I’m not enjoying this season’s schedule – back-to-back games, then long lapses of time in between the next game – nope, I’m not liking it at all. What happened to games every other day? It just lacks consistency and it disrupts my schedule as a fan, so I can’t imagine what it’s like for the [...]
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2009 Ty Conklin became the third former Penguins goaltender to have a shutout for Pittsburgh and later return to shut out the Pens (he stopped 25 shot from Pittsburgh) 2007 Jordan Staal (at age 18 years, 151 days) became the third youngest player in NHL history to reach the 20-goal mark 2003 Mario Lemieux recorded [...]
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Arron Asham was first kept out of the lineup last month against the Carolina Hurricanes on January 17th due to what was reported by the organization as an illness. He was again kept out of the following game on January 19th against the New York Rangers when it was reported that he was not only suffering [...]
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TONIGHT’S GAME WILL BE BROADCAST ON ROOT SPORTS – PITTSBURGH and RDS FACE-OFF IS SET FOR 7:30 PM (EST) KENNEDY no status update on TK, but Bylsma reported that McDonald will take his spot in the lineup tonight against the Canadiens; he will be skating with Sullivan and O’Reilly OPTIONAL SKATE today’s skate was optional [...]
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2001 Alex Kovalev scored a hat trick in back-to-back games against the Flyers and Devils 1995 Joe Mullen became the first American-born player to score 1,000 points in the NHL in a 7-3 win over the Florida Panthers 1976 With a 7-3 victory over the Los Angeles Kings, the Penguins posted the first win in [...]
Tweet1999 Tom Barrasso stopped all 29 shots from the Florida Panthers to earn his 20th shutout with the Pens 1989 Mario Lemieux became the first Penguins player to grace the cover of Sports Illustrated – the headline: “As Great as Gretzky?” (it was the first of four times Lemieux was the cover story) Rob Brown’s [...]
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THIS AFTERNOON’S GAME WILL BE BROADCAST ON ROOT SPORTS – PITTSBURGH and nationally on the NHL Network (US) FACE-OFF IS SET FOR 1:00 PM (EST) CAL O’REILLY O’Reilly is expected to play in this afternoon’s lineup alongside Steve Sullivan and Tyler Kennedy, according to Dan Bylsma; he will be wearing #16 for the Penguins LINE [...]
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The Penguins claimed forward Cal O’Reilly off of re-entry waivers from the Phoenix Coyotes this past Wednesday. For Penguins general manager, Ray Shero, this was the right time for the Penguins to make a move with O’Reilly according to PittsburghPenguins.com. “He had been through waivers a little while ago. We talked about it, but it [...]
TweetHAPPY BIRTHDAY to former Penguin, Mark Letestu!! (he turns 27 today) 2009 Penguins winger Miroslav Satan played in his 1000th NHL game 1997 Mario Lemieux scored his 600th career goal into an empty net against the Vancouver Canucks in a 6-4 win at Pittsburgh’s Civic Arena (he became the second fastest, and the seventh overall, [...]
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