Penguins Update: The Sexy Seven
Who’s going to play third-line center? It’s been the hot-button topic for Penguins fans. Liable to be all summer, too,…
Penguins Update: Recchi to Replace Tocchet
The Arizona Coyotes have hired popular Penguins assistant Rick Tocchet as their new head coach. The appointment–rumored to be in…
Penguins Update: The Recchin’ Ball Crashes the Hall
When the Penguins took Mark Recchi in the fourth round of 1988 Entry Draft, it was hardly a lock he’d…
Penguins, Fans Play a Waiting Game
I don’t know about you. But as a die-hard Penguins fan and professed hockey nut, there’s something about this time…
Penguins Stanley Cup Update: A Familiar Ring
The history of the Pittsburgh Penguins is filled with anomalies and precursors. Consider, for example, the strange case involving three…
Rust, Penguins Kayo Lightning in Game 7
Lord Stanley, here we come. Or, as inimitable Penguins play-by-play announcer Mike Lange once chirped, “You can spit-shine your shoes.…
Penguins Primed for a Freefall
The disintegration of our Pittsburgh Penguins has begun. By my unofficial time table, a season or two early. It isn’t…
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…