1992 Stanley Cup Finals

1992 Stanley Cup Finals
1 2 3 4 Total Pittsburgh Penguins 5 3 1 6 4 Chicago Blackhawks 4 1 0 5 0
* – overtime period(s)
Location(s)	Pittsburgh: Civic Arena (1, 2) Chicago: Chicago Stadium (3, 4)
Coaches	Pittsburgh: Scotty Bowman Chicago: Mike Keenan
Captains	Pittsburgh: Mario Lemieux Chicago: Dirk Graham
National anthems	Pittsburgh: Christina Aguilera Chicago: Wayne Messmer
Dates	May 26 – June 1
MVP	Mario Lemieux (Penguins)
Series-winning goal	Ron Francis (7:59, third, G4)
Networks	CBC (Canada-English) SRC (Canada-French) SportsChannel America (United States) KBL (Pittsburgh area, games 1, 2) KDKA (Pittsburgh area, games 3, 4) SportsChannel Chicago (Chicago area)
Announcers	Bob Cole, Harry Neale and Dick Irvin, Jr. (CBC) Claude Quenneville and Gilles Tremblay (SRC) Jiggs McDonald and Bill Clement (SC America) Mike Lange and Paul Steigerwald (KBL and KDKA) Pat Foley and Dale Tallon (SC Chicago)
Stanley Cup Finals

The 1992 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 1991–92 season, and the culmination of the 1992 Stanley Cup playoffs. It was contested by the Prince of Wales Conference and defending Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins and the Clarence Campbell Conference champion Chicago Blackhawks. The Blackhawks were appearing in their first Finals since 1973. After the Blackhawks jumped to an early 4–1 lead in the first game of the series, Mario Lemieux and the Penguins came back to win the game, sweep the series in four games, and win their second consecutive and second overall Stanley Cup. It was the 99th year of the Stanley Cup, and the first to extend into the month of June. It was the last final for Chicago Stadium as it closed in 1994.

Paths to the Finals

Further information: 1992 Stanley Cup playoffs

Pittsburgh defeated the Washington Capitals 4–3, the New York Rangers 4–2, and the Boston Bruins 4–0.

Chicago had to defeat their three biggest rivals, first the St. Louis Blues 4–2, then their long-time Original Six rival Detroit Red Wings 4–0, and then, the Edmonton Oilers 4–0.

With their co-tenants at Chicago Stadium, the Bulls, coached by Phil Jackson and led by Michael Jordan, playing in (and winning) the NBA Finals, it was an opportunity for both the Blackhawks and the Bulls to help the city of Chicago become the first city to have both NHL and NBA championships in the same year. (New York also had this opportunity in 1994, when the Knicks and Rangers made the finals in their respective sport; however, the result was the same, albeit a reversal of Chicago's ending, as the Rangers won their first Stanley Cup since 1940, and the Knicks lost, with both of those series going the full seven games.)

Chicago set an NHL playoff record in winning 11 games in a row to reach the finals.

Pittsburgh had won seven in a row entering the finals and swept Chicago in four games to tie Chicago's record. Pittsburgh then extended the playoff winning streak record to 14 with wins in the first three games against the New Jersey Devils in the following season's first playoff round.

Game summaries

The Penguins were led by captain Mario Lemieux, coach Scotty Bowman, and goaltender Tom Barrasso. The Blackhawks were led by captain Dirk Graham, head coach Mike Keenan and goaltender Ed Belfour. They also made history in having the first Russian-born player to have a chance to get their name on the Stanley Cup in Igor Kravchuk.

Mario Lemieux won the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP for the second consecutive year, becoming only the second player in NHL history to do so: Bernie Parent had won it when the Philadelphia Flyers won the Cup in the consecutive years of 1974 and 1975.

Although the series ended in a sweep for Pittsburgh, all four of its games were closely contested, with the largest margin of victory occurring in Pittsburgh’s 3–1 win in Game 2. The other three games, which were all one-goal affairs, featured a Pittsburgh rally from being down three goals (Game 1), a 1–0 game (Game 3), and a high-scoring Game 4 (which was the first NHL game played in the month of June).

