RICHMOND, Va. -- Thanks to sports apparel brand Mitchell and Ness giving Andy Bathgate the throwback treatment, he's become perhaps one of the best-known members of the Penguins' inaugural roster.
I would come to find out that, while his name might be on throwback jerseys forever, his time in Pittsburgh was relatively brief, with a couple one-year stints with the team in 1967-68 and 1970-71… but it was certainly meaningful, as he scored the franchise’s first goal, just a few days before he tallied its first hat trick:

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