One of the cooler aspects in Pittsburgh Penguins’ franchise lore is how it’s basically impossible to have a jersey number retired. Many other teams have cheapened the tradition by giving the honor to players who didn’t play with them very long, or didn’t really have a tremendous impact.
In Pittsburgh there are only two numbers retired, as you might know. One is the #21 of Michel Briere, a talented youngster who sadly was involved in a car accident after his rookie NHL season and passed away.
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The other, of course, Mario Lemieux’s #66.