Duane Rupp – Pittsburgh Penguins

In the spring of 1970, a strange malaise called Stanley Cup fever had, quite unexpectedly, taken Pittsburgh by storm. Following…

As I watched our Penguins completely fall apart on Saturday night against San Jose, the words to the old 1980’s…

He wasn’t the winningest general manager in Penguins history. Nor did his teams capture a Stanley Cup. Or even a…

Next to Ron Stackhouse, perhaps no Penguin was less appreciated in his time than defenseman Duane Rupp. Ironically, the fans’…

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