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3rd Jersey for this year?

carolinaeasy — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:42:35 -0000

Has anyone seen the 3rd jersey for the Pens this year? I have read that it was going to be the winter classic jersey...BUT I did see a picture of Crosby in a powder blue uni, with the current Pen emblem on the front...Just wanted to know because I want to order a winter classic off of Ebay, but if they aren't using the WC this year I will wait.

BTW has anyone bought a pens jersey off of a chinese seller on ebay yet? I am leary of doing so but the price is ridiculous and they look decent, maybe not authentic but they pass the naked eye test online...

Pittsburgh Penguins send Janne Pesonen down to Wilke-Barre Scranton

steelcitykid — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:11:51 -0000

Forward Janne Pesonen was sent to the Pens minor league team, Wilkes-Barre Scranton. Read it here

lso the story said the roster was finalized. 24 players in all. However, they still have to make cuts, right? I mean they will have to scratch 4 players and a goalie if this is the "final roster". I am pretty sure this is only for the Sweden games. Question: What is the max. amount of players allowed on roster? Bill Thomas, the Pitsburgh native (yeah), made the team and so did Bissonnette. GoGo made it. But they will probaly still have to cut more guys, right? If so Curry,Bissonnette, even Thomas will probaly go. to WBS. Thoughts and Answers? Thanks

The season is finally here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

March!?!

hockeyjenn — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 03:45:32 -0000

Promoted from Fanposts - FrankD

I am sick to my stomach!! The Pens website is reporting that Gonchar will be out until March!! He is going to have surgery on the shoulder. Ugh...Let's hope no one else gets hurt! I feel really bad for the poor guy.

Gologoski will probably see a good bit of ice time...I am confident that he can handle it.

The Pens have been down the injury road before. Losing Gonch for that long sucks, but they'll overcome.

Two quick notes...

FrankD — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 16:30:09 -0000

1. You can listen to the next game on Tampa Bay's flag station for the Lightning, 620 WDAE AM (hah - they're on AM)

2. I've created a new section for the site. Sections, in case you miss it in the left sidebar, allow for easy navigation of old posts. Consider it a filing system. There's now a fight section available, an open invite to our residential fight expert JDunman's Tales of the Tape recaps.

Pensburgh fantasy hockey invites are SENT

FrankD — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 23:44:15 -0000

Yup, that's right - here we go. Do you have what it takes to beat Coach Bombay?

As JDMaker1 would say:

Go Pens Go Pens Go Pens Go Pens Go Pens Go Pens Go Pens Go Pens Go Pens Go Pens Go Pens Go Pens Go Pens Go Pens Go Pens Go Pens Go Pens Go Pens Go Pens Go Pens Go Pens Go Pens Go Pens Go Pens Go Pens Go Pens Go Pens Go Pens Go Pens Go Pens Go Pens Go Pens Go Pens Go Pens Go Pens

A look at who is left in camp

steelcitykid — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 14:27:20 -0000

As of 9/19 there are 42 players left in camp. I looked at the Penguins site and there are 14 defenseman left. Gonchar, Orpik, Letang, Gill, Scuderi, Eaton, and Sydor are there and Whitney injured, but here are some guys still left you might not have known:

Deryk Engelland, Ben Lovejoy, T.J. Kemp, Joey Mormina, Danny Richmond, and Alex Goligoski. Out of those Goligoski is the only one who has a chance to make it out of camp, but if injuries occur Richmond and Lovejoy are names to remember. The other will return to WBS.

There are 24 forwards left Sid, Geno, Sykora, Satan, Fedotenko, Talbot, Kennedy, Staal, Dupuis, Cooke, Godard are either major FA signings or locks to make the team. Kris Beech, Jeff Taffe, Jonathan Filewich, Ryan Stone, Conor James, Chris Minard, Janne Pesonen, and Bill Thomas are trying to be an extra forward or first injury call-up (hopefully not). Paul Bissonette, Aaron Boogaard, Dave Gove, Adam Heinrich, and Tim Wallace are most likely gonna be playing on Wilkes-Barre.

Four Goalies left: Fleury is a lock. But, is Dany Sabourin. They have John Curry and David Brown still in camp and is it possible that Curry could be the number two netminder. I don't think so but you never know. I like Sabourin and he is a good number two.

Comments: who do you think will make the team?

EA Sports NHL09

JDMaker1 — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:27:25 -0000

Gentlemen, I bought NHL09 today for the PS3. I just wanted to post in case others have done/plan to do the same.

My PS3 gamertag is, of course, JDMaker1. Please feel free to "friend" me so that we can play. FrankD, go ahead and buy a PS3 and set up a Pensburgh team. A PS3 is a great investment in entertainment.

GO PENS! GO PENS! GO PENS! GO PENS! GO PENS! GO PENS! GO PENS! GO PENS!

