by Neal McHale | Jun 23, 2016 | Homepage, Pittsburgh Penguins
The Pittsburgh Penguins are the 2016 Stanley Cup champions. If you took a collective poll prior to Christmas, there might not have been many that thought those words could have been written. It was December 19 when the Penguins had lost their fifth-straight game and...
by Ana Kieu | Jun 13, 2016 | Homepage, Pittsburgh Penguins, San Jose Sharks
The Pittsburgh Penguins claimed their fourth Stanley Cup in franchise history after defeating the San Jose Sharks 3-1 in Game 6 at SAP Center on Sunday night. The Sharks knew it was important to score first in a critical Game 6 at SAP Center on Sunday because the...
by Angie Carducci | Jun 13, 2016 | Homepage, Pittsburgh 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...
by Angie Carducci | Jun 10, 2016 | Homepage, Pittsburgh Penguins
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...
by Angie Carducci | Jun 7, 2016 | Homepage, Pittsburgh Penguins
Evgeni Malkin hasn’t been playing poorly in this year’s Stanley Cup playoffs. But, regardless of how much he and the Pittsburgh Penguins have dominated play whenever he’s been on the ice, there are those who haven’t been able to see past his lack of offensive...
by Ana Kieu | Jun 5, 2016 | Homepage, Pittsburgh Penguins, San Jose Sharks
Joonas Donskoi scored the game-winning goal at 12:18 of overtime to give the San Jose Sharks a 3-2 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 3 on Saturday night at SAP Center. The Sharks were down 2-0 to the Penguins, but were relentless in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup...