Ku kammala wannan magana: 'Yan wasan Penguins sun samu na farko a cikin
1984, kuma ya zaɓi Mario Lemieux daga Laval Voisins na Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL). Lemieux ya lashe Calder Memorial Trophy a matsayin mafi kyawun NHL a shekarar 1985. Ya ci gaba da lashe kofuna shida na Art Ross a matsayin babban dan wasan NHL, ya jagoranci tawagar zuwa gasar cin kofin Stanley a 1991 da 1992, kuma an shigar da shi cikin Hall of Fame na Hockey a 1997 bayan da ya fara ritaya. Daga baya ya dawo ya buga wasa a wasu yanayi biyar don Penguins, kuma a cikin 1999, ya zama shugaban da kuma mai haɗin gwiwar ƙungiyar. A matsayinsa na mai shi, Lemieux ya yi shawarwari kan yarjejeniyar gina sabon filin wasa, Consol Energy Center, wanda ke tabbatar da makomar kungiyar a Pittsburgh. Bayan nasarar gasar cin kofin Stanley ta Penguins a shekarar 2009, Lemieux ya zama mutum na farko da ya lashe Stanley Cup a matsayin dan wasa da kuma mai shi.