by Neal McHale | Oct 2, 2019 | AHL, Homepage, NHL
Late September greets early October and it’s a reminder of hockey’s imminent return. The excitement might be unavoidable, but through the lens of a player, the time can be nerve-racking. NHL clubs are mandated to shave their training camp rosters (usually...
by Angie Carducci | Mar 26, 2016 | Homepage, Pittsburgh Penguins
The shift in the Pittsburgh Penguins’ identity started almost immediately after head coach Mike Sullivan was hired. “When you’re handed a group of players, I try to look at it and say, what are our strengths as a group, and how do we play to those strengths so we have...
by Angie Carducci | Dec 6, 2015 | Homepage, Pittsburgh Penguins
Twenty-five games into the 2015-16 season, the Pittsburgh Penguins are a puzzling study in contrasts. Often on the same night. Are they the team that steamrolled to their first win in San Jose in 18 years Tuesday, setting a season high for goals in a 5-1 victory that...
by Angie Carducci | Nov 22, 2015 | Homepage, Inside Hockey, Pittsburgh Penguins
For the Pittsburgh Penguins’ struggling defensive corps, as the saying goes, sometimes when a door closes, a window opens. Tuesday, 21-year-old blueliner Olli Maatta added to the bad-luck streak that’s hampered his highly promising career so far when Minnesota’s Nino...
by Angie Carducci | Oct 17, 2015 | Homepage, Pittsburgh Penguins
Four games into the 2015-16 season, the Pittsburgh Penguins finally got into the win column Thursday with a 2-0 shutout of the Ottawa Senators. And they did it by making some changes to what hadn’t been working so well in their first three contests. A loaded-up first...
