Los Angeles scores four in a thrilling third period to end the Penguins' seven-game road winning streak. They do little things right and turn them into big things. As much as Kings Coach Terry Murray had insisted his team's game against the defending Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday would not measure anything, it could become a pivotal moment in a season that is crystallizing into...
from Helene Elliott at the Fabulous Forum, No matter how often the Kings said they’re not approaching tonight’s game against the defending Stanley Cup champion Penguins as a gauge of their own progress—and they’ve said it often the last few days, including after Thursday’s game-day skate—you know they’re geared up for this. And they should be. Defenseman Rob...
Penguins tie league record with win streak. Intensity and effort the Ducks play with is strikingly better than in some games at Honda Center, but game is decided in a few flurries in the third. The difference between the Ducks and the Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins did not look as vast on the ice Tuesday as the gulf between the teams in the NHL standings.
The current Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins made a rare visit to Anaheim, their first in three years. Historically, they’ve not done too well in California, but tonight they changed their fate with a 4-3 win in a game that was played as if the Stanley Cup depended on the outcome. The Ducks have made [...]
The Columbus Blue Jackets learned a valuable lesson about NHL hockey on Friday night-it's dangerous to 'sit on a lead' and particularly against the defending Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins. Down 3-1, Pittsburgh tied the game late in the third period as Ruslan Fedotenko and Alex Goligoski each lit the lamp with less than three minutes remaining. After a scoreless overtime period, Sidney Crosby...
Please give a read to my piece on the amazing Remnant Choir from Mount Ararat Baptist Church, which will soon be traveling to Detroit to compete in the finals of the Verizon How Sweet the Sound gospel choir, a national compitition. No telling how conductor Trini Massie (left) and the choir will do, but we do know how well Pittsburghers tend to do in Detroit (Superbowl XL, Stanley Cup Final 2009...!)....
The CBC's pregame montage from last night's Maple Leafs-Canadiens game: Dear lord was that amazing. Just based on that little piece of brilliance, you'd think it was Game 7 of a Stanley Cup Final from back in the Original Six days and not some ho-hum late October regular season game between two mediocre teams .
from Rob Rossi of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, ...a quote uttered last postseason by their assistant general manager, Jim Nill, seems to confirm my suspicion that after winning the Cup in 2008, the Red Wings spent much of last season tip-toeing on the fine line between confidence and arrogance — and erroneously crossed it in the playoffs. “Sometimes, you’re a product of your environment,”...
A preview of the Wild. When and where: 7:30 p.m., Mellon Arena. TV: FSN Pittsburgh, FSN Northwest. Record: 4-9-0, eight points. The Wild is in last place in the Western Conference and Northwest Division. Leading Scorer: Mikko Koivu, 13 points (3 goals, 9 assists). Last Game: 3-2 home win against the Rangers, last night . Former Penguins forward Petr Sykora led Minnesota with a goal and an assist....
from Larry Wigge of NHL.com, Every NHL coach would love to have the comfort of having a Martin Brodeur or a Roberto Loungo in goal for 70-80 games a season. But Murray believes he has the next best thing with Mason and Conklin. Mason put the Blues on his shoulders late last season and led them to the Stanley Cup Playoffs by playing in the final 33 games. He posted an impressive 24-8-6 record down the...
It's time once again to take a look at the BCS. Many other bloggers, writers and pundits are playing "what if" with Iowa, USC, TCU, Boise State and others, which is ironic considering the entire system is designed to remove all chance. Last season we took a look at the computer polls , pointing out several of the flaws, while conceding the inherent problems of the polls, but now it's time...
from Tim Wharnsby of CBC, Craig Anderson hasn’t made the Colorado Avalanche faithful forget about the heroics of hall of famer Patrick Roy, but the new netminder has eased the pain. After Roy closed his career in 2003, David Aebischer, Jose Theodore and Peter Budaj took turns trying, but failed to adequately replace the four-time Stanley Cup champion. The 28-year-old Anderson is only 11 games...
The NHL Fans’ Association (NHLFA) is a one-of-a-kind organization that tries to position itself as the voice of the NHL fan in terms of negotiations and direction of the league. With 30,000+ members, they’ve got a reasonably sized constituency, though one could argue that that’s a fraction of a percentage of the entire NHL fan base (some 21 million tickets were distributed last season...
from Erik Duhatschek of the Globe and Mail (Monday edition), This is the week in which Detroit Red Wings coach Mike Babcock will find his ability to multitask put to the ultimate test. Babcock’s slumping Wings visit GM Place in Vancouver tomorrow, his only visit before the 2010 Olympics in February, where he will coach Canadian national men’s hockey team. Naturally, everybody’s going...
Or wasn’t it supposed to be “We Win, You Win'” Either way the Phoenix Coyotes gave up a disappointing loss against….wait for it..The LA Kings. When, in this hockey universe, does it make sense to win against the Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins, the Detroit Red Wings, the Boston Bruins and then lose to the [...]
The Pittsburgh Penguins forced a seventh and deciding game in the Stanley Cup final by virtue of a 2-1 win over the Detroit Red Wings last night–the Pens cashed in at -130 and the Total went Under 5.5. History is not on the Penguins’ side, as the last time a road team won a championship Game 7 in the MLB, NBA or NHL was back in 1979 when the Pittsburgh Pirates, ironically enough, won the World Series...
The Penguins entered Friday's finals game full of confidence. Even with the records against them, despite the fact that only one team in the history of the NHL had won a Game 7 on the road in the Stanley Cup Final, These Pittsburgh kids came out with big hearts.
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