by Kenneth Cross | Oct 13, 2021 | Homepage, Inside Hockey, Pittsburgh Penguins, Tampa Bay Lightning
TAMPA – The beauty and the pomp and circumstance of the raising of the 2020-21 Stanley Cup Champions banner was literally the highlight the evening as the Pittsburgh Penguins rolled into Amalie Arena and were dominant in a 6-2 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning on...
by Angie Carducci | Oct 4, 2021 | Homepage, Pittsburgh Penguins
The Penguins managed to get through the shortened 2021 season without a single COVID-19 case. Now, less than a week into the 2021-22 preseason, they find themselves dealing with a mini-outbreak as two players from the NHL roster, Zach Aston-Reese and Jake Guentzel,...
by Angie Carducci | Sep 26, 2021 | Homepage, Pittsburgh Penguins
If you expected the Penguins to look a whole lot different after failing to advance past the first round of the playoffs for a third consecutive season, you were right. It’s also a safe bet that the 2021-22 roster, as it stands right now, isn’t exactly what you had in...
by Angie Carducci | May 29, 2021 | Homepage, Inside Hockey, Pittsburgh Penguins
The Penguins outplayed the New York Islanders for at least four, maybe five games of their six-game series. They dominated Games 5 and 6 by a wide margin. Friday, though, the Penguins were facing reporters’ questions via Zoom after their locker clean-outs and exit...
by Angie Carducci | May 25, 2021 | Homepage, New York Islanders, Pittsburgh Penguins
After an undisciplined Game 4 at Long Island put the Penguins in a 2-2 series deadlock with the New York Islanders, they returned home to PPG Paints Arena Monday facing what could fairly be described as a must-win situation. These playoffs represent perhaps the last,...
by Angie Carducci | May 19, 2021 | Homepage, New York Islanders, Pittsburgh Penguins
After the Penguins’ deflating, 4-3 overtime loss to the Islanders in Game 1, head coach Mike Sullivan said he knew his team had more to give. From the drop of the puck in Game 2, they set about proving him right. “Going into this game, we knew every one of us needed...
