by Angie Carducci | Jan 16, 2016 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, Inside Hockey, Pittsburgh Penguins
When a team is sitting just two points out of the last playoff spot in the conference, it needs every point it can get. And, although the Pittsburgh Penguins have shown significant improvement in many aspects of their game under head coach Mike Sullivan, that’s...
by Angie Carducci | Jan 2, 2016 | Homepage, Pittsburgh Penguins
As symbolism goes, the Penguins couldn’t have done a much better job of closing the book on a disappointing 2015 than they did New Year’s Eve in Detroit. After hinting at a newfound resilience the night before in Pittsburgh, evening the score twice against the Toronto...
by Matthew Dibiase | Dec 17, 2015 | NHL, Pittsburgh Penguins
Pittsburgh’s firing of Mike Johnston as head coach of the Penguins is the latest half-measure taken by the epitome of managerial mediocrity general manager Jim Rutherford. The blow was not surprising. Rutherford and Johnston had been in conflict since the Penguins had...
by Angie Carducci | Dec 13, 2015 | Homepage, Pittsburgh Penguins
In yet another game where the Pittsburgh Penguins’ power play could’ve made a difference, but instead went 0-for-3 in a 3-2 shootout loss to the L.A. Kings, Mike Johnston lamented the offense that could’ve been. “You just have to convert on the back-door chance [Phil]...
by Angie Carducci | Dec 6, 2015 | Homepage, Pittsburgh Penguins
Twenty-five games into the 2015-16 season, the Pittsburgh Penguins are a puzzling study in contrasts. Often on the same night. Are they the team that steamrolled to their first win in San Jose in 18 years Tuesday, setting a season high for goals in a 5-1 victory that...
by Brian Kennedy | Dec 6, 2015 | Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, Pittsburgh Penguins
There was magic in the Pittsburgh offense versus LA Saturday afternoon, but two things made it fail: not enough of it, and a goalie in Jonathan Quick who was better than the shooters the Penguins offered. Witness this: at one point in the game, the Pens had just 3...
