Posts Tagged ‘Sidney Crosby’
Pittsburgh Penguins 2 Detroit Red Wings 1
Steel City is host to a bowl: the Super Bowl (or at least the trophy). Today, the city is now host to a cup: the Stanley Cup. With a 2-1 victory over the defending champion Detroit Red Wings, the Pittsburgh Penguins have won their first Stanley Cup since 1992. In the two most recent Stanley Cup Finals between the Penguins …
by Derek Johnson on June 12th, 2009 3 Comments »
Breaking News: Penguins Win the Stanley Cup
In what may possibly be considered one of the best things to happen to Gary Bettman’s National Hockey League, the Pittsburgh Penguins have successfully defeated the defending champion Detroit Red Wings in Game Seven of the 2008-2009 Stanley Cup Finals. The win gives NHL-Face Sidney Crosby and his conrad Evengi Malkin their first ever world championship, and the Penguins first …
by Jon Alba on June 12th, 2009 1 Comments »
Pittsburgh Penguins 4 Detroit Red Wings 2
Just like last year’s Stanley Cup Finals, the Penguins found themselves down two games to one heading into Game 4. Unlike last year’s series, Pittsburgh ended up on top to avoid a must-win situation. Behind three second-period goals from Jordan Staal, Sidney Crosby, and Tyler Kennedy, the Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the Red Wings by a score of 4 to 2 …
by Derek Johnson on June 5th, 2009 Leave a comment »
Pittsburgh Penguins 4 Carolina Hurricanes 1
Just like last year, the Pittsburgh Penguins advanced to the Stanley Cup Finals. Unlike last year, Sidney Crosby actually TOUCHED the Prince of Wales Trophy. Actually, make it Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, AND Sergei Gonchar HOISTED the trophy. “We didn’t touch [the trophy] last year, and things didn’t go the way we wanted,” said Crosby. “I thought we’d change it …
by Derek Johnson on May 27th, 2009 Leave a comment »
Pittsburgh Penguins 6 Carolina Hurricanes 2
Two three-goal periods helped the Pittsburgh Penguins move just one game closer to the Stanley Cup Finals for the second consecutive year. With a 6-2 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes, the Penguins now find themselves one game away from holding on to the Prince of Wales trophy. The game got off to a good start for the Hurricanes when Matt …
by Derek Johnson on May 24th, 2009 Leave a comment »
Pittsburgh Penguins 7 Carolina Hurricanes 4
Evgeni Malkin lit the lamp not once, not twice, but THREE times to help lead the Pittsburgh Penguins to a three-goal victory over the Carolina Hurricanes. With this win, the Penguins now take a two games to none lead in the series. Malkin’s second goal of the game broke a 4-4 tie midway through the third period, and his lethal …
by Derek Johnson on May 22nd, 2009 Leave a comment »
Washington Capitals 4 Pittsburgh Penguins 3
The Ovechkin/Crosby rivalry heated up on Tuesday as the Pittsburgh Penguins took on the Washington Capitals at Verizon Center for Game 2 of their playoff series. Alexander Ovechkin’s hat trick was answered by Sidney Crosby’s hat trick. However, the difference-maker turned out to be Capitals forward David Steckel, whose second goal of the playoffs helped the Capitals take a two …
by Derek Johnson on May 4th, 2009 1 Comments »
Washington Capitals 5 Pittsburgh Penguins 2
Sergei Fedorov, Alexander Ovechkin, Alexander Semin, and Shaone Morrisonn each scored one goal and one assist to lead the Washington Capitals to a 5-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins. The 18,277 fans at Verizon Center witnessed their Capitals defeat the Penguins for the third time this season; in the last five head-to-head matchups, Washington has come out on top in …
by Derek Johnson on February 23rd, 2009 Leave a comment »
NHL Threatening Suspension To All-Stars
With the NHL All-Star game coming this weekend, the NHL has established a rule that if you are selected as an all-star, you must participate in the game. This came into affect since players were opting out of the game for no good reason. If a player misses the all-star game, they will have to miss one regular season game …
by Mike Cosentino on January 23rd, 2009 3 Comments »
Starting Lineups for 2009 NHL All-Star Game
Eastern Conference: C Sidney Crosby (Pittsburgh Penguins) C Evgeni Malkin (Pittsburgh Penguins) RW Alexei Kovalev (Montreal Canadiens) D Andrei Markov (Montreal Canadiens) D Mike Komisarek (Montreal Canadiens) G Carey Price (Montreal Canadiens) Western Conference: RW Patrick Kane (Chicago Blackhawks) C Jonathan Toews (Chicago Blackhawks) C Ryan Getzlaf (Anaheim Ducks) D Brian Campell (Chicago Blackhawks) D Scott Niedermeyer (Anaheim Ducks) G …
by Derek Johnson on January 3rd, 2009 Leave a comment »