MIKE SULLIVAN AND HAT TRICK, OR HATTY FOR SHORT. | PHOTO COURTESY PITTSBURGH ZOO & AQUARIUM

Pittsburgh Penguins Head Coach Mike Sullivan visited the Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium to welcome their newest macaroni penguin chick, Hat Trick — Hatty for short.

The penguin, who hatched on Mother’s Day, received his visitor for a private meeting on July 7, resulting in an adorable video.

“I was honored to welcome the newest Penguin, Hatty, to our team at the Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium,” Sullivan said in a press release. “We love to visit the real penguins in their habitat and see their personalities.”

While coach was taking photos with the new player in his lineup, she started acting fussy, to which Sullivan had a witty response.

“She’d fit right in with our group,” he said. “She reminds me of Geno.”

HATTY STILL HAS HER DOWN FEATHERS. |PHOTO COURTESY PITTSBURGH ZOO & AQUARIUM

Macaroni penguins lay two eggs at a time, and often either smash or discard the first egg. This time around, zoo staff took the first egg laid by macaroni parents Sammy and Elsa, and placed it under gentoo penguin couple Mambo and Cookie in order to let the egg develop.

The gentoo pair took the egg under their wings and incubated it for 35 days.

“I thought [the chick hatching on Mother’s Day] was very fitting for our first-time foster mom, Cookie,” says Shanna Gay, Zoo Aquarist.

Sullivan had the opportunity to meet the rest of the penguin team in the exhibit, including Sully, named after coach himself, and Ltang, for defenceman Kris Letang.

PHOTO COURTESY PITTSBURGH ZOO & AQUARIUM

“Tanger likes to be photoed as well,” says Coach Sullivan as he holds his phone in front of the penguin in the video. “We tell our Tanger he’s never seen a mirror he hasn’t liked.”

According to the Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium, Hatty still has her down feathers, making her not yet waterproof. Once she grows in her adult feathers and passes her swim test, the newest addition will be slowly integrated into the penguin habitat in the Aquarium.