Pittsburgh Penguins
Ovechkin wins Hart Trophy as NHL's MVP
Alex Ovechkin capped his great season with the NHL's biggest award. The Washington Capitals right wing won his third Hart Trophy, given to the league's MVP, on Saturday night, beating out Pittsburgh's Sidney Crosby and John Tavares of the New York Islanders. Ovechkin led the NHL with 32 goals during ...
5 things to know for Friday in Pa. news
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and stories that will be talked about in Pennsylvania on Friday. PHIL-ADELPHIA? MICKELSON HAS EARLY CLUBHOUSE LEAD AFTER RAIN SHORTENED FIRST DAY OF U.S. OPEN Phil Mickelson is 3-under par, but several players — including the marquee trio of Tiger Woods, Rory ...
Penguins sign Malkin to 8-year extension
The Pittsburgh Penguins are keeping hockey's best one-two punch together through their primes and beyond. A day after signing coach Dan Bylsma to a two-year contract extension, the Penguins and star forward Evgeni Malkin agreed to an eight-year deal that will keep the 2012 NHL MVP and franchise cornerstone Sidney ...
Penguins sign coach Dan Bylsma to 2-year extension
Dan Bylsma couldn't avoid speculation about his status as the Penguins coach in the days following Pittsburgh's four-game pratfall against Boston in the Eastern Conference Finals, even in his own house. Shortly after the Bruins swept the Stanley Cup favorites out of the playoffs last week, Bylsma's son Bryan asked ...
PSU exploring outdoor hockey at football stadium
The earliest the puck could drop on a potential outdoor hockey game at Penn State's Beaver Stadium would be 2014. Athletic director Dave Joyner said Monday that he's informally discussed the possibility of hosting a game at the home of the Nittany Lions with Peter Luukko, president of Comcast-Spectacor, which ...
Bylsma: Fleury to regain job next season
As the Pittsburgh Penguins embark on an offseason that figures to include significant changes, coach Dan Bylsma insists the goalie position won't be one of them. Bylsma called Marc-Andre Fleury "a franchise goalie . . . this franchise's goalie" on Sunday, one month to the day after Tomas Vokoun made ...
Penguins head into uneasy offseason after sweep
Ray Shero left little doubt at the trade deadline, with the Pittsburgh Penguins general manager telling anyone who would listen his team was "all in" for the Stanley Cup after giving stars Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin accomplished sidekicks in Jarome Iginla and Brenden Morrow. The roster built to bookend ...
McQuaid's goal sends Bruins to Stanley Cup finals
Tuukka Rask knew how potent the Penguins offense was. He also knew he could shut them out. "Every game starts with zero," the Bruins poised goalie said, "so you have a chance." And two games ended with a zero for Pittsburgh as Boston completed a sweep with a 1-0 win ...
Crosby, Malkin power outage dooms Penguins
Penguins captain Sidney Crosby had a much easier time explaining what went wrong for Pittsburgh in the Eastern Conference finals than he did in breaking through against the Boston Bruins' stingy defense. "We didn't score," Crosby said. And now the Penguins are headed home. After Pittsburgh led the NHL in ...
Penguins-Bruins Sums
Pittsburgh 0 0 0—0 Boston 0 0 1—1 First Period_None. Penalties_Lucic, Bos (unsportsmanlike conduct), 2:35; Pittsburgh bench, served by Kennedy (too many men), 9:22. Second Period_None. Penalties_Niskanen, Pit (roughing), 3:22; Marchand, Bos (roughing), 3:22; Marchand, Bos (interference), 6:05; Morrow, Pit (hooking), 8:27. Third Period_1, Boston, McQuaid 2 (Marchand, Bergeron), 5:01. ...
Sidney Crosby's sister sets a goal all her own
Taylor Crosby insists she didn't become a goaltender to avoid comparisons with her brother. The younger sister of Sidney Crosby understands she'll still be compared to the NHL superstar in terms of how far she goes in hockey. But she's OK with that. "Even now, there is a comparison I ...
Penguins offense improving, but time's running out
The Penguins are improving at putting more shots on net. They just need to put more into the net. And they're running out of time. Pittsburgh forced Boston goalie Tuukka Rask to make 53 saves, but the Bruins won 2-1 in double overtime on Wednesday night for a 3-0 lead ...
Bruins C Campbell out for playoffs with broken leg
For one minute, the last minute of his season, Bruins center Gregory Campbell helped kill a penalty while skating on a broken right leg. Then he slowly went to the bench to a standing ovation and to Boston's locker room in the second period of the Bruins 2-1 win in ...
Bruins beat Pens 2-1 in 2OT on Bergeron goal
A future Hall of Famer who established his credentials in the open ice, there was Jaromir Jagr along the boards, mucking it up for a loose puck. The 41-year-old former Pittsburgh great outdueled Evgeni Malkin for the puck and pushed it ahead to Brad Marchand, who brought it over the ...
Bergeron scores in 2nd OT to give Bruins 2-1 win
Blowout or double-overtime thriller, the result is the same for the Boston Bruins in the Eastern Conference finals: a victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins and a chance to sweep the No. 1 seed out of the playoffs. Patrice Bergeron redirected a pass from Brad Marchand into the net at 15:19 ...
Bergeron scores in 2nd OT to give Bruins 2-1 win over Pens
Patrice Bergeron scored 15:19 into the second overtime to lead the Boston Bruins to a 2-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins and a 3-0 series lead in the Eastern Conference finals on Wednesday night. The victory put Boston in control of the best-of-seven series and a chance to advance to ...
Penguins start Vokoun in goal for Game 3 vs Bruins
Tomas Vokoun is back in goal for the Pittsburgh Penguins for Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals against the Boston Bruins on Wednesday night. Vokoun was pulled after Boston grabbed a 3-0 lead late in the opening period of a 6-1 win in Game 2. He was replaced by ...
Bruins return home with chance to sweep Penguins
Sidney Crosby and the potent Penguins have been punchless. Pittsburgh led the NHL in scoring in the regular season. It averaged 4.27 goals per game in the first two rounds of the playoffs. And it poured in 13 goals in the last two games of the Eastern Conference semifinals. Since ...
5 things to know for Tuesday in Pa. news
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Bruins crush Pens 6-1 for 2-0 lead in East finals
Brad Marchand pondered the question for a moment. Sure, his counterpunch goal late in the first period paved the way for Boston's 6-1 romp over the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals on Monday night. But the turning point that sends the Bruins to the Stanley ...
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