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(Photo by Vince Musi, The Pittsburgh Press) <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n

April 28, 1989:<\/strong>\u00a0Upon hearing last week that pucks would once again fly at the Consol Energy Center, we were inspired to dig though a box of aging prints in search of an historic hockey picture. We found this image of Penguins center Mario Lemieux joining his teammates shortly before a 1989 Patrick Division playoff game against the Flyers in Philadelphia. A few Flyers fans displayed signs that showed remarkable wit (wink, wink<\/em>).<\/p>\n

The Pens lost the series, but it proved a turning point for both teams. The Pens were on the verge of true glory \u2014 the team went onto win back-to-back Stanley Cups in 1991 and 1992. The Flyers, on the other hand, were soon to hit a dry spell. They failed even to make the playoffs for the next five seasons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Pens were on the verge of true glory \u2014 the team went onto win back-to-back Stanley Cups in 1991 and 1992.<\/p>\n

Look at the picturesLemieux on the ice in Philadelphia<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2145,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[944],"tags":[964,981,1256,1182,1035,1244],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/tumblr_mgfmqgUb1d1rr5swxo1_1280.jpg?fit=1280%2C1427&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1785,"url":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2013\/05\/15\/mario-lemieux\/","url_meta":{"origin":2144,"position":0},"title":"Mario Lemieux","date":"May 15, 2013","format":"gallery","excerpt":"Mario Lemieux might \u2013 might \u2013 be able to laugh at this picture now.","rel":"","context":"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/tumblr_mmt79cXl9r1rr5swxo1_1280.jpg?fit=1200%2C915&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":7736,"url":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2017\/06\/02\/penguins-hoping-their-own-history-repeats-itself\/","url_meta":{"origin":2144,"position":1},"title":"Penguins hoping their own history repeats itself","date":"June 2, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"The Penguins\u2019 quest for their fifth Stanley Cup has one thing on its side that the Nashville Predators could not replicate even if they wanted to: historical symmetry. 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