Going To Columbus
Just start watching it at the 2:00 mark.
These highlights don't do the emotions justice.
If you're going to Columbus for the game,
you will kill yourself if you don't click "Read More."
An Igloo Runs Through It: "Threw the first punch of my life."
A lot of other sites are doing stories about the Mellon Arena. And we can't resist.
So if you have a favorite memory of Mellon Arena, send it to us, and we'll post it.
Even if it isn't from a Penguin game, send it through.
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Reader ALI brings us this one.
"Game 3 of the caps series this past playoff. We all know how dire the situation was.
Top top it off, I had tailgated in a monsoon and was absolutely drenched, and my rally towel blew onto and street and got run over my a fucking car in the process.
Things weren't looking good."
Morning Pensblog: Halloween, Chris Cooley Justice
Yes, I went trick or treating in the suburbs of Pittsburgh dressed like this,
collecting money for UNICEF in a classic jar of Jaromir Jagr peanut butter.
GO PENS!
---Reader Jon S.
This is all we have to say to that:
A few Charlie-o-lanterns™ are creeping into the inbox.
A slideshow of Halloween stuff after the jump.
Also after the jump, an old friend feels the wrath of Aunt Karma's period.
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Goodbye GeoCities, Pens Halloween Costumes and more
GeoCities - home to thousands of awesomely retro animated gifs and never updated personal web pages - is officially closed as of today.
As a way of saying goodbye, we suggest you check out our old post on GeoCities, Tripod and Angelfire pages.
Some of those pages may even still work.
And, the next time the Pens score, you might want to play this.
Today is our .
There's something amazing about the old GeoCities sites that will die today.
For anyone who was on the Internet in the mid-to-late 90s, GeoCities pages probably took up a large percentage of your life.
The number of old school wrestling sites, hockey fan pages and band tribute sites online decreased significantly today.
After the jump, a big Rob Scuderi hit, the Pens dress up for Halloween and more Geocities goodness.
Like Clockwork
Every season, the Philadelphia Flyers start showing up in headlines so frequently that it's impossible to ignore them anymore. Not even 10 games into the season, their players have already had to face two instances where a possible suspension or fine was going to be handed out, one of which resulted from Scott Hartnell actually biting Kris Letang.
And now Mike Richards has decided to go on a personal crusade
against the media in Philadelphia -- because he is a leader.
The Password Is Trap. PENS LOSE.
Games like this challenge your will to live and your will to come up with a decent recap after phoning in the previous recap. This was easily the Pens' worst game of the season. The Florida game wasn't bad at all. The Pens just ran into a red-hot goalie. In this game, they ran into Marty Brodeur...when they could get close enough.
When the Devils made it 3-0 early in the third, it was game-over. The trap was executed to a T all game long. It's how teams like the Coyotes, Devils, and Panthers can frustrate a run-and-gun, highly talented team.
Those three teams have something in common.
They currently aren't Stanley Cup contenders.
And they won't be contenders when April rolls around.
When the Devils made it 3-0 early in the third, it was game-over. The trap was executed to a T all game long. It's how teams like the Coyotes, Devils, and Panthers can frustrate a run-and-gun, highly talented team.
Those three teams have something in common.
They currently aren't Stanley Cup contenders.
And they won't be contenders when April rolls around.
Simply put, the Pens didn't feel like coming up with a gameplan to counter the trap in this one. The
Pens wanted to do their own thing. And they lost. Big deal. There go the dreams of an 81-1-0 season.
Pens can be thankful that they get to see the Devils six times a year. Later on this season, when the Pens are playing games that matter against teams that decide to trap the Pens' high-flying forwards, they will have six games worth of experience against the best trap coach in the game.
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Pens can be thankful that they get to see the Devils six times a year. Later on this season, when the Pens are playing games that matter against teams that decide to trap the Pens' high-flying forwards, they will have six games worth of experience against the best trap coach in the game.
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GAMEDAY 11 - 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 Pens are going for their eighth win in a row tonight.
Will Marc-Andre Fleury look at playing Brodeur as another chance to prove he should make Canada's Olympic team?
Jacques Lemaire and the neutral zone trap are back in New Jersey, so we could be in for a frustrating night.
Hill District Stomp. PENS WIN.
Can't do a recap.
If you feel betrayed, reassess your life.
Quick thoughts:
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- Chris Bourque is a stain.
- Great call by the refs on the hand-pass no-goal.
- Felt bad for Vokoun. What a performance.
- Pens had a couple of baaaaad defensive lapses.
- Brent Johnson was solid yet again.
- Thank God Staal came back.
- All game, the Pens were whacking at Vokoun's glove as he was freezing the puck, and the Panthers players didn't even care.
- Kunitz was feisty.
- First shortie of Crosby's career. How bizarre is that.
- Nice comeback.