Game 1

May 26	Chicago Blackhawks		4–5		Pittsburgh Penguins	Civic Arena	Recap
Chris Chelios (6) - pp - 06:34 Michel Goulet (3) - 13:17 Dirk Graham (4) - 13:43		First period			17:26 - pp - Phil Bourque (3)
Brent Sutter (3) - 11:36		Second period			15:24 - Rick Tocchet (5) 16:23 - Mario Lemieux (12)
No scoring		Third period			15:05 - Jaromir Jagr (10) 19:47 - pp - Mario Lemieux (13)
Ed Belfour 34 saves / 39 shots		Goalie stats			Tom Barrasso 30 saves / 34 shots

In the opening game of the 1992 Stanley Cup Finals, the Pittsburgh Penguins overcame deficits of 3–0 in the first period and 4–1 halfway through the second period to win by a score of 5–4. The Penguins' comeback effort was capped by a spectacular goal by Jaromir Jagr to tie the game at 4–4 with five minutes remaining in the game and a powerplay goal by Mario Lemieux (his second goal of the night) on a rebound with 13 seconds left on the clock.

Back-to-back goals for Pittsburgh within one minute of play in the second period had cut the Blackhawks' lead from 4–1 to 4–3 and ended Chicago's dominant play up to that point. The Penguins thus became the first club in 48 years to come back from a three-goal deficit in a Stanley Cup Finals game.

Six minutes into the game, the Blackhawks' forecheck drew a penalty against Pittsburgh. Right off the subsequent face-off, Chris Chelios scored the first goal of the Stanley Cup Finals on a wrist shot. After surviving a Pittsburgh powerplay, the Blackhawks' aggressive offensive-zone strategy would lead to two more Blackhawks goals within a 26-second window. First, Michel Goulet converted a takeaway on the boards in the Penguins' zone to make it 2–0, then Dirk Graham scored on a rebound off a shot by Chelios.

The game would slightly turn, however, after Kevin Stevens hit the goal post and Mario Lemieux drew a holding penalty 15 minutes into the game. With 18 seconds remaining in the ensuing powerplay, Phil Bourque put the Penguins on the scoreboard via a wraparound move.

However, Chicago subsequently extended its lead to 4–1 on a two-on-one breakaway, when Brent Sutter beat Tom Barrasso under his left leg – a shot deemed "stoppable" by TV analyst Bill Clement. This goal was partly caused by the Penguins' poor backchecking, as Lemieux didn't follow Steve Larmer into the Pittsburgh zone, but instead skated towards Sutter, who already had a defender on him, and Jagr only rushed back slowly.

However, as had been the case on the Penguins' first goal, a penalty against Chicago – this time a too-many-men-on-the-ice violation – brought the Penguins back into game. Just as the ensuing powerplay had expired, Rick Tocchet deflected a shot from Paul Stanton into the Chicago net. Then, on the Penguins' next rush, Kevin Stevens drew several Blackhawks on him, which gave Mario Lemieux enough time to survey the ice, after skating behind the Chicago goal. Lemieux saw an opening between Ed Belfour and the Chicago goal and banked the puck off the goalkeeper's leg into the goal.

Two Pittsburgh goals within one minute of play had thus decreased the Chicago lead to 4–3. Penguins assistant coach Pierre McGuire considered this goal to be the turning point of the game – and thus perhaps the series – believing that "Mario's goal, when he scored from behind the icing line […] planted a seed of doubt in the Chicago Blackhawks' mind."

Five minutes into the final period, Mike Hudson got two chances on a breakaway, which had been initiated by a takedown against Jaromir Jagr by Frantisek Kucera. Ten minutes later, Chicago would again get a bundle of scoring chances in front of Tom Barrasso but fell short of extending its lead – thanks in part to a diving stop by the Penguins' goalkeeper.

Instead of Chicago going ahead by two goals, the game would soon be tied. With five minutes left in the game, Jaromir Jagr, aided by a pick from Shawn McEachern, deked around three Blackhawks and beat Tom Barrasso on a backhand shot.

