
Pittsburgh Penguins2d ago
Kasperi Kapanen honors his family name while making one for himself with the Penguins
Nearly half a century before the Pittsburgh Penguins traded for speedy, 24-year-old winger Kasperi Kapanen, another Kapanen likewise switched teams, setting the stage for a moment that has lived on in Finnish folklore. Hannu Kapanen, Kasperi’s grandfather, was a skinny spark plug who represented his country at the 1976 Olympics and would eventually be enshrined in the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame.