Posts About "Mike Sullivan"
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...
