A lazy Sunday. A perfect opportunity to post photos from readers. First up is Andrew Rupprect from Section C-3 who spotted a bizarre jersey foul: -Dick Tarnstrom was a bit of a sniper from the blue line but... this is a little out of line. -Kelli Zappas spotted Greenman at last week's game against the Bruins: -Katherine Peterlin had the good fortune of being at the stellar Bruins-Penguins game and...
Ducks center and former Penguin shootout specialist Erik Christensen is in town today and discussed a variety of subjects. On offseason shoulder surgery. "The injury happened when I was here in Pittsburgh. I played through it for the last year and I didn’t really realize how much damage was done. Got it fixed. No problems." On starting his NHL career with the Penguins. "I have...
From the Toronto Star’s Daniel Girard: A wander around the International Centre in Mississauga Sunday showed that his star power hasn’t waned. More than 400 people paid up to $999 to get pictures, jerseys, books, pucks and hockey cards autographed by the man dubbed “Super Mario” and “Mario the Magnificent” during a spectacular career with the Pittsburgh Penguins,...
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:...
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:...
From the Pittsburgh Post Gazette’s Dave Molinari: Q: Are there any plans to put a statue of Mario Lemieux outside the new arena? I’m not sure how he would feel about it, but after all he’s done for hockey in Pittsburgh, it’s about time. Jennie, Oakland MOLINARI: While it hasn’t been officially confirmed that there will be a Lemieux statue inside, outside or near the Consol...
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...
( Here's Dejan's "game" story on Dave's induction. ) By Dejan Kovacevic Pittsburgh Post-Gazette TORONTO – The Hockey Hall of Fame, the majestic stone structure at the corner of this metropolis’ Yonge and Front streets, has become a second home not only for Canadian legends but also a steady flow in the past decade from Pittsburgh, from Mario Lemieux to Paul Coffey, Ron Francis,...
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...
By Dejan Kovacevic | 6 a.m. Monday TORONTO -- Apologies for the temporary intrusion into Seth's world, but it was his invitation that spurred me to share a few impressions from today's Hockey Hall of Fame inductions. I covered a couple of these before, during my seven years backing up Dave Molinari on the Penguins beat for this paper: Those were for Joey Mullen , Mike Lange and Craig Patrick . But...
Penguins Note: Co-worker Dejan Kovacevic has offered his tremendous talents to this forum in order to cover the induction of our esteemed colleague, Dave Molinari, into the Hockey Hall of Fame today in Toronto. Be nice and he might just come back and play with us from time to time. -Kris Letang's ( above ) shoulder/arm will be looked at today . -Introducing Deryk Engelland . -They're using Consol...
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...
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Sorry for the copy/paste, we’re back down to treading water again until Saturday’s home opener; From the Penguins ; Pens to Host “Trib Total Media Faceoff Festival 2008″ on Mario Lemieux Place