The Pittsburgh Penguins enter this season with a new brain trust in place, and while the key pieces on the roster have gone unchanged, new head coach Mike Johnston will bring some philosophical changes to the program in an effort to prepare the team for a full 82-game schedule.
The Pittsburgh Penguins and Washington Capitals will each make the trip from the nation’s capital over to Pennsylvania on Tuesday for the second leg of a home-and-home series played on back-to-back nights.
Conference Leaders Clash – Pens Visit Ducks Friday Night
The Pittsburgh Penguins and the Anaheim Ducks meet in what is the marquee matchup on the NHL’s Friday night schedule with both teams looking to snap out of recent funks and looking to hold off their pursuers in their respective Conferences.
Penguins and Kings Meet For First Time In Two Years Thursday Night
A Heavyweight clash highlights a busy night in the NHL Thursday when the Pittsburgh Penguins head to Los Angeles to take on the Kings.
Maple Leafs and Penguins in Rubber Match of their Season Series Monday Night
The Toronto Maple Leafs will try to build some kind of momentum when they travel to Pittsburgh Monday night to take on a banged up Penguins team.
Jackets Try to Take Down Goliath – Columbus Visits Pittsburgh Monday Night
The Columbus Blue Jackets will try to stretch their modest win streak to three games Monday night when they travel to Pittsburgh to take on the Penguins who are coming off a loss to the Boston Bruins on Saturday.
Eastern Powers Clash – Bruins Host Penguins Monday Night
The marquee matchup on the NHL Monday night schedule takes place in Boston where the Pittsburgh Penguins return to Boston where they saw their playoff dreams end last year.
NHL news: Jaromir Jagr could return to Penguins
A couple of exciting reunions could be on the horizon for the 2011-12 NHL season.
NHL news: Wild hire Mike Yeo as head coach
The Minnesota Wild have their new head coach: Mike Yeo. After serving as an assistant with the Pittsburgh Penguins for five seasons, including the 2009 championship year, he took over as coach of the AHL’s Houston Aeros.
Here we go with today’s sports water cooler talk. Here, you won’t just find the straight news; you’ll find the stuff everyone is talking about – the ice breakers, the Twitter Sports Picks and topics…well, basically all the stuff you discuss at the water cooler.
Here we go with today’s sports water cooler talk. Here, you won’t just find the straight news; you’ll find the stuff everyone is talking about – the ice breakers, the Twitter Sports Picks and topics…well, basically all the stuff you discuss at the water cooler.
Here we go with today’s sports water cooler talk. Here, you won’t just find the straight news; you’ll find the stuff everyone is talking about – the ice breakers, the Twitter Sports Picks and topics…well, basically all the stuff you discuss at the water cooler.
We had to wait for the final Sunday on the final day of the 2009 NHL season, but we now know all of the playoff matchups for both the Western Conference (Preview tomorrow) and the Eastern Conference. Below we pick the NHL winners! The NHL’s second season begins this week!
For all of those critics that are trying to slam the brakes on the hype train powered by Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin, just remember that Wayne Gretzky didn’t exactly do so well in his first Stanley Cup either.
To me, this NHL season is such an open and shut case. The Detroit Red Wings were such an omnipotent force in the NHL last year; it was almost fruitless for the betting community to get excited about anyone else. The Penguins, Rangers and Habs all made us excited in the Eastern Conference, but for no apparent reason. Then the Stars and Sharks continued to wheel and deal in an effort to strengthen their rosters, but to no avail.
