The Penguins will host a Western Conference opponent for fourth time this season when they host the Vancouver Canucks tonight at 7:00 p.m. The Penguins are 3-1 in home games against the Western Conference this season. The Canucks came into town late Tuesday night after beating the Capitals in Washington 4-3. This is the fourth game of a seven game road trip for Vancouver. It is their first trip to the Eastern Conference this season. They went 2-1 in the first three games. After leaving ... Read More
Cal U to have independent review of football program
California University of Pennsylvania will have an external review of their NCAA Division-II college football program. The program has come under fire after six players were arrested in connection with an October assault. The Compliance Group, a Lenexa, Kansas based company, will conduct the review. The Compliance Group (TCG) will be examining all aspects of the school’s football program. “I welcome the knowledge and experience The Compliance Group will bring to the review of our football ... Read More
Steve Downie: effectively wild?
When the Penguins signed Steve Downie this offseason, many wondered if it was a risk worth taking. There was plenty of productive hockey in Downie’s past, to be sure. In 2009-10, he had 22 goals and 46 points with the Tampa Bay Lightning. Even more appealingly, he did it under the tutelage of coach Rick Tocchet, who joined him in Pittsburgh this offseason. Since then, Downie has showed only tantalizing stretches of effective play. He missed all but two games of the 2012-13 season with a knee ... Read More
Illnesses cause Penguins roster shake-up
The Penguins will host the New Jersey Devils in uptown Pittsburgh tonight. Consol Energy Center and Mercy Hospital may both be appropriate locations for the contest. After starting the season relatively healthy, the Penguins may be missing as many six players for their Metropolitan Division contest. The Penguins will be without defenseman Kris Letang for the second consecutive game with a lower-body injury. Letang was placed on the injured reserve today, making him ineligible to return to ... Read More
Penguins travel to Carolina for second leg of home-and-home
The Penguins will have to get a win on the road if they want to salvage a split of their home-and-home series with the Carolina Hurricanes. The ‘Canes beat the Pens 4-2 on Friday night with excellent goaltending from Cam Ward and three points from Jiri Tlusty. TONIGHT’S OPPONENT: The Hurricanes have struggled this season, with just a 7-12-3 record through 22 games. One of their lone bright spots has been a 4-3-1 record on home ice. With games on back-to-back nights, it’s likely that ... Read More
Penguins hope to carve up Hurricanes in holiday weekend series
The Penguins will host the Carolina Hurricanes tonight; and the Hurricanes will return the favor tomorrow evening, as the teams will meet in a holiday weekend home-and-home series. It might feel like a holiday for many of the players, as they will renew some old acquaintances on both sides of the ice. Penguins General Manager Jim Rutherford held the same position with the Hurricanes from their inception in 1997, winning a Stanley Cup in 2006. Current Carolina general manager Ron Francis played ... Read More
Pens go for sweep of Leafs without Beau Bennett
Penguins forward Beau Bennett will miss “a couple of weeks” with a lower-body injury, head coach Mike Johnston said after morning skate on Wednesday. Bennett injured his right knee after a collision with Boston Bruins defenseman Kevan Miller in the second period of Pittsburgh’s 3-2 overtime win on Monday. [youtube width="560" height="315" link="http://youtu.be/drqcXNaCJ08"] It is the third injury to affect Bennett this season. In May, he had surgery to correct a poorly healed wrist ... Read More
Penguins visit banged-up Bruins
The Penguins two-game northeastern swing will end tonight when they take on the Boston Bruins at 7:00 p.m. The Penguins have lost two straight games for the second time this season after dropping both ends of a home-and-home with the Islanders over the weekend. Both the teams are playing their third game in four nights. The Penguins are 3-1-1 in games following losses so far this season. They do not have a two-game streak without recording a point. TONIGHT’S OPPONENT: The Boston Bruins are ... Read More
Greiss, Penguins look to right the ship against the Islanders
First place in the Metropolitan Division will be on the line when the Penguins will travel to Long Island to complete their home-and-home series with the New York Islanders. The Penguins are 1-0-1 in the second half of back-to-back games this season. TONIGHT’S OPPONENT: The only change for the Islanders from Friday night’s 5-4 shootout victory will be in net. Jaroslav Halak will take over for Chad Johnson. Halak is 8-4 with a .914 save percentage on the season. The Islanders got scoring ... Read More
Penguins shut out Canadiens
The Penguins third line of Beau Bennett, Brandon Sutter, and Steve Downie had six goals on the season coming into Tuesday night’s game against the Montreal Canadiens. In the first 16 minutes of the game, they added three more. Marc-Andre Fleury took it from there, and the Penguins shut out the Canadiens, 4-0. Bennett got the scoring started with an unassisted goal 7:46 into the first period. He intercepted a Nathan Beaulieu clearing attempt and took the shot himself on a 2-on-1 with Downie. ... Read More