by Angie Carducci | Jan 21, 2019 | Homepage, Pittsburgh Penguins
After an 11-3-1 December, the Penguins kept rolling with a 3-1 start in January, including an impressive, 4-0 shutout over the Winnipeg Jets, one of the NHL’s best teams. Then they took off on a 1-3-1 road trip to end the unofficial first half of the season that left...
by Angie Carducci | Jan 1, 2019 | Homepage, Pittsburgh Penguins
If their 11-3-1 December is any indication, the NHL should consider itself put on notice – here come the second-half Pittsburgh Penguins. The once-flightless birds enter 2019 on a six-game win streak, capping a month that put them back into contention with a 3-2 New...
by Angie Carducci | Nov 14, 2018 | Homepage, Inside Hockey, Pittsburgh Penguins
Penguins GM Jim Rutherford is nothing if not transparent. So, when he went public with his disappointment in his team’s subpar start on the GMJR Show last week – and threatened changes if things didn’t improve – the Penguins could officially consider themselves put on...
by Angie Carducci | Nov 3, 2018 | Homepage, Pittsburgh Penguins
It’s been an up and down season for the Penguins. After a perfectly average, 2-1-2 start, Pittsburgh headed to Canada and caught fire, starting with an impressively focused, 3-0 win over the red-hot Toronto Maple Leafs. They then got into an old-fashioned track meet...
by Angie Carducci | Oct 14, 2018 | Homepage, Pittsburgh Penguins
Four games into the 2018-19 season, the Penguins are still trying to put it all together. Their 2-1-1 record seems about right for a team that’s turned in one run-and-gun performance (their 7-6 opening night OT win over Washington), two sporadic efforts (Thursday’s...