 Nagano Pittsburgh Penguins (2000-01) Alexei Kovalev 1998 Nagano Pittsburgh Penguins (1998-03) Aleksey Morozov 1998 Nagano Pittsburgh Penguins (1997-2004) German Titov 1998 Nagano Pittsburgh Penguins (1998-2000) Sergei Gonchar 1998 Nagano Pittsburgh Penguins (2005-) Toumas Gronman 1998 Nagano Pittsburgh Penguins (1997-99) Janne Laukkanen 1998 Nagano Pittsburgh Penguins (2000-03) Mario Lemieux 2002 Salt Lake City Pittsburgh Penguins (1984-2005) Penguins owner /CEO (1999-2006) Tom Barrasso 2002 Salt Lake City Pittsburgh Penguins (1988-2000) Scott Young 2002 Salt Lake City Pittsburgh Penguins (1990-91) John LeClair 2002 Salt Lake City Pittsburgh Penguins (2005-06) Bill Guerin 2002 Salt Lake City Pittsburgh Penguins (2008 - ) Alexei Kovalev 2002 Salt Lake City Pittsburgh Penguins (1998-03) Darius Kasparaitis 2002 Salt Lake City Pittsburgh Penguins (1996-2002) Sergei Gonchar 2002 Salt Lake City Pittsburgh Penguins (2005-) Mikael Samuelsson 2006 Torino Pittsburgh Penguins (2002-03) Ville Nieminen 2006 Torino Pittsburgh Penguins (2002-03) Jarkko Ruutu 2006 Torino Pittsburgh Penguins (2006-08) Robert Lang 2006 Torino Pittsburgh Penguins (1997-2002) Martin Straka 2006 Torino Played for the Pittsburgh Penguins (1993-94 and 1997-2004) Sidney Crosby 2009 Vancouver Pittsburgh Penguins (2005 -) Marc-Andre Fleury 2009 Vancouver Pittsburgh Penguins (2003 -) Brooks Orpik 2009 Vancouver Pittsburgh Penguins (2002 - ) Ryan Malone 2009 Vancouver Pittsburgh Penguins (2003-08) Ryan Whitney 2009 Vancouver Pittsburgh Penguins (2005-09) Jarkko Ruutu 2009 Vancouver Pittsburgh Penguins (2006-08)

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