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Penguins Topple Mighty Rangers 4-1

  By Rick Buker
  January 20, 2012
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It’s hard to believe that scarcely seven days ago observers (like me) were ready to shovel dirt on the Penguins following their sixth-straight loss. What a difference a week makes. In arguably their finest effort of the season, the piping-hot Pens rode the stellar goaltending of Marc-Andre Fleury and another big-time performance by Evgeni Malkin to a 4-1 win over the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden.

Determined to make a statement against the front-running Rangers, the visitors bolted from the starting gate like a pack of Kentucky Derby thoroughbreds. Just past the three-minute mark Paul Martin sailed down the slot and banged the puck off Henrik Lundqvist’s pads. Chris Kunitz pounced on the rebound and blew it past “King Henrik” for his first goal in eight games.

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Penguins Edge ‘Canes 2-1 in Shootout

  By Rick Buker
  January 18, 2012
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The Penguins continued to distance themselves from an ugly six-game slide with a crisp 2-1 shootout win over Carolina at CONSOL Energy Center on Tuesday night. The victory—the club’s third in a row—vaulted the black and gold past idle Florida and into sixth place in the Eastern Conference standings.

Although the Hurricanes entered the contest with the sixth-fewest points in the league, they hardly were an easy mark. The visitors pounced on the Penguins early, thanks to some fierce forechecking by the Jeff Skinner line. Jussi Jokinen outworked Steve Sullivan in the left-wing corner and dished a pretty cross-ice pass to Jamie McBain skating in from the right point. The young ‘Canes defender made no mistake and drilled the puck past Marc-Andre Fleury for his fourth goal of the season.

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Penguins History: Keith McCreary

  By Rick Buker
  January 17, 2012
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One of the earliest Penguins heroes, Vernon “Keith” McCreary typified the teams of the late 1960s and early 70s. While hardly a star, he was a diligent two-way player who always gave his best effort.

As a youngster growing up on the shores of Lake Bernard in central Ontario, McCreary dreamed of one day playing in the NHL like his older brother, Bill. While skating for his hometown Junior B team—the Sundridge Beavers—Keith drew the attention of the fabled Montreal Canadiens, who signed him to a pro contract.

McCreary quickly established himself as a player of promise, twice earning All-Star honors as a member of the Hull-Ottawa Canadiens of the EPHL. He got his first taste of big-league action when Montreal called him up for a nine-game cameo in 1964-65.

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Video: Vincent Lecavalier Embarrasses Self Sucker Punches Malkin

  By Phil Krundle
  January 15, 2012
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Vincent Lecavalier did the most unmanly thing that I’ve seen on ice since Ned Braden did the striptease at center ice. Lecavalier sucker punches Malkin not once but twice.

Malkin, Penguins Short Circuit Lightning 6-3

  By Rick Buker
  January 15, 2012
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The Tampa Bay Lightning entered Sunday afternoon’s contest with Pittsburgh lugging an unsightly six-game losing streak. If Guy Boucher’s crew was expecting any sympathy from the Penguins—who only recently snapped a six-game slide of their own—they were sadly mistaken. Paced by Evgeni Malkin’s natural hat trick and a pair of power-play tallies from James Neal, the black and gold burned the skidding Bolts 6-3.

Trouble started early for the home team. Scoring ace Steven Stamkos dug the Lightning a hole when he handed the Penguins a power play just 46 seconds into the contest. Malkin pried the puck off the right sideboards to Paul Martin, who found Neal stationed along the goal line. The big winger whipped his 23rd goal of the season past Mathieu Garon from a sharp angle to stake the Pens to a 1-0 lead.

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Penguins Bust Out Against Panthers 4-1

  By Rick Buker
  January 14, 2012
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Hockey players are famously superstitious. Many suffer from triskaidekaphobia—a fear of the number 13. Fortunately, the Penguins aren’t among them. On the contrary, 13 players have captained the black and gold on a full-time basis. Penguins superstars captured the Art Trophy 13 times. So perhaps it was fitting that the Pens snapped their worst losing streak in recent memory with a 4-1 win over Florida … on Friday the 13th.

The victory capped off an emotional day for the boys from the ‘Burgh. Amid rumors of internal strife over the status of injured captain Sidney Crosby, each player took to the ice for the morning skate with a ‘C’ stitched on his jersey. General manager Ray Shero addressed the team’s recent woes by declaring, “We will make the playoffs.”

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Pittsburgh Penguins First Half of the 2011/2012 Season Report

  By PenguinPoop.com
  January 13, 2012
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It’s the halfway point of the Penguins season and right now the Penguins are in the midst of one of their biggest downturns in recent history. They say you can learn from the past so we’ve put together a group of long time Penguins fans, one of whom who wrote a couple books on the Pens, to review how the Penguins season has shaped up so far and what you have to look forward to.

We are going to kick it off with STH35 who’s been a Penguins season ticket holder for 38 years.

0sth STH35: The first half of the 2011-2012 season has been a nightmare for the Pens. Amazingly enough, the worst day was 11-21-11 – the day Sid came back. The team was holding their own in anticipation of his return. Then eight short games later, he was gone again. This time, the air went out of the balloon and has not returned.

The loss of Letang was devastating. He is irreplaceable. 25 minutes a game. Powerplay. Penalty kill. Puck mover. Physical. Intense desire to win. There is no one else like him on the roster – maybe not in the League.

Now Staal is gone for a month or so and it seems that the Pens’ drive to win has disappeared. Even with the adversity there should ...

Penguins Topple Mighty Rangers 4-1

Penguins Edge ‘Canes 2-1 in Shootout

Penguins History: Keith McCreary

Video: Vincent Lecavalier Embarrasses Self Sucker Punches Malkin

Malkin, Penguins Short Circuit Lightning 6-3

Penguins Bust Out Against Panthers 4-1

Pittsburgh Penguins First Half of the 2011/2012 Season Report

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