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Pictured is Ben LoveJoy at the Stanley Cup Parade. | Photo by Shayna Mendez
The Stanley Cup victory parade rolled through Point Park University's campus June 15. Photo by Shayna Mendez, senior photojournalism major

Pictured is Tom McMillan, vice president of communications for the Pittsburgh Penguins.
McMillan

As the Pittsburgh Penguins clinched the Stanley Cup June 12, several Point Park University alumni and students had a lot to celebrate - including the experience of working or interning for a championship professional sports team.

Meet Point Park University alumni and students who worked or interned for the Penguins this season:

Pictured is Jen Bullano Ridgley, senior director of communications for the Pittsburgh Penguins. | Photo by Greg Shamus
Ridgley
Pictured is Brandon Dujmic, assistant box officer manager for AEG and the CONSOL Energy Center. | submitted photo
Dujmic
Pictured is Celina Pompeani, TV host for the Pittsburgh Penguins. | Photo by Chris Rolinson
Pompeani
Pictured is Evan Schall, new media coordinator for the Penguins. | Submitted photo
Schall
  • Jessica Martin, ticket operations intern, inside sales representative and senior SAEM student with a minor in accounting

As senior director of communications for the Penguins, Ridgley - also known as @PensPRLady - coordinated and managed daily interview requests for the players.

Pictured is Stone Swiess, in-game video producer for the Pittsburgh Penguins. | Photo by Ryan Loew
Swiess

"The further we advanced, the more requests we had to fulfill. When we reached the SC Final, we were servicing over 250 media members," explained Ridgley.

"We had four TV broadcasts covering the series and averaged eight pre-game TV interviews - that's double the amount of player interviews that we do for an entire regular season game and that was before the opening faceoff," said Ridgley.

Pictured is Quinn Wirth, 2014 cinema and digital arts alumnus and in-game entertainment video producer for the Pittsburgh Penguins. | Photo submitted by Wirth
Wirth

She added: "Our staff did a great job keeping tabs on a lot of moving parts."

Dujmic handled the scheduling of the Penguins games, managed selling staff and troubleshooted technical issues with Ticketmaster as assistant box officer manager for AEG/CONSOL Energy Center.

"From working in the box office, I can say that it was definitely exciting watching the overall atmosphere and excitement in the building elevate with each round of the playoffs," remarked Dujmic.

Pictured is Sean Dillon, media relations intern for the Pittsburgh Penguins. | Photo by Chris Rolinson
Dillon

"I was happy that I got to play a small role in watching the Pens win their fourth Stanley Cup," Dujmic added.

Penguins TV Host Pompeani said: "I will never forget these last few weeks. Not only did I have such a blast covering events from the indoor watch party to city rallies, but I was able to put all of my broadcasting skills together that I learned from Point Park."I always said this is my dream job and it still is!"

Pictured is Jessica Martin, inside sales representative for the Pittsburgh Penguins. | submitted photo
Martin

As new media coordinator for the Penguins, Schall generated content in the form of photos, gifs, graphics, and text for the Penguins' social media channels as well as managed the Penguins website.

"Working during the playoffs was like working during the regular season with the added excitement of knowing every single game mattered and we were witnessing history right in front of us," said Schall.

"In general, the entire experience was absolutely unbelievable," he added.

Pictured is Dani McSweeney, SAEM student and inside sales representative for the Pittsburgh Penguins. | Photo submitted by McSweeney
McSweeney

"Working the Stanley Cup Playoffs as a media relations intern for the Penguins has been an experience I'll never take for granted," explained Dillon. "I had the opportunity to write the game notes that our PR account tweeted out every game."

"I also was responsible for setting up the press box for the media, getting sound from the locker room and running mics for the post-game press conferences," added Dillon.

Martin was a ticket operations intern in the fall and then transitioned to the position of inside sales representative for the spring.

"If you told me back on September 1 that I'd be an employee for the 2016 Stanley Cup Champions, the Pittsburgh Penguins, I would have never believed you," remarked Martin.

Martin added: "This was the perfect ending to an amazing journey, and something I will never forget."

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