Penguins Update: Farewell to 44
I’ll never forget the day then-Penguins GM Craig Patrick chose defenseman Brooks Orpik with the 18th overall pick at the…
Penguins Push Rangers to the Brink
Paced by two-point efforts from superstars Evgeni Malkin and Sidney Crosby, the Penguins outclassed the fading New York Rangers, 4-2,…
Sweet Georgia Brown: Penguins on Shaky Ground
During each of the past three seasons the Pittsburgh Penguins rocketed through March and April, only to pull an el…
Today is the 25th Anniversary of Mario Lemieux’s Greatest Game and Greatest Goal
It’s funny how history works. If the Penguins didn’t go on to win the Stanley Cup in the 1990-91 season,…
Can A Single Statue Honor Everything Mario Lemieux Has Done?
Today’s unveiling was almost perfect. One thing that would have made it perfect would have been the absence of the…
Penguins-Flyers Rivalry Part 3: Rise of the Broad Street Bullies (1972-1984)
The Pens-Flyers rivalry heated up during the early ‘70s, due in no small part to the emergence of “the Broad…
Mike Lange Syndrome – We have all had it…
We have all had it at one time or another, this is one of the worse cases ever documented of…
I Know Nothing – Pittsburgh Penguins – Elvis Edition
Hello again fellow Poopers! Welcome back to the second edition of “I KNOW NOTHING!”. More musings and abusings regarding the…