post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
PREGAME -Greetings from rainy and dreary Western Pennsylvania. High 40s and nothing but rain all day. Just awful. -The Penguins get a Superstar and a Sarge back tonight and they've each done damage to the Senators in the past: -FSN Pittsburgh wants to know what you want to watch. Something on Jaromir Jagr, Bob Johnson or last season's Stanley Cup title. We're voting for Johnson: -Mark Eaton will play...
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
From Greg Wyshynski at Puck Daddy: As we continue our rankings of the best in the last decade, it’s time to look back at the best single-season performances from players in the 2000s. We’re going for the total stats picture, and not just one facet (goals, for example). Looking back at the last 10 years, there have been some awesome performances, but only a few that cracked the NHL record...
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
from Jay Greenberg of the NY Post, The more things change, the more they stay the same for the Rangers. Two seasons removed from the daily grind of checking Jaromir Jagr’s pulse, they now will go as Marian Gaborik goes. Different personality. Different coach. Similar reliance on one player to carry the offense, however, and in Gaborik, not quite Jagr’s ability to do so. Gaborik broke 40...
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Earlier this morning, Dejan Kovacevic posted three of Dave Molinari's more prominent leads from his career covering the Penguins . They were for Mario Lemieux's first career game and for the team's first and third Stanley Cup titles. Three of the biggest moments in the history of the franchise captured perfectly by a hall-of-fame writer. One that has always stood out to us is Lemieux's comeback game...
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
PREGAME -Greetings from our living room. A fantastic 60 degree day here in Western Pennsylvania. It was completely sunny all day. -Right off the bat, Rob King come flying in our faces with a great stat. The Penguins haven't won in San Jose since the Kevin Constantine era. They beat the Sharks, 5-2, Oct. 22, 1997 . Jaromir Jagr had a goal and two assists. Alex Hicks added two assists. -Dan Potash had...
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
I like to try to pinpoint the time in a player’s career when he cements himself as Hall of Fame player. This is the point where his Hall of Fame credentials are strong enough that anything that does or does not happen in the remainder of his career cannot threaten his value as a Hall of Famer. Today, I believe that Joe Thornton has made it to this level. With the year 2010 less than two months...
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
"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...
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
PREGAME Hey, guess where we are: Nope: But EN reader Eric Naughton, who sent some quality pics during Tuesday's game in Anaheim is on the ground in the City of Angels: -Eric gives you a little bit of Dan Bylsma if you ask us: -Eric sent in a few pregame photos. Tom Barrasso, Mario Lemieux, Evgeni Malkin and Sidney Crosby all have at least one fan in house: -As does Jaromir Jagr: Remember this gentleman...
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
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...
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
from Aaron Portzline of the Columbus Dispatch, First, to Voracek’s hair. It’s not one of the “business-in-front, party-in-the-back” mullets that became, sadly, popular in the 1980s. No, Voracek’s mop is all party, similar to Jaromir Jagr’s ‘do in the early 1990s with the Pittsburgh Penguins. “Jake and Jaromir are both from Kladno,” Blue Jackets...
D.C. Sports Bog (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
IMG Worldwide has a few people you might have heard of in their client portfolio--Tiger Woods, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Maria Sharapova, Giselle Bundchen, Heidi Klum and Peyton and Eli Manning, for example. Until this week, though, the sports media and entertainment company wasn't in the hockey business, although they used to represent Wayne Gretzky, Jaromir Jagr and several dozen other players....
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
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,...
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Before we get into this post, let us point out that Penguins broadcaster Bob Grove should get the credit for this list and a big primary assist goes to Penguins communications coordinator Erik Heasley. We'll gladly take the weak, secondary assist on this one. We're essentially Dick Tarnstrom here. Evgeni Malkin's consecutive games streak will come to an end tonight. And with that, his chance at topping...
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
( We readily admit we force some of these lame-o headlines .) Over the summer, there was a little bit of concern the Penguins would have a streak come to an end this season . But thanks to Sergei Gonchar's bum wrist, this streak will survive another season. For the previous 18 seasons, the Penguins have had at least one native of the Czech Republic or the former Czechoslovakia play at least one game...
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