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November 7, 2009

Fate plays hand in first drop of puck

The Pittsburgh Penguins and the arena authority each faced a dilemma.

Two years before the Wachovia Arena (then known as the Northeastern Pennsylvania Civic Arena and Convention Center) hosted its first American Hockey League game in 1999, Pittsburgh didn’t have a home for its minor league team and the arena authority didn’t have a tenant to anchor the yet-to-be-constructed building.

After playing in the International Hockey League as the Cleveland Lumberjacks, Pittsburgh hoped to move its top minor league team into the American Hockey League, which was geared more toward developing young players.

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