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…
Send Us A Question For Georges Laraque Andrew Rodger | November 13, 2010 Our next guest for the “Ask the Alumni” series at The Hockey Writers is Georges Laraque. Be part of the interview, send us a question for “Big Georges Laraque”.
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…
A Little Penguins History To Go with the Unveiling of Pittsburgh’s 2011 Winter Classic Uniforms The Hockey Writers | October 28, 2010 by Stephanie Lewark Today the Penguins unveiled the uniforms they will be wearing on January 1st for the 2011 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic. The organization showed off the special threads…
The Day I (Almost) Killed Two Gretzkys – Book Review Christopher Ralph | October 21, 2010 Duthie’s humorous hockey/ sports comedy offering belongs right up there on the hockey library shelf with such legendary books as The Game by Ken Dryden and Searching For Bobby Orr by Stephen Brunt. Wait a minute – then why is it in my bathroom magazine rack!?!
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…
Pittsburgh Penguins A to Z Preview: Asham, Zbynek, and Everything in Between Mike Colligan | October 6, 2010 Instead of the traditional position preview, let’s take an alphabetical look at a few of the Pittsburgh Penguins high hopes, questions, and obstacles for the 2010-2011 season.
NHL Top 100 Prospect Rankings (Part 3: 26 to 50) Christopher Ralph | October 1, 2010 Christopher Ralph is THW’s prospect and draft analyst. To qualify for this list, a prospect has to be drafted or signed as a free agent and is eligible for the…