Penguins Training Camp: Reward potentially great with Crosby as a penalty killer

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Abel To Joke
Published 9/20/2007 by Staff at The Pensblog
... Crosby pentalty killer? [ PG ] ...

Pens Look At Crosby For PK
Published 9/20/2007 by Paul at KK Hockey
... on 09/20/07 at 06:18 AM from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Though just 20, he has been hockey s top ambassador for some time. He was the NHL s scoring champion and MVP last season and was named the Penguins team captain in the offseason. Now he could add the final facet to his on-ice role. Already the Penguins top-line center, quarterback of the power play and top-three shootout participant, Crosby will be given a chance earn a spot killing penalties. We need to try to add more people, Therrien said. There s [Jarkko] Ruutu, who has a little bit of experience with the way we play. And we re talking about a Crosby. We re talking about [an Evgeni] Malkin. We re talking about [an Erik] Christensen. more Filed in: ...

Crosby may kill penalties
Published 9/20/2007 at NHL - Sports Rumors - Yahoo! Sports
... has been hockey's top ambassador for some time. He was the NHL's scoring champion and MVP last season and was named the Penguins' team captain in the offseason. Now he could add the final facet to his on-ice role. Already the Penguins' top-line center, quarterback of the power play and top-three shootout participant, Crosby will be given a chance earn a spot killing penalties. Source: Pittsburgh Post -Gazette Related: ...

Pens Notes; A new lease, a broken schnozz, and a new position for Sid ??
Published 9/21/2007 by Tony Ferrante at The Confluence of the Three Rivers
... There will be a season ticket holder Town Hall meeting and Q&A session tonight at the Igloo.  Sidney Crosby, Jordan Staal, Colby Armstrong, Marc-Andre Fleury and Ryan Whitney will field question during the session. ...

A Potpourri Of Penguin Tidbits
Published 9/21/2007 by Matt Bodenschatz at Faceoff Factor
... much going on in Pittsburgh right now that it often can be difficult to cover everything as in-depth as we would like to. As a result, many stories get left untouched. Tonight, I m going to take a few minutes to piece together some of the more interesting Penguin news pieces in a quick-hit fashion. Sykora Sidelined Brooks Orpik is known for his bone-crunching hits that have, on occasion, taken opponents out of games with injuries. Tuesday night, however, was a different story, as a teammate was the one left bloodied and hurting. Petr Sykora suffered a broken nose after colliding with Orpik late in Tuesday s preaseason game against the Montreal Canadiens. The talended winger missed the remainder of the game and Wednesday s on-ice practice. He returned to the ice today and will have his nose reset tomorrow. Sykora is expected to miss the next two preseason games (both against the Detroit Red Wings) tomorrow night and Saturday night. Sid The Shorthanded Kid? According to the ...

Crosby's Many Roles
Published 9/22/2007 by snoopyjode at The Sidney Crosby Show
... Another role Sid wants to add to his mile-long resume is that of penalty killer. To date, most of Sidney's PK appearances for the Penguins have been at the very end of the penalty in hopes that he could get the puck passed to the man emerging from the box for a chance at a breakaway. This season, however, could be different:Coach Michel Therrien said yesterday between training camp practices at Mellon Arena that he is looking to add at least one more forward pairing to the two that carried much of the load last year, Maxime Talbot-Colby Armstrong, and Jordan Staal-Ryan Malone. ...