PREGAME Greetings from cloudy but really warm Pittsburgh. It's in the high 50s here today. This is not the night before Thanksgiving. It's more like mid-spring. A few blurry, fuzzy sights. Consol Energy Center: -Mellon Arena: -Montreal's Carey Price has at least one fan here: -The ice: -Pascal Dupuis graces the cover of tonight's "Ice TIme:" -Given the supposed "Ice TIme Curse"...
PREGAME Greetings from cloudy but really warm Pittsburgh. It's in the high 50s here today. This is not the night before Thanksgiving. It's more like mid-spring. A few blurry, fuzzy sights. Consol Energy Center: -Mellon Arena: -Montreal's Carey Price has at least one fan here: -The ice: -Pascal Dupuis graces the cover of tonight's "Ice TIme:" -Given the supposed "Ice TIme Curse"...
from Lance Hornby of the Toronto Sun, Gary Roberts was highly respected as the Maple Leafs fitness fanatic in his playing days, but now he wonders if poor conditioning is a reason his old team is near last place. Speaking on former Leaf executive Bill Watters’ radio show on AM 640 yesterday, Roberts specifically cited struggling defenceman Luke Schenn as a player who didn’t train properly...
In the 2002 playoffs, the Leafs were dropping like flies. At one point in the second-round series against Ottawa, the Leafs had 10 different players out with injuries. Now, not all of them were big parts - third-string goalie Tom Barrasso was one of them. Still, though, Alyn McCauley was centering the number one line. People remember the incredible dominance of Gary Roberts - a one-man wrecking crew...
by Susan Slusser Filed under: Lightning Last year, the one knock on No. 1 pick Steven Stamkos , fresh into the league at the age of 18, was that he lacked the strength to compete nightly in the league, even getting scratched on occasion to work on building up his muscle. So over the summer, the Tampa Bay Lightning center trained with recently retired forward Gary Roberts, known for his dedication...
Bill Guerin ( above ) appeared in his 1,200th career game last night. Guerin's nearly played for that many teams. Not really, but when you break down his numbers, you'll see that he's spread those games out. Note: The percentages of his 1,200 games are broken down by team as well: Team Games Played (Percent) Goals Assists Points Devils 380 (31.7%) 108 106 214 Oilers 211 (17.6%) 79 82 161 Bruins 142...
Penguins -Do the Penguins need a shootout specialist ? -Marc-Andre Fleury is blogging for Radio Canada . He compared the loss of Sergei Gonchar ( above ) to the Canadiens losing Andrei Markov. -Through six games, the Penguins' average attendance has risen by 104 fans per game . -The Pensblog has some information for any Penguins fans traveling to Columbus Friday . -Sidney Crosby talks about playing...
"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 Ty Conklin. Ty Conklin is currently...