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The Pittsburgh Penguins hired the well-traveled Mike Johnston to replace Dan Bylsma on Wednesday, and the new coach announced his intention to instil an attacking philosophy to the side for stars Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin to thrive in.

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SOUNDBITE: (English) Mike Johnston, Pittsburgh Penguins New Head Coach

"I'm more inclined, the teams that I've coached over the years, to really play a pace game. I want to play a pace game and I want to play a puck possession game. You own the puck, you play defensively a lot less. Certainly I like the core of players here - both the defense and the forwards - to be able to play that style of game. And, so it is, I think Pittsburgh was built on the makeup of that style and certainly I'm excited about having a team that, that's the team that I want to coach."

"The important thing for all players is, they want to know how can we be successful and this group wants to win - they've had it, they've won the Stanley Cup and I believe they want to win again. And so, in bringing in our plan and our template, we're going to sell the team on this is how we're going to play and it's going to make us successful. And, whether you're Sid (Sidney Crosby) or you're (Evgeni) Malkin, I think any player in the that dressing room is going to want to have the right template that makes us successful."