1967 1984 1991 1992 1999 2006 2009 2016 2017 1967 Pittsburgh Penguins Team Formation The 1967 NHL Expansion depended on securing votes from the then-current NHL owners; to ensure that Pittsburgh would be selected for expansion, McGregor enlisted Rooney to petition votes from James D. Norris, owner of the Chicago Blackhawks, and his brother Bruce Norris, owner of the Detroit …