The Pittsburgh Penguins picked up veteran forward Mike Comrie today at the bargain basement price of just $500K in a bit of a roll of the dice for depth. Consider it at the least a short term insurance policy on Jordan Staal’s lingering foot injury. If lucky, however, it could ring in the renaissance of Mike Comrie’s…
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Man “Dis-”advantage?
During the holiday season, how could anyone look little Virginia in the eye and say, “Yes, there is a Santa Claus” when all we really, really, really wanted for Christmas was a power play, and he didn’t deliver? I don’t know about anyone else, but I wanted it just as badly as that bespectacled…
Pens Come From Behind to Win 4-2
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) -Sidney Crosby needed a little time to get warmed up in his first NHL game in Western Canada. Crosby had three assists in the third period to help the Pittsburgh Penguins rally for a 4-2 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday night. “In the third everybody came to play and that’s…
Player Spotlight: #17 Petr Sykora
Born Nov 19, 1976 in Plzen, Czechoslovakia, Petr Sykora entered the NHL in 1995 being selected 18th overall by the New Jersey Devils in the 1995 Draft, and has accumulated 568 points (249G, 319A) to date in 766 career NHL games. Among his 1995 draft class, only Jarome Iginla has scored more points in their…
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