Posts About "Mike Bales"

Penguins' Biggest Offseason Losses Are From Staff

July 8th, 2017 There is a price that comes with winning, and the Pittsburgh Penguins are paying up this offseason in a big way. Winning teams get picked apart by the rest of the league. It's the circle of life, and in a way, it's kind of beautiful. The highest-profile offseason losses for the Penguins have so far been the players. Marc-Andre...

Priorities Lead Hurricanes to Snag Mike Bales

June 20th, 2017 Ron Francis, general manager of the Carolina Hurricanes, has been busy this offseason restructuring pieces of his coaching staff. Most recently, Francis snagged Mike Bales from the Pittsburgh Penguins to be his team's new goalie coach. In the team's announcement regarding Bales, Francis is quoted as saying, Mike has a proven history of...

Mike Bales and the Resurgence of Marc-Andre Fleury

June 8th, 2015 For many Pittsburgh Penguins fans, the bitter taste of the 2013 Eastern Conference Final sweep at the hands of the Boston Bruins is a distant, repressed memory. The most recent season pushed that calamity even further into the rearview mirror thanks to the exceptional performance of goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury. His dismal play in...

Marc-Andre Fleury: The Road to Resurgence

May 9th, 2014 Game 1 of the 2007 playoffs against Ottawa defined Fleury's early career struggles at the NHL level.