Bill and Geno's Excellent Adventure. PENS WIN.
(First off, anyone at the game, was there some unreal lighting going on in the arena?
And the recap was almost titled "8 Maids A-Malkin." H/T to Bob Errey.)
Lost in all the Hobey Baker blowback, people were actually upset about the Pens losing to the Devils on Monday. No idea why. Coming off an emotional week against the Flyers and a big road game in Buffalo, the Pens were due for a bit of a letdown. Playing against the trap sucks the life out of you.
In April, the Pens will be ready for the trap. Bet your ass on that. The Pens will have to play down to the Devils. It'll make for a boring series where the cream will eventually rise to the top.
As for this beatdown, The Senators have been one of the more underrated Penguin rivals in the latter part of the decade, so finally getting to see someone clean Daniel Alfredsson's clock is the best Christmas present we could have asked for.
Evgeni Malkin is coming out of his "slump."
Bill Guerin is on acid.
Kunitz gets assists by association.
And we're not getting tired of using this picture.
Hard to believe that a goalie gets the #1 star in an 8-2 game.
But Fleury deserved it.
First time the Pens have beat the Senators in regulation in the Mellon since October 16, 2001.
One guy with a hat trick, one with two goals.
We're guessing you can read, but Toby Petersen. Jesus.
If you actually dig a little further, that game and the one last night share a lot of similarities. [ESPN]
But the greatness doesn't stop there.
At the game last night, there was a Festivus miracle.
The story of the miracle began at the Festivus bash at Calico Jack's on Tuesday night.
Frosty put on a hat and it made him dance and shit.
The hat in this Festivus miracle made you feel like you did coke.
GAMEDAY 38 - SENATORS
7:00 PM
Mellon Arena
Listen to the game at [WXDX]
If you have any questions for Mike Lange, Phil Bourque or Bob Grove join the Penguins Radio Network Facebook page.
You can submit questions via the discussion tab for the Crash the Net segments or Penguins Hotline after the game.
An ill-fitting helmet.
A malfunctioning microphone.
The words to the speech apparently written inside his shield.
The Pens coming onto the ice and the crowd booing right as he says "welcome our true heroes."
It's still awful after all these years.
The Ottawa Senators are actually in the playoff picture right now, and yet the biggest news to come out of Ottawa in a while is Mike Fisher getting engaged to Carrie Underwood.
Apparently the Senators are slashing ticket prices as well.
Festivus Tonight, Hobey Baker Fallout, Staal's Face
Tonight at Calico Jack's.
The Auction this year will include:
2 Mario Lemieux Celebrity Invitational Golf Bags filled with goodies
Pittsburgh is Hockeytahn tees
A 2009 Stanley Cup Final Program autographed by Mario Lemieux
Game worn Max Talbot gloves, autographed
An authentic autographed Mario Lemieux jersey
A Pittsburgh Pirates program from the 1987 Retirement of #9 autographed by Bill Mazeroski
Original artwork from The Pensblog's own Stephen S. (See above)
Penguins game tickets
Labatt Blue, Bud Light, Miller Lite, & Red Bull prizes donated from Fuhrere Wholesales & Wilson-McGinley
If anyone is interested in donating anything for the auction or helping out with the festivities in any way, please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
It is an all-ages event, but please bring id for the adult drinky drinks.
$10 cover at the door that goes straight to the MLF.
Calico Jack's will also be donating $1 for every person that walks through the door. Their staff is also donating 25% of all tips collected throughout the evening so tip hearty, my friends.
DJ Dave will be spinnin' tunes all night while classic Pens games will run on all of their tvs.
Drink specials include $2 Labatt Blue & Blue Light and $3 Captain Morgan & Parrot Bay from 8pm-10pm.
Come on down anytime after 6:30. Winners of the auction will be announced by 10pm. You must be present to win.
Calico Jack's is located at 353 North Shore Drive
Pittsburgh, PA 15212-5834
Hobey Baker. PENS LOSE
Whatever. This game was overshadowed by the shocking comments by FSN's Paul Steigerwald towards true American Hobey Baker.
So we had to make a commemorative video for Hobey.
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Go Pens.
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GAMEDAY 37 - DEVILS
7:30 PM
Mellon Arena
Listen to the game at [WXDX]
If you have any questions for Mike Lange, Phil Bourque or Bob Grove join the Penguins Radio Network Facebook page.
You can submit questions via the discussion tab for the Crash the Net segments or Penguins Hotline after the game.
The top two teams in the Atlantic Division.
And the Eastern Conference.
And the NHL.
At least according to points, that is.
The Penguins have had trouble with the Devils this year.
They've lost both games against them so far, both by a score of 4-1.
The Penguins want to do better tonight.
Martin Brodeur versus Marc-Andre Fleury.
Both men want to be in net for Team Canada.
Fleury was named the second star for last week by the NHL.
In other news, Mark Eaton, the only Penguins defenseman to survive the rash of injuries on the blue line earlier this season, will miss tonight's game with an injury.
Eaton's injury isn't considered long term, but he is being evaluated by team doctors today.
Martin Skoula will take his place in the line-up.
The Penguins depth on defense is always, always a good thing.
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The X Generation Jumbotron Video
We're in the midst of doing out decade wrap up post that we probably won't post until March, and we were reviewing some old comments section on Blogspot.
Everyone has clearly seen this, it is nothing new.
But for some reason we haven't seen it in years.
The 2003-2004 Penguins jumbotron video.
This sums up how we feel:
We lost bowel function by the time they got to Holzinger. Christ.
Pens need to show this at games for a good laugh.
P.S. if anyone has any old videos from 2000-2009 in mind, send them to us. Every little bit helps.
Coach Lemieux Part 2
If there is a video of 66 eating a peanut butter sandwhich on youtube, chances are we are posting it.
Kudos again to the FSN guys, especially Dan Potash for getting out some more footage of Lemieux coaching.
Favorite part of this one is at the 1:08 mark when one of his players tells Mario his backup stick is in his car:
No a lot of people survive that stare.
go pens
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The Pen is Mightier. PENS WIN.
Another unreal performance in the shootout.
All that was missing in the shootout on the Pens' side was Erik Christensen.
Same moves and everything.
This game was such an engima. First off, it probably got pretty solid ratings for Saturday night, considering there were more than a handful of people who didn't feel like driving on the roads in the midst of a southwest-Pennsylvania-er.
And then came the storylines.
These two teams are battling at the top of the Eastern Conference.
Actually that was the only storyline.
Not too much to say about the game itself other than the Pens won.
It was a solid game to watch, though.
They are now 13-3-1 since Bill Guerin's buzzer-beater.
A 6-2 loss in Ottawa.
A 3-2 loss on the Island.
A 3-2 loss at home to Carolina.
And the Blackhawk game.
Two of those teams are stains.
The Pens just don't bring their shit some nights. Big deal.
No rest for the weary.
The top team in the East comes to the Mellon on Monday.
A little over a week from now, the Pens repeat this schedule.
Bizarre.
