Pens break-in the new facility

Sidney Crosby and Pascal Dupuis were two of several Penguins who skated at the UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex this morning for the first of several informal workouts at their new training facility leading up to preseason.

Crosby told the team’s website it was nice to finally be in the new facility: “It’s nice. Nice place. Last time we were here was for the tour. It was kind of bare bones then so it’s a nice facility. We’ll be spending a lot of time here. So it’s exciting to be here. …It’ll be nice to spend some time here.”

He said it isn’t too hard to get teammates out skating this time of year as many return in order for their kids to begin school. He was joined by Adam Clendening, Ian Cole, Marc-Andre Fleury, Chris Kunitz, Rob Scuderi, Jeff Zatkoff and Steve Olesky, per the club. 

Dupuis told the team website he got lost several times trying to find his way around the new joint: “I got lost about five times this morning just trying to get a workout in and get my gear. It’s brand new. We’ll need to get used to it, the maze of walking around. But it’s definitely a really nice place to be able to go to every day and to call home as well.

Dupuis, who is embarking on a comeback, said it was great to be on the ice “with teammates…being allowed more than myself and the trainer here in Pittsburgh. It’s a first basically in 10 months. It felt great to be out there.”