Craig Adams has been suspended for the game Wednesday because he received an instigator penalty in the final five minutes of Game 3 on Sunday, an 8-4 loss to the Philadelphia Flyers that pushed the Penguins to the brink of elimination. Â READ MORE AT TRIB >>> Adams held the Penguins current iron man streak at [...]
The Penguins meet the Flyers on Wednesday night with the season on the line. The Penguins have been swept twice before: The Chicago Blackhawks won the 1972 quartfinals in four straight. Chicago outscored Pittsburgh, 14-8. The Boston Bruins won four in a row in the 1979 quarterfinals. The Bruins outscored the Penguins, 16-7. The Penguins [...]
Going back to last year's playoffs, the Penguins have lost six consecutive games after losing game three to the Flyers, 8-4. Â Sounds like it could be a team record, but it's not. Â The Pens have actually lost six playoff games in row on two other occasions. The first set of six happened when they lost [...]
From ROB ROSSI, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: Even at 40, his dominant days of hockey admittedly behind him, Jaromir Jagr can still make a move that will leave everybody shaking their heads in disbelief. He did it again Monday, declining to speak after his Philadelphia Flyers' first practice for a Stanley Cup first-round playoff showdown with the [...]
Here's the history of February 29 games for the Pittsburgh Penguins: 1976 - The Penguins played their first game on "leap day," losing to the St. Louis Blues, 5-3. 1984 - Vancouver's Patrik Sundstrom set a record for most assists from an opponent in one game, six, in a 9-5 win at the Civic Arena. Sundstrom also scored [...]