Buzz Up Pensburgh Stories

FrankD — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 21:14:54 -0000

There's a new option here on Pensburgh (and all of SBN for that matter) that allows users and visitors to Buzz Up a story you see here.

What is this exactly? Well, Buzz is a widget on Yahoo that allows people to vote on what they feel are the top stories of the day. It's kinda like Digg, only you don't have to log in every time or make a user name. This helps us build a bigger community of Penguins fans while also registering more visitors who probably also want to rag on the Pens (and you know I love that).

So if you see the option to Buzz up a story (not all will be posted as such) then please help out the site and buzz it up. It takes one click to do.

I buzzed up our first story this afternoon, and I'd appreciate it if you'd give it a quick click to see what Yahoo! Buzz is all about. (This one) Just click the Buzz Up option near the comments on the main page, or after you make the jump the link moves to the headline area.

Also, just a quick FYI, only two slots left in the Fantasy hockey league. I'd love to fill it out with a full 12 teams for head-to-head action, so we'll wait it out another week or so before we get things goin.

Pens Camp

steelcitykid — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 13:40:42 -0000

Hi. I am new to this site, but I am a diehard Pens fan. With training camp approaching I just want to ask you guys who you think we should look out for (some suprises making the roster Pesonen, Caputi, Goligoski) and also when Will Daryl Sydor be traded before the season starts (if at all) ???

Also Jordan Staal can fit the role of a Ryan Malone. I would love to see him up on the line of Malkin or Crosby as a winger instead of a trird line center (which he quietly did a fantastic job at especially in the playoffs)

Fantasy Hockey - last call?

JDMaker1 — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:07:09 -0000

Yahoo opened up their leagues for fantasy hockey this week. Wanted to make another call for interest before I send out the info on how to join up. So if you're interested in playing just drop a comment and I'll add you to the list. If anything, at least looking for an even number of teams so we can do a head-to-head league without having someone sit out every week.

Even if you're new to the site or just check in occasionally, we'd love to have you on board for the fun.

Don't be shy.

If anything I'll try and swing one more call in about 2 weeks if we can't fill out the league just yet.

FrankD

[9:30 am] - Four spots left

[9/10 @ 11:30am] - Three spots left

[9/10 @ 2:45pm] - Two spots left

[9/19 @ 10:41am] - One spot left

Original post by JDMaker1...updated, edited and promoted over the past two weeks.

The league holds 12 teams

Who we have so far:

FrankD
JDMaker
JDunman
WolfpackSteelersfan
Dayna
Ahtrap
Stros Bro
Cool Hand
TrueBluePSU
Lindros
JohnnyNez

Vote for Pensburgh on NHL arena

FrankD — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:24:35 -0000

Our buddies over at The Sens Army are up against Pensburgh this week in a blog war - I guess you could say. I don't really know the point of the so-called battle, but the least we can do as a site is try and win it. So, go here, vote for Pensburgh and I promise all Penguins fans will be spared in a quest for world domination.

Sens fans? Eh, that's another story.

Countdown Added

FrankD — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:29:57 -0000

I've added a countdown to the site that ticks down to the season opener in Sweden. I had tried to find one that would remain subtle and at the top of the page, but nothing really appealed to me. Then I wanted to find one that would fit in the left sidebar, but they were all too cheesy for me. I finally found one (thanks to Steel City Sports Fan) that really caught my eye and got the job done. Check it out under the fanposts and lemme know what you think.

Pittsburgh Penguins' Ryan Whitney Out For Start of Season

hockeyjenn — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 06:00:49 -0000

Promoted from fanposts : FD

According to the Trib, Ryan Whitney will be out until at least January. Apparently, he went through the entire 07-08 season with a bad left foot. He had surgery to repair the problem on Friday. Here is the link to the story . Hopefully, the surgery was sucessful and he will be ready to go better than ever in January. The good thing is that the Pens are solid on defense.

Pittsburgh Penguins sign 19-year-old Corey Cowick

FrankD — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:41:47 -0000

It's an amateur contract, so no reason to cuh-ray-zee over it. But it's still awesome when you see a 19-year-old kid get an opportunity like this with a big club, especially the Penguins.

The real gist of this is that he's not exactly signed by the Penguins, but instead had his rights signed over to them. In other words, no one can lay claim to him while he sits under the Penguins' radar.

Full story from the kid's Orleans paper available here.

My favorite quote?

After he received a bunch of calls from his mom, he called her back:

"She said it was urgent, so I called her from the car and that's when she told me that Pittsburgh had called a bunch of times so I called my agent and he said that the Penguins wanted to offer me an amateur contract," says Cowick, who was passed over by the NHL during the 2006 draft.

I guess it's just amazing to me that a 19-year-old can say, "So I called my agent..."

NHL 2K9 Demo Out

JDunman — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 03:56:06 -0000

I'm not a big fan of video game demos, really. I hate getting into a game only to have it crap out on me just as it's getting good with a message informing me that it wants my money. However, when I noticed NHL 2K9 on the new demo list on the Playstation Store, I decided to give it a try.

