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 [...]
Evgeni Malkin scored his third  hat trick of the season, ninth of his career. This was his second natural hat trick of the year against Tampa Bay. Click here for the updated list of Penguins hat tricks ...
 MVP (Malkin's Vast Power, Geno Seizes Control)  - The February 20th issue of The Hockey News features Evgeni Malkin as the cover boy.  Ken Campbell has a four-page article:  Emperor Penguin, Evgeni Malkin is coming of age in Steeltown and rising to the NHL's fore in the absence of 'Sid the Kid."
A must read from the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review's Dejan Kovacevic, If Giant Steel Walls Could Talk ...
Kudo's to Pittsburgh Penguins equipment manager Dana Heinze for getting Cal O'Reilly dressed for his debut in a Penguins uniform. The Penguins were in between Toronto and Boston in the midst of a four-game road swing in the Northeast when Pittsburgh claimed Cal O'Reilly from the waiver wire. Heinze had to put the number 16 [...]
