Penguins History: When Durby and Battleship Ruled
I was going about my business last Tuesday when a good friend, Tom Blanciak, reminded me that it was the…
Penguins Muscle Up, Acquire Ryan Reaves
Say this about Penguins general manager Jim Rutherford. He ain’t afraid to be bold. A fortnight after hinting at reinforcing his quicksilver…
Penguins History: So Why Do We Hate the Flyers So Much?
As our Penguins prepare to square off with the Philadelphia Flyers tonight in the latest installment of “The Battle of…
Penguins History: My Favorite Team
Over the course of their storied 50-year-history, the Penguins have iced all sorts of hockey teams. From the sublime to…
Penguins Pay a Steep Price for Victory
September 29, 1973. Brantford (Ontario) Civic Centre. The Pittsburgh Penguins squared off against their arch-nemesis—the truculent St. Louis Blues—in an…
Penguins History: Bob Paradise
It might come as a surprise for Penguins fans to learn that a Hall-of-Fame defenseman skated for the team in…
Penguins History: Eddie “The Entertainer” Shack
He wasn’t the best player to don a Penguins jersey. Not by a long shot. But few players in the…
Penguins History: Battleship Kelly
In the annals of Penguins history, perhaps no player cultivated a more fearsome reputation—or earned a more colorful nickname—than left…