For the month of June, Last Word On Sports will be covering each team in our 30 in 30 series. Once a day, we take a look at an NHL team’s past season, what their off-season looks like, and what they could hope to achieve before the start of their 2015-16 season. Everybody wants to […] READ MORE
Tag: Evgeni Malkin
Kasperi Kapanen: Penguins Not So Secret Weapon In 2015
When Jim Rutherford and company goes to start putting together their team for the 2015 season, they will do so trying to put their own stamp on the club to make it stand over and beyond the rest of the league. But despite trying to create their own version of a winner, it doesn’t mean they […] READ MORE
Canada Dominates Gold Medal Game at IIHF World Championship. USA Wins Bronze.
Canada dominated the Gold Medal Game and the entire tournament to win the 2015 IIHF World Championship. The team scored 66 goals and allowed 15 in 10 games. READ MORE
Series Recap: Rangers versus Penguins
The New York Rangers have defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins to move on to the next round. Here is our series recap of Rangers versus Penguins. READ MORE
Art Ross Trophy Winner On Pace for Lowest Total since 1968 (non-lockout years)
Editors Note: Numbers do not include Sunday Night’s games. The 2014-15 NHL season is closing out to a finish with teams getting ready for the last leg of games. When looking over the individual stats from this season, one scoring lover could notice something. There is no player on track to pass 100 points. The […] READ MORE
State of the Pittsburgh Penguins
It's been a rollercoaster first half of the season for the Pittsburgh Penguins as they have had to deal with mumps, cancer, and numerous injuries. READ MORE
Alex Ovechkin to KHL Rumors Circulating Once Again
Thursday morning, a report surfaced from Russian sportswriter Slava Malamud regarding Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin‘s supposed intent to leave the NHL and play overseas in his native country’s Kontinental Hockey League. Dynamo Moscow boss Arkady Rotenberg has told Sportbox.ru “there is desire on (Ovechkin’s) part” to return to the KHL. #Caps — Slava Malamud (@SlavaMalamud) November […] READ MORE
Pittsburgh and St. Louis Have Seen This Before
Recently both the St. Louis Blues and Pittsburgh Penguins have gone through some long winning streaks that have seen them climb up from the depths of their conferences into solid playoff positions. But fans and players should not get too excited. Over the recent years there have been similar streaks for both teams, yet at the close […] READ MORE
What Happened to the Pittsburgh Penguins Future?
When the Pittsburgh Penguins drafted the latest phenomenon in Canada’s golden hockey chain that stretches back to Howie Morenz, Newsy Lalonde, and Cyclone Taylor in Sidney Crosby, and then followed it up by selecting maybe the second-best player currently playing in the league, Evgeni Malkin, fans did not talk about the Penguins future Stanley Cup Championship; they […] READ MORE
Early Returns For Sidney Crosby-Patric Hornqvist Combination
It may have cost Evgeni Malkin his dream winger but in trading James Neal to the Nasvhille Predators at the NHL draft the Pittsburgh Penguins may have acquired the perfect right winger for Sidney Crosby. With all due respect to Pascal Dupuis, who when lined up with Crosby and Chris Kunitz formulated one of the best […] READ MORE
