Drive to the Net
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8.5KPenguinsDrive to the Net: Defining attention to detail
at PPG Paints ArenaPOSTED: 2:11 AM February 15, 2017"It's not about effort. It's never been about effort." Those nine words from Matt Murray followed his 29 saves and the Penguins' 4-0 shutout of the Canucks.
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9.1KPenguinsDrive to the Net: Guentzel shows speed, skill, smarts
at PPG Paints ArenaPOSTED: 5:08 AM February 8, 2017Jake Guentzel is 22 going on 2, judging by that baby face and boyish enthusiasm in pinballing all over the rink.
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8.2KPenguinsDrive to the Net: HBK Line spread too thin
at PPG Paints ArenaPOSTED: 1:00 AM January 25, 2017The Penguins' hearts and minds might have made it out to the ice Tuesday night, but their legs never left the locker room.
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10.2KPenguinsDrive to the Net: Kessel’s passes can cook a PK
at PPG Paints ArenaPOSTED: 12:17 AM January 11, 2017Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin are bound for the NHL's All-Star Game, but they'll leave behind Phil Kessel, the man who just might be most responsible for reigniting both careers.
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Drive to the Net: Crosby making foes scarce
at PPG Paints ArenaPOSTED: 1:29 AM December 29, 2016I knew Sidney Crosby wouldn't agree. "Am I getting more space out there? Really?" the captain came back in basically repeating my question.
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10.5KPenguinsDrive to the Net: Hornqvist paves the path
at PPG Paints ArenaPOSTED: 2:00 AM December 15, 2016Be nice to Tuukka Rask, Pittsburgh. If it weren't for him, there'd be no Patric Hornqvist around here and, thus, no fourth Stanley Cup.
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13.9KPenguinsDrive to the Net: How Sullivan, staff built up Schultz
at PPG Paints ArenaPOSTED: 12:45 AM December 7, 2016On the morning of June 12, 2016, as franchise history should duly note for so many reasons, Mike Sullivan spoke a two-word admonition to Kris Letang.
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7.4KPenguinsDrive to the Net: How Sullivan can build up from the back … again
at PPG Paints ArenaPOSTED: 10:55 PM November 29, 2016Mike Sullivan needed just one game as the Penguins' coach, almost a year ago now, to fully grasp the whole slew of what was systematically missing from his group.
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6.9KPenguinsDrive to the Net: Clogging neutral zone is a bore, but it can be beaten
in Cranberry Township, Pa.POSTED: 3:57 PM November 22, 2016Hockey's neutral-zone trap isn't nearly as much about checking as it is about cheese. The cheese that just sits there on that slab of wood, tempting the mouse
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5.4KPenguinsDrive to the Net: Power-play goals from post to post
in Cranberry Township, Pa.POSTED: 12:01 AM November 16, 2016The Penguins' suddenly prolific power play, as easily evident with the eyes as through the statistics, has undeniably been rooted in one simple facet.