by Angie Carducci | Dec 20, 2017 | Homepage, Pittsburgh Penguins
At 6-foot-7 and 255 lbs., defenseman Jamie Oleksiak is big. Almost as big, in fact, as the expectations of the environment he walked into Wednesday when he joined his new team, the Pittsburgh Penguins, for his first practice. Oleksiak, 24, was the No. 14 overall pick...
by Angie Carducci | Dec 2, 2017 | Homepage, Pittsburgh Penguins
Like Matt Murray before him, Tristan Jarry is getting his break after an injury to the Penguins’ starting netminder. And he’s taking full advantage. For Murray, that chance came in December 2015, after starter Marc-Andre Fleury suffered a concussion. He played 13...
by Anthony Garofalo | Nov 24, 2017 | Boston Bruins, Homepage, NHL, Pittsburgh Penguins
BOSTON – The Boston Bruins are in quite the predicament. The old adage around the National Hockey League is that the future of a team’s season could very well be determined by Thanksgiving here in the United States. In other words, if a team sits above or below the...
by Neal McHale | Nov 24, 2017 | Chicago Blackhawks, Homepage, NHL, Pittsburgh Penguins
My Thanksgiving has been pretty much the same for the last 15–20 years. I get up and watch some of the parade with my family; raid the candy bowl and other snacks left out in the dining room; eat copious amounts of food at dinner; and finally, I watch mostly the...
by Angie Carducci | Nov 19, 2017 | Homepage, Pittsburgh Penguins
When the Blackhawks’ Artem Anisimov corralled a behind-the-net pass and tucked it into the corner of the Pittsburgh net to put his team ahead 2-1 Saturday, it didn’t just sap the momentum the Penguins had earned by tying the game 21 seconds earlier. It marked a return...
