the penguins beat philadelphia flyers in the stanley cup last year.
who did the penguins beat in the stanley cup last year?
philadelphia flyers
the penguins returned to the playoffs, losing in 5 games to the ottawa senators in 2007, and making the finals in 2008 where they lost in six games to the detroit red wings. on june 12, 2009, lemieux won his third stanley cup title, this time as an owner as the penguins won a rematch with the red wings in the 2009 stanley cup finals, in seven games. in 2015, lemieux and ron burkle hired morgan stanley to explore the possibility of selling the penguins. on june 12, 2016, the penguins defeated the san jose sharks in the 2016 stanley cup finals, in six games, to give lemieux his 4th stanley cup, his second as an owner. almost exactly a year later, on june 11, 2017, lemieux won his 3rd stanley cup as an owner upon the penguins six game defeat of the nashville predators.
mario lemieux
the penguins advanced to the stanley cup playoffs for the third consecutive season. they earned the fourth seed in the eastern conference and home-ice advantage in the opening round match-up against the philadelphia flyers, following a loss by the flyers on the last day of the regular season. for the second consecutive season, the penguins erected a 12 by 16 foot led screen on the lawn directly outside mellon arena, allowing fans to watch all playoff games, free of charge. after defeating philadelphia, the penguins beat the washington capitals and the carolina hurricanes to advance to the stanley cup finals. the penguins faced the detroit red wings, defeating them in seven games to win their third stanley cup in franchise history. the final game of the season drew a 42.2 television rating in pittsburgh—the highest local rating in any city since the nhl began to track the figure.
2008–09 pittsburgh penguins season