We simply unpublished that earlier post from this morning.

C-bloggers, your efforts from that post aren't gone from the internet.

They just won't ever be seen again.

Best thing about blogs is the readership is the jury.

Game.

go pens

To blatantly steal an idea from Empty Netters, we've received word of a pretty terrible jersey foul:

"My sister, her husband, my roommate and I all went to the Pens game in Columbus this weekend. We sat up in the Skybox Terrace, where the ratio of Pens fans to Blue Jackets fans was 10 to 1. I personally saw a few jersey fouls (a couple of Ovechkins, a Zetterberg, and the notorious Stanley Cup 09), but this one really ticked us off. My roommate did the sneak attack and took a picture of it, as you can see, but it gets even better.

She and I walked up to him and asked him about this ugly thing. He had a bunch of excuses up his sleeve. His first one: "Oh, I can still wear it if either one of them gets traded blah blah blah." Yeah, okay, try again. "I wanted a cheap Penguins jersey, so I went on eBay. The description said that it was a quality jersey that was just a misprint. So I bought it at half price."

Sorry dude, but that's no excuse.
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By the way, fantasticmax initially saw the jersey foul and we were also with malkinstein. I'm rovers17182. Gotta give credit where its due."

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We weren't really surprised it was given its own post on Paul's Kukla's Red Wing Blog Kukla's Korner. [ KKK ]

The Chief at A2Y picked up on the story (because his Wings had won the night before, therefore he did not completely disappear for an undetermined amount of time), and decided to lump Pittsburgh fans in with the media.  Bizarre logic, but you got to do what you got to do.

With Lidstrom only having one ball left, it takes less time for Wings bloggers to lick the region thoroughly, freeing up time to type some posts, trying to convince themselves that their Mighty Wings are still relevant.   So we end up with bloggers who say other people have an inferiority complex...while incessantly whining and moaning about the team that beat the Second Best Team In The NHL in the Finals.

As far as we're concerned, the Pens have the title belt.

Penguin bloggers can talk about whatever we want.

<Detroit-esque Arrogance> And honestly, we're bored with the Pens winning so much already, we need to come up with posts about opposing teams in order to entertain ourselves. </Arrogance>

Hossa abandoned a sinking ship.

Franzen will be injured for the rest of his contract.

Zetts and Dats are past their prime.

Their goalies are still learning Be A Pro controls. (Pens4Evar)

Wings fans like The Chief are backed into a corner.

They don't know what to do.

So they come out and fire shots at familiar foes to feel safe again.

Classless Wings fans, refusing to honor Gary Bettman, our hero.

go pens

Thanks as usual for all the pics from everyone.

The winner of the costume contest is Ana Peasgood and her five year old son Robert who dressed up as the Stanley Cup and the Cup keepers.

Maybe the best costume of all time.

Best mother of all time.

Here is the slideshow of all pumpkins and costumes:

Thanks again to everyone.

We'll keep adding to the slideshow, so if you have any, send them in.

Some good costumes after the jump.

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Best thing about being a hockey blogger is that we don't have to write about games when we don't want to.

Have to feel bad for the beat writers of the Pens and people that actually have to get all in depth.

Oh wait, beat writers don't do that in Pittsburgh anyway. woooooooooo

If you've watched hockey long enough, you know that there are games like this in an 82 game slate.

Like really what else is there to say?

Seriously, though if you're bashing people right now. You don't know what you're talking about.

Die.

Good for Minnesota, though. They'll be pissed when they won't win the lottery because they won this game.

The only two things people will bring out of this game:

A. This lady apparently knitting behind the Pens bench:

Guess you could say she was "defying ordinary."

But for real, those are like 144 dollar tix. David Morehouse's head just exploded.

B. Crosby fought some guy.

No idea why the linesman don't let them go. Crosby's check to the NHL must have cleared. Can't wait to hate all week.

Check out the bizarre FSN note:

Replace furnace filters regularly? No shit.

More thoughts:

• Chris Bourque dressed up as invisible for Halloween.
• Al Goligoski 23 shifts, 24:48 minutes played. Average of 1:04 per shift. What a player
• Dupuis is playing good hockey, had a bunch of chances versus Columbus, in addition to his goal last night.
• Great pass by Orpik to Kunitz. Huge block by Havlat.
• Skoula continues to impress.
• Wild scored with .1 second left in the first.
• Cal Clusterfuck is a pretty good defenseman for Minnesota.
• Halloween costumes and pumpkins montage today some time. Suck it.
• Paranormal Activity is decent. The mental mistakes by the guy in that movie are surreal.

7:30 PM

 

 

Mellon Arena

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Happy Halloween!

 

 

 

Halloween is today. But Alex Goligoski dressed up a little early.

His costume: a Norris-caliber defenseman.

 

Down 3-1 with less than two minutes to play, and the Pens surging,

Al got a saucer pass from Bing.

 

 

Not only is it Goligoski's seventh straight game with a point, it's a big goal.

 

Last night was just another example of why the world champs are who they are.

Despite being up 3-1, Columbus slowly started to fade away.

 

In fact, the last 10:25 of the game, Columbus did not record a shot.

 

None of this would have been possible without the performance of goalie Brent Johnson.

He again kept the Pens afloat.

 

Pens are now 11-2. Getting 2 points in games like this means everything. Make a mental note of this one when the Pens are a point away from winning the division in April.

 

Pens play in like 4 minutes. And blog-wise, after a game like this,

we wish the Pens didn't play so soon.

 

We have to semi-hurry what should be epic.

Jump.

 

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7:00 PM

 

Nationwide Arena

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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.

 

 

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A pre-Halloween chill is in the air.

 

It's a good thing the Pens are at home.

 

Okay, they're not technically at home, but they're in Columbus which is pretty close.

 

It's interesting that the team is wearing their third jerseys tonight.

It's the first time since the Winter Classic that they've worn them outside the Igloo.

 

Maybe it feels like a home game to them too.