Just when the game seemed poised to go into overtime with a score of 4-4, the Penguins took their first lead with 13 seconds remaining in the game. They completed their comeback, when, on an offensive-zone face-off to start a powerplay, Mario Lemieux put a rebound off a shot by Larry Murphy past Ed Belfour.

"We stole one tonight," Lemieux concluded after the game and his two-goal performance. "We shouldn't have won that game." The Penguins thus extended their seven-game playoff winning streak and ended the Blackhawks' streak at eleven games.

Game 2

May 28	Chicago Blackhawks		1–3		Pittsburgh Penguins	Civic Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			09:52 - pp - Bob Errey (3)
Bryan Marchment (1) - 10:24		Second period			12:55 - pp - Mario Lemieux (14) 15:23 - Mario Lemieux (15)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Ed Belfour 22 saves / 25 shots		Goalie stats			Tom Barrasso 18 saves / 19 shots

In Game 2, two goals within two-and-a-half minutes by Mario Lemieux midway through the second period provided the final score of 3–1 in favor of Pittsburgh. Led by Lemieux's total of four goals in the first two games, the Pittsburgh Penguins thus took a 2–0 series lead.

Nearly ten minutes into the game, Bob Errey surprised Chicago during a Pittsburgh line change in a short-handed situation, when he wouldn't dump the puck but kept going towards the Chicago zone and scored the first goal of the game from a difficult angle.

The Blackhawks would get a short-handed scoring chance of their own, when Jaromir Jagr lost the puck against Dirk Graham on the blueline. However, the Penguins caught a break when Graham's shot on the breakaway hit the handle of Tom Barrasso's stick and went over the glass.

After six minutes in the second period, Ed Belfour stymied two Pittsburgh scoring chances with the help of a poke check, with the latter coming after a deep pass by Rick Tocchet to Mario Lemieux. The midway point of the game featured a highlight-reel sequence for Chicago defender Bryan Marchment, who prevented a scoring chance on one end of the ice by backchecking against Mario Lemieux and then scored a goal on the other just seconds later. After denying Lemieux his scoring chance, Marchment trailed the subsequent play into the Pittsburgh zone and then won a physical battle against Larry Murphy. On a seemingly broken play he put the puck past Tom Barrasso into the Pittsburgh goal to tie the game at 1–1.

However, the momentum gained by Chicago wouldn't even last for two minutes, as Mario Lemieux scored on a one timer set up by Rick Tocchet, 43 seconds into a Pittsburgh powerplay. When Tocchet again found Lemieux in the slot, just two-and-half minutes later, the Penguins had not only re-taken the lead but extended it to 3-1.

Playing with a two-goal lead in the third period, Pittsburgh started to play a dump-and-chase offensive style, which slowed the game down considerably and kept the Blackhawks from getting close to scoring again. Part of the Blackhawks' lack of efficiency on offense was due to their inability to stick to their own style of playing dump-and-chase. According to assistant coach Rich Preston, they were "running all over the place", which led to them "not get[ting] a good first rush into the zone", as analyst Bill Clement observed during the final period.

As around the midway point of the game, Chicago star forward Jeremy Roenick had apparently suffered a right thumb ligament damage, when he was hit by Kevin Stevens' stick and went into a scuffle with Tocchet later in the period. He was, however, cleared to play in Game 3 and there were rumours that Hawks coach Mike Keenan just had Roenick wear a cast for a press conference "to illustrate to officials that the Penguins were getting away with slashes and cheap shots."

Game 3

May 30	Pittsburgh Penguins		1–0		Chicago Blackhawks	Chicago Stadium	Recap
Kevin Stevens (12) - 15:26		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Tom Barrasso 27 saves / 27 shots		Goalie stats			Ed Belfour 19 saves / 20 shots

Backed by a raucous crowd at Chicago Stadium, the Blackhawks trio of Ed Belfour, Chris Chelios and Jeremy Roenick were in the center of attention in the opening moments of the game: Belfour made two consecutive stops on Shawn McEachern five minutes into the game and another five minutes later made a spectacular stop on Kevin Stevens. Chelios and Roenick both hit the goal post within the first ten minutes, and Roenick set up Steve Larmer. In addition to that, veteran Michel Goulet also had a scoring opportunity on a close-range backhand shot. Chicago's offensive spur also resulted in two penalties against Pittsburgh.

