Pittsburgh Hockey History

>RBK Lost an Edge

>What's more embarassing:1. Having the nation watch your brand new sod field wash away on Monday Night Football?2. Losing a chance to play for the BCS Championship because you were upset by a 28-point underdog rival?3. Getting waived the day after your bobblehead night? or4. Having your company's star client unhappy with your product?Something you [...]

By |2014-09-22T16:19:59-04:00December 4th, 2007|Pittsburgh Hockey History|0 Comments

>Coffey, with Sugar

>Former Pens defenseman Paul Coffey will be inducted into the Penguins Hall of Fame on Thursday, November 15 at Mellon Arena. Coffey helped the Penguins learn how to be champions when he arrived here in a trade with the Edmonton Oilers. The scary part? The induction will fall nine days short of the 20th anniversary [...]

By |2014-09-22T16:20:07-04:00November 2nd, 2007|Pittsburgh Hockey History|0 Comments

1926: First NHL Playoff Game in Pittsburgh

The night before the opening game of the series, which was played at the Duquesne Garden, Maroons President James Strachan played a clever strategic hand. As told in William Brown’s book, The Montreal Maroons: The Forgotten Stanley Cup Champions (Vehicule Press, 1999), Strachan had rented a hall in the team’s Pittsburgh hotel. There, he kept watch as [...]

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