Pittsburgh Penguins Team MVP

The Pittsburgh Penguins Most Valuable Player is an award given by the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League at the conclusion of every season to the player or players deemed most valuable to the team. The first winner, following the Penguins first season in the league in 1968, was goaltender Les Binkley. Mario Lemieux was voted team MVP 12 times, between 1985 and 2003. Jaromir Jagr has won the second most awards with four. Jean Pronovost won three times, while Dave Burrows, Ron Schock, Ron Francis, Sidney Crosby, and Evgeni Malkin have each won twice.
The MVP has most frequently been a center, who have been selected 27 times. Eleven wingers have been selected, ten of them right wings. A defenseman was selected six times. Three different goaltenders have also been selected. 
==Key==
† 	Shared award
 	Also won the Hart Memorial Trophy as the league's most valuable player
 	Won the Art Ross Trophy as the league's leading scorer. All Penguins Hart Trophy winners have also won the Art Ross
Player (X)	Denotes the number of times the player has been awarded the Player of the Year award
Positions key
C	Centre	LW	Left Wing	D	Defence	RW	Right Wing	G	Goaltender
==List==
Season 	Player 	Position 	Reference
1967–68 	Les Binkley 	G 	
1968–69 	Keith McCreary 	LW 	
1969–70 	Jean Pronovost 	RW 	
1970–71 	Ron Schock 	C 	
1971–72 	Jean Pronovost (2) 	RW 	
1972–73 	Dave Burrows 	D 	
1973–74† 	Syl Apps 	C 	
1973–74† 	Dave Burrows (2) 	D 	
1973–74† 	Lowell MacDonald 	RW 	
1973–74† 	Jean Pronovost (3) 	RW 	
1974–75† 	Ron Schock (2) 	C 	
1974–75† 	Ron Stackhouse 	D 	
1975–76 	Pierre Larouche 	C 	
1976–77 	Dunc Wilson 	G 	
1977–78 	Peter Mahovlich 	C 	
1978–79† 	Orest Kindrachuk 	C 	
1978–79† 	Ron Stackhouse (2) 	D 	
1979–80 	George Ferguson 	C 	
1980–81 	Randy Carlyle 	D 	
1981–82 	Michel Dion 	G 	
1982–83 	Doug Shedden 	C 	
1983–84 	Mike Bullard 	C 	
1984–85 	Mario Lemieux 	C 	
1985–86 	Mario Lemieux (2) 	C 	
1986–87 	Mario Lemieux (3) 	C 	
1987–88 	Mario Lemieux (4) 	C 	
1988–89 	Mario Lemieux (5) 	C 	
1989–90 	Mario Lemieux (6) 	C 	
1990–91 	Mark Recchi 	RW 	
1991–92 	Mario Lemieux (7) 	C 	
1992–93 	Mario Lemieux (8) 	C 	
1993–94 	Ron Francis 	C 	
1994–95 	Jaromir Jagr 	RW 	
1995–96 	Mario Lemieux (9) 	C 	
1996–97 	Mario Lemieux (10) 	C 	
1997–98† 	Ron Francis (2) 	C 	
1997–98† 	Jaromir Jagr (2) 	RW 	
1998–99 	Jaromir Jagr (3) 	RW 	
1999–2000	Jaromir Jagr (4) 	RW 	
2000–01 	Mario Lemieux (11) 	C 	
2001–02 	Alexei Kovalev 	RW 	
2002–03 	Mario Lemieux (12) 	C 	
2003–04 	Dick Tarnstrom 	D 	
2004–05 	No winner because of the 2004–05 NHL lockout	No winner because of the 2004–05 NHL lockout	No winner because of the 2004–05 NHL lockout
2005–06 	Sidney Crosby 	C 	
2006–07 	Sidney Crosby (2) 	C 	
2007–08 	Evgeni Malkin 	C 	
2008–09 	Evgeni Malkin (2) 	C 	
==References==
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