Angie Carducci

For Penguins, Inconsistency the Only Constant So Far

For Penguins, Inconsistency the Only Constant So Far

More than a quarter of the way into the 2016-17 season, it’s tough to know exactly what to make of the reigning Stanley Cup Champions. At 13-6-3, the Penguins have put together 29 points, good for second place in the Metropolitan Division and third in the Eastern...

Penguins Look to Puck-Possession Formula for Success

Penguins Look to Puck-Possession Formula for Success

If it’s possible to split a three-game road trip right down the middle, well, that’s what the Penguins had accomplished when they returned home to Pittsburgh late Saturday night. After three days off, Pittsburgh looked flat in Wednesday’s 7-1 shellacking at...

In Penguins’ Identity, Speed Comes with Work Ethic

In Penguins’ Identity, Speed Comes with Work Ethic

With a wealth of skilled young forwards, a focus on speed and a smart, gritty coach, the Toronto Maple Leafs may be on the road to winning with a similar style that helped the 2016 Pittsburgh Penguins win the Stanley Cup. Saturday at PPG Paints Arena, though, the...

Penguins Look to Puck-Possession Formula for Success

No Longer ‘The Kid,’ Crosby Finally Faces McDavid

It wasn’t so long ago that he was The Kid. Now, with teens like Connor McDavid and Auston Matthews establishing their NHL presence, Sidney Crosby is more like an elder statesman as he meets The Heirs. Crosby’s first opportunity to meet one of the league’s next...

On and Off Ice, Crosby’s Leadership Lifts Penguins

On and Off Ice, Crosby’s Leadership Lifts Penguins

At age 29, Sidney Crosby has accomplished just about everything one could hope for over the course of an NHL career. But somehow – fresh off Stanley Cup and World Cup of Hockey championships, with MVP honors in both – the Penguins’ captain is showing that he might...

Six Games In, Penguins Looking for Consistency

Six Games In, Penguins Looking for Consistency

The Penguins have been one of the NHL’s top teams in man-games lost to injury over the past several seasons. Even for Pittsburgh, though, losing key players like goaltender Matt Murray (hand) and captain Sidney Crosby (concussion) before the season so much as got...

Champs Punctuate Banner-Raising with Shootout Win

Champs Punctuate Banner-Raising with Shootout Win

Symptoms from a concussion suffered in practice kept Sidney Crosby from playing in Thursday’s season opener, but they couldn’t stop him from doing one of the few things still lacking in his career – hoisting the Stanley Cup on home ice. Unlike Cup-winning goaltender...

Fleury’s Focus? Making the Most of His Chance

Fleury’s Focus? Making the Most of His Chance

It was only the preseason, but Marc-Andre Fleury’s broad, familiar smile was once again on display in his end stall in the Pittsburgh Penguins’ dressing room Friday. The 31-year-old netminder had just completed a 23-save shutout to beat the Chicago Blackhawks, 1-0. “I...

No Rest for Rutherford, Who Stands Pat at G

No Rest for Rutherford, Who Stands Pat at G

Just over a week removed from their victory parade, the Pittsburgh Penguins have started taking off for their offseason homes and summer vacations, the reward for the months-long grind that culminated in the franchise’s fourth Stanley Cup championship. For Jim...

‘A Storybook Ending’ for the 2015-16 Penguins

‘A Storybook Ending’ for the 2015-16 Penguins

Phil Kessel was traded to Pittsburgh last July by a Toronto Maple Leafs organization that didn’t consider him a winner. Trevor Daley wasn’t seeing the ice in Chicago when the Blackhawks sent him to Pittsburgh in December for Rob Scuderi. Justin Schultz was having the...

Sharks Crash Penguins’ Party with 4-2 Win

Sharks Crash Penguins’ Party with 4-2 Win

Thursday, the Penguins had an opportunity to do something no Pittsburgh team has done since 1960, when Bill Mazeroski swung for the fences against the Yankees at Forbes Field – win a championship at home. A crowd of thousands started gathering outside CONSOL Energy...

