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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That’s So MAF (the Musings of a Penguins Goalie)!!
Yesterday I was at the CONSOL for the Penguins home-opener against the Florida Panthers. GREAT game!! The powerplay wasn’t up to par as it has been over the three previous games, but it also wasn’t as horrendous as last season either, so I’ll take it! There were several players who stood out; one of them [...]
TweetOn This Date in Pittsburgh Penguins History
Sports Flags and Pennants 2007 Robert Morris University men’s hockey team opened its fourth season with a 3-2 win over No. 8 Boston University en route to winning the Nye Frontier Classic in Anchorage Alaska 2006 Jordan Staal scored his first NHL goal against Henrik Lundqvist of the NY Rangers (short-handed) Henrik Lundqvist 2002 J.S. Aubin [...]
Tweet2011-12 Pens ‘Stache Tracker – OCTOBER
TOTALLY forgot one of the more important items on my Pens information list … and we cannot go forward with tonight’s home-opener without knowing (we’ve gone long enough with three game into the regular season!) … I’ve been looking forward to the start of this season’s “Mustache Boy,” but it appears I totally missed the report [...]
TweetHOME-OPENER Pre-Game Notes: Pittsburgh VS Florida (Malkin OUT)
TONIGHT’S GAME WILL BE BROADCAST ON ROOT SPORTS (PITTSBURGH) and will be nationally televised on VERSUS FACE-OFF IS SET FOR 7:30 PM (EST) PLEASE NOTE: CONSOL DOORS OPEN AT 6:00 PM THIS EVENING INJURIES MALKIN – HC Blysma informed the media this morning that Malkin would not be in tonight’s lineup against the Panthers; he [...]
Tweet[LINKS] Covering Enemy Territory: Florida Panthers
UP NEXT: FLORIDA PANTHERS (1-0-0, 2 points) In net tonight: Jose Theodore (projected) Florida Panthers webpage PREVIEW: Penguins return home for opener against Panthers (10/10/2011) Countdown 5: Player To Watch; Jose Theodore (10/10/2011) Panthers Agree To Entry-Level Contract With F Jonathan Huberdeau (10/10/2011) G.M. Journal: The Fun Part (10/07/2011) The Sun Sentinel Preview: Panthers vs. Penguins, Tuesday [...]
TweetPenguins PUMP-UP VIDEO Courtesy of Benstonium
I have no idea why any Pens fan would need to be pumped up for tonight’s home-opener at the CONSOL against the Florida Panthers, but if you do, this should do the trick (it parodies the recent Chrysler “imported from detroit” commercials)!! BIG THANKS to Benson and the guys at Benstonium for passing it along!!
TweetOn This Date in Pittsburgh Penguins History
Sports Flags and Pennants 2008 the Penguins raised two banners to celebrate the Atlantic Division title and the Eastern Conference Championship; the older championship banners were also updated 1984 Penguins obtained Randy Hillier from Boston for a fourth round choice in the 1985 Entry Draft 1981 Philadelphia’s Bobby Clarke, Ilkka Sinisalo (penalty shot), Reggie Leach [...]
Tweet[LINKS] Back-Checking the Enemy: Edmonton Oilers
Pens (2-0-1, 5 points) Pens – 1, Oilers – 2 (SO) Edmonton Oilers webpage Under the Scope: Oilers vs. Penguins (10/09/2011) BLOGS: Principe’s Blog ‘Pitt’ Stop (10/10/2011) The Edmonton Sun Oilers’ Smyth’s elbow a major surprise (10/10/2011) Oilers PK shuts down Pens (10/10/2011) Old praises new Oiler (10/09/2011) Oilers down Penguins 2-1 (10/09/2011) Pens’ MacIntyre makes presence felt [...]
TweetOn This Date in Pittsburgh Penguins History
Sports Flags and Pennants 2003 Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 46 shots (including a penalty shot by Esa Pirnes) in his first NHL game Ryan Malone became the first Pittsburgh-born player to play for the Penguins 2002 the Penguins debuted the home version of the re-introduced skating penguin logo in a game against the Toronto Maple Leafs [...]
TweetPre-Game Notes: Pittsburgh VS Edmonton
TONIGHT’S GAME WILL BE BROADCAST ON ROOT SPORTS (PITTSBURGH) FACE-OFF IS SET FOR 9:00 PM (EST) Check back later for any updates throughout the day leading up to gametime (without a morning skate, there should be plenty of updates before gametime!)! INJURIES MALKIN – Evgeni Malkin left the game early last evening against Calgary; he [...]
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