by Angie Carducci | Nov 8, 2016 | Homepage, Pittsburgh Penguins
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...
by Brian Kennedy | Nov 4, 2016 | Homepage, Leagues, Los Angeles Kings, NHL, Pittsburgh Penguins
The scoring for the Pittsburgh Penguins is all at the bottom of the lineup—if you go numerically. Think about this: from 71 (Malkin) to 87 (you know who) the Pens had 36 points coming into Thursday night, when they faced the LA Kings. They would add three more on a...
by Matthew Dibiase | Nov 3, 2016 | Columbus Blue Jackets, Pittsburgh Penguins, Tampa Bay Lightning, Washington Capitals
In my last column I talked about which NHL coaches had risen or fallen or stagnated on my top 50 charts which are determined by my rating system featured in my book Bench Bosses: the NHL’s coaching elite. There were no new entrants into the top 50 charts during...
by Angie Carducci | Oct 30, 2016 | Homepage, Inside Hockey, Pittsburgh 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...
by Bob Fina | Oct 29, 2016 | Philadelphia Flyers, Photo Galleries, Pittsburgh Penguins
The visiting Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the Philadelphia Flyers by a score of 5-4 during regulation. Three Star Selections: 1st Evgeni Malkin (#71 PIT) 2nd Jakub Voracek (#93 PHI) 3rd Sidney Crosby (#87 PIT)
by Angie Carducci | Oct 23, 2016 | Homepage, Pittsburgh Penguins
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...
