Can Penguins Repeat Perfect Storm?
I always welcome the NHL All-Star break. It gives me a chance catch my breath. To pause and reflect on…
Blue Jackets Waste Penguins 7-1
On March 8, 1971, heavyweight boxing champion Joe Frazier met former champ Muhammad Ali in the first of an epic…
Penguins Update: Murder, Inc.
Back in the day, the Italian-American Mafia and Jewish mob carried out their nefarious activities with the aid of well-established…
Penguins Pay a Steep Price for Victory
September 29, 1973. Brantford (Ontario) Civic Centre. The Pittsburgh Penguins squared off against their arch-nemesis—the truculent St. Louis Blues—in an…
Penguins Must Get Tougher
The late Barclay Plager, noted St. Louis villain and early Penguins tormentor once said, “It’s not who wins the fight…
Penguins Update: Old-Time Hockey
It wasn’t a fancy pass. Or a sizzling shot. Or even a dazzling one-on-one move. On the contrary, the pivotal…
Penguins Update: Facing Flyers May Not Be Fun
When the Penguins and Flyers resume the Commonwealth Cold War in Philadelphia on Thursday night, it’ll be the definitive case…
Penguins Must Wait ‘Til Next Year
As a long-time Penguins fan, writing the summary for yesterday’s Game 6 loss to the Flyers was one of the…