by Angie Carducci | May 31, 2016 | Homepage, Pittsburgh Penguins, San Jose Sharks
Immediately after his Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Tampa Bay Lightning in the Eastern Conference Final, captain Sidney Crosby was asked for his gut reaction on facing the San Jose Sharks for the Stanley Cup. “It’s going to be fast hockey,” he smiled. “From what I’ve...
by Angie Carducci | May 19, 2016 | Homepage, Pittsburgh Penguins
The Pittsburgh Penguins weathered an early Game 3 storm from the Tampa Bay Lightning. Then they remembered how they need to play to be successful, and the game started to turn on Pittsburgh’s speed, depth and simple game plan. The Penguins got pucks deep, behind the...
by Angie Carducci | May 11, 2016 | Homepage, Pittsburgh Penguins
In a two-minute span of the third period, the Penguins saw their goal of ending Game 6 with a handshake line on home ice starting to unravel. With a bizarre series of three consecutive delay-of-game penalties for sending pucks over the glass, Pittsburgh was forced to...
by Angie Carducci | Apr 29, 2016 | Homepage, Pittsburgh Penguins
The Pittsburgh Penguins-Washington Capitals matchup is a veritable goldmine of compelling storylines: Ovechkin vs. Crosby (or should that be Malkin vs. Ovechkin?). A rematch of the thrilling, seven-game series these teams played in 2009, with the Penguins moving on to...
by Angie Carducci | Apr 24, 2016 | Homepage, Pittsburgh Penguins
Much like this opening-round playoff series, Game 5 between the Penguins and Rangers started off looking like it would be competitive. But this Penguins team was too fast and too skilled for the Rangers to keep pace. Their special teams dominated. Even their...