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The Toughest Penguins Ever: Bryan “Bugsy” Watson

Bryan Joseph Watson was a rambunctious little defenseman whose heart was several times bigger than his undersized body. Serving as…

Stanley Cup Update: Channeling His Inner Brooks Orpik

In the spring of 1970, the Penguins and their bitter rivals, the St. Louis Blues, brawled their way through a…

Penguins Nip Blues in OT, 3-2

  Back in the late 1960s and early ‘70s, the Penguins and Blues were bitter rivals. Clashes between the clubs…

Now More Than Ever, Penguins Need a Hammer

If you’re like me, you’re still simmering over last night’s end-of-the-game incident involving Penguins goalie Tristan Jarry and the Bruins’…

Penguins Update: RIP Bugsy

I was saddened to learn that former Penguins defenseman Bryan Watson passed away yesterday at age 78. A hockey neophyte…

Penguins History: The Hatfields versus the McCoys

In the spring of 1970, a strange malaise called Stanley Cup fever had, quite unexpectedly, taken Pittsburgh by storm. Following…

Penguins History: Michel Briere

Years before Mario Lemieux hoisted the Penguins onto his broad shoulders and carried them to Stanley Cup glory, another center…

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…