Stephanie Lewark
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Stephanie Lewark resides in Johnstown, PA where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown (UPJ) and is still, perhaps perpetually, in the process of deciding what career she would like to pursue with it. While at UPJ, Stephanie worked part-time in the federal government as a “Stay-in-School” employee. Luckily, she was hired full-time on a permanent basis and worked towards a few promotions to fill her current position as a Senior Case Technician (while continuing to decide what she would like to do with her degree). She fell in love with the city of Pittsburgh at a very young age and has followed the Steelers and been a die-hard Penguins fan for just about as long. Stephanie learned early on in her marriage that her husband can tolerate only so much Penguins / hockey talk, so she began her original blog, The Steel City Sports Fan (Penguins Edition) from which her love of hockey became entangled with a new love of writing about it and her favorite team, the Pittsburgh Penguins. Since then she has grown as a fan (become a Penguins Season-Ticket Holder) and a writer / blogger through several outlets with a short-stint writing for The Hockey Writers and a current contributing writer for Inside Hockey (in addition to writing for the FanAttic Network with Steel City on Ice which migrated to RantSports in January 2012). You can follow Stephanie on Twitter @Steelcitysports
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On This Date in Pittsburgh Penguins History (May 19) / Penguins Trivia
1977 Ken Schinkel was relieved of the Pittsburgh Penguins head coaching duties for the second time (Schinkel’s combined record with the Penguins for a total of 203 games was 83-92-28) Schinkel played right wing for the Penguins being drafted by them the season that Pittsburgh became an expansion team in 1967. He was named assistant captain. [...]
TweetOn This Date in Pittsburgh Penguins History (May 18) / Penguins Trivia
2008 the Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the Philadelphia Flyers, 6-0, and won the Eastern Conference Championship in five games Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 21 shots for his third career playoff shutout Pittsburgh was the #2 seed going into the playoffs and Philadelphia was the #6 seed. The Penguins went on to the next round to play the [...]
TweetReid McNeill Signs Entry-Level Contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins
On Tuesday, the Pittsburgh Penguins signed defenseman, Reid McNeill. The deal is a three-year, entry-level contract and will begin next season (2012-13) and last through 2014-15. McNeil was the Penguins sixth round draft pick in 2010 (170th overall). He is among Beau Bennett (first round), Bryan Rust (2), Tom Kuhnhackl (3), Kenny Agostino (4), and [...]
TweetBrooks Orpik the Latest NHL Player to Make “If You Can Play, You Can Play” PSA
Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman, Brooks Orpik, is the latest NHL player to join a number of NHL players and the ”You Can Play” Project to film another If You Can Play, You Can Play public service announcement (PSA). The “You Can Play” project was started by Patrick Burke to honor his late brother, Brendan Burke. Brendan Burke was Patrick’s [...]
TweetOn This Date in Pittsburgh Penguins History (May 17) / Penguins Trivia
1999 Toronto Maple Leaf‘s Garry Valk scored a goal 1:58 into overtime to beat the Pittsburgh Penguins, 4-3, and eliminated the Pens in six games in the Eastern Conference Semifinals 1992 the Penguins beat the Boston Bruins in Game 1 of the Wales Conference Finals, 4-3, on an overtime goal by Jaromir Jagr From “On [...]
TweetOn This Date in Pittsburgh Penguins History (May 16) / Penguins Trivia
1995 the Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the Washington Capitals, 7-1, to force a Game 7 in the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals; the game marked the second in time in team history the Pens faced three goaltenders in one game (Jim Carey, Olaf Kolzig, and Byron Dafoe) – the first time the Pens faced three goalies was December [...]
TweetJohn Tortorella Thinks Cell Phones at Press Conferences are Ridiculous
Is the New York Rangers head coach, John Tortorella, ever happy? I would say not since he still seemed to be agitated at his post-game press conference Monday evening even with his team shutting out the New Jersey Devils in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Final by a score of 3-0. If you watch the video (below), [...]
TweetOn This Date in Pittsburgh Penguins History (May 15) / Penguins Trivia
1991 the first Stanley Cup Finals game was played at the Civic Arena; the Pittsburgh Penguins hosted the Minnesota North Stars (it was a 5-4 loss to the Stars) 1970 Penguins rookie Michel Briere was involved an automobile accident that would leave him in a coma for nearly a year before he died on April [...]
TweetOn This Date in Pittsburgh Penguins History (May 14) / Penguins Trivia
1995 Pittsburgh Penguins winger Luc Robitaille scored 4:30 into overtime to beat the Washington Capitals in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals The Penguins were the #3 seed in the Eastern Conference while the Capitals were the #6. The series between the Penguins and Capitals would go on for two additional games with Pittsburgh [...]
TweetOn This Date in Pittsburgh Penguins History (May 13) / Penguins Trivia
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO FORMER PENGUIN DARRYL SYDOR!! (he turns 40 today) 2009 the Pittsburgh Penguins overpowered the Washington Capitals to win Game 7, 6-2, to end the series and return to the Eastern Conference Final for the second consecutive year 1997 the Civic Arena’s address at 300 Auditorium Place was renamed 66 Mario Lemieux Place [...]
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