pittsburgh last won the stanley cup in 2016-17 season.
in which season did pittsburgh last win the stanley cup?
2016-17
there have been 22 head coaches for the penguins franchise. the franchise's first head coach was red sullivan, former new york rangers captain and coach. sullivan was replaced by future hockey hall of fame inductee red kelly, after two seasons. kelly was inducted into the hall of fame as a player, and head coaches craig patrick, bob johnson, scotty bowman, and herb brooks were inducted as builders. eddie johnston—who along with patrick and ken schinkel served two tenures as head coach—leads penguins' coaches in games coached. bob johnson led the penguins to their first stanley cup victory in 1991, but was forced to retire due to health problems after the season—he died later that year. bowman succeeded johnson and coached the team to its second stanley cup victory the following season. michel therrien won the prince of wales trophy, as eastern conference champion, during the 2007–08 season. therrien was replaced the following season by dan bylsma. bylsma would lead the penguins to their third stanley cup championship that same season. bylsma was fired after the 2013-14 season and replaced by mike johnston. johnston was fired during the 2015-16 season and replaced by mike sullivan. sullivan led the penguins to their fourth stanley cup victory that season and also their fifth stanley cup victory in the following season in 2016-17
list of pittsburgh penguins head coaches
the 1998 stanley cup finals was the championship series of the national hockey league's (nhl) 1997–98 season, and the culmination of the 1998 stanley cup playoffs. it was contested by the western conference champion and defending stanley cup champion detroit red wings and the eastern conference champion washington capitals. it was the 105th year of the stanley cup being contested. the series was the capitals' first appearance in a stanley cup final since the franchise's inception in 1974. the red wings won the series for the second year in a row, four games to none. it was the wings' ninth stanley cup, and the most recent time when a finals concluded with a sweep (as of 2019). this was also the last time until that a stanley cup finals ended after an nba finals in the same season had concluded. detroit coach scotty bowman won his eighth stanley cup in that capacity (having previously done so with the montreal canadiens in , , , , and , the pittsburgh penguins in , and the wings the previous year), tying him with former canadiens coach toe blake for the record of most cups won by a coach (which he would break when he helped the red wings win the 2002 cup).
1998 stanley cup finals