On Tuesday night in Pittsburgh the Washington Capitals and Pittsburgh Penguins resume one of the best rivalries in all of hockey.
It is a rivalry that has actually been raging for the better part of the past 20 plus years. Many modern hockey fans believe that the Caps vs. Pens rivalry began with Alexander Ovechkin and Sidney Crosby. That is far from the case.
It was actually back in 1991 when the two teams would meet in the playoffs for the first time. The Pens would easily dispatch the Caps in the Eastern Conference semifinals in five games en route to their first Stanley Cup.
Back then, the Penguins had another superstar on their team by the name of Mario Lemieux and Lemieux was one of the best ever. Along the way, the Pens would add players like Ron Francis, Jaromir Jagr and Ulf Samuelsson to the roster and the Penguins would repeat as champions in 1992.
To get there, the Pens would again defeat the Caps in the playoffs but this time they would rally from a 3-1 series deficit to break the hearts of Caps fans everywhere.
The Caps had no shortage of talent back in those days either as they had players like Dino Ciccarelli, Mik ...
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