Seven Years Later, Rookies Lead Penguins Back to Final

Seven Years Later, Rookies Lead Penguins Back to Final

Sidney Crosby didn’t just touch the Prince of Wales trophy this time. He lifted it along with NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly, held it for photos with alternate captains Evgeni Malkin and Chris Kunitz, then carried it across the ice to the Penguins’ locker room for...

Stars Shine as Penguins Push Series to Game 7

Stars Shine as Penguins Push Series to Game 7

Facing elimination for the first time in the 2016 playoffs, the Pittsburgh Penguins took a page from their one-time coach Herb Brooks, who famously told his 1980 U.S hockey team that great moments are born from great opportunity. “I just told them to embrace the...

Penguins Take 2- 1 Series Lead on Speed, Simple Game

Penguins Take 2- 1 Series Lead on Speed, Simple Game

The Pittsburgh Penguins weathered an early Game 3 storm from the Tampa Bay Lightning. Then they remembered how they need to play to be successful, and the game started to turn on Pittsburgh’s speed, depth and simple game plan. The Penguins got pucks deep, behind the...

Crosby Silences Critics with OT Goal to Tie ECF, 1-1

Crosby Silences Critics with OT Goal to Tie ECF, 1-1

For Sidney Crosby to have the opportunity to do what true superstars often do on a stage this big, his Pittsburgh Penguins first had to play nearly 60 minutes of dominant hockey. After dropping Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Final with a lethargic effort on home...

Washington Capitalizes on Power Play to Force Game 6

Washington Capitalizes on Power Play to Force Game 6

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...

No Top D Pair, No Problem: Pens Push Caps to the Brink

No Top D Pair, No Problem: Pens Push Caps to the Brink

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....

Seven Years Later, Rookies Lead Penguins Back to Final

Penguins Outplayed But Find Way to Win in Game 3

When your opponent is dominating the first period but a deflection makes you the first team on the board, then your second goal goes in a minute later from a net-front pass that deflects in off your player’s back– well, it might just be your night. Tom Kuhnhackl’s...

Penguins Get Back to Speed, Skill in 2-1 Game 2 Win

Penguins Get Back to Speed, Skill in 2-1 Game 2 Win

After a sloppy opening to their second-round playoff series at Washington, the Pittsburgh Penguins started Game 2 looking determined to get back to what got them there – speed and puck possession. “I liked our energy,” said head coach Mike Sullivan. “I thought we were...

Seven Games of Pens-Caps? After Game 1, Looks Likely

Seven Games of Pens-Caps? After Game 1, Looks Likely

The Pittsburgh Penguins-Washington Capitals matchup is a veritable goldmine of compelling storylines: Ovechkin vs. Crosby (or should that be Malkin vs. Ovechkin?). A rematch of the thrilling, seven-game series these teams played in 2009, with the Penguins moving on to...

Stars Shine as Penguins Push Series to Game 7

Penguins ‘March’ On; Beat Rangers in Five

Much like this opening-round playoff series, Game 5 between the Penguins and Rangers started off looking like it would be competitive. But this Penguins team was too fast and too skilled for the Rangers to keep pace. Their special teams dominated. Even their...

Malkin, Kessel Give Penguins Chance to Win Stanley Cup on Home Ice

Penguins Push the Pace, Push Rangers to the Brink

From the opening moments of Thursday’s 5-0 win that pushed the Rangers to the brink of playoff elimination, the Penguins were pushing the pace. “I thought we had a great start,” said head coach Mike Sullivan. “I thought we had good energy. We were playing fast, which...

Seven Years Later, Rookies Lead Penguins Back to Final

Penguins, Murray Simplify to Take 2-1 Series Lead

As the Penguins and Rangers shifted their first-round playoff series to New York, the Penguins also shifted things around in goal. Game 1 was 28-year-old Jeff Zatkoff’s chance to start – and shine – in his first career playoff game, a 5-2 Penguins win. The club’s No....

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