by Angie Carducci | Jan 19, 2020 | Homepage, Inside Hockey, Pittsburgh Penguins
For the first period Sunday, it looked like the Penguins were going to be beaten by the Bruins on their home ice as they had been twice in Boston this season. Pittsburgh looked woefully unprepared to start the 12:30 p.m. matinee. It was bad enough that Boston led 14-6...
by Angie Carducci | Dec 1, 2019 | Homepage, Pittsburgh Penguins
The Penguins are already without their captain and arguably the game’s best player in Sidney Crosby, out six to eight weeks after core muscle surgery, but that might not be the worst of their problems. Brian Dumoulin, Pittsburgh’s best defensive defenseman, became the...
by Angie Carducci | Oct 19, 2019 | Homepage, Pittsburgh Penguins
Wednesday, the Pittsburgh Penguins took on the Colorado Avalanche – owners of a spotless, 5-0 start to their season – without five of their top nine forwards. With only 11 healthy forwards on Pittsburgh’s roster, in fact, including three who started the season in AHL...
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...
by Angie Carducci | Apr 13, 2019 | Homepage, New York Islanders, Pittsburgh Penguins
Sidney Crosby was back in his practice stall Saturday in the Pittsburgh suburb of Cranberry, away from the hostile environs of Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders had sent Crosby’s Penguins packing with an 0-2 deficit, the first time they’ve been in that...