2012
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04.10
Pittsburgh Penguins enter the 2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs as one of the older and more playoff-experienced clubs in the NHL.
That's a far cry from the upstart club which hit the postseason for the first time as a group in 2006-07, a collection of raw talent whose combined age might still have not been enough to buy a beer.
But with a team median age of 28.201 years old that ranks seventh-oldest in the NHL, Pittsburgh will gladly take the experience that comes with the years.
"We’ve been through it before," Matt Cooke said Tuesday. "There is a lot of experience in this room in the playoffs. Most of the guys here have gone to two Finals and even more.
"I think that you use that experience as confidence moving forward."
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That's a far cry from the upstart club which hit the postseason for the first time as a group in 2006-07, a collection of raw talent whose combined age might still have not been enough to buy a beer.
But with a team median age of 28.201 years old that ranks seventh-oldest in the NHL, Pittsburgh will gladly take the experience that comes with the years.
"We’ve been through it before," Matt Cooke said Tuesday. "There is a lot of experience in this room in the playoffs. Most of the guys here have gone to two Finals and even more.
"I think that you use that experience as confidence moving forward."
Read Full Article at Bleacher Report - Pittsburgh Penguins