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Mike Colligan

Mike Colligan is an NHL analyst at Forbes SportsMoney and The Hockey Writers. You can read all of his work at ColliganHockey.com. Email: MJColligan@gmail.com

Penguins Have Incentive to Bench Jussi Jokinen

Mike Colligan | May 23, 2013

Jussi Jokinen’s biggest contribution to the Penguins lineup is his faceoff ability.

Categories Pittsburgh Penguins

Ottawa Can’t Hide Their Norris Trophy Defenseman

Mike Colligan | May 19, 2013

Erik Karlsson’s frustration has led to indecision. He’s gone from all-important asset to outright liability.

Categories Ottawa Senators, Pittsburgh Penguins

Pascal Dupuis and His Stanley Cup Moment

Mike Colligan | May 16, 2013

It’s easy to see how another team might be willing to pay the 34-year-old Dupuis upwards of $5 million per year to shore up their top line and penalty kill.

Categories Pittsburgh Penguins

How Does the Penguins Penalty Kill Work?

Mike Colligan | May 10, 2013

“Penalty kill, power play, guys are doing a lot of different things that lead to success on this team,” Jarome Iginla said of the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Categories Pittsburgh Penguins

Tyler Kennedy and Life as a Healthy Scratch

Mike Colligan | May 10, 2013

Tyler Kennedy, despite his $2 million contract, was a healthy scratch for the first four games of the Islanders series.

Categories Pittsburgh Penguins

It’s Time to Unite Jarome Iginla and Sidney Crosby

Mike Colligan | May 6, 2013

Should Jarome Iginla be with Evgeni Malkin or Sidney Crosby? Right wing or left wing?

Categories Pittsburgh Penguins

What Happened to the Penguins in Game 2?

Mike Colligan | May 5, 2013

Penguins players had a tough time coming to a consensus on what went wrong and what needed to be done to regain control of the series.

Categories Pittsburgh Penguins

How the Penguins Fixed Their Defensive System

Mike Colligan | April 30, 2013

How is sluggish defenseman Douglas Murray surviving in the Penguins up-tempo system?

Categories Pittsburgh Penguins

2013 NHL Playoffs Schedule

Mike Colligan | April 28, 2013

The NHL released the schedule for the 2013 Quarterfinal playoff matchups on Sunday night:   2013 EASTERN CONFERENCE QUARTERFINALS #1 Pittsburgh vs. #8 NY Islanders Wednesday, May 1 7:30 p.m.…

Categories Uncategorized

Which Comes First: The System or the Player?

Mike Colligan | April 24, 2013

Why didn’t Zbynek Michalek work in Pittsburgh?

Categories Pittsburgh Penguins, Washington Capitals

Hartzell Signing May Reveal Big Plans For Penguins

Mike Colligan | April 15, 2013

Could Eric Hartzell be Pittsburgh’s goalie of the future?

Categories Pittsburgh Penguins

Yale Beats Quinnipiac 4-0 for First National Championship

Mike Colligan | April 13, 2013

PITTSBURGH — No NCAA Championship game since 1968 has gone scoreless through two periods.  Yale and Quinnipiac came close. They played 39 minutes and 56 seconds of entertaining, yet scoreless…

Categories College Hockey, National Juniors
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