by Angie Carducci | May 11, 2017 | Homepage, Pittsburgh Penguins
This was supposed to be the Washington Capitals’ year. Again. After another dominant regular season where they ran away with the Presidents’ Trophy, the Caps entered the playoffs as a runaway favorite to finally capture their elusive Stanley Cup. As usual, though, the...
by Angie Carducci | May 9, 2017 | Homepage, Pittsburgh Penguins
Late in the first period of a potential elimination game in which they had generated three shots – and none of them particularly threatening – the Penguins’ home-ice advantage had turned to boos. By a second period that went much the same way, fans derisively cheered...
by Angie Carducci | May 7, 2017 | Homepage, Pittsburgh Penguins
With a three-goal third period, including two in 27 seconds, the Washington Capitals staved off elimination Saturday at Verizon Center and forced a Game 6 Monday in Pittsburgh. Things started well for the Penguins even before Game 5 as captain Sidney Crosby and winger...
by Joe Soccoa | May 4, 2017 | Homepage, Inside Hockey, New York Rangers, NHL
NEW YORK – May the 4th line be with you. There is your Star Wars plug. Indeed it was the New York Rangers fourth line that contributed in a big way as they rolled past the Ottawa Senators to tie the series at two games a piece. The atmosphere of Madison Square...
by Angie Carducci | May 4, 2017 | Homepage, Pittsburgh Penguins
As the Pittsburgh Penguins headed into Game 4 against the Washington Capitals without Sidney Crosby, there was only one kind of retaliation on their minds for the play that sidelined their captain with a concussion. “In the postseason, if you do retaliate and take a...