Penguins
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Superhero sendoff: Scuffle with the Senator
in Richmond, Va.POSTED: 12:00 AM May 17, 2017Well, it took me a few days, but I finally managed to track down a copy of DK Comics Presents No. 3.
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17.1KKovacevic: Nothing wrong with a little fire, as Penguins illustrate
at PPG Paints ArenaPOSTED: 3:28 AM May 16, 2017First, Bryan Rust was felled hard, partially by a pile-driving open-ice check from Dion Phaneuf, partially by committing hockey's ultimate sin and peeking down at the puck.
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9.6KRust, Schultz lost early to injuries, statuses unknown
at PPG Paints ArenaPOSTED: 3:27 AM May 16, 2017Two more down. Or is it three? It's become close to impossible, after many months of the Penguins piling up injuries, to consistently keep track.
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9.3KKovacevic: Less about thinking for Penguins than simple focus
at PPG Paints ArenaPOSTED: 12:56 PM May 15, 2017Of Mike Sullivan's plethora of pet phrases he pushes on his Penguins day after day, the one that probably resonates most, is 'compete level.'
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17.3KKovacevic: When Rust, Rowney, Hornqvist are only guys who show
at PPG Paints ArenaPOSTED: 3:37 AM May 14, 2017Flip the script, if you will, and picture that the Penguins had somehow stolen this Eastern Conference final opener, which instead slipped away to the Senators.
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7.4KClear underdogs, Senators see ‘no basic weaknesses’ in defending Cup champions
in DowntownPOSTED: 8:17 PM May 12, 2017The narrative began with one of the first questions Guy Boucher was asked at the beginning of the Stanley Cup playoffs, and it's followed the Senators through two rounds.
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16.2KKovacevic: How persistent Penguins can make next climb
in Cranberry Township, Pa.POSTED: 5:56 PM May 12, 2017It's easy to tell when Mike Sullivan's onto something. He pounces on it, parades it all over the place, then speaks like a proud papa once it's come to fruition.
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7.5KPractice report: Hagelin joins mates, but Daley missing
in Cranberry Township, Pa.POSTED: 11:04 AM May 12, 2017The Penguins will be taking the ice at 11 a.m., and we'll cover every little bit of it, meaning site manager Chris Orban and me.
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10.8KKovacevic: Random worthless ramblings upon rolling out of bed
at Highmark StadiumPOSTED: 12:01 AM May 12, 2017Yeah, It's a notes column hidden inside Daily Fun Thing. And it's for the simple reason that no one should take seriously any coverage that doesn't involve, you know, coverage.
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17.3KKovacevic: Capitals briefly found themselves, but that’ll be too late
in WashingtonPOSTED: 11:05 PM May 6, 2017At some point or other in this Stanley Cup playoff series, Braden Holtby was bound to make a save of consequence. He made a bunch in the third period.
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22.4KKovacevic: Countering Capitals’ cheap shot with composure, camaraderie, class
at PPG Paints ArenaPOSTED: 3:51 AM May 4, 2017Justin Williams had invested an unwieldy percentage of his Wednesday night chasing Jake Guentzel about the rink. "All night long," one veteran would tell me.
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25.4KKovacevic: That’s how you want to win, Washington? Really?
at PPG Paints ArenaPOSTED: 9:30 AM May 2, 2017The Capitals won a Stanley Cup playoff game Monday night because of one sequence. Accept no substitute explanations or justifications.
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21.2KKovacevic: Panicky, chaotic Capitals only now finding out what they’re really facing
in WashingtonPOSTED: 7:03 AM April 30, 2017Matt Cullen's sweaty black socks were marking his every step outside the visitors' exercise room late Saturday night at Verizon Center.
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13.1KKovacevic: Everyone brace for the Washington power-play parade
in WashingtonPOSTED: 1:33 PM April 29, 2017Look, we can pretend. We can pontificate about how the officiating from Game 1 of this Stanley Cup playoff series should have no bearing on Game 2 tonight.
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15.6KKovacevic: Of gloom, ghosts, Bones, breakaways, disses, drunken ostriches
in WashingtonPOSTED: 3:33 AM April 28, 2017"Not one power play! NOT ONE!" This was some security guard in the lower guts of Verizon Center. Tall, lanky dude, walking even more expressively than he was talking.
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8.6KKovacevic: Even participants running out of stuff to say
in WashingtonPOSTED: 1:19 PM April 27, 2017Mike Sullivan was concocting new ways to say 'Just play.' That's when you know the break's been too long.
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Superhero sendoff: Capital Clash … for only two quarters!
in Richmond, Va.POSTED: 12:00 AM April 27, 2017The back-issue search continues. Finally managed to track down this gem, I think it looks even more exciting than issue 1! I sure am anxious to read it later today!