Last year, I picked EA's NHL 08, and despite some bugs here and there (replays not matching the plays, wrong players going to the line in cutscenes) the game was outstanding. Innovative controls and a learning AI that had me screaming at my TV more often than not. Come to think of it, I didn't even give 2K8 a try.

The demo for 2K9 has the tried-and-true controls for a hockey game. The kind we all got used to as we took the Penguins to the Cup on our Super Nintendos and Sega Genesises (or Genesi?). I had forgotten just how much fun simple controls could be. As I took the Pens against the Red Wings (only two teams available in the demo) through one period of hockey (all that the demo allows), I had a lot of fun. And yes, the one-timer seems to still be impossible to stop.

For the record, goals from Letang and Sykora took me to victory in my first outing.

The thing that really has me excited, though, are the features. Those of us who have stuck with EA's franchise through the years probably have realized that little by little every extra feature has been cut out of the game. There used to be bonuses you could unlock and tons of extras that would have you trying to play the game in certain ways. No more - they didn't even have retro jerseys last year. Only the new ones that just debuted and the previous years.

2K Sports hockey has always been loaded with extras, and I think that's what's going to sell me on the game this year. If I long for EA's controls, I'll pop in last year's game, but unless they have some kind of selling point (like 2K9 promising playoff beards - or bears, if you ask Frank), I'll pass.

So the moral of the story - if you have a gaming system that can, go check out 2K9's demo and get a little revenge for the Pens.

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Jerseys - White vs. Dark

JDunman — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 04:03:21 -0000

Promoted From Fanposts - FD

You may have gathered that the offseason has gotten somewhat dull. And by 'somewhat' I mean 'very'.

So while we're all watching (and being entertained by) 'top' videos, I thought I'd take the opportunity to ask this one question:

What do you think about home jerseys being dark and away jerseys being light?

Personally, I prefer the original way - and that's why my Pens jersey is bright white. That, and it was a gift from my brother, who holds the very same principal with his beloved Avs.

What do you prefer?

Poll

Which jersey do you prefer?

Pens get Danny Richmond for Tim Brent

JDunman — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:58:26 -0000

From the official page:

The Pittsburgh Penguins have acquired the rights to defenseman Danny Richmond in exchange for the rights to Tim Brent, it was announced today by Assistant General Manager Chuck Fletcher.

Richmond, 23, appeared in seven games with the Chicago Blackhawks during the 2007-08 season. He scored 14 points (two goals, 12 assists) along with 156 penalty minutes in 40 games with the Rockford IceHogs of the American Hockey League (AHL), ranking third on the club in penalty minutes.

Good times.

Pensburgh cameo on Die by the Blade

FrankD — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:04:30 -0000

D.O. from Die By the Dlade (the Buffalo Sabres blog on SBN) has put together a great post on a Buffalo/Pitt rivalry - if there really is one. He asked me to chime in with my own personal memories of the two teams.

PS - you'll love the first one (video included)

Die by the Blade

Stop by and share your own memories of the rivalry, even if it has already been mentioned at DBTB.

Keep your eyes open

FrankD — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:37:18 -0000

Rumor has it the schedules are hitting team sites today. I didn't hear of any kind of time we can expect them, but if I had to guess I'd say before 5:00.

Pens Sign Two AHL Studs

JDMaker1 — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:10:59 -0000

NHL Notebook: Two AHL stars sign Penguins add both with one-year deals Wednesday, July 09, 2008 From local and wire dispatches [From the Post-Gazette website]

Penguins assistant general manager Chuck Fletcher said the Penguins signed forward Adam Henrich and defenseman T.J. Kemp to one-year contracts.

Henrich, 24, a 6-foot-4, 225-pound forward, scored 51 points (24 goals, 27 assists) last season between the Norfolk Admirals of the American Hockey League (AHL) and the Wheeling Nailers of the ECHL. Henrich also had 122 penalty minutes between the two clubs.

He has appeared in 145 career games in the AHL, registering 69 points (27 goals, 42 assists) along with 230 penalty minutes. Henrich, a native of Thornhill, Ontario, was originally selected by the Tampa Bay Lightning in the second round (60th overall) in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft.

Kemp (5-11, 197) appeared in 73 games for the Springfield Falcons (AHL), notching 46 points (8 goals, 38 assists)..

A native of Pickering, Ontario, Kemp has played in 152 career games in the AHL, scoring 84 points (13 goals, 71 assists) along with 104 penalty minutes. Kemp appeared in 14 games in the 2007 Calder Cup playoffs, notching seven points (two goals, five assists) and 12 penalty minutes in 14 games.

Both very interesting pickups. Henrich sounds like a Ryan Malone type player; he's big and can score. Kemp, on the other hand, is a smaller D-Man (at 197lbs). I'm not sure if that makes him Gonchar like or what.