Nate Schmidt – Pittsburgh Penguins

I confess. I was pulling like mad for Columbus to win its first-round playoff series with Washington. Not that the…

Let me first say thanks to Rick and Phil for inviting me to write here on PenguinPoop. Hopefully, when I…

It was a night of surprises. After missing Game Four with a concussion, captain Sidney Crosby made a triumphal return…

They say all is fair in love and war. Perhaps in hockey, too. Two nights after Washington kayoed our captain,…

“You guys wanna play?” snapped Penguins coach Mike Sullivan. “Then get the puck in deep.” The object of “Sully’s” ire,…

How do you like our chances? The question’s been posed to me dozens of times over the past few days…

It certainly didn’t unfold the way Mike Sullivan and the coaching staff envisioned. For the better part of last night’s…

Throughout the regular season, the Pittsburgh Penguins displayed a remarkable resilience under coach Mike Sullivan. That uncanny ability to turn…

Mike on A Shot in the Dark: Penguins Blow Lead (Again), Lose to Lightning in OT: “The Other Rick I agree with you regarding certain players not being held accountable. It seems as though Sullivan plays…”
Mike on A Shot in the Dark: Penguins Blow Lead (Again), Lose to Lightning in OT: “Rick This one was on Jarry – he played a decent game but he transformed back to his usual stuff…”
Nick on A Shot in the Dark: Penguins Blow Lead (Again), Lose to Lightning in OT: “They’re finding creative new ways to lose. What was Jarry thinking when he kept shuffling further away from the net…”
the Other Rick on A Shot in the Dark: Penguins Blow Lead (Again), Lose to Lightning in OT: “PS. And why was Montgomery given the pink slip while Sullivan keeps sinking this team ever lower?”
the Other Rick on A Shot in the Dark: Penguins Blow Lead (Again), Lose to Lightning in OT: “Hey Rick, I love the Pink Panther movies. There is a level of fun innocence in that slap stick comedy.…”
the Other Rick on Penguins This ‘n’ ‘At: “Hey Rick, You reported that people are suggesting Montgomery would be fired, well he was. Just saw it. But FSG…”