Monday Igloo Update

Yinzers,

I hope all of your Mondays are going well and here we go with your Monday Igloo Update. Since ynz last read, the Pens have played two games against two tough, hated opponents. Thursday night was a hockey night in Pittsburgh when the Washington Capitals came to town. The Caps were boasting the Eastern Conference's best record. Sidney Crosby opened up the scoring at 4:22 in the first period and the Pens seemed to have the energy and momentum to begin. The Caps answered at 14:24 when Mike Knuble knocked home an Alexander Ovechkin rebound. Let's face it folks, if it weren't for rebounds, Ovechkin would have approximately 1/4 the assists he gets. The second period came up with a split score as well. The Pens got tallies from Nick Johnson and Kris Letang in coincidence with Eric Fehr and Alexander Ovechkin scoring for the Caps. The Pens broke down in the 3rd period, giving up a break-away to Tomas Fleischmann and a soft powerplay goal to Niklas Backstrom. Ovechkin then played the selfish card and added an empty netter. Bottom line, Pens drop this one 6-3.


On Sunday afternoon, the Pens traveled across state to take on the Broad Street Dirtbags. The game was offered on NBC since now that the NFL regular season is over, they need to fill airtime. Thanks for the side seat Liberal Media. At any rate, the scoring opened up at 5:18 in the first on the Philadelphia powerplay by the hand of Jeff Carter. Sergei Gonchar answered with a powerplay goal of his own late in the period. The game winning goal was slammed home by Matt "Cookie Monster" Cooke at 18:13 in the third period. Evgeni Malkin added two assists to his point total and the Pens got a much-needed win against an Atlantic Division opponent. It was a usual Pens/Flyers matchup with over 20 penalties called. All that matters is Sideshow Bob and his goons went back to their studio apartments with a loss.


The Pens next game is tonight at 7:00 against King Henrik and the New York Rangers. Keep Marion Gaborik quiet and Sean Avery in the sin bin and the game should be in hand.

Lets Go Pens,
B Brog