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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Get One for the Sarge
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…
Band of Brothers: Pens 3-Caps 2 OT
“We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;/For he to-day that sheds his blood with me,/Shall be my brother…”–King Henry before the battle of Agincourt, Henry V by William Shakespeare. While many hockey fans might not be familiar with this quote from one of William Shakespeare’s plays, it marks a great speech made by a…
Desperation Equals Domination
The Pittsburgh Penguins found themselves in a desperate situation on Wednesday night as they faced the prospect of going down three games to none in the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs against the Washington Capitals. Less than two minutes into the tilt, that desperation reached a boiling point after an unfortunate misplay by…
The Devil is in the Details: Pens 2–Caps 3
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…
It’s Pens vs Caps in Round 2 Under Newly-Inked Coach Bylsma
Both the Washington Capitals and the Carolina Hurricanes won Game 7 of their respective series’ showdown on Tuesday night to advance to the Eastern Conference Semi-Final round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs along with the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Boston Bruins. As a result, the #4 Pittsburgh Penguins will meet up with the #2 Washington…
Post Season Within Reach
As the clock winds down on the 2008/09 NHL regular season, the Pittsburgh Penguins post season hopes are looking up. Just a little over one month ago, the Penguins’ prospects were not so good as they meandered outside of playoff position. However, since bringing in a new coach, a new philosophy, a healthy veteran defenseman,…
Penguins Squander 3-Goal Lead, Lose to Caps 4-3
The Pittsburgh Penguins withered under an all out 3rd period attack by the Capitals, getting outshot 21-6 in the final frame and giving up 3-goals to give Washington a 4-3 victory. From the outset, it looked like it would be all Penguins as they notched 3-unanswered powerplay goals. But the Capitals fought back with 4-unanswered even strength…
Penguins Surge in 3rd, Beat Capitals 4-2
The Pittsburgh Penguins scored 2-goals in the last 30-seconds of the game to break a 2-2 tie and beat the Washington Capitals 4-2 on Sunday. Goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury kept the Penguins in the hunt as they were outshot 33-13 through the first 2-periods. In the final period, however, the Penguins found their offense and outshot…
Pens Lose to Caps 6-5 in Shootout, But Regain 1st Place
The Pittsburgh Penguins suffered an overtime shootout loss to the Washington Capitals on Monday night in a spirited high scoring affair. Despite the score, the Penguins were outshot 30-15 by the Capitals and were fortunate to pick up a point on the night to move them back into 1st place in the Atlantic Division. Goaltender…
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