The Penguins were never the better team in this series. The Red Wings always had crisper passes, played better defense and took more shots. In that sense, it was amazing that the Penguins won two games, but after losing to the Red Wings 3-2 on Wednesday night in Game 6 of the Stanley [...]
The Penguins won Game 5 in Joe Louis Arena in triple overtime on Monday night/Tuesday morning. Maxime Talbot scored with 35 seconds left to push the game to 3-3 tie and then two and a half more intense periods of hockey were played until Petr Sykora, who called his own goal on national TV, shot [...]
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.
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 [...]
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 [...]
