Since today’s Finland blog for Versus.com has yet to find its way to the site and face-off is less than an hour away, I figured I would post it here… * * * * * Though the years have ticked by, the situation hasn’t changed much for Finland. It seems that things have gone just…
Well, the Penguins Olympians are in Vancouver and ready for their first games… All of the Penguins representatives will be in action today, as Brooks Orpik and the USA kick off the tournament this afternoon against Switzerland. Sidney Crosby and Marc Andre Fleury will take the ice at 7:30 as the Canadians meet Norway, and…
As most of you who read my blog know, I do not get into a ton of rumor talk…that is Ek’s department. However, at this time of year I do jump in with some speculation pieces and give my opinion on what is floating around. To this point there hasn’t been a ton of tangible talk that centered on the Penguins. That all changed over the past 4 to 5 days when the Birds were linked to both the Columbus Blue Jackets and the Chicago Blackhawks.
Today was a special day around the hockey universe…at least in the USA where USA Hockey was sponsoring a “Wear Your Favorite Hockey Jersey” day. Here is the blurb from the USA Hockey site…
First of all, I haven’t gotten to comment on this, so congratulations to Evgeni Malkin for winning the 2009 Dapper Dan Sportsman of the Year Award! It is a big honor to win the award in this town and he joins a long list of great Pittsburgh athletes who have won it in the past. Sidney Crosby has already won it twice in his young career and Geno was thrilled get into the club…
Interesting turn of events at Mellon Arena tonight…first of all, Brent Johnson did not start the game. Marc Andre Fleury is in the net and Jay McKee was a healthy scratch.
As many of you might have realized as you have read this blog over the years…generally speaking, I am a pretty big music fan. It is a rare moment that I am not listening to my iPod, Pandora, Sirius/XM or even (GASP!) terrestrial radio! It all just depends on where and what I am doing at the time.
