Each of the first five games with the re-entry of Penguins captain Sidney Crosby has shown a very natural process when trying to fit a highly skilled anchor player back into a lineup that has had to maintain and sustain for nearly 10 months without him. The fact that it has only taken a handful…
In the wake of a stunning Game 6 and on the brink of a decisive Game 7, this is familiar territory. The Penguins have never done anything the easy way. They impress with brilliance and solid focused play on one night and fall apart the next, and just when you think they are sunk, they…
It was the best of teams…It was the worst of teams. Both were the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 1 and then Game 2 of the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs against the Tampa Bay Lightning. The Best of Teams On April 13, a play-off seasoned Pittsburgh team skated with authority and precision, an unrelenting…
This has been uncharted territory in the story of the Pittsburgh Penguins – a team without both its superstars, Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin. Worse still, it couldn’t have come at a more critical part of the hockey season when teams are battling for the top eight spots in conference play, jockeying for positions almost…
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…
It was a homecoming (of sorts) for Defenseman Paul Martin as he returned to the rink that he called home for all 6 seasons of his NHL Career before joining the Pittsburgh Penguins this summer. But his former fans didn’t lay out a welcome mat, instead they showered him with boo’s every time he touched…
Despite looking loose, rejuvinated, and catlike with lightning fast reflexes in the pre-season and large stretches of the first two games, Marc-Andre Fleury let this one go tonight. Despite outshooting, out-hitting, and out-chancing them, the Penguins ended up giving up 2 goals in the final 3 minutes of the game to lose 3-2 to the…
With the start of the NHL regular season just a little over two weeks away, the Pittsburgh Penguins 2010 Training Camp kicked into high gear this weekend with open practices on Saturday and Sunday at the all new Consol Energy Center. Players, coaches, and fans alike all descended on the new arena in the heart of…
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