NHLPens.comMaxime Talbot | NHLPens.com http://nhlpens.com a Pittsburgh Penguins Blog Thu, 24 May 2012 12:00:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Righting the Ship… http://nhlpens.com/righting-the-ship/ http://nhlpens.com/righting-the-ship/#comments Fri, 20 Apr 2012 23:10:38 +0000 Chaiwoman http://nhlpens.com/?p=3203

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The road to redemption began on April 18, 2012, in Philadelphia with a do-or-die situation for the Pittsburgh Penguins as they found themselves 0-3 in the #4/#5-Seed series. To be sure, this has to be one of the most bizarre series in Penguin history if not in the NHL’s history. It has left longtime hockey...

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]]> http://nhlpens.com/righting-the-ship/feed/ 0 Race to 4 in High Gear http://nhlpens.com/race-to-4-in-high-gear/ http://nhlpens.com/race-to-4-in-high-gear/#comments Sat, 06 Jun 2009 01:26:56 +0000 Chaiwoman http://nhlpens.com/?p=1060

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A Penguin win in Game 4 of the Stanley Cups Finals Thursday night changes the complexion of the series. The fourth game in six nights seemed to take its toll on the Detroit Red Wings, but it could be argued that the Wings were beginning to feel the effects back in the latter part of...

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Hearken back… Stanley Cup Finals (2008)… The Pittsburgh Penguins found themselves like Cinderella at the ball, in the Stanley Cup Finals facing the storied and formidable Detroit Red Wings. For me, it might as well have been USA versus USSR in the 1980 Olympics, it was that gut-wrenching. We all felt the overwhelming crush of...

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]]> http://nhlpens.com/a-date-with-destiny/feed/ 0 Manhandled!! Pens Sweep Series 4-0 http://nhlpens.com/manhandled-pens-sweep-series-4-0/ http://nhlpens.com/manhandled-pens-sweep-series-4-0/#comments Wed, 27 May 2009 04:06:08 +0000 Chaiwoman http://nhlpens.com/?p=1033

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They got it done. The Pittsburgh Penguins did it differently this year in many ways, including allowing themselves to touch the Prince of Wales Cup. So did Mario Lemieux all those years ago–twice–and they went on to win the big one–Lord Stanley’s Cup. The Penguins bought into a system and a new coach’s philosophy and...

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]]> http://nhlpens.com/manhandled-pens-sweep-series-4-0/feed/ 0 The Russian Nightmare: Pens 7 – ‘Canes 4 http://nhlpens.com/the-russian-nightmare-pens-7-canes-4/ http://nhlpens.com/the-russian-nightmare-pens-7-canes-4/#comments Sat, 23 May 2009 02:28:36 +0000 Chaiwoman http://nhlpens.com/?p=1005

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In the eye of a white-out Game 2 storm, a flurry of towels and tinfoiled knuckles on a pseudo-Hanson brother with the real Dave Hanson in attendance, there was truly something in the air at Mellon Arena on Thursday night. The Pittsburgh Penguins and the Carolina Hurricanes shed the Game 1 pleasantries, and with the honeymoon...

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]]> http://nhlpens.com/the-russian-nightmare-pens-7-canes-4/feed/ 2 The Hockey Gods Must Be Crazy http://nhlpens.com/the-hockey-gods-must-be-craz/ http://nhlpens.com/the-hockey-gods-must-be-craz/#comments Wed, 13 May 2009 03:33:05 +0000 Chaiwoman http://nhlpens.com/?p=977

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Like gambling junkies sitting at the one-armed bandits in Vegas, the Hockey Gods simply had to go just one more time. They were unable to let the arguably frenetic series between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Washington Capitals end in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals. If Game 5 had been weird enough as Tom...

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On a high-intesity drama scale, the Eastern Conference Semifinals series between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Washington Capitals continues to thrill. Game 4 saw a determined Penguins team once again at the mercy of  the cruel humor of the Hockey Gods as another weird development put a Caps goal in the net only :36 into the...

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]]> http://nhlpens.com/get-one-for-the-sarge/feed/ 0 The Devil is in the Details: Pens 2–Caps 3 http://nhlpens.com/the-devil-is-in-the-details-pens-2-caps-3/ http://nhlpens.com/the-devil-is-in-the-details-pens-2-caps-3/#comments Mon, 04 May 2009 00:59:29 +0000 Chaiwoman http://nhlpens.com/?p=941

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In Saturday afternoon’s opening salvo between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Washington Capitals in the Eastern Conference Semifinals, the thing that seemed to worry the NBC commentators most in the first period was the fact that the sponsors wouldn’t get to plug their products. Meanwhile, the rest of Hockey Nation was transfixed by the rattling pace...

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For all those Christopher Walken fans who remember him as the angel of death in Prophecy, watching Penguin Mad Max Talbot put an index finger to his lips, with a little knowing smile to the Philly fans as he said “shhhhhhh” was the the kiss of death for the Flyers. On the heels of a fight...

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]]> http://nhlpens.com/the-shhhh-of-death/feed/ 12 Lucky Number 13 http://nhlpens.com/lucky-number-13/ http://nhlpens.com/lucky-number-13/#comments Sun, 19 Apr 2009 18:24:54 +0000 Chaiwoman http://nhlpens.com/?p=886

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Fridays and the number 13 are traditionally viewed as a very unlucky combination, but it was a Friday night, and it was Number 13, Bill Guerin, who brought the luck to the team in game 2 of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals match-up against the Philadelphia Flyers. Game 2 had a decidedly different feel to it...

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