We don't want to call Chris Bourque short but... In seriousness, this is actually a photo of century man Pascal Dupuis and his young son in the Penguins' locker room from the Twitter account of Dupuis' agent, Allan Walsh . In other Penguins news, defenseman Sergei Gonchar was cleared for contact . He has been sidelined since Oct. 20 due to a broken left wrist. Additionally, Alex Goligoski was given...
FIRST PERIOD 20:00: Jordan Staal starts on a line with Bill Guerin and Chris Bourque. 19:45: Staal tosses a wrister on net from the left wing. Thomas pushes it away. 19:10: Byron Bitz pushes the puck up the right wing, twists Mark Eaton around and puts a backhander on net. Johnson holds it out. 19:02: Malkin takes the ice with Sidney Crosby and Ruslan Fedotenko. 18:18: Jay McKee busting out some serious...
The Penguins have demoted forward Chris Conner to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the AHL . He was a recall in the wake of injuries to Evgeni Malkin and Tyler Kennedy. In six games at the NHL level he recorded one assist and was a minus-1. EN Says: It seems pretty obvious Evgeni Malkin will make his triumphant return to the lineup Saturday. Dave Molinari has more on the team's reconfigured lines at PG+ ....
FIRST PERIOD 20:00: Sidney Crosby starts on a line with size. He has Mike Rupp and Jordan Staal on his wings. 19:19: Uh.... ooookay... the goal horn just went off in the middle of play for about 15 seconds.... 18:18: Staal, who is wearing the "A" in place of Brooks Orpik (who was wearing it in place of Sergei Gonchar), takes a shift with Bill Guerin and Chris Kunitz. 17:30: Crosby is back...
Penguins -Shelly Anderson's recap from last night's game . " We generated some chances, and they did, too. They capitalized ." - Sidney Crosby ( above ) on the Bruins. -The Boston Globe's recap . " You always wonder what’s going to happen next - whether we’re going to score another goal, they’re going to score, or what’s going to happen. " - Bruins defenseman...
PREGAME -Hey, guess where we are: -Hmmm... not quite: -We assume, a dusty, chilly cubicle in the Post-Gazette's building is just as nice as sunny, warm Southern California. -One person who is there is EN reader Eric Naughton who has been sending us a ton of pregame photos. A Paul Coffey jersey: -A Russian Evgeni Malkin t-shirt jersey: -Mario Lemieux yellow: -Mario Lemieux Wales Conference All-Star:...
Penguins -Dave Molinari's recap from last night's game . The Penguins finished October as one of five teams in NHL history to rack up 12 win in October. -The Star Tribune's recap . The WIld has won back to back games for the first time this season. -The Pioneer Press' recap . It was Nicklas Backstrom's ( above, with Sidney Crosby ) night. -The Associated Press' recap . The WIld is 3-0 against the...
FIRST PERIOD 20:00: " LET'S GO PENS! LET'S GO PENS! " 19:40: Sidney Crosby rushes up the ice and challenges Brent Burns one-on-one from the right wing. Burns hacks the puck off Crosby's stick. 19:10: Chris Bourque, Ruslan Fedotenko and Jordan Staal are on a line once again. Bourque snaps off a wrister from the top of hte slot. Backstrom knocks it away. 17:53: Matt Cooke, Craig Adams and...
Penguins ( Note: To the reader who said hello to us after last night's game, we apologize for being brief with you. We were in a rush to get to the locker room. ) -Dave Molinari's recap from last night's game . " That's why you play 60 minutes ." - Alex Goligoski. -The Columbus Dispatch's recap . " We took our foot off the gas, it's that simple ." - Blue Jackets coach Ken Hitchcock....
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 another ugly day in Pittsburgh. Its in the mid 50s. Drizzling. Cloudy. Ugly. We love Pittsburgh, but this is one of those day were you wonder why you can't find a job in San Diego. They need hockey bloggers in San Diego right? A few shots from our trek up from from the Chatham Center garage. Consol Energy Center on the FIfth Avenue Side: -Mellon Arena: -The ice: -This is from...
PREGAME Greetings from another ugly day in Pittsburgh. Its in the mid 50s. Drizzling. Cloudy. Ugly. We love Pittsburgh, but this is one of those day were you wonder why you can't find a job in San Diego. They need hockey bloggers in San Diego right? A few shots from our trek up from from the Chatham Center garage. Consol Energy Center on the FIfth Avenue Side: -Mellon Arena: -The ice: -This is from...
Penguins forward Tyler Kennedy ( above ) will skip tonight's game against the Canadiens due to an undisclosed injury. Dan Bylsma described his injury as day to day. He will be replaced in the lineup by Chris Bourque. He has six points (five goals, one assist) in 11 games this season. Kennedy leads the NHL this season with three game-winning goals. Pascal Dupuis, who had been dealing with an illness,...
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