The Pittsburgh Penguins currently hold the top spot in the Eastern Conference right now. However, this team will only earn back their reputation it desires in the playoffs. The regular season will hopefully at worst give this team a number two seed in the conference come playoff time. The Penguins have had only six players manage to play the entire season to this point. Furthermore, they lead the NHL with 243 games lost to injury, a staggering number when you consider the team in second is ... Read More
Pens fight back to win in shootout over Canucks
On the day Sidney Crosby learned he would be on team Canada for the 2014 games, he returned to Vancouver for the first time since winning the gold medal in the 2010 games. The stakes may not have been as high, but the drama was hard to beat for a regular season game as the Penguins lost a lead, fell into a two goal hole late in the game, then tied the score with just under a minute remaining in regulation, setting up a shootout victory. Gibbons got the Penguins on the board 13:15 into the ... Read More
Let’s Make A Deal – Trade Options For The Pens
Even in the the midst of the latest stretch of winning hockey where the Penguins have gone 8-2-0 in their last ten, one of the hot button topics continues to be what the Penguins might do in terms of trades. Questions remain to be answered...Where do the Pens look to upgrade? Do they look for another scoring forward to play on a line with Crosby or Malkin? Do they look for additional grit and toughness that could play on a third or fourth line, and additionally help with the penalty kill? What ... Read More
Pens Will Be Represented Well in Sochi
The Pittsburgh Penguins will be represented well in the Olympics. Even through all of the injuries this team has played through, this team sits atop the Eastern Conference, which means the Penguins have a plethora of players attending Sochi next month. Team Canada Sidney Crosby was a lock from day one and should be Captain Canada as he leads the NHL in scoring and is by far the best player on the planet. This will be the second Olympics for Crosby, who scored the overtime goal in the ... Read More
Pens win wild one over Jets
The Penguins welcomed back two more of their star players, but threw out the defense in a 6-5 victory over the Winnipeg Jets, Sunday afternoon. Evgeni Malkin scored twice and added an assist in his first game since exiting Detroit with a lower body injury on December 14th. Kris Letang returned from an elbow infection to add an assist. Most of the first period was dominated by the Winnipeg Jets, who were coming off a 4-1 loss to Boston the night before. Evander Kane had a breakaway chance ... Read More
Where do the Penguins go from here
Injuries happen...Two simple words, but words spoken often when it comes to the 2013-14 Pittsburgh Penguins. In spite of the almost comical number injuries that seemingly never end, the Penguins keep winning. How are they doing it? How can it possibly continue? Ultimately, even with the impressive 14-point lead the Penguins hold in the Metropolitan Division, these questions, among others, invariably will continue to be asked, and in the wake of a string of disappointing playoff exits in recent ... Read More
Were Scuderi, Niskanen and Bennett snubbed from Team USA?
When Dan Bylsma was named head coach of Team USA for the upcoming Olympics in Sochi, Russia, speculation quickly arose on how many of his Penguins he and his staff were bringing to tryouts last August as the team began the quest for their first gold medal since the “Miracle on Ice” team in 1980. In the two months that followed almost every U.S. born Penguin was, at one time, reported to be on their way to the orientation camp in Washington, D.C. Brooks Orpik and Paul Martin emerged as front ... Read More
Pens win 11th straight at home
After laying an egg in the last game of 2013, the Penguins kicked off the new year by cruising to a 5-2 victory over the New York Rangers, Friday night. With Evgeni Malkin and Kris Letang still ailing, the Penguins relied on Chris Kunitz, Sidney Crosby, and oddly enough, Jussi Jokinen. Jokinen moved off the second line center role to Brandon Sutter's wing and instantly paid dividends with two goals. Chris Kunitz got the Penguins started with a power play goal 13:09 into the first ... Read More
Injuries hindering Pens’ trade options
A wrench keeps getting thrown into Ray Shero's plans. At the beginning of the season, Shero was looking to move a defenseman, that was until the Penguins lost their top four defensemen to injury. Tthe latest injury, Pascal Dupuis going down for possibly the rest of the season with a knee injury, will have a significant impact on the rest of the Penguins moving forward. Dupuis' loss increases the chances of the Pens making one impactful trade or a few mid level trades. Due to their lack of ... Read More
End of the year wrap up for Pittsburgh sports
With the 2013 year winding down, Pittsburgh Sporting News brings you the best and worst of this year in Pittsburgh sports: Game of the year Pirates defeat Reds in the Wild Card "Cuetttttoooooo. Cuetttttttoooooo." The Pirates finally became contenders and the fans took out 20 years of frustration on the Cincinnati Reds. The Bucs crushed the Reds 8-2 and advanced to the NLDS, falling one win short of a Championship series berth. Athlete of the year Andrew McCutchen squeaks by Antonio ... Read More