The 2008–09 Pittsburgh Penguins season is the 41st season of Pittsburgh Penguins in the National Hockey League (NHL). The regular season began with two games against the Ottawa Senators in Stockholm, Sweden on October 4 and October 5, 2008. Between December 27 and January 5, 2009 the team lost five consecutive games, the most since 2006. Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin were both selected to play in the 57th National Hockey League All-Star Game. Crosby broke the All-Star vote record set by Jaromir Jagr in 2000, but did not play due to injury. Sergei Gonchar played for the first time in the season on on February 14 after undergoing shoulder surgery.
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| - The 2008–09 Pittsburgh Penguins season is the 41st season of Pittsburgh Penguins in the National Hockey League (NHL). The regular season began with two games against the Ottawa Senators in Stockholm, Sweden on October 4 and October 5, 2008. Between December 27 and January 5, 2009 the team lost five consecutive games, the most since 2006. Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin were both selected to play in the 57th National Hockey League All-Star Game. Crosby broke the All-Star vote record set by Jaromir Jagr in 2000, but did not play due to injury. Sergei Gonchar played for the first time in the season on on February 14 after undergoing shoulder surgery.
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| - Brooks Orpik
- Dan Bylsma, speaking about the Penguins' 6–2 victory in game seven
- John Stevens, following the Penguins victory in game six
- Michel Therrien, after the Penguins games in Sweden
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| - "I think everyone built the series up to end with a dramatic game seven, a huge story, and a big finish, but it didn’t feel anticlimactic to us."
- “It’s a long season...We’re going to get better,"
- “I just thought Malkin and Crosby almost looked like they took the game over, to be honest with you. We capitalized on a few opportunities there, and if you get a 3–0 lead, it should be over."
- "I've always thought our fans were real good, but compared to now—well, now it's at another level."
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| - The 2008–09 Pittsburgh Penguins season is the 41st season of Pittsburgh Penguins in the National Hockey League (NHL). The regular season began with two games against the Ottawa Senators in Stockholm, Sweden on October 4 and October 5, 2008. Between December 27 and January 5, 2009 the team lost five consecutive games, the most since 2006. Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin were both selected to play in the 57th National Hockey League All-Star Game. Crosby broke the All-Star vote record set by Jaromir Jagr in 2000, but did not play due to injury. Sergei Gonchar played for the first time in the season on on February 14 after undergoing shoulder surgery. On February 15, the team had a record of 27–25–5 and was five points out of playoff position. The organization fired head coach Michel Therrien and replaced him with Dan Bylsma, head coach of the organization's American Hockey League affiliate in Wilkes-Barre. On February 26, the team traded defenseman Ryan Whitney to the Anaheim Ducks in return for Chris Kunitz. Before the trade deadline on March 4, they acquired Bill Guerin from the New York Islanders. Under Bylsma, the team went 18–3–4, including 10–1–2 in March, and lost only one home game. The Penguins qualified for the playoffs in the third consecutive season. They did not repeat as champions of the Atlantic Division, but earned the fourth seed in the Eastern Conference with 99 points. They began the 2009 Stanley Cup playoffs on April 15 against the Philadelphia Flyers. They beat the Flyers, Washington Capitals, and Carolina Hurricanes to earn a second-straight berth in the Stanley Cup Final. Pittsburgh defeated the Detroit Red Wings in seven games in a rematch of the previous season's Stanley Cup Final to win the franchise's third league title. __TOC__
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