Penguins Update: Where Have You Gone Gary Roberts?
When I arrived at Wright’s Gym yesterday afternoon to relieve The Other Rick (he works there, too) we began discussing…
Penguins Update: Is Our D Good Enough?
Back in the 1970s, defenseman Larry Goodenough skated for six mostly nondescript seasons with the Flyers and Canucks. His nickname,…
Round Two Preview: Will the Penguins’ Mastery Continue?
I confess. I was pulling like mad for Columbus to win its first-round playoff series with Washington. Not that the…
Guentzel Rescues Penguins with Groundhog Day Heroics
As I watched from my favored perch at the Pennsbury Pub & Grille yesterday afternoon in muted horror, Philadelphia forward…
Penguins Playoff Update: It’s a Chili Night in Pittsburgh
It was a chili night in the ‘Burgh on Wednesday. No, I’m not referring to the unseasonably cold weather that’s…
Penguins Update: Nobody Does Dirty Like Hornqvist
POW! BAM! ZLONK! SLAM! BAP! The noises emanating from a typical Patric Hornqvist shift remind me a lot of those…
Do the Penguins Play Up (or Down) to the Competition?
I was working the front desk yesterday afternoon at Wright’s Gym when one of our members, Jim Hartley, commented on…
Penguins Search for Groove Thang as Playoffs Approach
On the heels of an ugly three-game losing streak entering March, the Penguins have, for the most part, been playing…