Penguins Parade 2016: Twitter Reaction, Photos, Videos and More

The Pittsburgh Penguins celebrated their Stanley Cup triumph over the San Jose Sharks with a parade through the city Wednesday.

Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Co. defeated the Sharks 3-1 in Game 6 to take the series 4-2, capturing the organization's fourth Stanley Cup title. The city of Pittsburgh came out to offer its thanks for the achievement.

Janelle Hall of WTAE-TV shared an image of fans lined up along the route:

Tyler Batiste of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette offered a different view:

The Penguins also took video of fans cheering for the team on the route:

The city of Pittsburgh certainly showed up in full force. Tim Williams of CBS News reported that over 400,000 people were present for the parade, making it the largest turnout for such an event in the city's history.

Goalie Matt Murray had some fun with those fans:

"This is one crazy sports town and more it's one crazy hockey town!" head coach Mike Sullivan said during his time at the podium, per Amanda Jupena of WTAE-TV.

"We'll try to meet here at this time next year," added general manager Jim Rutherford, per the NHL Network.

Alongside the Penguins stars and other members of the organization, the Stanley Cup itself cruised down the parade route. On Tuesday, Crosby and Malkin took a moment to pose with sports' most legendary trophy:

Crosby hoisted the Cup for Pittsburgh fans Wednesday, as captured by Mike Clark of WTAE-TV:

Penguins legend Mario Lemieux enjoyed that moment:

"Half our team was hurt all playoff long, and we continued to fight through it," Crosby said when he came to the podium to speak, per hockey writer Shelly Anderson.

He also spoke about winning his second Cup, noting, "It means a lot. ... I think it's even bigger this time," per the NHL Network.

Indeed, the team's resilience was impressive during its run to a title. So, too, was the team's balance.

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Nine players had 10 or more points, led by the team's stars. Phil Kessel (10 goals, 12 assists), Crosby (six goals, 13 assists) and Malkin (six goals, 12 assists) came up huge in the postseason. Patric Hornqvist scored nine goals. Nick Bonino led the team with 14 assists. Bonino and Carl Hagelin were each plus-nine for the postseason. Murray had a 2.08 goals-against average and a .923 save percentage.

Hagelin and Bonino of the Penguins' HBK line took a moment to praise Kessel in particular, per Anderson:

What's surely scary for the rest of the NHL is that the Penguins are built to compete for another title next year. Matt Cullen (unrestricted), Ben Lovejoy (unrestricted) and Justin Schultz (restricted) are the only regulars set to become free agents. While the team will need to make a few adjustments for cap purposes and potential expansion, it is uniquely built to potentially repeat next season.

The rest of the NHL, in turn, will be looking to fortify their rosters to counter the team's blistering speed, impressive depth and top-end star power—a difficult task for most of the league.

In other words, Rutherford, Sullivan, Crosby and Co. may very well be meeting their fans on the same parade route next year.

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