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Getting Real with CCM-Reebok General Manager Philippe Dube’
by brianmetzer on 05/30/12 at 05:14 PM ET
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On March 22, 2012, a diverse group of journalists, bloggers, and radio personalities were handpicked by the Fan v Fan Network to participate in an exclusive conference call with CCM-Reebok general manager, Philippe Dube’.
It was a unique opportunity to question one of the brightest minds in the hockey equipment industry on everything from player safety, upcoming product offerings, research and development and those who use the equipment, the players themselves.
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Tags: ccm,
corey+crawford,
js+giguere,
marc+andre+fleury,
nhl,
philippe+dube,
reebok,
reepump,
roberto+luongo,
sidney+crosby
Trade Deadline 2012: Diary of a Mad Metz
by brianmetzer on 02/27/12 at 02:36 PM ET
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Well, the day is off to a rousing start. I am up at at the crack of dawn, showered and ready for an exciting morning of trade deadline action!
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Tags: andrei+kostitsyn,
nhl,
paul+gaustad,
penguins,
sami+pahlsson,
sergei+kostitsyn
Penguins to honor their 25,000,000th fan Wednesday evening
by brianmetzer on 11/22/11 at 05:31 PM ET
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New comes per a team press release…
The Penguins will honor their 25,000,000th fan during Wednesday’s game against St. Louis at CONSOL Energy Center. Game time is 7 p.m.
Counting regular season and playoff games since their inception in 1967, the Penguins have drawn 24,983,853 fans.
Through bar code technology, the Penguins and arena operator SMG will be able to track when the 25,000,000th fan enters the gates Wednesday night. The fan will be notified during the first period and honored during the second period.
The lucky 25,000,000th fan will win a road trip to a Penguins game as well as an autographed Sidney Crosby jersey.
All fans in attendance will receive coupons for a free cup of Dunkin’ Donuts coffee; free skate rental at Penguins Pond at SouthSide Works; and 25 percent off one purchase at the PensGear store at SouthSide Works.
The Penguins are expecting their 220th straight sellout crowd Wednesday. Capacity at CONSOL Energy Center is 18,387, and the Pens need just 16,147 to reach 25,000,000.
For the record, the Penguins have drawn 22,733,362 fans to regular season games and 2,250,491 fans to playoff games.
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Tags: 25000000th+fan,
nhl,
penguins
Crosby Cleared for Contact
by brianmetzer on 10/13/11 at 03:17 PM ET
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“Angels we have heard on high,” was the song of the day in Pittsburgh as the news of Chris Kunitz’s contact extension was quickly followed by that which Pens’ fans have been waiting for since January – Sidney Crosby has been cleared for contact.
Crosby has been making progress by leaps and bounds over the past few weeks and like Kunitz’s contract, it seemed to be a matter of ‘when’ and not ‘if’ he would be cleared for contact.
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Tags: cleared+for+contact,
nhl,
sidney+crosby
Chris Kunitz signs two-year extension
by brianmetzer on 10/13/11 at 12:54 PM ET
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Speculation had been running wild for a couple of weeks that the Penguins and Chris Kunitz were talking contract extension. It wasn’t a matter ‘if’ something would get done, so much as ‘when’ and that when came this morning as general manager Ray Shero has announced that the sides have reached an agreement on a two-year contract extension.
The contract will kick in during the 2012-13 season and runs through the 2013-14 season. The deal brings an annual cap hit of $3.725 million annually and works well for both sides.
“This is a great core of young guys,” Kunitz told the Tribune Review last week. “It’s a great bunch. I love playing with them.”
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Tags: chris+kunitz,
nhl,
pascal+dupuis,
sidney+crosby
Predictions - Take em to the bank!
by brianmetzer on 10/06/11 at 10:16 PM ET
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Well, we have all gotten a look at a number of predictions around the interwebs this week so I thought that I would put up some of my own… I haven’t gotten to post much over the past few days leading up to the first games, so I figured that this is a great way to get back into the mix.
I will run through the typical Division winners, Conference/Stanley Cup winners and trophy winners, but I will also give you a handful of quick Pens predictions.
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Tags: evgeni+malkin,
marc+andre+fleury,
matt+cooke,
nhl,
sidney+crosby,
steve+sullivan,
tyler+kennedy
Penguins, Capitals team up to raise money for the families of those lost in KHL plane crash
by brianmetzer on 10/04/11 at 12:25 PM ET
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It isn’t often that the Pittsburgh Penguins and Washington Capitals are on the same team in any cause. In fact, they are probably two of the biggest rivals in the National Hockey League, however there is one cause that is big enough to bring these two Eastern Conference foes together—raising funds for the families of those lost in the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl disaster. The teams have announced a joint effort to raise money for the families of Lokomotiv Yaroslavl who lost so much in the plane crash Sept. 7 in Russia.
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Tags: alex+ovechkin,
alex+semin,
evgeni+malkin,
khl,
lokomotiv+yaroslavl,
nhl,
penguins
Penguins Reduce Training Camp Roster by 13 Players
by brianmetzer on 09/22/11 at 06:45 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 05:20 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
Penguins Announce Third Jersey Schedule…
by brianmetzer on 09/13/11 at 02:55 PM ET
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The Penguins have announced their third jersey schedule, but what is more interesting is the fact that they have made last year’s Winter Classic dark blues the official third jersey. That won’t sit well with many fans who were a bit disappointed with the jerseys upon their unveiling last fall.
Personally, the more I saw the jersey last season, the more that it grew on me. In fact, I would say that by the end of the season I actually liked it quite a bit.
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Tags: capitals,
nhl,
penguins,
winter+classic
