In light of the Pens scrapping with the Flyers twice this week I thought I would come out of retirement to post someone else's creative property. You are welcome. As always benstonium brings it.

If you want me to recap hockey games that are broadcast on Versus than I'm going to need you to speak with the feminine hygiene products at Comcast.Penguins 5 St. Louis 1I did not get to watch Evgeni Malkin's 12 shots against the Blues because I have DirecTV. I didn't enjoy the domination of the first period where the Pens outshot St. Louis 20-3. It was frustrating. I got to see...

Minnesota is 6-0 with the ageless, Wrangler-wearing, gunslinger Brett Favre. Every one is heaping praise on the forty year old and rightfully so. But don't be fooled into thinking he is the main reason.Minnesota was a playoff team last season with Tavaris Jackson running the show. Think about that for a second, Tavaris Jackson took them to the playoffs. Yeah, it's not the QB that...

Oh Cleveland, how miss hating you. It is so hard to hate a team that is this bad. I can't believe I am going to type this but I actually feel for the Brownie faithful. They deserve better. We deserve better.The Steelers predictably won 27-14 and Ben Roehtlisberger is now 10-0 against Cleveland. That has to hurt as the Browns passed on Ben in favor of Kellen Winslow, Jr. I loved this...

Last week I was forced to preview the Detroit Lions, this week I have an equally tough assignment in the Cleveland Browns. What is there to possibly say about this team? Their coach is a big fat douche nozzle, they have two quarterbacks that aren't very good, they traded their "best" offensive weapon and the only guy worth talking about on defense is a big fat nose tackle named Shaun...

The Pens are now 7-1 through eight games which is a nice number. Only one other time have they started out this well and that was back in 1995, when mullets were still acceptable in the hockey world. Mullets are always acceptable around these parts, however.This is another twofer recap because I have been busy/lazy.Pittsburgh 3 Carolina 2 (SO)On Wednesday the Pens closed out a four...

Suck on that Ty Cobb.Also, if you are like me and can't get enough of what Jim Shearer is doing, check out Sean's Ramblings as he was lucky enough to interview him. Click Here for all that goodness. Very cool.

Pittsburgh beat the Ottawa Senators 4-1 last night and it was a methodical butt-whopping. No fancy-schmancy Sidney Crosby or Evgeni Malkin magic was needed on this night. Tyler Kennedy scored two goals (one cheap, one awesome) and Marc-Andre Fleury was dominant in net.The Pens looked a little flat at the start and who could blame them, the Sens aren't as exciting as they once were...

The Steelers escaped Detroit with a 28-20 victory yesterday in less than spectacular fashion. Another week another fourth quarter let down and I am starting to think that the lack of killer instinct is no small part due the Super Bowl win.Before you get made at me for being negative after a win let me say that there were a lot of great things that happened yesterday. I liked the...

What is the best way to confront the reigning Stanley Cup champions? I am not sure what the answer to that is. But I do know this, you can not and will not push this team around. Philly tried it the other night and lost, last night Toronto tried to go the goon route and they were taken out back of the woodshed for a proper beating.Leafs GM Brian Burke has tried to transform the soft...

I know that video made the rounds thanks in no small part to the Pensblog back during the cup finals but I had to post it. Why? Because it really is so cold in the D. Not only is the jobless rate in Detroit hovering around 29%, Their sports teams have had an especially tough go of it as of late. Their hockey team blew a Stanley Cup game seven at home, their baseball team just choked...

I resisted the obvious Flyers Bite post title as best I could (You're welcome). This is actually going to be my lazy and lame dual game recap for the last two affairs as I couldn't pull myself to do a post on the Coyotes game from Wednesday night. So here goes.Coyotes 3 Penguins 0Talk about a trap game. The Penguins started back up Brent Johnson as Bylsma wanted Fleury to be sharp...

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What started out as a blow out turned into a close game thanks to yet another fourth quarter meltdown by the Steelers. All of the wonderful feelings of a ship being righted were quickly consumed by a gigantic wave of special teams and defensive suck. But lets not focus on the negative after a big win, lets go all out in our heaping of praise and faux analysis.OffenseQB: A+ Ben Roethlisberger...

San Diego comes to town for a classic Sunday Night Football match-up that is all but a must win for the 1-2 Steelers. The Chargers are 2-1 with their only loss coming against the Baltimore Ravens. They also play in the AFC West so you can pretty much guarantee they are making the playoffs.For Pittsburgh the outlook is a little more unclear. The Ravens are 3-0 and Cincinnati is a...

Heading into this game I was a little weary about the outcome. Sure the Islanders are kind of cruddy but it was their home debut and more importantly Johnathan Tavares' first NHL game. Couple those little nuggets of wisdom with the fact that the Pens were playing on back-to-back nights and you could smell an upset brewing.That didn't happen of course as the Pens repeated what they...

Tonight was a party for the Penguins organization and the people of Pittsburgh. The big highlight came previous to the actual hockey game when the Stanley Cup Champions Banner was raised to the Mellon Arena rafters.The game itself had everything you could ask for. Malkin and Crosby notched goals, Fleury made a brilliant save on Prospal, Godard had a major league fight with Donald...

Courtesy of Benstonium

Last Time Around for the IglooIts that time again. Hockey season is underway and the Pens will raise their new Stanley Cup banner tonight before putting last year's amazing run to rest. That went by fast didn't it? I am glad to have hockey back in my life but I honestly could've basked in the Stanley Cup victory a little longer.So here we are at the start of another season with all...

I hate doing grades immediately after a loss because I get so worked up that I am ready to fire the entire team if given the option. I was especially enraged after watching my beloved Steelers blow two straight fourth quarter leads.Ben Roethlisberger lost in Ohio for the first in his NFL career and the defense failed to hold an 11 point lead with less than ten minutes to play. Bengals...

What a difference a week makes. After week one all the national pundits were positive about the Steelers chances to repeat in 2009, as long as they found their running game. Everyone also thought these were the same old Bungals after Brandon Stokley's improbable tipped TD saw Cincy drop their home opener 7-6. Now that the Bengals won a big game in Green Bay and Pittsburgh lost to...

Gould, not Jeff Reed kicks the winner. Well that was a bit of shocker. Not that the Steelers lost but the manner in which they lost. The usually sure-footed Jeff Reed missed two field goals late in the game and the Bears squeaked out a 17-14 win Sunday afternoon. Now I know hot the Titans felt last week. I don't know about you guys but it sure felt the like the Steelers were in...

Da Bears. Da Stillers. This is the kind of old school, blue collar, hard hitting match up we live for. Except that the Steelers are now more of a pass first, fancy pants offense and it appears the Bears may try to go that route with QB Jay Cutler. So don't expect a three yards and a cloud of dust type of affair Sunday afternoon.Lets get to know the monsters of the midway, shall we...

The Pittsburgh City Paper did nice a piece on Jim Shearer as well. I hope guys enjoy these as much as I do.