ARCHIVE: Penguins fans react to Mario Lemieux's final game in Pittsburgh before retirement (April 1997)

With hockey great Mario Lemieux set to retire, Pittsburgh Penguins fans packed the Civic Arena for one last chance to see "Le Magnifique" take the ice.Pens fans shared their thoughts about Lemieux in this WTAE archive report from April 23, 1997, as Pittsburgh hosted the Philadelphia Flyers at the old "Igloo."Click the video player above to watch the archive video from 26 years ago.(It turned out not to be a permanent goodbye: Lemieux ended his retirement in December 2000 and launched a comeback with the Pens.)