Despite trading away one of their superstar centers, a top four defenseman, and exiting the last two playoffs in the first round, the Pittsburgh Penguins are favored to win the Stanley Cup. Is that fair? In short, yes. They still posses the top two players in the league, a forty goal scorer, one of the […]

Leaving the Penguins training camp at Consol Energy Center today, I realized that Pittsburgh is in fact a hockey town. The parking lots were full, the streets were flooded with people in Pens gear and the energy was high. I was shocked to see so many fans in attendance at a hockey practice on a […]

After 10 consecutive seasons of qualifying for the NCAA Tournament the Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball team is in danger of missing the competition for the second consecutive year. On Saturday the Panthers lost to Marquette resulting in three losses in their last four games. The Panthers are currently sitting at 13-4, (1-3) in the Big […]

Peyton Manning is 9-11 all time in the playoffs. He is now tied with Brett Favre for the most playoff losses by a starting quarterback in NFL history. Manning is 131-61 in the regular season. Peyton has 8 one and out playoff appearances, he broke the record that he already held of 7. Manning is […]

When looking back on the Penguins' 2011-2012 season there are many ways to describe how it ended; blown out, exposed, embarrassed, abrupt. There's no sugar coating a 4-2 series loss to the Philadelphia Flyers. Not when its penalty kill had a historic collapse. Not when the defense, a unit that was promoted by hockey circles […]

It took the New York Rangers 80 games last season to win the Atlantic Division and top seed in the Eastern Conference. Four of the five teams in the Atlantic finished within seven points of each other as the Rangers, Penguins, Flyers and Devils all ended with 100+ point seasons. The Boston Bruins were the […]

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After 113 days of no NHL, hockey is back as the NHLPA and NHL have reached a collective bargaining agreement. The deal is for ten years with the option for both sides to opt out after eight seasons have been played. Of the changes that have taken place the main points are; revenue sharing between […]