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Mountaineers lose first two Big 12 games

Mountaineers lose first two Big 12 games

Alonzo Adams-USA TODAY Sports Good morning! This is the Shotgun Throwdown, your daily West Virginia sports roundup. Welcome, By-Godders, to The Shotgun/Throwdown, WVU’s best place for sports links, information, sophomoric humor, and daily distractions. Big 12 play is always a brutal conference schedule, and West Virginia’s roster full of transfers is learning that very quickly…read more »

Fenway Park transforms for NHL’s 14th annual Winter Classic

Fenway Park, the majors’ oldest active ballpark, was transformed into an outdoor hockey arena for the NHL’s 14th annual Winter Classic on Monday afternoon. With the logos of the two teams — the Boston Bruins and Pittsburgh Penguins — hanging high atop the seats above the park’s fabled 37-foot Green Monster, the league’s annual marquee…read more »

Top Five Games for Mountaineer Athletics in January

Top Five Games for Mountaineer Athletics in January

Ben Queen-USA TODAY Sports Check out this month’s biggest matchups for West Virginia! As we head into 2023, the rifle team is a national contender again at #5 in the country, men’s basketball just jumped to #24, and the gymnastics team is starting the year at #32. Let’s take a look at January’s biggest games…read more »

Pens Points: Fenway Falter

For a solid portion of Monday’s Winter Classic between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Boston Bruins, it was the Penguins controlling the play and out working the league best Bruins, but they were only rewarded with a single goal from Kasperi Kapanen. Still, the Penguins once again held a third period lead but could not…read more »

NHL roundup: Bruins win Winter Classic on late goal

Jan 3, 2023 | 2:05 AM Jake DeBrusk scored a pair of third-period goals to lead the Boston Bruins to a 2-1 win over the visiting Pittsburgh Penguins on Monday afternoon in the NHL Winter Classic at Fenway Park. DeBrusk netted the winner with 2:24 left in regulation, following the play after Taylor Hall cut…read more »

DeBrusk rallies Bruins past Penguins, 2-1 in Winter Classic

Jake DeBrusk scored his second goal of the third period with just over two minutes remaining and the NHL-leading Boston Bruins rallied for a 2-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins in the Winter Classic on Monday at Fenway Park. Linus Ullmark made 26 saves for Boston, which is 8-0-3 in its last 11 games. Because…read more »

Recap: Bruins come back to beat Penguins, 2-1, in Winter Classic

Two goals from Jake DeBrusk in the third period led the Boston Bruins to a comeback win over the Pittsburgh Penguins this afternoon at Fenway Park in the 2023 Winter Classic. Linus Ullmark also made 26 saves today in the win to improve his record to 21-1-1. You dream of scoring in the Winter Classic,”…read more »