Posts About "Mike Sullivan"
Top 5 Coaches of the Decade
April 8th, 2020 As a new decade begins, it is important to take a step back and reflect on all the history that was made over the past 10 years. The NHL has seen many coaches come and go over the past 10 years, especially within the past month or two of the current season. In a time where the turnover rate among coaches is high and their leashes are...
Penguins' Sullivan in the Running for Jack Adams
March 4th, 2020 Over the course of the 2019-20 Pittsburgh Penguins’ season, a lot of talk has been floating around regarding head coach Mike Sullivan being a candidate for the NHL’s Jack Adams Award for league’s best coach. Given the injury-riddled season the Penguins have had, it makes sense he is near the top of that conversation. If...
Penguins’ Sullivan has Strong Case for Jack Adams
December 20th, 2019 Entering the 2019-20 campaign with the NHL's longest active playoff streak, 13 consecutive appearances, the Pittsburgh Penguins faced fairly high expectations, as usual. So far, they have a solid grip on the Eastern Conference's top wild-card spot, but it hasn't come easily. On the surface, head coach Mike Sullivan is in line with...
Penguins' 2010s All-Decade Team: Goaltenders and Head Coach
December 16th, 2019 A good goaltender and head coach will get you into the playoffs, but a great goaltender and head coach will win you a Stanley Cup. The Pittsburgh Penguins are fortunate to have two great goaltenders and a head coach who inspires his team every night. To qualify for the all-decade team, goaltenders must have played 50 games. This...
Old Cogs, New Tricks? Penguins Eye Reboot After Flameout
October 2nd, 2019 CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, Pa. — The Pittsburgh Penguins began the franchise’s longest off-season in more than a decade with general manager Jim Rutherford talking about the need for its stars to get past the complacency he feared had crept in during consecut...
Penguins Excited for Fresh Start After Disappointing Finish
September 14th, 2019 CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, Pa. — The Pittsburgh Penguins are excited for a fresh start. Sidney Crosby and the Penguins became the first team in a generation to win consecutive championships a little more than two years ago. But the Penguins stumbled into an e...
Penguins’ Sullivan’s Elite Coaching Reaps Rewards
July 8th, 2019 The Pittsburgh Penguins last four seasons have been nothing short of exciting: four playoff runs, two Stanley Cup championships, two victory parades, and 189 wins, 174 of which came under the direction of head coach Mike Sullivan. On July 5, the organization signed Sullivan to a four-year contract extension that runs through the...
Penguins Sign Mike Sullivan to Extension
July 5th, 2019 PITTSBURGH — Mike Sullivan is sticking around to see if he can add to his Stanley Cup collection with the Pittsburgh Penguins. The club announced Friday that it has signed Sullivan — who guided the Penguins to championships in 2016 and 2017 — to a four...
NHL Rumors: Cooper, Canucks, Penguins, More
April 18th, 2019 In today's NHL rumor rundown, there are updates on the Vancouver Canucks and their blue line, the Tampa Bay Lightning are not going to abandon their coach, and the Pittsburgh Penguins will keep their coach but may move some key names. What Will the Canucks Do on Their Blue Line? Ben Kuzma of the Vancouver Province writes the...
Penguins Nearly at Full Strength as Islanders Loom
April 9th, 2019 Pittsburgh Penguins coach Mike Sullivan spent a significant portion of his team's choppy season in search of healthy bodies. Ten players — including stars Evgeni Malkin and Kris Letang and goaltender Matt Murray — missed at least 10 games, a spate of i...
Penguins Pulpit: Last Place in the Eastern Conference
November 19th, 2018 Last week, general manager Jim Rutherford threatened changes if his team's play didn't improve. It looked like the threats worked, with the Pittsburgh Penguins finishing their week with a hard-fought 2-1 loss to the Washington Capitals and a 4-0 win against the Arizona Coyotes. But the momentum was short-lived. The team fell flat on...
Penguins Unlikely to Win Kessel Trade
June 1st, 2018 Let’s say hypothetically that a team has a player—let’s call him Bill Tessel—who finished the season as one of the NHL's top-10 point producers. He recently helped his team to two consecutive championships and was noted by not one but two different Presidents as being a Stanley Cup champion. Tessel is a fan favorite and...
Hagelin Heating Up Matched with Malkin
January 27th, 2018 With his shaggy Swedish locks and jaw-dropping speed, Pittsburgh Penguins winger Carl Hagelin is hard to miss. He’s ferocious in short-handed situations, a nuisance on the forecheck and never seems to stop moving around the ice. Wherever the puck happens to be, Hagelin is going to be there. But, for all his tenacity and energy, the one...
