In the wake of a stunning Game 6 and on the brink of a decisive Game 7, this is familiar territory. The Penguins have never done anything the easy way. They impress with brilliance and solid focused play on one night and fall apart the next, and just when you think they are sunk, they…
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A Tale of Two Teams
It was the best of teams…It was the worst of teams. Both were the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 1 and then Game 2 of the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs against the Tampa Bay Lightning. The Best of Teams On April 13, a play-off seasoned Pittsburgh team skated with authority and precision, an unrelenting…
“March” of the Penguins
Diligent, focused, tenacious, unrelenting, undaunted, inexplicable…such are the words among many more that describe this season’s Pittsburgh Penguins. If anyone had told anyone at the beginning of this season that Jordan Staal would miss nearly all the first half of it, that Sidney Crosby would be out of it after Christmas and that Evgeni Malkin…
Penguins Host Blackhawks Tonight
They are a team that the Penguins rarely get to play, but tonight’s matchup against the Chicago Blackhawks should be an entertaining and spirited game between two of the league’s top-5 teams. The Penguins have not played the Blackhawks since Pittsburgh beat them 5-4 in overtime on February 27th of this year. While Jonathan Toews…
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