However, as had been the case in Game 2, the Penguins found the perfect answer to a good start into the game by Chicago: They scored a goal. It occurred just shy of the 16-minute mark right off a faceoff in the Chicago zone, when a shot from the blueline by Jim Paek appeared to have been deflected at least twice before it found its way past Ed Belfour, with Kevin Stevens being credited with the goal. In addition to Pittsburgh turning the game with two goals late in Game 1 and opening the scoring seemingly out of the blue during a one-man-advantage for Chicago in Game 2, the Blackhawks had now been stunned for the third game in a row.

After two powerplays for Pittsburgh and one for Chicago in the second period, Ed Belfour made a big save on Rick Tocchet, when he pokechecked the puck away on a breakway with three minutes to go in the middle frame.

The story – or at least a subplot – of the third period was Chicago's conditioning. TV analyst Dick Irvin Jr. commented that he "can see the game slowly shifting to Pittsburgh as they seem to have more energy." Pittsburgh controlled the neutral zone by forcing turnovers, navigating through it on odd-man rushes, and keeping Chicago from dumping the puck into the Pittsburgh zone – which had been Chicago's bread-and-butter strategy, when they controlled the game in Game 1. Appearing "almost out of gas", the Blackhawks wouldn't record a shot on goal in the third period until the ten-minute mark. That very first scoring chance in the final period, however, immediately led to a Pittsburgh penalty, and Chicago would shoot three more times on Tom Barrasso's goal in the ensuing powerplay. Chicago came close to scoring the tying goal on a rebound opportunity by Brian Noonan, who also had another scoring chance on a breakaway with seven minutes to go. Altogether, after going ten minutes without recording a shot, Chicago had now sent pucks towards the Pittsburgh net six times within a four-and-a-half minute span. In the final two minutes it perhaps wasn't a shot, though, that created the biggest scoring chance for Chicago, as Stephane Matteau just couldn't get a stick on a rebound. A similar thing happened to Michel Goulet after a shot by Chris Chelios – but again the Blackhawks were denied of getting on the scoreboard.

Chicago played the last 55 seconds of the game with an empty net, but their last-ditch efforts were thwarted by a penalty against Chris Chelios, who delivered three consecutive crosschecks and a punch to Larry Murphy, which resulted in a five-minute and a game-misconduct penalty. Consequentky, Chicago was forced to play the remaining 31 seconds on five-on-five despite playing with an empty net. Pittsburgh came close to scoring an empty-net goal twice, when Mario Lemieux sent a puck down the ice – causing an icing call and drawing Scotty Bowman's frustration, however – and when Chicago's Brian Noonan had to make a kick save against Rick Tocchet.

After three games that had each taken their distinct twists and turns, the Pittsburgh Penguins now held a commanding 3–0 series lead.

Game 4

June 1	Pittsburgh Penguins		6–5		Chicago Blackhawks	Chicago Stadium	Recap
Jaromir Jagr (11) - 01:37 Kevin Stevens (13) - 06:33 Mario Lemieux (16) - pp - 10:13		First period			06:21 - Dirk Graham (5) 06:51 - Dirk Graham (6) 16:18 - Dirk Graham (7)
Rick Tocchet (6) - 00:58		Second period			15:40 - Jeremy Roenick (11)
Larry Murphy (6) - 04:51 Ron Francis (8) - 07:59		Third period			11:18 - Jeremy Roenick (12)
Tom Barrasso 24 saves / 29 shots		Goalie stats			Dominik Hasek 21 saves / 25 saves, Ed Belfour 2 saves / 4 shots

After the series saw a total of just one goal over the course of 86 minutes of hockey spanning from the second period of Game 2 to the early moments of Game 4, the two teams erupted for an 11-goal outburst in Game 4. The first 36 minutes of this scoring spree had the Penguins go ahead four times and the Blackhawks answer with a goal of their own in each instance. It was only when Pittsburgh went ahead for a fifth time that they would extend their lead, when Ron Francis gave Pittsburgh a 6–4 lead with 12 minutes left on the clock and thus accounted for the series-winning goal. Chicago was mainly kept in the game due to the performance of its back-up goaltender Dominik Hasek, who entered the game less than seven minutes into the first period.

