Mario Lemieux has been sent to the minors!

Wingznut

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"Pittsburgh Penguins: Sent C Mario Lemieux to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AHL). "

(Heh, yeah I know why.)
 

trmiv

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PITTSBURGH -- Mario Lemieux is going to the minors -- for one night.


The Pittsburgh Penguins' owner-center will play for the club's AHL farm team from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton in an exhibition against the parent squad in Wilkes-Barre on Saturday.


Lemieux's No. 66 Wilkes-Barre jersey will be auctioned off after the game, and the proceeds will be donated to disaster relief for the terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington.


"I think it's going to be exciting to see me in a different uniform," said Lemieux, who has played all 13 of his NHL seasons for Pittsburgh. "I always wondered what it would be like to play against the Penguins. I'll have my chance on Saturday."


Lemieux has never played a minor-league game, and he likely never will again. Asked if he had done anything like this at any other training camp, he laughed and said, "No. I never owned two teams before."
 

piku

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This is our local minor team... the arena is like 15 minutes away from here in Wilkes-Barre. Might even go too if I get back from Shippensburg early enough.
 

darqice

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hey Piku i go to keystone college just north of clarks summit /scranton... and i'm originally from near pittsburgh and a big penguins fan... i'll have to check it out too
 

gygheyzeus

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I figured it was just for fun. As if the owner of the team would send himself to the minors.
 

LukFilm

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I'm from Scranton :) Gotta see the game on Saturday! Hopefully I'll see some other AT'ers there as well :)
 

OSUdrunk

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Too bad the Cleveland Lumberjacks aren't still the Pens minor league affiliate. Then I'd go see him play. Guess I'll hafta settle for the exhibition against the BlueJackets...
 

Wingznut

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Just think what it's like for some scrub on the BlueJackets... He gets to play alongside Super Mario!
 

Rudee

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I can imaging that Jersey will be worth a fortune. One and only Minor League Jersey worn by Lemieux. It will go for several thousand dollars easy.
 

Lucky

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nice guy. I met and spoke with him a couple months back during a press thing he held at the island sports complex in pittsburgh. I had to go and photograph him basically holding up a check for some inner city hockey program.

very personable and nice. Good hockey player too. :)