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The Pittsburgh Penguins are a professional ice hockey team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

They are members of the Metropolitan Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL).

The franchise was founded in 1967 as one of the first expansion teams during the league's original expansion from six to twelve teams.

The Penguins played in the Civic Arena, also known to Pittsburgh fans as "The Igloo", from the time of their inception through the end of the 2009–10 season.

They moved into their new arena, PPG Paints Arena, to begin the 2010–11 NHL season.

They have qualified for five Stanley Cup Finals, winning the Stanley Cup four times – in 1991, 1992, 2009, and 2016.

The National Hockey League (NHL) is a professional ice hockey league currently composed of 30 teams – 23 in the United States and 7 in Canada – with a 31st team in Las Vegas scheduled to begin play in the 2017–18 season.

Headquartered in New York City, the NHL is considered to be the premier professional ice hockey league in the world, and one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada.

The Stanley Cup, the oldest professional sports trophy in North America, is awarded annually to the league playoff champion at the end of each season.

Ice hockey is a contact team sport played on ice, usually in a rink, in which two teams of skaters use their sticks to shoot a vulcanized rubber puck into their opponent's net to score points.

Ice hockey teams usually consist of six players each: one goaltender, and five players who skate up and down the ice trying to take the puck and score a goal against the opposing team.

A professional is a member of a profession or any person who earns their living from a specified professional activity.

The term also describes the standards of education and training that prepare members of the profession with the particular knowledge and skills necessary to perform their specific role within that profession.

In addition, most professionals are subject to strict codes of conduct, enshrining rigorous ethical and moral obligations.

Professional standards of practice and ethics for a particular field are typically agreed upon and maintained through widely recognized professional associations, such as the IEEE.

Some definitions of "professional" limit this term to those professions that serve some important aspect of public interest and the general good of society.