"Mellon Arena Memories" is a semi-regular feature that will appear in this forum from time to time during the remainder of the Penguins' final season at Mellon Arena. We will attempt to interview several individuals inside and outside of the Penguins about the arena which has served as the franchise's home facility since the its inception. Today's subject is Greg Malone. Greg Malone ( right...
When you think about the faces of the Penguins franchise - Sidney Crosby, Marc-Andre Fleury and Evgeni Malkin - you think of youth. All four of those players are under the age of 25. Then you get to Brooks Orpik. You might not think of him as part of that vital internal core. He doesn't win Hart Trophies or Conn Smythe Awards. He wasn't one of the top two picks in a draft. He never made a clutch,...
SECOND PERIOD 20:00: We forgot to mention this but Brooks Orpik and Bill Guerin are your alternate captain tonight in place of Sergei Gonchar and Malkin. The Penguins will have 22 seconds of power play time left to start the period. Crosby, Guerin, Kunitz, Goligoski and Letang are on for the power play. 19:37: Dorsett's second penalty is killed. The Penguins didn't generate much of a threat with that...
FIRST PERIOD 19:42: " LET'S-GO JACK-ETS! LET'S-GO JACK-ETS! " 19:18 : " LET"S GO PENS! LET'S GO PENS! " 19:00: Jordan Staal takes a shift with Ruslan Fedotenko and Chris Bourque. 18:21: Matt Cooke rattles a Blue Jackets player in the corner in Columbus' zone. During a stoppage, the Columbus player (sorry, we couldn't identify him), has words with Cooke at center ice. Officials...
Think about this for a moment. The last time the Penguins had a lineup in a game of consequence that didn't include Evgeni Malkin, John Leclair, one of the final mistakes of the Craig Patrick regime, was still a member of the club. That's how long Evgeni Malkin's consecutive streak was (or still is technically). The last 254 regular season games the Penguins have played have seen Evgeni Malkin take...
PREGAME -Greetings from a cloudy, late October day in Pittsburgh. Just a bleh day. It was dry enough to park downtown and walk up to Mellon Arena however. This is left over from last night. A Quebec license plate in the garage at Chatham Center: -PPG Place against a gray sky: -Looking south on Stanwix Street: -The construction at Market Square which is apparently fine to show off when every major...
PREGAME -Greetings from a cloudy, late October day in Pittsburgh. Just a bleh day. It was dry enough to park downtown and walk up to Mellon Arena however. This is left over from last night. A Quebec license plate in the garage at Chatham Center: -PPG Place against a gray sky: -Looking south on Stanwix Street: -The construction at Market Square which is apparently fine to show off when every major...
FIRST PERIOD 20:00: The usualy pairing of Mark Eaton and Kris Letang starts the game on defense along with Ruslan Fedotenko, Evgeni Malkin and SIdney Crosby 18:50: Alex Goligoski and Skoula take the ice. 18:19: Martin Skoula and Jay McKee are on the ice together. 18:10: "Search and Destroy" by Iggy Pop is played. Always good: 18:06: Skoula takes his first shot as a Penguin of a faceoff....
So the Penguins will be without Sergei Gonchar ( above ) for at least a month. Bummer. How can they replace him? Well, they probably can't truly replace him. You really can't find a substitute for someone who can keep the puck in the offensive zone with the likes of Mike Richards jabbing away with poke checks. And good luck finding anyone who can calmly and cooly get it out from behind his own goal...
Penguins -Bill Guerin apparently had to comfort a depressed Sergei Gonchar ( above ) when he lost his second goal to Pascal Dupuis. We think. -Dave Molinari's recap from last night's game . " We're getting everyone chipping in ." - Jay McKee. -The Associated Press' recap . The Penguins' 7-1-0 start is the second-best in franchise history. -The St. Petersburg Times recap . Lightning captain...
"Mellon Arena Memories" is a semi-regular feature that will appear in this forum from time to time during the remainder of the Penguins' final season at Mellon Arena. We will attempt to interview several individuals from inside and outside the world of hockey about the arena which has served as the Penguins' home facility since the franchise's inception. Today's subject is Paul Bissonnette....
PREGAME Greetings from a perfect fall day in Western Pennsylvania. It's cold enough to have a sweater on but warm enough to have the windows open. FSN Pittsburgh airs a piece on Alex Goligoski. Brooks Orpik offers the crazy but sad eyes: -The Penguins' scratches are Chris Bourque and Martin Skoula. -Toronto has scratched Garnet Exelby, former Penguin Wayne Primeau and Viktor Stalberg. - Note: We've...
Penguins -Dave Molinari's recap from last night's game . The Penguins had a big time rebound after a flat loss to the Coyotes. -The Philadelphia Daily News' recap . The Flyers have played two sloppy games in a row. -The Philadelphia Inquirer's recap . The Flyers made a lot of moves in the offseason to catch up the Penguins. It's still a work in progress. -The Associated Press' recap . Alex Goligoski...
FIRST PERIOD 19:20: Former Flyers nemesis Scottie Upshall cycles along the boards in the Penguins' zone. He backhand flicks a pass to Matthew Lombardi in the slot. Lombardi's gets a somewhat interrupted shot on net. Johnson makes the save. Matt Cooke is called for interference. Sidney Crosby takes to the ice for the penalty kill along with Pascal Dupuis, Brooks Orpik and Sergei Gonchar. 18:37: Brooks...
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