Conner McTague
Conner McTague is a recent graduate of the Journalism program at Durham College. He covers the Pittsburgh Penguins for The Hockey Writers. He hopes to make a career out of sports reporting.
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Penguins Pulpit: Late Leads, Murray & Guentzel
March 25th, 2019 The Pittsburgh Penguins have provided plenty of scares along the way but will earn their 13th consecutive playoff berth in the coming days barring a complete collapse over the season's final two weeks. In what was their first of an undetermined number of weeks without star center Evgeni Malkin, the Penguins managed to pick up five...
Penguins Pulpit: Malkin, Kessel & Gudbranson
March 19th, 2019 The Pittsburgh Penguins inched closer to a playoff berth by earning five of eight possible points this week, but things could've, and should've, gone better than they did. However, with the Montreal Canadiens fading from contention, the Penguins still exited the week seven points clear in a playoff spot. The team started strong on...
Penguins Pulpit: Murray, Simon & McCann
March 12th, 2019 The Pittsburgh Penguins aren't promised a playoff spot yet, but if they keep having more weeks like their most recent one, the letter "X" should appear by their name before the calendar turns to April. In a four-game week that featured two matchups against a team that's chasing them, the Columbus Blue Jackets, and meetings...
Penguins Pulpit: Schultz, Crosby and Murray
March 5th, 2019 Under head coach Mike Sullivan, the Pittsburgh Penguins seem to be at their best when dealing with adversity, and they've certainly dealt with a lot of it over the last week. After losing Brian Dumoulin and Kris Letang to a concussion and neck injury, respectively, in addition to already missing Olli Maatta, the Penguins were down three...
Penguins Trade for Gudbranson Is a Head Scratching Move
February 26th, 2019 I mentioned a few days ago that the worst move the Pittsburgh Penguins could make at the 2019 Trade Deadline would be dealing for Alex Chiasson of the Edmonton Oilers. It appears Penguins general manager Jim Rutherford saw that and decided to blindside everybody with a jaw-dropping trade. The Penguins sent Tanner Pearson to the...
Penguins Pulpit: Letang, Dumoulin, Aston-Reese and a Deadline Target
February 25th, 2019 The Pittsburgh Penguins entered the week in control of their destiny, but now exit it in pursuit of the Carolina Hurricanes, Montreal Canadiens and Columbus Blue Jackets. I mentioned in last week's Penguins Pulpit that they'd likely need to earn at least five of a possible six points this week to stay ahead of the pack, so...
