Pittsburgh Won Its First Stanley Cup

Twenty-seven years ago, the Pittsburgh penguins ended the Stanley Cup drought for two and a half decades in a decisive victory in Game 6 against the Northern Star of Minnesota.

Game 6 was played in the capital's sports center in Minneapolis on May 25, 1991. Pittsburgh came out at the beginning of the first period and never gave pressure from the struggling northern stars (the predecessor of the Dallas stars).

With nine seconds left on the power game, Ulf Samuelsson scored just two minutes in the first period to give the penguins an advantage. Shamuelsson's successful work eventually gave Pittsburgh a win in the game; The pens closed the North Stars in three play periods.



Mario Lemieux followed suit in the first period with a short goal, as a result of which John Casey - Dutchman North Stars - blinded and put the penguins at 2-0. You can see the slippery washer Lemieux, starting with 30 seconds in the video below.

To keep up, five other penguins scored the entire game - Joe Mullen, Bob Erry, Ron Francis, Jim Paek and Larry Murphy. The final score of the game is 8-0. Lemier took three transfers in three periods, while Paek and Samuelsson put the percentage of shooting at 100%.

The flushed attack of Pittsburgh was reinforced by their brick wall - excuse me, goalkeeper Tom Barrasso on the net. Barrasso stopped all 39 shots against him and recorded the perfect lockout.

Meanwhile, the North Stars pulled Casey shortly before the end of the second period and replaced him with Brian Hayward. During two periods of the game, Casey allowed four goals for 17 shots and had 0.765% saved. Hayward did not get any better after 22 minutes of play; he allowed four goals for 11 shots and finished the game with a .636 saved percentage.

The struggling Northern Stars tried to return to the one-sided game, as they broke down along the boards, in the center of the ice and in front of the grid. After three periods, the North Stars scored 28 penalty minutes, while in Pittsburgh only 14 were recorded. Basil McRae from "North Stars" spent most of his time in the penalty kick with 12 minutes for dishonest game behavior and chopping.

When the final whistle was heard, the penguins won a series of four games to two and earned the first Stanley Cup for the franchise.

Sam Kasan from "Pens Inside Scoop" repeated the cult moment of Phil Bork with the Cup during the parade of returning home:

"I had no idea what I was going to say when it was my turn on the podium," Burke said. Mike (Lange) said: "Burki, let them remember something." I just went to the podium, and he just came to me. "

Burke raised the Cup over his head and shouted: "As you say, we take it to the river and parties all summer!"

For 27 years that have passed since Pittsburgh won its first Stanley Cup, they earned four more Stanley Cups, won the Prince of Wales trophy (awarded the Eastern Conference finisher) six times, the Presidents Trophy (awarded the highest one time, and eight penguins were introduced to the Hockey Hall of Fame.The Stanley Cup of 1991 was today the crowned achievement of the franchise to date, followed by the second cup in 1992.