by Angie Carducci | May 3, 2016 | Homepage, Pittsburgh Penguins
When your opponent is dominating the first period but a deflection makes you the first team on the board, then your second goal goes in a minute later from a net-front pass that deflects in off your player’s back– well, it might just be your night. Tom Kuhnhackl’s...
by Angie Carducci | Apr 12, 2016 | Homepage, Pittsburgh Penguins
The Pittsburgh Penguins have heard the buzz. As they went on a 16-5 tear to close the season, rising from playoff-bubble team to second place in their division, they also rose in the opinions of many from an also-ran to a Stanley Cup favorite. But the Penguins don’t...
by Angie Carducci | Mar 26, 2016 | Homepage, Pittsburgh Penguins
The shift in the Pittsburgh Penguins’ identity started almost immediately after head coach Mike Sullivan was hired. “When you’re handed a group of players, I try to look at it and say, what are our strengths as a group, and how do we play to those strengths so we have...
by Angie Carducci | Feb 29, 2016 | Homepage, Pittsburgh Penguins
The Penguins landed the biggest name available just before the NHL trade deadline, adding 2012 league MVP, 2009 playoff MVP and two-time scoring champion Evgeni Malkin to their roster before hosting the Winnipeg Jets Saturday. The return of the Penguins’ own injured...
by Angie Carducci | Jan 23, 2016 | Homepage, Pittsburgh Penguins
The good news is that the Penguins have delivered on head coach Mike Sullivan’s promise when he was hired that they would become a more resilient team. The bad is that they’re consistently putting themselves into situations where they have little choice but to battle...
