“All good things must come to an end“ 16-straight years of Stanley Cup Playoff hockey is a great thing, even with the numerous ups and downs that come with it. There will be no playoff hockey in Pittsburgh for the … Continue reading An Era Ends. It’s Been A Great Ride
It has been a very long time since the Pittsburgh Penguins last missed the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The only time Sidney Crosby didn’t continue play in April was in his rookie season, when the Penguins were entering the Ray Shero … Continue reading It’s Not About the Cup. It’s Now About the Streak
The NHL season is long, so jumping to conclusions about a team the first five to ten game in is never the best way to evaluate a team. For the Pittsburgh Penguins, a 4-0-1 start in which they scored six … Continue reading A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Edmonton…
Nobody can make heads or tails of a team five games in, but the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-0-1 start is a welcoming sign of what might be in-store this season, especially with how they have done it. In all four wins, … Continue reading October Hockey Doesn’t Matter, But the Penguins Look Good Out of the Gate
It’s October, which means the leaves are changing, the weather is getting colder, and hockey season is just around the corner. The National Hockey League’s 2022-23 season looks to be a real return to normalcy since the pandemic, with virus … Continue reading The NHL Needs to Fix Parts of Its “Global Series”
Vladimir Putin’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine has led to a large condemnation of his war crimes and Russia is paying the price with economic sanctions, travel restrictions and this week, the sports world began punishing the country. The National Hockey … Continue reading NHL Condemns Russia While Having to Protect Its Russian-Born Players
In Olympic Ice Hockey, the U.S.A. and Canada are in a league of their own on the women’s side. We saw Canada win both the group game and gold medal game, as the U.S. had to settle for silver after … Continue reading What to Make of U.S.A. and Canada Men’s Hockey After The 2022 Beijing Olympics
Reading reactions and seeing the television ratings, there’s no question that Major League Baseball’s plan to channel the legacy and emotion of the 1989 film “Field of Dreams” paid off. Much like Ray Kinsella plowing through his corn to build … Continue reading MLB Could Take A Page From the NHL
It’s been known for a while that the National Hockey League was getting a new team in the Seattle Kraken for the 2020-21 season. After the remainder of the 2019-20 season and the 2020-21 season were both impacted by the … Continue reading Mix & Match Monday: Release the Kraken!
Major League Baseball has really been the first professional sports league to return to a pre-pandemic setting in 2021. Stadium are filling up again, there was a slight inconvenience to the schedule early on due to the virus, but everything … Continue reading Mix & Match Monday: Hey Now, You’re An All-Star (Sitting out the Game)
SEAN GALLAGHER HAS THOUGHTS 