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Penguins History: When Durby and Battleship Ruled

I was going about my business last Tuesday when a good friend, Tom Blanciak, reminded me that it was the…

Penguins Tumble to New Low

The date was February 8, 2016. On that chilly Monday evening, the Penguins—still transforming under new coach Mike Sullivan—gave a…

Penguins History: So Why Do We Hate the Flyers So Much?

As our Penguins prepare to square off with the Philadelphia Flyers tonight in the latest installment of “The Battle of…

Penguins History: My Favorite Team

Over the course of their storied 50-year-history, the Penguins have iced all sorts of hockey teams. From the sublime to…

Penguins Pay a Steep Price for Victory

September 29, 1973. Brantford (Ontario) Civic Centre. The Pittsburgh Penguins squared off against their arch-nemesis—the truculent St. Louis Blues—in an…

Penguins Update: When Push Comes to Shove

Noted philosopher and poet George Santayana once wrote, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” There’s…

Penguins History: Toughest Fighters

For my fourth and final installment on the toughest Penguins ever, I’ve listed the guys I’d most want to have…

Penguins History: The Dirty (Half) Dozen

The Dirty (Half) Dozen features the Penguins players who were most likely to stray over the boundaries of fair and…