During the season, Bensday would ordinarily be today—that is, Wednesday—but the Pittsburgh Penguins took the opportunity to last night to honor former Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger last night, during his first significant public appearance since announcing his retirement earlier this offseason.
Penguins players donned no. 7 Roethlisberger jerseys as they skated during warm-ups, which the former no. 7 said he didn’t realize at first. He said during an interview last night that he at first thought there was a no. 7 on the Penguins roster—before seeing numerous other jerseys with the same number, and his name on the back.