post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
PREGAME Greetings from a beautiful, cloudless, mild, early-November day in Pittsburgh. We seriously probably counted seven clouds in the sky today. And maybe two of them were vapor trails off jets. It's in the mid-60s and you can't ask for a better day. A few sights from our walk up from downtown. Lots of Notre Dame fans in town tonight with the Fighting Irish in town. Some are tailgaiting downtown:...
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
PREGAME Greetings from a beautiful, cloudless, mild, early-November day in Pittsburgh. We seriously probably counted seven clouds in the sky today. And maybe two of them were vapor trails off jets. It's in the mid-60s and you can't ask for a better day. A few sights from our walk up from downtown. Lots of Notre Dame fans in town tonight with the Fighting Irish in town. Some are tailgaiting downtown:...
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
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...
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Penguins -Does Eric Godard ( above ) deserve a regular spot in the lineup ? -Penguins president David Morehouse suffered a heart attack . Trainer Chris Stewart came to the rescue. -The Pensblog has details on the health of Penguins public address announcer John Barbero . -This is a few days old, but here are the pre-game ceremonies from Saturday's Hockey Hall of Fame Game between the Red Wings and...
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
After a few rough games, we all could probably use something simple to digest. So here's some reader submitted photos. This comes from Matthew Crawford who spotted this Marc-Andre Fleury-esque drawing on the wall of a Mexican restaurant in Charleston, S.C.: -Justin Dumont was watching a Sharks-Blue Jackets game and spotted a Devils fan sporting a jersey foul: -Speaking of jersey fouls, Brian Jackson...
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
D. ROSS CAMERON Associated Press Sharks goalie Evgeni Nabokov makes a save as the Penguins' Kris Letang looks for the rebound. Nabokov recorded 27 saves for his 49th career shutout and second this season. SAN JOSE – Joe Pavelski had one goal and one assist in his first game back from the injured list, and Evgeni Nabokov made 27 saves Saturday night as the Sharks beat the Pittsburgh Penguins for...
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Penguins -Shelly Anderson's recap from last night's game . Tyler Kennedy was a scratch for undisclosed reasons. -The Los Angeles Times' recap . The Kings showed they could hang with a Stanley Cup contender. -The Associated Press' recap . " They forced us into a lot of the mistakes that we made ." - Dan Bylsma. - NHL.com's recap . " Against a team like that, if you're not playing well...
From The Rink (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
More photos » by LM Otero - AP Browse more photos » If you haven't been stopping by stats man Gabe Desjardins's pad lately, you'd be well-served to do so. He's banging out some good stuff over there. The latest is a system of ranking fighters , one that comes up with Georges Laraque as the NHL's top heavyweight. Here's the list based on the past three seasons: Player Ft In Wt Fights W L...
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Penguins -The Penguins hate clocks . (PG+) -From the " Completely Awesomely Ironic " department, Flyers broadcaster Keith Jones and executive Bobby Clarke each said Sidney Crosby should be the captain Canada's Olympic team . Mike Richards punched a nine-year-old in response. -Someone over at LetsGoPens.com spotted this image from a recent Penguins broadcast. It's a list of individual skates...
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
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:...
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
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...
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Penguins -So... Sergei Gonchar or Evgeni Malkin ? -Eric Godard. Power-play specialist . -Evgeni Malkin ain't no Erik Christensen . -EN contributor Eric Politowski has compiled all of the Penguins' highlights from the first seven games of the season: -His timing might be a bit off, but this young man is a pretty big fan of the "Hey Song:" -Much like Kris Letang learning to get the puck out...
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
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...
pittsburgh sports and mini ponies (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
Courtesy of the pghpenguins Twitter feed . That's Eric Godard in the Care Bears head and MAF moonlighting as Kermit the Frog. Mets fans' minds just exploded.
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
There are days when we wake up and debate going to Penguins' practice or staying in our warm bed. Well the bed won out this morning. Besides, nothing was going to happen at practice right? Nothing like Eric Godard wearing a Care Bear mask or Marc-Andre Fleury sporting a Kermit the Frog mask right? Wrong . Photos are from the Penguins' Twitter page .
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