Tag: playoffs
Referee Scott Foster Momentarily Leaves Game Three Following Collision with LeBron
During Game 3 of the Western Conference finals between the Los Angeles Lakers and Denver Nuggets, crew chief Scott Foster…
Read more »Game Prediction: Lions-Vikings
NFC North rivals are set to face off for the second time this season. The Detroit Lions travel to Minnesota…
Read more »Phil Kessel erases Craig Adams’ worthless name from the top of the record book
This is a great day for hockey. A historical wrong is righted. On behalf of the Penguins’ community, Phil Kessel…
Read more »Chasing history: Will Tampa Bay join the .700 Club?
Updated:Pensblog Pat with a solid recap of the Pens big win over Washington last night. Jake Guentzel was in the…
Read more »Oleksy to Oleksiak: Every Penguins trade in the Jim Rutherford era
Updated:Jim Rutherford is a man of extremes. The same man who shrewdly sent three non-first round picks and scrap metal…
Read more »It Was A Quiet Trade Deadline for Detroit Tigers
Updated:The Detroit Tigers, sitting at 47-62 and third place in the American League Central, would seem like ideal candidates to…
Read more »’95 Hakeem or ’03 Duncan – Who Had The Greater Playoff Run?
Updated:The year is 1995. Hakeem Olajuwon just followed up one of the greatest individual seasons in ‘94 with an equally…
Read more »The Price of Making the Playoffs
Updated:ST. PAUL— Flashback to April 11th at Target Center in a winner-take-all matchup between the Denver Nuggets and Minnesota Timberwolves…
Read more »Stanley Cup franchise and fanbase droughts
Updated:We’re in that weird part of the NHL calendar where hockey fans feel exiled in the limbo between Christmas (Stanley…
Read more »Resistance is futile. Vegas, Fleury are unstoppable
Updated:A throwaway “ha ha, like that’ll ever happen” *sarcasm* tweet went out to Pensblog captain Rich, days after the Penguins…
Read more »What if Kris Letang was a forward?
Updated:It was his finest NHL moment and the most important goal of his career. Despite giving up the tying goal…
Read more »Aftermath: The Penguins fall short of a Triple Crown
Updated:For fans of thoroughbreds, Triple Crown season arrived with the running of the Kentucky Derby last Saturday afternoon. If Derby…
Read more »Pittsburgh, Behold your MVP: The enduring value of Evgeni Malkin
Updated:UPDATE: Malkin’s in. Rejoice. * * * As of this morning’s skate, the Penguins gave their standard answer on whether…
Read more »Overstating the obvious: Matt Murray will set the tone of the series
Updated:Hockey media started vigorously jacking it as soon as Washington eliminated the Blue Jackets on Monday night. Since this is…
Read more »R1G6 QUICK CAP: Guentzel rampage. Pens clinch Round 1
Updated:That sound you heard early in the third period of this afternoon’s game was the sweetest sound of all: the…
Read more »Facts and figures: Penguins 50th regular season achievements
Updated:Pittsburgh finished their 50th regular season last Friday evening with an even 100 points. This was the 11th-best team in…
Read more »The Pittsburgh Penguins and The Impossible
The end of the movie “Miracle” features credit screens where each player and his life post-Olympic Gold Medal win in…
Read more »Don’t Taze Me Bro Gets Tazed
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pw-_Kd_Fl-8&w=560&h=315] Phil Kessel wasn’t the only one caught on film yelling last night. According to a YouTube video (embedded above),…
Read more »Pat & Leah Have a Hockey Podcast – Therapy
[protected-iframe id=”2d7ffbd7dc34e0008e26b188835120a7-114320562-50437453″ info=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/320599013″ ] It’s been a long day of hot takes. Whether from BuzzfeedOnPGHSports dot bleh, Rossi and the…
Read more »Bruins Fall to the Senators in Overtime Thriller
The series between Boston and Ottawa was a beautiful demonstration of the stress, strain, intensity, passion, controversy, and heartbreak on display in…
Read more »Senators Sour Patriots Day, Sink B’s in OT
Patriots Day is a special day in Boston. The annual celebration of the first battle of the American Revolution comes…
Read more »Marchand Lifts Bruins to Victory
For the first time since 2014, the Boston Bruins played Stanley Cup playoff hockey. They took to the Canadian Tire…
Read more »Pat & Leah Have a Hockey Podcast – Bill and Lian’s Injured Adventure
[protected-iframe id=”9fbc52dabfeb693f4b63e1cd5cab19fe-114320562-50437453″ info=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/314197392″ ] In lieu of watching a Guy Boucher-coached snorefest playing the Penguins, we decided to make another…
Read more »Tyus Jones contributing as Timberwolves push for Playoffs
<![CDATA[ As the fifth pick in the 2016 NBA draft, point guard Kris Dunn was drafted by the Minnesota Timberwolves…
Read more »Patriots WR Malcolm Mitchell Questionable for Saturday’s Divisional Round
Malcolm Mitchell has been limited at practice this week due to a knee injury. Mitchell sustained the injury in New…
Read more »Patriots Cruise Past Dolphins 35-14 and Finish Season 14-2
The Patriots needed to win today to clinch the #1 seed in the AFC. So they casually went out and…
Read more »Celtics Last Stand
The Celtics now find themselves in a big hole. They are down in the series 3-2 with a home game…
Read more »How the Bruins can Still Make the Playoffs
After last nights amazing performance in a 5-2 win over Detroit the Bruins still have a shot to make the…
Read more »Get Pumped Up Divisional Round Edition (Videos)
Today is game day down at Gillette stadium as the Patriots will take on the Chiefs at 4:25 PM. It…
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