Posts About "Phil Kessel"
5 Penguins Who Went From Supervillains to Superheroes
October 27th, 2018 There is always an opposing player that every city loves to hate. He gets away with the cheap shots, agitates the defense, or has the goalie’s number. The city hates him… until he becomes one of their own. The Pittsburgh Penguins and their fans are no stranger to this situation. Over the years, general managers have acquired former...
Penguins Pulpit: Kessel, 60-Minute Effort & Goalless Players
October 16th, 2018 After a four-day break following their second game of the season, the Pittsburgh Penguins returned to action with a two-game slate. On Thursday night, the team defeated the Vegas Golden Knights by a score of 4-2; with Phil Kessel recording his first hat trick as a Penguin. The story was different on Saturday night as the team was...
Kessel Is the Catalyst to the Penguins' Offense
October 13th, 2018 The Pittsburgh Penguins came out sluggish during their Thursday night tilt against the Vegas Golden Knights and found themselves down 1-0 after a Tomas Nosek backhander trickled by Casey DeSmith. The Penguins were being outplayed and heavily outshot, and looked like they were on the verge of being blown out in their own barn...
Phil Kessel - Biography
August 24th, 2018 Few players in the NHL have dealt with a rollercoaster-like career quite like the one Phil Kessel has. From being drafted high in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft to his battle with cancer and subsequent trade to the Toronto Maple Leafs, Kessel's career started off with as many peaks as it had valleys. After a tumultuous time in Toronto,...
Penguins Head-to-Head: Kessel vs. Kovalev
July 20th, 2018 We as followers of hockey loathe 'the dog days of summer' for reasons other than the sweltering heat. No games. Few roster moves. In fact, there is so little action, some of us get desperate and watch...baseball. The horror of it all. Fear not, my friends, for I am here to add some Pittsburgh Penguins talk to your life with a...
Oilers Should Consider Trading Nurse
July 15th, 2018 The Edmonton Oilers have made some decent, but non-glamourous signings in free agency this summer; something that was, for the most part, expected. Adding Tobias Rieder was certainly a smart signing and bringing back Kyle Brodziak will help their center depth. Still, few will look at what the Oilers did with these two additions and...
