Primary Owners:
Howard Baldwin,
Moris Belzberg &
Thomas Ruta

General Manager:
Craig Patrick

Head Coach:
Ed Johnston

Captain:
Mario Lemieux

Rookie of the Year:
No winner
Player's Player:
Ron Francis

Most Valuable Player:
Mario Lemieux

Booster Club:
Mario Lemieux

Masterton Nominee:
Ron Francis

Baz Bastien Good Guy:
Petr Nedved

Edward J. DeBartolo:
Dave Roche

Bob Johnson Memorial:
Jaromir Jagr

August 2
Obtained Bryan Smolinski, Glen Murray and third round choice in the 1996 Entry Draft from Boston for Kevin Stevens and Shawn McEachern.

March 1
Obtained Dave McLlwain from Ottawa for eighth round choice in the 1996 Entry Draft.

March 20
Obtained J.J. Daigneault from St. Louis for sixth round choice in the 1996 Entry Draft.

March 20
Obtained Alek Stojanov from Vancouver for Markus Naslund.

1995-96

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1995-96 Pittsburgh Penguins Season Capsule
(49-29-4) Finished 1st in Northeast Division
Front row: Ken Wregget, Chris Tamer, Sergei Zubov, Petr Nedved, Jaromir Jagr, Mario Lemieux, Ron Francis, Tomas Sandstrom, Bryan Smolinski, Dmitri Mironov & Tom Barrasso

Middle row: Howard Baldwin Jr., Chris Joseph, Kevin Miller, Jack Kelley (President), Steve Ryan (COO), Thomas Ruta (Co-Owner), Moris Belzberg (Co-0wner), Howard Baldwin (Co-Owner), Craig Patrick (General Manager), Ed Johnston (Head Coach), Rick Kehoe (Asst. Coach), Bryan Trottier (Asst. Coach), J.J. Daigneault, Glen Murray, John Welday (Conditioning Coach) & Skip Thayer (Trianer)

Back row: Paul Flati (Asst. Equip. Manager), Tom Plasko (Physical Therapist), Steve Latin (Equip. Manager), Dave McLlwain, Ed Patterson, Joe Dziedzic, Corey Foster, Dave Roche, Chris Wells, Alek Stojanov, Neil Wilkinson, Brad Lauer, Ian Moran & Greg Thayer
SEASON HIGHLIGHTS
• Mario Lemieux returns to the Penguins lineup on October 7 after a one year medical leave.

• Mario Lemieux scores his 500th career goal on October 28 at the New York Islanders, becoming the second-fastest player to reach the mark.

• Ron Francis records his 1,200th career point on December 26 against the Buffalo Sabres.

• The Penguins win their 900th game in franchise history, 9-4, against the Hartford Whalers on December 28.

• Mario Lemieux scores five goals in one game against St. Louis on March 26.

• Jaromir Jagr sets the NHL record for points (149) and assists (87) in one season by a right wing.
UNIFORM NUMBERS & SEASON STATISTICS
REGULAR SEASON
 PLAYOFFS
#
 Player
GP
G
A
PTS
PIM
GP
G
A
PTS
PIM
66
 Mario Lemieux
70
69
92
161
54
18
11
16
27
33
68
 Jaromir Jagr
82
62
87
149
96
18
11
12
23
18
10
 Ron Francis
77
27
92
119
56
11
3
6
9
4
93
 Petr Nedved
80
45
54
99
68
18
10
10
20
16
17
 Tomas Sandstrom
58
35
35
70
69
18
4
2
6
30
3, 56
 Sergei Zubov
64
11
55
66
22
18
1
14
15
26
20
 Bryan Smolinski
81
24
40
64
69
18
5
4
9
10
29
 Markus Naslund
66
19
33
52
36
-
-
-
-
-
15
 Dmitri Mironov
72
3
31
34
88
15
0
1
1
10
27
 Glen Murray
69
14
15
29
57
18
2
6
8
10
22
 Norm Maciver
32
2
21
23
32
-
-
-
-
-
23
 Chris Joseph
70
5
14
19
71
15
1
0
1
8
51
 David Roche
71
7
7
14
130
16
2
7
9
26
2
 Chris Tamer
70
4
10
14
153
18
0
7
7
24
6
 Neil Wilkinson
41
2
10
12
87
15
0
1
1
14
18
 Francois Leroux
66
2
9
11
161
18
1
1
2
20
8
 Kevin Miller
13
6
5
11
4
18
3
2
5
8
16
 Joe Dziedzic
69
5
5
10
68
16
1
2
3
19
76
 Richard Park
56
4
6
10
36
1
0
0
0
0
36
 J.J. Daigneault
13
3
3
6
23
17
1
9
10
36
26
 Dave McLlwain
18
2
4
6
4
6
0
0
0
0
14
 Brad Lauer
21
4
1
5
6
12
1
1
2
4
4
 Corey Foster
11
2
2
4
2
3
0
0
0
4
12
 Chris Wells
54
2
2
4
59
-
-
-
-
-
52
 Rusty Fitzgerald
21
1
2
3
12
-
-
-
-
-
24
 Ian Moran
51
1
1
2
47
-
-
-
-
-
44
 Ed Patterson
35
0
2
2
38
-
-
-
-
-
11
 Alek Stojanov
10
1
0
1
7
9
0
0
0
19
38
 Peter Allen
8
0
0
0
8
-
-
-
-
-
28
 Greg Andrusak
2
0
0
0
0
-
-
-
-
-
9
 Len Barrie
5
0
0
0
18
-
-
-
-
-
55
 Drake Berehowsky
1
0
0
0
0
-
-
-
-
-
33
 Stefan Bergkvist
2
0
0
0
2
4
0
0
0
2
28
 Jeff Christian
3
0
0
0
2
-
-
-
-
-
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