The champagne long has been wiped from the walls of the visitors' locker room. All on-ice markings and building decorations from the 2009 Stanley Cup playoffs are gone. (Today)
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A Florida Panthers fan, complete with NASA space helmet, encourages his team against the Tampa Bay Lightning Sunday in Sunrise, Fla. The Panthers won, 5-2.
With the Northeast Division all but wrapped up and their struggles on the road a distant memory, the Buffalo Sabres like where they are less than a month before the NHL playoffs begin. (Today)
Penguins Q&A with Dave Molinari (Today)
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Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin cheers after his parents Vladimir and Natalia drink champagne from the Stanley Cup during the team's Stanley Cup victory parade on the Boulevard of the Allies in downtown Pittsburgh this past summer.
So many things confronted Evgeni Malkin when he joined the Penguins for the 2006-07 season -- new city, new teammates, new language, new culture. (Yesterday)
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Penguins forward Pascal Dupuis argues a boarding call as Hurricanes forward Jussi Jokinen approaches late in the third period of Saturday's game at Mellon Arena.
Yes, the Penguins would have loved to get that second point. And, yes, it really does sting to lose when you give up a goal when what's left of overtime is being measured in tenths of a second. (Yesterday)