Troy Pfaff
Featured NHL Columnist and Pittsburgh Pirates Writer
Troy has been writing for Rant Sports since December 2010. An avid Pittsburgh Penguins and Pittsburgh Pirates fan, he is currently a sophomore at The Pennsylvania State University. Troy will major in Information Sciences & Technology with a minor in Sports Journalism.
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Troy Pfaff: NHL Fandom Flowchart
As the opening of the 2011-12 NHL regular season draws near (Thursday), it struck me that not everyone out there is lucky enough to have a favorite hockey team. Some people don’t live in a city with a hockey team, while some simply don’t like the team they were “assigned” at birth (can’t say I [...]
TweetPreseason Pregame: Pittsburgh Penguins at Detroit Red Wings
The Penguins are in Detroit today as they’ll take on the Red Wings at 5:00 PM ET in the final game of the 2011 preseason. A win today would give the Penguins their first 6-0 preseason in franchise history, and just the team’s second undefeated preseason overall. They finished 4-0-1 in 2008-09 before capturing the [...]
TweetPittsburgh Pirates: Jameson Taillon Season Review
While getting started on my Pittsburgh Pirates 2011 Season Review (coming soon), I realized I hadn’t done anything to update readers on the seasons and progression of the team’s top pitching prospects, 2010 draft picks Jameson Taillon and Stetson Allie, in addition to international free agent signee Luis Heredia. Today’s feature will start at the top [...]
TweetPreseason Pregame: Pittsburgh Penguins at Chicago Blackhawks Notes
When the puck drops at 8:30 PM tonight, the Pittsburgh Penguins will be playing in their fifth preseason game. The team is 4-0 so far, and will look to finish the preseason undefeated for just the second time in franchise history. The last time the Penguins had an undefeated preseason? The beginning of the 2008-09 [...]
TweetPenguins Forward Nick Johnson Claimed Off Waivers
When the Pittsburgh Penguins made seven cuts yesterday, they had to send four players through waivers to return them to the team’s AHL affiliate in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. Three of those players cleared, but forward Nick Johnson was claimed by former Penguins assistant coach Mike Yeo and the Minnesota Wild. Johnson, 26, has five points in 10 [...]
TweetPenguins Cut Seven More, F Eric Tangradi Among Victims
The Pittsburgh Penguins dropped their active NHL roster to 32 players today by sending six players to their AHL affiliate in Wilkes-Barre and one player back to his junior team. The group of players sent back to Wilkes-Barre is headlined by 22-year-old forward Eric Tangradi, who was expected to compete for a top-six spot prior [...]
TweetPittsburgh Pirates Pregame: at Milwaukee Brewers 9/27
Well this is unfortunate. Just as I was getting ready to write my pregame post of the Pirates (72-88) game against the Milwauke Brewers (94-66) tonight, I saw the starting pitching matchup. Ross Ohlendorf will pitch for the Pirates. Oh. I thought we were done seeing this guy? Kinda makes me not even want to watch [...]
TweetPenguins, LA Kings Take Near-NHL Lineups to Kansas City for Exhibition
When the Pittsburgh Penguins square off against the Los Angeles Kings in Kansas City for tonight’s preseason matchup, we’ll see a game made up of largely NHL players, as opposed to the AHL-level talent we’ve seen in Pittsburgh’s first three games. Notables in LA’s lineup include Mike Richards, Dustin Penner, Justin Williams, Dustin Brown, Jarrett [...]
TweetPenn State LB Michael Mauti Done for Season
When Penn State linebacker Michael Mauti didn’t get up after a collision during the team’s blowout win against Eastern Michigan on Saturday, fans knew what could have been happening. When it was revealed that the injury was to Mauti’s knee, fans knew what was happening. Mauti had already missed his entire sophomore season battling a knee [...]
TweetRemember When We Felt Bad for Wayne Simmonds?
Just a few days ago, Philadelphia Flyers forward Wayne Simmonds had a banana thrown at him during his shootout attempt in a preseason game against the Detroit Red Wings in London, Ontario. The hockey world went up in arms, offering cash rewards for anyone with information on the “Racist Pig” who threw the banana. Monday [...]
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