There were four goals scored in the first seven minutes of the game, and five in the first eleven, with the first period ending with a score of 3–3. The lasting image of the opening stanza was perhaps the sea of hats on the ice after Blackhawks captain Dirk Graham recorded a hat trick by accounting for all three of Chicago's goals.

Pittsburgh's goals were scored by Jaromir Jagr after Ed Belfour turned over the puck behind his goal; by Kevin Stevens on a one-handed backhand wrist shot that was deemed "stoppable" by TV analyst Bill Clement (and sparked the change in goal); and by Mario Lemieux on a rebound off a shot from Larry Murphy, which had been set up by Lemieux.

Graham scored his hat trick to answer each of these goals on a rebound off his own backhand shot and two one-timers after he was left alone at the Pittsburgh crease in both instances. In addition to these goals, Chicago had two chances which both evolved in congested areas in the slot in the opening minutes. Meanwhile, on the other end of the ice, Dominik Hasek made two saves against Pittsburgh late in the period, with one coming on a pokecheck.

After scoring an early goal in the second period and successfully defending two Chicago powerplays, the Penguins displayed what was arguably the most spectacular offensive attack not to result in a goal in this series, when Jagr found Lemieux on a long pass and Lemieux, after delaying the play against two defenders, put a backhand pass between his legs to Kevin Stevens, who was charging towards the crease behind Lemieux but was denied by Hasek.

With less than five minutes to go in the second period, Chicago scored on a dump-and-chase attack to tie the game for the fourth time, when Jeremy Roenick deflected a shot by Brian Noonan off Larry Murphy's leg.

Close to the end of the period, Hasek answered the bell again, when his poke check on a long pass against Stevens, halfway between the face-off circle and the blueline, kept the game tied at 4–4.

While the game had been close throughout, it nonetheless became apparent that the run-and-gun style of the game would eventually benefit Pittsburgh, as TV analyst Bill Clement assessed as early as in the waning moments of the first period that the Blackhawks were "gonna get burned" playing that style.

Pittsburgh started the final period committed to "put[ting] more pressure on [the Blackhawks]", and from the opening face-off on, Lemieux twice (once on a breakaway), Ron Francis (set up by Jagr), and Bryan Trottier on his own rebound, necessitated glove saves by Hasek to keep the game tied. However, almost exactly five minutes into the final period, the Penguins scored twice in just over three minutes. At first, a shoulder check by Mario Lemieux against Chris Chelios behind the Chicago goal set up a wrist shot by Larry Murphy through traffic, which went past Hasek for a 5–4 Pittsburgh lead. Then Ron Francis converted a slapshot in a two-on-one situation to give Pittsburgh its first two-goal lead of the game (and their first lead of such a margin since the end of Game 2, when they had played roughly half a game leading 3–1).

Chicago would come closer once more, when Jeremy Roenick scored at the 11:18 mark to make it 6–5 Pittsburgh after Larry Murphy tripped behind his own goal, just over three minutes after the second Pittsburgh goal of the period. Just a minute later, Chris Chelios hit the goal post, and the Roenick-Chelios pair would also sustain pressure in the final minute of the game with Chicago playing with an empty net. Overall however, Pittsburgh still controlled most stretches of these final eight minutes, as they didn't have trouble getting out of their zone, and displayed a propensity to hold the puck, as indicated by a stretch in which Lemieux and Jagr were able to take valuable time off the clock in the Chicago zone.

Despite a valiant effort by the Blackhawks and their "fantastic" back-up goaltender Dominik Hasek, the Pittsburgh Penguins repeated as Stanley Cup Champions on a four-game sweep.

Statistical summary

While the 1992 Stanley Cup Finals, on paper, appear to have been lopsided, ending in a 4–0 series sweep for Pittsburgh, each individual game was closely contested. As a matter of fact, despite winning all the games, Pittsburgh led by as many as two goals for only a total of 28 minutes – with 24 1/2 of these minutes occurring at the end of Game 2 (when Pittsburgh was leading 3–1). To put it in different terms: 212 of 240 minutes of hockey were played within a one-goal window or had the losing team, Chicago, up by more than one goal (which was the case for 23 minutes in Game 1).

