by Angie Carducci | Mar 4, 2023 | Pittsburgh Penguins
The NHL trade deadline is report card day of sorts for the league’s 32 general managers. The media and, perhaps most importantly, the ticket-buying fans hand out grades on how well the person entrusted with the wellbeing of their franchise did in improving their...
by Angie Carducci | Feb 27, 2023 | Pittsburgh Penguins
If you started watching Pittsburgh Penguins hockey in the Sidney Crosby era, you missed the late 1980s, when a young Mario Lemieux captained the team but the organization was still a couple of years – and a significantly better front office – away from its first...
by Angie Carducci | Dec 31, 2022 | Pittsburgh Penguins
How does a team with no shortage of multi-time Stanley Cup winners forget how to win? No, the Penguins haven’t gone the entirety of the 2022-23 season without winning. They’re still over .500, in fact, with a 19-10-6 record, good for 44 points, third place in the...
by Angie Carducci | Dec 1, 2022 | Pittsburgh Penguins
Kris Letang is a special defenseman. With rare offensive instincts, he’s at No. 31 on the NHL’s all-time scoring list at his position. Only two active blueliners have more points (145G, 517A, 662P), and only four – including Bobby Orr – rank higher with fewer games...
by Bob Fina | Nov 30, 2022 | Philadelphia Flyers, Photo Galleries, Pittsburgh Penguins
Tristan Jarry #35 of the Pittsburgh Penguins shoots the puck during the warm-ups Bryan Rust #17 of the Pittsburgh Penguins with a moustache for Movember Josh Archibald #15 of the Pittsburgh Penguins smiles during the warm-ups Sidney Crosby #87 of the Pittsburgh...
by Angie Carducci | Nov 6, 2022 | Pittsburgh Penguins
If this feels like unfamiliar territory for the Penguins during the Sidney Crosby era, that’s because it is. With a 3-2 loss to the Seattle Kraken Saturday night, Pittsburgh has lost seven straight for the first time since Crosby’s rookie season, from Jan. 26 to Feb....
