Penguins
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Kovacevic: Penguins breathe fire right back
in Winnipeg, ManitobaPOSTED: 2:10 AM November 7, 2014There's something about the hockey soul that savors, that celebrates what the men inside the sport simply call "a good hockey game."
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Kovacevic: Fleury extension born from fresh fire
in Winnipeg, ManitobaPOSTED: 8:34 PM November 5, 2014I'd never seen Marc-Andre Fleury so furious. No, not Wednesday, of course. If anything, he was the same impish Flower we've known forever.
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Kovacevic: Penguins on serious power trip
in St. Paul, Minn.POSTED: 12:30 AM November 5, 2014The Penguins wrapped up their Tuesday night at Xcel Energy Center barraged by pucks and, in a totally you-had-to-be-here-to-believe-it scene.
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Kovacevic: Penguins driving the hard route
at Consol Energy CenterPOSTED: 11:13 PM October 30, 2014Sidney Crosby could have spun away, whirled and twirled and dazzled and deked, as he did to no avail all through the Stanley Cup playoffs last spring.
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Kovacevic: This, at long last, is real Despres
at Consol Energy CenterPOSTED: 10:46 PM October 28, 2014Hockey can be a graceful game. The world's greatest athletes glide at warp speed, their skill, their strength and thought processes operating somehow even faster.
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Kovacevic: Exorcising Flyers hardly optional
at Consol Energy CenterPOSTED: 11:18 PM October 22, 2014It was Friday the 13th in May of 2011, and the Pirates were in Milwaukee's Miller Park, their own house of horrors that never needed a Freddy because the final...
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Kovacevic: How Hornqvist can change Penguins
at Consol Energy CenterPOSTED: 11:13 PM October 18, 2014Football players can't be taught to hit hard. They've either been doing it their whole lives, they either love doing it, or they never will.
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Kovacevic: Dupuis felled, and Penguins follow
at Consol Energy CenterPOSTED: 11:14 PM October 16, 2014Sometimes it really isn't about strategy or sweat or even an egregious Evgeni Malkin giveaway.
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Kovacevic: Penguins can’t waste Sutter’s ascent
at Consol Energy CenterPOSTED: 10:00 PM October 15, 2014It was April 28, and Brandon Sutter sat pretty much stone-faced at his stall in Columbus' cramped visitors' locker room. Unlaced his skates.
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Friday Insider: Consol ice mystery solved?
at Highmark StadiumPOSTED: 1:04 PM October 10, 2014DEJAN KOVACEVIC, DK ON PITTSBURGH SPORTS A weekly feature aimed at rounding up a whole lot of odds and ends from a whole lot of time spent around our local...
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Kovacevic: Smart, slick start for new Penguins
at Consol Energy CenterPOSTED: 11:24 PM October 9, 2014The horn sounded on the 48th NHL opener to be played on Pittsburgh ice Thursday, and the big board at Consol Energy Center showed a 6-4 victory over the Ducks.
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Kovacevic: Penguins can come full circle
at Consol Energy CenterPOSTED: 9:24 PM October 7, 2014They had the top two talents in the game, and yet engulfed the group with a system so complex, so inflexible it would cause a teenage Scotty Bowman to think...
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Kovacevic: Simple science of keeping puck
at Consol Energy CenterPOSTED: 3:29 PM October 4, 2014There's nothing pioneering about prioritizing puck possession in hockey. It's never come with some big eureka moment. It's never required any meaningful statistical measure.
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Friday Insider: Open mind, spot for Kapanen
at Highmark StadiumPOSTED: 1:57 PM October 3, 2014DEJAN KOVACEVIC, DK ON PITTSBURGH SPORTS A weekly feature aimed at rounding up a whole lot of odds and ends from a whole lot of time spent around our local...
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3.5KKovacevic: Five faceoff factors for Penguins’ camp
at Consol Energy CenterPOSTED: 1:34 PM September 18, 2014For all 32 forwards, 17 defensemen and six goaltenders reporting to the Penguins' 48th training camp on this 18th of September, the only number that matters is 16.
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Friday Insider: Rev up Penguins’ cycle
at Highmark StadiumPOSTED: 2:47 PM August 29, 2014DEJAN KOVACEVIC, DK ON PITTSBURGH SPORTS A weekly feature aimed at rounding up a whole lot of odds and ends from a whole lot of time spent around our local...
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Friday Insider: Simon says, get ready to play
at Highmark StadiumPOSTED: 11:00 AM August 15, 2014A weekly feature aimed at rounding up a whole lot of odds and ends from a whole lot of time spent around our local teams … • No player will...