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Bye Bye Billy G

Paul — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 01:23:54 +0000

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...

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Sports Cards and Autographs!

Paul — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 02:05:21 +0000

Categories: Announcements, Features

Tags: Hockey, Link, Pittsburgh Penguins, Sports Autographs, Sports Cards

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...

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New, Improved Features!

Paul — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 21:50:15 +0000

Categories: Announcements

Tags: NHLPens.com, Pittsburgh Penguins, Website News

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,...

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NHLPens.com Now Enabled for Mobile!

Paul — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:09:04 +0000

Categories: Announcements

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...

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Penguins Lines

Paul — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 03:57:22 +0000

Categories: Announcements

Tags: Lines, Penguins Lines, Pittsburgh Penguins

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...

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NHLPens.com Prize Drawing Announced!

Paul — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 16:22:06 +0000

Categories: Announcements, Features

Tags: Pittsburgh Penguins, Prize Drawing

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...

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Penguins Make First 12 Roster Cuts

Paul — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 01:46:12 +0000

Categories: Announcements, Features, News Digest

Tags: Aaron Boogaard, AHL, Alex Grant, Brian Strait, Casey Pierro-Zabotel, Evgeni Malkin, Jamie Hunt, Joey Haddad, Jordan Parise, Keven Veilleux, Kingston Frontenacs, Lane Caffaro, Nathan Moon, Nick Petersen, Ontario Hockey League, Penguins, Pittsburgh Penguins, Pre-Season, Sidney Crosby, Training Camp, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, Zack Sill

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...

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

Paul — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:10:25 +0000

Categories: Announcements, Features, News Digest

Tags: Brad Thiessen, Chris Connor, Chris Kunitz, Deryk Engelland, Dustin Jeffrey, Eric Godard, Eric Tangradi, Jay McKee, Joe Vitale, Jordan Staal, Line Combinations, Marc-Andre Fleury, Mark Eaton, Pascal Dupuis, Pittsburgh Penguins, Pre-Season, Robert Bortuzzo, Ruslan Fedotenko, Ryan Bayda, Sergei Gonchar, Sidney Crosby, Simon Despres, Zack Sill

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. ...

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Penguins’ Mid-Summer Update

Paul — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 15:49:42 +0000

Categories: Announcements, Features, News Digest

Tags: Alex Goligoski, Bill Guerin, Chris Connor, Craig Adams, Evgeni Malkin, Hal Gill, Jay McKee, John Curry, Mathieu Garon, Mike Rupp, Pittsburgh Penguins, Ray Shero, Rob Scuderi, Ruslan Fedotenko, Sidney Crosby, Stanley Cup

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,...

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NHLPens.com Redesigned for Playoffs

Paul — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 00:14:05 +0000

Categories: Announcements, Features

Tags: NHLPens.com, Pittsburgh Penguins, Website News

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...

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