The Pittsburgh Penguins celebrated their Stanley Cup triumph over the San Jose Sharks with a parade through the city Wednesday.
Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Co. defeated the Sharks 3-1 in Game 6 to take the series 4-2, capturing the organization's fourth Stanley Cup title. The city of Pittsburgh came out to offer its thanks for the achievement.
Janelle Hall of WTAE-TV shared an image of fans lined up along the route:
Tyler Batiste of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette offered a different view:
The Penguins also took video of fans cheering for the team on the route:
The city of Pittsburgh certainly showed up in full force. Tim Williams of CBS News reported that over 400,000 people were present for the parade, making it the largest turnout for such an event in the city's history.
Goalie Matt Murray had some fun with those fans:
"This is one crazy sports town and more it's one crazy hockey town!" head coach Mike Sullivan said during his time at the podium, per Amanda Jupena of WTAE-TV.
"We'll try to meet here at this t ...
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