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Recalling Our Own Game 7 Catastrophe: The Best Penguins Team to Never Win a Cup

As disappointed as I was with the Penguins’ sorry finish to the season, I can’t imagine how hockey fans are…

Thanks to Another Epic OT Fail, the Penguins Bite the Dust in Jersey

I confess, life kept me otherwise detained yesterday afternoon, so I didn’t watch the Penguins’ 2-1 overtime loss to the…

Surprise, Surprise (Surprise), Penguins Lose to ‘Canes

Contrary to Gomer Pyle’s favorite saying, it came as no great surprise that the Penguins fell to the Carolina Hurricanes…

Leafs Maul Bumbling Penguins 4-1

Amazing what a difference 24 hours can make. To say nothing of the quality of opponent and a fresh set…

Penguins Update: Third Line a Key to Winning Cups

I was chewing the hockey fat with my friend, Tom Blanciak, over a couple of beers at Pennsbury Station (formerly…

Ten Best Penguins Trades of All-Time

Perhaps it was the recent expose of my sorely lacking talent-evaluation chops. My literary rambling appears to have shaken loose…

My All-Time Tough (‘n’ Good) Team

Last week, good friend and fellow tough hockey aficionado Tom Blanciak asked me to compile my all-time toughest and most…

Penguins History: Top Ten Power Forwards

Maybe it’s the fact that the Penguins have invited hulking Brian Boyle to training camp. But it got me to…