In 2018-19, three players achieved life-long dreams and made their NHL season debuts with the Pittsburgh Penguins. Can you name them top of mind?
Teddy Blueger took the long road — drafted in 2012, four years of college and a couple more years of apprenticeship in the AHL finally culminated in making it to the NHL on January 30th, 2019 in a game against Tampa. Blueger made the most of his chance playing 28 games down the stretch in the regular season, and one more in the playoffs.
Juuso Riikola was the another, who actually made his NHL debut first back on October 11th, 2018 against Vegas.