Original author: Joe Starkey: Sept. 19, 2006 The moment that Pittsburgh Penguins fans feared would never happen took place Sept. 5 in a packed Mellon Arena media room, when Mario Lemieux stepped to the podium and presented 20-year-old Russian hockey star Evgeni Malkin with a No. 71 Penguins jersey.AdvertisementMalkin, the team’s first round draft pick (second overall) in 2004, could not contain his smile as he draped the jersey over his button-down shirt.“I am really happy to be here today,” he said through his interpreter, Olga McQueen. “It was my dream to come here and play for the Pittsburgh Penguins.”The Penguins’…
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