Mark Recchi was named among a trio of assistant captains today by Penguins general manager Ray Shero.
Joining him with the 'A' on their sweaters will be defenseman Sergei Gonchar, who along with Recchi was one of three alternate captains last season, forward Gary Roberts.
Recchi will wear the 'A' during every Penguins game this season while Gonchar will wear his only at home and Roberts on the road.
"(Roberts) is a true leader and, when he came in last year, we didn't want to change team stuff that had been working really well," Penguins coach Michel Therrien said. "After talking with Gary, I spoke to Gonch about how he (felt) about that...and Sergei Gonchar had no problems to share his assistant captain role because we believe he is a good leader ."
Last season's third assistant captain, Crosby, will take the ice Friday for the first time in a regular season game as the team's 13th full time serving captain in franchise history and the 18th to wear the 'C' in team history.
