Dana Heinze worked as an equipment manager in professional hockey for a total of 2,306 games over 33 years before retiring this summer.
Before the puck drops for the Penguins' 7 p.m. game against the Lightning at PPG Paints Arena on Saturday, the Penguins will have a ceremony to recognize and honor Heinze for all those long hours he spent at the rink over the years.
It's a fitting matchup for the ceremony to take place. Heinze spent six years with the Lightning before joining the Penguins as head equipment manager in 2006, and won a combined four Stanley Cups between the two teams -- first with the Lightning in 2004, and then again with the Penguins in 2009, 2016 and 2017.