The Pens will face off against the San Jose Sharks tonight on the west coast and will be facing a team that once again has the potential to take home the Stanley Cup. Mention of Lord Stanley's coveted bowl, however, did not go hand-in-hand with the Silicon Valley squad back when it joined the league in 1991. That first season was, as for most expansion teams, positively nightmarish, and the darkest night probably occured on Dec. 18, 1991, when the Sharks paid a visit to the Igloo to face the high-flying defending Stanley Cup champs.
In a period described in this game report from the Post-Gazette by beat writer Tom McMillan as "comical and ugly at the same time", Mario & Co. racked up an incredible eight goals in the second period and carried a 10-0 lead into the third. Can you imagine how the Sharks must have felt coming out for that final frame? Fortunately for them, the mighty Pens took their foot off the gas and let the new kids have a couple.
As a bonus, here's a video describing the history of the Sharks:
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