Celebrate what we got...

Forgot to post it... Janne continues to tear up the charts...




Meanwhile, from the rumors i have been reading it seems good ol Satan may be on the chopping block here. They are talking about trading for a winger that may be able to make an impact. I say before they do that they try some of these guys in WBS out... between minard, pesonen, and caputi we may have a good temporary asset sitting right under out noses. The other rumor is that Staal may be getting another shot at being a top winger... Streak breaker tomorrow in New York?

BREAKING NEWS: BDZ has been placed on IR NOOOOOOO

Oh how the tides have started to change...

Going into today our poles showed a fairly strong showing that Mikey T should not be fired... Tonight they are slowly starting to shift towards yes... Could Mikey T be the next person to learn how quick the Pittsburgh Sports Team can turn on somebody? Maybe he should call good ol' #10 Kordell Stewart for some advice...

you have to find this one...

Vinces Edit: Wow...not only were those cheap shots after the fight was over and his opponent was defenseless on the ground, those really came down and could have really done some damage to him and looked as if he delivered them with the sole intention to hurt him... I understand fights are where people can get hurt, but hell this isn't UFC where you ground and pound...

Is it me or are the Capitals quickly becoming the new "Dirty" team of the NHL? If Cumshot and Lady Alex aren't careful somebody is gonna take them out...

Maybe there was something in the air today. The Lip decided against taking a faceoff and bitch slapped the Panther center Mclean. To me it was a chicken shit move by Cindy the Lip, Mclean had no ideal what Lippy Lepew was going to do.

In saying this I was watching the Crapitals game tonight when Alexander Semin defended himself in a fight where he looked Ralphie from the Christmas story. I was laughing my ass off. If anyone can find it on youtube please send us a post. 3 hours later I'm still laughing about it.

Man the pussies of the league were PMSing. I have more respect now than ever for all you brawlers of the NHL.

I found it..check it out.. to funny..

Houston 2 WBS 3

After a sluggish 1st period and falling behing 2-0 to the Areos, WBS has roared back to tie the game 2-2 in the 3rd period. Janne(10) has just tied the game with less then 7 mins to go. 

After a 1st period of 2 shots on goal the Pens are out shooting the Areos 26-12

OT is about to start Janne is in the hopper for a hooking call. 2-2 going into a shootout

Janne( his 3rd of the season) has just scored a shootout goal

Letestu just scored as the Pens lead 2-1 in the shootout.

Curry stops a Houston player for a 3-2 WBS win

Janne was 3rd star of the game.

Time to press it...

Here at PATP we are quite the dramatic bunch when it comes to pittsburgh sports... Some of it is out of jest, while some of it is the result of a combined 70+ years of pittsburgh sports fandom... Though in the past week some may have labeled our campaign to fire Mikey T and our criticisms of the current state of the Pens to be overly dramatic, at this point I think its' time that we can all press the Panic button... When we go into a game that has "slump buster" written all over it, and get crushed 6-1... Something extreme needs to happen, and I don't think Mikey T can fix it by dishing out a few healthy scratches... Should be interesting to see what happens down the line. I will be in attendance of the Tuesday night game, so maybe i can get upstairs and share a few words with ray ray and Mario...

Here at PATP we are about to give up on the normal Pens and only cover WBS...

Pigman is back and Thanks for the Panthers

Pigman returns to the line-up vs the Fla Panthers. Piggy should energize the line-up and maaybe he can wake the PP.  

Florida, who have lost 4 in a row limp into the igloo with pulling their goalie in 3 of the last 4 games. Lets make it 4 out of 5.

I look for their best effort since 1992 Stanley Cup Finals.

Pens have and early PP vs the Panthers..Result is no shots and no goals...

Mad Max makes a sweet move and doesn't shoot. Max needs to step it up. 

Don't let Dupe have the puck in front of the net with the puck. his spot to score is at the  top of faceoff dot and slapping it.

With Ugly and The Lip not scoring in recent games Stacky and Errey haven't had sex in awhile. Could this be the day? Stacky was spotted by condoms this morning.

first 7 mins Panther have 0 shots...

Satan need to go! away! like to another team.

Good kill by the Pens on the Gill penalty.

Flordia has just scored at the end of the penalty. 1-0 Panthers.

As the period goes on the Panthers are looking like they aren't going to go away.

Whitney pinches , gets caught, Florida scores. 2-0 Panthers.

Florida has 4 Shots and 2 Goals. one more and there might be a goalie pulled.

Dupe take a penalty, Pens must kill this one.

Pens outshot the Panthers 10-5..

Start of the 2nd..

guess what, MAF was pulled and Sabu is between the pipes.

pens did kill the Dupe penalty.

Florida's goalie Anderson was awrded an assist on the 2nd Florida goal.

Shittank(11) makes a quick shoot towards an flordia net and it a Goal. 2-1  Panthers

Florida goalie swats it out for a penalty. This could be big for the Pens PP. 

PP sucks again, 0-2 today

Quins penalty for roughing, hehehe imagine that.

Wow that was quick.  Florida goal. 3-1 Panthers

Ugly takes another penalty.

Florida PP goal, can anybody clear the front of the net. 4-1 Panthers

The Lip try to bitch slap a Panther as he fires up the Pens...

lets get back to the PP goal by the Panthers, both Psycho and the Giraffe weren't anywhere near the front of the net to clear anybody.

