Steve Rodenbaugh
I am a retired Navy pilot now flying in the airline industry. I graduated from Miami University (Ohio) with a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science and a Master's Degree in International Relations from the Navy War College and Salve Regina University. I worked as a featured columnist for Bleacher Report for 3 years covering the Pittsburgh Pirates, Steelers and Penguins and now cover the Penguins for The Hockey Writers
Author's Posts
Penguins Enter the Postseason With Momentum
April 10th, 2019 After a tumultuous season, one in which the only thing consistent about them at times seemed to be their inconsistency, the Pittsburgh Penguins have advanced to the postseason for a league-best 13th straight season. Having narrowly avoided a season-ending regulation loss on home ice to the New York Rangers that would have...
Newest Penguins Proving Their Worth
April 4th, 2019 With 10 wins in their last 16 games and on the verge of clinching on a playoff spot for a league-best 12th straight season, the Pittsburgh Penguins are in a much better position than they were not so long ago. Having survived injuries to key players, such as Kris Letang and Brian Dumoulin, and a lack of production from others who...
Penguins' Gudbranson Trade Infuriates Some Fans
March 6th, 2019 Jim Rutherford has done it again. No, he didn't hoist the Stanley Cup for the fourth time as a general manager, nor win another NHL Executive of the Year Award or even make the biggest splash at the NHL trade deadline as he did last season. He has traded for defenseman Erik Gudbranson and, in doing so, once again has...
Penguins Get Depth & Flexibility in Bjugstad, Blueger & McCann
February 7th, 2019 As strange as it may sound, the Pittsburgh Penguins have had a problem at the center position the past two seasons. Despite being blessed with two of the most dominant center icemen of their generation in Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin, the lack of production from the rest of the centers has been a thorn in the...
Jim Rutherford Gives the Pittsburgh Penguins a New Identity
February 3rd, 2019 Ever since he replaced Ray Shero as general manager of the Pittsburgh Penguins on June 6, 2014, Jim Rutherford seems to have known that he had to be aggressive in order to return the Penguins to the status of Stanley Cup contender. Patience, although it is a virtue, was not a sound strategy for a team whose top two stars,...