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Fedotenko Joins Guerin, Takes Less Money to Stay With Penguins

I don't know how Penguins general manager Ray Shero pulled it off, but he managed to not only retain the services of Ruslan Fedotenko and Bill Guerin, two of the teams top-six forwards from their Stanley Cup winning team, but he did so while getting them to take paycuts. After signing Guerin to a one-year deal on Monday,...

New Faces in New Places in Cup Finals

So the rematch is set: Pittsburgh vs. Detroit. For the first time in 25 years, the same two teams will meet in back-to-back years for the right to fight for Lord Stanley's Cup, and while one of these teams is relatively similar to last year's version (with one big exception) the other is very, very different.Pittsburgh...

Erik Cole Likely to Play, Tuomo Ruutu Looking Doubtful

After suffering a "lower body injury" in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference final, Erik Cole's status for Game 2 has been up in the air during this painfully long two-day break. Cole was injured during Monday's game when he was on the receiving end of a Matt Cooke hit that included knee-on-knee contact. According to Adam...

Matt Cooke Avoids Suspension

After asking where the bitterness was in the Penguins-Hurricanes series, it took us all of one game to potentially find some. Late in the third period of Pittsburgh's 3-2 win on Monday night, Penguins forward Matt Cooke and Hurricanes forward Erik Cole were involved in a knee-on-knee collision that resulted in Cole leaving...

The Key to Beating the Penguins Is Pulling Your Goalie

The Penguins and Flames played a highly entertaining game on Wednesday night, filled with outstanding goaltending, brutal physicality and an unlikely goal from hulking defenseman Hal Gill. It also featured the most ridiculous one-minute stretch of a team trying to score on an empty net in NHL history. Trailing, 2-0, the...

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05/17/12 Skipper laments Exmouth's shortcomings after... Source: Exeter Express & Echo - Exeter - Devon - UK Torquay compiled 172 all out in 48 of their 50 overs.
04/22/12 Flyers scoring late in their power plays Source: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Pittsburgh PA If two-minute penalties were just a few seconds shorter, the PenguinsÃ¢ penalty killers couldÃ¢ve avoided some frustration.