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The Toughest Penguins Ever: Bryan “Bugsy” Watson

Bryan Joseph Watson was a rambunctious little defenseman whose heart was several times bigger than his undersized body. Serving as…

The Toughest Penguins Ever: Bob Paradise

I’ll continue my series on the toughest Penguins by reprising another golden oldie. Today’s feature was originally posted on PenguinPoop…

The Toughest Penguins Ever: Rick Tocchet

On the night of November 20, 1991, the arch-rival Flyers visited the Penguins at the Civic Arena. Early in the…

The Toughest Penguins Ever: Steve Durbano

As a young hockey fan, I’ll never forget the day in January of 1974 when the Penguins acquired tough guys…

The Toughest Penguins Ever: Bob “Battleship” Kelly

My series on toughest Penguins continues with an oldie but baddie, originally published on PenguinPoop back on January 3, 2012.…

The Toughest Penguins Ever: Ulf Samuelsson

In the wake of yesterday’s article on Darius Kasparaitis, the thought popped into my head to do a short series…

The Toughest Penguin Ever?

I was re-reading my latest post this morning, the part about Brooks Orpik in particular, when a light-bulb turned on.…

Penguins Faves: Five (Okay, Six) Players I Wish We Still Had

There’s an old saying. Something along the lines of, “if you see a good idea, steal it.” Or at the…