By all accounts, he’s going to be shipped out of town before the March 3 trade deadline and Hextall and the Penguins should be serious about landing the Canucks captain. Penguins Defenseman Prime Trade Candidate for Canucks So, what’s it going to take to get Horvat out of Vancouver? Some feel the return would be…… read more »
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Two Penguins on Major Trophy Trajectory
PITTSBURGH – The Pittsburgh Penguins are one of the best team’s in the NHL through the opening two months of the 2022-23 season. With that level of performance comes national notoriety for their best players and the potential for major trophies at the end of the season. The last Penguins player to win a major…… read more »
P.O. Joseph’s Confidence with Penguins Can’t be Ignored
PITTSBURGH – Heading into the regular season, the Pittsburgh Penguins had a choice between Ty Smith and P.O. Joseph as a defenseman for the third pairing. While both young defenders put up a good fight, the Penguins ended up going with Joseph and you could argue he had the weaker preseason. Over 25 games played,…… read more »
The Shotgun/Throwdown: Tre Mitchell named Big 12 Player of the Week
Ben Queen-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. Senior big man Tre Mitchell has been named the Big 12 Men’s Basketball Player of the Week. Mitchell averaged 16.0 points,…… read more »
Tre Mitchell named Big 12 Player of the Week
Ben Queen-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. Senior big man Tre Mitchell has been named the Big 12 Men’s Basketball Player of the Week. Mitchell averaged 16.0 points,…… read more »
Evgeni Malkin might be on the verge of really breaking out this season
It might be the sign that his season is about to really start going well for him and the Penguins. While his goal-scoring had dried up a bit over the past few weeks, he was still generating offense and brought a five-game point streak into Monday’s game that saw him tally seven assists. Given the…… read more »
Goaltending is becoming an unexpected Penguins strength
Here’s the case for Jarry’s play being one of the factors leading the Penguins’ improvement: one thing that hasn’t changed throughout these wildly different stretches of the 2022-23 season is that the Penguins have consistently had one of the most porous defenses in the NHL. At an average of 34 shots against per game, the…… read more »
Pens Points: Malkin Magic
A goal just 19 seconds into the game put the Pittsburgh Penguins in a hole early but they never stop battling and clawed their way back for a 2-1 victory over the Dallas Stars to push their winning streak to six games. Pierre-Olivier Joseph evened the score with his first goal of the season on…… read more »
Malkin’s Late Goal Lifts Penguins Over Stars, 2-1
The playoffs are still months away for Pittsburgh and Dallas. Yet they provided a glimpse of what likely awaits each of them in the spring, a time of year when space gets tight and open ice essentially vanishes. For two of the NHL’s highest-scoring teams, playing responsibly on the defensive end in December can be…… read more »
Malkin’s late goal lifts Penguins past Stars 2-1
Evgeni Malkin pounced on a loose puck and fired it into the net with 35 seconds remaining to lift the Pittsburgh Penguins by the Dallas Stars 2-1 on Monday night.… read more »