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Game of the week: November 5-11
The first full week of November already has me looking forward to the NHL’s unofficial, yet statistically backed playoff qualification cutoff coming up only a couple weeks from now when the United States celebrates Thanksgiving. Which teams are and aren’t among the league’s 16 best by November 22 will be heavily influenced by the 50…
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Pittsburgh Penguins 2018-2019 Season Preview
Pittsburgh Penguins 47-29-6, 100 points, second in the Metropolitan Division Lost in Second Round to Washington, 4-2 Additions: F Matt Cullen, D Stefan Elliott, C Derek Grant, RW Jimmy Hayes, D Jack Johnson, G John Muse, D Juuso Riikola Subtractions: D Lukas Bengtsson (signed with Linköpings, SHL), C Vincent Dunn (signed with Orlando, ECHL), D Matt Hunwick…
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2018 Offseason Preview: Pittsburgh Penguins
Only a few more teams’ offseason previews remain before the 2018 NHL Entry Draft gets started this Friday. First up today is the Pittsburgh Penguins! The chance to become the NHL’s first official dynasty since the 1983-90 Edmonton Oilers is still available to C Sidney Crosby‘s Penguins, but falling in the second round of the…
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Caps halfway to Eastern Finals after 4-3 win
To reclaim home ice advantage, the Washington Capitals beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-3 at PPG Paints Arena in Game 3 of their Second Round matchup. The biggest headline coming into this evening was that D Brian Dumoulin and F Evgeni Malkin would both be active for this game. Dumoulin was questionable after taking a…
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Hat tricks abound, but Guentzel’s leads Pens to Second Round
Philadelphia Flyers fans will argue (with some validity) that it was with some help from the officials, but the Pittsburgh Penguins successfully punched their ticket into the Second Round with an 8-5 victory at Wells Fargo Center in Game 6. This was a wild back-and-forth affair that wasted no time in getting started, as…
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Flyers stave off elimination with gutsy performance
Even though the Philadelphia Flyers were out-shot 32-25, they held on to beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-2 at PPG Paints Arena in Game 5 of their first round series in the Stanley Cup Playoffs to force Game 6 back at Wells Fargo Center. After 7-0, 5-1, 5-1 and 5-0 final scores in the first…
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Crosby nets hat trick, Pens take Game 1
During the regular season, the Pittsburgh Penguins scored five goals in each contest against the Philadelphia Flyers to sweep the four-game series. In Game 1 at PPG Paints Arena, they continued their dominance of their bitter rivals by beating them 7-0. No player was brighter than First Star of the Game C Sidney Crosby, who…
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Merkle’s Weekly Bumblings: Week 20
Skater of the Week: Evgeni Malkin Two games. Two games is all Geno played this entire week, and he still scored six points. Currently riding a six-game point streak with 13 total points in that time, Malkin is just torching everything in his path. In his two contests this past week he tallied a goal and…
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Stanley Cup Playoffs: Second Round– May 9
Ottawa Senators at New York Rangers – Game 6 It’s been a decade, but the Ottawa Senators are back in the Eastern Conference Final coming off a 4-2 victory against the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday night. Erik Karlsson had the game winning goal and Craig Anderson made…
Down the Frozen River 
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