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PREGAME
-Greetings from ugly but mild Pittsburgh. It was cloud all day but warm. A really weird day. If you looked out the window, it was just one of those days where you wanted to pull the covers over your head and wake up whenever summer rolled around ugh.
-This has nothing to do with ...
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Atlanta Thrashers
Jim Slater
Marc-Andre Fleury
Johan Hedberg
Senators forward and former Penguin Shean Donovan ( right ) spoke about being on the receving end of a hit by Penguins forward Matt Cooke in the Senators' 6-2 win Thursday .
Donovan will be out six to eight weeks to recover from damage to his MCL in his right knee.
Of the hit, Donovan ...
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-Dan Bylsma ( above ) and Senators defenseman Matt Carkner are BFFs (PG+).
-The Penguins presented public address announcer John Barbero, who is dealing with brain cancer, with a Stanley Cup ring . Barbero is away from the team while he deals with his illness (PG+).
-The ...
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A preview of the Thrashers.
When and where: 7 p.m., Philips Arena.
TV: FSN Pittsburgh, SouthSport.
Record: 10-6-2, 22 points, The Thrashers are in 11th place in the Eastern Conference and third place in the Southeast Division.
Leading Scorer: Rich Peverly, 23 points (eight goals, 15 ...
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Johan Hedberg
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Chris Kunitz
Brooks Orpik
The march of the Penguins to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton continues. Defenseman Nate Guenin ( above ) was demoted to the AHL today .
Guenin appeared in the Penguins' past two games recording no points and was a minus-2. In 15 AHL games this season, he has also failed to record a point.
EN Says: ...
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Brooks Orpik
Penguins defenseman Brooks Orpik ( above ) expects to return to the lineup tomorrow in Atlanta . He has missed four games after suffering an apparent knee injury in a 3-0 loss at Boston, Nov. 10. Orpik did suffer a facial cut in practiced today.
With Orpik apparently healthy, the team ...
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Brooks Orpik
Atlanta Thrashers
Mark Eaton
community.post-gazette.com - 40 hours ago
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Penguins -Dave Molinari's recap of last night's game
. The first 69 seconds of the game were
pretty good for the Penguins. -The Ottawa Citizen's recap . Ottawa's Chris Phillips stood out in his 800th career game. -The Associated Press' recap ...
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Empty Netter Assists - 11-20-09
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found this 40 hours agofound this
community.post-gazette.com - 42 hours ago
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"Mellon Arena Memories" is a semi-regular feature that
will appear in this forum from time to time
during the remainder of the Penguins' final season at Mellon Arena. We will attempt to interview several individuals inside and outside ...
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Mellon Arena Memories - Andrew Ference - 11-20-09
So we've decided to cap off watching one blowup by watching another one. We're taking in the Blackhawks-Flames game right now. The Blackhawks are romping the Flames, 6-1. And we noticed something rather cool on Gamecenter Live:
Down at the bottom, there are markers that go to all the goals ...
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PREGAME
-Greetings from rainy and dreary Western Pennsylvania. High 40s and nothing but rain all day. Just awful.
-The Penguins get a Superstar and a Sarge back tonight and they've each done damage to the Senators in the past:
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Things will be a little easier for the Penguins tonight as Senators forward Alex Kovalev ( above ) has left the team to address the death of his wife's mother in Russia .
The former Penguin has 10 points (four goals, six assists) in 18 games this season.
( Photo: Nick Laham/Getty Images )
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Alex Kovalev
community.post-gazette.com - 2 days ago
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Imagine this. Some good injury-related news. Injured Penguins
defenseman Sergei Gonchar ( above ) and forward Maxime
Talbot wil return to the lineup tonight when the Penguins play in Ottawa tonight . But, it's two steps forwards, one step ...
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Gonchar and Talbot to play; Eaton questionable; Lee ...
A preview of the Senators.
When and where: 7:30 p.m., Scotiabank Place.
TV: FSN Pittsburgh, TSN2, RDS.
Record: 9-6-3, 21 points. The Senators are in 10th place in the Eastern Conference and second place in the Northeast Divison.
Leading Scorer: Daniel Alfredsson ( right ), 19 points ...
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-Some young punk was running around the streets of Halifax, N.S. setting stuff on fire .
-Kudos to WPXI for sending a reporter to Halifax to cover Crosby's run . Rightly or wrongly, WPXI gets a bad rap for being a "Steelers station," but it covered what was essentially ...
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community.post-gazette.com - 3 days ago
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Sidney Crosby ( above ) carried the Olympic
Torch through Halifax, N.S. this evening . We're still
looking from some video. If you can help us out, don't hesitate to e-mail. ( Photos: Andrew Vaughan/Canadian Press )
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Crosby carries Olympic Torch - 11-18-09
community.post-gazette.com - 2 days ago
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" With players such as Brooks Orpik (
above ) and Tyler Kennedy sidelined, the Penguins are
beat up. And statistically, they're one of the most beat up teams in the league. But surpisingly, they've "only" lost the fourth-most man ...
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Man-games lost - 11-18-09
community.post-gazette.com - 3 days ago
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Someone needs to wrap up Mark Eaton in
protective plastic at this point. Another Pengins defensemen is
hurt. This time it's Jay McKee ( above ). He will be sidelined two to four week due to an infected finger . McKee has appeared in 21 games ...
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McKee out two to four weeks; Gonchar's return possible ...
"Mellon Arena Memories" is a semi-regular feature that will appear
in this forum from time to time during the remainder of the Penguins'
final season at Mellon Arena. We will attempt to interview several
individuals inside and outside the Penguins about the arena which
has served ...
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Randy Carlyle
Pittsburgh Penguins
Penguins
-Meet the "Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Three. " ( Note: We're determined to make that name stick like the "Muskegeon Line ." )
-Will the Penguins' rash of injuries prompt Ray Shero to look for talent outside of the organization ?
-If you happen to be on Brunswick ...
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During tonight's Leksands IF and Björklövens IF in Sweden, well... this ... happened:
Henrik Andersen of had a few issues when celebrating his first goal as a member of Leksands IF. And you thought Mellon Arena had some deficiencies.
