Penguins Update: Plea for Bennett Part Deux
I know this has about as much chance of happening as…say…a Brink’s truck loaded with gold bullion arriving at my…
Penguins Update: Punchless in Pittsburgh
Time for a little hockey quiz. What do Zach Bogosian, Blake Coleman, Pat Maroon and Luke Schenn have in common?…
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 Update: A Primer on Fighting and Physical Play
This piece was originally intended as a response to a comment posted by Mike concerning a rise in fighting majors…
Penguins Update: When the Goin’ Gets Tough…
This article has absolutely nothing to do with the plight of our Penguins as they struggle to keep pace in…
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 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-Flyers Rivalry Part 4: Super Mario and “the Streak” (1984-1994)
The Penguins were on life support when they drafted Mario Lemieux with the first overall pick in the 1984 Entry…