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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NHL Playoffs 2012: Last Night in the East (April 24)
New Jersey Devils 3 vs. Florida Panthers 2 Overtime (Series Tied 3-3) This game was pretty disciplined between both teams (hardly any penalties). And the New Jersey Devils weren’t ready to end their run in the NHL Playoffs 2012 by giving up a win to the Florida Panthers. The Devils win takes the series to a deciding Game 7 (the third [...]
TweetJohnstown Acquires NAHL Team After Losing ECHL Team
According to the Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, official announcement was made yesterday that the North American Hockey League (NAHL) Board of Governors has unanimously approved the sale of the Tier II Junior A hockey team, the Alaska Avalanche, formerly based at Palmer’s MTA Events Center to the Johnstown Sports Partnership, LLC. The team is now headed to their new [...]
TweetOn This Date in Pittsburgh Penguins History / Penguins Trivia
2008 the Pittsburgh Penguins rallied to erase a 3-0 lead against the New York Rangers and won on Evgeni Malkin‘s powerplay goal with 1:41 remaining to win the opening game of the Eastern Conference Semifinals Pittsburgh swept (4-0) the Ottawa Senators in Round 1 prior to meeting the Rangers for this second round. The Penguins were able [...]
TweetNHL Playoffs 2012: Last Night in the East (April 23)
New York Rangers 3 vs. Ottawa Senators 2 (Series Tied 3-3) The New York Rangers fought to live another day in this series of the NHL Playoffs 2012 against the Ottawa Senators. These two teams have been pretty evenly matched despite the vast difference in their standings (Rangers #1 seed and Senators #8 seed), so it’s appropriate [...]
TweetOn This Date in Pittsburgh Penguins History / Penguins Trivia
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO PENGUINS DEFENSEMAN KRIS LETANG!! (he turns 25 today) also … HAPPY BIRTHDAY to former Penguin PETER SKUDRA!! (he turns 39 today) Kris Allen Letang (“Tanger”) was drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft in the third round (62nd overall). At the time he was selected in the draft, [...]
TweetNHL Playoffs 2012: Last Night in the East (April 22)
Philadelphia Flyers 5 vs. Pittsburgh Penguins 1 (Flyers Win Series 4-2) The Philadelphia Flyers crushed Pittsburgh Penguins hopes for extending their NHL Playoffs 2012 series to a seventh game and a chance to move onto the next round yesterday. Philadelphia was pretty dominate right out of the gate with star forward Claude Giroux landing a good, clean hit [...]
TweetOn This Date in Pittsburgh Penguins History / Penguins Trivia
2001 Martin Straka scored 13:04 into overtime as the Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the Washington Capitals, 4-3, in the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals; it was the third time in franchise history that the Pens won in overtime of a series-deciding game (1970 and 1979) From Wikipedia: The Penguins and Capitals had formed one of the biggest rivalries [...]
TweetOn This Date in Pittsburgh Penguins History / Penguins Trivia
2002 the Pittsburgh Penguins had their first ever “Shirts Off Our Backs” promotion 1999 Pittsburgh (8th seed) lost to the New Jersey Devils (1st seed), 3-1, in the first game of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals (Pittsburgh eventually won the series in seven games and moved onto Round 2 losing to the Toronto Maple Leafs the [...]
TweetNHL Playoffs 2012: Last Night in the East (April 19)
Both of last night’s eastern conference matchups of the NHL Playoffs 2012 were about the goaltending — elite goaltending from a veteran (Martin Brodeur) and a rookie who is just beginning what promises to be a long, successful career in the NHL if he continues to play like he is (Braden Holtby). Washington Capitals 2 vs. Boston Bruins 1 (Series [...]
TweetOn This Date in Pittsburgh Penguins History / Penguins Trivia
2006 Craig Patrick was fired as general manager of the Pittsburgh Penguins after 15 years with the team; Patrick’s tenure with the club saw them win two Stanley Cup Championships and featured a record of 575-511-127-37 and a .573 winning percentage From Wikipedia: Patrick was named “The Sporting News” Executive-of-the-Year in 1998 and 1999. He [...]
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