Archive for the ‘Hockey’ Category
Tuesday, June 16th, 2009
When you blog, you meet some good people along the way. The guys over at Detroit4lyfe and I try to work together by linking to each others stories in hopes of getting an increase in traffic. Before the cup finals, we started jawing about our hockey teams and ended up ...
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Saturday, June 6th, 2009
With the 2008-09 Pittsburgh Penguins battling the Detroit Red Wings for the Stanley Cup, I decided to compare this years team to the 1991-92 Penguins team that won back-to-back Stanley Cup championships. The only common link between the two teams is Mario Lemieux. Player then, owner now.
The 1991-92 Pens finished ...
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Sunday, April 12th, 2009
Congratulations go to Evgeni Malkin for winning the 2009 Art Ross Trophy. The Art Ross Trophy is awarded to the NHL scoring leader. The Penguins scored two 3rd period shorthanded goals to beat Monytreal in their regular season finale. Malkin scored his 35th sealing his first ever scoring championship.
Malkin joins ...
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Wednesday, April 1st, 2009
Sidney Crosby seems to have taken his latest loss in good humor. At a recent Pittsburgh Penguins practice, Crosby was defeated by new Head Coach Dan Blysma in a mock shootout. Crosby said the contest was fixed, but paid up on his bet, serving Gatorade to his teammates, in a ...
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Wednesday, March 25th, 2009
Don Cherry is a legendary announcer in Canada. After the comments he made about the Pittsburgh Penguins Evgeni Malkin, I'm not sure many people in the Steel City will be seeking his autograph. After watching this clip at least ten times and once in slow motion, I still can't seem ...
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Tuesday, March 10th, 2009
For the life of me, I can't seem to figure out why the 2008-2009 Pittsburgh Penguins can be so hot for a couple of weeks and then can't do anything right for the next couple of weeks. I understand that this years team is young, they need to mature and ...
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