Yes. In 2009 the Steelers won Super Bowl XLIII and the Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the Red Wings in June 2009.
Prior to that, no. The Steelers won 4 Super Bowls in the 70's and the
Penguins didn't win their first Stanley Cup until 91 AND then again in 92.
The Steelers didn't win in either of these years.
The city did have two champions in the same year once before - 1979 when the Pirates and Steelers were both Champs.
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Now answer should be changed to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (2009). Steelers won Super Bowl XLIII on Feb. 1st, 2009. Penguins won Stanley Cups on June 12, 2009.
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No city has even done this. Pennsylvania can lay claim as the only state to accomplish this feat when the Pittsburgh Steelers won their first of consecutive Super Bowls on 1/12/75 and the Philadelphia Flyers followed with their second of consecutive Stanley Cups on 5/27/75.
Yes, but not all in the same year. However, the Pirates did win the World Series in October, 1979 and the Steelers won the Super Bowl in January, 1980.
Yes, they did. The Steelers lost 27-17 on January 28, 1996 to the Dallas Cowboys in Super Bowl XXX.
Yes. On February 6, 2011, the two teams met for the first time in Super Bowl XLV. The Packers defeated the Steelers 31-25.