All Entries Tagged With: "hat trick"
LA Kings – Five Years Ago Today
Five years ago today the Kings played what would normally be a throw away game on the schedule, one vs. the Atlanta Thrashers. It turned out to be anything but…and Luc Robitaille was in the eye of the storm.
Crosby rampage, surging Penguins cool off Thrashers
Superstars from different sports share two common characteristics: their productivity on the field of play often fulfills the pages of hyperbole written about them and second, they can take an insult from a rival or media member and convert it into a raging fuel that rockets their performance to even greater heights in subsequent games. [...]
Excellence in all facets gives Pens sweep of holiday matinees
There was virtually nothing to be concerned about at Consol Energy Center this holiday weekend. The Pittsburgh Penguins entered Friday’s 1 pm matinee versus Ottawa riding a four-game win streak and by the time hats were cleaned off the ice in the dying seconds of Saturday’s afternoon game against Calgary, the Pens had extended that skein to six. [...]
Groundhog foreshadows more epic Penguins-Capitals wars
Like the acerbic film Groundhog Day, Buffalo goaltender Ryan Miller was forced to experience the same painful thing again and again and again last Monday: watching in horror as Sidney Crosby fired the puck at him from three different angles and scored three times in a 5-4 Pittsburgh victory over the Sabres. Crosby scored his 35th, 36th [...]
A Christmas wish list for the Penguins
A white Christmas came two days early at Mellon Arena – in the form of a flurry of hats. Delirious Penguins’ fans saluted alternate captain Evgeni Malkin’s hat trick when he scored his third goal of the night at 6:33 of the third period as Pittsburgh cruised to an easy 8-2 win over visiting Ottawa. [...]
Tough schedule awaits Penguins in December
Following a home-and-home sweep of the New York Rangers, the Penguins will take a rare two-day rest before opening the month of December at home against Colorado on Thursday night. Captain Sidney Crosby exploded for five goals and three assists in the two victories over the Blueshirts while so-called grinder Mike Rupp, scored an unlikely [...]
Short Canada trip gets Sharks to 40 points first
It’s not exactly the record pace they set last season, but the San Jose Sharks again find themselves at the top of the NHL standings. With a 5-4 shootout victory against Edmonton on Friday and a 4-2 win over Vancouver tonight the Fins became the first team to reach the 40 point plateau. The Edmonton [...]
The Joe Thornton Phenomena: Pass or Pass?
During the San Jose Sharks’ annual “State of the Sharks” address in the off season, there was a promise made to fans. One that virtually every Sharks fan wanted to hear. “I’ll shoot more for you next year,” said Joe Thornton. Granted this promise came before the acquisition of Dany Heatley, so a little change [...]
Heatley Gets Second Hat Trick in Quirky Game at the Shark Tank
The bizarreness that occurred in the San Jose Sharks’ 6-3 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers is almost inexplicable. The odd and unfathomable filled this game. Probably the most predictable part of the game was who did the scoring. Dany Heatley covered the spectrum netting his second hat trick of the season on an even strength [...]
Sidney, Sidney, burning bright
The Minnesota Wild come trick-or-treating tonight at the door of Mellon Arena, with some understandable trepidation. It has nothing to do with the potential to be on the receiving end of a Brooks Orpik bone-crunching hit (“free-candy”, as the jokesters at thepensblog.com would say.) No, the Wild will be walking into a Hallowe’en house haunted [...]