PRESEASON GAMEDAY 2 - MAPLE LEAFS
7:30PM/ET
Mellon Arena
The Leafs are always annoying to play against.
No matter what year it is, they manage to blow the Pens out at least once a season.
It's games against the Maple Leafs that lead to heart attacks, suspensions, and Michel Therrien losing his job.
It's going to be even worse this year.
Brian Burke has ratcheted up the intensity and filled his team with players that would rather start a fight or deliver a big hit than score a goal.
And the fact that it's preseason doesn't mean they won't play rough.
In their game yesterday against the Flyers, the Leafs had four fighting majors and a misconduct penalty.
On Wednesday against the Bruins they also had four fighting majors.
The Pens had two fights against Columbus.
It's not gonna be pretty.
Pensblog Brunch: Farewell
Only three players have scored 20 goals per season for the last 10 seasons.
Jarome Iginla...
Jason Arnott...
and...
NHL 10 -- Special Features
NHL 10 is here. Having to physically buy attribute points is gay. We uncovered some of the modes and features that didn't make the cut this year.
Pensblog Brunch: Procedures
Wednesday is the day when you find out if that joke who was all about the Pens in June is even a Pens fan. A casual "Hey, the Pens won last night" to the friend is the test. You either got a "Kunitz, baby," or a "The season started already?"
That's when you apply the Million Dollar Dream on the friend.
And he's not a friend anymore.
After the jump, we job.
And there's national-anthem/game-pic procedures.
Good To Be Back. PENS WIN
Nothing was really the same.
No Jeff Jimmerson. No John Barbero. Mellon Arena not sold out.
But yet somehow the same theatrics live on.
Down 3-0 going into the third period the Pens staged a comeback.
It ended up 4-4 in at the end of regulation.
44 seconds into OT Kunitz buried a Bing pass.
5-4 win.
With all due respect to FSN. We could listen to Mike Lange call games via the radio all year if we had to.
Some notes on the game after the jump.
PRESEASON GAMEDAY 1 - BLUE JACKETS
7:30PM/ET
Mellon Arena
Gameday? Unreal.
We've all been waiting for this.
There hasn't been this much anticipation for a Pens preseason game since we came out of the lockout.
Tonight Mellon Arena begins its final run.
The old girl is getting ready to do what she does best: House a hockey game.
There is a space in the rafters that will soon be filled with some new banners.
But no one can be thinking about that right now.
That was last season.
It was incredibly special, but if the Pens spend their time reminiscing about what it was like to raise the Cup over their heads instead of focusing on the upcoming season, there will be trouble.
The Summer of Woooooo is over.
The 2009 - 2010 NHL season is upon us.
Up first?
The Columbus Blue Jackets.
The Columbus Blue Jackets.
Morning Pensblog: Pens Have A Game In Like Eight Minutes
[Gallery here thanks to Jackie I.]
We're following training camp, but lets face it [Empty Netters] is where the coverage is.
The Pens offical people are doing a good job too. [PENS]
Almost surreal that there is a game tonight. No clue who is playing as far as the Pens roster.
From the sound of things there will be student rush tickets available.
There doesn't seem to be a feed for the game, either.
So email us if something breaks in that dept and Rick will post it in Gameday.
Rumor has it the game will at least be broadcast on the X.
NHL 10 is in stores.
EASHL teams will be honored sometime this week.
Go Pens
