Report: Penguins sellout streak hits 500 games

Soooo much has happened in the last 10 years!

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Published 6 years ago
Report: Penguins sellout streak hits 500 games
Keystone Press

February 6th, 2007: the last time the Pittsburgh Penguins failed to sell out a home game. That evening, the Penguins defeated the Nashville Predators 4-1 at the legendary Mellon Arena thanks to multi-point efforts from future Hall of Famer Mark Recchi and future MVPs Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin.

Since then, it’s been smooth sailing for fans at both the Igloo and PPG Paints Arena. Courtesy of Upgruv.com, check out some of these stats from the last time the Penguins failed to sell out their home rink:

On the last Hockey Night In Pittsburgh that wasn't a sellout, America had the following: George W. Bush was President; Beyonce's Irreplaceable was the No. 1 song on Billboard's Hot 100 chart; gas costs averaged $2.24 per gallon; Mike Tomlin had been head coach of the Steelers for all of two weeks, and Apple was finalizing a television advertisement to introduce the iPhone.

Crazy! And… oh yeah… the Penguins have added three Stanley Cups to their resume since then! Here’s to the last 500 sellouts and 500 more!

Source: Upgruv.com