Both teams recorded almost the same amount of shots on goal, with Pittsburgh's 113 averaging for one more per game than Chicago's 109 (28.3 vs. 27.3). In each of the first three games, the home team (Pittsburgh twice, Chicago once) outshot the visiting team by at least five, while the shots on goal were even in Game 4.

While both teams had an equal amount of powerplay opportunities (16), Pittsburgh had a decisive advantage on special teams: The Penguins scored four powerplay goals – succeeding in such situations in three of the four games – as opposed to Chicago, which mustered only one powerplay goal. Coincidentally, that lone Chicago tally on a one-man advantage was the very first goal of the series (occurring six minutes into Game 1). In their 15 remaining powerplays, the Blackhawks were not only shut out but also yielded a short-handed goal to Pittsburgh (the first goal in Game 2, which Pittsburgh ended up winning, 3–1).

Individually, Mario Lemieux led all players with five goals scored (four of which came in the first two games), on his way to being awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy. Dirk Graham led Chicago with four goals (with three coming on his Game 4 hat trick). Jeremy Roenick is the only other Blackhawk to score more than once (tallying two goals), whereas Rick Tocchet, Kevin Stevens, and Jaromir Jagr all scored twice for Pittsburgh.

Rick Tocchet led all players in assists with six, recording at least one in every game. Chris Chelios led Chicago with four assists (two each in games 1 and 4).

Chicago was more balanced in the plus-minus statistic, with every player ending up in a range from +2 to –2, whereas Pittsburgh defenders Jim Paek and Kjell Samuelsson both went +4, while Larry Murphy and Gordie Roberts went –3 and –4, respectively.

While Chicago had entered the series on an eleven-game winning streak, Pittsburgh ended it on such a mark, adding the four consecutive finals victories to its streak of seven games.

Broadcasting

In Canada, the series was televised in English on the CBC and in French on SRC.

In the United States, this was the last Stanley Cup Finals to air nationally on SportsChannel America. ESPN would pick up the national U.S. contract for the next season.

SportsChannel America's national coverage was blacked out in the Chicago and Pittsburgh areas due to the local rights to Blackhawks and Penguins games in those respective TV markets. SportsChannel Chicago aired the games in Chicago. In Pittsburgh, KBL televised games one and two while KDKA aired games three and four.

Team rosters

Years indicated in boldface under the "Finals appearance" column signify that the player won the Stanley Cup in the given year.

Chicago Blackhawks

#	Nat	Player	Position	Hand	Acquired	Place of birth	Finals appearance
30		Ed Belfour	G	L	1988–89	Carman, Manitoba	first
4		Keith Brown	D	R	1979	Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador	first
22		Rob Brown	RW	L	1991–92	Kingston, Ontario	first (did not play)
25		Rod Buskas	D	R	1991–92	Wetaskiwin, Alberta	first (did not play)
7		Chris Chelios – A	D	R	1990–91	Chicago, Illinois	third (1986, 1989)
14		Greg Gilbert	LW	L	1988–89	Mississauga, Ontario	fourth (1982, 1983, 1984)
16		Michel Goulet	LW	L	1989–90	Péribonka, Quebec	first
33		Dirk Graham – C	RW	R	1987–88	Regina, Saskatchewan	first
23		Stu Grimson	LW	L	1990–91	Vancouver, British Columbia	first
31		Dominik Hasek	G	L	1983	Pardubice, Czechoslovakia	first
34		Tony Horacek	LW	L	1991–92	Vancouver, British Columbia	first (did not play)
11		Tony Hrkac	C	L	1991–92	Thunder Bay, Ontario	first (did not play)
20		Mike Hudson	C	L	1986	Guelph, Ontario	first
3		Igor Kravchuk	D	L	1991	Ufa, Soviet Union	first
6		Frantisek Kucera	D	L	1983	Prague, Czechoslovakia	first (did not play)
28		Steve Larmer – A	RW	L	1980	Peterborough, Ontario	first
15		Brad Lauer	LW	L	1991–92	Humboldt, Saskatchewan	first (did not play)
26		Jocelyn Lemieux	RW	L	1989–90	Mont-Laurier, Quebec	first
2		Bryan Marchment	D	L	1991–92	Scarborough, Ontario	first
32		Stephane Matteau	LW	L	1991–92	Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec	first
19		Dean McAmmond	C	L	1991	Grande Cache, Alberta	first (did not play)
19		Brian Noonan	RW	R	1983	Boston, Massachusetts	first
44		Mike Peluso	LW	L	1990–91	Pengilly, Minnesota	first
27		Jeremy Roenick	C	R	1988	Boston, Massachusetts	first
8		Cam Russell	D	L	1987	Halifax, Nova Scotia	first
5		Steve Smith	D	L	1991–92	Glasgow, Scotland	fourth (1987, 1988, 1990)
12		Brent Sutter	C	R	1991–92	Viking, Alberta	fifth (1981, 1982, 1983, 1984)

