The Bridgeport Bluefish were an American minor league baseball team based in Bridgeport,Connecticut. The team was a member of the Liberty Division of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball,which was not affiliated with Major League Baseball. They played their home games at The Ballpark at Harbor Yard from 1998 to 2017.
The Long Island Ducks are an American professional minor-league baseball team based on Long Island in Central Islip,New York. The Ducks compete in the North Division of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball (ALPB),an independent "partner league" of Major League Baseball. The Ducks played their first season in 2000,two years after the ALPB inaugural season. Since their inception the Ducks' home ballpark has been Fairfield Properties Ballpark,formerly known as Bethpage Ballpark (2010-2020),Suffolk County Sports Park,EAB Park (2000–2001),and Citibank Park (2002–2009). The "Ducks" name refers to Long Island's duck-farming heritage and recalls the former Long Island Ducks professional ice hockey team. The team's first manager was Bud Harrelson,a part-owner of the team and a former major league player.
The Pittsburgh Penguins are a professional ice hockey team based in Pittsburgh. The Penguins compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference. The team plays its home games at PPG Paints Arena,originally known as Consol Energy Center,since 2010. The team previously played at the Civic Arena,which was also known as Mellon Arena from 1999 to 2010,and by its nickname "the Igloo". The Penguins are affiliated with two minor league teams –the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins of the American Hockey League (AHL) and the Wheeling Nailers of the ECHL.
The American Hockey League (AHL) is a professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental league for the National Hockey League (NHL). As of the 2024–25 AHL season,all 32 NHL teams held affiliations with an AHL team. Historically,when an NHL team does not have an AHL affiliate,its players are assigned to AHL teams affiliated with other NHL franchises.
The Original Six are the teams that composed the National Hockey League (NHL) between 1942 and 1967. The six teams are the Boston Bruins,Chicago Black Hawks,Detroit Red Wings,Montreal Canadiens,New York Rangers,and Toronto Maple Leafs. After serving as the league's only teams for 25 seasons,they were joined by six new franchises in the 1967 NHL expansion.
The Bridgeport Islanders are a professional ice hockey team playing in the American Hockey League (AHL). They are the AHL affiliate of the National Hockey League's New York Islanders,who own the franchise. The team started in 2001–02 season and was purchased by the Islanders in 2004. The team is based in Bridgeport,Connecticut and plays their home games at the Total Mortgage Arena.
The Lincoln Stars are a Tier I junior ice hockey team playing in the United States Hockey League (USHL). The Stars' home ice is the Ice Box on the former Nebraska State Fair grounds and adjacent to the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.
The Ballpark at Harbor Yard was a 5,500-seat independent-league ballpark in downtown Bridgeport,Connecticut that opened on May 21,1998. The stadium was located next to the Webster Bank Arena,now known as the Total Mortgage Arena. It was named "Harbor Yard" as an allusion to Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore,Maryland.
Sports in Pittsburgh have been played dating back to the American Civil War. Baseball,hockey,and the first professional American football game had been played in the city by 1892. Pittsburgh was first known as the "City of Champions" when the Pittsburgh Pirates,Pittsburgh Panthers football team,and Pittsburgh Steelers won multiple championships in the 1970s. Today,the city has three major professional sports franchises,the Pirates,Steelers,and Penguins;while the University of Pittsburgh Panthers compete in a Division I Power Five conference,the highest level of collegiate athletics in the United States,in both football and basketball. Local universities Duquesne and Robert Morris also field Division I teams in men's and women's basketball and Division I FCS teams in football. Robert Morris also fields Division I men's and women's ice hockey teams.
Howard Lapsley Baldwin is an American entrepreneur and film producer. Baldwin founded the New England Whalers ice hockey franchise in the World Hockey Association (WHA) and retained ownership when the team became the Hartford Whalers and joined the National Hockey League (NHL). He has also owned part of the Minnesota North Stars and Pittsburgh Penguins NHL franchises. He is the CEO of Baldwin Entertainment,which has produced films such as the Academy Award-nominated Ray.
The 1967–68 Pittsburgh Penguins season was their first in the NHL. Pittsburgh was one of six cities awarded an expansion team during the 1967 NHL expansion.
Penguin Pete was the Pittsburgh Penguins’first mascot. He was an Ecuadorian-born Humboldt penguin on loan from the Pittsburgh Zoo. Penguins officials even had special ice skates made for Pete by CCM in Canada. A skater from the University of Pittsburgh taught Pete at the arena how to ice skate.
The Amarillo Wranglers served as a farm team to the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League. Based in Amarillo,Texas,the Wranglers were members of the Central Hockey League (CHL).
The National Hockey League (NHL) has undergone several rounds of expansion and other organizational changes during its history to reach its current thirty-two active teams:twenty-five in the United States,and seven in Canada. The newest additions to the league are the Vegas Golden Knights in 2017,Seattle Kraken in 2021,and the Utah Hockey Club in 2024. The league has also relocated several franchises,most recently in 2011 when the former Atlanta Thrashers became the second and current incarnation of the Winnipeg Jets.
John Thomas Riley was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and executive. He was the first general manager of the Pittsburgh Penguins in the National Hockey League. He served the Penguins from their founding through the spring of 1970,and then in a second term from January 1972 to January 1974. In 1975,he became Commissioner of the Southern Hockey League. From 1979 to 1983 he served as President of the International Hockey League.
John Carl 'Jack' Button was a professional hockey executive with the Pittsburgh Penguins and Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League. The Jack Button Award,given to the top prospect for the Washington Capitals,was created in his honor. He died of leukemia in 1996.
The 1967 National Hockey League (NHL) expansion added six new franchises for the 1967–68 season,doubling the size of the league to 12 teams. It was the largest expansion undertaken at one time by an established major sports league and the first change in the composition of the NHL since 1942,ending the era of the Original Six.
Donald Holcombe Parsons was an American lawyer,banker,and businessman. He was owner of the Pittsburgh Penguins in the National Hockey League from March 1968 until April 1971.
Peter Block was a co-founder and former-owner of the National Hockey League's Pittsburgh Penguins. He was a part of the team's ownership for just one season,selling in his share in 1968. Block rejoined the ownership group in 1971,though,and kept his stake until the team went bankrupt in 1975. He relocated to California in the mid-1980s to start a business venture and died on December 13,2015,at his home in Santa Monica from cancer.
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