by Angie Carducci | May 21, 2017 | Homepage, Pittsburgh Penguins
After scoring a total of three goals in the first three games of the Eastern Conference Final, the Pittsburgh Penguins are starting to look a lot like the Pittsburgh Penguins again. If the Penguins’ 3-2 win in Friday’s Game 4 signaled that they had started to poke...
by Brian Kennedy | May 21, 2017 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, Inside Hockey, Nashville Predators
It took almost a full period just to figure out who was playing with whom on Saturday afternoon in Anaheim. Of course the whole (hockey) world knows that the Preds were without Johansen and Fisher. But the Ducks had a surprise loss of their own, Rickard Rakell going...
by Angie Carducci | May 20, 2017 | Homepage, Inside Hockey, Pittsburgh Penguins
The Pittsburgh Penguins were disappointed with their effort Wednesday in Game 3 and promised a better performance in Game 4. They brought it, with an aggressive forecheck, penalty kill and willingness to put pucks on the net. With a 3-2 Penguins win, the Eastern...
by Brian Kennedy | May 19, 2017 | Homepage, NHL
Bobby Ryan needs his a$$ kicked. I’m not saying that as someone who isn’t happy for Ryan’s success this playoff season. I’m saying that because he’s just the latest player to deliver a big hit to a vulnerable opponent, which happened in Friday’s game in Ottawa. The...
by Angie Carducci | May 18, 2017 | Homepage, Inside Hockey, Pittsburgh Penguins
It stands to reason that, if the league’s highest-scoring team can win a game 1-0, a team known for its trapping, shutdown defense can win one in a blowout. Ottawa center Mike Hoffman opened the scoring just 48 seconds into Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Final, and...
by Anthony Garofalo | May 16, 2017 | Boston Bruins, Homepage, NHL
It was fun while it lasted. Well, that is premature. Nothing has officially happened yet in terms of the future of Ryan Spooner in a Boston Bruins’ sweater. What is gone is the potential for the 25-year-old center to be a focal point of the B’s offense for years to...