Pittsburgh Penguins

#	Nat	Player	Position	Hand	Acquired	Place of birth	Finals appearance
35		Tom Barrasso	G	R	1988–89	Boston, Massachusetts	second (1991)
29		Phil Bourque	LW	L	1983–84	Chelmsford, Massachusetts	second (1991)
14		Jock Callander	RW	R	1987–88	Regina, Saskatchewan	first (did not play)
16		Jay Caufield	RW	R	1988–89	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	second (1991) (did not play)
6		Jeff Chychrun	D	R	1991–92	LaSalle, Quebec	first (did not play)
43		Jeff Daniels	LW	L	1990–91	Oshawa, Ontario	first (did not play)
12		Bob Errey – A	LW	L	1983	Montreal, Quebec	second (1991)
10		Ron Francis	C	L	1990–91	Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario	second (1991)
38		Jiri Hrdina	C	L	1990–91	Prague, Czechoslovakia	third (1989, 1991)
68		Jaromir Jagr	RW	L	1990	Kladno, Czechoslovakia	second (1991)
3		Grant Jennings	D	L	1990–91	Hudson Bay, Saskatchewan	second (1991)
20		Jamie Leach	RW	R	1991–92	Winnipeg, Manitoba	first (did not play)
66		Mario Lemieux – C	C	R	1984	Montreal, Quebec	second (1991)
24		Troy Loney	LW	L	1982	Bow Island, Alberta	second (1991)
15		Shawn McEachern	LW	L	1987	Waltham, Massachusetts	first
34		Dave Michayluk	RW	L	1991–92	Wakaw, Saskatchewan	first (did not play)
7		Joe Mullen	RW	R	1990–91	New York, New York	fourth (1986, 1989, 1991)
55		Larry Murphy	D	R	1989–90	Scarborough, Ontario	second (1991)
45		Mike Needham	RW	R	1991–92	Calgary, Alberta	first (did not play)
2		Jim Paek	D	L	1985	Seoul, South Korea	second (1991)
18		Ken Priestlay	C	L	1990–91	Vancouver, British Columbia	first (did not play)
28		Gordie Roberts	D	L	1990–91	Detroit, Michigan	third (1981, 1991)
23		Kjell Samuelsson	D	R	1991–92	Tingsryd, Sweden	second (1987)
5		Ulf Samuelsson	D	L	1990–91	Fagersta, Sweden	second (1991)
22		Paul Stanton	D	R	1985	Boston, Massachusetts	second (1991)
25		Kevin Stevens	LW	L	1983–84	Brockton, Massachusetts	second (1991)
32		Peter Taglianetti	D	L	1990–91	Framingham, Massachusetts	second (1991) (did not play)
92		Rick Tocchet	RW	R	1991–92	Scarborough, Ontario	third (1985, 1987)
19		Bryan Trottier – A	C	L	1990–91	Val Marie, Saskatchewan	seventh (1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1991)
31		Ken Wregget	G	L	1991–92	Brandon, Manitoba	first
1		Wendell Young	G	L	1988–89	Halifax, Nova Scotia	second (1991) (did not play)

