Penguins Parade in Pittsburgh Today
June 15, 2009 by Jeanne Dupuis
Filed under NHL Playoffs, News, Pittsburgh Penguins
The Pittsburgh Penguins will be taking the same route as the Super Bowl Champions, the Pittsburgh Steelers, as they enjoy the parade honoring them as the 2009 Stanley Cup Champions. It’s set to start at 12:00pm at the intersection of Grant Street and Seventh Avenue.
image: Zuma Press
I know that with the slumping economy, cities like Pittsburgh have really suffered so I can’t even imagine how much the Penguins and Steelers’ victories mean to them. Mayor Luke Ravenstahl summed it up nicely: “No words can describe the history-making comeback achieved by our team. No one believed that this could be done, that we could win on the road and defy history, and that the League’s youngest captain could make it happen. On Monday, let’s show the world how the ‘City of Champions’ welcomes home their Stanley Cup Champion Pittsburgh Penguins.”
I know that hockey isn’t as popular in the U.S. as it is in Canada but, hopefully, the Penguins will get a big turnout. I know that more than 300,000 people showed up for the Steelers so even if the Pens got a third of that, it would be amazing.
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