sports.yahoo.com - 1/5/2009
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After his "fight" with Brett McLean of the Florida Panthers yesterday, Pittsburgh Penguins star Sidney Crosby claimed that he and McLean had agreed to drop gloves following the faceoff: "We were talking early in the first period ... I asked him to go, he said 'yes'. Usually yes ...
sports.yahoo.com - 1/4/2009
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sports.yahoo.com —
Frustration, thy name is the Pittsburgh Penguins .
Unless you consider a Sidney Crosby fight off the
faceoff and his 21 minutes in penalties to be harbingers of sunshine for the Pens in their 6-1 humiliation to the visiting Florida Panthers today: ...
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Fight Video: Sidney Crosby really earns his instigator ...
hockeyprogram.blogspot.com - 1/3/2009
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hockeyprogram.blogspot.com —
I apologize for the following....may hockey forgive me
for my sin....but here goes.... Crosby mauls McLean. This
was not even a fair fight folks. Crosby does not even let him drop the gloves...he just jumps him! Back to the regularly scheduled hockey viewing! Officiating poor..maybe but still ouch!
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You Know Its Ugly When......
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RANGERLAND.NET —
... And Sidney Crosby has been getting into a few fights lately too, and there’s some controversy about the latest bout. So what happens if Crosby gets frustrated tonight? Who does he pick on? ...
Cup-check time in Nashville
Kuklas Korner —
It’s cup-check time for the Nashville Predators as Sidney Crosby and the Penguins come to town; in case you hadn’t noticed, the Pittsburgh phenom has engaged in some pretty odd fighting tactics lately, including sucker-punches to the cajones of Atlanta’s Boris Valabik, and a mugging of Florida’s Brett McLean.
When it comes to the actual game, however, both teams are looking to reverse recent slides. The Predators are now mired in a 5-game losing streak, while the Pens just broke their own ...
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