Pittsburgh Penguins: Pascal Dupuis’ Retirement Hits Team Hard

Pittsburgh Penguins winger Pascal Dupuis’ impact goes far beyond his on ice contributions. Though his health requires him to step away from hockey, there is every reason to expect he will continue to be a part of the Pens.

Yesterday afternoon I woke up from a nap and checked my phone for news. I had only been asleep for half an hour and yet in that time I had missed a surprising, though not wholly unexpected, announcement. The Pittsburgh Penguins announced that Pascal Dupuis was done playing hockey.

Dupuis’s decision to hang up his skates for good was bittersweet. An adored figure in Pittsburgh both on and off the ice, the winger’s choice to stop playing hockey will have a lasting impact on…