pittsburgh penguins

Bruins-Penguins had the most intrigue of any Stanley Cup playoff series for the simple reason that the two teams play completely different styles.  Boston plays tough and with depth and scores big goals at big times.  Pittsburgh scores all the time and flies up and down the ice, the total finesse team that relies on superstar players.

A season that has to qualify as a disappointment ended in the Boston TD Garden, as the Bruins wore out the Rangers, and dusted off the Blueshirts 3-1 in game 5 of the eastern conference semi finals. The Bruins now move on to play Pittsburgh while the Rangers move to chalkboard for a plan to move forward...

Mike Lindsley talked with ESPN NHL analyst and insider Barry Melrose about the upcoming series between the Rangers and Bruins, the Game 7's those two teams battled through in Round 1 and other upcoming series.  Hear it here:

With the exception of 1 season, 1993-94, when they hoisted the Stanley Cup, Ranger fans know the feeling of a season ending too soon. After dropping a heart breaking 2-1 overtime decision in Washington on Friday night, that sinking feeling is bubbling to the surface again...

The Rangers are charging hard after two wins to even the series with Washington.  The Penguins are talented but getting everything they can handle from the upstart Islanders.  The Sharks are moving on.  The Red Wings are in trouble.  The Blackhawks look like possible champs again...

Oh for us hockey fans it is Christmas time. The presents can be found every night. For some coal is to be had. For others glory. The Blackhawks and Blues tasted glory. For Jonathan Quick and the LA Kings Not so much. The Chicago Blackhawks are the overwhelming favorite to get out of the west...

The New York Rangers, after scraping and clawing through inconsistent hockey during the months of March and April, are in the NHL playoffs.  They would do themselves a favor, however, by not getting the 8-seed and avoid the Penguins in the first round.  Here are five reasons why the Rangers will be dangerous in the playoffs no matter what:

Pennsylvania hockey fans' allegiances are geographically divided. Most fans in the western half of the state root for the Pittsburgh Penguins, while fans in the east cheer for the Philadelphia Flyers. The teams' heated rivalry is one of the best in the NHL, but one fan took the battle too far this weekend in State College, Pa...

Oh, these tricky hockey players and their silly antics. This prank is actually pretty funny. Other pranks in sports? Not so much.

It was only a few weeks back when NY Rangers defensemen Marc Staal had a deflected puck hit him right in the eye. The debate heated up about making visors mandatory. Staal wasn't wearing one. But Sid Crosby was and the shield didn't prevent the NHL's poster boy from getting hit in the face, by a deflected puck off the stick of the teammate Brooks Orpik...

The NHL trading deadline this year, thanks to the lockout that interrupted the start of the season, has been pushed back till April 3rd. Obviously the Pittsburgh Penguins don't care about deadlines. The Pens are on a trading frenzy and on Wednesday they completed their 3rd trade in as many days, this time landing former league MVP  and 6 time all star forward Jarome Iginla...

Despite defections,players being kicked off the team, suspensions, and injury, UCLA head coach Ben Howland got the UCLA Bruins into the NCAA's tournament. They lost their 1st round game in ugly fashion to Minnesota 83-63 and now the rumors are that Ben Howland will be fired, perhaps today by UCLA...