Pens a hot ticket thanks to Crosby

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Pens a hot ticket thanks to Crosby


PITTSBURGH?Sidney Crosby has yet to don a Penguins jersey but already the 17-year-old phenom has changed everything about hockey in Pittsburgh.

The NHL's worst team when the league last played a regular-season game in 2004, the Penguins can now regard the playoffs as a realistic goal this season. And ticket sales, which sagged in recent years in the league's oldest and least fan-friendly arena, soared after Pittsburgh won the No. 1 pick Friday in the NHL draft lottery.

The Penguins sold scores of season-ticket packages Friday night to fans from 10 states and Canada, even though ticket-buyers had to wait 45 minutes on hold just to get an operator.

"We're on Cloud 9," team president Ken Sawyer said. "This has probably been the (team's) greatest 24-hour period since 1984."

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"We're on Cloud 9," team president Ken Sawyer said. "This has probably been the (team's) greatest 24-hour period since 1984."



Boy, you would think the back to back cup wins would be the team's greatest moment, but apparently not I guess.

And you kinda had to expect it with the hype of the next one, the people would be rushing to the gate to get tickets, congrats to the Pens though, they needed help and they got it.

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People laughed at my theory that the lottery was rigged to save the Penguins franchise. Who's laughing now? Me, hahahaha, and Mario and the Penguins. And Bettman, but mostly me, hehehehe.