from Ron Cook of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette,

It’s one thing to lose a hockey game. The Penguins barely showed up Sunday at Consol Energy Center, were spanked by the Detroit Red Wings, 5-1, and were booed off the ice by an angry home crowd. Ugly performances happen in an 82-game season. Occasionally, they even happen twice in the same rotten weekend. The Penguins were shut out Saturday at home by the Boston Bruins, 2-0.

But it’s something much worse to embarrass yourself and your team. The Penguins did plenty of that against the Red Wings. Somehow, they managed to take 64 penalty minutes without a fight in the game. David Perron was given a two-minute unsportsmanlike conduct penalty, Chris Kunitz a two-minute roughing penalty, a two-minute unsportsmanlike conduct penalty and a 10-minute misconduct, Steve Downie two 10-minute misconducts and Kris Letang the dubious hat trick of a two-minute unsportsmanlike conduct penalty, a 10-minute misconduct and a game misconduct.

It was a joke, although there was nothing funny about it.

Like the fans, coach Mike Johnston didn’t like anything about the afternoon.

“I thought our guys got on edge way too quickly in the game. That killed us tonight. We were trying to get some momentum in the hockey game and you just can’t do that. Really, it’s discipline throughout the team.”

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