 

Ugly is playing like he looks.

Descent scrap by Mad Max and FLA campbell

The Lip loses his mind and just attacks McLean on the faceoff. 

slash against Florida evens it up.

Ugly has a great chance on the PK  result was zilch!

5-1 Forida.......

The castle is strating to crumble. Sabu is looking out of sorts.

the D is looking terrible, the forwards are looking for a Jim Jones type of figure to lead them.

It bad..real bad...

now the in between period interview is going to be a Panther.

Satrt of 3rd period:

Will we see MAF back in goal?

F'n Mikey T can't juggle anymore lines, so he has started to juggle goaltenders. Maybe the coaches should be next.

Stacky and Errey are now reaching for excuses.

Well guess what, your right 6-1 Florida

I'm done with this blog today.

Maybe we can find a positive being at rock bottom..

I'm outta here!

Wbs 2 vs RiverRats 3

Winners of 5 in a row and 11 wins in the month of December our WBS pens ravel to Albany to play the Riverrats. Janne has been on a mini tear of late with 4 goals in his last 5 games. Chris Minard scored in 5 straight games with a league leading 26 tallies. Jeff Taffe has been pounding too, jeff was named Player of the Week with 2/G 7/A in 3 games(3wins).

Kevin's Edit:

 The Riverrats defeated our Pens last night 3-2. Rats tender Justin Peters had an outstanding game aided by his best friend the goal posts, I know I heard atleast 3 dings. rats also killed 4 PP chances by the Pens. 

Danny Richmond(2) and Jean-Michel Daoust(4) scored for WBS less than 2 mins apart midway through the 3rd.

Janne was held to 3 shots and had a couple of good chances.

Adam berkhoel stopped 17 of 20 shots as the Pens held a 35-20 shot advantage.

Is Big Daddy Zigomanis done for the season?

I've heard this rumor out on the streets that Big Daddy is done for the season with a shoulder tear.

I have been searching the internet to confirm this, can't seem to find anything on this.

Anyone with some proof of this drop us a post-

Pens effort wasted.

well, will we respond tonight?

We responded and the PP destroyed us.

1st period:

yowser! Silk is on Engines wing tonight. this should be interesting.

2:59 Dust Jefferys(1) has given the Pens an early 1-0 lead.

Sabu is between the post for the Pens.

4:05 Bruins just got the equalizer 1-1 on a tip-in. short lived lead for the Pens.

6:13 Bos penalty Wideman(interference)

8:46 Pens pen: Gogo (delay of game)

9:24 Boston PP GOAL took less than a min. 2-1 boston.

17:14 Bos pen: Sobatka (holding) 

Pens played a strong first. oushooting Boston 13-6   2-1 Boston

2nd period:

No scoring so far but the Pens at looking real good right now with tons of pressure but only 3 shots.

12:25 Boston GOAL 3-1. Bruins looked they had the power rush on with 2 guys coming down the slot to create confusion.

12:59 Bos pen:Hunwick(high-stick)  this might be game right here. we need a goal here bad.

Terrible Pens PP/or good Boston penalty killing. doesn't matter

15:16 Pens pen: Talbot(interference)  this could be game here 

ut oh, another Pens penalty.

16:02 Pens Dupe(hook)   nice 5-3 penalty kill by the Pens.

17:37 Bos pen: Lucic(slash) don't get to excited

end of period almost had Boston scoring.  3-1 Boston

Pens had some nice pressure in the 2nd despite being outshot 10-4.

3rd period:

Nice start to the 3rd by the Lips line. 

Stupid penalty by Cookie Monster.

2:18 Pens penalty: Cooke(high-stick)

nice kill by the Pens

6:20 Shittank(10)GOAL makes a sweet tip from a nice pass by Ugly

nice penalty kill by the Pens . Cooke had taken an interefence penalty.

sorry, I was distracted by the craps and Lightning game, Tampa player looks to be seriously injured.

looks like game will be on the line right here right now.

14:38 Bos pen Savard(hold)

Pens PP are very due..lets go here.

Pens really deserve a win here tonight.

Sabu  is pulled for the extra man.

Boston empty net goal 4-2 Boston

Winter Classic is a winner...again

Nhl may be on to something with the Winter Classic. I thought maybe being from Pittsburgh and watching the Pens defeat Buffalo last year in a SO, that no other WC could hold its own against last years. Wrong! Detroit and Chicago donned their original six unis in front of 40,000+ and took us back to every hockey players childhood. Outdoor hockey is a winner no matter who is playing. These outdoors games are for hockey lovers, and not for the  hockey fan who thinks its hip to follow hockey or only following their beloved team because they are winning then disappear when their team starts to lose again. 

The young and upcoming Chicago Blackhawks started well and led 3-1 after one period. Then the grizzley old nothing phases us Redwings came out in the second period and laid a 3 smack on the Hawks. That was all she wrote as the Wings defeated the hawks 6-4. The Wings dominated all aspects of the game from the second period on. I give this game another +10 and hope they continue to entertain us every New Years Day. 

To me the only negative was the announcers Bob Costas  and Mike Milburry, the two of them almost turned the most prize production into a talk show, being hungover from listening to a struggling Dick Clark drop the ball last night, then listening to these two idots trying to do hockey almost made me puke. 

Please NBC return next New years day with Mike Emick, make him a permanent  fixture.  Nice job NHL. Thank you and good night.

* made for cold climate use only *