Written by Like everyone else, I’m assuming that the Penguins will add Dustin Jeffrey, Eric Tangradi and Joe Vitale to the starting lineup tonight to replace the suspended Craig Adams, James Neal and Aaron Asham. Anyone else like me that thinks Stave McIntyre would be a better addition than Tangradi?
I’m not Embarrassed by the Pittsburgh Penguins Actions
Written by Oh, I was embarrassed Sunday. I was extremely embarrassed when the NBC announcers were sticking up for Scotty Hartnell and claiming along with Hartnell that he was getting his hair pulled. I have never been more embarrassed for the NHL as a sport in my 37 years of watching hockey.
I’m not one to kick my team when they are down so no matter how unpopular it has 
become, I stand by my teams actions on Sunday and will be standing by my hockey team the rest of the way. I am a Pittsburgh Penguins fan. I should have probably called this an open letter to Penguins fans.
I feel bad for all of the Penguins fans that have not been a fan long enough to see this kind of hockey played by the Penguins. What happened on Sunday is a common thing that has been going on in hockey since as long as I can remember. It most commonly has been referred to as sending a message for the next game. This is hockey folks, not dancing with the stars.
If the Penguins would have just rolled over and did nothing I would have been extremely embarrassed for the team. Instead there are two other things that happened on Sunday that were an embarrassment. One was the READ MORE »
Video: Craig Adams Suspended 1 Game for Pulling Hartnell’s Hair
Written by This was once again a horrendous call by Shannahan & the NHL. You can see on the bench Berube and Laviolette discussing sending out some Flyers. Berube goes up to Simmonds and tells him what he wants him to do.
Simmonds skates all the way from the Flyers net across the blueline to Neal, and Hartnell makes a b-line to Crosby. Even the announcers say that the referees were idiots. Shannahan has lost his mind. Bylsma was fined & Adams was suspended for instigating. Insane.
The NFL has a rule that states that you can tackle by the hair. Does the NHL really want to be a “he pulled my hair” league? This is not my fathers NHL.
The Penguins Need a Quick Adjustment
Written by I have been a Penguin fan for 40 years. I have had season tickets for 37 years. Watching the performance of this team in game 3 has to be the low point of the 40 years for me.
A part of being a Penguin fan has always included hating the Flyers. We hated the Flyers because of the stupid and childish things that they did. On Sunday I had to watch the Pens do stupid and childish things. The stupid things are too numerous to mention. The most childish act was Crosby knocking the Flyer’s glove away. He should be ashamed of himself. This is certainly no way for the captain of a hockey team to behave. I understand the frustration of being the Stanley Cup “favorite” and getting embarassed by your cross-state rival, but please have a little class.
It is very hard to have the Flyer fans call the Pens babies and be correct. If they think that these behaviors are bad, what must they think of their own team. The stupid and classless thing that their players and organization have been involved in are also too numerous to mention.
Surely Mario is upset by this performance. Here’s hoping that he READ MORE »
Penguins Get an ‘A’ for Atrocious
Written by I’ve been a die-hard Penguins fan for nearly 40 years. During that span there have been precious few times—especially since the arrival of Mario Lemieux—when I haven’t been proud of our team. But this is one of ‘em.
It isn’t that the Pens lost a crucial Game 3 to the piping-hot Flyers yesterday. Every team loses. Rather, it’s the way they lost that has my guts churning.
With their playoff lives on the line, our boys seemed infinitely more interested in extracting a pound of flesh than extending the series to … say … a Game 5. To make matters worse, the chief instigator in the team’s roguish and thoroughly undisciplined play was their leader and captain Sidney Crosby.
I’ve always had the utmost admiration and respect for Crosby. Not only is he an exceptional hockey player, but he’s a wonderful young man as well. However, this wasn’t Sid’s finest hour. Instead of focusing his energies on dissecting Philly’s defense, he seemed most intent on stirring up crap.
The team followed Crosby’s questionable lead to the hilt. Our best defenseman, Kris Letang, got tossed in the first period of a must-win game for fighting. Arron Asham cross-checked Brayden Schenn up high in response to a hard, but clean hit and then pounded his head into the ice for good measure. If I didn’t know better, I’d have sworn the Pens and Flyers had switched jerseys before the opening faceoff.
Flyers Outclass Penguins 8-4
Prior to the “Battle of Pennsylvania,” Flyers forward Scott Hartnell boldly proclaimed, “It’s going to be a bloodbath.” The Philly villain’s prediction came true—in spades—on Sunday afternoon during a raucous Game 3 at the Wells Fargo Center. In an ugly affair that featured 158 penalty minutes and battles galore, the Flyers outclassed the Pens 8-4 to gain a three-games-to-none stranglehold on the series.
While Philly shredded the Pens’ special teams (four power-play goals and a shorthander) the black and gold turned in a disgracefully undisciplined effort littered with enough turnovers, costly penalties, and shoddy goaltending to give coach Dan Bylsma and his staff nightmares all summer long.
The atmosphere was super-charged from the opening faceoff as the boorish Flyers faithful serenaded Pens captain Sidney Crosby with their favorite chorus. Jordan Staal silenced the overflow throng—briefly—at 3:52 when he handcuffed Ilya Bryzgalov with a crackling wrist shot from the right-wing circle to stake the Pens to an early lead.
It turned out to be the highpoint of the afternoon for the locals. Minutes later Marc-Andre Fleury handed the lead right back when he knocked Max Talbot’s shorthanded chip into his own net. With “Flower” struggling to regain his composure, Daniel Briere struck twice for the Flyers within a span of four minutes.
Trailing 3-1, the Pens had a complete meltdown. While Crosby tangled with Philly superstar Claude Giroux, Kris Letang engaged Kimmo Timonen to earn an early trip to the shower. Mayhem erupted again at the 14-minute mark when Arron Asham cross-checked Brayden Schenn up high following a hard, but clean check on teammate Paul Martin. “Ash” drew a match penalty for his brazen attempt at frontier justice.
Gameday Poop: Game 3 – Penguins vs. Flyers – One Game at a Time
Does anyone remember back in January when the Penguins lost six in a row and all you heard was about how the Penguins were done for the season? Right after that the Penguins won 8 games in a row. The Penguins also hold the longest winning streak in the NHL this year. They are a streaky team. One win turns this whole series around.
One game at a time. You hear the players say that phrase all the time. We’re going to take it one game at a time and see what happens. The Penguins need a win today. If the Pens get down 3-0 in the series against the Flyers, they would pretty have an insurmountable lead. Being down 2-1 in a series just doesn’t sound that bad at all.
Yesterday we discussed to no end what the Penguins need to do here at PenguinPoop and it would seem that most of us have came to the conclusion that the Flyers coach Laviolette has figured out a way to counter the Penguins all out offense. We’ve also come to the conclusion that a READ MORE »
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