Table of Contents CHAPTER PAGE Meet the Penguins 4 Glory Days 6 Home Ice 12 Dressed for Success 14 We Won 16 Go-To Guys 20 Calling the Shots 24 One Great Day 26 Legend Has It 28 It Really Happened 30 Team Spirit 32 Timeline 34 Fun Facts 36 Talking Hockey 38 Great Debates 40 For the Record 42 Pinpoints 44 Glossary 46 Line Change 47 Index 48 ABOUT OUR GLOSSARY In this book there may be several words that you are reading for the first time Some are sports words some are new vocabulary words and some are familiar words that are used in an unusual way All of these words are defined on page 46 Throughout the book sports words appear in bold type Regular vocabulary words appear in bold italic type
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Meet the Penguins Some hockey teams play their best when everyone chips in and no one takes a starring role Others depend on one or two superstars to set the tone and carry them through times of struggle ruggle The Pittsburgh Penguins are most dangerous when their star players players are going full speed and everyone else plays a supporting role story The Penguins have had some of the greatest players in the history of the National Hockey League NHL In fact for about two wo decades they had a player who some say was the greatest ever r During that era the team first learned that surrounding a superstar with solid role players was the key to winning the Stanley Cup They have been putting that lesson to work ever since and the results have been sensational This book tells the story of the Penguins The team has enjoyed incredible triumph and suffered heartbreaking tragedy Few NHL clubs have had higher highs or lower lows And no team in modern times is more exciting than the Penguins when they are at their best James Neal Matt Niskanen and Evgeni Malkin show that smiles are contagious in Pittsburgh 5
