Just days after the Pittsburgh Penguins won the Stanley Cup and one day removed from their victory parade, several players headed 17 miles east of downtown to Oakmont Country Club to celebrate at the U.S. Open. Led by Phil Kessel, the…
After clinching the Stanley Cup Championship last night, word is starting to come out about some of the injuries that plagued different players throughout the playoffs. One such star was Kris Letang, who actually had surgery prior to Game 1 of…
Entering the 2015-16 season, Pascal Dupuis had been a key component of the Pittsburgh Penguins roster for eight seasons—a team he won a Stanley Cup with in 2009, and one the undrafted forward truly found an identity with as an…
Sidney Crosby was the hero of game two, but was looking more like a villain after one particular play tonight in game three against the Lightning. During a battle for positioning in front of Lightning goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy, Crosby appeared…
The Tampa Bay Lightning opened the Eastern Conference Finals with a 3-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins, but they lost netminder Ben Bishop to an apparent leg injury midway through the first period. Lightning coach Jon Cooper said X-Rays on…
The players have spoken—and Pittsburgh Penguins forward Phil Kessel has once again been named the most overrated player in the NHL. Earning nearly 30 percent of the vote, this is the second straight season that Kessel has earned the honor…
If the Penguins intend to make it into the postseason, they will need to do so without superstar forward Evgeni Malkin, who will be out six to eight weeks with an upper body injury. Malkin left the game Friday night…
Considering the devolving play of once highly-touted defensive prospect Justin Schultz, it was basically a foregone conclusion that he would be dealt heading into this year’s trade deadline, and that deal finally materialized with the Pittsburgh Penguins acquiring Schultz in…
It was a scary incident for Ben Lovejoy on Sunday night, but things could have ended up a lot worse. Lovejoy took an inadvertent skate to the face during the Penguins 1-0 loss to the Winnipeg Jets. The play occurred…
I thought I have seen it all at a hockey rink from my time playing, officiating, and as member of the media. I’ve seen fans hit by pucks (before nets behind the net became standard), intoxicated fans fight, and players…