Pens Top NHL Team in 2016 Google Search Trends List

The Pittsburgh Penguins ranked first in the NHL and third among US-based professional sports franchises in Google's annual Search Trends list.
The list highlights the people and topics that captured the world's attention this year. Google analyzed categories that had a sustained spike in interest and excluded queries with small search volume. Globally, the top five trending Google searches for 2016 included Pokémon Go, iPhone 7, Donald Trump, Prince, and Powerball.

Among US-based sports teams, only the Chicago Cubs and the Cleveland Indians placed higher than the Penguins. Additionally, the Penguins were one of four NHL teams to rank within the top 10 joining the San Jose Sharks (7th), St. Louis Blues (8th), and Dallas Stars (9th).
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Sidney Crosby and Phil Kessel were also among the top NHL players in Google's search trends for 2016. Crosby ranked first and Kessel ranked fourth. The Tampa Bay Lightning were the only other NHL team to have multiple players ranked within the top 10 (Steven Stamkos and Ben Bishop ranked third and ninth respectively).
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