Posts About "Bryan Rust"
First Line Vital for Penguins
January 23rd, 2017 The Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the Boston Bruins this past Sunday afternoon. More accurately, you could say that their top line did. This line, composed of Conor Sheary, Sidney Crosby and Bryan Rust, combined to produce three of the Penguins’ five goals for the night. Sheary (two goals, one assist) and Crosby (one goal, two...
Sheary & Rust Give Penguins Bang for The Buck
December 26th, 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 contracts that cost much less than those of the more established players on the team. Three of the forwards called up to play with the...
Regulation Losses Not on Pens' Menu
December 22nd, 2016 After the Pittsburgh Penguins' recent win over the then-division-leading New York Rangers, here's a look back at how they again rose to the top of the most streaky division in hockey right now, the Metropolitan Division. When You're Hot, You're Hot When checking for the Pens' last loss in regulation, you've got to go back 10 games,...
Malkin Finally Passing the Eye Test... Again
December 16th, 2016 Evgeni Malkin has been on a point-per-game scoring pace for the past five seasons. If we were to compare those five seasons to the five seasons before those, it wouldn’t be remiss to believe that Malkin’s production is slipping. What Once Was... Once considered perhaps the third or fourth best hockey player in the world, Malkin is...
Recap: Bruins Fall to Penguins in Overtime
December 14th, 2016 After getting off to a slow start, Bruins vs. Penguins contest turned into a good battle. There were some big hits, huge saves and seven total goals to keep the fans entertained. On the way to overtime, the Bruins saw their lead vanish twice as Pittsburgh proved to be a tough team to finish off. First Period The first half of the...
Too Early to Abandon Penguins Successful Approach
October 19th, 2016 The Pittsburgh Penguins are 2-1-1 through four games and already, despite how unpredictable hockey can be in early October, folks are calling for change. Let's take a step back, please. The Penguins and head coach Mike Sullivan have plenty of issues to address in this young season. Splitting up the ever so popular and very successful...