You've seen some of the best players featured throughout the offseason on Pensburgh's Pens of the Past segment.  I felt it was only right to feature one of Pittsburgh's best coaches as well.

This week, we'll take a look at a man who encompassed hockey into every aspect of his life up until the day he died.  This week we'll look at Badger Bob Johnson.

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Acquired in a late-season trade between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Hartford Whalers in 1991, Ron Francis joined ranks with the likes of Mario Lemieux, Jaromir Jagr and Kevin Stevens to bring home Pittsburgh's first Stanley Cup Championship.  He'd later prove essential to the Penguins in their '92 run and put in another seven years for the Penguins.

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You'd be hard pressed to find Darius Kasparaitis at the top of any kind of NHL scoring list.  Scoring was just his forte - except for one goal in which we'll get to later.

But if you wanted to find Kasparaitis anywhere you'd more often than not have the best chance of doing so by following the sounds of boos, cheers, curses, broken bones and injured players on the ice.  If even that fails, look towards the penalty box.

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I'll admit, this is an interest Penguin of the past because technically his career is not "in the past."  But after his treatment back in November 2007, it's safe to say Mark Recchi will never return to Steel Town.

The Pittsburgh Penguins and Mark Recchi is a story of ups and downs, followed by an all new set of ups and new downs and finally settled with a controversial nail in the proverbial coffin that is Mark Recchi's career.  Today in the latest installment of Pens of the Past, we'll look back on the good years of Mark Recchi's tenure and end it on a more somber note.

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He started his career in Pittsburgh, and some would even say his best years came in Steel Town.  After a short and unproductive stint in Washington, Jagr shipped out to NYC and posed as a volatile threat in the first year after the lockout.  More recently, Jagr was rumored to be weighing out some options to return to Pittsburgh.  Of course, those rumors proved to be false and Jagr went to Omsk, Russia, where he will play out at least the next two years.  Today we'll look back on #68 Jaromir Jagr and his days in the black and gold.

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Tom Barrasso - one of the greatest goalies of all-time, undoubtedly the greatest goaltender in Pittsburgh history.  He was in net for Pittsburgh's first championship in 1990, and was back between the pipes again in '91. 

Today, as part of Pensburgh's continued series Pens of the Past, we take a look at number 35; Tommy B.

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Paul Coffey spent five years of his 21-year-career with the Penguins, notching his fair share of points, awards and all-star appearances - not to mention a Stanley Cup in the 1990-91 season.  In this week's Pens of the Past, we'll take a look at Paul Coffey and all he did in the black and gold.

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The legendary "Murph", just one of the nicknames Larry Murphy had assigned to him throughout his 21-year-career, is the subject of this week's Pens of the Past.

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Before Boston College became known as one of the United States' premium hockey schools, guys like Kevin Stevens were doing their part to get it there.  Drafted by the Kings and later traded over to Pittsburgh for his NHL debut, Stevens could score a goal just as easily as he could drop the mitts in a heavyweight fight.

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Say what you will about his post-career mistakes, but when Rick Tocchet played with the Pens he tallied his only 100-plus point season.  Attribute it to playing alongside Lemieux, Francis and Stevens; or just give Tocchet the props he deserves. 

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