The Penguins were back Wednesday night, sort of. They managed to look much better and even to score several times in their 3-2 victory over the Detroit Red Wings at Mellon Arena, but it took a superhuman effort from Sidney Crosby and the support of an arena-full of people to do it.
Ian Snell was supposed to be the cornerstone of the Pirates’ rotation this year. Snell had his sixth bad start out of his last seven and could be in for a rocky year, as Adam Dunn and Jay Bruce came together to beat up the Pirates and Snell, 9-6, en route to dropping the Pirates [...]
The Penguins were pathetic for a second straight game en route to being shut out by a dominant Red Wings’ team that seems bound and determined to prove that these Penguins aren’t ready to fly just yet. The goalie, the offense and particularly the defense just look painfully anemic right now and if success is [...]
The Cubs’ dominance of the Pirates has been well-documented, so when they took a 4-3 lead in the eighth inning on Saturday night and had the Pirates down to the last out on Sunday, it appeared as if that dominance was going to continue. Both games, however, actually ended on Jason Bay hits and [...]
It was obvious from the very beginning of the game. The Red Wings just skated faster and seemingly played harder than the Penguins, finally making that roster that everyone has been calling so mature seem inexperienced. The two most important players for Detroit were ex-Penguin Mikael Samuelsson, who scored two goals, and goalie [...]
With the recent run of Penguins’ success, there is an unfortunate overabundance of bandwagon fans. These are the people who head down to Mellon Arena in their Crosby, Malkin or Laraque jerseys; whip out their lawn chairs and proceed to cheer every time the Penguins score a goal, but who also wouldn’t have dreamed [...]
