14 Penguins Goals That Almost Were (Part 1) The Hockey Writers | December 30, 2014 It’s countdown season and so far there have been plenty of outstanding lists from the contributors here at The Hockey Writers over the past two weeks. After watching all the…
Why Won’t the Penguins Shoot the Puck? Brady Smith | December 6, 2014 You win hockey games by scoring the puck; you score the puck by shooting it into the opposition’s net. As straight forward as that seems, it’s becoming a problem for…
What We’ll Learn About the Penguins this December The Hockey Writers | December 2, 2014 Instead of looking back and asking what did we learn from the Penguins play through the first quarter of the NHL season, I am going to look forward and ask…
Despite Health Scares, Pens Have Plenty of Reasons to be Thankful The Hockey Writers | November 27, 2014 There has been no other team in recent memory that has gone through such dramatic health scares in one year as the Pittsburgh Penguins. In January defenseman Kris Letang suffered…
Hockey News: Oilers Trade Rumors; Pat Quinn Tribute Marcy Di Michele | November 26, 2014 Bo Horvat is staying in the NHL. [YouTube] These are the NHL’s highest paid players. [Forbes] Patric Hornqvist is great. James Neal who? [Pens Initiative] Evgeni Malkin is a polarizing…
For Pens, Victory over Boston Brought More than Just 2 Points The Hockey Writers | November 26, 2014 Last week was a turbulent one for the Pittsburgh Penguins. They started their week by not only beating, but shutting out the team with the most points in the NHL,…
Is Rangers-Penguins Becoming the Metro’s Best Rivalry? Tannor Torrao | November 16, 2014 They say that familiarity breeds contempt. Since the end of April, the Pittsburgh Penguins and New York Rangers have met nine times, seven of those in the Eastern Conference Semifinals…
Hockey News: Malkin Fights Phaneuf; Hartnell Returns Marcy Di Michele | November 15, 2014 Rick Jeanneret is set to make his return to the Sabres broadcast booth. [Puck Daddy] Martin Hanzal was so hot last night. [Leader Post] Sidney Crosby has Connor McDavid’s back.…
Time To “Beau-lieve” in Beau Bennett Adam Williams | November 10, 2014 An Off-Season to Forget The 2014-15 season was going to be a season of redemption, a season of proving people wrong for the Pittsburgh Penguins. After losing three straight games…
The Penguins Aren’t Just Heating up, They’re on Fire Allie LaCombe | November 3, 2014 The Pittsburgh Penguins, one of the most offensively dominant teams in the NHL, have been on quite the hot streak during these first 10 opening games. The Pens have the…
Hockey News: Scott Darling Wins Debut; Nick Foligno Injured Marcy Di Michele | October 27, 2014 Seriously, how does John Scott still have a job? [NESN] Can’t help but feel good for a guy like Scott Darling. [Sun Times] A hand-cuffing contract to Rob Scuderi, overpaying…
Ilya Kovalchuk: KHL Check Up and Look Into the Future Devin Slawson | October 20, 2014 Well, Ilya Kovalchuk is now well into his second season as a full time KHL player. Hard to believe its only been a year and 2 months since Kovalchuk announced…