The Pittsburgh Penguins Blog

While the hockey world is still trying to digest the aftermath of yesterday's brawl between the Penguins and Flyers -the statisticians might still be in Consol Energy Center trying to decipher the penalties- here's an alarming number from the Penguins: 29. No, I'm not talking about Marc-Andre Fleury's jersey number. I am talking about the […]

With the Penguins continuing to pile up wins down the final stretch of the regular season before battling for the Stanley Cup, suddenly, another trophy enters in mix. The Presidents Trophy is awarded to the team with the most points in the NHL by the end of the season. Since its inception in 1985, 15 […]

In 71 games this season, Matt Cooke has tallied 31 points including a career best 16 goals despite averaging a little under 16 minutes per game. Those numbers rank him outside the top 150 forwards in the league, and way outside the group of top six wingers. But for Matt Cooke, it is more than […]

For a second time this season, Sidney Crosby will return to the Penguins' lineup after an extended absence due to concussion-like symptoms. The game plan sounds eerily familiar to Crosby's first return back in December. Dan Bylsma says he's going to limit Crosby's minutes to around 15 until they get him eased back into playing. […]

Arena Football League fans, There have been a number of stories and statements regarding what Arena Football League players receive in return for their hard work and exciting play on the field. While we always strive to better ourselves as a League, we do feel that our players receive a high level of care in […]

The trade deadline passed at 3 pm without the slightest whisper of the Penguins being involved. For the first time in 23 years, Pittsburgh was neither buyers nor sellers, they simply chose to pass. But that is OK. At least, according to Pens' GM Ray Shero who announced shortly after the trade deadline that the […]

Pittsburgh Steelers GM Kevin Colbert met the press for almost an hour on Wednesday at the NFL Scouting Combine. Here is the final transcript from his talk, concerning issues surrounding the NFL Combine and the upcoming NFL Draft: How difficult is drafting players? "It is guesswork. I always say you don't know a player until […]

Pittsburgh Steelers GM Kevin Colbert met the press for almost an hour on Wednesday at the NFL Scouting Combine. Here is part 2 of 3 transcripts on his talk, this second of which deals with issues surrounding the status of restricted free agent WR Mike Wallace: What kind of dilemma are you in with Mike […]