GAMEDAY 50 - CANUCKS
10:00 PM
General Motors Place
Listen to the game at [WXDX]
Know The Enemy:
"Last time the Pens played in Vancouver, every time Crosby touched the puck, some select people in the crowd booed him. Why? Who knows, it's not like we have some hate on the Penguins or on Crosby. I hope people going to the game will have the respect just to enjoy a good game, but there are always a few dumb people at GM Place, so I won't hold my breath. Funny thing is, those same people will be cheering for Sid in less than a month's time at the Olympics."
Fleury is out.
John Curry is starting.
The Penguins have signed 2008 draft pick Alexander Pechurski to a one game try out contract.
Pechurski will back up Curry in tonight's game.
From Canada.com:
Asked if he felt any extra pressure due to an inexperienced back-up, Curry said: “Not really. I'm not planning on using the back-up goalie.”
This is what Faceoff Factor has to say about Pechurski:
Career Projection
Pechurski has played well for the Russians in international tournaments, deploying a hybrid style that makes him very versatile as a netminder. Flexibility is his greatest asset, and he moves about the crease with unwavering ease. His future in Pittsburgh could never be more than as a backup to Marc-Andre Fleury, but he’s a very interesting player to keep an eye on. He has NHL-caliber talent, but there are several questions surrounding him. Foremost, he may or may not ever make it to North America from Russia.
Strengths
Ungodly flexibility and poise between the pipes.
Weaknesses
Smallish stature…doesn’t always take good angles…fundamentals could use refining.
Fleury's injury destroys the Olympic goaltending battle that everyone wanted to see.
Whatev.
Fleury deserves to outrank Luongo in the Olympics anyway.
He'd have nothing to prove tonight.
VANCOUVER TWITTER CONTEST
UPDATE: For the contest: Anytime the gameclock stops, it is considered a stoppage in play.
If this affects a guess you've already made, delete your Tweet and re-submit.
Sorry for any confusion.
We have two (2) Talbot T-shirts left.
Follow these instructions to enter into the Vancouver contest.
Get your submission in before the puck drops at 10:00 P.M. Eastern.
1. Get yourself a Twitter account.
2. Guess the time of the 20th stoppage in play. (End of period does not count).
Include time and period.
*Stoppages in play are penalties, offsides, icings, goalies freezing the puck, etc.
3. Tiebreaker: Include total number of goals at time of stoppage.
4. Place @Pensblog in your Tweet.
**IMPORTANT NOTE***
Using this screenshot, the stoppage in play occurs at 13:03 of the first.
NOT 6:57 of the first.
If this was the 20th stoppage in play, here's how the winning entry would look:
(Score is 1-1, so total number of goals is 2).
5. If you're unfamiliar with Twitter, log in to Twitter, click "HOME," then copy and paste the following into the text box on your "HOME" page, change the timing and shit to your guess, then click "UPDATE."
@Pensblog 13:03, 1st per, 2
-To check if your entry was submitted: After you click update, you'll see your Tweet pop up on your HOME page. Click @Pensblog in that Tweet. If it takes you to the Pensblog Twitter page, you did it right.
Site Redesign
Trying a few new things. We've grown tired of the three-column look.
And we've gotten rid of some ad space.
A few things:
-
We are going to be giving all of our sidebar links their own page. Those sidebar links were the foundation of this blog, but let's face it, sidebar links just aren't what they were in 2006. But they are important to us, so they will be going up in the top bar somewhere.
-
If you have any issues, comments, concerns, tips, etc. Please feel free to email us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Go Pens
Add a comment
Marc-Andre Fleury Has Fractured Finger
Last night in Edmonton, Marc-Andre Fleury fractured his finger.
He made a glove save in the second period and the puck hit his hand akwardly.
Fleury was seen getting medical treatment on his left hand a couple of times during the night.
Trainers taped up a visible cut and Fleury finished the game.
He is now listed as day-to-day.
Backup goalie Brent Johnson is also injured so, if Fleury cannot play tomorrow night in Vancouver, John Curry will get the start.
Fleury is 25-14-1 this season and has played two outstanding games in a row.
He has appeared in 41 of the Pens 49 games.
John Curry has not played in the NHL this year.
He went 2-1 in the big leagues last year and has a 16-13-1 record in the AHL this season.
Add a comment
That's Staal, Folks. PENS WIN.
We have a winner from this game's Twitter contest.
It's after the jump.
***We now have 2 shirts left.***
Come back Saturday for the Vancouver contest.
Classic.
At the start of the third, the Pens were entering their sixth period of a back-to-back situation.
On a road trip.
And they were facing a 2-goal deficit.
This is Fail Country.
The Oilers' Chernobyl in the third period just can't happen.
Nowhere. No how.As Pens fans, we'll definitely chalk this up to the Pens refusing to lie down.
Jordan Staal has arguably been the Pens' best non-87 player for the last couple weeks.
So, the Pens sweep Alberta.
Now they head to British Columbia.
Wonder if referee Auger will follow the Pens to Vancouver.
Could be an interesting night.
The winner of the Twitter contest and.........
NEWWWWW
owner of a Talbot SHHH T-shirt is.........
GAMEDAY 49 - OILERS
9:30 PM
Rexall Place
Listen to the game at [WXDX]
Know The Enemy:
Another late game.
They Oilers are 15th in the West and have lost their last five games and 13 of their last 14.
Their only victory in that stretch came in a game against the Maple Leafs on December 30th.
Brooks Orpik is still out of the line-up and Fleury will play tonight, despite playing last night.
Brent Johnson is injured and John Curry is the backup.
If you want a Talbot "SHHHHH" t-shirt, find all the details in THIS POST.
The Ron Cook Is A Douche Photoshop Expo
Ron Cook is such a douche.
After his Malkin-bashing earlier this week, we have had enough.
We learned from an unnamed source that Cook has been to one Penguin game all year.
Meaning, he has no ground to say Malkin is sulking.
Haven't had a 'shop expo in awhile.
