Category Archives: Announcements

Bye Bye Billy G

We will miss you!  Veteran forward Bill Guerin announced today that Pittsburgh GM Ray Shero has informed him that he will not be re-signed to a Penguins’ contract for the coming season.  Guerin, who was acquired from the Islanders at the trade deadline in 2009, played a vital role on Sidney Crosby’s wing as the…

Sports Cards and Autographs!

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Do you like collecting sports cards and autographs, or do you have a friend who does?  Maybe you need a great gift idea for a rabid sports fan.  If so, you might want to check out http://photosandgraphs.ecrater.com.  Derrick over at Photos and Graphs has an impressive array of autographed photos, and sports memorabilia.  Hockey photos…

New, Improved Features!

We are happy to announce the release of a couple of new features at NHLPens.com.  First, we have completely overhauled our user interface for our visitors using mobile devices.  The new interface will give users an excellent  mobile application experience when viewing NHLPens from popular touch-based smartphones like iPhoneTM, iPod touchTM, AndroidTM, PalmTM Pre/Pixi, and BlackBerry StormTM.  Additionally,…

NHLPens.com Now Enabled for Mobile!

NHLPens.com is now enabled for Mobile devices.  Simply point your mobile browser at http://nhlpens.com and the site will automatically detect a mobile browser and serve up the site in a mobile friendly fashion.  It has been tested to perfection on an iPod browser, but could potentially have some issues with different mobile browsing platforms. Please…

Penguins Lines

We recently added a new page to the site to show the Penguins lines.  We did this after seeing that a significant quantity of searches were looking for the penguins lineup.  We suspect that this is mostly from fans of our opponents.  While we don’t always know what the coach is going to do on…

NHLPens.com Prize Drawing Announced!

NHLPens.com will hold a random drawing from among all registered subscribers on 1 Nov 2009.  The winner will recieve the Pittsburgh Penguins 2009 Stanley Cup Champions DVD, absolutely free of charge (a $30+ value after shipping/handling)!  To be eligible for the drawing, simply enter your e-mail address in the “Subscribe” section of the website on…

Penguins Make First 12 Roster Cuts

The Pittsburgh Penguins made their first training camp cuts today, re-assigning 12 players and whittling their camp roster down to 43.  Over the next 2 weeks, the Penguins will need to skinny the roster down by another 20 players to arrive at the 23 players required by September 30th for the start of the regular…

Tangradi to Debut on Crosby’s Wing in Tonight’s Pre-Season Opener

Just a little over 3 months after winning the Stanley Cup in Detroit, the Pittsburgh Penguins return to the ice tonight for the pre-season opener against the Columbus Blue Jackets at Mellon Arena.  The game comes after just a couple days of training camp practice, being accelerated to accomodate the upcoming G-20 Summit in Pittsburgh. …

Penguins’ Mid-Summer Update

It is another short off-season for the Pittsburgh Penguins, although this summer is much better than last for the players and their fans.  A year ago, the team was licking the wounds of a Stanley Cup championship lost and the loss of a not so insignificant portion of their roster to other teams at season’s end.  This summer,…

NHLPens.com Redesigned for Playoffs

I am very happy to present the newly remodeled NHLPens.com, just in time for the 2009 Stanley Cup Playoffs!  I have overhauled the theme to make the features of the site more accessible from the “Home” page.  First, the site now features the last 3-posted articles using an image/text slideshow box at the top left…