Penguins Update: Is Rutger McGroarty the new Brooks Orpik?
No sooner do I announce my semi-retirement from blogging then I get an idea for an article. I know. The…
Oilers Dramatic Stand Recalls a Dark Turn in Penguins History
As Connor McDavid and the Oilers seek to close out a storybook comeback from a 3-0 series deficit and capture…
Penguins Update: What If?
It’s a Wonderful Life is one of my all-time favorite movies. As the story unfolds, the main character George Bailey…
Look Out Loretta! Penguins Mike Lange Retires
Nineteen-seventy-four was a magical time. It was the year it all came together for me as a young hockey fan.…
My Favorite Penguins Team
Inspired by an article on the Tribune-Review by Mark Madden, who shares some of his early Penguins memories, I decided…
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 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 History: Hardest Hitters
A while back I noticed that Seth Rorabaugh of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette had asked the readers of his blog to…