All Penguins’ Prospects Who Glitter May Not be Gold
Back in 1982-83, a feisty 20-year-old center named Mitch Lamoureux tore through the AHL like a comet. Skating for the Baltimore Skipjacks, the Penguins’ top farm team, Lamoureux piled up 57 goals and 107 points. Labelled a “special player” by one of the team’s execs, he appeared to be tailor-made for a black-and-gold team in the throes of a pre-Mario Lemieux teardown. However, after earning a spot out of training camp in ’83-84, the former eighth-round pick fizzled and was quickly dispatched to the minors. Although Mitch returned in ’84-85 to enjoy a modestly successful season (10 goals in 62 games), save for a cup of coffee with the Flyers down the road that was pretty much it for his NHL career. A classic example of a prolific minor-league scorer who, for whatever the reasons, couldn’t make the grade at the big-league level. Why do I dredge up a tale from the distant past? For the first time in a long, long while there’s reason to be optimistic about the Pens’ prospects. Where only a couple of years ago the cupboard was replete with cobwebs, there now resides a batch of intriguing hopefuls honing their skills (and by all accounts, developing an esprit de corps) in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. Continue reading All Penguins’ Prospects Who Glitter May Not be Gold at Pittsburgh Penguins - PenguinPoop Blog.
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Back in 1982-83, a feisty 20-year-old center named Mitch Lamoureux tore through the AHL like a comet. Skating for the Baltimore Skipjacks, the Penguins’ top farm team, Lamoureux piled up 57 goals and 107 points.
Labelled a “special player” by one of the team’s execs, he appeared to be tailor-made for a black-and-gold team in the throes of a pre-Mario Lemieux teardown. However, after earning a spot out of training camp in ’83-84, the former eighth-round pick fizzled and was quickly dispatched to the minors.
Although Mitch returned in ’84-85 to enjoy a modestly successful season (10 goals in 62 games), save for a cup of coffee with the Flyers down the road that was pretty much it for his NHL career. A classic example of a prolific minor-league scorer who, for whatever the reasons, couldn’t make the grade at the big-league level.
Why do I dredge up a tale from the distant past?
For the first time in a long, long while there’s reason to be optimistic about the Pens’ prospects. Where only a couple of years ago the cupboard was replete with cobwebs, there now resides a batch of intriguing hopefuls honing their skills (and by all accounts, developing an esprit de corps) in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton.
