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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Pre-Game Notes: Pittsburgh VS Florida
TONIGHT’S GAME WILL BE BROADCAST ON ROOT SPORTS – PITTSBURGH FACE-OFF IS SET FOR 7:30 PM (EST) REASSIGNMENT the Penguins reassigned forward Colin McDonald to WBS; Steve MacIntyre was placed on waivers by the Penguins and was cleared, so he will also report back to WBS LINE COMBINATIONS (projected from this morning’s practice) FORWARDS: Kunitz-Malkin-Neal [...]
TweetOn This Date in Pittsburgh Penguins History
Sports Flags and Pennants 2009 Marc-Andre Fleury played in his 200th NHL game 1991 With his powerplay goal at 9:25 of the second period against the Philadelphia Flyers, Paul Coffey became the highest scoring defenseman in team history (344 points) 1973 Ken Schinkel became the third Penguins head coach, one day after retiring as a [...]
TweetOn This Date in Pittsburgh Penguins History
Sports Flags and Pennants 2002 Mario Lemieux played in his 800th NHL game 2000 Phoenix Coyotes’ Keith Tkachuk beat Penguins goalie J.S. Aubin on a penalty shot 1993 the Penguins announced that Mario Lemieux has been diagnosed with Hodgkin’s disease 1973 Ken Schinkel retires, becoming the last original player from the first Penguins team Information [...]
TweetPenguins Waive Forward (Jeffrey to Return?)
According to Pittsburgh media on Twitter, the Penguins have waived forward Steve MacIntyre (it has yet to be confirmed on the Pittsburgh Penguins webpage; he’s still listed on the roster as well). I believe MacIntyre has until noon tomorrow to clear before making his way to WBS (unless he’s claimed off of waivers before then). [...]
TweetPre-Game Notes: Pittsburgh VS Washington
TONIGHT’S GAME WILL BE BROADCAST ON NBC Sports Network FACE-OFF IS SET FOR 7:30 PM (EST) MARTIN / DESPRES I’m guessing with Despres injured in last night’s game against the Senators and the Pens not recalling another defenseman from WBS that Martin will be back in the lineup tonight, but that’s just my own assumption [...]
TweetOn This Date in Pittsburgh Penguins History
Sports Flags and Pennants 1995 the NHL and the NHL Players’ Association reached an agreement on a collective bargaining agreement to end the work stoppage 1994 Kevin Stevens scored three times Boston Bruins goalie John Blue for his tenth hat trick 1972 the Penguins obtained Al McDonough from Los Angeles for Bob Woytowich Information obtained [...]
TweetPre-Game Notes: Pittsburgh VS Ottawa (Neal and Adams are In?!)
TONIGHT’S GAME WILL BE BROADCAST ON ROOT SPORTS – PITTSBURGH FACE-OFF IS SET FOR 7:00 PM (EST) CONSOL DOORS OPEN at 5:45 PM NEAL AND ADAMS Both Neal and Adams say they’re good to go for tonight’s game; has not been confirmed by Bylsma yet, but … was this a tactic?? I’m not quite sure [...]
TweetOn This Date in Pittsburgh Penguins History
Sports Flags and Pennants 2011 Pittsburgh native Matt Bartkowski made his NHL debut with the Boston Bruins at the CONSOL Energy Center 2004 the Penguins’ Steve McKenna wore the captain’s “C” for one game; his jersey was auctioned off for the Hockey Fights Cancer charity 2002 Johan Hedberg stopped 36 shots from the Buffalo Sabres [...]
TweetOn This Date in Pittsburgh Penguins History
Sports Flags and Pennants 2001 Pittsburgh’s Martin Straka was stopped on a penalty shot against Boston’s Byron Dafoe 1988 the Hartford Whalers’ Dave Tippett was stopped on a penalty shot by Gilles Meloche 1976 the Penguins obtained Ed Gilbert, Simon Nolet and a first round choice in the 1976 Amateur Draft from Kansas City for [...]
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Sports Flags and Pennants 2011 Minnesota’s Jose Theodore made 26 saves for the first shutout at the CONSOL Energy Center as the Wild shut down the Sidney Crosby-less Penguins, 4-0 1990 Mario Lemieux scored four times (his 24th hat trick) against the New York Rangers the Penguins obtained Rod Buskas, Tony Tanti and Barry Pederson [...]
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