All Entries Tagged With: "Brooks Orpik"
New York, New York, New York – 3 games, 4 nights
An up-and-down November will end for the Penguins with a whirlwind trio of games all against the New York-based teams. After Wednesday night’s 3-1 home win over Montreal, the Pens flew to Long Island to prepare for a holiday Friday matinee against the Islanders. The Penguins will return home on Saturday evening to host the [...]
Penguins fans must be thankful for many things
This morning, American hockey fans will wake up to the smell of a carefully basted and stuffed turkey slow-roasting in the oven, sharing space with a sweet potato pie and reluctantly, a small sprig of vegetables for conscience’s sake. While this Canadian writer celebrated Thanksgiving six and a half weeks ago, there is no reason [...]
The Linesman Must Report…
In the Overtime period of the Penguins 3-2 win over the Florida Panthers Monday night, something out of the ordinary occurred. Panthers’ forward Nathan Horton was assessed a double minor for high-sticking Penguins defenseman Brooks Orpik. The call of the penalty was not odd, but where it came from was. The linesman “made the call” [...]
Liveblog: Penguins vs Thrashers Gameday – Update 2
Update 2 – Post-Practice Wrapup Dan Bylsma also confirmed that Brooks Orpik would return to action tonight, however he would not set D-pairings in stone saying that he and Assistant Coach Mike Yeo would get together this afternoon and get them set. The Penguins did not practice in their forwards or defensive pairings at practice, [...]
Liveblog: Penguins vs Senators Gameday – Update 3
Pittsburgh Penguins at Ottawa Senators Scotiabank Place, Ottawa Ontario. 6:30pm CST (FSN) Penguins 2nd in Atlantic Division/ 4th Eastern Conference Twitter Play by Play Follow: @SLBD_InGame Twitter Pens News Follow: @SLBD_PensNews Update 3 – Eaton a Game Time Decision, Lee Called Up In Case Head Coach Dan Bylsma spoke with the media (11:43am CST) after [...]
At The Quarter Pole: The Penguins, After 20 Games
From other teams’ perspective, this is becoming a good horse race. However, from the perspective of the Pittsburgh Penguins, the defending Stanley Cup champions are reluctantly slowing down and coming back to the pack of horses chasing them as roughly one-quarter of the 2009-10 regular season has elapsed. After twenty games, including a highly entertaining [...]
What Makes a Good Head Coach in Today’s NHL?
What is the optimal role for a head coach in today’s National Hockey League? Instructor or communicator? Second, how much of a team’s success can be attributed to the actions of a head coach and his cadre of assistants? Ten percent? Twenty percent? Thirty? This age-old question resurfaced in February when the Pittsburgh Penguins, mired [...]
Pork hock ‘n’ hockey: LIVE! Dinnertime 3rd period blog
The work day is over. Just enough time to catch the end of the game. It’s 4-3 Penguins at Philadelphia as play begins in what should be a rousing third period. Yes, I’m eating a pork hock at almost nine p.m. Eastern Daylight time. 19:09 Ray Emery and Marc-Andre Fleury trade great saves in the [...]
Sunday satire, part 1 – Pathetic Red Wings crash Penguins’ opener
The usual sold-out crowd of 17,132 cheered enthusiastically as Penguins players, coaches and executives filed onto the ice and red carpet prior to Friday night’s opening game at Mellon Arena in Pittsburgh. The Stanley Cup, gleaming and sparkling under the bright white klieg lights of the arena roof, sat proudly on a table at centre [...]
Sunday satire, part 2 – Pathetic Red Wings crash Penguins’ opener
Link to – Sunday satire, part 1 – Pathetic Red Wings crash Penguins’ opener The not unattractive, not untalented, not unwholesome, not un-All-American singer-songwriter had performed a concert the evening before at Mellon Arena, where Staal, Kennedy and Talbot had befriended her. (author’s note: this is not a joke). Swift admired her reflection in the [...]
Three months later, the work begins again
If it seems like just a short time ago that Penguins captain Sidney Crosby hoisted the Stanley Cup above his head to conclude an exceptionally competitive 2009 Final series, that’s because it was indeed just a short time ago. Only three months and a few hours have elapsed since the last game of the 2008-09 [...]
