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Former Penguins reflect on emotional return to Pittsburgh for 2016 Stanley Cup ceremony


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Tom Banks
February 1, 2026  (11:14)
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Jan 31, 2026; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; The members of the 2016 Stanley Cup Champion Pittsburgh Penguins are honored on the tenth anniversary before a game against the New York Rangers at PPG Paints Arena.
Photo credit: Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images

The Penguins won back-to-back Stanley Cups in 2016 and 2017, and now a decade later, some players have returned to look back on their victory.

The Pittsburgh Penguins are a decade removed from their second of three Stanley Cups in the Sidney Crosby era, and ahead of their game against the New York Rangers on Saturday night, they used it as an opportunity to look back on those times.
That included an on-ice ceremony ahead of the game, and when asked about it, the captain Sidney Crosby got emotional discussing just how much that group meant to him and still does mean to him, showing just how close they were as a group.

Former Penguins relive the success and open up on their time in Pittsburgh

Then, the Penguins social media team decided to get involved, chatting with some of the players during the game about what that 2016 Championship meant to them, with Pascal Dupuis, Chris Kunitz and Ben Lovejoy among those reliving the glory days.
While none of them are in the league anymore, they all had nothing but great things to say about their time in Pittsburgh and how welcoming the return has been, while also praising the trio of Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Kris Letang, all of which are still on the ice for this Penguins team a decade later.
Ultimately, this may not be remembered as one of the best Stanley Cup winning groups since 2000, but given the depth and the star power that this roster had, there's no doubting that they will be a group remembered for a long, long time in Pittsburgh.
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