The Pittsburgh Penguins Blog

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

PLAXICO BURRESS TD ICES GAME… HOW ABOUT HIS FUTURE WITH PITTSBURGH? "We'll see how it goes," Burress said after the game when asked about his future with Pittsburgh. "I'm pretty sure I'll sit down with Kevin [Colbert] and Coach [Tomlin], and we'll see what happens. I understand this is a business but for myself I'm […]

The first annual Three Rivers Classic will start on December 28th and run through December 29th. The tournament will feature four Division I college programs, each playing two games at Consol Energy Center, home of the Pittsburgh Penguins. The four programs are Penn State, Robert Morris University, Ohio State, and University Miami of Ohio. We […]

MOOD OF THE LOCKER ROOM Ramon Foster: "We're just moving on because we control our own destiny still. We have nothing to be down about. We want to redeem those losses that we gave but we can't be down about it. If we go in the tank right now we'll be sitting at home in […]