Alex Jackovich-Hammond | staff writer The Penguins still have three games remaining in the 2024-25 season but, in the eyes of the fans, the season ended the moment the Penguins were eliminated from playoff contention Sunday night in a 3-1 loss to the outright dismal Blackhawks. After 16 straight seasons of being a perennial contender and three Stanley Cup glories, the Penguins have missed the … Continue reading Dubas does Pens right in lost season
Rebecca Jozwiak | staff writer For the first time since the 2003-04 and 2005-06 seasons, the Pittsburgh Penguins have failed to qualify for the Stanley Cup Playoffs for two consecutive years. After a 16-year streak of making the playoffs that earned them three Stanley Cups out of four trips to the Cup Final, recent seasons have been rather lackluster for the Penguins: the team has … Continue reading Jozwiak: Penguins still old, but better
Adam Lindner | Sports Editor 10/25/2018 As most Pittsburghers may prefer to forget, the NHL’s Washington Capitals captured their first Stanley Cup title in franchise history this past summer, topping the Penguins in the Eastern Conference semifinals in the process. The championship-starved city of D.C. celebrated the victory enthusiastically in the weeks following the Caps’ decisive Game 5 win over the Vegas Golden Knights in … Continue reading Duquesne grads earn Cup rings as Capitals employees
Adam Lindner | Sports Editor At any given point during the Mike Johnston era, how many of us could have even dreamt of this? The Pittsburgh Penguins, back-to-back Stanley Cup champions. The first team to repeat as champions in the salary cap era, and the first team to do it since the Detroit Red Wings pulled it off in 1997-1998. However, questions abound this offseason, … Continue reading Back-to-back champs destined for more – but savor the present
Duke Staff On June 11, the Pittsburgh Penguins shut out the Nashville Predators in a 2-0 victory and won the Stanley Cup for the fifth time in franchise history. This is the second year in a row that the Pens have won the trophy, and an estimated 650,000 Pittsburghers turned out to celebrate today with a parade that stretched from Liberty Avenue, winding through Downtown and ending … Continue reading Welcome back, Lord Stanley
Bryanna McDermott | The Duquesne Duke The 2016 Stanley Cup Champion Pittsburgh Penguins have a problem, a goalie problem. Championship teams in every sport often have difficulty retaining players for financial reasons and Marc-Andre Fleury could be in line for a possible departure from the Steel City. Rumors of a Fleury trade soared the moment rookie goaltender Matt Murray hoisted the Stanley Cup trophy. Penguins’ … Continue reading Is the two-time Stanley Cup winner Fleury on his way out?
Western Conference By Joseph Sykes | Sports Editor Stars vs. Wild Of all four first-round Western Conference matchups, this may be the easiest to predict. The Minnesota Wild limped into the postseason after dropping five straight losses to some of the league’s more mediocre clubs. Add that to the fact that they’ll be facing the Central Division champion Dallas Stars, and you have a recipe … Continue reading NHL Playoff Preview
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