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The Penguins swept the Carolina Hurricanes to put them into the Stanley Cup Finals for a second straight year - would they face the same opponent?The Red Wings were back in Detroit for game-5, leading the series 3-1, looking to clinch the series on home-ice.  The game would go into overtime - for the third time in the series - with Detroit winning 2-1, sending them back to the Stanley...

Shelly Anderson of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has the low-down on the machine that is the Pittsburgh Penguins as they took out Carolina 6-2...The Penguins took a commanding lead in the Eastern Conference final with a 6-2 win over the Carolina Hurricanes tonight at RBC Center ((Evgeni Malkin pictured, thanks Peter Diana/Post-Gazette))They lead the best-of-seven series, three games...

In the eye of a white-out Game 2 storm, a flurry of towels and tinfoiled knuckles on a pseudo-Hanson brother with the real Dave Hanson in attendance, there was truly something in the air at Mellon Arena on Thursday night. The Pittsburgh Penguins and the Carolina Hurricanes shed the Game 1 pleasantries, and with the honeymoon over, [...]

So something crazy happened after the Pittsburgh Penguins finished off their sweep of the Carolina Hurricanes last night, and some of you won’t fully appreciate this, but…whatever dude. So Sidney Crosby went up to accept the Prince of Wales trophy and…actually picked it up and skated around with it BUT DID NOT HOIST! Regardless of [...]

3rd Round Playoff Matchups Eastern Conference Pittsburgh Penguins (4) versus Carolina Hurricanes (6) “That would definitely be really interesting,” said former Penguins winger Marian Hossa about meeting the Penguins in the Stanley Cup Final.  It is hard to believe Dan Bylsma could have imagined things would have come to him this fast.  While most think the series is over, [...]

This is Syl Apps, Jr. He was part of the early "expansion" Penguins who could score some and they left a little too. Before Mario, the Penguins were a strange little team that never really won a thing. Greg Polis would win a car at the All-Star game, they'd run a tremendous offensive line out most years (Apps-Lowell MacDonald-Jean Pronovost, they called it the "...

The Pittsburgh Penguins have signed defenseman Robert Bortuzzo to a three-year entry-level contract through 2012, it was announced today by Executive Vice President and General Manager Ray Shero.    Bortuzzo, 20, appeared in 23 games ...

It seems there are two groups of Pittsburgh Penguins fans this morning: one whose members are drooling over the acquisition of Marian Hossa and one whose members are worrying about the assets traded to get Hossa. But, there really is no down side to this trade.

3rd Round Playoff Matchups Eastern Conference Pittsburgh Penguins (4) versus Carolina Hurricanes (6) The Penguins themselves are in awe of both Crosby and Malkin.  Pittsburgh has held its own it the face-off circle this series.  Good teams have that killer instinct, and that is exactly what the Penguins demonstrated last night.  Joe Starkey of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review thinks [...]

RALEIGH — The Penguins have the Hurricanes right where they want them, but that fourth and final series-clinching win is often the hardest to get. The Hurricanes needed seven games against the Boston Bruins in the last round of the playoffs after taking a 3-1 lead and by the time they arrived in Boston for the final game, it seemed the Bruins had stole away all momentum. But they...

After three losses filled with defensive lapses to start the Eastern Conference finals, the Carolina Hurricanes and coach Paul Maurice can rattle off ad nauseum a laundry list of areas that need to be fixed. We’ve heard countless references ...

Our Captain was recently named to Hello! Canada Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful Canadians list. I've located the photo for you. Break out a good bottle of wine because the caption is chock FULL o'cheese:Sidney CrosbyHometown: Cole Harbour, N.S.At the tender age of 21, Sidney is one wanted man.Not only did the sizzling Pittsburgh Penguins playercause a firestorm of excitement...

Two signs were noticeable by the glass at ice level today at the RBC Center. One read "We believe." The other: "Hakkaa Paalle." The second is Finnish and was seen by the Canes' two Finns were at practice, Jussi Jokinen and Joni Pitkanen (Tuomo Ruutu was held out). Asked about it later, Jokinen said a rough translation would be "Let's get going...

Pittsburgh Penguins' Jordan Staal (11) and goalie Marc-Andre Fleury (29) celebrate following Game 4 of the NHL hockey Eastern Conference finals against the Carolina Hurricanes in Rale...

As the Canes took the ice today at the RBC Center for the morning skate, one had to wonder: was it the last skate of the season? Time will tell. Scott Walker, Tuomo Ruutu and Erik Cole, who all missed the team practice Monday, all on the ice. All are expected to play tonight in Game 4 against the Penguins. Walker had his head rammed into the boards in Game 3 by the Pens'...