Comments on: Penguins Score Big Off the Ice

By: Coach Bombay

Coach Bombay — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 17:32:01 +0000

The wives and girlfriends are active on their own. This year they did Operation Christmas Child. In past years around the holidays they help put together stockings or baskets of stuff representing the guys’ interests to be auctioned off for charity, one year they did a cookbook, all kinds of great projects. They always help at the gates with the Toys for Tots collections and sometimes with other collections for causes that are close to their hearts. In addition, they often get each other involved in charities that they have become connected to, either here in Pittsburgh or back in their hometowns, just as the guys often have individual charities that they work with outside of the team.

Quite honestly, from that picture, I wouldn’t want to misidentify anyone (that’s as good as that picture gets). I also haven’t had the opportunity to be around any of the wives or girlfriends of the new additions to the team, so I’m got going to take any chances. I will tell you that anytime that I have interacted with any of the wives or girlfriends (and occasionally the kids) of any of the players or coaches, they have been extremely nice and a pleasure to work with.

By: Alena Ramos

Alena Ramos — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 21:06:42 +0000

It’s great to see not only the players but their wives are involved too. Do you by any chance know what wives are featured in the photo?

By: Coach Bombay

Coach Bombay — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 22:33:49 +0000

I agree. We sometimes, especially when we are frustrated with the on-ice product, forget all the good that the players do for the community. With the holidays coming up, it just seemed like a good time to highlight just a few of the things the guys and the team does. Of course, they do things year round both here and in their hometowns, both through the team and through their own charities. Hockey players are generally very grounded and give back to their communities for the right reasons…not because it will get their team exposure on the news that night. I think that in that sense, hockey players are the unsung heroes of the sports community.

By: Jamie Dawn Chrobak

Jamie Dawn Chrobak — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 20:06:09 +0000

I’ve been a Penguins fan since the early 90′s and our players have always had a big heart when it came to helping people and children in need.We have the best players here that care about people and their fans and very proud to be a Penguins fan now and forever. Our Penguins plyers are the classiest guys in the league.I love my Penguin players! Let’s Go Pens!!