All Entries Tagged With: "Marc-Andre Fleury"
Brewer Leads Bolts Over Penguins 5-1
Defenseman Eric Brewer was a wrecking ball that rolled over the helpless Pittsburgh Penguins Friday night in Pittsburgh. The veteran defenseman played almost 25 minutes, had a goal, two assists, three shots, three hits, was a +2 and led the Tampa Bay Lightning to their first playoff win in four years. The Bolts totally dominated [...]
Pens Shutout Bolts 3-0 In Game 1
The playoff savvy Pittsburgh Penguins scored twice in eighteen seconds early in the third period and went on to beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-0 last night. The Bolts were making their first playoff appearance in four years. Despite being the second highest scoring team in the Eastern Conference, the Lightning couldn’t solve Penguins goalie [...]
Bolts vs. Pens – Tale Of The Tape
Lightning vs. Penguins First Round Schedule Game 1 – Wed., April 13, @Pittsburgh, 7 PM Game 2 – Fri., April 15, @Pittsburgh, 7 PM Game 3 – Mon., April 18, Home, 7:30 PM Game 4 – Wed., April 20, Home, 7 PM Game 5 – Sat., April 23, @ Pittsburgh, TBA Game 6 – Mon., [...]
2011 NHL All-Star Game Mock Draft
One day before the 2011 All-Star break celebrations, I participated in a NHL All-Star mock draft with a fellow Montreal Canadiens Blogger, James Usypchuk, from The Power Play. You can click here: 2011 NHL All-Star rosters to see the players that will participate in this year’s All-Star game in Raleigh, NC. James had the first [...]
Sid & Bylsma at Odds Plus Other Notes
By now most Penguins fans have heard that Captain Sidney Crosby waded into the goalie situation in Pittsburgh over the past couple of days. To not mince words, here is what was said by the Captain. “He’s [Fleury] going to have good games. It’s not like he can change overnight. He’s going to put strings [...]
Fantasy hockey: goaltending battles
One week into the season, it’s time to look at some of the goal tending battles going on in the NHL. Some teams don’t have a clear-cut starter like Roberto Luongo, Ryan Miller or Martin Brodeur. Goaltending battles: – Scorching: game-to-game musical chair – Blazing: no clear-cut starter – Moderate: mild battle going-on – Low: [...]
An Embarrassing Night in Dallas
The Pittsburgh Penguins rolled into Dallas Wednesday night eying to continue riding the momentum they started in Carolina last Saturday. Those hopes, and maybe Brent Johnson’s hot streak ended quickly in the 1st period after the Penguins and their poor passing and defensive play gave up a quick 2-0 lead to the Stars on goals [...]
Penguins Notepad – 11.2.10
Lets get this out of the way. Go Vote today. Imagine if you got to vote for NHL Commissioner, you’d all be there. If you don’t vote you lose your right to complain in my book. Now moving on… Penguins fans are all still dealing with the aftermath of the tragic news regarding Jordan Staal’s [...]
Penguins Notepad – 10.31.10
With a few days before the next Penguins game I wanted to take the opportunity to get some baseline information out there before the upcoming 3 game west coast road trip. Jordan Staal and Zbynek Michalek are expected to play Wednesday in Dallas. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is reporting that both players are targeting this Wednesday [...]
Pens Winter Classic Sweater: What Is There To Say?
The Pittsburgh Penguins unveiled their 2011 Bridgestone Winter Classic Jersey this afternoon following practice. The reception has been negative, about 80/20 on Twitter. For those who pay attention the unveiling is confirmation of images we’ve had for a few weeks. However it doesn’t make the sweater an less ugly in my opinion. The first thing [...]
Fleury Not the Only Penguin To Blame
If you listen to Penguins radio or read most of the mainstream Penguins media coverage the poor play spotlight is focused on one man, Marc-Andre Fleury, as the scape-goat for some crushing Pens losses this year. After a solid first 116 or so minutes to his 2010/11 campaign Flower let in a soft goal to [...]
He’s Ponikarovsky With a Famous Wife
That’s what Seth Rorabaugh of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Empty Netters Blog had to say about Mike Comrie this morning during a discussion we had while he was a guest on Pens HD Radio’s Penguins Live. The reason for the discussion is the rapidly improving health of the Penguins forwards corps. With Arron Asham expected back [...]
Penguins Pilfer Points From Predators in a 4-3 OT Win
The Nashville Predators dropped their third consecutive overtime game to the Pittsburgh Penguins by a score of 4-3 as Kris Letang scored at 3:49 of the extra period to allow the Pens to sneak away with a win. Nashville fielded a mix and match lineup as Ryan Suter, Matthew Lombardi, and Marcel Goc were out [...]
Penguins Still Searching for First Home Win
The Pittsburgh Penguins host the New York Islanders tonight on the front end of back to back games. This will be the fourth attempt by the Pens to win a game in their new digs, The Consol Energy Center. Already fans are dropping the word curse due to the Penguins less than stellar losing ways [...]
Breakdowns Costing the Pens Points
Sometime in late March while the Penguins are in the midst of the hunt for the Atlantic Division title or likely at worst a playoff spot someone somewhere will wax philosophical about how the games in October are worth as much as the games in April and they’ll be right. The Penguins dropped their third [...]
Clipped Penguins Host Leafs
The Pittsburgh Penguins limp back into the Consol Energy Center tonight to host the undefeated Toronto Maple Leafs. After a week of high expectations most Penguins fans are just hoping to weather the injury storm that is reminiscent of November of last year when two-thirds of the Penguins starting defensemen were Wilkes-Barre Scranton call-ups. Tonight [...]
Goalie Controversy in Pittsburgh?
If you take the first two Penguins games of the season at face value it would be easy to pin the problem between the pipes. This morning on Pens HD Radio host Steve Mears heavily suggested based off of fan reaction that there was or should be a question as to who should start the [...]
Weekly Fantasy: Top 20 goaltenders to draft this season
With the 2010-11 season slated to start on Thursday, October 7th, it’s time to have a look at the top 20 goaltenders to draft in your fantasy hockey league and at factors to consider when drafting your goaltenders. Is he prone to injury? Who is the backup goaltender? Do the team play many back to [...]
Like a swift kick to the head: Season comes to end for Penguins
Game 7: Montreal 5 @ Pittsburgh 2 “It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart,” wrote the late Bart Giamatti, describing the latent disappointment that ensnares any long-time passionate baseball fan. Giamatti, a former commissioner of Major League Baseball, used these two sentences to lead off an essay detailing his obsession with the Boston Red Sox [...]
Keep believing in the Pens: lessons from senior year English class
Game 6: Pittsburgh 3 @ Montreal 4 “There was truth and there was untruth, and if you clung to the truth even against the whole world, you were not mad.” – George Orwell, 1984 The Pittsburgh Penguins were unsuccessful tonight in closing out the Eastern Conference semifinal against the Canadiens at Montreal as the home [...]