Pittsburgh Penguins – 1992 Stanley Cup champions

Players

  Centres

  Wingers

• 7 Joe Mullen
• 12 Bob Errey (A)
• 14 Jock Callander
• 16 Jay Caufield
• 20 Jamie Leach
• 24 Troy Loney
• 25 Kevin Stevens
• 29 Phil Bourque
• 34 Dave Michayluk
• 43 Jeff Daniels*
• 45 Mike Needham*
• 68 Jaromir Jagr
• 92 Rick Tocchet

  Defencemen

• 2 Jim Paek
• 3 Grant Jennings
• 5 Ulf Samuelsson
• 6 Jeff Chychrun
• 22 Paul Stanton
• 23 Kjell Samuelsson
• 28 Gordie Roberts
• 32 Peter Taglianetti
• 55 Larry Murphy

  Goaltenders

• 1 Wendell Young
• 31 Ken Wregget
• 35 Tom Barrasso

Coaching and administrative staff

• Morris Belzberg (Owner), Howard Baldwin Sr. (Owner/President), Thomas Ruta (Owner)
• Donn Patton (Vice President-Chief Financial Officer), J. Paul Martha (Vice President-General Council), Craig Patrick (Vice President/General Manager)
• Bob Johnson (Coach), William Scotty Bowman (Head Coach/Director of Player Development-Recruitment), Barry Smith (Asst. Coach), Rick Kehoe (Asst. Coach)
• Pierre McGuire (Asst. Coach), Gilles Meloche (Goaltending Coach/Scout), Rick Paterson (Asst. Coach)
• Steve Latin (Equipment Manager), Charles "Skip" Thayer (Trainer), John Welday (Strength-Conditioning Coach), Greg Malone (Head Scout)
• Les Binkley (Scout), Charlie Hodge (Scout), John Gill (Scout), Ralph Cox (Scout)

Stanley Cup engraving

• Mike Needham* did not play in any regular season games for Pittsburgh (played in the minors), but played in five playoff games (one playoff game in the conference finals, but not in the Finals). His name was engraved on the Stanley Cup, even though he did not qualify.
• Jeff Daniels* played in two regular season games for Pittsburgh, spent the rest of the regular season in the minors, but was recalled during the playoffs. His name was also engraved on the Stanley Cup, even though he did not qualify.
• Ken Priestlay† played in 49 regular season games and was sent to the minors at the trade deadline, but rejoined the team late in the playoffs. Priestlay was also included on the Stanley Cup even though he played in the minors during the playoffs. Pittsburgh included a record 31 players on the Stanley Cup in 1992.
• Bob Johnson, head coach of the Penguins in the 1990–91 season and for their 1991 championship, died on November 26, 1991, of cancer. The NHL allowed the 1991–92 Penguins to have his name engraved on the Cup.

Pierre McGuire, Les Binkley, John Gill, Charlie Hodge, Ralph Cox were with the team as Scouts in 1990–91, but names were not included on the Stanley Cup that year. All five members have two Stanley Cup rings with Pittsburgh. Team Doctor Charles Burke won cups with Pittsburgh in 1991 and 1992, but his name was left off the Stanley Cup.

Aftermath

The Penguins won a league record 17-straight games en route to the Presidents' Trophy in the 1992–93 season, despite Mario Lemieux missing much of the season to Hodgkin's lymphoma. However, they lost in the Patrick Division final to the New York Islanders.

The Blackhawks, however, got swept in the first round to the St. Louis Blues, 4-0. The Blackhawks would not return to the Stanley Cup Finals until 2010, when they defeated the Penguins' cross-state rivals, the Philadelphia Flyers, in six games.

See also

• 1991–92 NHL season
• List of Stanley Cup champions
• 1991–92 Chicago Blackhawks season
• 1991–92 Pittsburgh Penguins season

References

• Diamond, Dan (2000). Total Stanley Cup. NHL.
• Podnieks, Andrew; Hockey Hall of Fame (2004). Lord Stanley's Cup. Bolton, Ont.: Fenn Pub. pp. 12, 50. ISBN 978-1-55168-261-7.
• NHL (1991). National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 1991–92.