The Pittsburgh Penguins championship core began not with ... believed in building the team from the back. Defensemen Brooks Orpik and Ryan Whitney were the previous first-rounders.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Pittsburgh Penguins winger Rickard Rakell ... I’d put it just behind the famous Brooks Orpik’s Free Candy shift of the 2008 Stanley Cup Final. It was that good.

Brooks Orpik has two Stanley Cup titles and an Olympic silver ... leaving Boston College after three seasons to join the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2002. He’s never regretted the decision, but he also ...

Penguins Tyler Kennedy (right) celebrats a goal with teammates Evgeni Malkin (left) and Brooks Orpik during the first period Saturday, Oct. 4, 2008, in Stockholm. Email Newsletters ...

Brooks Orpik, who played three years for the Eagles before an NHL career in which he won two Stanley Cup championships with the Pittsburgh Penguins, returned to school after he retired and earned ...