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Penguins Conquer Challenge of Losing Gonchar

Paul — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 20:49:51 +0000

Tags: Alex Goligoski, Ben Lovejoy, Brooks Orpik, Evgeni Malkin, Kris Letang, Paul Martin, Penguins Defense, Pittsburgh Penguins, Ray Shero, Sergei Gonchar, Zbynek Michalek

The biggest question for the Pittsburgh Penguins coming into the 2010/11 season was how the changes in their defensive ranks would affect the team. Most notably, how would the team recover from the loss of Sergei Gonchar? Not just a scoring threat on the blueline for the Penguins, the veteran Gonchar was the team’s smooth skating...

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Top 5 Reasons the Penguins Will Excel in 2008-09

Paul — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 20:08:59 +0000

Categories: News Digest

Tags: Evgeni Malkin, Jordan Staal, Kris Letang, Marc-Andre Fleury, Miroslav Satan, Off-Season, Penguins Defense, Penguins Goaltending, Penguins Offense, Pittsburgh Penguins, Ruslan Fedetenko, Ryan Whitney, Sidney Crosby

Over the past month, there has been a lot of chatter that the Pittsburgh Penguins lost their best chance at the Stanley Cup by losing to the Detroit Red Wings this past season. Assertions have been made that the Penguins gave up too much in the off-season to be competitive for the cup again in the...

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Penguins Beat the Leafs 6-4

Paul — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 03:41:22 +0000

Categories: News Digest

Tags: Game Recap, Penguins Defense, Penguins Offense, Penguins Win, Sidney Crosby, Toronto Maple Leafs

The Pittsburgh Penguins came into Toronto tonight with one thing on their minds…..play desperate. It was a rallying cry put in motion by Coach Therrien’s criticism of the team after Wednesday’s loss to Montreal in which he complained of a lack of desperation. And although the team had a shaky defensive performance through 2 periods tonight, there...

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