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Special Events

On June 20, 2016 Penguins co-owner Mario Lemieux was one of four people being awarded Hockey Canada's Order of Hockey in Halifax
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"It's right up with there with getting into the Hockey Hall of Fame," said Lemieux, when he was asked about the honor.

This year's other inductees into Hockey Canada's Order of Hockey are Geraldine Heaney, who played on the national women's hockey team from 1990 to 2002, David Branch, the president of the Canadian Hockey League, and Bob Nicholson, who was the president of Hockey Canada from 1998 to 2014.

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On June 15, 2016 Penguins co-owner Mario Lemieux and the Pittsburgh Penguins celebrate their Stanley Cup win with a downtown parade
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Fans lined the victory parade route more than 10 deep as the players, coaches, their families and support staff rolled by in pickup trucks, convertibles and amphibious duck boats.

The parade was held seven years to the day that the 2009 team also celebrated its Stanley Cup championship with a downtown victory lap. That parade drew about 375,000 spectators and city and county public safety officials said this one topped out at 400,000.

The skies largely cleared, though, as fans threw ribbons and confetti, peered out of office windows and from parking garage platforms, and thronged the city's main downtown streets.

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On June 12, 2016 Penguins co-owner Mario Lemieux celebrates his second Stanley Cup as an owner
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This is the forth time Mario Lemieux will have his name on the Stanley Cup twice as a player and twice as a owner

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On June 6, 2016 Penguins co-owner Mario Lemieux celebrates Eric Fehr's third-period goal that sealed the Penguins win in game 4 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs 2016
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That win in Game four for the Penguins moved them one win closer to a Fourth Stanley Cup

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On June 1, 2016 Mario Lemieux met Erich Kuhnhackl in Lemieux's suite during Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Finals 2016
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Erich Kuhnhackl is considered the greatest German hockey player to ever live. In 2000, he was named the best German hockey player of the 20th century. He is the father of Tom Kuhnhackl who is playing in the 2016 Stanley Cup Finals with the Penguins. Erich Kuhnhackl played against Mario Lemieux in the 1985 IIHF World Championship

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On March 7, 2012 A Mario Lemieux statue 'Le Magnifique' was unveiled at the CONSOL Energy Center honoring the career and achievements of Mario Lemieux ____________________________________________________

Sculptor Bruce Wolfe spent 15 months on the project, which is based on a picture that ran in Sports Illustrated. Lemieux called it a "special day" during a brief ceremony. "I have the picture at home," Lemieux said. "I looked at the tape last week, but I don't remember it." The play Wolfe captured was the 247th goal of Lemieux's career, a spectacular play in which he split New York defencemen Rich Pilon and Jeff Norton then slipped the puck past goaltender Kelly Hrudey as the Penguins went on to win 5-3. "It illustrates my career on and off the ice," Lemieux said. "I was known for breakaways early in my career and in the early '90s, so this was a perfect photo that we picked."

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On December 31 , 2010 Mario Lemieux played at the Alumni Game at Heinz Field.
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He set up Rob Brown for the opening goal a little over four minutes into the game.

Lemieux also earned an assist on a power-play goal by Ron Francis in a game that saw the Penguins legends tie the Capitals alumni 5-5 in front of roughly 10,000 fans.

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Lemieux and several Penguins alumni - including Mark Recchi, Bryan Trottier, Jay Caufield, Phil Bourque and Marc Bergevin - joined Penguins coaches and staff in an afternoon scrimmage in Pittsburgh on December 20, 2011

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December 15 , 2010 Mario Lemieux skated through a practice session in preparation for the alumni game.
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The long-retired player is getting his skating legs back in preparation for an alumni game between former members of the Penguins and Washington Capitals that will be played in conjunction with the 2011 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic. The game will be played Dec. 31 on the ice rink being built at Heinz Field.

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October 7 , 2010 the first regular season game at the Consol Energy Center, Mario Lemieux was at center ice holding aloft a bottle filled with melted ice from the Civic Arena. Wearing a dark business suit accented by a purple necktie, he poured the contents onto the new ice surface.

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Mario Lemieux received The Order Of Canada on September 1 2010.
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The award recognizes a lifetime of outstanding achievement, dedication to the community and service to the nation. Since its creation, more than 5,000 people from all sectors of society have been invested into the Order.

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July 27, 2010 Mario Lemieux and Sidney Crosby are the first to skate in the brand new arena called Consol Energy Center

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July 27, 2010 Mario Lemieux at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh for the announcement of the 2011 Winter Classic between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Washington Capitals.

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Mario lemieux at the 2009 Stanley Cup Banner Raising Night. Oct 2,2009.

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Mario Lemieux at the Toronto Maple Leafs opening ceremony on October 1, 2009 to begin the 2009-10 NHL season at the Air Canada Centre. ____________________________________________________

This being an Olympic season, the club was saluting great Canadian national team moments, prior to the game against Montreal.

Representing the 1972 Summit Series was be ex-Leafs Paul Henderson and Ron Ellis, while Darryl Sittler stoodd in for the 1976 Canada Cup team. Toronto-born Paul Coffey was be there from the 1984 Canada Cup, Cassie Campbell for the Canadian women's Olympic triumphs in 2002 and 2006, and Mario Lemieux for everything else from the 1987 Canada Cup to the 2002 Olympics.

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U.S. President Barack Obama welcomed the Pittsburgh Penguins to the White House on September 10, 2009 and celebrated the champions for their performance on and off the ice.
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The Penguins, led by captain Sidney Crosby of Cole Harbour, N.S., unseated the defending champion Detroit Red Wings in a thrilling seven-game final to hoist the Stanley Cup for the third time in franchise history.

Crosby, Conn Smythe Trophy winner Evgeni Malkin, rookie head coach Dan Bylsma, majority owner Mario Lemieux and the rest of the Penguins players and coaching staff were given the presidential treatment with a tour of the White House, a private meeting and a photo opportunity with Obama.

The president thanked the players for letting the fans enjoy the trophy during an extended road trip.

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Penguins co-owner and hockey Hall of Famer Mario Lemieux received the National Order of Quebec on Wednesday June 17, 2009.
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It's the most prestigious honor in the province and confers the rank of Knight upon Lemieux.

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Team owner Mario Lemieux was among the leaders of the parade in a white convertible on June 15, 2009
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"Finally, after 17 years, the Stanley Cup is back where it belongs, right here in the city of Pittsburgh," Lemieux said to a roaring crowd gathered at the end of the parade in downtown Pittsburgh.

"This has truly been an unbelievable year from the start. We get to enjoy a great summer and a championship."

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Mario Lemieux was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame in 2004.