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Category: Pittsburgh-Penguins

Tangradi Among Latest Penguin Cuts

by brianmetzer on 09/28/11 at 01:32 PM ET
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As Penguins training camp rolls on, so do the roster cuts following each game, the latest being a 3-2 Penguins victory over the Los Angeles Kings in Kansas City. The Birds have pared seven more bodies from their camp roster and there are a couple of interesting names on the list.

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Tags: eric+tangradi, nick+johnson, penguins, scott+harrington, scott+munroe, wilkes+barre+scranton

Penguins Reduce Training Camp Roster by 13 Players

by brianmetzer on 09/22/11 at 05:45 PM ET
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I will be back shortly with some thoughts on the moves, but the team has shipped out 13 players to their Wilkes Barre-Scranton Affiliate and or their respective junior teams. Amongst the cuts is former first round pick Simon Despres, who hasn’t had an overly impressive training camp. The moves leave 42 players on the training camp roster.

The official release from the team is below…

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Tags: nhl, simon+despres, training+camp

Penguins Meet Wings in First Pre-Season Game of the Year

by brianmetzer on 09/21/11 at 04:20 PM ET
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The Penguins head into their first game of the pre-season this evening against the Detroit Red Wings. Having the Wings swoop through to participate in the first actual hockey game of the season is starting to be a Consol Energy Center tradition as they were the first opponent to skate against the Birds in pre-season tilt last year when the barn first opened its doors.

Personally, I am not expecting to see much tonight, but it will be nice to see hockey being played after a long off-season of NBA/NFL CBA talks. If you think that was painful, wait until next summer when Bettman and company get back in the negotiating room…. But that is a story for another day.

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Tags: consol+energy+center, evgeni+malkin, marc+andre+fleury, nhl, pavel+datsyuk, penguins, pre-season, tomas+holmstrom, tomas+tatar

News, Notes, and Quotes from the First Day of On-Ice Activities in Pittsburgh

by brianmetzer on 09/17/11 at 07:31 PM ET
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Though the Penguins put in a day of physicals, meetings and off-ice activities on Friday; today marked the first day of on ice activities.

The sessions were open to the public and there was plenty of fan support. Most were in the house to witness the return of Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Makin – both of which missed significant time last season with injuries. Crosby and Malkin did skate today and looked great in doing so, but more on that shortly.

I was in the house alongside a diverse group of media folk from around the league and Pittsburgh and wanted to throw a collection of news and notes at you.

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Tags: dan+bylsma, evgeni+malkin, jordan+staal, marc+andre+fleury, matt+cooke, sidney+crosby, training+camp, tyler+kennedy