by Angie Carducci | May 21, 2017 | Homepage, Pittsburgh Penguins
After scoring a total of three goals in the first three games of the Eastern Conference Final, the Pittsburgh Penguins are starting to look a lot like the Pittsburgh Penguins again. If the Penguins’ 3-2 win in Friday’s Game 4 signaled that they had started to poke...
by Angie Carducci | May 20, 2017 | Homepage, Inside Hockey, Pittsburgh Penguins
The Pittsburgh Penguins were disappointed with their effort Wednesday in Game 3 and promised a better performance in Game 4. They brought it, with an aggressive forecheck, penalty kill and willingness to put pucks on the net. With a 3-2 Penguins win, the Eastern...
by Angie Carducci | May 16, 2017 | Homepage, Pittsburgh Penguins
It had been a while since the Pittsburgh Penguins had outshot an opponent. Since April 16, to be exact, when they outshot the Columbus Blue Jackets, 47-37 – and had 94 shot attempts – in the third game of their first-round series. Generating that kind of offense...
by Angie Carducci | Apr 8, 2017 | Homepage, Pittsburgh Penguins
The calvary isn’t coming. But if you’re writing off the Pittsburgh Penguins’ chance of defending their Stanley Cup without their most important defenseman, they plan to do their best to prove you wrong. “We’ve talked to our group all year long about this, and I think...
by Angie Carducci | Mar 12, 2017 | Homepage, Pittsburgh Penguins
They’re called the Penguins, but the defending Stanley Cup champions have come into March more like a lion. After opening the month with a 4-1 loss at Chicago, Pittsburgh has gone on a five-game tear at what might be just the right time. And they’re doing it without...