Should the Penguins Be Worried? Julia Stumbaugh | January 13, 2017 On Thursday night, the Pittsburgh Penguins broke a year-long streak when they lost two games in a row in regulation time. That hasn’t happened since December 2015, in Mike Sullivan’s very first…
Penguins Know How to Produce Julia Stumbaugh | January 10, 2017 The Pittsburgh Penguins are leading the league in production totals so far this season. Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin are both ranked within the top-four players in the league in points,…
Is Tristan Jarry the Next Murray? Julia Stumbaugh | January 3, 2017 The choice between Pittsburgh’s two starting goaltenders, Marc-Andre Fleury and Matt Murray, has been a contentious topic all season. As of last week, there was a new element introduced to the…
Crosby’s Line Clicking Into Place Julia Stumbaugh | December 28, 2016 At this time last year, Sidney Crosby was flagging. Thirty-four games in, he only had 7 goals and was ranked 76th in the NHL in points. His record was so…
Sheary & Rust Give Penguins Bang for The Buck Julia Stumbaugh | December 26, 2016 When head coach Mike Sullivan joined the Penguins one year ago, he brought up with him players from Pittsburgh’s AHL affiliate, Wilkes-Barre Scranton. These forwards are currently with the Penguins on…
Schultz Stepping up for Penguins Julia Stumbaugh | December 20, 2016 Over the past two games, the Penguins’ defense has been forced to make some changes in light of Kris Letang and Trevor Daley’s recent week-to-week injuries. Letang and Daley were the…
Filling Gap Left by Injured Letang Julia Stumbaugh | December 16, 2016 Penguins head coach Mike Sullivan announced today that Kris Letang will be out for approximately two weeks with a lower-body injury after a few games of getting up worryingly slowly from…
Pittsburgh’s PK Can Do Better Julia Stumbaugh | December 11, 2016 The Pittsburgh Penguins’ penalty kill is so bad it’s breaking records. The team’s average penalty kill percentage is the worst it’s been in the past seven years. Excluding the shortened 2012…
Letang: Penguins’ Shootout Hero Julia Stumbaugh | December 2, 2016 On Saturday night, after Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin were both coolly denied by New Jersey Devils goaltender Keith Kinkaid, Kris Letang came through with a beautiful goal that brought the…
Who is Jake Guentzel? Julia Stumbaugh | November 25, 2016 Jake Guentzel made quite an entrance onto the Penguins’ roster at Monday night’s game against the Rangers, when he became the fastest player in Penguins history to score his first…
The Pittsburgh Goalie Pattern Julia Stumbaugh | November 18, 2016 Now that Matt Murray is healthy and regularly playing again, a question that has been brewing for half a year must be asked. Ever since Murray took on the starting…
Penguins’s Youth Are Stepping It Up Julia Stumbaugh | November 10, 2016 The two goals Conor Sheary scored against the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday night were important in more than just helping the Penguins to a single win — they showed the offensive…
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