by Angie Carducci | May 11, 2016 | Homepage, Pittsburgh Penguins
In a two-minute span of the third period, the Penguins saw their goal of ending Game 6 with a handshake line on home ice starting to unravel. With a bizarre series of three consecutive delay-of-game penalties for sending pucks over the glass, Pittsburgh was forced to...
by Angie Carducci | May 8, 2016 | Homepage, Pittsburgh Penguins
Saturday morning, with the chance to close out their second-round playoff series, the Penguins talked of trying to match the Washington Capitals’ desperation. “You know they’re going to have it,” said captain Sidney Crosby. “So hopefully you’re able to bring that same...
by Angie Carducci | May 5, 2016 | Homepage, Inside Hockey, Pittsburgh Penguins
In a game that was nothing less than the most pivotal of both teams’ seasons, the Pittsburgh Penguins found a way to overcome the loss of perhaps their most important player, while the Washington Capitals couldn’t take advantage of a golden opportunity to pull even....
by Angie Carducci | Nov 22, 2015 | Homepage, Inside Hockey, Pittsburgh Penguins
For the Pittsburgh Penguins’ struggling defensive corps, as the saying goes, sometimes when a door closes, a window opens. Tuesday, 21-year-old blueliner Olli Maatta added to the bad-luck streak that’s hampered his highly promising career so far when Minnesota’s Nino...
by Angie Carducci | Mar 12, 2015 | Homepage, Pittsburgh Penguins
The Penguins opened their four-game swing through the western U.S. last Wednesday with a lackluster showing in Colorado, where they dropped a 3-1 decision to a team that’s out of playoff contention. By the time they returned to Pittsburgh in the wee hours of Tuesday...