It’s Time to Put Kris Letang Into the Norris Trophy Conversation Mike Colligan | December 14, 2010 By Mike Colligan A look into the recent history of the Pittsburgh Penguins franchise reveals no shortage of legendary offensive players. Mario Lemieux, Jaromir Jagr, Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin –…
Interviews with Team Executives Leading up to HBO 24/7: Penguins-Capitals Mike Colligan | December 10, 2010 Following Pittsburgh’s 3-2 win over the Atlanta Thrashers on December 2nd, I stepped outside the locker room with Penguins Vice President of Communications Tom McMillan to ask him a few…
Bill Guerin Talks Retiring as a Penguin, Malkin in his Office, and a Heinz Field Preview Mike Colligan | December 6, 2010 Lindsay Applebaum at the Washington Post says this is the official NHL rendering of the Winter Classic at Heinz Field that will be released later today. Unless this photo passed…
Sidney Crosby Moves Into Mario Lemieux’s Realm Mike Colligan | December 3, 2010 PITTSBURGH – In the 1990’s, I remember witnessing Mario Lemieux score four goals or seven points at the Civic Arena and thinking to myself: ‘try to remember this moment, you’ll…
5 Interesting Details from the 2010 Forbes NHL Team Valuations Mike Colligan | December 2, 2010 By Mike Colligan Forbes has released their annual NHL franchise valuations for 2010 and, for the most part, results were as anticipated. The Phoenix Coyotes are bleeding cash and the…
Is This Rock Bottom? Should the Penguins Bring Back Bill Guerin? Mike Colligan | November 11, 2010 By Mike Colligan The Pittsburgh Penguins led the Boston Bruins 4-2 after two periods of play Wednesday night and were well on their way to closing out their most impressive…
Who is Mark Letestu of the Pittsburgh Penguins? Mike Colligan | November 10, 2010 By Mike Colligan You’ll be hard-pressed to find an NHL shootout where the first five shooters possess higher than a 40% career success rate. On Saturday night, it happened as…
Jordan Staal Suffers Fractured Hand Mike Colligan | November 1, 2010 By Mike Colligan Is there an end in sight to the constant stream of bad news for Pittsburgh Penguins forward Jordan Staal? The former ‘Iron Man’ was nearing a return…
Kerry Fraser Talks Mario Lemieux; Penguins Notes on Staal, Malkin, Engelland Mike Colligan | October 31, 2010 How many officials can you identify by name in today’s NHL? For me, it’s no more than a handful. Without names on the back of the jerseys, referees have been…
The Hockey Writers Live: Sunday 6pm ET with Richard Pollock and Andrew Rodger Mike Colligan | October 29, 2010 On Sunday at 6pm EST, another episode The Hockey Writers Live airs with hosts Mike Colligan and Rick Gethin. This week, the THW Live team is joined by guests Richard…
Join THW and Scott Norton For a Chance To Win Kerry Fraser’s New Book Mike Colligan | October 25, 2010 On Sunday night’s episode of The Hockey Writers Live, Mike Colligan and Rick Gethin announced that THW is teaming up with Scott Norton of Norton Sports Management to spread the…
What Really Happened With Eric Tangradi? Mike Colligan | October 10, 2010 As the Pittsburgh Penguins prepared for the start of the regular season on Wednesday, 21-year-old Eric Tangradi was on cloud nine. “I will be there tomorrow. Nothing but smiles since…
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