by Angie Carducci | May 25, 2016 | Homepage, Pittsburgh Penguins
Facing elimination for the first time in the 2016 playoffs, the Pittsburgh Penguins took a page from their one-time coach Herb Brooks, who famously told his 1980 U.S hockey team that great moments are born from great opportunity. “I just told them to embrace the...
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 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...
by Angie Carducci | Apr 20, 2016 | Homepage, Pittsburgh Penguins
As the Penguins and Rangers shifted their first-round playoff series to New York, the Penguins also shifted things around in goal. Game 1 was 28-year-old Jeff Zatkoff’s chance to start – and shine – in his first career playoff game, a 5-2 Penguins win. The club’s No....