by Angie Carducci | Mar 2, 2020 | Homepage, Pittsburgh Penguins
The last time the Pittsburgh Penguins won a hockey game – Feb. 18, when they beat the Toronto Maple Leafs in convincing fashion, 5-2 – it lifted them to the top of the Metro Division. Eleven days later, after a lifeless, 5-0 loss at San Jose sealed their first...
by Angie Carducci | Nov 11, 2019 | Homepage, Inside Hockey, Pittsburgh Penguins
Last Monday, the Penguins scrapped their way back from a 3-0 deficit in Boston against one of the league’s best, not to mention stingiest, teams. Penguins Dominik Kahun, Nick Bjugstad, Bryan Rust and local product John Marino put four unanswered goals behind Jaroslav...
by Angie Carducci | Oct 6, 2019 | Homepage, Pittsburgh Penguins
Sidney Crosby saw Columbus’ Pierre-Luc Dubois lay a high hit on Jake Guentzel, the 24-year-old who’s been on Crosby’s left wing for most of his three NHL seasons, and the 5’11” Penguins captain skated over to confront the Blue Jackets’ 6’3” forward. “I didn’t really...
by Angie Carducci | Oct 1, 2019 | Homepage, Pittsburgh Penguins
Two days before the start of their regular season, the Penguins finalized their 23-man roster Tuesday. Twenty are players who skated for Pittsburgh last year, along with new forwards Alex Galchenyuk (acquired from Arizona in the Phil Kessel trade), Dominik Kahun...
by Angie Carducci | Jun 30, 2019 | Homepage, Pittsburgh Penguins
Ever since the Penguins were swept out of the first round of the playoffs by the New York Islanders, it’s been clear they wouldn’t be returning the same team in October. The past two early playoff exits were simply not acceptable to a franchise that’s in perennial...
