Sidney Crosby ended two streaks when he fired a one-timer past goaltender Carey Price to beat the Montreal Canadiens 2-1 in overtime on Friday night. He snapped a personal four-game goalless drought and scored the team’s first power-play goal in nine attempts. The Penguins earned the power play when the Canadiens took a too-many men penalty 3:09 into overtime. On the ensuing faceoff, Montreal center Tomas Plekanec’s stick snapped, and the Penguins were able to take advantage with Kris Letang ... Read More
Penguins, Crosby look to get back on track in Montreal
The Penguins will go for a season series win and try to take back first place in the Metropolitan Division when they take on the Canadiens tonight in Montreal. Penguins captain Sidney Crosby will also try to get untracked as he plays against the team he cheered for as a youth. He has seven points in his last five games in Montreal. He’s scored just once in his last nine games. TONIGHT’S OPPONENT: This will be the third and final meeting between the Penguins and Canadiens this season. The ... Read More
Canadiens spoil Perron’s debut, beat Penguins 4-1
The Montreal Canadiens came into Pittsburgh riding a red-hot Carey Price to a five-game winning streak. The Penguins did very little too cool off Price as he shut down the Penguins offense and the Canadiens put four past Marc-Andre Fleury to win 4-1 at Consol Energy Center on Saturday. “We didn't generate that many chances, and when you face a goalie that good, you don’t give yourself a chance to win the game,” said Penguins defenseman Kris Letang. Montreal’s Max Pacioretty started out the ... Read More
Perron to make Pittsburgh debut vs. Montreal
The Penguins won’t have much time to celebrate last night’s 6-3 win over the Tampa Bay Lighting, as they are right back in action tonight against the Montreal Canadiens. TONIGHT’S OPPONENT: The Canadiens have been on fire lately, having won five consecutive games and eight of their last nine. Their winning ways haven’t been affected by their current five-game road trip necessitated by the IIHF world junior championship being held in Montreal. In their previous four games on the trip, they ... Read More
Baseball is his love, but Russell Martin is no stranger to hockey
Baseball is known as America's pastime. The game was the most popular sport in America in the 19th and 20th century. Regardless of football's popularity in our country today, America will always be represented by baseball. As you may have heard, in the Great White North of Canada, hockey rules all. Hockey has caught on in a big way in the United States, while baseball has made its mark on Canada as well. The Pirates new catcher, Russell Martin, is one of many Canadians that enjoy both. Growing ... Read More