(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 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 …