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Fleury spectacular as Pens blank Habs 2-0 to take series lead
Marc-Andre Fleury, so often cast as the scapegoat by fans and the media for losses, showed once again last evening why his teammates have never lost faith in him. Fleury turned away all 18 shots he faced in a hard-earned shutout victory over the Canadiens at Bell Centre in his first hometown playoff game. Fleury grew up in Sorel, Quebec, 50 miles northeast of Montreal.
Habs – Pens Game 2 Preview + LIVE BLOG at 1:45PM!!
Yes, that’s right! After a short hiatus for game 1, TCL’s series of LIVE BLOGS is back for the Canadiens’ second round series against the Pittsburgh Penguins! Myself, George Prax, as well as Steven Hindle form Hockeybuzz and Kamal Panesar from Habs Addict are BACK to bring you the best live coverage anywhere on the [...]
Penguins power past Habs 6-3 in opener; Staal out indefinitely
Game 1: Montreal 3 @ Pittsburgh 6 Twenty thoroughbreds thundered through a muddy track at the Kentucky Derby earlier tonight for a chance at horse racing immortality. Yesterday, in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinal at Pittsburgh, won 6-3 by the hosts over Montreal, the Penguins lost their iron horse for an indefinite amount of time. [...]
Conflicting Reports Circulating on Jordan Staal Eerily Similar to Last Season…
Conflicting reports are circulating about the nature of Jordan Staal’s injury.
A little bit of everything: Pens outlast Sens 7-4, lead series 3-1
Game 4: Pittsburgh 7 @ Ottawa 4 When the Penguins and Senators skated to their respective locker rooms after the first period last evening, few observers could have predicted the fireworks that exploded in Scotiabank Place during the second period. Evgeni Malkin’s fourth goal of the series and third power play marker at 11:50 gave Pittsburgh [...]
Mellon Arena memories: Chance in a lifetime – Game 4
The curtain falls this evening, shuttering away a unique Pittsburgh landmark. Mellon Arena, the only home the Penguins have ever known, hosts its final regular season game tonight between the visiting New York Islanders and the Penguins. The rink, covered by the instantly recognizable unique all-steel, formerly retractable dome, will give way to the sparkling, modern [...]
Preparation, determination, perseverance: Pens rally for OT win
After Wednesday’s 2-0 loss by the Penguins at home to Tampa Bay: “We were getting out-battled.” – Brooks Orpik “We weren’t ready to play. That’s what it comes down to. We thought we were going to play a team that had laid down, out of the playoffs and we were just going to show up and it [...]
Without a second to spare … ‘Canes edge Pens in OT
After an up and down five-game road trip, the Penguins took a brief rest stop this afternoon at Mellon Arena to host Carolina before heading back out on the road for two games next week. The Penguins looked sluggish early, then traded quick rushes up and down the ice throughout most of the game with [...]
Game 46 review – Oil can’t hold off Pens
The Oilers dropped their sixth straight game last night, a 3-2 decision to the Penguins. It was a game that the Oilers could have won, they had a two goal lead going into the third period, but they just couldn’t hold off the Penguins. The played a good game and still managed to lose. In the drive for a high draft pick last nights outcome was the best case scenario.
Candidates for Team Canada’s roster for Vancouver 2010
Steve Yzerman, Team Canada’s GM, is planning on making the announcement of Canada’s final roster on December 30, 2009, a little more than a week from now. Yzerman will name his 23 man roster during the World Junior tournament in Saskatoon, Canada. Below you will find the three groupings for the 2010 Olympic hockey tournament: [...]
Measuring-stick game against Sabres for Pens tonight
The air temperature in Buffalo is a balmy twenty-three degrees Fahrenheit as the Sabres and Penguins prepare to battle at HSBC Arena tonight at 7.00pm Eastern. Pittsburgh is riding a four-game winning streak and have forty-nine points on the strength of a 24-10-1 record while Northeast Division leader Buffalo has a 21-10-2 record, good for [...]
Resilient Penguins adjust to periodic life without Crosby
Pittsburgh captain Sidney Crosby played in every one of the Penguins’ first twenty-nine games of the season. His first missed contest was last Saturday’s 2-1 overtime loss at home to Chicago. That afternoon, the superstar centre told the team’s official website after the game-day skate that his groin had “been bothering [him] for three or [...]
Pens cry “Uncle!” to Hawks’ Antti
What a lame, groan-inducing title. Only slightly better than “Niemi, the Antti-dote to Pens’ attack” or “Hawks up the Antti with statement-making win over champs”. The backup netminder for Chicago, Antti Niemi, was indeed the difference last night and a deserving first-star in a 2-1 overtime win over the Penguins. Niemi made thirty-two often spectacular [...]
SATIRE: Crosby out 4 months (broken right orbital bone) … Fleury out 3 months
Pittsburgh Penguins’ captain and star centre Sidney Crosby will miss the next four months of action due to a shattered right orbital bone. Goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury will miss the next three months of hockey after tearing his right deltoid muscle when he tried to rip a phone book in half after being inspired to “try something [...]
Eerieness and excitement: Haven’t I seen this ending before?
Normally, I try to shy away from game recaps, leaning more toward opinions, analysis and wry humour. However, in the moments after last evening’s wild win by the Penguins over Boston, 6-5 in overtime at Mellon Arena, I found myself thinking back to a similarly epic win (ha, ha) by the Pens at Detroit almost [...]
Wednesday satire – Juggernaut Penguins disbanded, Crosby achieves world peace
NHL commissioner Gary Bettman and twenty-nine disgruntled team governors convened an emergency meeting in New York Monday evening and voted 29-0 in favour of disbanding the Pittsburgh Penguins, the defending Stanley Cup champions and after eight games, the best team so far this season. “Enough is enough. Eight is enough,” cried Boston owner Jeremy Jacobs, chanelling Dick [...]
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 [...]
Heir Jordan – will Staal continue to steadily improve?
Much ink and pixellage has been used early in the 2009-10 NHL season to describe the significant improvement of Pittsburgh captain and top-line centre Sidney Crosby on faceoffs. For a player widely acknowledged as among the best, if not the best in the world, continuing improvement by Crosby in a former area of weakness must [...]
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 [...]
