I couldn’t resist coming home for the holidays to catch up on all the humbuggers of hockey one more time. The Olympics, the Winter Classic, Satan, a new Penguin killer, and much more…inside.
The team has rebounded after a dreadful 2-7-1 start and we’re now flirting with a .500 record.
When I last left you, I was in the midst of Wheeling Nailers (ECHL) training camp. Well, camp is over, and we have three games under our belt. So, this entry will cover the time between then and now.
Wheeling Nailer Cliff Loya introduces hockey fans to the life of a minor leaguer in Faceoff Factor’s newest blog.
The season hasn’t even started yet, and won’t officially start for another week, but we’re already hearing noise from the RMU Colonials.
Guest writer Dave DiSanti takes a look back at the Pens’ five other trips to the Conference Finals.
In case it hasn’t been obvious before now, I have no idea what I’m doing.
Right off the bat, Ben Schmidt got some feedback to the first part of this series, which pointed out a mistake he made in dropping Dustin Byfuglien. So, let’s look at some new lessons he has since learned.
Join me throughout the season as I share my thinking behind my team moves, and feel free to laugh at my mistakes as I make them!
Earl Mann is an elusive legend who scoffs at the internet. As a result, Stuart Ross has been channeled so that one of his characters can address three concerns with the Pittsburgh Penguins in part nine of our series.
Now that you’ve had a day to digest the first three stories in our preseason package, it’s time to delve back into it with a two-man panel featuring Tony Ferrante and Sean Leahy discussing the Penguins’ situation at center.
Frank Murgia of Movetheneedle.net muses about how his Xbox has changed his mind about the Hossa trade. Check it out!
I can’t speak for all Penguin fans, but I think that it is fair to say that most of them learned to hate Eric Lindros. I know that I did. The original “Next One” brought out an ire I didn’t even realize could exist in me. Was it because he chose not to play for the team that drafted him, the Quebec Nordiques? Maybe it was the crazy trade packages that the he generated prior to playing a single NHL game? Or was it that he wasn’t a Penguin and instead thrived in games against them?
Yesterday we saw a report about possible dissention in the locker-room. Since then, a lot of people have been calling for a replacement of Michel Therrien. Here’s why that’s a bad idea.
Pictures from both teams….
Pictures from the Devils/Leafs game on 11-02-07….
The Pittsburgh Penguins have quickly become one of the classiest organizations in the National Hockey League and they have done something else to prove it. They have chosen to enshrine one of the best Penguins of all time in the team’s Hall of Fame.
The New Jersey Devils have a new home that could be a model for future arenas in the NHL. I’ll deliver my firsthand observations as well as a slide show inside…
Given Marc-Andre Fleury’s shaky start, Faceoff Factor contributing writer Chris Boersma takes a look at the young goaltender’s statistics to see how far along he is in his development.
Special guest writers Derek and Adam from ThePensblog.com take a humorous look at the under-appreciated players on the Penguins roster in part eight of Faceoff Factor’s training camp package.
Earl Mann, known for his work as narrator of “One From the Heart” and “Against The Odds,” has returned — kind of. Our friend Pat of DoubtAboutIt.com has graced us with this parody of “the Mann” in the final part of Faceoff Factor’s nine-story package.
Penguins first round draft pick, Angelo Esposito, will be joining team Canada for the eight game Super Series against Russia that will take place between August 27th and September 9th.
Six years ago the Pittsburgh Penguins pulled off one of the biggest trades in team history. Some would call it the worst. But could it be the event that brings Lord Stanley back to Pittsburgh?
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