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Wheeling Nailers Turmoil Has Johnstown Searching for a New Team

Written by Phil Krundle

The sale of the Wheeling Nailers has Johnstown wondering if the War Memorial will have a tenant next year. JLPens, from our PenguinPoop Johnstown office has filed this report:

It’s that time of the year again for revolving door Minor League Franchises. Have a couple of updates for you. First the Wheeling Nailers are now up for sale, which of course has a direct impact on the Penguins/Wilkes Barre. We know the Pens like to use their system throughout their minor league teams as well to make any up and down movement as seamless as possible. With all the injuries the last couple of years, the Baby Pens have certainly benefited from the Nailer’s. The Brooks Brother’s want to READ MORE »

Hockeyday in America? How About Hockeyday in Poland for Hardcore Penguins Fans.

Feb 19
2012 4 Comments

Written by Phil Krundle

While Penguins fans from all over America today are wearing their Jerseys to show support of hockey today. Here are some hardcore Pittsburgh Penguins fans from Poland who support them in a country where most don’t even have a clue they exist. Mateusz Ostrowski from Penguins.pl files this report:

The collapse of communist regime and the beginning of democratic transition in Poland in 1989 arguably was one of the brightest moments of the country’s history. The positive impact of democracy and capitalism is out of question. However, for some particular areas of communist Poland, the dawn of new order was the beginning of big trouble. When it comes to industry, it was the light industry taking a huge blow. When it comes to transport, it’s the railroads still struggling to find their way to operate in the free market reality. And finally, when it comes to sports, without any doubt the biggest victim was ice hockey.

In new reality, where all of a sudden everything has to make sense from financial point of view, Polish ice hockey was READ MORE »

How Does Penguins Sidney Crosby Fit in Amid Malkamania?

Feb 15
2012 8 Comments

Written by Phil Krundle

Let’s face it. Barring injury, these are Evgeni Malkin’s Penguins. Sidney Crosby’s eventual return to the Penguins will leave Dan Bylsma with some big decisions. It was originally thought that James Neal was brought in to be the much needed big winger for Crosby, but as it worked out Neal, Malkin & Chris Kunitz are putting up numbers that make them the number one line in the NHL right now.

The Penguins power play is clicking in unaccustomed fashion at 7th in the NHL right now, up ten spots from the last time Crosby was the power play’s headline feature.

So where does Crosby fit in on the power play? He will definitely not be READ MORE »

Alexander Ovechkin Stole James Neal’s All-Star Spot

Jan 21
2012 24 Comments

Written by Phil Krundle

The number one goal scoring left winger in the NHL, James Neal is currently without a spot on the NHL All-Star Game roster and barring injury to a player currently on the roster he’ll be sitting at home watching the game on TV.

The NHL invites 24 total players who play offense onto their All-Star squad. Three of which are voted in by the NHL fans. Three players from Ottawa, the home of the All-Star game, were voted in by the fans. We should all be aware of how the voting works here in Pittsburgh. If you are not, reference how Kristopher Allen Letang landed an All-Star spot last year. Who doesn’t respect a good grass roots voting campaign especially in an election year.

The other 21 players are voted in by what is called the NHL’s Hockey Operations Department. Picking these players would be a seemingly easy task if it wasn’t for the fact that you want to include one player from every team. That starts to complicate things a tiny bit, but the NHL created the “Rookie” All-Star game to help alleviate that problem.

For reasons unknown Alexander Ovechkin is on the All-Star team. Ranked 43rd overall in the NHL in scoring you would think maybe he made it because of the READ MORE »

Sidney Crosby Needs to Re-Think Hockey

Jan 04
2012 5 Comments

Written by Phil Krundle

If your the best hockey player on the planet the whole idea of re-imagining your game probably sounds like a poor idea at best. If you are the best player on the planet who has been injured and only able to play a handful of games over the course of a year then maybe it’s time to re-invent yourself.

Three games back from his 10 1/2 month concussion hiatus Sidney Crosby found himself in front of his own net defending his goaltender Marc Andre Fleury from Nick Foligno of the Ottawa Senators who just happened to collide “accidentally” with Fleury his second time during the game.

As admirable as Crosby’s deeds were, in hockey there are two types of READ MORE »

I Will be Standing Up Cheering Jaromir Jagr Tonight

Dec 29
2011 7 Comments

Written by Phil Krundle

What if we tried to make Pittsburgh not look stupid & petty tonight for the HBO 24/7 camera’s and national TV? Lemieux once got a standing ovation in Philadelphia when he showed up.

Today all I see and hear is reporters all over the radio, news print and social media telling me about how I should boo Jaromir Jagr tonight. I will not. Here is the truth… Jaromir Jagr was dying alive in Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh was trading every player around Jagr who made more than league minimum and was keeping Jagr around to sell tickets.

I’ve always been one that gets confused about how Heroes and Villains work in the Pittsburgh sports world. Jaromir Jagr didn’t say a word when the team was READ MORE »

Penguins Chase Miller From Net Twice, Beat Sabres 8-3

Dec 18
2011 Leave a Comment

Written by Phil Krundle

Jason Williams scored his first goal as a Pittsburgh Penguin 2 minutes into the game blasting a shot from the blue line past Buffalo Sabres goaltender Ryan Miller tonight and the Penguins never looked back. Four minutes later Pens Simon Despres scored his first ever NHL goal and a few minutes after that Evgeni Malkin scored his first of three goals on the night and boom Ryan Miller gets yanked from the game.

Buffalo’s Thomas Vanek skated right down the slot in between four Penguins and snapped one past Fluery to close the game to 3 to 1 giving Buffalo a tiny bit of false hope that was taken away no less than 5 minutes later when Malkin tucked a backhander past Buffalo’s goaltender of the moment Jhonas Enroth. Giving the Pens a 4-1 lead at the end of the first.

The start of the second saw the Sabres Ryan Miller start his second stint in net which was going great for him for all of 53 seconds right up until James Neal netted his 18th goal of the season off a nifty pass from Malkin who faked a pass across the slot. Pens defenseman James Engelland scored a goal at the READ MORE »

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Posts by Phil Krundle

Wheeling Nailers Turmoil Has Johnstown Searching for a New Team

Hockeyday in America? How About Hockeyday in Poland for Hardcore Penguins Fans.

How Does Penguins Sidney Crosby Fit in Amid Malkamania?

Alexander Ovechkin Stole James Neal’s All-Star Spot

Sidney Crosby Needs to Re-Think Hockey

I Will be Standing Up Cheering Jaromir Jagr Tonight

Penguins Chase Miller From Net Twice, Beat Sabres 8-3

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