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Penguins officially name new arena “Consol Energy Center”

by Tony on 12/15/08 at 04:30 PM ET
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From the Penguins:

PITTSBURGH – December 15, 2008 – CONSOL Energy Inc. (NYSE: CNX) and the Pittsburgh Penguins announced today a 21-year deal for naming rights to the new Pittsburgh multi-purpose arena.

Consol Energy Center will be home to the Pittsburgh Penguins and is scheduled to open in time for the 2010-11 National Hockey League season. The facility will also serve as a centerpiece for year-round entertainment in the region, including world-class concerts, family shows and a wide variety of other events.

A fly-through of the Consol Energy Center can be found here.

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Another poor afternoon effort dooms Penguins, lose to Flyers, 6-3

by Tony on 12/13/08 at 07:16 PM ET
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The Penguins have played 30 games now this season, and the NHL has already scheduled them for three Saturday afternoon matinees.

And in each one, they’ve looked pathetic.

This afternoon the Penguins ventured into Philadelphia, where the Flyers were easily the more physical and hustling team in a 6-3 pounding over the Penguins.

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Penguins/Flyers preview - 12/13:  1PM ET Start !!

by Tony on 12/13/08 at 12:04 PM ET
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Penguins at Flyers, 1 PM ET, Wachovia Arena

Season records: 

Penguins, 16-9-4, 36 pts., T-5th in Eastern Conference
Flyers, 15-7-6, 36 pts, T-5th in Eastern Conference

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Minard, Curry re-assigned to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton

by Tony on 12/12/08 at 03:49 PM ET
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From the Penguins:

“The Pittsburgh Penguins have re-assigned goaltender John Curry and forward Chris Minard to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins of the American Hockey League (AHL), it was announced today by Executive Vice President and General Manager Ray Shero.”  Also, defenseman Ben Lovejoy was re-assigned on Thursday.

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This is an indication that Marc-Andre Fleury is ready to go after his undisclosed, but believed to be groin-related, injury.  Also, hopefully Minard’s re-assignment means that Mike Zigomanis is ready to come back, the Penguins’ faceoff percentage could use it.

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Sykora, Dupuis nab 1st hat tricks in Penguins 9-2 rout over Isles

by Tony on 12/12/08 at 01:53 AM ET
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Hockey sure is a strange game.

One night after absolutely nothing was going right for the Penguins in a 4-1 loss to the Devils, everything went right in a 9-2 win over the Islanders at the Igloo tonight.

Petr Sykora, after 44 unsuccessful tries, FINALLY got his 1st NHL hat trick, along with Pascal Dupuis, as the Penguins had one of those nights where everything was going in the net early on, then coasted later.

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It was eight years ago today…..

by Tony on 12/11/08 at 08:22 PM ET
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I was still on active duty in the Navy in December 2000 (I retired in 2003).  I happened to be on temporary duty at a conference in Fort Huachuca, Arizona of all places on December 11th, 2000.  I had gone down to the cafeteria on our lunch break, had sat down with my plate of cholesterol and believe that I was watching either Sportscenter or CNN Headline News, something like that.

And then I heard something that absolutely stunned me, in a wonderful kind of way.  Le Magnifique, Mario Lemieux, was coming back, out of his 3 1/2 year retirement.  My co-workers, I’m sure none of them hockey fans, gave me a kinda “what the hell ??” look towards me as I spouted “Oh My God !!” and a couple “Holy Shit’s !!” out.  I’m getting goosebumps just typing it right now.

Now, I should mention that even though I was a Penguins fan and a hockey fan in general, I wasn’t the fanatic that I am now (I attribute a lot of that to the frickin’ Pirates, but that’s for another day).  In addition, I was overseas for many of Lemieux’s years with the Penguins, being WAY back before the days of easily accessible satellite TV.  I was stationed in the Pentagon during the Pens’ cup years.  So because of all that, I always felt I missed out on so much as a Penguins fan.

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Islanders/Penguins preview - 12/11

by Tony on 12/11/08 at 01:35 PM ET
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Islanders at Penguins, 7:30 PM ET, Mellon Arena

Season records: 

Islanders, 10-16-2, 22 pts, 14th in Eastern Conference
Penguins, 15-9-4, 34 pts., T-5th in Eastern Conference

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Report:  Consol Energy wins rights to new Penguins arena

by Tony on 12/11/08 at 01:33 AM ET
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According to Pittsburgh’s KDKA;

Exclusive: Consol Energy Wins Arena Naming Rights

Andy Sheehan PITTSBURGH (KDKA) ― When the Penguins’ new arena opens, it will have a new name.

KDKA Investigator Andy Sheehan has learned that Consol Energy has won the naming rights.  The local coal and energy company is claiming more and more of a national and international spotlight.  Next week, the Penguins will announce the sale of the arena naming rights to Consol on a long term basis for at least several million dollars a year.  The Penguins aren’t commenting, but in a similar deal, the New Jersey Devils sold naming rights to their arena to Prudential Insurance for $5 million a year.

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Penguins’ slump continues, lose 4-1 to Devils for 3rd straight loss

by Tony on 12/11/08 at 01:08 AM ET
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This reminded me of one of those Pens/Devils games of the past.

Pretty much frustrating all game long.  Not getting the bounces, not getting the calls, hitting posts galore, yadda, yadda, yadda.

That was certainly the case tonight, where the Penguins lost their 3rd straight game tonight in a 4-1 loss to the Devils in a sparse Prudential Center.

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Penguins, Capitals fans unite to get Ovechkin into All-Star Game starting lineup

by Tony on 12/10/08 at 07:03 PM ET
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Courtesy of The Chief’s busom buddies at The Pensblog;

The Ovechkin Counter-Offensive

In the coming month, Penguins fans and Caps fans from around the world will form the most unholy alliance to date. And we will be launching the largest internet battle in the history of the NHL.

NHL—Those letters should have new meaning for all of us today. We can’t be consumed by our petty differences anymore, like the fact the Pens own the Caps in the postseason.

We will be united in our common interest of jobbing Montreal Canadien fans and getting Alex Ovechkin into the starting lineup for the All-Star Game. Perhaps it’s fate that bitter rivals have decided to join forces, not to fight tyranny, oppression, or persecution, but to cause humiliation to smug Canadien fans.  We are fighting for our right to see the best three players in the world play on the same line, to enjoy it.

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