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Malkin and Fleury Shine in 6-3 Win Over Thrashers

Paul — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 04:40:40 +0000

Categories: Features, Highlights, News Digest

Tags: Atlanta Thrashers, Evgeni Malkin, Game Recap, Highlights, Jeff Taffe, Jordan Staal, Marc-Andre Fleury, Matt Cooke, Miroslav Satan, Petr Sykora, Philippe Boucher, Photos, Pittsburgh Penguins, Rob Scuderi, Ruslan Fedotenko, Sidney Crosby, Tim Wallace, Video

The Pittsburgh Penguins returned from a 4-day layoff to beat the Atlanta Thrashers 6-3 as they were powered by the offensive prowess of Evgeni Malkin and the excellent netminding of Marc-Andre Fleury. Malkin picked up 4-points (2G, 2A) to continue his dominating lead in the league scoring race, while Fleury made several highlight reel saves...

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Penguins Back in Pittsburgh, Working on Power Play

Paul — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:59:41 +0000

Categories: News Digest

Tags: Alex Goligoski, Janne Pesonen, Jeff Taffe, John Curry, Kris Beech, Kris Letang, Mike Zigomanis, Pittsburgh Penguins, Ryan Whitney, Sergei Gonchar

With the Pittsburgh Penguins’ European vacation now over, they got back to work on Wednesday with their first practice at Mellon Arena in nearly 2-weeks. The Penguins, who split their opening weekend with the Ottawa Senators, got busy by working on key areas that need improvement. Chief among those are special teams and the power play. Having one...

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Penguins Announce Monday Night Lineup

Paul — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 01:42:33 +0000

Categories: News Digest

Tags: Aaron Boogard, Adam Heinrich, Alex Goligoski, Bill Thomas, Danny Richmond, Dany Sabourin, Deryk Engelland, Eric Godard, Hal Gill, Janne Pesonen, Jeff Taffe, John Curry, Kris Beech, Kris Letang, Mark Eaton, Max Talbot, Paul Bissonnette, Pittsburgh Penguins, Pre-Season, Ruslan Fedotenko, Ryan Stone, Tyler Kennedy

The Pittsburgh Penguins continue their pre-season play on Monday night as they play Game #2 against the Lightning in Tampa Bay. While the Pens played most of their A-List talent in Saturday night’s loss to the Lightning, they will field a much different team for Monday night’s game. Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Miroslav Satan, Jordan...

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Pittsburgh Penguins 2008 Training Camp Preview

Paul — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 01:40:38 +0000

Categories: News Digest

Tags: Alex Goligoski, Alex Grant, Ben Lovejoy, Chris Minard, Connor James, Dany Sabourin, Deryk Engelland, Eric Godard, Evgeni Malkin, Janne Pesonen, Jeff Taffe, John Curry, Jonathan Filewich, Jordan Staal, Marc-Andre Fleury, Mark Eaton, Matt Cooke, Maxime Talbot, Pascal Dupuis, Petr Sykora, Pittsburgh Penguins, Prospects, Ryan Stone, Ryan Whitney, Sidney Crosby, TJ Kemp, Training Camp, Tyler Kennedy

After a short summer break, the Pittsburgh Penguins are ready to hit the ice again as they get back to training camp this week. Over the summer, the team saw some significant complexion changes with the exodus of some key role players. Yet, despite the loss of Marian Hossa, Ryan Malone, Gary Roberts, Ty Conklin,...

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Penguins Unleash Offense, Finish Season Sweep of Sabres

Paul — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 03:22:47 +0000

Categories: News Digest

Tags: Buffalo Sabres, Chris Minard, Evgeni Malkin, Game Recap, Jeff Taffe, Kris Letang, Max Talbot, Penguins Win, Petr Sykora, Pittsburgh Penguins, Sergei Gonchar, Sidney Crosby, Ty Conklin, Tyler Kennedy

The Pittsburgh Penguins completed a 4-game season sweep of the Buffalo Sabres for the first time in franchise history by beating them soundly 7-3. The Penguins continue to deal with an injury riddled lineup as Sidney Crosby and Max Talbot both sat out due to aggravation of their high ankle sprains. However, despite dressing only...

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Ty Conklin Stops 50-Shots as Penguins Beat Isles 4-2

Paul — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 03:38:36 +0000

Categories: News Digest

Tags: Connor James, Evgeni Malkin, Game Recap, Jeff Taffe, Jordan Staal, Marian Hossa, New York Islanders, Penguins Win, Pittsburgh Penguins, Ty Conklin

The Pittsburgh Penguins capped an emotional trade day by beating the New York Islanders 4-2, despite being undermanned in the early going and being outshot 52-20. Ty Conklin had a stellar night in net as he turned aside 50 shots while Marc-Andre Fleury looked on from the bench. The Penguins appeared to be playing with...

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Penguins Battle Hard, But Lose to Senators in OT

Paul — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 01:40:34 +0000

Categories: News Digest

Tags: Colby Armstrong, Jeff Taffe, Ottawa Senators, Overtime, Penguins Lose, Petr Sykora, Pttsburgh Penguins, Ty Conklin

The Pittsburgh Penguins missed an opportunity to move into 1st place in the Eastern Conference as they lost to the Ottawa Senators with just 3.2-seconds left in ovetime on Saturday afternoon. Despite outshooting the Senators 17-8 in the 1st period and building a 3-0 lead through the fist half of the game, the Penguins played...

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Sabourin Shuts Out Montreal, Penguins Grab Atlantic Lead

Paul — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 04:33:09 +0000

Categories: News Digest

Tags: Dany Sabourin, Evgeni Malkin, Game Recap, Jeff Taffe, Montreal Canadiens, Penguins Win, Pittsburgh Penguins, Shutout, Sidney Crosby

The Pittsburgh Penguins won their 1st Sid-less game in the Crosby Era on Saturday night as they shutout the Canadiens 2-0 in Montreal. Pittsburgh netminder Dany Sabourin picked up his 2nd career shutout as turned aside 31 shots in his first start in the last 12 Penguins’ outings (since Dec 21st). His first career shutout came...

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Gonchar Redeems Himself as Pens Rally to Beat Caps in OT

Paul — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 22:42:52 +0000

Categories: News Digest

Tags: Colby Armstrong, Darryl Sydor, Game Recap, Jeff Taffe, Penguins Win, Sergei Gonchar, Ty Conklin, Washington Capitals

The Pittsburgh Penguins managed to pick up a win in overtime at home on Thursday night against the Washington Capitals, after battling from behind and scoring a late 3rd period goal to tie the game and force the extra play. Sergei Gonchar scored the game winner in overtime, after a unsavory performance in which two of his...

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Longest NHL Suspension Handed to Simon

Paul — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 03:54:31 +0000

Categories: News Digest

Tags: Chris Simon, Connor James, Injury, Jeff Taffe, Player News, Ryan Malone, Suspension, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton

In news from Toronto, the League lowered the hammer on New York Islanders forward Chris Simon today, suspending him for 30 games, without pay, for deliberately kicking Pittsburgh Penguins forward Jarrko Ruutu in the third period of the game on December 15, 2007. Simon will be eligible to return on February 21, 2008 against the...

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