>August 14, 2008Finally! The Penguins have announced a date for a groundbreaking to replace Mellon Arena, the oldest arena in the NHL.Check out the history of all five major arenas that have been home to competitive hockey in Pittsburgh.Here's the story in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.Here's what the Penguin's nation is saying on Let's Go Pens.com
>The groundbreaking for the new arena should happen in the first week of August.To place everyone at ease over the cash flow of Don Barden's (he won the casino license for the Majestic Star and promised new arena funding of $7.5 million for the next 20 years) - the state has an emergency funding to [...]
>Petr Sykora scored with 10:03 remaining in the third overtime to help the Penguins stave-off elimination to a victory to force a Game 6 back at the Mellon Arena.Goalie Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 55 shots - several "hockey card saves" - to earn the number one star of the game.All of it was made possible by [...]
>We somehow thought that Game 4 might end with Jaromir Jagr handing off the torch to Sidney Crosby like Wayne Gretzky did for Jagr when The Great One ended his career at Madison Square Garden in 1999...Didn't happen. Series now at three-games-to-one. Game 5 on at the Mellon Arena on Sunday.Fact is, Jagr didn't quit [...]
>The old sports cliche says a starter shouldn't loose his job because of an injury, but what about his number?Adam Hall will be back in the lineup tonight wearing number 28. He used to wear 18 before his sports hernia. While he was busy mending, Pens' equipment manager Dana Heinze was busy  mending a [...]