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Pittsburgh Penguins History: Revisiting 2001 Eastern Conference Finals

Pittsburgh Penguins, Mario Lemieux. Mandatory Credit: Doug Pensinger/ALLSPORT

When Mario Lemieux returned to the Pittsburgh Penguins after a three and a half year absence, one of his main goals was to secure a third Stanley Cup, let’s take a look back and see how close he came.

Here is how the Pittsburgh Penguins lost the 2001 Eastern Conference Finals.

Not much rest

Game 1

The key story from Game 1 one of the series was not that the Penguins had such a short turn around between their Game 7 overtime match vs.