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Today, as the Penguins open the 2020-21 season in Philadelphia, Rust, 28, has established himself as one of the most important players on the roster. It actually was minus-1, though the Penguins fell behind by four goals early and lost either way. In Rust’s memory, he was a minus-4 and deserved worse. I can do whatever I want.’ It didn’t work out that way. “I was making horrible plays all over the ice. “I absolutely laid a goose egg,” Rust recalled this week, laughing. Before the game, Rust had a feeling he never would forget this night.

Now that Rust had arrived in the NHL, this was his shot to show he belonged. They were in a holiday tournament near Tampa and bought tickets to watch Rust, who had graduated seven months prior and signed with the Penguins. Rust remembers it as the first time he skated on the Penguins’ top line, alongside Crosby and Chris Kunitz - a couple of Stanley Cup champions Rust had played with only in video games.įrom ice level, Rust could hear shouts from the second level, where his former Notre Dame coaches and teammates were seated. You may remember this night, in the middle of the Penguins’ mumps outbreak in December 2014, when 13 players were ill or injured and defenseman Taylor Chorney filled in as a fourth-line winger.